Stephen Lautens
@stephenlautens.bsky.social
Writer, communications consultant, legal gadfly, velvet jacket enthusiast. Big believer in the rule of law. Desperately trying to remain optimistic against all the odds. Posts are clearly my own.
All it needs is an annoying roving violinist.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
All it needs is an annoying roving violinist.
One of these things is not like the other. Not sure how Poilievre's Conservatives can even pretend they are wrapping themselves in the Canadian flag when half of them are Trumpists. #cdnpoli
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of these things is not like the other. Not sure how Poilievre's Conservatives can even pretend they are wrapping themselves in the Canadian flag when half of them are Trumpists. #cdnpoli
The Supreme Court allows ostrich farm cull to proceed. People are shocked that potential transmitters of deadly avian disease will be killed on an ostrich farm that... (checks notes) normally kills them for meat. #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Supreme Court allows ostrich farm cull to proceed. People are shocked that potential transmitters of deadly avian disease will be killed on an ostrich farm that... (checks notes) normally kills them for meat. #cdnpoli
Man in the High Castle...
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Man in the High Castle...
Surely there is some billionaire who will step up to fund feeding the hungry (which includes over a million soldiers & veterans) just like they stepped up to pay for a gaudy ballroom and pay privately for the US military. #USpoli
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Surely there is some billionaire who will step up to fund feeding the hungry (which includes over a million soldiers & veterans) just like they stepped up to pay for a gaudy ballroom and pay privately for the US military. #USpoli
I prefer her cosplaying as death at the 2016 CPC convention.
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I prefer her cosplaying as death at the 2016 CPC convention.
Trump's lies are so transparent. Reagan hated #tariffs. He said they would be the ruin of America and were the cheap trick of dishonest politicians who wrapped themselves in the flag. There is no room for ambiguity. Listen to Reagan's own words. #uspoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/jSKguihmoug?...
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump's lies are so transparent. Reagan hated #tariffs. He said they would be the ruin of America and were the cheap trick of dishonest politicians who wrapped themselves in the flag. There is no room for ambiguity. Listen to Reagan's own words. #uspoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/jSKguihmoug?...
In 1936 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Carl von Ossietzky, a German pacifist convicted of high treason for exposing German re-armament. At the time of the award he was in a concentration camp. As a result Hitler banned any German from accepting a Nobel Prize and created his own German prize.
October 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 1936 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Carl von Ossietzky, a German pacifist convicted of high treason for exposing German re-armament. At the time of the award he was in a concentration camp. As a result Hitler banned any German from accepting a Nobel Prize and created his own German prize.
Come and get it.
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Come and get it.
Antifa at work 1945.
October 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Antifa at work 1945.
All judges in Canada (including the Supreme Court) are subject to the rules of and discipline by the independent Canadian Judicial Council. Their handbook is very specific, and even a whiff of impropriety in Canada usually results in resignation before discipline. I wrote an article about it.
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
All judges in Canada (including the Supreme Court) are subject to the rules of and discipline by the independent Canadian Judicial Council. Their handbook is very specific, and even a whiff of impropriety in Canada usually results in resignation before discipline. I wrote an article about it.
I keep getting ads pushed out to me on FB about cemeteries and wills. Seriously guys, it's just a cough...
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I keep getting ads pushed out to me on FB about cemeteries and wills. Seriously guys, it's just a cough...
What is it with dictators and models of cities?
October 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What is it with dictators and models of cities?
Is it a Ruth Bader Ginsberg thing? Traditional lawyer robes were always a wing collar and tabs for both sexes.
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Is it a Ruth Bader Ginsberg thing? Traditional lawyer robes were always a wing collar and tabs for both sexes.
A much needed sunset on a warm October evening to remind me that there is still beauty and serenity in the world.
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A much needed sunset on a warm October evening to remind me that there is still beauty and serenity in the world.
Even Hitler didn’t put his face on German money. He did put it on stamps, and charged the German government a royalty for it, which made him rich.
October 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Even Hitler didn’t put his face on German money. He did put it on stamps, and charged the German government a royalty for it, which made him rich.
Today (Oct. 3rd) is German Unity Day that commemorates German reunification in 1990. In 1971 I visited East Berlin. Here I am with my father and sister on one of the lookouts in West Berlin where families split up by the Berlin Wall hoped to get a glimpse of their relatives on the other side.
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today (Oct. 3rd) is German Unity Day that commemorates German reunification in 1990. In 1971 I visited East Berlin. Here I am with my father and sister on one of the lookouts in West Berlin where families split up by the Berlin Wall hoped to get a glimpse of their relatives on the other side.
"This could have been an email..."
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"This could have been an email..."
But Tylenol will mess you up...
September 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
But Tylenol will mess you up...