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Associate Professor of Political Science at Athabasca University. Proud British Columbian, former Oxford grad, Parliamentary Intern, UBC and Columneetza graduate. Foci of Research: (1)Trade Policy and (2)Academic Freedom. Home Town: Williams Lake BC
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told leaders gathered Sunday for a summit on the war in Ukraine that they need to step up and continue to support Kyiv and meet a “once in a generation moment” for the security of Europe.

It just keeps on coming. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a halt on all offensive cyber operations against Russia. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... . The obvious question is : has Russia ceased all offensive cyber operations against America?

And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

who told this pampered asshole he has the right to speak to anyone like this?

Silver lining: Europe became a Union yesterday. 🇪🇺

Dickless chode

Today is the third anniversary of this little e-mail: "Hello, Mark. I am afraid that udiat will be bombing Lviv as well. Actually he is already doing that. We have passed border with Poland just now."

Face the Truth

This amused me greatly

"Trump and Putin are trying to make the world safe for gangsterism" www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P07-...

The PBS News Hour can be trusted to give level-headed analysis of what we have just witnessed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=11QB...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=he48...

I agree with Adam Boulton's assessment of JD Vance's performance this afternoon www.youtube.com/watch?v=he48...

Canada, Europe must step up to fill the void that the United States is leaving, with respect to democracy, free trade and climate change.

Andrew Weissmann speaks to what we can feel and see -- that the US is in a frightening place, well beyond the dangers of Project 2025 (which are considerable). He says: "We may soon find there is nothing left to defend." The Wolf is at the Door. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVp0...

Great Quote

Treasonous

The fox gave the photographer the best pictures ever 📷🦊

I feel some sympathy for Wayne Gretzky, who is caught between his friendship with President Trump and his love of Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

This is where first-past-the-post leads—a two-party system that puts authoritarians in charge with no checks and balances. We need to change course now, Canada. It's time to usher in a new era of multi-party collaboration with proportional representation.

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

David Frum: "Trump and Vance displayed in the Oval Office a highly personal hatred. There was no effort here to make a case for American interests."

Once again, folks should have learned from Trump 1.0. Trump has no sense or concern about "the American national interest." It is always and only about himself--what is good for Trump or bad for Trump's enemies. It has nothing to do with what is good or bad for the country. FFS

Today's startling performance by President Trump and Vice-President Vance is further evidence that something is very, very wrong in the Oval Office

Baier: Right. I'm not hearing from you, Mr. President, a thought that you owe the president an apology? Zelenskyy: No. I respect president. And I respect American people. And I'm not sure that we did something bad

Paul Krugman and Robert Reich are two of the saner voices in America that I can recommend to readers. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-wonkish-... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/no-trump-c... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

I liked Paul Krugman's incisive critique of the Medicaid cuts: "I don’t know whether draconian, cruel cuts to Medicaid will actually happen. It may turn on whether Republicans in Congress are more afraid of their constituents or of Donald Trump." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-...

The world has never before been faced with such a threat. The United States has handed the nuclear codes to a madman, a criminal, a would-be dictator and a moron, all in the same person. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Don't agonize over the election results—organize. Most of the Western world uses proportional representation. It’s time we did too. Join Fair Vote Canada (sign-up link in replies) and help build a better democracy for Ontario and all of Canada!

The world has never before been faced with such a threat. The United States has handed the nuclear codes to a madman, a criminal, a would-be dictator and a moron, all in the same person. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I liked Paul Krugman's incisive critique of the Medicaid cuts: "I don’t know whether draconian, cruel cuts to Medicaid will actually happen. It may turn on whether Republicans in Congress are more afraid of their constituents or of Donald Trump." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-...

Trump tariff threat a Trojan horse for B.C.'s fossil fuels www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/06/n...

The Government of Alberta has just spent $2 million on a task force that challenges the use of COVID-19 vaccines. The President of the Alberta Medical Association has called it "Anti-Science".