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International affairs, defence, energy policy, business, aviation, wonk, & pilot Keen supporter of the "Kingston Consortium on International Security" and its Conferences https://www.thekcis.org/

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And yet his parents were liberated by Canadian soldiers ..they were nourished by the hands of Canadians .. their safety guaranteed by Farley Mowat.. and he is sent as our future "Gauleiter"

This man who wrote the "Education " chapters of "Plan 2025"

18.09.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'They would never have known:' New warnings about rabies outbreaks as cases rise in the U.S. Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows.

Who had rabies on the rise, on their 2025 bingo card? JFC, IF you get your animals NO other vaccine, get the rabies vax. I can't believe I have to say this.πŸ™„

31.08.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

"Insane" does not begin to describe the amalgam of fascism, techbroism and despotism that united to create this idea

31.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

It is now time for the CDN gov't to nationalize the CL 515 program and to accelerate the manufacture of these aircraft at a wartime pace

They can't solve the problem but they can mitigate the level of tragedy

Do it NOW !

24.08.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wildfires threaten Turkey's fourth-largest city as southern Europe grapples with blazes Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks spread rapidly overnight, turning the sky red over the eastern suburbs of Bursa, the country’s fourth-largest city and forcing over 3.500 people to flee.

apnews.com/article/burs...

28.07.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

13.07.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9105    πŸ” 5282    πŸ’¬ 1316    πŸ“Œ 935
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Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review.

Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted."

07.07.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 21803    πŸ” 8071    πŸ’¬ 2800    πŸ“Œ 1398
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So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!

07.07.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 32794    πŸ” 9395    πŸ’¬ 2024    πŸ“Œ 794
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Contractors building Alligator Alcatraz have donated money to Florida GOP, DeSantis The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to the two state political action committees supporting DeSantis’ bids for gover...

It's payback time: Miami Herald looks at the Alligator Alley concentration camp and finds that DeSantis is using it to transfer money from the Florida treasury to the pockets of his political cronies and supporters. That's what it's all about. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

05.07.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 646    πŸ” 378    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 37
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A new mural has been unveiled in the French city of Roubaix to mark #July4th.

(🎨 Judith de Leeuw)

04.07.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2964    πŸ” 1025    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 88

"a policy that is at odds with federal law"

Ted Bundy's dating habits were at odds with federal law, you cryptic apple polishers

01.07.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

OECD Pillar one & Pillar two

01.07.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here he is, folks. The President of the United States selling his new men’s cologne for $199 and women’s perfume for $249.

30.06.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12516    πŸ” 3994    πŸ’¬ 5471    πŸ“Œ 2200

One of the most interesting and eye-opening things I learned at the Simons Foundation art/science retreat over the weekend was just how small arts grants are.

The *entire budget* of the NEH, which is set to be shut down in 2026, is ~$207 million.

(Source: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...)

10.06.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support

This was supposed to be a breakthrough year in the 44-year-long struggle against H.I.V.

It's turned into something very different.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

25.06.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

I hope that if some sort of comprehensive solution isn't arrived at by the 21st we will "hang up " on Trump and press on

Waiting 21 days isn't out of the question ..and we don't know what concessions the US made yet ..but I am, like most other CDNs , ready to get on with it, even if painful

30.06.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?β€œ

13.06.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 44741    πŸ” 11068    πŸ’¬ 1098    πŸ“Œ 622
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holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that

12.06.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7849    πŸ” 2700    πŸ’¬ 616    πŸ“Œ 409

We in Canada may be tempted to look away, to be glad California is far away, but this is happening on our doorstep and in a country to whom we are tied in trade, security & culture. We should be paying attention.

08.06.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6

Again, the pitch by the SASC chairman for confirming this SecDef was that Hegseth would do performative culture war stuff while his team would actually run the Pentagon.

09.06.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

I hate "told you so" ers but

In 2018 I spoke to an intern'l conf. here in Kingston & released a "tranche" of an internal report which identified a quasi-criminal/political movement active in the US, Europe (to a lesser degree CDA) we called the "8th Column"

Was politely mocked

Well ... TYS

09.06.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ›³οΈ The EU is planning to create a security center in the Black Sea, β€” Kaja Kallas.

The Maritime Security Center will monitor the most important infrastructure and shipping facilities in the Black Sea. Monitoring will be carried out in real time from space and on the seabed.

30.05.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Amazing irony today as Trump speaks at Memorial Day, praising himself and the dead of Concorde, Bunker Hill etc who died fighting the ancestor of our King arriving here to much celebration

26.05.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
FURIOUS King Charles PUTS THE DAGGER in Trump IN CANADA
YouTube video by MeidasTouch FURIOUS King Charles PUTS THE DAGGER in Trump IN CANADA

β€œYour provinces are darn near like states in my part of the world.” Senator Cramer to CTV during his visit to πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ to repair πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ relations.
Ooo, he almost had it.πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ˜
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25.05.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Political appointees would have more control over Texas universities’ courses and hiring under bill OK’d by House Senate Bill 37 would give more power to university regents, who are appointed by the governor, to vet and veto new curricula and administrators.

"Other conservative-led states, including Florida & North Carolina, have sought to influence who leads colleges & what gets taught in classrooms. Texas is poised to go further by shifting some of those responsibilities, traditionally held by professors, to politically appointed university regents."

25.05.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power?

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning on the Supreme Court’s quiet but radical shadow-docket order last week handing Trump yet another tool to eliminate independent expertise & authority and consolidate presidential control over the executive branch

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/o...

25.05.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 694    πŸ” 203    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 11

Civilian bombing puts pressure on the Ukrainian logistics pipeline, forcing more goods on the Life Strategy side to be brought in, conflicting with military needs.

Allies should accept some risk and deliver non-military supplies directly, freeing up throughput for arms.

25.05.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

MAGA has launched a debilitating assault against U.S. science πŸ‘‡

25.05.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every American generation made more than their parents until 1980. Reagan fixed that - and it has not returned.

The rich are doing better than before the great depression. Marie Antoinette would blush.

17.05.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 988    πŸ” 475    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 27

Vietnam ignored their own laws to fast-track approval for a Trump golf resort & Tower because they want tariffs lifted & the projects were β€œreceiving special attention from the Trump admin & Trump personally.” Want US tariffs lifted? You got to pay Trump. archive.is/2025.05.25-0...

25.05.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1664    πŸ” 489    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 32

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