Category: Politics
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We Bite Back
Attribution to Debbie Rowe – Own Work Went on Twitter this morning and I wanted to see what my daughter had tweeted and liked since yesterday. I usually retweet a bunch of her tweets. So, I searched her name and could not find it. Instead I got Elon Musk. Huh? Did it again and same…
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What Honking?
Attribution to Maksim Sokolov (Maxergon) – Own Work Watched a bit of the Emergency Act Inquiry this week and one phrase came to mind, that being Donald Trump’s “Don’t believe what you see on tv” (paraphrase). This week, the convoy organizers and leaders, though they claimed not to be such, had their turn to testify.…
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Bits and Pieces
Attribution to flickr user Phil Guest Looking at the headlines this morning, most of them discouraging, I felt like screaming. Decided to google “primal scream”. The image above is an image of the Scottish Band “Primal Scream”. There you go. Was going to title this chirp “Potpourri” Found out a new thing this morning. Potpourri…
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Democracy At Stake?
Joe Biden gave a speech lasdt night just blocks away from the Capitol, which was under siege on January 6, 2021. His speech was on the potential threat to American democracy. Some may say, and justifiably so, that it was a partisan campaign speech given that the midterms are less than a week away. Even…
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Sick Puppies
There is a sickness running through the Republican party right now. The Grand Old Party (GOP) should rightfully be named the Pathetic Old Party (POP). This sickness started with Trump and now his Trumpkin base are taking off with it. The latest evidence of this is the response to the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi.…
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Where is Pierre
Attribution to Manning Centre c/o: Jake Wright Federal Party leaders usually make themselves available to the media, where they defend and explain their policies in back and forth scrums with reporters. For example, last week at the weekly caucus meeting, all the federal leaders took questions while entering the meetings or at later press conferences.…
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Danielle Does It Again
Attribution to Manning Centre c/o: Jake Wright People, in Alberta, are starting to wonder whether our new Premier, Danielle Smith, is deliberately trying to lose the next election. She has already said that the unvaccinated are the most discriminated group she has ever seen. Also, where one quarter of all Ukrainian Canadians live in Alberta,…
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Open Season
Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer, in their home, early Friday morning. He required surgery for a skull fracture and to repair serious injuries on his arm and hand. The assailant, David DePape, broke into home shouting “Where is Nancy”. DePape has a history of sharing conspiracy theories,…
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41 Days
Attribution to Darafsh – Own Work It has been 41 days since the death of Mahsa Amini while she was being detained for not properly wearing a hijab. According to Human Rights activists, in Iran, protests have raged in over 125 Iranian cities. Over 275 have died and 14,000 have been detained. The Iranian regime…
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Two Sided Oopps
As per yesterday’s chirp. Putin is in a desparate situation, given that his anticipated Ukraine victory is falling apart. Oner of the reasons is the vast military support provided by the US and its NATO allies. Putin keeps hoping for the walls of US military support to start cracking. The prospects of this happening appeared…