HANK TOUGH
@marktrk.bsky.social
you gotta inspect what you expect or it's all suspect
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ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
The ICE Shooter’s Motive
Joshua Jahn's friends speak
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
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my understanding from online commentators was that Justin Trudeau had stolen all the oil, said making money was illegal and called all the oil workers gay, was this not the case
June 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
my understanding from online commentators was that Justin Trudeau had stolen all the oil, said making money was illegal and called all the oil workers gay, was this not the case
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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"Canadian exports to the US plunged 6.6%, the biggest drop since the pandemic. Canada’s exports to countries other than the US jumped 24.8%, however, almost entirely offsetting the decline in shipments to the south"
Usually I'd agree, but holy cow www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Usually I'd agree, but holy cow www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Mark Carney Comes to Washington With a Message
Get caught up.
www.bloomberg.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Canadian exports to the US plunged 6.6%, the biggest drop since the pandemic. Canada’s exports to countries other than the US jumped 24.8%, however, almost entirely offsetting the decline in shipments to the south"
Usually I'd agree, but holy cow www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Usually I'd agree, but holy cow www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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I didn’t think this story could get any more tragic. But this report, from the remarkable Kim Bolan, just makes everything more heartbreaking. And I hope it will help to quell the conspiracies, along with the craven political exploitation of this horror. It’s just tragedy piled atop tragedy.
Driver charged with 8 counts of murder in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy
Kai-ji Adam Lo, charged Sunday with eight counts of murder, had dozens of interactions with police for his deteriorating mental health.
vancouversun.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I didn’t think this story could get any more tragic. But this report, from the remarkable Kim Bolan, just makes everything more heartbreaking. And I hope it will help to quell the conspiracies, along with the craven political exploitation of this horror. It’s just tragedy piled atop tragedy.
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Today marks the end of the Arc of Chocolate (Oct-Apri), and the beginning of the Crescent of Ice Cream (May-Sept).
April 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today marks the end of the Arc of Chocolate (Oct-Apri), and the beginning of the Crescent of Ice Cream (May-Sept).
“Frank, there’s three things that win an election. Number one is emotion, number two is emotion and number three is emotion.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social I also called Poilievre would have trouble after Trump in January, but was only brave enough to tell my wife 😅
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social I also called Poilievre would have trouble after Trump in January, but was only brave enough to tell my wife 😅
What the Polls in Canada Are Really Saying
A top Canadian pollster explains how Trump completely upended the election.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Frank, there’s three things that win an election. Number one is emotion, number two is emotion and number three is emotion.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social I also called Poilievre would have trouble after Trump in January, but was only brave enough to tell my wife 😅
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social I also called Poilievre would have trouble after Trump in January, but was only brave enough to tell my wife 😅
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B.C. judge uses Simpsons Duff Beer episode to explain failed lawsuit
B.C. judge uses Simpsons Duff Beer episode to explain failed lawsuit
B.C. judge muses 'life imitates art' before describing a failed class action lawsuit as a repeat of deceptive marketing practices carried out by the Duff Beer company in a 'notorious' Simpsons episode
dlvr.it
April 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
B.C. judge uses Simpsons Duff Beer episode to explain failed lawsuit
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It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
April 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
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We'll be hearing from the Prime Minister of the Heard and McDonald Islands shortly on their tariff retaliation plan
April 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We'll be hearing from the Prime Minister of the Heard and McDonald Islands shortly on their tariff retaliation plan
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If Poilievre wins office, he’s planning a blitzkrieg of cuts and deregulation, following the model of Ontario premier Mike Harris.
In an excerpt from his new book, Martin Lukacs reveals the first details of the group plotting Poilievre’s 100 day agenda.
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
In an excerpt from his new book, Martin Lukacs reveals the first details of the group plotting Poilievre’s 100 day agenda.
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
breachmedia.ca
April 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If Poilievre wins office, he’s planning a blitzkrieg of cuts and deregulation, following the model of Ontario premier Mike Harris.
In an excerpt from his new book, Martin Lukacs reveals the first details of the group plotting Poilievre’s 100 day agenda.
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
In an excerpt from his new book, Martin Lukacs reveals the first details of the group plotting Poilievre’s 100 day agenda.
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
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For anyone who believes in accountability, democracy, and human rights, what’s happening south of the border drives home why Canada’s Court Challenges Program is a worthwhile investment, says Anne Lévesque. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
A guardrail of democracy
For anyone who believes in accountability, democracy, and human rights, what’s happening south of the border drives home why Canada’s Court Challenges Program is a worthwhile investment
www.nationalmagazine.ca
March 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For anyone who believes in accountability, democracy, and human rights, what’s happening south of the border drives home why Canada’s Court Challenges Program is a worthwhile investment, says Anne Lévesque. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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Suffice it to say, "calls were made", "an international incident was had", schedules were adjusted and I was lucky to keep my job.
While it was within the letter of the CRT, it certainly wasn't within the spirit.
That was the last time we had an int'l incident w/ the Columbia River Treaty.
[fin]
While it was within the letter of the CRT, it certainly wasn't within the spirit.
That was the last time we had an int'l incident w/ the Columbia River Treaty.
[fin]
a man wearing glasses and a brown suit is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a brown suit is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Suffice it to say, "calls were made", "an international incident was had", schedules were adjusted and I was lucky to keep my job.
While it was within the letter of the CRT, it certainly wasn't within the spirit.
That was the last time we had an int'l incident w/ the Columbia River Treaty.
[fin]
While it was within the letter of the CRT, it certainly wasn't within the spirit.
That was the last time we had an int'l incident w/ the Columbia River Treaty.
[fin]
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“Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view” www.ft.com/content/6685...
Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk’s companies
Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul’s ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
www.ft.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view” www.ft.com/content/6685...
Our annual reminder that the time change is dumb #daylightsavings. Being on permanent daylight time was the best part of living in Saskatchewan. youtu.be/br0NW9ufUUw?...
Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Our annual reminder that the time change is dumb #daylightsavings. Being on permanent daylight time was the best part of living in Saskatchewan. youtu.be/br0NW9ufUUw?...
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Worth the watch.
March 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Worth the watch.
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Martin's father is the president of Trinity Western University, in Langley.
EXCLUSIVE: A Hitler-quoting ‘Aryan’ has the attention of JD Vance and Elon Musk—who is @captivedreamer7?
My latest with @kylebazgo.bsky.social for @dailydot.com identifies the likely operator of the anonymous racist account as Geoffrey Martin, a Canadian.
www.dailydot.com/debug/captiv...
My latest with @kylebazgo.bsky.social for @dailydot.com identifies the likely operator of the anonymous racist account as Geoffrey Martin, a Canadian.
www.dailydot.com/debug/captiv...
A Hitler-quoting 'Aryan' has the attention of JD Vance and Elon Musk—who is @captivedreamer7?
The account, followed by JD Vance, previously boasted of being a white supremacist.
www.dailydot.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Martin's father is the president of Trinity Western University, in Langley.
Hear me out for a second, what if, when the #Ontario auto plants inevitably get shuttered next week, the government transitions them to make armoured vehicles, assembled by the men and women otherwise laid off, using the steel we can't sell, paid for by a real minerals agreement with #Ukraine?
March 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Privately run surgical centres in Alberta perform procedures at double the cost to taxpayers than the provincial public hospital system. @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
Alberta surgical company's fees double public costs, according to AHS documents
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Alberta surgical company's fees double public costs, according to AHS documents
A private surgical company at the heart of allegations the Alberta government interfered to secure overpriced medical contracts was billing taxpayers more than twice as much per procedure than it woul...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Privately run surgical centres in Alberta perform procedures at double the cost to taxpayers than the provincial public hospital system. @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
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People are turning away from the news. Here’s why it’s happening.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social #journalism
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social #journalism
People are turning away from the news. Here’s why it may be happening
Our data shows a ten-year trend towards disengagement from online news, with interest in news falling and news avoidance rising.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
People are turning away from the news. Here’s why it’s happening.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social #journalism
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social #journalism
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The United States, to hear some tell it, is currently experiencing a “plutocratic coup.”
Its democracy is in decline, reports have warned.
In light of that, I’d like to share a slightly personal story -- one that keeps me up at night:
youtu.be/VDccQaYgwNk
Its democracy is in decline, reports have warned.
In light of that, I’d like to share a slightly personal story -- one that keeps me up at night:
youtu.be/VDccQaYgwNk
What it's like to watch a democracy fail
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The United States, to hear some tell it, is currently experiencing a “plutocratic coup.”
Its democracy is in decline, reports have warned.
In light of that, I’d like to share a slightly personal story -- one that keeps me up at night:
youtu.be/VDccQaYgwNk
Its democracy is in decline, reports have warned.
In light of that, I’d like to share a slightly personal story -- one that keeps me up at night:
youtu.be/VDccQaYgwNk
Us after watching the #Simpsons episode from 2015 with Elonia Musk
a cartoon character holding a book titled peace
ALT: a cartoon character holding a book titled peace
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Us after watching the #Simpsons episode from 2015 with Elonia Musk
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A devatasting piece of writing by a journalist who becomes homeless. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 PM
A devatasting piece of writing by a journalist who becomes homeless. www.esquire.com/news-politic...