Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🌦️🏞

*levelled 🤦‍♂️

I like the recent leveled-up engagement from @radiofreetom.bsky.social. Did something happen on X, or is it just time?

This may be a brand new, emerging environmental issue post-war. Polymer jackets and coatings are not designed to biodegrade rapidly; they fragment. Long-term ecological and human health risks will currently be poorly understood. Any required cleanup or remediation could be high-effort, high-cost.

This may be a brand new, emerging environmental issue post-war. Polymer jackets and coatings are not designed to biodegrade rapidly; they fragment. Long-term ecological and human health risks will currently be poorly understood. Any required cleanup or remediation could be high-effort, high-cost.

Sometimes the non-tariffed juice is *bottled* in Canada (e.g., PC vs. Tropicana). I was hoping we'd see more juice sourced from Brazil, but only Oasis apparently gets juice from there.

Graph depicting U.S. orange juice exports to Canada, highlighting total exports and those affected by countertariffs since Trump's election.

U.S. orange juice exports to Canada get squeezed, slipping to their lowest level in more than two decades. This decline is largely attributed to Canadian shoppers opting for non-American, non-counter-tariffed products in response to the U.S. economic war of aggression on Canada. 💪 #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

Russians cheer Putin’s Alaska invitation, envision no concessions on Ukraine Ukrainian and European officials met with Vice President JD Vance to coordinate a response to Russia’s proposal.

Megalomanics' Mayhem
Russian officials and commentators crowed about landing a summit between Putin & Trump in Alaska on Friday — without the Kremlin having made any concessions on Ukraine.

European and Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, scramble to respond to the U.S. Administration's latest TACO.

A cartoon depicting Donald Trump, scissors in hand, angrily cutting through a letter "X" in front of a flag background. Text says, "There's no 'X' in 'Nexus'!" -

This editorial cartoon is particularly apropos. My Nexus card kept me sane; this purely performative act is just plain cruel.
@theglobeandmail.com

Simon Sez: "go find some ladders, stand on them, and shout at me".

(📷 White House, chuckling at compliant Press Corps)

Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Tusk, Prime Minister Starmer, President von der Leyen and President Stubb on Peace for Ukraine ahead of President ... We welcome President Trump\'s work to stop the killing in Ukraine, end the Russian Federation\'s war of aggression, and achieve just and lasting peace and security for Ukraine.\nWe are convinced that ...

Munich Redux?
“You chose dishonour, and you will have war.” -Churchill

Three differences from 1938:
1️⃣ We know in advance Trump wants to accede to as many of Putin's public demands as possible
2️⃣ Russia has already invaded Ukraine and has been badly mauled
3️⃣ Zelenskyy/Ukraine are strong and savvy

Mel Arnold, my former Conservative MP and current MP for Kamloops-Shuswap, would love to see Pierre Poilievre appoint someone like RFK Jr. as head of Health Canada. #NeverPoilievre

"So, Vladimir Putin is travelling to Alaska next week, eh?" 🤔

Real estate mogul, cum-existential crisis diplomat, Steve Witkoff not only relied on Putin's translators, but it would appear Putin's geographers as well. 🤡
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

The Well to Hell Urban legend claims scientists drilling in Siberia went too far and ended up punching a hole through to Hell, where the screams of the damned drifted up to them.

The Well to Hell? 🤞
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

With Zelenskyy sidelined from Ukraine war talks, Trump appears to hand Putin a diplomatic win Analysis: Ukraine has long sought to be part of talks about its future but plans for a Trump-Putin summit raise the specter that its leader will be frozen out of key negotiations.

Putin, a war criminal, is rewarded with an official visit to the U.S., and Trump, who has in the past blamed Ukraine for russia's illegal war of aggression, are scheming to carve up Ukraine. Zelenskyy pushes back on Trump’s betrayal of U.N. Resolutions against russia's illegal land 'annexations'.

A firefighter battles the Drought Hill wildfire in Peachland, BC, alerting communities that wildfires today sometimes burn close by.

⚠️ BREAKING - "(Wild) fires are not just happening in remote or isolated areas. They are affecting people and communities."
- Black Press Editorial, #VernonBC, 7 Aug. 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣

Appeasement.
Why didn’t Witkoff offer Hawaii or Puerto Rico or Alaska? Ukraine’s eastern territories are not his to offer nor russia’s to accept.

Trump gives Putin his second TACO today. Meanwhile Canada, alongside the European Union + the United Kingdom, further restrict russian’s war efforts by lowering the price cap for seaborne Russian-origin crude oil from US$60 to US$47.60 per barrel. #StandWithUkraine 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

A group of officials stands in a workshop, with a large Canadian flag displayed prominently behind them.

“If you look at the history of President Trump, he negotiates very aggressively and he likes to win, but in the end, he doesn’t appear to have a problem if his counterparty also wins… I think that we can get a great deal that will make both countries safer, richer, and stronger.”
Pierre Poilievre 🤦‍♂️

Trump gives Putin his second TACO today. Meanwhile Canada, alongside the European Union + the United Kingdom, further restrict russian’s war efforts by lowering the price cap for seaborne Russian-origin crude oil from US$60 to US$47.60 per barrel. #StandWithUkraine 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

I figured you were talking about Trump! I suppose that makes two of them then.

Taco 1: Instead of massively sanctioning russia today, Trump
Taco 2: Rewards his crush, meeting Putin without Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the USA!

Putin, engineer of:
💀 Child deportations
💀 Mass detentions & disappearances
💀 Civilian attacks & massacres
🎭 Cultural erasure & oppression
🔒 ICC warrant

🤮

People gather next to a bust of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, an interactive installation called "The world through Shevchenko's eyes", by the Ukrainian artist Sergiy Zapadnya, installed at a park in central Kyiv on 7 Aug 2025.
(📸Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images)

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June data are in. | American Association of Wine Economists AAWE posted on the topic | LinkedIn June data are in. The value of monthly U.S. wine exports (Jan 2023–Jun 2025). Year over year, Canada (-96.8%) has all but disappeared as an export market for U.S. wine. China (-35.9%) and the UK (-6....

The True North Strong and California Wine-free
The value of monthly U.S. wine exports (Jan 2023–Jun 2025): Year over year, Canada (-96.8%) has all but disappeared as an export market for U.S. wine. So proud we are united in our boycott. U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra will be fuming 😤
💪 #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

Ford calls Trump ‘probably the most disliked politician in the world’ | Globalnews.ca Doug Ford made the comments about Donald Trump on CNN Thursday morning, where the Ontario premier was asked about Canada's response to tariffs.

😲. Who is your source?
globalnews.ca/news/1132239...

Poilievre says of B.C. premier that ‘one man can’t block’ pipeline proposal | Globalnews.ca Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Premier of B.C. shouldn't be allowed to block construction of new oil pipelines rejecting his argument there's so far no proponent.

“There are some people out there who don’t think Elvis is dead”
Completely lacking self-awareness, Pierre Poilievre bemoans that conspiracy theories are divisive. Only the 'conspiracy theory' is that some people call for a business case for new oil pipelines instead of taking them as a "basic fact."

Most excellent news if this occurs. Italy is a signatory of the Rome Statute. It is only 1,600 km/1,000 miles between Rome and The Hague.

Imagine if a journalist would ask such a question.

@rparmarbc.bsky.social, since the McDougall Creek 2023 wildfire, I've been wondering whether BC has considered banning resource road recreational use during periods of extreme wildfire risk? BTW, what's the status on the investigation of the origin of this devastating wildfire? #BCWildfire