John Q Public 🇨🇦
@freeintheforest.bsky.social
Watching the collapse of civilization from an off-grid paradise in the woods.
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Ontario, Canada
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Ontario, Canada
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"Every country has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre
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"Washington does not typically defend another country’s policies that are contrary to its own, nor does it block mild criticism of them in international organizations—but this is standard practice when dealing with Israel."
Yet another Biden administration official admits, after the fact, that the Biden administration's and more broadly America's policy of supporting Israel unconditionally does not work and needs to change.
The End of the Israel Exception
A new paradigm for American policy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Washington does not typically defend another country’s policies that are contrary to its own, nor does it block mild criticism of them in international organizations—but this is standard practice when dealing with Israel."
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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This is the sharpest criticism yet of Operation Kill Them All from a senior congressional Republican. Everything he says is not just correct, but also totally obvious.
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is the sharpest criticism yet of Operation Kill Them All from a senior congressional Republican. Everything he says is not just correct, but also totally obvious.
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Four unidentified military-grade drones breached a no-fly zone in Dublin just minutes after Zelensky’s plane landed. They targeted the exact flight path and then circled an Irish Navy vessel deployed for the visit. Ireland is probing it as a potential hybrid attack.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Four unidentified military-grade drones breached a no-fly zone in Dublin just minutes after Zelensky’s plane landed. They targeted the exact flight path and then circled an Irish Navy vessel deployed for the visit. Ireland is probing it as a potential hybrid attack.
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I need to say that everyone who bowed and caved to Trump, everyone who began 2025 acting as if we were at the beginning of a forever Reich, you, in your own way, helped grant the presumption of impunity that murdered these men.
Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I need to say that everyone who bowed and caved to Trump, everyone who began 2025 acting as if we were at the beginning of a forever Reich, you, in your own way, helped grant the presumption of impunity that murdered these men.
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I'm so happy people are waking up to the horror of Trump's boat strikes. I think we're finally coming down from the 9/11 paranoia where people would believe any claim the government made about terrorism and support any amount of violence against anyone labelled a terrorist.
The administration's military attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean "demand extraordinary, public investigation into any wrongdoing"
@mawaldman.bsky.social writes in the @nytimes.com.
@mawaldman.bsky.social writes in the @nytimes.com.
Opinion | How to Respond, Right Now, to Trump’s Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm so happy people are waking up to the horror of Trump's boat strikes. I think we're finally coming down from the 9/11 paranoia where people would believe any claim the government made about terrorism and support any amount of violence against anyone labelled a terrorist.
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NEW: Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.
But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.
But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
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If someone needs resources regarding the illegal Trump order hitting Iranian American and people from 18 different countries. @niacouncil.org has some resources -https://niacouncil.org/the-trump-administrations-latest-actions-against-iranian-and-other-immigrants/ - If you are Iranian or have family
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If someone needs resources regarding the illegal Trump order hitting Iranian American and people from 18 different countries. @niacouncil.org has some resources -https://niacouncil.org/the-trump-administrations-latest-actions-against-iranian-and-other-immigrants/ - If you are Iranian or have family
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Sometimes I stub my toe on purpose on the coffee table and then yell at the coffee table, just to see what it feels like to be a Conservative.
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sometimes I stub my toe on purpose on the coffee table and then yell at the coffee table, just to see what it feels like to be a Conservative.
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Those who commit the crimes may be powerful but they don’t get to decide whether or not they are guilty.
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
Why Canada Has a Stake in Hegseth’s War Crimes
You may not be familiar with the HMHS Llandovery Castle, which sank off the coast of Ireland on June 27, 1918.
charlieangus.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Those who commit the crimes may be powerful but they don’t get to decide whether or not they are guilty.
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
I offer this history lesson on why Canada must stand up against murder on the high seas today.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/why-canada...
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changing my title to secretary of war and immediately wetting my pants after doing war crimes in front of everyone
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
changing my title to secretary of war and immediately wetting my pants after doing war crimes in front of everyone
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Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
Ex-AI Capex, the US was in Recession in H1 2025
AI capex continues to wildly distort US economic data
paulkedrosky.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
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Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
If the United States chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
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“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (November 30, 1945), submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth should be worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
1945: Heinz Eck, U-Boat commander | Executed Today
www.executedtoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (November 30, 1945), submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth should be worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
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Two Russian shadow fleet tankers were hit in the Black Sea near Turkey. The Kairos may have hit a sea mine while returning to Novorossiysk with Urals crude. A second vessel, Virat, also caught fire after an alleged USV attack. Both are under sanctions and linked to Russia’s sanctioned oil trade.
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Two Russian shadow fleet tankers were hit in the Black Sea near Turkey. The Kairos may have hit a sea mine while returning to Novorossiysk with Urals crude. A second vessel, Virat, also caught fire after an alleged USV attack. Both are under sanctions and linked to Russia’s sanctioned oil trade.
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being around family yesterday reminded me of something valuable. its time to grow psychedelic mushrooms again.
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
being around family yesterday reminded me of something valuable. its time to grow psychedelic mushrooms again.
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Spend a little time at a shelter and you’ll understand why many of us hold our species in such low regard.
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Spend a little time at a shelter and you’ll understand why many of us hold our species in such low regard.
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So what effect is Hegseth's drug interdicting program having? The one that pursues its objective by blowing fishing boats out of the water and killing everyone on board? No discernible effect at all. But it entertains the MAGA base. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.
The high-seas cowboys who speed tons of cocaine to American consumers are now getting blown out of the water. They say it won’t stop them.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So what effect is Hegseth's drug interdicting program having? The one that pursues its objective by blowing fishing boats out of the water and killing everyone on board? No discernible effect at all. But it entertains the MAGA base. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
sure jan
sure jan
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
sure jan
sure jan
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I hope his cell in The Hague is damp and cold.
“In its ruling, the Appeals Chamber upheld the earlier decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber I, which found that Duterte’s release would pose risks to witnesses, evidence, and the integrity of the investigation.”
#tokhang
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#tokhang
globalnation.inquirer.net/300410/icc-r...
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I hope his cell in The Hague is damp and cold.
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Tobacco will kill more than 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than ALL drug overdose deaths. Does that mean Trump is going to drone strike the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Can other countries target them? Why not?🤔
President Donald Trump say the United States will soon expand efforts to tackle Venezuelan drug trafficking. "We warn them, stop sending poison to our country,” says Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Tobacco will kill more than 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than ALL drug overdose deaths. Does that mean Trump is going to drone strike the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Can other countries target them? Why not?🤔
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The key point that anyone who is left of center really needs to understand is that the market is infinitely malleable. There is no market out there, which we decide whether or not we want the government to interfere with. The government structures the market, how it is structured is a policy choice.
@deanbaker13.bsky.social thought you might like this article
October 26, 2024 at 5:19 AM
The key point that anyone who is left of center really needs to understand is that the market is infinitely malleable. There is no market out there, which we decide whether or not we want the government to interfere with. The government structures the market, how it is structured is a policy choice.