Ed Michalik

I have been taking antidepressants and benzodiazepines to treat my mental illness since 1989. The toll they exact on my body and mind far exceeds whatever benefit they offer. There has to be a better way.
#mentalhealthawareness

Thanks, Bern. Those were good times.

Happy Father’s Day, Da! You are the DNA of my body and soul. You follow me like my shadow. Be well wherever you roam. Love, Eddie.

Love is the only cause of happiness
Its nature is pervasive like space
Love is the sunlight of the mind

~Garchen Rinpoche

From here it’s a slippery slope to fullbore autocracy.

Happy S.A. Cosby New Novel Release Day to those who celebrate! @blacktopkid.bsky.social

YouTube video by cp03 Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner - Woodstock - 1969

Play it, Jimi. Make it howl; make it wail. Play The Star Spangled Banner.
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YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie Donald Trump's revenge tour against the American people.

This is the best Trump 2.0 take in circulation.
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So, what’s the deal with this Jeffrey Rath character and his Alberta referendum ballot question? His ambition seems to be “transformational.”

Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources

An apt metaphor for the reign of a Mad King: a palace in the sky.
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As one of Canada's "owners,” I am proud of the job Mark Carney did representing the country in Washington today. The Prime Minister more than held his own with the Orange Menace.

I voted for Mark Carney and the Liberal Party because I roundly reject the notion that Canada has ever been "broken" and the rest of Mr. Pollievre's fatuous slogans. Keep the Trumpy stuff south of the 49th parallel. Whatever our shortcomings, I believe in the true north, strong and free.

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Props to my brother @berniemichalik.ca for putting me on to Slow Horses! A superb espionage drama.

Paraphrasing Hemingway: How does democracy die? Gradually, and then suddenly. The US has passed the “suddenly” threshold.

The greatest threat to liberal democracy now is not Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping. It is, I fear, Donald Trump. #USpolitics

When your buddy doesn’t keep his word and doesn’t care if it hurts you… you find some new friends.
It’s a big world.

Allies don’t start trade wars with their allies. #USTariffs

Signed, a Canadian whose wife’s first cousin, a Canadian soldier, died in Afghanistan fighting alongside American soldiers in America’s War on Terror (2002).

I give it a big thumbs up! 👍🏻

I saw this film, Bern. It was excellent, and it is still relevant in this era of the strong man

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Perhaps it’s on Britbox or Criterion. I need a fresh new Hamlet.

Whoa! Where can you view it??

Whoa. Plot twist.

I’m glad you’ve left the cesspool that is X, bro. I bet you feel cleaner already.

Our last evening in San Miguel de Allende was a dream. Our hearts are in this city. We’ll be back. ¡Feliz año!

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Margaret Atwood, here for a writers’ conference, walked directly past me in a crowd of thousands in the central plaza of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, this evening. My jaw dropped — a legend in my midst.

Feliz navidad a todos!

Stairwell (bottom & top).

Bursts.

Orange and pink.