David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think it is an apprehended genocide but it doesn't matter much to me whether someone uses the word or not. That said, I think Bosnia was a genocide even though most Bosniaks survived and Sarajevo even had a baby boom during the siege. 010
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Except that the definition literally includes the words "in whole or in part." 1130
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Canada spent the bettere part of 30 years debating its constitution (1965-1995). Like banging your head against the wall, it felt so good when it stopped. 001
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Is this an English thing, to dump on your family in public? Last week the Earl of Spencer, this week Ed Sheeran's cousin Jethro. 140
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Actually, having the support of 1 in 3 voters after everything he has done is pretty remarkable and suggests those most committed to his side of the culture war are both committed and relatively numerous. 110
Reposted by David SchulzeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099393825
Reposted by David SchulzeScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Say what you will about the marginal American voter, but everyone who voted for Trump because they wanted higher prices in retaliation for Canada having bilingual soup labels is getting exactly what they voted for 638288
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 06/08/2026“Personal dressing is like playing jazz,” André says. “You learn all the rhythms, you learn the scales, you learn all the rules, and then you learn to break them based on your own interests and your own sensibilities.” 029128
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 26/07/2026He is a man *who* goes by a name, not "that goes by" a name. 010
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Four years ago a convoy of trucks occupied parts of Ottawa after issuing a manifesto calling to overthrow the government. This man, then an MP running for the leadership of his party, brought them doughnuts. 031
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Brecht kind of wrote a poem about this because the voice he heard on the radio was of course that of Hitler. 010
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Over 1/2 the US population was born after the Soviet Union ceased to exist. How many of them even know what he's talking about? 010
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 02/07/2026He testified in 2017, the court reviewed the resulting arbitrator's decision in 2019. 010
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 01/07/2026"People are saying" is lazy journalism. Good journalism is to state the facts and their consequences and ask for a comment: e.g., the presidency is making you rich, that is contrary to the rule of ethics for public office-holders, why are you doing it? 000
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 28/06/2026And for blowing up not just Mountbatten, a hero of WW2, on his sailboat, but his 14 year-old grandson and a 15 year-old member of the crew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi...en.wikipedia.orgAssassination of Lord Mountbatten - Wikipedia 010
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I will always remember the IRA for killing horses. rarehistoricalphotos.com/seven-horses...rarehistoricalphotos.comSeven Horses of the Queen's Household Cavalry Lie Dead after the IRA Detonated a Nail Bomb in 1982 - Rare Historical PhotosThe Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings were one of the worst IRA atrocities on the British mainland, killing 11 soldiers and seven horses. 100
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Her executive director did that but she has not contradicted him. 110
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Also silly: churches are real, freedom of religion is a constitutional right, institutions are how we generally exercise the right. 000
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 16/06/2026That's silly: people often exercise their rights through institutions. Would you say, labour unions have no right to strike, workers do? 120
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 15/06/20262019 decision on an appeal to the Superior Court of an arbitration heard in 2017 and decided in 2018. canlii.ca/t/j46kq#par6canlii.ca 000
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I don't believe that buying 1x/wk vs every day makes the difference. The produce still needs to survive the trip by truck to my supermarket whether I shop once or 5x/wk and they are unloading it every day. Europeans are bigger on local food in season. 000
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 14/06/2026He also promoted the utterly false view that children don't need the combination MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). canlii.ca/t/j46kq#par51 Measles caused 2.6 million deaths per yr before immunization, down to 122,000 deaths per year as of 2012.canlii.ca 110
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 14/06/2026He also promoted the utterly false view that children don't need the combination MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). canlii.ca/t/j46kq#par51 Measles caused 2.6 million deaths per yr before immunization, down to 122,000 deaths per year as of 2012.canlii.ca 100
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 14/06/2026He also promoted the utterly false view that children don't need the combination MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). canlii.ca/t/j46kq#par51 Measles caused 2.6 million deaths per yr before immunization, down to 122,000 deaths per year as of 2012.canlii.ca 100
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 14/06/2026He also promoted the utterly false view that children don't need the combination MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). canlii.ca/t/j46kq#par51 Measles caused 2.6 million deaths per yr before immunization, down to 122,000 deaths per year as of 2012.canlii.ca 200
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 27/05/2026You wrote such a beautiful tribute to your father. 110
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The great and ancient confederation is not exactly a republic. 100
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 26/05/2026No individual is "an elite", that is Sarah Palin English. One must be a member of an elite which by definition includes more than one person. 000
Reposted by David SchulzeCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026One of my all-time favorite moments from Colbert’s show — this exchange with Dua Lipa on faith and grief. 301489391
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I leafleted for the New Democrat, Gordon Fearn, in that riding in 1980. It was a cold election. 000
Reposted by David SchulzeJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 28/04/2026Alberta: we have world-class oil reserves, we should use them Also Alberta: we have world-class solar and wind. We um. We... We have world-class oil reserves, we should use them. 24612
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Isn't this right out of Catch-22 when Milo Minderbinder makes a deal with the Germans? 000
Reposted by David SchulzePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 07/03/2026feels telling about American foreign policy punditry that while many decry the aimlessness of Trump’s monstrously wrong Iran war there were far more outraged columns over the harm done to US power and influence and standing and interests and example when Biden rightly withdrew from Afghanistan. 431988412
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 08/03/2026She wants provincial control of appointments to King's Bench and Cout of Appeal but her government appoints all the Provincial Court judges and most of their work is applying the federal Criminal Code. On her logic, why shouldn't Ottawa appoint them? 021
Reposted by David SchulzeJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 07/03/2026"This isn’t about constitutional reform. It’s about politics. More specifically, it’s part of a broader and increasingly brazen [UCP] effort to either control the courts or, failing that, convince the public not to trust them. " www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion...canadianlawyermag.comDanielle Smith drags the judiciary deeper into her partisan mud slingingThe Alberta Premier’s referendum is a direct threat to the proper functioning of our justice system 47245
Reposted by David SchulzeDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Mr. Darwin referred to this paradigm as "thinning the herd." In this regard, however, the process will be insufficient to protect the citizenry at large. 823744
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 18/02/2026So so colleague in grad school went to Oxford for his PhD in Cdn history (of all things) and of course went straight to a tenured position because Oxford. 000
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 08/02/2026"In 2016, Chomsky asked to meet Steve Bannon, the White House's former chief strategist." 091
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Point 1: "To flip Duke voters would require that they accept the fact that they had previously voted for a monster, and people are loath to do that. Our goal was not to flip them, but to DRIVE UP TURNOUT among the good folks, many of whom stayed home in ’90." threadreaderapp.com/thread/11529...threadreaderapp.comThread by @timjacobwise: "1/ If the Dems blow this election it will not be because they were "too far left on policy" or because they "weren't left enough." It will h […]"Thread by @timjacobwise: "1/ If the Dems blow this election it will not be because they were "too far left on policy" or because they "weren'It will have little to do with policy at all. They are maki... 130
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 02/02/20261. It is true that in face of a serious threat and an evenly divided population, rallying your base to vote is more effective than hoping to gain voters from the other side. Kamala Harris proved that. 2. Warning that DJT is a fascist should motivate but doesn't. Kamala Harris also proved that. 242
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 30/01/2026He tried to bill a First Nation $11.5 mln for 8-10 months' work worth $392,000 at his hourly rate. The judge noted his trial experience was mostly fee disputes & doubted he "could have ever undertaken complex Treaty litigation": Tallcree First Nation v Rath & Co, 2022 canlii.ca/t/jp4tzcanlii.ca 000
David Schulze @davidschulze.bsky.social · 30/01/2026He tried to bill a First Nation $11.5 mln for 8 to 10 months' work worth about $392,000 at his hourly rate. The judge noted his trial experience was mostly fee disputes & doubted he "could have ever undertaken complex Treaty litigation": Tallcree First Nation v Rath & Company, 2022 canlii.ca/t/jp4tzcanlii.ca 020
