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https://open.substack.com/pub/cmarmitage/p/lets-talk-about-full-blown-american?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9zc7r
#secession

"The gap in life expectancy between the longest-lived and shortest-lived states has reached nine years, the largest in […]

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The concept of Jesusland and the United States of Canada has evolved a lot since George w. Bush. This is a recent graphic, but not up to date for 2025. You get the point.

December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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are you a hobbyist? https://dgivista.org/2025/11/23/are-you-a-hobbyist/

November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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Andor, once again, shows the writers had a time machine, as all sorts of #mairikkkans are hiring people they call "illegals" then call #ice at the end of the day so they don't have to pay them, or whatever the reason.

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism […]

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A still image from Andor season 2, where somebody uses someone's labor, then turns them into the Empire fascists.

November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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My favourite rabbi is Danya Guttenberg.

She's left #substack because it's vile, mucous-filled & riddled with proto-nazis & consummate nazis.

Fuck that place.

Embrace this place […]

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The top of Rabbi Santa's website, with a celebration of it being 100% nazi-free.

Indiana Jones punches the fuck out of a nazi.

November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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As a surprise to no one, #bighands is a vile, poisoned-infused-mucous, demented, walking lymphoma cell.

And I hate lymphoma more than other cancer cells because it attacks our ability TO FIGHT CANCER.

#fuckcancer #fucktrump

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico […]

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Ann Telnaes posted a cartoon of trump, whose red tie morphs into a devil tail.

Nov 13, 2025

The Guardian reports on key takeaways from 20,000 pages of newly released Epstein files:

“I have met some very bad people,” Epstein wrote in a 2017 email. “None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body.”

In other messages, Epstein described Trump as a “maniac” showing signs of “early dementia”

November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/another-monument-to-trumps-megalomania?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9zc7r

#genocide #gaza #palestine #freepalestine #ethniccleansing

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli […]

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Donald Trump's fascist monument to himself.

October 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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autumn on my mind https://dgivista.org/2025/10/20/autumn-on-my-mind/

October 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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Autumn on my mind!

#cdnpoli #canada #autumn #ocean #waves #trees #elbowsup #bcpoli #westvancouver

October 27, Dundarave Beach, colonial west vancouver, unceded and occupied MST lands.

A windy day, with 1m waves and driftwood.

October 27, Dundarave Beach park ,colonial west vancouver, unceded and occupied MST lands.

Deciduous trees in green, yellow, orange and red.

October 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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https://www.threads.com/@ganell_donnelly/post/DPlmtsvEy9V?xmt=AQF01j_afWJj6iQUyL8QNo3BdYBOSXe-F9Oz-l1hwO6O9Q&slof=1

I love this from threads:
#bluejays #elbowsup

I’ll start off by saying .. I. Hate. Everything. Yankees.

Having said that, the Yankees being […]

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I’ll start off by saying .. I. Hate. Everything. Yankees.

Having said that, the Yankees being eliminated in such an embarrassing fashion is extra sweet this year.

#ETTD

1. They ‘honored’ racist Charlie Kirk after he was murdered.

2. They fawned all over Trump and posted this photo to social media.

3. The fact that it was the team from Canada that wrecked them makes it a special kind of sweetness.

October 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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inflection point! https://dgivista.org/2025/10/05/inflection-point/

October 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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The @thetyee took a very non-scientific snapshot of what ultimately 172 people thought of cutting #carney.

Pretty lucky for the c/a/n/a/d/a project that it was unscientific, because 70% of people doing the survey like, or recently liked him. Let's hope it's […]

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What do you think of PM Carney’s first months?

* Please note that all poll answers will be publicly viewable, but anonymous.

Choices Percentage Count

I’m still excited about PM Carney 44.19% 76
His shine has worn off for me 26.74% 46
I never liked the guy 25.00% 43
Total 172

Please note that Tyee Barometer polls are only intended as a quick and engaging non-scientific snapshot of our readers’ opinions on various topics that fit with The Tyee’s very broad editorial mandate. They are not intended to be seen as a representative sampling of BC opinion.
Join the 2% of readers supporting independent journalism that the 1% can’t buy

October 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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It's not a conflict.

There are no front lines, like in a war between 2 parties.

The israel project is a multi-generational genocide and occupation, quite illegal, wildly dehumanizing and really lacking validity for spending time exploring a genocide […]

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About the show

Playwright and performer Itai Erdal writes of a day when his eight-year-old Israeli nephew came home from school with an empty box to be filled with goods for soldiers on the front lines. Inside the box the boy’s teacher had written: “To the soldiers of today from the soldiers of tomorrow.”

A former Israeli soldier, Erdal shares some of his actions in the army, revealing a personal and frank context to the Arab Israeli conflict and the Occupation of Palestine. In his guilt and frustration, one can see reflections of a nation in turmoil.

October 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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"No one will pay money for women's sports."

That argument was deeply stupid years ago, and it remains so. Weeeeeks away from the inaugural #vancouver #pwhl season, there are merely hundreds of season ticket seats left. Many sections just have single seats […]

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There are maybe only hundreds of season ticket seats left available for the inaugural Vancouver pwhl hockey season. And who said no one will pay for women's sports. This image is a map of the sections of the Pacific Colosseum that still have season ticket seats remaining to be purchased.

October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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"Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once. Ever."

#genocide #gaza #palestine #freepalestine #ethniccleansing

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #BurnabyBC #canlab […]

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September 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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#fuckcancer
Last year, almost $25m, I hope it is higher this year.

Interesting because Terry wanted to raise $1 from all 25m Canadians 45 years ago. Now it looks like it's that much each year, closing in on C$1b to end cancer over almost 50 years.

And we […]

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YOUR SUPPORT IN ACTION

Your donations and fundraising help support cancer research across Canada. Thank you!

YOUR HARD WORK LAST YEAR

Raised through the Terry Fox Run
$ 10,688,000
Raised through the Terry Fox School Run
$ 13,996,000
Communities
521
Schools
10,000
Teams
4,330

Your impact across Canada

From sea to sea to sea! Hover over a region to see the Terry Fox Run details in that area.

September 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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antifa? wherrrre’s antifa? https://dgivista.org/2025/09/28/antifa-wherrrres-antifa/

September 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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https://open.substack.com/pub/kenklippenstein/p/trumps-nspm-7-labels-common-beliefs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9zc7r

Antifa isn't an organization so how will #bighands determine who are left-wing radical violent extreme terrorists?

Forget the […]

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anti-Americanism,

anti-capitalism,

anti-Christianity,

support for the overthrow of the United States Government,

extremism on migration,

extremism on race,

extremism on gender

hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,

hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and

hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.

September 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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midnight blue darkwind https://dgivista.org/2025/09/26/midnight-blue-darkwind/

September 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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Humpback whales
5 minutes ago
15 minutes east of #nanaimo, from the #BCFerries, on the #salishsea

Let's end fossil fuel development in BC!

I want green: tidal, wind, solar, geothermal. If only the #bcpremier's office would stop their 24 years of preventing […]

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September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel

Today, the first day of autumn, is a day I'm also pondering this motherfucking nazi, who was killed, for a variety of reasons, and made into a convenient martyr by that uber-motherfucker goebbels.

You know, just […]

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Captain america poster encouraging us to punch every Nazi.

September 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM

Stephen Elliott~Buckley

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this boat, contrasted with the foreground Arbutus tree, is grounded, stuck at a king tide line, feeble and impotent and incapable of change. that’s the c/a/n/a/d/a project. OUR job is to intervene!