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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 9h

why, Overton window, hast thou forsaken me?

Except we know why.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 13h

I guess over the intervening years most people have given up on that?
I'll remain stuck in the past, thanks.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 13h

I've had a number of people say I'm "extreme left" lately, but I don't identify that way.
I just want what we were promised when I grew up in the 70s and 80s: a fair shot for everyone, no matter who you are.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 16h

they'll do any ludicrous thing other than switching to genuine renewables..

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 18h

The international kleptocracy

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 21h

Witkoff has $2 billion. Kushner has $1 bn. The Witkoff Group has transactions totalling over $25 bn. Kushner's Affinity Partners has $5.4 bn assets under management. A week ago Kushner bought gaming giant Electronic Arts for $55 bn. He owns 10% ($17 bn) of Israeli investment firm Phoenix Holdings.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 22h

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 21h

The USA has always been all in on the genocide in Palestine.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 22h

The Israeli army said Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir toured the Gaza Strip on Saturday with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, alongside senior Israeli officers including Southern Command chief Yaniv Asor and Planning Directorate head Eyal Harel...

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 21h

Met Epstein in May 2002. In Sept 2002 Blair started justifying the invasion of Iraq.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 21h

Agree that the USA is the most dangerous entity in the world right now, in so many ways.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 21h

Machado is hard right. Getting people to cheer for her or defend her shows how desperate we all are for some light to cling to.
This is the same desperation that got us Carney.

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, she's not antifa at all, she's closer to antiantifa.

"On several occasions, Machado has identified the United Kingdom's Margaret Thatcher as the politician she most admires. In February 2025, Machado spoke virtually at a far-right rally in Spain."

María Corina Machado - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 21h

Not the embodiment of evil, but definitely hard-right.
Getting people to cheer for her as recipient shows how desperate we all are for some light to cling to.

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, she's not antifa at all, she's closer to antiantifa.

"On several occasions, Machado has identified the United Kingdom's Margaret Thatcher as the politician she most admires. In February 2025, Machado spoke virtually at a far-right rally in Spain."

María Corina Machado - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Isha @ishaav.bsky.social · 1d

Give Halverson a medal:
tinyurl.com/3kyyszcr

The Grab (2022) ⭐ 7.3 | Documentary

1h 42m

tinyurl.com

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 22h

Christy Clark celebrates the BCNDP's success in making BC an "LNG Province."

British Columbia Has Become an LNG Province. So What’s Next? - Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow

By Geoff Russ By Resource Works More News and Views From Resource Works Here British Columbia’s long-heralded era of liquefied natural gas exports arrived this past summer. Apart from the celebrations...

energynow.ca

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 23h

Frogs!! I think we're unlocking some secret history here..

Ancient Greek Parody of Homer's Iliad Still Funny Today - GreekReporter.com

The Batrachomyomachia (“The Battle of Frogs and Mice”) is the only surviving complete ancient Greek epic parody of Homer's Iliad.

greekreporter.com

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 23h

Carney's elbows are MIA as we surrender on every front.
I guess we'll need F35s for the Golden Cage, er, Golden Dome.

Canada Moving "Full Steam Ahead" On $14.2B F-35 Purchase; Lockheed Wins Massive U.S. Military Contract

A high-ranking official in Canada’s Department of National Defense has indicated that Canada is currently forging ahead with the F-35 program, even though the purchase has been put under review by Pri...

www.eurasiantimes.com

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Duane Nicol 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @duanenicol.bsky.social · 2d

The editorial team at the @winnipegfreepress.com calls out Smith and Moe on their hypocrisy and ridiculous arguments.

"It is all too familiar, and frankly tiresome."

Indeed!

Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...

Opinion: Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us

It’s an odd world Alberta Premier Danielle Smith inhabits: one where her province keeps the benefits of its natural resources, while other provinces should simply surrender the bounty of nature that m...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

I think of it as climate denial through action.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

Prosecutions and convictions!

You don't see that too often in the climate world, not for lack of criming..

Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 1d

Volkswagen executives convicted in emissions fraud as fallout from diesel scandal continues - The Daily Climate www.dailyclimate.org/volkswagen-e...

Volkswagen executives convicted in emissions fraud as fallout from diesel scandal continues

A German court convicted four former Volkswagen executives for their roles in a years-long scheme to cheat diesel emissions tests, marking a key moment in the carmaker’s reckoning with its $30 billion...

www.dailyclimate.org

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

I remember my incredibly-proper Catholic mom saying she saw Johnny Cash at a little venue in Halifax and that "he was the sexiest thing I had ever seen in my entire life.."
Rumor has it that after that show he threw off his handlers and went and partied with some rednecks in rural NS for a few days

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

So sorry to hear about your loss. <3

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, she's not antifa at all, she's closer to antiantifa.

"On several occasions, Machado has identified the United Kingdom's Margaret Thatcher as the politician she most admires. In February 2025, Machado spoke virtually at a far-right rally in Spain."

María Corina Machado - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

Brexit was meant to undermine the EU, just like trump is meant to destroy the USA. Brought by the same crowd.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

New poll shows: Potential Conservative voters are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure rather than a success.

@pimlicat.bsky.social: “The British public, including the Conservatives’ voters - recognise that Brexit has been a calamity for our economy.”

https://bit.ly/3WxPUsO

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure that was fun. But win or lose it's super important that someone shows up to resist these things. Thanks for doing so.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 1d

So as far as the law is concerned it's just some rando pretending to be a lawyer? I wonder if anyone has reported her to the Virginia Bar Association

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