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Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan
Jun. 21st, 2025 10:28 pmDammit, Donnie.
You and the rest of your gang...just cannot leave well enough alone, can you?
You and the rest of your gang...just cannot leave well enough alone, can you?
Referring to this commentary, perfectly timed for this Orange Monday in particular:
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/living-in-interesting-times.html
Charlie, I fully expect to remain unsafe from US law - despite living on Canadian soil as a Canadian citizen by birth and by choice and despite having no plans to visit the States - for the foreseeable future. You know about the annexation threats the Vulgarian's made in recent months. This is another of the reasons why (a) Hegseth was hired as US SecDef and (b) why Hegseth in turn fired those senior JAG officers.
If Carney remains PMoCanada after April 28th, we might stand a better chance of riding at least some of this bad craziness out. Ditto if either Singh or May gets the job. If Poilievre and his Conservatives win, we all get handed over without a fight from "Ottawa" AKA the federal government. I do not expect a lot of fellow Canadians to permit themselves to be handed over quietly in any case.
Just saying this much will draw unwanted attention to me, I'm sure.
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/living-in-interesting-times.html
Charlie, I fully expect to remain unsafe from US law - despite living on Canadian soil as a Canadian citizen by birth and by choice and despite having no plans to visit the States - for the foreseeable future. You know about the annexation threats the Vulgarian's made in recent months. This is another of the reasons why (a) Hegseth was hired as US SecDef and (b) why Hegseth in turn fired those senior JAG officers.
If Carney remains PMoCanada after April 28th, we might stand a better chance of riding at least some of this bad craziness out. Ditto if either Singh or May gets the job. If Poilievre and his Conservatives win, we all get handed over without a fight from "Ottawa" AKA the federal government. I do not expect a lot of fellow Canadians to permit themselves to be handed over quietly in any case.
Just saying this much will draw unwanted attention to me, I'm sure.
...for the Trumpomuskovians have come for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528
As for Mr. Dickson's warning:
“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528
As for Mr. Dickson's warning:
“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
I watched Justin Trudeau's speech via YouTube and skipped the Vulgarian's speech. Seems to have been wise regarding my mental health.
And there's concerns about the Rich, Sociopathic and Militant...
And this was the front page of the Globe and Mail today:
Simple, right?
And there's concerns about the Rich, Sociopathic and Militant...
And this was the front page of the Globe and Mail today:
Simple, right?
So I'm looking at this item about Trump wanting Canadian water resources for California...and then, over to this item at the Guardian about Pete Hegseth's writings...
No, I can't afford to move. And I live in eastern Ottawa.
No, I can't afford to move. And I live in eastern Ottawa.
US Politics: The Night of 2024
Nov. 5th, 2024 06:03 pmHoping for the best tonight for my American friends and acquaintances, whether you believe it of me or not.
Speaking as a Canadian?
Canadian independence is at stake. If we end up geopolitically sandwiched between Trump and Putin again, we are at risk of ending up like Poland did from 1939 to 1945. As a battlefield, as an involuntary host of death camps, as a client state. Invited to submit to anschluss at best, blitzkrieg at worst. The Trumpists may say that they're focused on Mexico and points south right now, and we cannot rely upon that fixation to remain. Even if it does hold, we will need to take sides in any case.
To any Americans who can vote this upcoming November? Please vote for Kamala Harris, as she is the best of the available options right now. Do push for better candidates in the years that follow, yes. Absolutely! And vote for Harris as soon as you can, while you can, to make sure that you will be able to keep voting.
Canadian independence is at stake. If we end up geopolitically sandwiched between Trump and Putin again, we are at risk of ending up like Poland did from 1939 to 1945. As a battlefield, as an involuntary host of death camps, as a client state. Invited to submit to anschluss at best, blitzkrieg at worst. The Trumpists may say that they're focused on Mexico and points south right now, and we cannot rely upon that fixation to remain. Even if it does hold, we will need to take sides in any case.
To any Americans who can vote this upcoming November? Please vote for Kamala Harris, as she is the best of the available options right now. Do push for better candidates in the years that follow, yes. Absolutely! And vote for Harris as soon as you can, while you can, to make sure that you will be able to keep voting.
Middle East: A Personal Opinion
Oct. 9th, 2023 07:17 pmLikud and Hamas are mutual enablers.
Israel and Palestine alike deserve much better than they're getting right now, on top of both peoples having the right to exist.
Leaving it at that.
Israel and Palestine alike deserve much better than they're getting right now, on top of both peoples having the right to exist.
Leaving it at that.
DT-45 Charged At Last
Aug. 1st, 2023 06:05 pmGood.
Let's get on with this, and watch out for the ongoing efforts to make those of us who still believe that the US can be a just society regret our hopes, dreams and work towards such a goal.
Let's get on with this, and watch out for the ongoing efforts to make those of us who still believe that the US can be a just society regret our hopes, dreams and work towards such a goal.
Items of Interest - 16 July 2023
Jul. 16th, 2023 10:49 am1. Scientific American: Moral Injury Is an Invisible Epidemic That Affects Millions - published in 2022. This is a thing that politicians with kind intentions might be dealing with, too...
2. Canadian Press via CBC News: Foreign interference means Canada should get serious on media literacy, advocate says - published in 2023. A concern of every nation at this point, yes?
3. CBC News - Is the Bank of Canada making things worse? - published in 2023. Central bank bosses seem to be missing the points of much of the wider public right now, don't they?
4. CBC News - Construction labour crunch leaves Canada in need of boosting ranks of home builders - published in 2023.
5. Post News - COVID-19 Update for July 2023: Risks Are Low But Rising, and Too Many Are Ignoring Longer-Term Risks by Augie Ray
2. Canadian Press via CBC News: Foreign interference means Canada should get serious on media literacy, advocate says - published in 2023. A concern of every nation at this point, yes?
3. CBC News - Is the Bank of Canada making things worse? - published in 2023. Central bank bosses seem to be missing the points of much of the wider public right now, don't they?
4. CBC News - Construction labour crunch leaves Canada in need of boosting ranks of home builders - published in 2023.
5. Post News - COVID-19 Update for July 2023: Risks Are Low But Rising, and Too Many Are Ignoring Longer-Term Risks by Augie Ray
Just to be clear
Mar. 29th, 2023 09:13 amI am going to do the right things as best I can whenever I can, in terms of ecological sustainability. I will fail at this from time to time, being human. I will still do the work to whatever degree I can.
Missiles, Politics and Owls
Nov. 15th, 2022 10:20 pmGood evening, everyone.
APutinist missile gone awry from Ukraine struck Poland, killing two people.
DT-45 has declared his 2024 presidential candidacy.
I'm not happy.
And then there's this:
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1133260919/an-owl-twice-attacked-a-washington-woman-a-biologist-says-its-becoming-more-comm
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DT-45 has declared his 2024 presidential candidacy.
I'm not happy.
And then there's this:
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1133260919/an-owl-twice-attacked-a-washington-woman-a-biologist-says-its-becoming-more-comm
Yes, we're hitting the eight-billion mark in living humans this week. When I was starting grade school, I think we were at four billion.
Now, though, we have some debate over how difficult things are expected to become, how quickly, and in what ways exactly.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/8-billion-global-population-1.6646018
Now, though, we have some debate over how difficult things are expected to become, how quickly, and in what ways exactly.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/8-billion-global-population-1.6646018
Fascism, Creeping Like Creeps Do
Nov. 6th, 2022 02:14 pmNoting this:
https://twitter.com/SteveGoffman/status/1589036645319249920
Of course, it doesn't feel like a dripping faucet right now. Closer to the firehose flooding the zone of the damned Steve Bannon's infamous metaphor.
https://twitter.com/SteveGoffman/status/1589036645319249920
Of course, it doesn't feel like a dripping faucet right now. Closer to the firehose flooding the zone of the damned Steve Bannon's infamous metaphor.
I suspect that such is indeed going on.
https://twitter.com/HeatherMoAndCo/status/1575508432089751552
https://twitter.com/HeatherMoAndCo/status/1575508432089751552
Timothy Snyder on Upcoming "Referenda"
Sep. 3rd, 2022 06:37 pmDepending on where you are, you may need to fiddle with VPNs to read this.
https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1560326928787202049
https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1560326928787202049
More Dot Connections
Apr. 3rd, 2022 04:39 pmOn the "Ru.lag" concept, revising old horrors, being made reality from Ukrainian communities into Putinist Russia:
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/31/putins-gulag-based-empire-of-abduction-deportation-and-modern-slavery/
As at home, so abroad:
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/04/putins-war-in-ukraine-outgrowth-of-his.html
David Brin on the ability to learn from mistakes on past battlefields:
https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2022/04/contemplating-historical-perspectives.html
(While I worked on posting these links, I'm listening to Cross-Country Checkup, today focusing on the Papal Apology for the crimes of the Residential Schools in Canada this past week. There will be consequences to that Apology in the times to come - if the fascist movements of the modern world be successfully stopped from preventing them - and I hope they will be all to the good.)
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/31/putins-gulag-based-empire-of-abduction-deportation-and-modern-slavery/
As at home, so abroad:
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/04/putins-war-in-ukraine-outgrowth-of-his.html
David Brin on the ability to learn from mistakes on past battlefields:
https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2022/04/contemplating-historical-perspectives.html
(While I worked on posting these links, I'm listening to Cross-Country Checkup, today focusing on the Papal Apology for the crimes of the Residential Schools in Canada this past week. There will be consequences to that Apology in the times to come - if the fascist movements of the modern world be successfully stopped from preventing them - and I hope they will be all to the good.)
