Pam Hall

Crises are no time for timidity Canada's response to Donald Trump's economic attacks will require imagination and audacity. Canada can and should mobilize its own public institutions and Crown corporations to do the heavy lifting.

And @sethdklein.bsky.social - the man with the plan for Canada: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/02/o...

The American Age Is Over Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

The American Age Is Over
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The American Age Is Over Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

The American Age Is Over
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

Posthaste: Trump's America 'unreliable to point of hostility' with Canada especially at risk, report warns Business leaders warn Canada shouldn't rush to renegotiate trade deal with U.S., wonder what Trump's signature is worth. Keep reading here.

Cannot share this on Facebook... but it is worth reading...
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The book on Pierre Poilievre: He’s ‘an angry teenager in the body of a grown man’ Despite his efforts to shed his guttersnipe reputation, the Conservative Leader is now facing a biography that convincingly argues that he is an immature ideologue

> www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b92d06d...

YES!!! Same... but I liked her thanking NYC garbage workers one by one and shaking their hands even more!!!

Stitching towards serenity...

My government is eliminating the GST on all homes up to $1 million for first-time home buyers.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Become All About Elon Musk The richest man in the world is the biggest spender on behalf of a right-wing effort to take control of a state Supreme Court.

Elon Musk has already poured $12+ million into an effort to shift control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to right-wing judicial activists.

This is an unprecedented effort to seize control of a powerful state court. And it won’t be the last.

Here’s the full story:

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Women's work seen, honoured, and feeding dreams.

Trump Shows His True Colors as Another ex-KGB Officer Nails Him as a Russian Asset “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”

Trump Shows His True Colors as Another ex-KGB Officer Nails Him as a Russian Asset
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
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trying to feel better...

Every day I stitch an old and complex conversation between women.

Slow time.

They were crocheted by other women, and I have gathered them for stitching together into a Memory Blanket honouring women's hand work. You can see The Grandmothers' Blanket at my website www.pamhall.ca It is primarily vintage family linens and embroidery.

YouTube video by electron media group inc. Bernie Sanders Dismantles Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos Oligarchy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdY....

stitching things together - making a memory blanket
to wrap you in

The Rise of the Selfish Plutocrats Instead of pursuing philanthropy, many now seek to evade social responsibility.

"The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling celebration of selfish opulence," @brianklaas.bsky.social writes:

Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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I just subscribed to Wired, just $5 for the first year. They’ve had a ton of great and alarming scoops over the past two weeks.

Tariff On Canada Not Justified By U.S. Immigration And Drug Claims Evidence suggests that the justification for a 25 percent import tariff on Canadian goods and services does not hold up to scrutiny. Here is why.

Be clear about this. Only a tiny percentage of fentanyl comes from Canada.
“ less than 1% of all fentanyl seizures occurred at the U.S.-Canada border.“
www.forbes.com/sites/andyjs...

Cheering for you. ❤️