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Stumbling, bumbling expat and nomad, outside my native Canada 🇨🇦 since 1978. In Albania 🇦🇱 these days.

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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Meloni is going as Italian PM, nothing to do with EU/Brussels. Bella ciao! Bella ciao! It's not that I don't trust her, it's just that I don't trust her.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Seemingly tries? Nobody understands the process so everything goes to SCOTUS. Either Trump has the authority or Congress does, which is it?
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Drive them all bonkers at every Town Hall until Muck gets deported for working illegally while on student visa. www.huffpost.com/entry/delusi...
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GOP Lawmaker Weirdly Claps For Herself While Crowd Boos Her For Supporting Musk
“Deport Elon! Deport Elon!” people at a Laramie, Wyoming, town hall event chanted as Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman tried to speak.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
"...washing or rinsing meat or poultry increases the risk for cross-contamination in the kitchen". Don't believe it, just rinse gently, don't let water spray all over. Removes shards, feathers, random gunk.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Let this poll be an omen! globalnews.ca/news/1108637...
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Liberals widen lead over Tories under Carney, Ipsos poll shows - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney's leadership has sparked a surge in Liberal party support, with new Ipsos polling showing the Liberals widening their lead over the Conservatives.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Should read: "Israel couldn't stand another minute without blowing something up." edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...
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Live updates: Gaza ceasefire shattered as Israel launches strikes on enclave | CNN
Gaza’s fragile ceasefire shattered early Tuesday as Israel carried out deadly strikes across the enclave and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to use “increasing military strength” again...
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Carney jumps on the issues with both feet: globalnews.ca/news/1108357...
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Carney to visit U.K., France to build ‘reliable’ trade, security partnership - National | Globalnews.ca
Carney says he was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for visits to reinforce historical relationships and discuss trade.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Trump was trying to end the war quickly to get a Nobel because President Obama has one. Now Trump has revealed that the "art of the deal" is a joke. He's a nightmare at diplomatic negotiations.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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The Trump family fortune sprang from this Canadian hotel-brothel - National | Globalnews.ca
Friedrich Trump called his business in Bennett, a town that sprang up because of the Klondike Gold Rush, the Arctic Restaurant & Hotel.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Believe it or not, there is no provision in the EU charter that would allow it to expel a member state. There is one for suspension, no idea how it works. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Race against time to make Hungary renew EU sanctions before deadline
Hungary's resistance has put the EU in a situation of maximum suspense less than 72 hours before the individual sanctions are set to expire. #EuropeNews
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
What? There are no SSA phone services. Nobody picks up no matter how long you wait, all you can do is leave a msg for call back.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We already know there's zero chance of Trump leaving January 20, 2029, unless one of his sons wins 2028. This is the kind of ruse he'll come up with... This expulsion is an enormous exercise planned as part of Project 25, so why would he need martial law? edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...
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Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussi...
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"Freedom focus is the same thing Vance was trying to peddle at the Munich Security Conference to EU leaders. Means steal our personal info to earn billions just like US big tech did. Don't fall for it.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Deals with other countries for steel and aluminum should already be drafted and ready to go, but if not, pls Canada prepare them ASAP. No shortage of global demand. Finalize and implement them, then cancel all shipments and contracts with the US. www.bbc.com
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BBC Home - Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Dictators, take note: Things have a funny way of catching up to you: (Ressa has the keys 😆) edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/a...
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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte detained on ICC warrant for crimes against humanity, government says | CNN
Former President Rodrigo Duterte was detained on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest for alleged crimes against humani...
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
At a rate of 20k per month/ 250k per year, it will take 44 years to remove the 11 million illegals. In order to remove all 11 million in 4 years 230k per month would need to be deported. Therefore, this administration never intended to boot the cheap labor their donors love.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Best 28 minutes of the day. Incredible speech by 91 year-old former Prime Minister Chrétien. My fave part is how he mentioned the pension plan, health care, indigenous rights, two official languages, gun control, women's right to choose, diversity, same sex marriage, etc. youtu.be/tU8qNxempS0?...
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FULL SPEECH: Former PM Jean Chrétien addresses tariff war during Liberal leadership speech
YouTube video by CBC News
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
That's easy to write, but the Russian view is: Lost 25+ million in WWII Lost the great old USSR, want it back starting with resource-rich Ukraine NATO started with 12 countries, now 32. The old guard that runs the show is consumed by paranoia. The Putin team reminds me of Team Toddler or Xi.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This is juicy given the headway ultra-right pro-Putin gangsters have recently made in Europe
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Toddler knows that. Kick them out, photo ops with ICE, wave flags, then subtly let the illegals back in over the 1,000 miles of unprotected border. In a year the average two-digit IQ MAGAt will have forgotten all about it.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Of course Trump wants Canadian water, that's been high on the US to-do list for several decades. Most natural resources he can steal from a lot of countries, but water only from Canada.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The European Movement feel it is time to campaign. According to them, “the European Movement stands for democracy, peace, unity and solidarity, respect for human rights and the rule of law; the very values that Canadians and Europeans alike hold dear.” Bullseye!
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
😆 Fart Carney has never held an elected position and that Bank of England Governor business always gives me the creeps. Brexit is the biggest disaster of our era in the UK. I'd take the real Art RIP over Fart any day, and if I can't have him Chrystia works.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Trudeau is a hero abroad. Quit his job, but still fights for everything when he could easily coast. He's respected universally for standing up to Trump and calling his tariffs dumb. He joined with Europe against Trump/Putin. Went to Kyiv in the midst of nightly bombing raids. He walks the walk
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
My hero! Take what's required for someone to buck authority in the west. Multiply that by 10 to get the equivalent in the Philippines. Multiply by 10 again for a woman in the PI.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Even Fuchs News admits Europe has given more support to Ukraine than the Biden administration. Total European assistance totals roughly $138.7 billion during the war (Kiel Institute.) The U.S. contributed $119.7 billion. Trump has contributed zilch. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump isn't the first US commander in chief to lose patience with Zelenskyy: resurfaced 2022 report
Then-President Biden had a fiery phone call with Ukraine President Zelenskyy in June 2022, years before a similar fiery exchange with President Trump in the Oval Office.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Toddler will be having a hissy fit. "First, Zelenskyy stole my Nobel, now this!" 😆
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Europe has twice the number of active soldiers as the US. Zelenskyy didn't fall for Trump's four-flushing bully tactics, nor are Euro leaders. Trump only wants a Nobel and Ukraine minerals, he can go piss up a rope, and Europe will gently tell him so. notesfrompoland.com/2025/03/02/t...
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Tusk: Europe must "believe we are a global power" and achieve "defence independence"
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 Trudeau to London to join the Ukraine conference. Leaders emerging from all over. Invite kept secret from you-know-who 😆 www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Trudeau off to security summit in London, as Trump’s Ukraine comments rile Europeans
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way to London this morning ahead of a European defence summit tomorrow seeking to set the conditions toward a lasting peace
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Best 1.5 minutes of the day. Do people want to be like us? Work with us? Trust us as allies? Do kids see us as heroes? Do we do the right thing? Or even know what it is? Thanks Adam www.instagram.com/adamschiffca...
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Adam Schiff on Instagram: "I just got off the plane…"
3,961 likes, 321 comments - adamschiffca on February 28, 2025: "I just got off the plane…".
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is the outcome I hoped for: Zelenskyy tells Trump to go piss up a rope. The onus is now on Europe to pull it together, and it can do it. Ukraine can't trust Russia nor the US with Trump in power.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This WH pressie reminds me of A Few Good Men, the Gitmo scene. Nicholson says: "You've got to ask me nicely."
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Without the ironclad security guarantees that Zelenskyy insists upon, Trump won't be near any minerals. “We’ll be dig, dig, digging. The American taxpayers will now effectively be reimbursed for the money and hundreds of billions of dollars."
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Toddler wants to fund it from tariffs and repayment of the imaginary loan to Ukraine. That's why he was mumbling about the $300 billion spent defending Ukraine again today with Starmer when the whole world knows it is 120 billion.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I just saw his pressie with Starmer and Trump actually said: "I THINK the exporting country pays the tariffs." 😆 He doesn't know but consumers sure will.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Qatar Airways blew it the other day. They tried but couldn't move the deceased to Biz Class, so they should have moved the Aussie couple instead.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
What Trump is trying to do is extort $$$ from Europe so he can balance the budget and give tax breaks to his supporters. We want the biggest military, we want to be the big doggy, we wanted NATO. We want those dozens of bases all over Europe, so we pony up. Can't have it both ways.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Typical Retardican, Trump thinks the world is out to screw him. He said: "(The EU)was formed in order to screw the U.S.” The EU was formed to create a single market and currency, lift customs restrictions etc. The last thing on anyone's mind was screw the US. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
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Trump threatens 25% tariffs on EU, claims bloc was formed to ‘screw’ US
European Commission says it will react ‘firmly and immediately’ against unjustified trade barriers.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Trump's "diplomacy" with Europe is failing because neither he nor his hillbillies understand Europe. We can't dictate, pillage resources, and meddle without being on the team and contributing. Either it's MAGA or it's a role as world police, but not both. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/26/u...
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Trump has been flirting with Putin. Can Keir Starmer woo him back to the West? | CNN
It’s time for Keir Starmer to make his move.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Why exactly would any Canadian want to join the US? 🇨🇦 Weather is a reason...
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I LOVE THIS TODDLER hahaha. New scam is US gold card for US$5 million, which gets them a Green Card. Asked if Russian oligarchs are eligible he said: "Possibly. I know some Russian oligarchs who are very nice people." Every day is a barrel of laughs.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
There is no concrete offer on the table from Drumph. That's why there is no invite as yet. Zelenskyy will not accept any deal involving minerals without guarantees of boots on the ground US support. Even then, I'll believe it when it's formally agreed.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Leadership by Justin Trudeau: Russia funds its war on Ukraine with oil. And to evade Western sanctions, Russia uses a shadow fleet of ships to illegally transport it's oil. In Kyiv, I announced new sanctions on 109 oil tankers and vessels. We are cutting off Russia’s war machine.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Priceless. Macron is the man.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is a no-brainer, Canadians are not fond of his type. His US citizenship should be revoked too for working illegally on his student visa. Lied on his application. Wouldn't it be funny if he got sent back to South Africa? edition.cnn.com/2025/02/25/a...
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Canadian petition to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship gathers more than 250,000 signatures | CNN
More than 250,000 Canadian citizens and residents have signed a parliamentary petition urging Canada to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Frightening
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Toddler and entourage are trying to spin it that Europe is weak, can't decide etc Bullshit all the way. Everything must be agreed among 27 members, it's a democracy. Macron already went and slapped Trump around, Starmer's next. Summit of all in UK next weekend.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Macron tells the Toddler he's full of shit. Trump just can't stop lying. Doesn't he realize these are not his dumbass voters? edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
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Macron interrupts Trump, clarifies how Europe gave money to Ukraine | CNN Politics
In a press conference at the White House, French President Emmanuel Macron politely shut down President Trump’s claim that Europe is loaning money to Ukraine, further explaining how the EU gave the mo...
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Don't move to quickly to replace Trudeau. For now he's the best leader Canada could have for international affairs. Went to Ukraine Adds cash help Says everything is on the table. globalnews.ca/news/1103228...
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Will Canada send troops to Ukraine? ‘Everything is on the table,’ Trudeau says - National | Globalnews.ca
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said 'everything is on the table' when it comes to aiding Ukraine in its military effort.
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RickWorldNomad @rickworldnomad.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Just watched the WH press conference Trump - Macron. Trump was calm and jovial, he'd been told by advisers to back off on Europe or risk being left out. Toddler said that Putin de Merde agrees to have NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine. Adderall moment or truth? Macron is the right person to handle Trump.
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