@pragmatron1.bsky.social
Canadian, Engineer, MSc (IT), retired, solution over ideology. Complaining without proposing a solution is called whining Teddy Roosevelt
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Wait. So Alberta’s federal income taxes don’t belong to Canada but BC’s coastline belongs to Alberta?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News
Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
www.cbc.ca
October 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Wait. So Alberta’s federal income taxes don’t belong to Canada but BC’s coastline belongs to Alberta?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
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Imperial Oil Layoffs Signal Deeper Trouble for Canada
Imagine an oil sands future in which bitumen production rises a lot, but employment falls.
That's what happened over the past 11 years. Imperial Oil shows that the trend is far from over.
#ableg
youtu.be/oQpl81e7wVs
Imagine an oil sands future in which bitumen production rises a lot, but employment falls.
That's what happened over the past 11 years. Imperial Oil shows that the trend is far from over.
#ableg
youtu.be/oQpl81e7wVs
Imperial Oil Layoffs Signal Deeper Trouble for Canada
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Imperial Oil Layoffs Signal Deeper Trouble for Canada
Imagine an oil sands future in which bitumen production rises a lot, but employment falls.
That's what happened over the past 11 years. Imperial Oil shows that the trend is far from over.
#ableg
youtu.be/oQpl81e7wVs
Imagine an oil sands future in which bitumen production rises a lot, but employment falls.
That's what happened over the past 11 years. Imperial Oil shows that the trend is far from over.
#ableg
youtu.be/oQpl81e7wVs
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If we had a competent opposition there would already be YouTube ads screaming "Doug Ford wants YOU to pay and criminals to GET OFF"
So now taxpayers will have to pay for traffic safety measures, rather than having law-breakers foot the bill through fines. How is that good for taxpayers? www.cp24.com/local/toront...
September 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If we had a competent opposition there would already be YouTube ads screaming "Doug Ford wants YOU to pay and criminals to GET OFF"
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The whole presidency is a grift.
Breaking news: TikTok has gotten a green light to spin off an American version of the app in the United States that will be partially owned by a consortium of Trump-allied investors.
Trump and Xi bless long-awaited deal to spin off U.S. TikTok
An American version of the popular app will be partially owned by a consortium of Trump-allied investors, people familiar with the deal said, sidestepping a legally mandated ban the president has repe...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The whole presidency is a grift.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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The United States of America is a fascist state, bending to the knee of a fucking lunatic dictator. No real Congress, no real Supreme Court, no real media.
Anyone pretending this is still just "democratic backsliding" or a "threat" to democracy is kidding themselves. It's over.
Anyone pretending this is still just "democratic backsliding" or a "threat" to democracy is kidding themselves. It's over.
Update: It's not just Nexstar
“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely” - per an ABC spokesperson
“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely” - per an ABC spokesperson
This is...something
Nexstar, one of largest owners of TV stations in the country, is pre-empting JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE "for the foreseeable future":
"Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming."
Nexstar, one of largest owners of TV stations in the country, is pre-empting JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE "for the foreseeable future":
"Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming."
September 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The United States of America is a fascist state, bending to the knee of a fucking lunatic dictator. No real Congress, no real Supreme Court, no real media.
Anyone pretending this is still just "democratic backsliding" or a "threat" to democracy is kidding themselves. It's over.
Anyone pretending this is still just "democratic backsliding" or a "threat" to democracy is kidding themselves. It's over.
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I’m old enough to remember when Conservatives were certain grocery prices were high because the carbon tax and not because stockholder dividends.
September 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Conservatives were certain grocery prices were high because the carbon tax and not because stockholder dividends.
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What a wildly incorrect conclusion. On almost every point Trump has in fact proved enormously successful: he's already outright fired tens of thousands in the bureaucracy and replaced its upper echelons with incompetents and corrupt bagmen, he has sent the military into cities,... 1/n
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What a wildly incorrect conclusion. On almost every point Trump has in fact proved enormously successful: he's already outright fired tens of thousands in the bureaucracy and replaced its upper echelons with incompetents and corrupt bagmen, he has sent the military into cities,... 1/n
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The rot is within. Canada is not immune to the disease of right-wing authoritarianism and extremism.
Smith's Alberta Next panel hears cheers for deportation, separation in Lloydminster
From me in the border city tonight:
www.thealbertan.com/alberta-news...
From me in the border city tonight:
www.thealbertan.com/alberta-news...
Smith's Alberta Next panel hears cheers for deportation, separation in Lloydminster
LLOYDMINSTER — Loud cheers for mass deportations and Alberta separation were the peaks of an otherwise tame and quiet town hall for Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel in Lloydminster.
www.thealbertan.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The rot is within. Canada is not immune to the disease of right-wing authoritarianism and extremism.
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The words of a dictator. America has fallen.
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Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The words of a dictator. America has fallen.
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If you've noticed, every Dem politician that actually pushes back hard is winning the PR battle at least.
Which makes the establishment Dems look even more foolish and irrelevant every day.
Which makes the establishment Dems look even more foolish and irrelevant every day.
August 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you've noticed, every Dem politician that actually pushes back hard is winning the PR battle at least.
Which makes the establishment Dems look even more foolish and irrelevant every day.
Which makes the establishment Dems look even more foolish and irrelevant every day.
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Here’s the key difference between Prime Minister Mark Carney and piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre, one that Canadians seem to recognize: the PM is always acting in good faith, whether or not one agrees moment to moment, whereas the piffleswipe is always acting in bad.
Smart cousin vs petulant teenager.🍁
Smart cousin vs petulant teenager.🍁
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Here’s the key difference between Prime Minister Mark Carney and piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre, one that Canadians seem to recognize: the PM is always acting in good faith, whether or not one agrees moment to moment, whereas the piffleswipe is always acting in bad.
Smart cousin vs petulant teenager.🍁
Smart cousin vs petulant teenager.🍁
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Or for that matter, the leadership of Air Canada, who stranded tens of thousands of passengers for while trying to cling to unjust employment practices.
For those saying “union leaders should have been thrown in jail” for defying order that Air Canada flight attendants return to work,
Curious as to what punishment should be ordered against @amazon executives who fired 4500 workers in Quebec to punish them for unionizing.
Jail?
Curious as to what punishment should be ordered against @amazon executives who fired 4500 workers in Quebec to punish them for unionizing.
Jail?
August 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Or for that matter, the leadership of Air Canada, who stranded tens of thousands of passengers for while trying to cling to unjust employment practices.
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Letter writer in today’s @theglobeandmail.com correctly calls the paper out for its stupid, lazy, ignorant Conservative claim that federal aid to tariff-harmed industries is all going to Liberal-leaning ridings.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Letter writer in today’s @theglobeandmail.com correctly calls the paper out for its stupid, lazy, ignorant Conservative claim that federal aid to tariff-harmed industries is all going to Liberal-leaning ridings.
🧐🙄🤷🏼
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And why is it not okay that they frequent business in their community? Why do we prioritize businesses downtown? All we are doing is shifting economic behaviour, not creating it
August 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And why is it not okay that they frequent business in their community? Why do we prioritize businesses downtown? All we are doing is shifting economic behaviour, not creating it
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Newsom: "He's a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time we're having a conversation like this? Someone who's weak. Someone who's broken. Someone whose weakness is masquerading as strength."
August 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Newsom: "He's a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time we're having a conversation like this? Someone who's weak. Someone who's broken. Someone whose weakness is masquerading as strength."
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Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
August 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
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We are committed to rebuilding and strengthening our Armed Forces! Today Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that CAF members will now receive the largest pay increase in a generation, including:
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#CanadaStrong #Defence #CAF #InvestingInOurMilitary #RebuildingRearmingReinvesting
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#CanadaStrong #Defence #CAF #InvestingInOurMilitary #RebuildingRearmingReinvesting
August 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We are committed to rebuilding and strengthening our Armed Forces! Today Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that CAF members will now receive the largest pay increase in a generation, including:
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#CanadaStrong #Defence #CAF #InvestingInOurMilitary #RebuildingRearmingReinvesting
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#CanadaStrong #Defence #CAF #InvestingInOurMilitary #RebuildingRearmingReinvesting
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There is no fixing crazy.
Alberta’s Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Affairs and vocal separatist Jason Stephan released a statement complaining that the Prime Minister is a de facto King trying to destroy Alberta and compares Canada’s monarchy to Vladimir Putin. He says Alberta doesn’t need to be ruled by a King.
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
There is no fixing crazy.
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July 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I've seen a number of government agencies & major decision makers basically saying "things will go back to normal once Trump is gone" & as a result do nothing to insulate Canada from this madness. At this point saying "things will go back to normal" is a dereliction of duty to protect Canadians.
At this point, it is difficult to imagine ever entering the United States again in my lifetime. SCOTUS has done generational damage to the rule of law. Congress offers no resistance to a fascist regime. Trump's eventual defeat or death will not fix this, the entire GOP is evil. It's irreparable.
SCOTUS is savagely beating the corpse that was once the rule of law in America. Another key turning point in what is now unequivocally a fascist state to our south. If you go to the United States, you do not enjoy any rights.
June 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I've seen a number of government agencies & major decision makers basically saying "things will go back to normal once Trump is gone" & as a result do nothing to insulate Canada from this madness. At this point saying "things will go back to normal" is a dereliction of duty to protect Canadians.
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At this point, it is difficult to imagine ever entering the United States again in my lifetime. SCOTUS has done generational damage to the rule of law. Congress offers no resistance to a fascist regime. Trump's eventual defeat or death will not fix this, the entire GOP is evil. It's irreparable.
SCOTUS is savagely beating the corpse that was once the rule of law in America. Another key turning point in what is now unequivocally a fascist state to our south. If you go to the United States, you do not enjoy any rights.
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this point, it is difficult to imagine ever entering the United States again in my lifetime. SCOTUS has done generational damage to the rule of law. Congress offers no resistance to a fascist regime. Trump's eventual defeat or death will not fix this, the entire GOP is evil. It's irreparable.
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DO NOT GO TO THE UNITED STATES.
(Where is the Carney government and a proper travel warning?)
(Where is the Carney government and a proper travel warning?)
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
DO NOT GO TO THE UNITED STATES.
(Where is the Carney government and a proper travel warning?)
(Where is the Carney government and a proper travel warning?)
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Erskine-Smith seems like the only sane voice in the Liberal caucus right now. His reminder that a Poilievre government empowered by this bill would be a disaster is a fundamentally important one.
Liberal MP wants to see major projects bill amended, studied further nationalnewswatch.com/2025/06/17/l...
Liberal MP wants to see major projects bill amended, studied further
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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June 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Erskine-Smith seems like the only sane voice in the Liberal caucus right now. His reminder that a Poilievre government empowered by this bill would be a disaster is a fundamentally important one.