E in the Capital
@einthecapital.bsky.social
Long suffering Senators and Browns fan in Ottawa. Redblacks season ticket holder. Forlorn Joe Clark Red Tory. Typos.
So fun watching kiddo fill up his own bookshelves.
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So fun watching kiddo fill up his own bookshelves.
Imagine if only Fred had disciplined this mook instead of neglecting him.
Trump on Rob Reiner: He was a deranged person… Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country.
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imagine if only Fred had disciplined this mook instead of neglecting him.
Hey @marvelman76.bsky.social! If I may ask, are you familiar with these Hachette UK hardcovers? Hit the motherload at Dollarama here in Canada, for $5 CDN each.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hey @marvelman76.bsky.social! If I may ask, are you familiar with these Hachette UK hardcovers? Hit the motherload at Dollarama here in Canada, for $5 CDN each.
A diplomat with zero interest in diplomacy is just the Trump foreign policy of shitting on longtime allies.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
Canadians ‘don’t understand’ seriousness of Ontario anti-Trump ad: Hoekstra
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is once again slamming the Ontario ad that ended trade negotiations with the U.S., accusing Canada of inserting itself into American politics and creating a “ne...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A diplomat with zero interest in diplomacy is just the Trump foreign policy of shitting on longtime allies.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
Turns out that 12 years ago way too fast.
October 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Turns out that 12 years ago way too fast.
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If Ukraine is not a part of peace talks, they aren't peace talks.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If Ukraine is not a part of peace talks, they aren't peace talks.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
Reprehensible and disgusting. Defacing a monument to millions killed by the Nazis and to holocaust survivors’ contributions to Canada is the act of a dark-hearted, immoral ignoramus who’s too lazy to put in the work to effect change.
Canada’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa defaced overnight
Crews are cleaning up Canada’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa on Monday, after it was defaced with red paint.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reprehensible and disgusting. Defacing a monument to millions killed by the Nazis and to holocaust survivors’ contributions to Canada is the act of a dark-hearted, immoral ignoramus who’s too lazy to put in the work to effect change.
So true in the 80s! I recall my parents getting mad with “Hey, you’re in or you’re out! If you’re going outside, then stay outside!”
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
June 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So true in the 80s! I recall my parents getting mad with “Hey, you’re in or you’re out! If you’re going outside, then stay outside!”
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
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While it appears we are plummeting into the abyss this is a trick of perspective, in fact all the non-abyss parts of the universe are hurling away from us
BESSENT: OTHER COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES RISING, NOT DOLLAR FALLING
May 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
While it appears we are plummeting into the abyss this is a trick of perspective, in fact all the non-abyss parts of the universe are hurling away from us
In fairness, people had NO WAY of realizing that the guy who previously ran a shambolic administration, who tried to overturn election results, and who was screaming “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the pets!” on a televised debate might be a ruinous madman.
Americans seem to be waking up to the fact that they have elected a ruinous madman.
Think Trump’s Unpopular Now? Just Wait.
100 days into his second term, the president’s approval numbers are historically bad. There’s good reason to believe they’re only going to get worse from here.
newrepublic.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In fairness, people had NO WAY of realizing that the guy who previously ran a shambolic administration, who tried to overturn election results, and who was screaming “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the pets!” on a televised debate might be a ruinous madman.
It’s the BS sanitizing of “He feels Canada would be better off as part of the Union.”
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
WELKER: Does the US still want to make Canada the 51st state?
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
April 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It’s the BS sanitizing of “He feels Canada would be better off as part of the Union.”
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
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When you're missing something in your life, just living and being nice to your kids and petting the dog or cat isn't enough. You have to be a crusader uncovering conspiracies everywhere.
April 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When you're missing something in your life, just living and being nice to your kids and petting the dog or cat isn't enough. You have to be a crusader uncovering conspiracies everywhere.
Gross, like the WH vid weeks ago fetishizing people in chains.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Gross, like the WH vid weeks ago fetishizing people in chains.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
This pathetically misses the point. Accidentally adding Goldberg to the chat was just the icing on the (bad) cake!
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
The Trump administration's Signal group chat leak may be the world's most relatable fail. Who hasn't added a stranger to a text thread or group chat?
'We've all done this': Trump admin group chat scandal is its most relatable fail
The Trump administration's Signal group chat leak may be the world's most relatable fail. Who hasn't added a stranger to a text thread or group chat?
bit.ly
March 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This pathetically misses the point. Accidentally adding Goldberg to the chat was just the icing on the (bad) cake!
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
I’m in Ottawa and Mexican cartels have never fucked with me.
Geese along the river parkway have.
Geese along the river parkway have.
Peter Navarro: “Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels”
Big if true
Big if true
March 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m in Ottawa and Mexican cartels have never fucked with me.
Geese along the river parkway have.
Geese along the river parkway have.
The US approach to avoiding conflict with villains is now to become a villain themselves.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The US approach to avoiding conflict with villains is now to become a villain themselves.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
Stopped watching all-star games as a kid, maybe early 90s, realizing that players simply weren’t trying. Nothing at stake, it didn’t matter.
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
It began with a boardroom discussion 18 months ago about ways the NHL could freshen up the stale old all-star game format. It ended Thursday night with the sports equivalent of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein — a massive, imposing product that produced monster ratings and interest.
4 Nations Face-Off excedes expectations
High standard for future best-on-best tourneys
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Stopped watching all-star games as a kid, maybe early 90s, realizing that players simply weren’t trying. Nothing at stake, it didn’t matter.
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
Exhausted but perfectly happy today!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
February 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Exhausted but perfectly happy today!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I hold the convoy protestors in the lowest regard because of how they targeted my fellow residents for leverage.
That said, I don’t agree with such serious charges for the organizers. I was more interested in removing protesters after holding the area for 3 weeks then focusing on lessons learned.
That said, I don’t agree with such serious charges for the organizers. I was more interested in removing protesters after holding the area for 3 weeks then focusing on lessons learned.
Crown seeking 10-year sentence for 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King
Pat King: ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer to be sentenced
Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, is set to be sentenced in an Ottawa courtroom today.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I hold the convoy protestors in the lowest regard because of how they targeted my fellow residents for leverage.
That said, I don’t agree with such serious charges for the organizers. I was more interested in removing protesters after holding the area for 3 weeks then focusing on lessons learned.
That said, I don’t agree with such serious charges for the organizers. I was more interested in removing protesters after holding the area for 3 weeks then focusing on lessons learned.
Noticing a recent push in commercials for American companies to point to production in Canada. Buying Canadian in response to tariffs not always straightforward.🇨🇦
February 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Noticing a recent push in commercials for American companies to point to production in Canada. Buying Canadian in response to tariffs not always straightforward.🇨🇦
I mean, it was merely hateful racism, not the really harmful stuff like diversity, equity, & inclusion.
And it’s great to be preached at about forgiveness by an admin driven by retribution.
And it’s great to be preached at about forgiveness by an admin driven by retribution.
February 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I mean, it was merely hateful racism, not the really harmful stuff like diversity, equity, & inclusion.
And it’s great to be preached at about forgiveness by an admin driven by retribution.
And it’s great to be preached at about forgiveness by an admin driven by retribution.
Musk’s post and the replies are so representative of what a cess pool that the former Twitter has become.
I try to remind myself that X and other social media platforms are not the real world, but I dunno… especially when someone with so much power is wants to reinstate the person at issue.
I try to remind myself that X and other social media platforms are not the real world, but I dunno… especially when someone with so much power is wants to reinstate the person at issue.
February 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Musk’s post and the replies are so representative of what a cess pool that the former Twitter has become.
I try to remind myself that X and other social media platforms are not the real world, but I dunno… especially when someone with so much power is wants to reinstate the person at issue.
I try to remind myself that X and other social media platforms are not the real world, but I dunno… especially when someone with so much power is wants to reinstate the person at issue.
Hi @jmdematteis.bsky.social quick note that I recently re-watched “For the man who has everything” and something about your treatment struck me now as a 40-something Dad.
It speaks to how I appreciate Superman more now & think he’s important as an aspirational character (not a grim tough guy). /1
It speaks to how I appreciate Superman more now & think he’s important as an aspirational character (not a grim tough guy). /1
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hi @jmdematteis.bsky.social quick note that I recently re-watched “For the man who has everything” and something about your treatment struck me now as a 40-something Dad.
It speaks to how I appreciate Superman more now & think he’s important as an aspirational character (not a grim tough guy). /1
It speaks to how I appreciate Superman more now & think he’s important as an aspirational character (not a grim tough guy). /1
Being 🇨🇦, crazy to see “FAFO, Canada!” sentiment take over X.
These folks LOVE that it was POTUS who intro’d massive tariffs under totally false premises re: fentanyl. Made BS claims that trade deficit = subsidy. Pitched annexation under threat of economic ruin.
But sorry for the hard feelings, eh?
These folks LOVE that it was POTUS who intro’d massive tariffs under totally false premises re: fentanyl. Made BS claims that trade deficit = subsidy. Pitched annexation under threat of economic ruin.
But sorry for the hard feelings, eh?
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Being 🇨🇦, crazy to see “FAFO, Canada!” sentiment take over X.
These folks LOVE that it was POTUS who intro’d massive tariffs under totally false premises re: fentanyl. Made BS claims that trade deficit = subsidy. Pitched annexation under threat of economic ruin.
But sorry for the hard feelings, eh?
These folks LOVE that it was POTUS who intro’d massive tariffs under totally false premises re: fentanyl. Made BS claims that trade deficit = subsidy. Pitched annexation under threat of economic ruin.
But sorry for the hard feelings, eh?