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Remember, each morning:
1. There is only this one spaceship.
2. We are going to need everyone.
3. Other lifeforms are sentient and valuable.
And... As Voltaire said “Whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,”
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The fully staffed weather service will undoubtedly correlate the storm strength and local effects into context to answer the diligent reporters of the mainstream media.
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I was getting to that!!!
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No, certainly not. The UCP supports oil and gas to the exclusion of all other energy enterprises, even when anyone can see that the petro corporations have had a "recovery; without jobs".
Bill Kirk
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There will be no mention of the UCP legislation which has stifled any renewable energy enterprises. Enterprises that are attracting investment and creating/transitioning technological jobs in other provinces.
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Boy, my last comment sounded like a right wing bot, didn't it?
To clarify, the UCP will most assuredly blame Ottawa, Trudeau, and tooth fairy for the poor employment numbers, the Shattered Healthcare system, etc.
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Pendulum, by Roy H. Williams, "The Wizard of Ads" 2012.
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In the USA's case, it seems to be related to violent insurrection. Echos of armed conflict, revolution, reverberating through the government and the populace.
My pet "protest poster slogan" blurb on the major differences between USA and Canada is:
USA = Revolution
Canada = Evolution
Bill Kirk
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The 80 year cycle seems to have a good deal of relevance. Probably because it is related to average life spans of humans and human generational dynamics. I was made aware of it as it related to advertising/ consumer cycles in North America.
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You could call the interloper 'Krasnov' or the 'Manchurian Candidate'.
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Or Greek with subtitles.
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If we separate from Canada, can we still be in the Canada Pension Plan? Asking for a friend.
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That is "foetal debris" and yes, it is a great band name.
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I have often reflected on the non voting segment of all democracies. Sleepers are a situation not considered.
Seriously, what percentage do you think are actually compromised or acting as sleeper/disruptor?
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You can look at the USA's meltdown into autocracy, and then reflect on 'exactly the same moves' being made in Alberta - now - today.
Alberta is months behind Trump's GOP.
Canada is one election away from the same tragic loss of democracy and humanity.
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Trump will Pump and Dump for a while, then magnanimously suspended the tariffs to negotiate with the countries of the world.
See what concessions can be gained, then tariff the tough nuts. Again.
Rinse. Repeat.
The World leaders must create an economy that sidestep the USA.
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Go back to the beginning of this note.
There are daybreaks after heartbreaking disaster.
Grief changes shape, but it never leaves.
Human Beings must turn back this cascade of impersonal malevolence.
The architects of this pogrom don't want to rule us.
They simply want us to die.
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there was this small brass plaque.
I removed my hat.
5 resistance fighters named.
Shot by SS for being partisans.
The youngest was 18.
As Humanists, we must resist oppression. Even oppression by fascists funded by billionaires.
The sooner it's ended, the fewer 18 yr olds we will have to mourn.
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Hence it is largely extant. The best revenge is that it is being converted into a public art space.
What else would you do? I mean, without Jewish slave labour, it will cost more to demolish than to just let it sink into the river bank.
Technically interesting to an amateur historian, but,
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Wife and I toured Bordeaux, Fr. and we adored the city and environs. I have amateur status in studying WW2, so we stumbled upon the Nazi submarine pens because it was there. Massive concrete structure where the Wolf Pack went to repair and re-arm. Allied bombing made the edifice indestructible ....
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Umm?
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Great image of the market as an kinetic sculpture.
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Yeah. That level of acerbic-ness.
"A statesman is a dead politician. We need more statesmen."
So, Preston, I wish you long life and good health to give as much time and clear headed reasoning as possible for you to understand that nobody cares what you know until they know that you care.
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The previous statement is remembered from a book of anecdotes.
When not reading non-fiction, like the dictionary, I like to read a little fiction; books like collections of witticisms. There is analysis possible here, but unlikely.
I believe the quote is from someone like Oscar Wilde.
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There I go. Fell, into the same hyperbolic trap as so many I criticize do.
For this record, I don't wish anyone to be dead. Death is always an option, but not MY call.
I certainly wish they lived long enough to change into people who are more supportive of humans and less supportive of dogma.
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A 'Statesman' is a dead politician.
Preston needs to become a statesman.
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As Rockefeller said, "the time to buy is when there is blood in the streets."
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Nobody is EVER going to ask him to
'just say a few words'
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relationship, Russia.
The World order had perceived serious mental instability in the leadership of the USA and adjustments were well advanced when this sad event transpired.
In Lieu of flowers please send donations to the United Nations for USA relief.
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NATO, the European Union, and Asia.
Close friends Mexico and Canada, although recently estranged, are supporting US citizens with thoughts and prayers.
Beneficiaries are believed to include China India, the BRICS countries and particularly the recently acknowledged love child from a former
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It is with sadness that we acknowledge the death of the United States of America (USA).
They were found deceased on 02 April 2025 at 4 PM Eastern Time/
Authorities confirm that death was from self-inflicted wounds. and no suspects are sought at this time.
The USA is survived by former Allies: