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Personal account. If an opinion strays in here, it's simply mine. In MontrΓ©al, mostly. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Experience Reason Compassion

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Black and white photo of rally, showing a large poster of George Washington in the background. Adjacent is a 30s' propaganda style image of the poster advertising the rally, calling it a Pro-American Rally and showing a sightless man holding an arrow and. a shield with a snake and a USA stars and bars symbol and the tagline "mass demonstration for true Americanism" 
Adjacent text is "Please note that the Nazi Rally at Madision Square Garden, held on this day in 1939, was also billed as "Pro-American."

Black and white photo of rally, showing a large poster of George Washington in the background. Adjacent is a 30s' propaganda style image of the poster advertising the rally, calling it a Pro-American Rally and showing a sightless man holding an arrow and. a shield with a snake and a USA stars and bars symbol and the tagline "mass demonstration for true Americanism" Adjacent text is "Please note that the Nazi Rally at Madision Square Garden, held on this day in 1939, was also billed as "Pro-American."

Just saying. Notice George Washington between the swastikas.
#otd #trump #maga

20.02.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From Prince to felon

19.02.2026 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would you say the state of public opinion has evolved significantly since 2018?

18.02.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Robots to drive the taxis that can't drive themselves. Genius.

17.02.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More like piracy

17.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the best Newspeak words. Ugh.

14.02.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Especially if there are protests. Nothing like a regular wiff of tear gas to bring property values
down.

13.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Similar in Montreal (ok, -7). Clear sky, enjoying the photon bombardment.

13.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't disagree, but that's what they're calling it. Seems blasphemy to me.

11.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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God Bless the U.S.A. Bible - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Ble...

11.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

An iconic quote for our current age of grifters.

11.02.2026 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ouch.

07.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eventually local Republicans will catch on and rename everything in their town to flatter him. Trump-Madison Gardens. Mobile's Trump-Archer Arena. Don's Mojo Donuts in Boise.

05.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Listen, I did everything I could to get her hired by a sexual predator, ok?

05.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Explosive bowel syndrome.

02.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"YOU CAN’T BLAME JOURNALISTS and academics for trying to ascribe a single, rational theory to the president’s foreign policy. (...) We’re not trained to treat β€œbatshit crazy” as an actual worldview."

02.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great job! The point about the change of tone not being acccompanied by a change of rethoric is important.

30.01.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ads are like a patreon-only bonus.

30.01.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Trump and his gargoyles"!

29.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The tv series Unsung Heroes about the SAS is a lot of fun.

29.01.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely beautiful people.

28.01.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come on, there's trash to pick, leaves to rake.

28.01.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics Milan mayor says agents β€˜not welcome’ in co-host city and Italy can take care of security itself

Vance and Rubio are planning to go to Italy with ICE agents as bodyguards.
ICE is truly the regime's political police.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

27.01.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphics showing google searches for the term Thucydides peaked in late January.

Graphics showing google searches for the term Thucydides peaked in late January.

If nothing else, Canadian PM Mark Carney got people to google Thucydides...

23.01.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
1957-58 Montreal Canadiens Schedule | Hockey-Reference.com Check out the latest Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results for regular season, playoffs and more on Hockey-Reference.com

So, not a live broadcast? The Canadiens did not play in that day, but they did play the Rangers on Jan 11. I am getting something wrong? www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/19...

23.01.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Red Ketchup!

23.01.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Eh, got to check every 30 years or so. We might get different results this time!

22.01.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Elon Musk will be in every starterpack by default.

22.01.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Trump's Tariffs Didn't Break Canada - Macleans.ca How did we survive the trade war? Hint: It wasn't Buy Canadian.

Canada was supposed to crater under Trump’s tariffs. It didn’t. So what actually saved us? https://macleans.ca/economy/why-trumps-tariffs-didnt-break-canada/

19.01.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pre-ordered! I'm sure it's a fun read.

19.01.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0