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Entrepreneur; CEO of MAPLE|silk Canada, Great Plains MDF, Carroll & Co. Consulting, etc.; Director @sicknotweak; proud dad. Tweets are mine and often satirical.
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'Did you even say thank you?'

This is how the British public is reacting! London today. Same in Dublin. 💛 Thank you for standing with Ukraine! #cdnpoli #peipoli

To be clear. The USA... Won't defend us. Won't rise to article 5. Aren't committed to NATO. Will steal our resources. Might invade if we show weakness. Will leak intel to Putin. Can't be trusted with a treaty. Why align with Putin's puppet and a gang of thieves? Why buy their shit? Seriously.

Does… does she not remember being an MP?

To understand what fElon is doing, you need to meet some of his friends: Peter Thiel, JD Vance, Curtis Yarvin, and Nick Land. Understand them, and you will see patterns and wild anti-democracy, anti-government, racist and misogynist philosophies. Sound familiar? Watch fElon in this context. 1/8

#Liberals Some thoughts on a Leadership process. One thing is clear in this upcoming Leadership race, that the reputation of the Liberal Party of Canada and its new Leader will hang on the ability of the Party to organize a nimble, flexible process, that engages as many Canadians as possible.

While we wait for Mr. Trudeau’s shoe to drop, I have some thots on what should and shouldn’t happen next @TheHillTimes . Folks talking about caucus elections and long prorogations should probably give it a read. t.co/H4lG27ELb5

Maybe not the biggest story today but given no changes at DFO, still a relevant one: globalnews.ca/news/1092787...

News In Photo: Chrystia Freeland unsure what to do after drawing Trudeau’s name on office Secret Santa

Speaker Emerita Pelosi has been hospitalized for an injury.

Fun fact: Clean energy costs keep getting cheaper as technology improves and more capacity is deployed. Fossil fuels stay roughly the same cost to deploy, while volatile commodity costs spike whenever global markets tighten.

JUST IN: Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitted to hospital for evaluation after injury in Luxembourg

Oh, yeah? We’ll cut off your Trump sneaker shipments. Take that, Canada. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍊🤡

NEW: For the 3rd year in a row, Elon Musk’s foundation gave away less than it was supposed to. In 2023, it gave away $421 million less than the minimum required for a charity of its size, new filings show. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/u...

This would be a huge deal. Quebec, N.L. strike new deal on Churchill Falls hydroelectric project, sources say - The Globe and Mail

Hoo boy. This will make enforcement work easier - especially for the 2025 elver season 🙄 www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Well, hot air does seem like the most useful thing to come from Bitcoin… A strange, bitcoin-powered community is taking shape in rural Quebec - The Logic

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Kari Lake is a leading contender for the nomination as Donald Trump’s ambassador to Mexico, two people familiar with the situation told Semafor. www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

You’d almost think the House had made itself clear 🤷🏻‍♂️ nationalnewswatch.com/2024/12/09/c...

Nova Scotian mall insists giant tree will only eat “3 to 4 kids, max” this Christmas

New: Russia granted asylum to Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family, TASS reported

I bet she doesn’t. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/for...

LGBTQ activists: They're definitely going after Obergefell. Many pundits and reporters: Stop being melodramatic with these exaggerated claims. Them: We're definitely going after Obergefell.

“But under a threat reduction measure, "certain information can be disclosed to reduce a threat," and plans are being "finalized" to convey the information to Poilievre, [CSIS] said. Umm… so that makes him a… ? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Well, yeah 🤷🏻‍♂️ www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

This is nuts. Syria may fall before year’s end.

The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms. The rage people feel at the health insurance industry, and the elation expressed at seeing it injured, is widespread, and disturbing, by @zey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Oh, I just bet she is. 😇🫡 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Smart. nationalnewswatch.com/2024/12/05/f...

Pardon early, pardon often, I fear.

tl;dr He’s a fucking monster. Why the Parole Board denied Paul Bernardo parole—again - National Post

'Utterly absurd': Freeland rebuffs Poilievre's offer of two hours to present fall economic statement, @rachaiello reports. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/utt... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

It’s beginning to look a lot like… fuck I hate winter. 🥶

Does neither side understand they’re on their last legs?! Like… the union for buggy whip makers hasn’t been heard from in a while… Canada Post strike is “highly disrespectful of Canadians”: minister - Global News

Ottawa Playbook Scoop: Nick Taylor-Vaisey reports Vice-president elect JD Vance recently cracked a joke over dinner at the expense of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a table that included Elon Musk Read Playbook here: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Breaking news: Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed Wednesday morning in front of a midtown hotel in New York, according to multiple reports.

Ok, excellent opportunity for people to act like grownups: this was not a partisan event. This is an example of how pervasive other countries’ agents are and how naive we are. Right? www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Also good.

Good.

No, she’s not. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/w...

Unlocked | ‘Permanent campaign’ of building Canadian links on Capitol Hill begins anew Discussions are being had about a potential visit of U.S. Senators to Ottawa, says Liberal MP John McKay. https://buff.ly/41gzhW6

Don’t have a link but the new Air Canada employee ads running on streaming services opposing working without pay (which has always seemed crazy to me) are pretty great.