Peggy March

Observations from Montreal An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

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FBI Leaders Threaten to Quit Amid Epstein Case Turmoil, Shaking Trump Administration High-Profile Clash Between Bondi, Bongino, and Patel Over Transparency and “Missing Minute” Video Sparks Turmoil

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Canada's tourism market to hit record
$251B in 2025. Canada's travel & tourism sector is estimated to contribute $233.5B to the national economy, 6.3% of GDP, and support more than 2.1M jobs.

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Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks Experts say materials are harmful ‘at every stage’ of human life, as diplomats hold talks on global treaty

Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks https://on.ft.com/41obouY

Trump Model Management profited by using foreign models aged 14-18 who came to the US on tourist visas that did not permit them to work here. They were crammed into dingy apartments they likened to sweatshops & were treated as less than human.

Article from August 2016.

https://tinyurl.com/mv66bxrs

Going green: ​Wind farms may fulfill urgent UK energy needs ​I heard Donald Trump ranting about wind farms near his golf course, is he right about them? In a visit to Scotland, the American President moaned about renewable energy, particularly wind turbines ho...

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How Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire Donald Trump wasn’t making much from foreign deals. Then he regained power—and set aside the pretense that he cared about ethics.

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Major mattress retail chain liquidates in Chapter 7 bankruptcy The parent company of a major mattress and bedding retail chain filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate and close all of its stores.

The parent company of a major mattress and bedding retail chain filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate and close all of its stores.

Epstein's Cryptic Touch Jeffrey Epstein touched cryptocurrency in a lot of inappropriate places.

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Trump Policies Will Cost The U.S. Up To $29 Billion In Tourism Halfway through 2025, the U.S. stands out as the world’s biggest loser in an otherwise thriving global tourism economy.

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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

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On Nerd Entitlement White male nerds need to recognise that other people had traumatic upbringings, too - and that's different from structural oppression.

If a woman is lonely she should try harder, society tells us. If a man is lonely, women should also try harder is what these particular men are telling us: women must serve their needs, and never mind their own. Brilliant Laurie Penny essay on all this: www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

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Just gonna put a pin in this:

It's highly likely that Nova Scotia will soon explode in wildfire.

There will be some proximate cause of the fire: someone doing something dumb, carelessness, inattention, whatever. People will point to that proximate cause and want to cast blame.

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Kentucky Faces Massive Job Loss as 3 Major Whiskey Distilleries Go Bankrupt Lexington Herald Leader - X Kentucky's bourbon industry is worth $9 billion annually. However, it is facing unprecedented turmoil. Three major distilleries filed for bankruptcy within eight months, af...

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No trade deal with U.S. better than a bad one: Canadian business groups Canadian business groups watching trade negotiations with the U.S. don’t want the country to rush into a deal but, uncertainty is weighing on members.

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Point taken

“Both of them.”

Put an economic moron in charge, get a failing economy.

How Many Golden Calves Will We the People Tolerate? A Saturday Prompt

As the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.

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Mike Peters

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Dave Whamond

Solar and wind are conservative punching bags. They're also winning the fight Conservative politicians in North America love pretending that wind and solar can't possibly compete with fossil fuels. They might want to pay closer attention to what's happening in the rest of the w...

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Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.

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Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans

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The letters say that other countries are 'freeloading' from the U.S. because its drug prices are, on average, three times higher than other nations and so produce substantial portions of the pharmaceutical industry's revenue.

Trump demands drug companies lower prices in U.S. and raise them in other countries www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... @hannay.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com

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Tim Campbell

The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal "These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."

people were there, they had to know, but nobody that we know of anyway spoke out. There were some people that refused to go to his house because it gave them the creeps. But for the most part, a lot of people just kind of look the other way.

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