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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.

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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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Any option is better than first-past-the-post. Why even vote if your protest vote doesn't count at all? Abysmal voter participation in FPTP elections says it all.

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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

The lawsuit was not heard til late 2024. I'm not sure what judgement or settlement was made. It's probably a secret. All I know is what I know. But now you know about what I think about the 'Right Honorable' Stephen Harper and the 'Honorable' Lawrence Cannon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abousfi... 4/4

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Abousfian Abdelrazik - Wikipedia

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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Abdelrazik sued Cannon for $3 million for "misfeasance in public office". He also sued the gov't of Canada. Lawrence Cannon lost his Montreal seat in the next election when it became clear Cannon was really just a POS. So Stephen Harper appointed Cannon to be the Canada's Ambassador to France. 3/4

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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lawrence Cannon, who was then Canada's Foreign Minister and one of PM Stephen Harper's trusted advisors, denied Abdelrazik a new passport until ordered by the court to bring him home. Lawrence Cannon was, and probably still is, a racist piece of shit. Just my opinion. 2/4

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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

Sunrise in Edmonton on Dec 31 will be at 9:50 am. Some may regret this unilateral decision by Danielle Smith.

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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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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Charlie Angus is on my hero list. Everyone should have a top-ten hero list.

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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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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Journalists, man. ❤️ I admire journalists more than almost any politician. Jason Kenney deserves this and a whole lot more. Let us pray that we remember to forget who Jason Kenney was and still is. 🙏

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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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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

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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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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

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 · 09/09/2026

I'm still waiting for the revelation about how AI data centers powered by fossil fuel generators are going to save the world from a climate change catastrophe. Surely Fable 5 or one of the frontier models we can't see yet have the answer by now?

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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Trump and his trade wars. Trump and Iran. Spike and Chester in 'Tree for Two' is a classic and a perfect metaphor for Trump. I'm so old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCzg...

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Tree for Two (1952)

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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's like Pete Hegseth drafted this -- From the Desk of the Pete Hegseth, United States secretary of defense (SecDef).

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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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Jim Sontag 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @diogenesvs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You're in the Netherlands! I'm a big fan of your writing. If you visit the The Hague and you have the time, I'll buy you a beer, or lunch, or a home cooked meal at our place. It would be a delight.

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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 · 04/09/2026

Small correction - The protestor yelled "Fuck your fascist pancakes!" as she was being forcefully escorted from the grounds. A better story because it's true. Protestors who call pancakes 'fascist' are not necessarily weirdos or crazy.

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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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