Brian Farrell 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@hisbpf.bsky.social
Military historian at NUS, Habs fan, Gunner tragic, and, most important, father of Conor. All opinions my own. Standing with Ukraine. 🇺🇦Denouncing terrorists. 🇨🇦 living and working in 🇸🇬. Trump will be defeated. Stand tall Canada. Never 51.🇨🇦
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Being released this Tuesday, 4 November. Also available as E book, and through Amazon as both hardcover and on Kindle.
Try not to rupture your spleen laughing:
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Try not to rupture your spleen laughing:
Just give it up TACO, you blithering idiot.
Trump rolls back tariffs on dozens of food products
The executive order allowing products like coffee and bananas to escape tariffs comes as the Trump administration faces mounting pressure over rising prices.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Just give it up TACO, you blithering idiot.
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
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A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
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Thou shalt remove all the pedophiles from thy government. Seriously humans, it’s such a low bar to clear.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Thou shalt remove all the pedophiles from thy government. Seriously humans, it’s such a low bar to clear.
Maduro wasting what little money his country still has.
Venezuela announces ‘massive mobilization’ of military forces as America’s largest warship sails into region | CNN
Venezuela says it is launching a “massive mobilization” of military personnel, weapons and equipment in response to the build-up of US warships and troops in the Caribbean Sea.
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Maduro wasting what little money his country still has.
Eloquent
Very touching tribute to Tim Cook by Pamela Wallin in the Senate of Canada.
youtu.be/17wNnUfCdx0?...
youtu.be/17wNnUfCdx0?...
Senator Pamela Wallin's Tribute to Canadian War Museum Historian Dr. Tim Cook in the Senate
YouTube video by No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Eloquent
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Great win by Habs, great game story by my brother @seanfarrell27.bsky.social
Canadiens score 5 in row, surge past Mammoth | NHL.com
Caufield gets 2 goals for Montreal, which extends point streak to 6
www.nhl.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great win by Habs, great game story by my brother @seanfarrell27.bsky.social
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Hey Mark, how does the budget help your personal wealth? Are your companies going to benefit from the Fed shacks that you will spend billions on? Has anyone from CBC asked you these questions? Of course not! My great grand children will be paying off this deficit.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hey Mark, how does the budget help your personal wealth? Are your companies going to benefit from the Fed shacks that you will spend billions on? Has anyone from CBC asked you these questions? Of course not! My great grand children will be paying off this deficit.
Especially vile war crime.
Russian monster brags about stuffing explosives into children’s toys to murder Ukrainian kids, and calls it “having imagination.”
This is pure evil.
This is pure evil.
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Especially vile war crime.
Good to see the PRC wasting money on warship types it does not need. (Bracing for the replies …)
China’s latest aircraft carrier enters fleet as naval competition with the US heats up | CNN
China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has officially entered service, a significant step forward for Beijing as it seeks to catch up with the United States on naval supremacy.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Good to see the PRC wasting money on warship types it does not need. (Bracing for the replies …)
This will take time to digest, but it is at least reassuring to note that the 🇨🇦 govt does understand that spending much more on defence is imperative.
Budget touts $81.8B defence investment as a sovereignty 'blueprint' but offers only rough fiscal sketches | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget delivers a historic investment in defence and the defence industry. But the fiscal plan is light on specifics on how and when the roughly $81.8 billion will b...
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This will take time to digest, but it is at least reassuring to note that the 🇨🇦 govt does understand that spending much more on defence is imperative.
Well deserved. Devotes a lot of time to helping community as well as promoting sport for all. Good on him.
David Beckham knighted by King Charles at Windsor Castle | CNN
British soccer icon Sir David Beckham has been knighted by King Charles III, in what he has described as his “proudest moment,” months after being named on the King’s Birthday Honours list.
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Well deserved. Devotes a lot of time to helping community as well as promoting sport for all. Good on him.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November (Thursday!), preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November (Thursday!), preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...