LornaA
@lornaabe.bsky.social
Advocate, reader, exploring cafes and other third aces in my community, family time
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Canada can no longer trust the United States as a credible source of medical information.
The USA was the gold standard. Now they have jumped down the dark hole of conspiracy and rage.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/26/h...
The USA was the gold standard. Now they have jumped down the dark hole of conspiracy and rage.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/26/h...
Health minister says Canada can't rely on U.S. health institutions…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Canada can no longer trust the United States as a credible source of medical information.
The USA was the gold standard. Now they have jumped down the dark hole of conspiracy and rage.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/26/h...
The USA was the gold standard. Now they have jumped down the dark hole of conspiracy and rage.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/26/h...
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I guess I'm no longer following @theatlantic.com. They made themselves look silly all on their own. Without Canadian 'treachery.'
The @theatlantic.com claims that Canadians will use "treachery" to make America and its media look "silly".
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers.
Deal with it.
December 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I guess I'm no longer following @theatlantic.com. They made themselves look silly all on their own. Without Canadian 'treachery.'
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Canada has grown an incredible amount over the last year. We have learned that we must stand up for our values and democracy. We are shining a light in dark times.
This is my talk from a @meidascanada.ca townhall with @westendphoenix.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Li2...
This is my talk from a @meidascanada.ca townhall with @westendphoenix.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Li2...
FINDING LIGHT IN DARK TIMES
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Canada has grown an incredible amount over the last year. We have learned that we must stand up for our values and democracy. We are shining a light in dark times.
This is my talk from a @meidascanada.ca townhall with @westendphoenix.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Li2...
This is my talk from a @meidascanada.ca townhall with @westendphoenix.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Li2...
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Trump state media have issued a takedown notice against Global News for airing the 60 Minutes piece on the treatment of people deported to El Salvador.
Here is the video. It is a brutal documentary.
Please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
Here is the video. It is a brutal documentary.
Please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump state media have issued a takedown notice against Global News for airing the 60 Minutes piece on the treatment of people deported to El Salvador.
Here is the video. It is a brutal documentary.
Please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
Here is the video. It is a brutal documentary.
Please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jieh...
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In 2005 I was a newly-elected MP in a heavily Catholic region. The Church said they would deny me communion and defeat me in the election if I didn't change my support for same sex marriage.
I held my ground and Catholic voters came out in droves to support me.
vimeo.com/1148980471?f...
I held my ground and Catholic voters came out in droves to support me.
vimeo.com/1148980471?f...
An Angus Family Christmas - Vision TV, December, 2024
This is "An Angus Family Christmas - Vision TV, December, 2024" by Andrew Munger on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In 2005 I was a newly-elected MP in a heavily Catholic region. The Church said they would deny me communion and defeat me in the election if I didn't change my support for same sex marriage.
I held my ground and Catholic voters came out in droves to support me.
vimeo.com/1148980471?f...
I held my ground and Catholic voters came out in droves to support me.
vimeo.com/1148980471?f...
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People are standing up to tyranny. The light is beginning to break through the cracks.
December 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
People are standing up to tyranny. The light is beginning to break through the cracks.
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Happy Winter Solstice 🇨🇦
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Winter Solstice 🇨🇦
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Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
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Gangster state - the Republicans want to issue letters of marque for American pirates to board and seize ships.
When MAGA gets its foreign policy ideas from Somalian gunboats you know the empire id done.
As Stan Rogers would say, God damn them all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwz...
When MAGA gets its foreign policy ideas from Somalian gunboats you know the empire id done.
As Stan Rogers would say, God damn them all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwz...
Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers
YouTube video by bytor21122112
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Gangster state - the Republicans want to issue letters of marque for American pirates to board and seize ships.
When MAGA gets its foreign policy ideas from Somalian gunboats you know the empire id done.
As Stan Rogers would say, God damn them all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwz...
When MAGA gets its foreign policy ideas from Somalian gunboats you know the empire id done.
As Stan Rogers would say, God damn them all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwz...
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American liquor exports collapsed 85% because of the Canadian boycott.
File the Jim Beam white flag under FAFO!
"In the winter of 25 they were hungry, just barely alive.
By January Jim Beam had fell
It's a time we’ll remember, oh so well
The night we drove old MAGA down
And the bells were ringing"
File the Jim Beam white flag under FAFO!
"In the winter of 25 they were hungry, just barely alive.
By January Jim Beam had fell
It's a time we’ll remember, oh so well
The night we drove old MAGA down
And the bells were ringing"
December 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
American liquor exports collapsed 85% because of the Canadian boycott.
File the Jim Beam white flag under FAFO!
"In the winter of 25 they were hungry, just barely alive.
By January Jim Beam had fell
It's a time we’ll remember, oh so well
The night we drove old MAGA down
And the bells were ringing"
File the Jim Beam white flag under FAFO!
"In the winter of 25 they were hungry, just barely alive.
By January Jim Beam had fell
It's a time we’ll remember, oh so well
The night we drove old MAGA down
And the bells were ringing"
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Hell might freeze over, but Canada will never be the 51st State 🇨🇦💪🇨🇦 👇
American liquor exports collapsed 85% because of the Canadian boycott.
File the Jim Beam white flag under FAFO!
"In the winter of 25 they were hungry, just barely alive.
By January Jim Beam had fell
It's a time we’ll remember, oh so well
The night we drove old MAGA down
And the bells were ringing"
File the Jim Beam white flag under FAFO!
"In the winter of 25 they were hungry, just barely alive.
By January Jim Beam had fell
It's a time we’ll remember, oh so well
The night we drove old MAGA down
And the bells were ringing"
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hell might freeze over, but Canada will never be the 51st State 🇨🇦💪🇨🇦 👇
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OHC executive director Natalie Mehra has led the seminal research on private clinics and two-tier health care across the country. For decades, she has researched the forces pushing privatization and their methods. She is a leading expert on this topic and many others.
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
OHC executive director Natalie Mehra has led the seminal research on private clinics and two-tier health care across the country. For decades, she has researched the forces pushing privatization and their methods. She is a leading expert on this topic and many others.
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An array of organizations that are working to dismantle and privatize public health care are campaigning in the media and on social media. At every turn, we are finding media stories, op eds, reports and initiatives spreading misinformation and pushing for more privatization.
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
An array of organizations that are working to dismantle and privatize public health care are campaigning in the media and on social media. At every turn, we are finding media stories, op eds, reports and initiatives spreading misinformation and pushing for more privatization.
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Watch OHC executive director Natalie Mehra provide an urgent briefing on what’s happening, facts vs common myths & how we can combat the highly orchestrated pro-privatization propaganda campaign: www.facebook.com/ontariohealth
🗓️ 12 pm on Wed, Dec 17
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
🗓️ 12 pm on Wed, Dec 17
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Watch OHC executive director Natalie Mehra provide an urgent briefing on what’s happening, facts vs common myths & how we can combat the highly orchestrated pro-privatization propaganda campaign: www.facebook.com/ontariohealth
🗓️ 12 pm on Wed, Dec 17
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
🗓️ 12 pm on Wed, Dec 17
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
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Health Coalitions Demand Action: Alberta’s Bill 11 Threatens Public Health Care for All Canadians (Joint Letter)
Read it here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/jo...
#abpoli #canpoli #onpoli #healthcare #markcarney #marjoriemichel #daniellesmith
Read it here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/jo...
#abpoli #canpoli #onpoli #healthcare #markcarney #marjoriemichel #daniellesmith
December 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Health Coalitions Demand Action: Alberta’s Bill 11 Threatens Public Health Care for All Canadians (Joint Letter)
Read it here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/jo...
#abpoli #canpoli #onpoli #healthcare #markcarney #marjoriemichel #daniellesmith
Read it here: www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/jo...
#abpoli #canpoli #onpoli #healthcare #markcarney #marjoriemichel #daniellesmith
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Really enjoyed this, challenging preconceptions and exploring actual outcomes & consequence of 'work-conditional' US Food Stamps
Punishing people with hunger does not lead to good outcomes
#BasicIncome
zurl.co/8OWSd
Punishing people with hunger does not lead to good outcomes
#BasicIncome
zurl.co/8OWSd
Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective
In many parts of the country, there are new work requirements to get food aid. But starving people doesn’t motivate them – despite centuries of this rhetoric
zurl.co
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Really enjoyed this, challenging preconceptions and exploring actual outcomes & consequence of 'work-conditional' US Food Stamps
Punishing people with hunger does not lead to good outcomes
#BasicIncome
zurl.co/8OWSd
Punishing people with hunger does not lead to good outcomes
#BasicIncome
zurl.co/8OWSd
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UBI isn't meant to replace the income from all jobs, and we aren't going to lose all jobs, especially if we have UBI to maintain spending. What UBI excels at is functioning as a floor and a dividend to make sure everyone gets a rightful share and a cushion to prevent the worst + enable new pursuits.
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
UBI isn't meant to replace the income from all jobs, and we aren't going to lose all jobs, especially if we have UBI to maintain spending. What UBI excels at is functioning as a floor and a dividend to make sure everyone gets a rightful share and a cushion to prevent the worst + enable new pursuits.
Yay Canada!
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charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-ce...
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yay Canada!
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-ce...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-ce...
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"But how do we pay for it?" That never applies to this kind of spending. It only ever applies to stuff like universal basic income and healthcare.
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"But how do we pay for it?" That never applies to this kind of spending. It only ever applies to stuff like universal basic income and healthcare.
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Are we really going to let the tech bros experiment on our kids with chatbot therapy and chatbot "friends"?
I look at the impacts of the digital realm on childhood and imagination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6y...
I look at the impacts of the digital realm on childhood and imagination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6y...
A TERMINATOR XMAS - THE CHATBOT WAR ON OUR KIDS !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Are we really going to let the tech bros experiment on our kids with chatbot therapy and chatbot "friends"?
I look at the impacts of the digital realm on childhood and imagination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6y...
I look at the impacts of the digital realm on childhood and imagination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6y...
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Dear whoever is in charge of things,
Can we please invest all of the astronomical amount of money being put into A/I, instead into things that will allow people to live the lives they actually want. Things like better public transportation, healthcare, and universal basic income. Please.
Can we please invest all of the astronomical amount of money being put into A/I, instead into things that will allow people to live the lives they actually want. Things like better public transportation, healthcare, and universal basic income. Please.
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Dear whoever is in charge of things,
Can we please invest all of the astronomical amount of money being put into A/I, instead into things that will allow people to live the lives they actually want. Things like better public transportation, healthcare, and universal basic income. Please.
Can we please invest all of the astronomical amount of money being put into A/I, instead into things that will allow people to live the lives they actually want. Things like better public transportation, healthcare, and universal basic income. Please.
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Locally: "The 621,854 visits to the region’s food hamper program (July 2024-June 2025) is the highest ever recorded, Wilhelm said, a 205 per cent increase from 2019." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
‘Is today the day it’s going to end?’: Waterloo Region food bank fighting to keep up with demand
After release of Feed Ontario report, executive director Kim Wilhelm says regional food bank faces rising demand for food assistance, with record-high visits amid pandemic impacts; urgent calls for sy...
www.therecord.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Locally: "The 621,854 visits to the region’s food hamper program (July 2024-June 2025) is the highest ever recorded, Wilhelm said, a 205 per cent increase from 2019." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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"In practice, food banks have become an unofficial second tier of income support, absorbing the shortfall left by stagnant benefits, rising rents, and soaring grocery costs."
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"In practice, food banks have become an unofficial second tier of income support, absorbing the shortfall left by stagnant benefits, rising rents, and soaring grocery costs."
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"Food banks have become the pressure gauge for a system under strain, and December is when the needle hits the red." lenispooner.substack.com/p/christmas-...
Christmas Demand Is Surging. Our Food Banks Are Warning Us.
This isn’t a donation drive — it’s a look at the stress fractures in Canada’s food system, and how to respond with care as holiday preparation gets underway.
lenispooner.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Food banks have become the pressure gauge for a system under strain, and December is when the needle hits the red." lenispooner.substack.com/p/christmas-...
I Did Not Expect to Outlive This Genocide
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I Did Not Expect to Outlive This Genocide
The diary of a Gaza survivor
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December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I Did Not Expect to Outlive This Genocide
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