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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

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Canadian with Ukrainian DNA. Citizen of the world. Not young enough to know everything, too old to change.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Trump nodding, Susan Dell emoting.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's only a matter of time before it is renamed to Lake Trump. And it's 'Superior Intelligence' (SI) now, not that old fashioned 'Artificial Intelligence'.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the best episodes of TDS this year. That's 'The Daily Show' folks, NOT 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'. Some can't tell the difference.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
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Troy Avevipart🍁 @privatevotary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Conrad Black will forever and exclusively be remembered as a traitor who renounced his Canadian citizenship, committed over $6,000,000.00 in fraud, was convicted, and then lovingly shone Trump's penny-loafers with his decrepit tongue to secure an undeserved pardon for his crimes. What a legacy.
Conrad Black: Trump pardons ex- media baron 'friend'
16 May 2019

Conrad Black, who became Lord Black of Crossharbour, was known for his extravagant lifestyle 

US President Donald Trump has signed a full pardon for former media mogul Conrad Black, who he describes as a "friend". 

Black, 74, was convicted of fraud and obstructing justice in 2007 and jailed for more than three years in the US.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's also been 23 years since Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian, was detained in Sudan at the request of the US & CSIS b/c they 'designated' him a terrorist. It was the Federal Court of Canada who ordered the government to repatriate Abdelrazik after 3 years in exile. 1/4
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bluesky is no Twitter when Twitter was great but X is now a toxic cesspool that nobody in Canada should subscribe to or support. That includes the government of Canada. Canada should create its own Twitter utility. By Canadians, for Canadians. Others by invitation only.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
45 years ago today I opened for the Dead Kennedys. It was a rain of bottles, spit, chaos. We were kicking Nazi punks off the stage every two minutes. Our band got paid $75 and had to put up the posters. We missed the DKs. We left for a gig at the Kent Hotel in Waterloo. youtu.be/NJEJnwCK-IM?...
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The Dead Kennedys Toronto 1981
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New show! CORNERED GAS. Starring Donald Trump and Iran! Don’t miss the season finale on November 3, 2026.
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stealing water from Palestinian farms for an Israeli water park is intentional, makes Palestine uninhabitable, and is GENOCIDE.
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Israeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry
Israeli lawmakers have promoted visits to an ancient reservoir in the West Bank that was refilled this summer with water diverted from Palestinian-owned farms.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MAPLE MAGA leader Pierre Poilievre is lacing up his skates for team Trump. He has been MIA since the threats started. His MPs accuse Canadians of "anti-American hissy fits". Now he's determined to stop us building alliances with our European allies. Piss off. globalnews.ca/news/1206650...
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Poilievre says Canada will never be ’28th state’ of EU at Ontario rally - National | Globalnews.ca
The Opposition leader says Canada already has a free trade agreement with Europe and close defence ties with the continent through NATO, but he doesn’t support European laws.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
33 years ago Canada fought its biggest battle since Korea. It was to protect defenceless villagers from mass killing. But the Canadian government tried to suppress this heroism and told the soldiers to keep silent. My reflections on Medak Pocket. charlieangus.substack.com/p/when-canad...
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WHEN CANADA FOUGHT TO KEEP THE PEACE
Medak Pocket was a moment when Canadian volunteers put themselves in serious danger to protect defenceless citizens from war crimes.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Listen to Charlie Angus folks. If you're not paying attention to what he says, you are going to be totally surprised at what happens next. The rest of us will be ready. @charlieangus104.bsky.social charlieangus.substack.com/p/when-canad...
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WHEN CANADA FOUGHT TO KEEP THE PEACE
Medak Pocket was a moment when Canadian volunteers put themselves in serious danger to protect defenceless citizens from war crimes.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/09/2026
We speak with moral philosopher Susan Neiman, author of the new book Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era. Neiman argues that evil — far from being an outdated religious concept — is a vital way to understand how injustice works in the world.
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“Call It Evil”: Philosopher Susan Neiman on Why Moral Clarity Matters in the Trump Era
We speak with moral philosopher Susan Neiman, author of the new book Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era. Neiman argues that evil — far from being an outdated religious concept — is a vital way ...
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@canadiancynic.bsky.social I still remember your fitting tribute on Twitter to the sudden passing of Antonin Scalia. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito deserve the same if either of them should suddenly, um... you know what I mean.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Robert Reich is very good at connecting the dots.
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Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yeah, you know he's in good shape when all he can do is sit in the van and breathe.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It means that baby boomers who convert their RRSP's (Canada) or their 401's (USA) into life annuities are going to have a comfortable retirement. Their children, who are still working for now, not so much.
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
1. In late Sept. 2002 just a year after the Al-Qaeda led Sept. 11th attacks on the US & in the midst of the so called War on Terror that followed #9/11, #MaherArar, a Syrian-born-McGill University-educated engineer, was on his way home to Canada following a family trip to Tunisia.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sometime in the future they will discover paintings in a cave. A Big Beautiful Airliner crashing into the tallest building in the world. People running for their lives The empire tower collapsing. The paintings portrays the events beginning January 6, 2020 which foretold of the collapse. #911
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I love editorial cartoons. This is a classic. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ben Jennings on the Bayeux tapestry – cartoon
The medieval artefact, currently on loan from France, has gone on display at the British Museum in London
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good for The Guardian, my favorite news site. The truth is revealed with fortitude and persistence. We can commuicate in so many ways. We don't need AI to tell us how to think. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCzg...
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Tree for Two (1952)
YouTube video by Smile's Looney Bin
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Trumps, a Family That Couldn’t Do Hair.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The symbolism on Trump's arch is typically vulgar, but inadvertently honest. Lady Liberty has angel wings—which means she's dead. That is rather fitting as it has been one of the Trump regime's goals to kill her.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We should just start calling him John Fester Man. If you look up fester in the dictionary you'll catch my drift.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today I learned about the outrageous surcharges for foreign visitors to US national parks. A family of 5 from the NL. Mom is the only American. She did all the talking. "We're American". The gate attendant winked and said we don't check passports if we don't have to. Saved $500.
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Dr Argue FT @whatsthepointsk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I can't gift this article but if you can read it, it's worth it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside Supplying U.S. Warships During the Iran War
Iranian attacks have upended the Navy’s supply chain in the Middle East, causing a strain on the aircraft carriers, destroyers and amphibious ships that are being kept in the region indefinitely.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hahahaha - Ezra Levant is such a stupid fuck. And I say that with all the reverence he deserves.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
More than one respected journalist has reported Lindsey Graham was a closeted gay.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Almost every conversation I have with Claude has something like the following excerpts... I going to cancel my subscription.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself" - Sun Tzu
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So Israel will now target Palestinian kids flying kites on the beach because of *security risks*. Just another day, just another mid-east story, buried in the bowels of the MSM. We are living in the age of monsters. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...
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Netanyahu warns of 'targeted strikes' if Hamas doesn't stop kites from flying toward Israel | CBC News
The Israeli government is threatening to increase "targeted strikes" on Gaza unless Hamas takes action to prevent kites used by Palestinians, including children, from flying toward Israel. Omar Halawa...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 24/08/2026
Montreal is set to vote on suspending ties with the Israeli government. “The tide has turned definitively, and Canadians want to see their governments and their elected officials stand up on the right side of history,” says @avilewis.ca, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party.
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Current status: watching Jason Kenney take Jamil Jivani to the woodshed over on the place formerly known as Twitter, and I gotta tell ya … it’s kinda making me 🔥 Of course, that could just be the menopause talking. But Kenney seriously went off on JD Vance’s bestie. #cdnpoli #ableg
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Folks, let's give a warm welcome to one of the best deadpan comics in Canadian media. 👏👏👏
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I used to love Macleans. Great writers, great content. What the hell happened to it?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/08/2026
Me and @hcrichardson.bsky.social in conversation substack.com/@muellershew...
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Heather Cox Richardson and Allison Gill
A recording from Allison Gill's live video
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Save a horse, ride a cowboy. By Big & Rich. I am not making this up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Zb...
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Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Warner Records Nashville
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Don Braid does a wellness check and discovers he still has a pair of testicles. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Braid: Abolish the Senate? One of several meaningless referendum questions
Premier Danielle Smith's constitutionsl referendum questions are mostly meaningless dog whistles.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nobody in history has done more than Netanyahu to promote the hatred of Israel. No one has done more to make Israel the most dangerous place in the world for Jewish people to live. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Now say something about Canada's support for Israel, Bob. Or what you think about Palestinian statehood. Or war crimes. Or genocide. Say something Bob. Tell us what you think.
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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is what happens when your plane is targeted for a missile strike and your boss scampers to safety but leaves you on the plane without telling you.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Done. Signed, sealed & delivered. As Charlie has pointed out, Canadian soldiers died liberating Pete Hoekstra's family from the Nazis. May 5 is Liberation day in the Netherlands and Canada still lives strong in the Dutch heart. Long live the resistance. Fuck the fascists.
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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a WTF moment. Rick Hillier reached his peak level of incompetence 15 years ago. Look up his history, the Peter Principle, and then look at the hardware on his chest. Stephen Harper prorogued Parliament for this piece of shit because Canadians were ashamed and Harper was embarrassed.
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