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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Tempest in a Tory teapot. She’s off to dodge drones in Kyiv while these cretins snivel and whine.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Winter fun
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
For that money, they should wear the red robes.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The books introduced me to the offensive powyof knitting needles.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Good jobs for Canadians
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Had Sinn Fein any sense, this is what they should have done. Run candidates in every UK constituency; had sympathizers take jobs in every post office; make the island of Britain uncomfortable./jk
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
US shipyards are sustained by long term reliable orders. Unless we guarantee steady orders, why invest? The return is not worth the risk.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Goalhangers “Empire” podcast is doing a great series on Gaza from earliest times. Now up to the Arab invasions.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
TBF, Luke was trained by Obi-Wan and Yoda. Anakin became DV because of missing the training window. The Force as innate magic, rather than a tool to be developed, is a thematic leap.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Kimmel was selling a product. A major client stopped buying it because they no longer liked it. The network did the math. It’s up to the end users - viewers - to change the math.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
He’s the Sovereign / Chancellor of the Orders. He’s supposed to advertise them. The days of the Black Prince are long gone. But it would have been biting for Andrew and Harry, not in uniform at the coronation, to have only worn their active service medals.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The system is backwards. Each additional property should attract proportionally more tax .
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The purpose of the Union is to allow states to flourish independently under the shield of one nation, and to allow individuals to move freely between states. Repeat this 49 times.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
What is meant by ‘loss’? Purchase price plus rent avoided minus sales
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Kudos to NG for taking stock and doing what good they can in an awful situation.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Students have been cribbing each other’s notes since Plato got off his log. Nothing modern here. You are right: Patton’s line “I read your book” to Rommel would not have worked as “I read the AI summary of your book.”
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Legalists: Is this a S1 reasonable limitation? Domestic aviation is protected from international competition. So the absence of an alternative affects the bargaining. (I’d prefer re-nationalization of this natural monopoly).
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Ferry gondola - Cars roll on at Pickering and are carried to Mississauga.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Post-modernism.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I call this the “Wyoming Question” with props to 🇬🇧 “West Lothian Question.”
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
It’s the Wyoming Question. Set WY population as 1 representative; apply that population to all states. CA would have over 100 representatives, and the EC votes. The Senate is supposed to represent the states, not the House.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
We should all live on the Yonge Subway Line.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Exactly. Make it a lucrative salary to encourage high quality candidates.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
German proposal for off the West Coast of Ireland: massive wind / tidal farm. The electricity cracks water into H and O, the hydrogen is piped to Germany to generate electricity close to point of use.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
FREEDOM! Seatbelts are for commies. /s
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Because that’s how investigations work. RCMP needs more than intelligence - it needs evidence that passes a high bar. Then the prosecutors need to make their decisions.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Insurance is subsidizing the uninsured. The system is tending towards universality despite itself.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Church of England weddings - in the physical church - must be open to the public to allow anyone to object. Allegedly.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Good union jobs.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
First: expand the House so CA (and TX) has the proportional number of Reps based on WY population. Second: House takes control of redistricting and sets up “Elections America” (like Elections Canada) to end gerrymandering and standardize voting requirements.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Good union jobs.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Legislating the unlawful transfer of wealth from the victims of loan fraud to the banks.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The Italian Navy could end this tomorrow.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Labour needs to accept that being the long term lead party in a coalition is better than occasionally having a majority.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Job could be done by 2-stars. What rank was Marshall when he planned and ran the US Army war games before WW2? An O-3?
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
They don’t have the votes. Either in Congress or in the country. Unless the People give the Democrats majorities in both the House and the Senate at the midterms, Trump has enough support to carry on.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Since 1066 was the Conquest, one could argue that conquest and pillage are British culture. Consider the cover art of Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
When Canada and its provinces start breaking down barriers. Geography is powerful. Until then, like a mother bird feigning injury to draw a predator away from the nest, Carney does the dance with Trump.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
In uniform. Unmasked. Not ICE.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The leaders aren’t stupid. They know the voters aren’t with them. As Pierre Trudeau said to activists (roughly) “Great idea. Now make me do it.” Build the political will first.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
There’s a Nigerian-English comedian whose line is “I speak such good English because my parents sent me back to Nigeria as a child to learn it properly.”
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Unauthorized drilling (military training) used to be a crime. Not treason under Criminal Code unless you wage war on Canada or assist those who do. Poss. violation of the Code of Service Discipline (unless reservists + not being paid + not using issued kit).
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This should be a federal/state system. Too much is downloaded to counties/municipalities.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🇨🇦 did this some years ago through a constitutional (Charter) challenge. The punishment is imprisonment - not removal of voting rights. If 🇺🇸 allowed convicted felons to vote (in original constituency, like soldiers) many results would change.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I have an insulated all-steel french press for canoe trips.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
All statutes can be reversed.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The Navy. Sailors not soldiers. Close to water is what they need.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The US Army Corps of Engineers maintains civilian infrastructure in USA - this counts towards defense spending. The Veterans Administration is essentially socialized medicine and long-term care; draft every 18 yo for 3 months and make them eligible for military health care for life.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
My favourite new-to-me phrase of 2005 “charismatic megafauna”.
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rockypecheur.bsky.social @rockypecheur.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
🇨🇦 needs to upgrade its 105/155mm plant to build the most advanced projectiles. Drones and missiles are precise; artillery has mass effects.
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