Amir Attaran

Conservative premiers call on Ottawa to back down in Supreme Court case on notwithstanding clause Ottawa’s proposal threatens national unity by seeking to undermine provincial sovereignty, premiers say in letter

Imagine the stupidity of saying, “You know that legal brief we filed? Just forget about it.” Bravo Conservatives!

There’s a word for work without pay:
Slavery. Americans are now slaves.

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

Slavery still exists in America. Because work without pay is slavery.

Kebaowek First Nation holds news conference in Ottawa over Chalk River proposal | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

LIVE: Leaders of Kebaowek First Nation are in Ottawa ahead of a case in Federal Court over a nuclear disposal site on the Ottawa River.

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

Imagine if federal workers took this to open a wildcat strike. They should!

History teaches EVERYONE has a genocidal core. Germans, Chinese, Canadians--no exceptions. But the Israelis let it out, vengefully and clothed in Amalek garbage, and they deserve to be judged accordingly.

Israelis mark two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on People converged on southern Israel to mourn the dead, while Israel and Hamas pressed forward with indirect peace talks in Egypt

Two years ago everyone felt sorry for Israelis and their terrible loss.

Today it seems everyone hates them right to their bloodthirsty, genocidal core.

Top job Bibi. You rock.

After sentencing, Lich lawyer Greenspon says appeal is being considered of mischief conviction. Repeats several times Lich engaged in "peaceful assembly". Sorry, Lawrence, it was anything but peaceful! The lack of peace, in fact, was one of the chief harms!

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

Time for all federal workers to walk. They won’t be paid if they choose to work during the shutdown.

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep

Israelis, with rare exception, are not good people and this shows it.

The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa Long seen as secretive and sluggish, the National Capital Commission is trying to change the narrative one swimming dock at a time

Terrific story about the revunenation of the NCC in the @ottawacitizen.com today as reported by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...

Jewish organization calls on Ottawa to increase security at Canada’s synagogues CIJA says rising antisemitism, violence on Jews forced communities across country to spend millions on private security

No way should synagogues get publicly-funded security. Canada is a secular country, not a religious one. Pass the plate and bloody pay for it yourselves.

Hahahahahahaha

What the fuck @aircanada.bsky.social! Why is there NOBODY at your transfer desk in Montreal?

If Trump provokes a civil war, he’s the person the framers of the Second Amendment had in mind.

The last time her grifting face explained her dad’s health problems, he was addicted to benzos and doing detox in Russia.

Why everyone suddenly cares what Pierre Poilievre thinks about ostriches Why the Conservative leader is weighing in on the fate of more than 300 birds after avian flu was discovered in the flock.

There are ostriches.

And then there are chickenshits like Poilievre scared to talk about them.

I’m not sure either. Smart people can disagree. But even if I am wrong, I always feel like I need a hot shower after being on X, and that speaks to me loudly.

I did, but I think your framing of “harm reduction” is simply mistaken. The current raison d’être of X is to cause harm. You cannot reduce harm by bringing eyeballs to it, as you do. The only ethical course is to walk away.

That you still use X is disappointing.

Nutrition Program for Mothers and Infants May Run Out of Money Within Weeks

Superpower, but can’t feed its babies.
🇺🇸= 💩

US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’ US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country’s 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fist

You know what else is special about the Trump $1 coin?
It's worth 50 cents.

Trump wanted to extend a key U.S.-Africa trade agreement. It expired anyway. With Capitol Hill mired in the government shutdown or on recess, a 25-year-old trade legislation was allowed to lapse despite 11th-hour White House backing.

Beijing is laughing at Trump’s incompetence today. He fumbled renewing America’s trade deal with Africa.

No, see point #1. Reading comprehension not your strong suit?

Not that Ontario is much better. We fucked it up too.

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since start of outbreak This is the second known death linked to the countrywide spread of the infectious disease

Sorry for the baby, but not sorry for Albertans. They voted for this in a landslide, despite just having seen a terrifying pandemic, and now it’s FAFO time.

I can’t imagine that wantonly killing British Jews does anything to stop Israel’s genocide, when nothing else to date has stopped the Israeli bloodlust for war crimes.

60 years of American design.

Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism

We need to have a serious think about violent antisemitism.

First, it’s wrong. Very wrong.

Second, Israel’s genocide fuels that hatred.

Third, there’s a case Jews are made LESS safe by having a Jewish state.

Fourth, the more #3 is true, the less reason for Israel to exist.

A Harsh Dazzling Beauty
Steve Driscoll
2023