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Saskatchewan-born. Go Riders. Married. Grandpa. I read stuff and know things. Social Democrat 🇨🇦 I live in Moh'kins'tsis Treaty 7 Territory I don't answer DMs. So, don't even bother.
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submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

President Harry S. Truman had a desk sign that said "The Buck Stops Here". The sign reflected his belief that he was responsible for his administration's actions. Memo to Premier Smith) Your mindset should be, "I'm willing to accept the blame for what happened. The buck stops here with me".

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

On this day in 1942, German tanks and soldiers marched through Winnipeg. The mayor, premier and Lt. Governor were arrested. The city was renamed Himmlerstadt, books were burned and the swastika flag flew around the city. This is the story of Winnipeg's If Day. 🧵1/14

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

My column: The Edmonton Oilers should consider moving their farm team closer to home - amid the turbulent relationship between the U.S. and Canada - and Saskatoon would be the best landing spot. #saskatoon #edmonton #oilers #nhl #canada #saskatchewan #hockey #sask thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

@leathompson.bsky.social Over the past weekend (in Calgary) we watched 3 or 4 episodes of Caroline in the City. It's aged okay.👍🏼

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Massive protests in the US as the country faces an ongoing coup d’état by the Trump regime and his oligarch cabal headed by Musk. Countless people are standing up to fascism proving the US will not go quietly. #3E #USprotests #fiftyfiftyone #Feb17 (🎥 @vuralelibol.bsky.social )

submitted 5 days ago • 348 comments

This elephant pretends to eat guy's hat..🐘🧢😅

submitted 5 days ago • 282 comments

💥 “We’re tired of the executive branch putting us at risk! We need our fellow Americans to stand up with us! We need Congress to take action!! It is essential to stand up against Autocracy!” It’s time to unite and make our voices heard! h/t Alejandro Alvarez in DC

submitted 5 days ago • 218 comments

I am at the NATO meetings in Brussels. Trump and Putin are plunging the world into dark chaos. Here is my dispatch from day one of the meetings. I decided that it was time to go over the boards for Canada. Please read and share. substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 5 days ago • 251 comments

Trump is illegitimate, Musk is a criminal, it's a coup d'état. #3E

submitted 5 days ago • 226 comments

On Friday, Robert Reich wrote to his followers wondering why mainstream media in America and globally have not called the takeover and dismantling of the U.S. government by Trump/Vance/Musk a coup. Oxford defines a coup as "a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government."

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Have we forgotten our history lessons when it comes to war? www.saltwire.com/atlantic-can...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

"The ambition to rewrite history and erase its inconvenient chapters is common to all revolutions. They tell the same story: all that is rotten about the present is a legacy of decadence that must be purged without mercy so the brighter new future can arise." -- Rafael Behr

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

A word or two of advice from Richard Nixon. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments