Philip Hitchings

"Back to work" is such a duplicitous way to frame this. Not "back to the office". "Back to work". The intentional use of that phrase to anchor the idea that people are being lazy and dishonest if they want to work remotely is so smarmy in its deliberateness.

Nope, certainly not. I just thought it was interesting that he seems to be downplaying as much as possible whatever it is they were doing down there, as though admitting to lacking of power somehow excuses the act of trying.

He's careful to reiterate that he and his colleagues went to the States as regular joes with no real power to negotiate, or to get anything done, or to represent anyone or anything while down there. Sounds like they're feeling the "traitor" heat and are recognizing they might be in some trouble.

"The influencers milling about his rallies frequently shared outlandish conspiracy theories, and many were one step removed from the 2024 Tenet scandal, in which Russian state media paid Canadian and US influencers $10 million to spread Russian propaganda."

There is certainly no requirement for a columnist to agree with every piece published in pages of the magazine to which they regularly contribute, but I will be interested to see what @radiofreetom.bsky.social thinks of this (even if that's just to say "Nah")

It's pretty clearly a veiled call for an end to the European Union. The language around European countries being more independent is not an accident.

The penalty isn't anything for doing that

Gomez-Greenland-annexation-bill

A bill was also introduced in direct competition to the one you mention with the exact opposite goal

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

A Jeoparty

When does a separatist movement become a threat to Canada’s national security? Foreign Interference and the Alberta Prosperity Project

And should potentially be subject to criminal investigation:

substack.com/home/post/p-...

What the hell is "Defence Analysis and Research Corporation"?

Their "about us" sounds like it was written by undergrad wanna-be tech-bros and says nothing at all: defenseanalyses.org/about/

Who is this author, John Waterman, and why should we value his opinion or help spread his work on BlueSky?

When does a separatist movement become a threat to Canada’s national security? Foreign Interference and the Alberta Prosperity Project

open.substack.com/pub/plennox/...

When does a separatist movement become a threat to Canada’s national security? Foreign Interference and the Alberta Prosperity Project

Well this turned out to be pretty alarming.

Ugh, but then you're paralyzed by choices of paint colours. "What mood do I want to set?", "What does this colour say about me?"

Grass isn't always greener, my man

That can never be allowed to happen again

Survey says: no

Don't

FPTP rears its ugly head again

I really wish you had.

I'm seeing double

Four Carneys!

I think @radiofreetom.bsky.social was simply behind the eight ball. Those folks he kept asking to temper their use of the word simply recognized the trajectory far earlier than he did, and have continued to be proven correct over and over again.

You might note, if you care to take off your "I'm a YouTuber and make money with hot takes" hat and actually read what I wrote, that I said I wasn't saying it was a good idea or that I'd like it to happen either. I'm not your enemy, guy.

Hah ok. Be more of a reactionary hothead.

Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden...

Many countries that are considered progressive and happy places to live have mandatory military service.

I'm not saying it's a great idea or that I'd like it to happen, but it's hardly "lunacy". Postmedia has published far worse ideas.

And those two things (tax cuts + tariffs) are, without seeing the actual numbers, a wash if one is meant to replace the other. So they're not really addressing the deficit at all that way.

Wait, part 1 of 3 of the US plan to reduce their deficit (unnecessary as that is) is to _cut_ taxes, thereby reducing the inflow of dollars that would offset expenses? Make that make sense.

Oh, so @jaketapper.bsky.social is complying in advance, I see.

Pulling a Schumer, is what we should start calling this.

More recently, this is the exact playbook Putin used to justify his invasion of Ukraine.

What the hell is that letter in the word "fishermen"?!

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I'm not sure if you've had a chance to read this or not:

stephaniekelton.com/book/

but it'll do a much better of job of explaining it all than I (a non-expert) will.

@stephaniekelton.bsky.social is a gem