Only Dave Smith

In a little Blue Sky miracle, this came up in my feed immediately before your post.

I just read this as a footnote in a book published in 1895. The chapter concerned the still-thriving slave trade and linked it to the trade in ivory.

"It is estimated that the elephant will become extinct in Africa
about one hundred and fifty or two hundred years hence."

So we've had warning.

I write anything that catches my interest.
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A post about forgetting.

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Didn't we all start doing that last year? Meaning 12 months and more ago?

For reasons that go far beyong their association with the Orange One.

Stellantis sells its stake of Ontario battery factory to South Korea's LG Energy Solution | CBC News NextStar was a joint venture between the two companies that came about in 2022 to build Canada’s first large-scale batter manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ont.

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Look at the flat roof of this factory.

Where are the solar panels?

It’s a new build.

Where are the solar panels?

It’s a battery factory.

Where are the solar panels?

They’re getting 15 billion in subsidies.

Where are the … oh, forget it.

Cold Winter
David Thauberger
2010

9 Toronto police officers facing charges related to tow-truck violence: source | CBC News Nine Toronto police officers are facing charges related to violent incidents involving tow trucks and operators across the Greater Toronto Area, multiple sources tell CBC News.

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Yet another reason to drive defensively.

If there weren’t so much money in ripping off drivers and insurers over car repairs, these things might not happen.

Maybe we should legalize auto body shops.

No … wait …

Exactly.
But fear implies doubt.
I don't think there is any doubt that he will interfere.

Chinook
Illingworth Kerr
1986

ANALYSIS | Why concerns are growing the Trump administration could meddle in crucial U.S. elections | CBC News Concern is mounting among political observers and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump that his administration is laying the groundwork to meddle in crucial midterm elections that could determine wh...

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I don’t think they should be afraid.

They should be certain.

It remains, a frozen testament to the crapulence of the person on the end of the leash.

Time and Spring will slowly wash one of those things away, I hope. The other will remain, I am certain.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Each time we sidestep a difficulty, we hand it the keys to our kingdom. Fear thrives on our retreat — the shadows we refuse to face stretch and distort until they dwarf the landscape of our lives.

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Events in Ottawa include unveiling of Harper's official portrait | CBC News Former prime minister Stephen Harper is being honoured at several events in Ottawa this week ahead of the 20th anniversary of his Conservative government, which was sworn into power on Feb. 6, 2006.

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Oooh, an official portrait!

I should have been asked as I have some ideas for an official Stephen Harper allegory.

An angry potato.

A field of mushrooms at night.

A brick.

A Fox News teleprompter.

Broken glasses under the blade of a vintage wooden hockey stick.

Groundhog Day in most of Canada should be no earlier than about March 1. Another example of American cultural imperialism, sadly imitated in a few communities here.

But I like the movie!

So.

February.

Enough said.

Moving On
John McDonald
2020

And 13% of the lackeys who paid to get in voted for ... no one instead of PP.

Reposting in time for Saturday morning cartoons.

I am jealous of the fun the reviewer got to have writing this but no one should underestimate the price he had to pay … 104 minutes of precisely rendered Boschian hell.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wins leadership review with 87.4% approval | CBC

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A new entry into the real world political dictionary for the term doubling down.

The equivalent of speeding down the highway in your F150 at 100mph one knee on the steering wheel and both hands covering your ears and shouting”Na na naaa na, I can’t hear you!”

Scott Bessent warns Carney to stop 'virtue signalling' amid looming trade talks | CBC News The Trump administration is once again ramping up its rhetorical pressure on Canada, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issuing a fresh warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney over looming trade...

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He’s just jealous because his boss has no virtues to speak of, let alone signal.

And as Secretary of the Trump Family Treasure, the American pile of tax gleaned from the poorest people possible, neither does he.

Poilievre to pitch members on keeping his job as Conservative leader in convention speech | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will take to the stage Friday for what could be one of the most important speeches of his political career as he tries to convince delegates at the party's Calgary...

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Again with the Smug Mug.

I won’t bother to listen to the speech, as he is not likely to deal with the primary reason so many people can’t even think about voting Conservative - the leadership of PP, the precocious, pre-pubescent pretend Prime Minister.

Thanks.
Historical thriller (if I remember correctly)

Historical thriller right now.

I hope.

Only Dave Smith stands under the sword of Damocles but cannot remember its name.

Sights, sounds, and smells can be remarkable triggers to activate memories we didn’t know we had, memories that help us understand that the past has a purpose, that to be is to have been.

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This may be history's first record of someone giving another driver the finger in traffic before chucking a cricifix at them.

The miracle was that his hat stayed on.

So ... big old lumpy orange American batshit useless President.