Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦

Michael Ford says he’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to Toronto mayoral run Michael Ford, a former Toronto city councillor and MPP who is the nephew of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, says he’s seriously considering tossing his hat in the ring to become the city’s next mayor.

This idiot could not even handle his own portfolio in Doug Fords cabinet 🤣🤣 #Nope

Michael Ford says he’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to Toronto mayoral run #Ontario

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

This isn’t just cowardice before a mad king, it’s an abiding love for war without end, planning or aim, and they will call you a traitor if you feel differently

At first I thought you were referring to Prof. Snyder, but then I remembered Monday night.

😆😆🌎🌍🌏 - also spoken like someone whose country has never had a revolution …

You can never have too many revolutions…

Exactly.

Yes. Snyder pulled out on a breakaway and slammed the puck into the net with that one.

“It seems to be the #performance that matters, not #strength in any objective sense. The #strongman is #strong insofar as he is seen to be strong, accepted as being strong. His strength is conferred, not innate.”

The quote is from Timothy Snyder, but I agree with him, too, so I guess we agree with each other.

The Transitive Strongman A Bit of Hockey Philosophy

“When I look at ( #Trump) I see (someone) … whose obviously poor physical condition is covered by terrible, ill-fitting suits & a lot of makeup. When I listen to him I hear incoherent bluster & self-absorbed whining. None of this makes me experience him as #strong.” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

One of several basket weaving banners and placards on display at the student protests today at Queen's Park. #Onpoli

Spain’s Foreign Minister Albares, calls out Karoline Leavitt on her lie that Spain had agreed to cooperate with the US in its illegal war:

“She may be the White House spokesperson, but I am Spain’s Foreign Minister, and I can assure you that our position remains unchanged.”

“To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings”: Why Prince turned down a deal with Guitar Hero Journey’s Neal Schon says he also turned down the mega game franchise for similar reasons

“to play #music is one of the greatest things. To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings. And I would wish it upon everybody. It's heaven.” www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...

“So the #Revolution of 1688-9 – like the #FrenchRevolution, and the #MexicanRevolution, and the #RussianRevolution – was a competition between two groups who thought that the polity had to be radically transformed” fivebooks.com/best-books/r...

Five Books: The best books on The Glorious Revolution, recommended by Steven Pincus Historian Steven Pincus recommends the best books on the Glorious Revolution

"Macaulay’s work was extremely important in a number of ways. It was incredibly well researched: He had an army of research assistants and used archival material that had hitherto been unutilised."
fivebooks.com/best-books/r...

Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez:

“throw at you”

Yes. That aside, though, it’s been one of most unobtrusive and reliable pieces of consumer tech it’s been my pleasure to deal with in the last several years.

Pioneer Series, Maple Sugar
Thomas Wilberforce Mitchell
1930

The clown car of corruption that is the Trump regime, started an illegal war with well-armed #Iran - a country that is expert in proxy terrorism, cyber attacks & causing general fuckery on the cheap - without a plan or without getting its citizens to safety. Yet #GOP STILL won’t stop it or impeach.

Protest signs about arts, culture, and heritage cuts. On Granville Street in Halifax with an office building in the background

One of the chants:

"Bring back the HST! Don't cut our community!"

Reverse that 1% HST cut and the museums and festivals and music and Nova Scotia publishing are secure again

I have a dumb (circa 2010) TV. With the addition of Chromecast it does everything I need it to do. And just the other night, a nephew marvelled at how old a model my I-phone is …

Nice!

"That which we call Progress is merely the exchange of nuisance for another nuisance."

Havelock Ellis

You should able to opt out of every pointless, life-complicating #upgrade they through at you.

The AI political resistance has arrived Inside the secret meeting that united the AFL-CIO, the Congress of Christian Leaders, the Progressive Democrats of America, and Steve Bannon.

“Altman and Musk have taken a flippant manner towards what are serious threats to communities: psychological deterioration, the impact of continual economic maldistribution of wealth, contempt for the idea that basic protection must come before profits.”
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Bessent Says Trump’s Tariff Hike to 15% Likely Coming This Week Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump’s plan to increase a 10% universal tariff up to 15% will likely be done this week.

Words cannot express the insanity of slapping across-the-board inflationary tariffs in the middle of waging an inflationary war. It’s like they’re trying to crash the market or someth— ah, I see now

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Noem accused in scathing letter of 'systematic obstruction'  — including in criminal probe Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces intense pressure after the department's inspector general accused agency leadership of "systematically obstructing" investigations, including a federal criminal inquiry with national security implications.In a scathing letter to Congress, Inspector Gener...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces intense pressure after the department's inspector general accused agency leadership of "systematically obstructing" investigations, including a federal criminal inquiry with national security implications.

Ex-Ontario judge Paul Currie showed ‘contempt for the law,’ misconduct panel says in decision finding he raped, assaulted woman “A reasonable observer viewing Justice Currie’s conduct could only conclude that it reflects an attitude that the ordinary operation of the law, including the possibility of time spent in a

“ #Judges are expected to conduct themselves in an exemplary fashion not just in the courtroom, but outside of it as well” www.thestar.com/news/gta/ex-...

I am not an atheist but an earthiest.


#Abbey #EdAbbey #EdwardAbbey