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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They would be better served by going south to the Promised Land.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Given the tender feelings #Trump has for #Putin and his deference to "great leader" Xi Jinping, very unlikely there will be any sanctions.

Donald Trump tenderly shaking Vladimir Putin's hand at the 2025 Russia–United States Summit in Anchorage Alaska with Air Force One in the background.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Patriot missiles are just the latest con, like the Tomahawks and Taurus missiles before. Stop falling for it and building up false hope that only ends in bitter disappointment.

Pane from the Peanuts cartoon football gag by Charles M. Schulz, showing Lucy pulling away a football that Charlie Brown has tried to kick and Charlie in mid-fall onto his back.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The Ukrainians are being played, but sadly they keep falling for it. What Trump is doing is stringing them along, delaying any real aid for Ukraine and allowing the Russians to keep up their ranged campaign. He is rehabilitating Putin..." - @phillipspobrien.bsky.social

Cartoon showing Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Charlie Brown trying to kick a football held by Donald Trump as Lucy from the Peanuts cartoon football gag by Charles M. Schulz.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#vanpoli Only 36.5% of eligible voters voted in the last election. Only 18.5% of eligible #Vancouver voters voted for Ken #Sim, yet he + #ABC can do what they want. Eighty percent of success is showing up. Your vote matters. Let's do much better in #Vote2026.

Key Election Information
October 5 at noon
Last day to request a vote by mail package to be mailed out

October 3, 7, 10, 13
Advance voting, 8 AM - 8 PM

October 17
Election day, 8 AM - 8 PM

October 21
Results declared

If you haven’t already made a voting plan, now’s a great time to start thinking about that. If you need more information on when or where you can vote, check out this page: https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Vote2026 This year, #Vancouver citizens saw service cuts because Ken Sim + #ABC didn't want a tax increase. They want to do this again. These decisions can have big impacts on our day-to-day lives, yet only 18.5% who went to the polls chose #Sim. Your vote matters. Plan to make a difference.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#GarysEconomics The 5 stages of The Squeeze Out are the clearest explanation I've seen of why wages have stagnated and wealth has concentrated. Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKa... Watch it. Share it. Understand the squeeze. #TaxWealth.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#SqueezeOut #GarysEconomics The government increasingly runs out of resources because of cutting taxes for the rich. In turning to private wealth to borrow money, the government, too, becomes massively in debt to the rich. #TaxWealth

A bold linocut propaganda poster in crimson red, pitch black, and off-white. Top text reads: "The Squeeze Out". A red hydraulic vice fully encloses a Government Capitol building, squeezing its treasury wing until dollar bills burst from the cracks. Inside the vice, a faceless government bureaucrat kneels, clutching his throat as a thick roll of red tape (debt) chokes him. Outside, a grinning banker with a top hat and monocle holds the other end of the tape on a wooden spool, winding it tighter. The worker is completely absent. Bottom text reads: "Stage 3: Austerity & The IOU".

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Educate people by shining a light onto the manipulation and the manipulators. This book by @noupside.bsky.social is a very good explainer.

Book cover of "Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality" by Renée DiResta.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The 5 stages of The Squeeze Out: 1. The Asset Trap 2. The Crash & Bailout 3. Austerity & The IOU 4. The Hollow Middle 5. Total Ownership Visual art meets economic reality. Gary's Economics breaks it all down here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKa... Swipe through. Share it. Organize.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Stage 5: Total Ownership. The rich own everything. Nothing left to squeeze. Now they send you to fight their wars. Against other rich people. For scraps. Watch the 29-minute breakdown. It explains everything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKa... #SqueezeOut #TotalOwnership #GarysEconomics

A bold linocut propaganda poster in muted ash-grey, pitch black, and blood-crimson red. Top text reads: "The Squeeze Out". A cracked, shattered globe of the Earth sits at the center. On the left stands a grotesquely obese oligarch in a military uniform with gold epaulettes; on the right, an equally bloated rival oligarch in a different uniform. Both point massive cannons and missiles at each other across the broken globe. In the foreground, a rusty conveyor belt feeds rows of skeletal, emaciated soldiers in tattered uniforms directly into the cannon barrels as human ammunition. The broken, discarded vise lies in the bottom corner. Bottom text reads: "Stage 5: Total Ownership".

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Stage 3: Austerity & The IOU. The government runs out of money. They cut taxes for the rich. They slash public services. Then they borrow from the same rich. The state chokes on debt. Your schools, hospitals, and libraries are all cut. #SqueezeOut #Austerity #PublicServices

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Stage 2: The Crash & Bailout. The working class runs out of resources. Depression hits. The government steps in, but not for us. Banks get bailed out. The rich get parachutes. The worker gets a band-aid. Remember 2008? Who got saved? #SqueezeOut #Bailout #Economics

A bold linocut propaganda poster in crimson red, pitch black, and off-white. Top text reads: "The Squeeze Out". A muscular worker lies collapsed on cracked barren ground, his hands empty and pockets turned inside out. A grand neoclassical Government Capitol building tilts dangerously overhead, cracked and crumbling. A top-hatted banker floats upward holding a golden parachute and catching falling gold bars. A faceless government official kneels beside the worker, handing him a tiny white band-aid. Bottom text reads: "Stage 2: The Crash & Bailout".

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The rich didn't get richer by accident. They rewrote the rules. The #SqueezeOut describes how #neoliberalism drained the #WorkingClass in 5 stages. Stage 1: The Asset Trap. They drove up home prices. They pushed us into debt. When did you first feel priced out?

A bold linocut propaganda poster in crimson red, pitch black, and off-white. Top text reads: "The Squeeze Out". A massive red hydraulic vise crushes a small family home and a factory smokestack together. A burly worker in a hardhat and torn denim strains with both hands to push the vise's jaws open, his face contorted with effort. A fat, bloated black tick labeled "Interest" is attached to his back, sucking him dry, representing crushing debt. Bottom text reads: "Stage 1: The Asset Trap".

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Make Russia Russia again.

Map showing the "Proposed Breakup of the Russian Empire" with the creation of eight new nations.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Understood. Note: my posts are quotes from The Tyee, not my own words. Followed links to author's sources. G&M reported attached on 14/08 at www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol.... Looks to me that per TorStar, "Ottawa was on the verge of giving up far too much for what it would get in return."

Snippet from 14/15 August 2026 The Globe and Mail article 'Canadian negotiators to remain in Washington ahead of Wednesday deadline to reach trade deal' that states:

"The plan is still to conclude a “phase one” deal in which Canada would receive reductions in the President’s tariffs in exchange for conceding on a list of U.S. trade demands, before later dealing in detail with critical minerals and defence in “phase two.”

But Canada’s willingness to work with the U.S. on those areas, and potentially offer tacit agreement on some of its demands, could influence the contours of the first-phase deal, the sources said.

The U.S. is demanding a right of first refusal on Canadian critical minerals; that Canada complete its purchase of U.S. F-35 fighter jets; that Ottawa buy U.S. tech such as radar planes as part of joining Mr. Trump’s planned Golden Dome missile defence system; and that Washington receive some guarantee on future supplies of oil and gas, one Canadian and one U.S. source said."

For full article, visit https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-canada-and-us-discuss-critical-minerals-and-defence-in-trade-talks/.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Canadians who want to be Americans have an easy option; move there.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

No, the Pacific Ocean is a short walk from my front door.

Panoramic photo on a sunny day of Downtown Vancouver, Canada, from Linnea Beach at low tide in Point Grey.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In "Goliath", @matthewstoller.bsky.social described how this happened in the US.

Book cover of "Goliath: The 100-year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy" by Matt Stoller.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"On July 31, 2026, after this final rush of press stories about how pro-Ukraine #Trump was becoming, Trump pulled the rug out completely from under #Ukraine. He started musing publicly about how he might not, after all that, give Ukraine a #Patriot license." bsky.app/profile/phil...

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Yes, but Trump has his Patriot Games.

Cartoon showing Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Charlie Brown trying to kick a football held by Donald Trump as Lucy from the Peanuts cartoon by Charles M. Schulz.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#TaxTheRich The "Free Market" is a Libertarian fantasy that depends on all things being equal. Even a child knows that all things are not equal, especially in a society with billionaires.

Editorial illustration of a brass balance scale tipping heavily to one side. A giant human thumb with the word 'BILLIONAIRE' tattooed or written on the thumbnail is pressing down on the right scale pan. On the left pan are miniature stressed office workers, on the right pan is a single overweight businessman in a suit.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Media freely, uncritically reporting about #Trump agreeing to supply #Ukraine with #Patriot missiles aid and abet his con. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Text from 'Weekend Update #197' by Phillips Obrien:

"First, there had been no preparation for this move at all—the defense companies involved had not been informed and allowed to prepare. In other words, the promise was not substantial, it was a tactic.

Second, Trump was feeling pressure because all of his boasting about Russia being powerful and crushing Ukraine was looking decidedly silly as Ukraine was striking back.

Third, Trump did not want to give Ukraine Patriots interceptors at that moment, because he knew that Ukraine was basically out—and this gave Putin an opportunity to bombard Ukraine with impunity. So he could dangle the license idea and keep Ukraine from getting the interceptors it needed at that moment.

In other words, it was an empty promise, with no substance behind it, the upshot of which was to delay any help for Ukraine for a considerable period. It was a political maneuver to serve Trump’s needs and help Putin while making it seem like the US was about to help Ukraine. It was a con."

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"...the lesson of European history: appeasement invites aggression. The stakes for Old #Europe couldn’t be higher, and the resources at its disposal vastly exceed anything available to the #Kremlin. Yet, the will and wisdom to act remains dangerously scarce." - chakhoyan.substack.com/p/russia-the...

Colour map showing the Territorial Expansion of Russia, 1300-1945.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#BookSky Looking forward to reading Michel's take on the topic. I would also recommend "Goliath" by @matthewstoller.bsky.social for its longer view of the struggle between monopoly capitalism and democracy in the US.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Thanks for the tip, #fella. That's a Community Guidelines violation that should get them deleted if we bonk, report, block. Slava Ukraini! #NAFO #NAFOArticle5

North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO) meme for countering Russian propaganda showing a cartoon shiba inu dog in four panels stating, "bonk, report, block, relax". This means calling out the troll, reporting misinformation, blocking them, then being satisfied with the results.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Calling all #NAFO #fellas / #fellarinas, invoking #NAFOarticle5. Beware of this #vatnik spreading Ruᛋᛋian disinformation.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

And @kyivindependent.com said, "one breakthrough may have been persuading Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner...to finally visit Kyiv..." No! It's a recipe for getting screwed. I wish Ukrainian media would stop amplifying this BS. It actually helps to undermine the country.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#Russia, the unmysterious aggressor: #Europe keeps trying to crack the Russian riddle: Why invade neighbors? Why the war crimes? But the answer hides in plain sight. - chakhoyan.substack.com/p/russia-the...

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Will this be the time that Zelenskyy kicks the football?

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This reminds me of the classic running gag in Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip.

Pane from the Peanuts cartoon by Charles M. Schulz showing Lucy pulling away a football that Charlie Brown has tried to kick and Charlie in mid-fall onto his back.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"If I see so much as a sampan near it, I'll blow it out of the water." - Admiral William F. Halsey

Screen capture from the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! in the scene where Admiral Husband E. Kimmel gives Admiral William F. Halsey the order to use his common sense when spotting the Japanese.

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