Walter Callaghan

"Gems in the rocky beach of biologic psychiatry during the First World War"

Evocative? Provocative?

It's the subtitle for a section of my chapter covering the "history of medicine" in my dissertation on moral injury and PTSD.

The living Israeli hostages have been released as part of a ceasefire deal that also saw about 2000 Palestinian prisoners freed.

Wait, but why are the Israelis “hostages” and the Palestinians “prisoners”?

In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:

I was called in multiple times to give advice on the language and content to this apology.

I don't know what the final wording will be.

But the comments from racist troglodytes in response to the announcement of the apology alone speaks volumes to why it's needed.

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the ceasefire on Israel's genocidal "war" against the Palestinian people has already been breached, repeatedly, by ... oh, big fucking surprise ... by Israel.

Bart: This is the worst day in US civ-mil history. Homer: This is the worst day in US civ-mil history so far.

My take on the truly abysmal and ignorant speeches by Hegseth and Trump to the generals and admirals of the US military saideman.blogspot.com/2025/10/gofo...

"The term Antifa is used to define a broad group of people whose political beliefs lean toward the left – often the far left – but do not conform with the Democratic Party platform, CNN previously reported."

The US used to celebrate how they fought against and defeated fascists in WW2 ... head/desk

“I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Wait ... what? We were funded?

Report: At this point we are just trying to figure who Canadian Parliament WON'T give a standing ovation to OTTAWA - After members of the Canadian Parliament earlier today gave a standing ovation to recently deceased far-right agitator who touted white supremacist theories, Charlie Kirk, we here at The Beav...

when even the Beaverton struggles to make satire over something ...

I threw up my breakfast on seeing this happen during MP Statements just prior to QP.

Like we needed more evidence for where Con & Libs stand in relation to christo-fascist white-supremacists.

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/09/repo...

University of Toronto

One thing that kinda blows my mind:

I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.

I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.

But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.

It’s just so odd!

A bit rich coming from Poilievre when his own wife retweeted a post by Andrew Scheer directing the right-wing mob to go after @rachelgilmore.bsky.social.

His family’s safety matters. No so much those who don’t subscribe to his political project.

And then we have journalist Rachel Gilmore who has been targeted with false accusations (yet again) by certain senior CON members, including Andrew Scheer.

And this has resulted in death threats ... many of them ... which I can believe, having been previously targeted by the assholes on the R.

Funny how "free speech" seems to be so politically lop-sided that it's only a thing that those on the R seem to be allowed to practice (or get to use as a defence), and never something that anyone else is allowed, especially when calling out the hate-mongers on the R.

UofT Prof Ruth Marshall placed on leave-of-absence.

Manitoba Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine had to apologize and retract her comments.

What did they do wrong?

They both called out Kirk for what he was: a christo-fascist white-nationalist who only ever peddled hate.

The CONS are actively targeting any (semi) public figures who dare say anything negative about Kirk.

Example: UofT Prof Ruth Marshall has been placed on a leave of absence for daring to say those things.

It's almost like "free speech" is a one-sided thing. [/sarcasm]

The most exhausting thing about today has definitely been seeing so many Liberals (old and new) do some complicated cognitive gymnastics trying to defend the PMO's initial decision to even invite a christo-fascist like Roberts in the first place.

Beaverton's satire gave me some much-needed giggles.

well, that makes it pretty clear that they don't have the slightest inkling of how F'd up this was to begin with.

that moment when the PM of Canada invites a fascist to talk to his caucus.

w...t...f....

I wouldn't be surprised if PP pulled this stunt, but Carney? Really?

w...t...f...

Hateful conduct reports in Canadian military rising after years of decline - National | Globalnews.ca Data from the Department of National Defence has both former military members and outside experts warning of a persisting issue of extremism in the Canadian Armed Forces.

I seem to have ended up in the news again, giving context to why the military struggles with culture change and the presence of hate-filled ideologies

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YouTube video by South Park Studios Relax, Guy

bahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

it's even tinier than his tiny hands ...

bahahahhahahahahaha

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'It's not a problem in the recruiting stage' : Dangers of radicalization in the armed forces amid Quebec anti-government militia arrests - 580 CFRA The RCMP have charged four people in Quebec in an extremist plot, all four men arrested have links to the Canadian Arms Forces. Kristy Cameron is joined by Walter Callaghan, former Health Administrati...

I said some things, trying to draw attention to the long-existing systemic and endemic problem within military culture that enables this to happen.

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This is the term we must use now, yes.

This occurred in Jenin, the same place where the IDF murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

If they're willing to murder a Palestinian-American journalist and fire on an international diplomatic delegation, you can imagine how dangerous the IDF is for actual Palestinians in Jenin (and everywhere).

It’s plain for all to see.

Mark Carney cabinet live: MPs being sworn in now; See the full list of all 28 members of cabinet Carney has unveiled a 28-member cabinet.

National Defence: David McGuinty
Veterans Affairs: Jill McNight
Defence Procurement (Secretary of State): Stephen Fuhr

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Announcement on Congress 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada The following email from Karine Morin was received by the CHA on Thursday, May 8, 2025: I am writing to inform you that after over a year of discussions with a potential institutional host for Congres...

As an anthropologist, Congress really has not been a priority for me (we have CASCA and AAA), but yeah, for a lot of other fields this is a big deal.

But it also seems that it will still happen virtually or on smaller/local scale, if I'm reading the announcement right?

cha-shc.ca/announcement...

The UN is investigating the involvement of entities incl. pension funds+universities "in the commission of international crimes connected to 🇮🇱's unlawful occupation, racial segregation & apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territory"
How's your uni faring?
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...