Chris Ives
@chrisives.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Ex-twitterer, ex-navy, whiskey, craft beer, wine country, commentary and very random
Jays and Cowboys win!!
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Jays and Cowboys win!!
"a bitter pill for a leader whose stark future relies on a a party now questioning whether populism has plowed its last prairie furrow."
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BREAKING NEWS: Poilievre Stunned in Alberta Byelection as Protest Ballot Uprising Topples Tory Leader
The Prairie Sentinel | August 18, 2025 | BATTLE RIVER—CROWFOOT, ALBERTA
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August 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"a bitter pill for a leader whose stark future relies on a a party now questioning whether populism has plowed its last prairie furrow."
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Tariffs. Retaliation. Collateral Damage. Repeat.
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Tariffs. Retaliation. Collateral Damage. Repeat.
Tariffs are not really a new problem
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July 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Tariffs. Retaliation. Collateral Damage. Repeat.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Canada’s free trade gamble with the U.S. paid off for decades, until Trump turned our dependency into a weapon. With CUSMA rulings ignored and tariff threats looming, the system that built our prosperity now risks becoming our biggest vulnerability
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Canada's Free Trade Bargain Turns Sour Under Trump
The trillion-dollar trade system that built Canada’s wealth is now its greatest risk
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July 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Canada’s free trade gamble with the U.S. paid off for decades, until Trump turned our dependency into a weapon. With CUSMA rulings ignored and tariff threats looming, the system that built our prosperity now risks becoming our biggest vulnerability
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Turns out the best way to negotiate with a human tornado isn’t to shout louder, it’s to document the storm. Carney’s genius move is treating Trump’s inconsistency as a feature rather than a bug. The ultimate power move is knowing unpredictability is predictable.
July 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Turns out the best way to negotiate with a human tornado isn’t to shout louder, it’s to document the storm. Carney’s genius move is treating Trump’s inconsistency as a feature rather than a bug. The ultimate power move is knowing unpredictability is predictable.
The greatest magic trick that works every time...
Why Does the Right Hate Immigrants So Much?
The Pledge, The Turn, and The Prestige Behind Political Scapegoating
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July 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The greatest magic trick that works every time...
“Owner responsibility” …
What the actual F.
MAGA is without morals
Dems need a plan
What the actual F.
MAGA is without morals
Dems need a plan
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Owner responsibility” …
What the actual F.
MAGA is without morals
Dems need a plan
What the actual F.
MAGA is without morals
Dems need a plan
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Nuclear capabilities destroyed ❌
Ceasefire successfully negotiated ❌
At least we got our first Presidential F Bomb
Ceasefire successfully negotiated ❌
At least we got our first Presidential F Bomb
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Nuclear capabilities destroyed ❌
Ceasefire successfully negotiated ❌
At least we got our first Presidential F Bomb
Ceasefire successfully negotiated ❌
At least we got our first Presidential F Bomb
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Her downfall wasn't due to policy failure; it was a victim of the right-wing playbook: exploit hardship, amplify division, weaponize disinformation, and attack competence as elitism. Carney, the ultimate global technocrat, is a prime target.
Her downfall wasn't due to policy failure; it was a victim of the right-wing playbook: exploit hardship, amplify division, weaponize disinformation, and attack competence as elitism. Carney, the ultimate global technocrat, is a prime target.
How Jacinda Ardern Won the Pandemic and Lost Her Country
Competent leadership shouldn’t be this fragile. But in an age of disinformation and division, it is and Canada isn’t immune.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Her downfall wasn't due to policy failure; it was a victim of the right-wing playbook: exploit hardship, amplify division, weaponize disinformation, and attack competence as elitism. Carney, the ultimate global technocrat, is a prime target.
Her downfall wasn't due to policy failure; it was a victim of the right-wing playbook: exploit hardship, amplify division, weaponize disinformation, and attack competence as elitism. Carney, the ultimate global technocrat, is a prime target.
Bizarre. Is not the right word. Alarming is underwhelming. Unframeable.
For one from the west to see people living and loving life while rockets fly overhead.
For one from the west to see people living and loving life while rockets fly overhead.
June 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Bizarre. Is not the right word. Alarming is underwhelming. Unframeable.
For one from the west to see people living and loving life while rockets fly overhead.
For one from the west to see people living and loving life while rockets fly overhead.
The 30% of Albertans who support separation is about the same % it’s always been.
I’d bet 30 / 100 people in Nova Scotia or Quebec or Ontario would vote that way as well.
The only difference is that Smith is the PM and fanning the flames.
I’d bet 30 / 100 people in Nova Scotia or Quebec or Ontario would vote that way as well.
The only difference is that Smith is the PM and fanning the flames.
June 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The 30% of Albertans who support separation is about the same % it’s always been.
I’d bet 30 / 100 people in Nova Scotia or Quebec or Ontario would vote that way as well.
The only difference is that Smith is the PM and fanning the flames.
I’d bet 30 / 100 people in Nova Scotia or Quebec or Ontario would vote that way as well.
The only difference is that Smith is the PM and fanning the flames.
After decades of rust & procurement disasters, Carney promises to hit NATO’s 2%, dump 75% US defence spending, and buy EU jets. Canada’s gamble for sovereignty. Game-changer or grave risk?
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Carney’s Defence Gambit: Can Canada Finally Fix It's Broken Military?
A promise of a spending shockwave, a divorce from U.S. arms deals, and a brutal admission of decay. Why this gamble could redefine or ruin Canadian defence
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June 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
After decades of rust & procurement disasters, Carney promises to hit NATO’s 2%, dump 75% US defence spending, and buy EU jets. Canada’s gamble for sovereignty. Game-changer or grave risk?
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Conservative pundits on day one of Parliament;
Poilievre had a good day, evolving…
Carney needs to hurry up…
Attack …
They have literally learned nothing.
Poilievre had a good day, evolving…
Carney needs to hurry up…
Attack …
They have literally learned nothing.
May 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Conservative pundits on day one of Parliament;
Poilievre had a good day, evolving…
Carney needs to hurry up…
Attack …
They have literally learned nothing.
Poilievre had a good day, evolving…
Carney needs to hurry up…
Attack …
They have literally learned nothing.
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History may judge this as Carney’s miracle or Poilievre’s miscalculation. But Canada remains a country where elections aren’t won in rallies, but in quiet spaces. The Liberals of 2025 proved democracy holds its breath, then exhales one vote at a time.
History may judge this as Carney’s miracle or Poilievre’s miscalculation. But Canada remains a country where elections aren’t won in rallies, but in quiet spaces. The Liberals of 2025 proved democracy holds its breath, then exhales one vote at a time.
57 Votes: A Whisper Away from Majority
How paper-thin margins in three ridings and Pierre Poilievre's stunning defeat wrote the history of Election 2025
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May 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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History may judge this as Carney’s miracle or Poilievre’s miscalculation. But Canada remains a country where elections aren’t won in rallies, but in quiet spaces. The Liberals of 2025 proved democracy holds its breath, then exhales one vote at a time.
History may judge this as Carney’s miracle or Poilievre’s miscalculation. But Canada remains a country where elections aren’t won in rallies, but in quiet spaces. The Liberals of 2025 proved democracy holds its breath, then exhales one vote at a time.