@johnespley.bsky.social
Progressive. Never Conservative. Science, climate change, wealth inequality. Woke. Proud Canadian born in Yellowknife now happily vaxxed in Toronto. Need more nice. Like science esp. astronomy, news, reading everything but mostly SFF, horror, mystery.
Billionaires and CEOs are living the life—and amassing a greater and greater share of the economic pie
Inequality is widening
Yet, the Ontario govt signals no tax increases even for the billionaires—while the little people must endure health care cuts and austerity
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The omission of Palestinian women slaughtered by Israel on Shelagh Fogharty's show is awful @lbc.co.uk
Regimes of Afghanistan & Iran treat women appallingly, but the occupational state of Israel gets a free pass as it slaughters women & children in Gaza.
Shelagh says nothing on their behalf.
According to MeidasTouch there are several reports that around 150 US troops have been injured in the war on Iran. Odd how Donald Trump and Kegbreath haven't mentioned this.
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(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources familiar ..
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WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”
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4 hour lines for security checks and growing. What a hassle if you miss your flight. Another reason not to travel to the United States.
Has any man at the very rear of his army *ever* projected such sad main character energy?
It's almost like he wants us to forget he's a draft-dodger who called our soldiers "losers" and "suckers" and plotted illegal wars of the sort he got elected promising to avoid while demanding a peace prize
After Trump stupidly assassinated Iran's Gen. Soleimani, Iran retaliated & Trump immediately lied saying no US troops were injured. Later we find out that 110 US troops were diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injuries with 60-80 of them receiving Purple Hearts.
Don't expect any honesty from Trump now!
ROGAN: "It just seems so insane based on what he ran on. I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed. He ran on no more wars and these stupid, senseless wars. And then we have one that we can't even really clearly define why we did it."
(From home of the brave)
IMO Canada did nothing wrong in these instances but it has become obvious Canada can no longer work with the USA in joint operations.
No one in the USA can be trusted.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, say that 618 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire, warning “there is no safety in Gaza” as the humanitarian situation remains critical.
Donald Trump's so-called ceasefire in Gaza was for show only.
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Just like all of his businesses, he is going to bankrupt the United States and who's going to be left holding the bag of debt. The residents, the citizens not the oligarchs God. No and after his regime ends it's time to start taxing those guys to death. fortune.com/2026/03/10/t...
10.03.2026 18:04 — 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
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Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.
10.03.2026 18:50 — 👍 225 🔁 79 💬 44 📌 13Rand Paul: "I think we've gotten overextended. This is our second war in a month, and these wars are very very expensive not only in the lives that are lost, but also in treasure. I'm very very concerned about the debt. Half a trillion dollars for the military budget is fiscally irresponsible."
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www.foxnews.com/travel/dhs-s...
Yet another reason not to travel to the United States.
It now appears clear that Jeffrey Epstein did NOT off himself, based on staff talk overheard by inmates, independent bank reports that large deposits of money were made to the guard in charge at the time, and 2 suspiciously nonfunctioning cameras.
(Source: Julie Brown, Miami Herald)
The Hinkley C UK nuclear reactor will produce 3.2GW, it will cost £50bn.
For that the UK could have built 40GW of Wind Turbines in 1/5th of the time.
Which would even on the least windy days of the year produce TWICE as much electricity.
Nuclear is an unnecessary RIPOFF.
the Leafs call up Bo Groulx for - ironically enough - the first time this season ahead of a game against the Habs in Montreal and Berube isn’t sure if he’ll play
your honour, the prosecution presents evidence #67.7 of why Leafs management and the coaching staff are disconnected
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Since the Cybercab has no steering wheel or gas/brake pedals, it must have FSD in order to be functional. Without FSD, Cybercab is useless, but even if FSD were fully autonomous, the Cybercab still can’t drive on US roads: its lack of a steering wheel and pedals violates US safety standards.
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