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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Despotism is based on a cult of personality; a lie. The leader is not perfect and one day a « the emperor has no clothes » moment happens. From that moment, the regime collapsed as those involved in it run for the door to save themselves from the reckoning. It’s only a matter of time.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🍊 threatens to stop trade with the EU if Canada becomes an associate member of the EU. Oh, please do it! I double dog dare ya!

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From outside, the western world is watching the US collapse into an authoritarian isolated ethnostate and wants no part of that. However, this new regressive US is becoming a threat to democracies and that we can’t avoid. This is why Canada and the EU are considering a new partnership.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ukraine has no concession to make for peace. All that is necessary for the war to end is for Russian to pack up its army and go home. No one should be asking Ukraine to give up territory for peace.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It seems socialism is bad, unless 🍊 wants to give you money to buy your vote. Then, it’s fine.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

5k USD per each adult Americans! The would be 1.25T USD! More than the entire military budget! Where would the money come from? The most overt attempt at bribing an electorate I have ever seen! Pure demagoguery!

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Who knew that American Exceptionalism would mean that the US would be the only country on earth to reject a map that correctly reflects the relative size of continents.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Free trade and globalization is, at its source, a right wing ( Republican) policy. It was pitched by Reagan , Thatcher, Mulroney, etc. Some in the GOP seem to have forgotten.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🍊 threatens to stop all trade with countries with which the US has a trade deficit if the Fed doesn’t do what he wants. The US has a trade deficit with 97 countries with which the total value of trade 1.2T USD. That would devastate the US economy.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Europe is removing their gold reserves from the USA. Gold was stored in the US, because North America was a geopolitical island with the US flanked by friendly allies and bound trade partners. With the US undoing its alliances and trade blocks, it is no longer a safe heaven for western gold.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The US is importing beef in bulk without tariffs to lower prices. Would importing large quantities of Canadian oil, aluminum, steel and lumber lower prices too? That could be one heck of a deal for the US, if only they had a trade agreement with Canada signed by the current President to do that.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

All nations, no matter how powerful, need allies and all nations are stronger with them. Right now, who are the USA allies?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There’s a country in Oklahoma called “Canadian”. Will it now be tariffed and made the 51st State?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Patriotism is not wrapping yourself in the flag, but rather taking care of the people in your country. A patriot ensures that all children get a good education, that everyone has health care, that all have a right to justice, that all are fed and housed, the wealth is reasonably distributed.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Before his election to the presidency of Ukraine, Zelenskyy had no real political experience. Being thrown into the maelstrom of war, he has done surprisingly well.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Now would be a good time for Canada to leave the F-35 programme and commit to the purchase os SAAB Gripens!

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The two candidates in the Clacton by-election are perfect for each other. One is a trash can and the other one is trash.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Russia is a vanguard to the new world. If it is victorious in Ukraine, the last remnants of the ethics inherited after WW2 would be lost. We may well loose our morals nonetheless, but a triumphant Russia would hasten our demise. There is no more crucial current expenditure than help to Ukraine.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

White western Christian straight men are not victims of human rights. Those who blame humanity’s progress towards a just society as a pretext for retrograde ideas have only themselves to blame for their marginalization. Failure to adapt to a progressing world is not unfair to the procrastinators.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What makes nazis so terrifying is not a special, twisted, monstrous psyche. It’s that they have no such special mind. They are scary because they are normal people; because anyone of us can becomes one. We all have a dormant nazi within us. Failure to acknowledge this makes us vulnerable to be one.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

With the IOC having reinstated Russia, every democratic nation in the world should withdraw from the next Olympic games in protest.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Can someone tell 🍊 that lightning starts forest fires and that Canada doesn’t control the wind?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

With the mess the SU political system has become, I feel the need the restate: people have the politicians they deserve; elections have consequences: all that is necessary for evil to prevail is for gods people to do nothing.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If the PM of Canada ever sued the CRA (Canada’s IRS), forced it into a settlement giving him and his cronies a fortune in taxpayer money and gave himself immunity from audits, he would out of office within the hour, brought to justice and imprisoned for corruption.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If the USA was officially an authoritarian State, how would it be any different than it is today?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Let’s have Turkey give the S-400 systems to Ukraine. This will clear the way for Turkey to have F-35s and create jobs in the US while helping Ukraine protect itself from Russian missiles. If it can be done securely, everyone wins.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

In democracy we elect the confident, boastful amateur, rather than the careful and reclusive expert. The skills that favour election are the opposite of those of good governance. And so, we are condemned to be ruled by the eloquent ignorant with a catchy slogan. But we have nothing better to offer.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The war in Iran is another clear demonstration that current military doctrine is mostly obsolete. Traditional military powers are rebuffed by smaller powers with streams of drones. If a smaller nation with drones can defeat Russia and the US, it may be time to revise military doctrines.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Rights do not precede society, they emerge from it. One cannot break the social contract and recover natural rights, as those rights come from the contact. Pre-societal humans were unburdened by rules, but had no rights.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

All western governments should disassociate with US-based search engines and adopt Qwant as their default for all public institutions. Search engines that do not collect personal information and are not based in the US should be favoured to ensure individual privacy and national security.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The projected peace agreement between the USA and Iran is a whole lot of nothing. All of the cost, the inflation and the lives to change absolutely nothing!

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

What has America gained by dissolving its network of democratic allies? Such important geopolitical moves are normally made in favour of a more valuable option. How does giving up the role of leader of the free world help America?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Why would a president who is two years away from the end of his term and who repeatedly hinted at staying on after his term, build a massive structure with drone ports, billet proof glass and a concrete bunker six levels deep next to his official residence? Is he getting ready for something?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Has social media been a good deal for humanity? It came with such promise of connection and progress, mostly not realized, but also with isolation, polarization and the undermining of science, democracy and even society. Was giving everyone on bullhorn to the world a good idea?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I’ve travelled to some 52 countries, but can’t seem to make up mind for the next trip. Any recommendations?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

After WW2, many dreamed of a world where the power of the mighty is checked by virtues, nations create order, human right are universal and peace is the norm. This was in contrast to the ideas that plunged the world in the maelstrom of war. Those ideas are back and we must once more learn to dream.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In a world that is loosing a clear sense of itself, someone needs to step up and be the adult in the room. I’m pleased that Canada has chosen to be just that at a time we most dearly need it.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

One who cannot understand percentages should not lead the strongest country in the world.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

If 🍊 believes that blockading ports is a legitimate measure to pressure rogue states, then I suggest he start with Russia; which is a much greater threat to world peace than Iran right now.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🍊 bombed Irak, Koweït, Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria so far. Can we please give him another fake peace prize before he bombs us all?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Ending extreme poverty in the world would cost $318B a year or 0.3% of GDP. Annual worldwide military spending in 2024 was $1.7T; five times as much. It has grown since. That there are still people living in extreme poverty now is a policy choice.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Will someone please tell 🍊 that the « NA » in NATO stands for « North Atlantic » and that the middle-East is not in the North Atlantic?

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Residential urban planning has become a tool to protect the rich from having to live next door to the poor; protecting them from the awful sight of the effects of concentration of wealth. It’s easy to be indifferent to the plight of the poor if you never have to see them from your luxury home.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

There seems to be only one thing on which the military leadership of Russia and Ukraine agree; both believe that the lives of Russian soldiers are worthless.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Knowledge is one of those rare things in life one can give and still have. So, there’s no reason to share it parsimoniously, unless the aim is manipulation and control. After all, the more people know, the more they are empowered as independent thinkers. Such people are a threat to despots.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

There are not many countries that are both important exporters of fossil fuels and politically stable. The conflict in Iran makes clear the risk to the world of dependence on those countries. Hydro, solar, wind, nuclear do not carry those risks. Time to change our energy sources for good.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Discreetly, a new trading block is rising. EU + Canada + Mercosur + Asia Pacific + India. Conspicuously absent are the US, Russia and China. This may be how the new world order will look.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Somehow science proceeding from educated doubt and critical thinking as been taken by some to mean that all knowledge is relative; that online opinion is equivalent or better than demonstrated fact. It has taken us centuries to move past our biases and we have lost our way in a flash.

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The STU speech is meant to ensure the POTUS is accountable to Congress and reports to it on the evolution of the country. It has become a partisan show and, especially on 🍊’s watch, a tool for propaganda and manipulation of public opinion. The next POTUS should bring it back to it’s intended meaning

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Pascal Robichaud @pascalrobichaud.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Whether passively, out of fear or self interest or actively in democracy, people always habilitate power. What is given can be taken away. No regime can sustain itself before an entire populace in revolt. If America is slow-walking into fascism, it has only itself to blame and can stop anytime.

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