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here's Monday's post: "Obama dissed the Oval Bordello, and MAGA completely lost its shit" — boo fucking hoo, crybabies. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

Always valuable to hear from Alexandra Chyczij, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, and get important updates on Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting for its sovereignty, its democracy and the international order we all depend on. Canada must stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.

The American owned Sun is promoting a vigilante as the face for Canada's most multicultural and open city. This is same American owned paper that said crack-smoking Rob Ford should be elected mayor. Toronto - you're better than this. Let's get out the vote for Olivia Chow.

Be sure to listen to the second interview with Lindsay Owens, author of Gouged, about dynamic and unfair pricing. It's an eye opener and something we definitely should regulate in Canada. The NDP were correct in fighting for this.

Private equity buys UK fertility clinics. PE already controls social care, hospitals, GP surgeries, dentistry, child fostering. Usual business model. High debt, quality of care declines, prices increase, high profits. When things go wrong, NHS has to step in, PE doesn't pay.

We need to be careful about this one... www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...

Fred DeLorey: "All of these separatist 'leaders,' not a single one of them have been elected to anything. Go put your name on a ballot. Try to become an MLA. Try to create the movement through a democratic process. You had your chance. It failed."

David Cochrane rips Susan Collins’ brand of Trump resistance: "It's a calculated break from the president when you know the agenda is not going to get derailed."

John Ibbitson compares Alberta and Quebec separatist movements: "What you don't have in Alberta is that deep-seated nationalist sense, and what you don't have is that quality of leadership. These are, I hate to say it, very petty men."

The voter's remorse will eventually kick in. It always does. People want to be sold to. They want to believe their lives will get better because the status quo isn't great. But choosing a more Right government is never the fix. It only makes things worse, and the evidence will soon be realized.

I wish more leaders would follow her advice.

The enshitification continues. I also think we should update our laws with respect to what is criminal and what is civil when it comes to AI. The fact that this wasn't considered fraud is a huge problem. Regulation of AI should address such issues and update the laws accordingly.

First it was: "They'll come back and say sorry, sir." Then, "they are being taught a little lesson." Or "They'll be made the 51state. That's how it goes." And "We hold all the cards." Now, "OMG Canada, Republicans are going down in flames." File under FAFO. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

About five hours after the boy was pronounced dead, police were informed that the child was found to be alive by a team of medical examiners. globalnews.ca/news/1211383...

Nathan Cullen: "Danielle Smith managed to accomplish that rare feat in politics of having a binary issue and upsetting both sides equally. The separatists are not happy with her. And a lot of Albertans who voted to remain, the 75 percent, are also not happy."

Nathan Cullen on the immigration questions: "This is classic dog whistle politics. Danielle Smith was always going to lose this referendum and needed something else to talk about. Unfortunately, blaming immigrants writ large is something that the right sometimes reach for out of desperation."

Naheed Nenshi on the immigration questions: "I am happy to have a conversation on numbers. I am not happy to have a conversation on the dignity of newcomers, and I'm not happy to have people voting on whether other people should have human rights."

here's Wednesday's post: "Agolf Shitler commits another fascism. How did we Nazi it coming?" Weird how everything Donny does, the Third Reich did first." thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff.

Look at what I just found. Of course, this was about Rob when he was mayor of Toronto, but it works just as well for his big, crime boss brother, Premier Doug.

There you have it: "Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public." Gift link ⤵️ www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

U.S. government accuses Canada of meddling in Alberta referendum

Power bills have gone up by hundreds of dollars a year since the Houston government took office. Now the Premier—and Energy Minister—is refusing to return to the Legislature and take concrete steps to protect peoples’ hard-earned money, their jobs, or the environment.

"Residents are losing time with their families, they’re getting to school late, productivity is being hampered..." What?? I thought forcing people into offices everyday was supposed to increase productivity. Someone should mention this to the in-office bandwagon riders. They're clogging up traffic.

There is an increasingly non-zero chance he drops an n-bomb on live tv in the next two weeks

Also, please ignore the fact that I've spent the last five years telling you it's broken.

Tonight: Russia kills families in a park near Kharkiv as Washington waives new sanctions; Canada mourns four soldiers killed during training; and the United States pursues commercial agreements in Central Asia. Here’s what mattered today. PUBLIC BRIEF: www.onestnetwork.com/the-daily-oc...

How about NOT the USA

The separatists are going to lose today’s vote. But if Alberta’s political class doesn’t stop feeding and inflaming their bottomless sense of grievance and victimhood, we’ll all end up losing in the end. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

Today I wrote to Premier Tim Houston asking him to immediately convene the Legislature for an emergency sitting. This follows his decision to allow hyperscale AI data centres to be built in Nova Scotia with no regulations and no public input.

🇺🇦 Zelensky: I held a selector on the situation in the regions of Ukraine after another wave of Russian attacks. Unfortunately, 28 substations and other important energy facilities were damaged. Restoration work is ongoing everywhere and electricity is gradually being restored to people.

Step by step, day by day, Americans experience the big platforms becoming Orwellian political censors. The US needs a federal government that will tax them and break them up; the democratic world needs to learn the lesson and protect itself.

“Are future EverWind events and public information sessions going to be like Trump’s White House press briefings, and open only to selected and friendly media, by invitation only?” write @joanbaxter.bsky.social and @dartjenhen.bsky.social in response to MPs’ letter.

Regardless of one's opinion on data centres, I think many, if not most, can agree that going into any business with a Trump supporter is a foolish endeavor.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Thanks to the Famous Five and others, this victory marked a significant step toward women’s equal participation in public and political life. Importantly, many women remained excluded due to barriers rooted in racism and discrimination for long after and still do today.

MPs Kody Blois and Mike Kelloway have responded to my open letter to them, attached. I've asked Jennifer Henderson and Joan Baxter to respond, and they will later today. In the meanwhile, here are my thoughts.

It is a mystery to me why some people dubbed Marco Rubio as the one sane, thoughtful and reasonable person in the Trump admin despite not a shred of demonstrable objective evidence to support that position since the day he has been in office.

the second el-sayed chose to treat tommy as an equal and not a nuisance, tommy was cooked

Chrystia Freeland: "The President of the United States sided with Vladimir Putin, one of the worst dictators in the world, over Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is defending his democracy. It's shameful."

Chrystia Freeland: "Your government is siding with Vladimir Putin, who is a bloodthirsty dictator and war criminal. This is not a time for us to be divided. And it's certainly not a time for America to be on the side of the bad guys, which I'm sorry to say, you are right now."

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This story pisses me off in so many ways. 1- The so-called "consensus" was always illusory 2- The CAQ ran on a policy of ethnic nationalism. Call it out 3- Alberta separatism is a white nationalist project. Call it out. 4- Premiers scapegoated immigrants for their failures in housing and healthcare

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch and share this excellent news story. Ford LIES that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Remember and share this as Ford tears out Toronto bike-lanes.

I just got off the phone with both Jennifer and Joan. They're rattled but otherwise OK. They'll have a full report as soon as they can write it up. Adding: I take this extremely seriously and unequivocally support our reporters. I'll be filing complaints with Houston and others.

This is NOT normal. I cannot think of anything like it in the 40 years I reported. (Including 30 covering NS politics). No Nova Scotia should be ok with this.

Our reporter, Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social was just kicked out of the EverWind announcement, for doing her job.

Provinces: give us more money! Our failures are the fault of Ottawa!

I predict that non-state actors will soon be blowing up oil facilities and data centres, including in North America. There are a lot of externalities with both, but their vulnerability is that they are capital intensive, single-location assets.