About that "National Security Statement"?
Dec. 9th, 2025 05:27 pmLet me know if this is paywalled?
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/its-becoming-all-too-clear-how-trump-sees-canada-no-wonder-carney-cant-get-a/article_279db437-9900-44e7-8598-300441ec2db7.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/not-the-51st-state-but-a-vassal-state-what-donald-trumps-national-security-strategy-envisions/article_abe71b85-123c-4554-84b6-825d0dcb128f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/its-becoming-all-too-clear-how-trump-sees-canada-no-wonder-carney-cant-get-a/article_279db437-9900-44e7-8598-300441ec2db7.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/not-the-51st-state-but-a-vassal-state-what-donald-trumps-national-security-strategy-envisions/article_abe71b85-123c-4554-84b6-825d0dcb128f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
Some Good News: 7 Nov 2024
Nov. 7th, 2024 07:18 amPassed along by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
andrewducker, some bits of good news amidst the Bad Craziness...
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/766471507852541952?source=share
andrewducker, some bits of good news amidst the Bad Craziness...https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/766471507852541952?source=share
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.
I am cautiously gleeful at the moment.
Good Riddance?
Nov. 29th, 2023 09:00 pmSo he's finally done harming the worlds.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
I want a mood icon that sweats nervously for situations like this.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
I want a mood icon that sweats nervously for situations like this.
Matt Galloway and Rachel Maddow discuss how "all of this has happened before; all of this will happen again"...and not in the context of Second Galactica.
Yes, what we're seeing in the States at the moment is not the first attempt to steer that country onto a permanently fascist course.
Yes, what we're seeing in the States at the moment is not the first attempt to steer that country onto a permanently fascist course.
Big Night in Atlanta
Aug. 24th, 2023 09:12 pmI see that His Orangeness has been booked and mug-shotted.
Good.
Good.
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.
US Election Day 2022
Nov. 8th, 2022 08:57 amGood day, and good luck.
May we end up with a kinder, better set of governments than the day started with.
"Never tell me the odds!"
May we end up with a kinder, better set of governments than the day started with.
"Never tell me the odds!"
I have this horrible sense that the current executive staffing at DC Comics is about to be undone. Looking at what's already happening at CNN and HBO Max is clueing me in.
The nightmare scenario I expect based upon reports re: changes at those other branches of WB-Discovery's corporate empire: trade paperback collections and e-subscription access might be severely curtailed in order to reduce revenues going to creators of those older works; the current payroll being targeted for purges of non-Trumpists; the DC character roster being ethnically "white-washed" and otherwise altered to serve Trumpist audiences.
Am I wrong to expect this?
The nightmare scenario I expect based upon reports re: changes at those other branches of WB-Discovery's corporate empire: trade paperback collections and e-subscription access might be severely curtailed in order to reduce revenues going to creators of those older works; the current payroll being targeted for purges of non-Trumpists; the DC character roster being ethnically "white-washed" and otherwise altered to serve Trumpist audiences.
Am I wrong to expect this?
US Courts: 1850 or Bust?
May. 2nd, 2022 11:36 pmI heard the news about the leak from SCotUS to Politico.
Don't tell me this doesn't go right from womens' rights now to slavery revived later, because we know there are people who do want to take things exactly that far.
Don't tell me this doesn't go right from womens' rights now to slavery revived later, because we know there are people who do want to take things exactly that far.
Political Gunfight at the CBS Corral?
Mar. 30th, 2022 05:54 pmSeems to me there might be a political fight at CBS HQ soon, if not now, between the bosses of the news division vs. those of the Star Trek offices...because I've seen the content and casting of the current Trek series. And have you noticed who the news division's taking on as commentators? Mulvaney and who else?
Yes, I am absolutely speculating in an ill-informed way here. It looks to me like the two divisions of the company are going to be at cross-purposes.
Yes, I am absolutely speculating in an ill-informed way here. It looks to me like the two divisions of the company are going to be at cross-purposes.
Assorted Items of Interest - 30 Dec 2021
Dec. 30th, 2021 09:29 am1. The danger of recruiting outside your political party's "flock" as described by Rebecca Solnit.
2. New additions to and promotions within the Order of Canada.
3. Connected to the Epstein/Maxwell cases: BBC News calls itself out over an interview with Alan Dershowitz.
4. Queensway-Carleton Hospital cuts back on services due to COVID-19-induced staffing shortages.
5. DIY radio astronomy is setting up a new home in Ottawa-Gatineau.
6. From Reuters Graphics: Anatomy of a Death Threat - Trump supporters have waged a campaign of intimidation against the state and local officials who administer U.S. elections. This visual analysis explores hundreds of menacing messages - and explains why they’re difficult to counter. CW: records/transcripts of death threats as well as militant racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.
2. New additions to and promotions within the Order of Canada.
3. Connected to the Epstein/Maxwell cases: BBC News calls itself out over an interview with Alan Dershowitz.
4. Queensway-Carleton Hospital cuts back on services due to COVID-19-induced staffing shortages.
5. DIY radio astronomy is setting up a new home in Ottawa-Gatineau.
6. From Reuters Graphics: Anatomy of a Death Threat - Trump supporters have waged a campaign of intimidation against the state and local officials who administer U.S. elections. This visual analysis explores hundreds of menacing messages - and explains why they’re difficult to counter. CW: records/transcripts of death threats as well as militant racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.
Stereotypes, Republicans, Wisconsin
Nov. 18th, 2021 07:57 pmThere is a stereotype being built here about Republicans from Wisconsin, and I'm afraid that this is the latest installment in the self-wounding process. I say this because CBC News has noticed Rep. Glenn Grothman, my friends.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/speech-congress-canada-1.6253849
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/speech-congress-canada-1.6253849
Quoting from this link...
https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/greening-news/2021/05/postmedias-cozy-relationship-fossil-fuel-industry
"Postmedia emerged from previous owner Canwest's ill-fated gamble on multimedia "convergence" between broadcast, print and digital media. The papers were bought at bargain prices by its creditors with U.S. hedge-fund backing. Since 2016, Chatham Asset Management has held about 66 per cent ownership, a company with an 80 per cent stake in American Media Inc., controversial for its ties to former U.S. president Donald Trump."
American Media Inc. was, until April 2019, the parent company of The National Enquirer and Globe.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A360media
Now, I'm wondering what Hudson Group's interest in buying those tabloids was. And does Dufry AG's leadership understand what their Hudson Group subsidiary has taken on? If so, why? If not, why not?
https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/greening-news/2021/05/postmedias-cozy-relationship-fossil-fuel-industry
"Postmedia emerged from previous owner Canwest's ill-fated gamble on multimedia "convergence" between broadcast, print and digital media. The papers were bought at bargain prices by its creditors with U.S. hedge-fund backing. Since 2016, Chatham Asset Management has held about 66 per cent ownership, a company with an 80 per cent stake in American Media Inc., controversial for its ties to former U.S. president Donald Trump."
American Media Inc. was, until April 2019, the parent company of The National Enquirer and Globe.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A360media
Now, I'm wondering what Hudson Group's interest in buying those tabloids was. And does Dufry AG's leadership understand what their Hudson Group subsidiary has taken on? If so, why? If not, why not?
