David Affleck
@paddlingphotog.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Retired IT guy with too many interests.
If you won't vote, I won't listen to your opinions on the outcome.
Reader of history, philosophy, economics, SF, Fantasy and all things science.
Anti-fascist and baffled that it's controversial
If you won't vote, I won't listen to your opinions on the outcome.
Reader of history, philosophy, economics, SF, Fantasy and all things science.
Anti-fascist and baffled that it's controversial
Good article. Imo it supports maga as a fascist cult of personality, which is not surprising.
theconversation.com/maga-explain...
theconversation.com/maga-explain...
Maga explained: how personality and context shape radical movements
Psychology offers valuable insights when it comes to understanding the Maga movement.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Good article. Imo it supports maga as a fascist cult of personality, which is not surprising.
theconversation.com/maga-explain...
theconversation.com/maga-explain...
So he agrees that deportations are bad for the economy but don’t worry, big business is doing fine.
That’s my takeaway.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
That’s my takeaway.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
Bad jobs report caused by shutdown, deportations — not tariffs, Lutnick says
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's defense of President Donald Trump's tariffs came as experts warn that the trade policies could hurt domestic head count.
www.cnbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
So he agrees that deportations are bad for the economy but don’t worry, big business is doing fine.
That’s my takeaway.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
That’s my takeaway.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
Just finished Arendt's On Violence.
I keep saying this with each book but I'm am endlessly impressed and humbled by the timelessness of her insights. No, I don't agree with every word she ever wrote but she was beyond genius.
I wish I had discovered her in my youth.
I keep saying this with each book but I'm am endlessly impressed and humbled by the timelessness of her insights. No, I don't agree with every word she ever wrote but she was beyond genius.
I wish I had discovered her in my youth.
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just finished Arendt's On Violence.
I keep saying this with each book but I'm am endlessly impressed and humbled by the timelessness of her insights. No, I don't agree with every word she ever wrote but she was beyond genius.
I wish I had discovered her in my youth.
I keep saying this with each book but I'm am endlessly impressed and humbled by the timelessness of her insights. No, I don't agree with every word she ever wrote but she was beyond genius.
I wish I had discovered her in my youth.
So, he doesn't want his friendship to be political but.....he's again hanging out with Cheetolini von Pedo, rapist, friend of conmen, pedo's, and murderous authoritarians.
Just renounce your citizenship you shit-stain, I'm tired of you being associated with Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Just renounce your citizenship you shit-stain, I'm tired of you being associated with Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Wayne Gretzky hits the links with Trump, just weeks after addressing criticism from Canadians
Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky has been spotted hanging out with some high-profile figures, including longtime pal U.S. President Donald Trump over U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, which has led to some...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So, he doesn't want his friendship to be political but.....he's again hanging out with Cheetolini von Pedo, rapist, friend of conmen, pedo's, and murderous authoritarians.
Just renounce your citizenship you shit-stain, I'm tired of you being associated with Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Just renounce your citizenship you shit-stain, I'm tired of you being associated with Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Counterpoint: if she believes this, and isn’t trolling the school for fun and profit, shouldn’t she be married and at home doing female things instead of going to University?
Also, too bad the prof couldn’t give a negative mark.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
Also, too bad the prof couldn’t give a negative mark.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
In the essay, she wrote traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. What do you think? Read the full essay and professor responses here.
www.oklahoman.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Counterpoint: if she believes this, and isn’t trolling the school for fun and profit, shouldn’t she be married and at home doing female things instead of going to University?
Also, too bad the prof couldn’t give a negative mark.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
Also, too bad the prof couldn’t give a negative mark.
www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
Nice, shuffled my workout playlist and got the start off with Voodoo Child!
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Nice, shuffled my workout playlist and got the start off with Voodoo Child!
Wait, the same farmers who faithfully vote CPC or PPC?
The ones who post ”Farmers Feed Cities” sign to promote their virtues and self-reliance?
The same farmers who oppose social spending like Employment Insurance and Welfare?
…
Yeah, checks out as usual . 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
The ones who post ”Farmers Feed Cities” sign to promote their virtues and self-reliance?
The same farmers who oppose social spending like Employment Insurance and Welfare?
…
Yeah, checks out as usual . 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
Farmers will lobby Ottawa for $50K guaranteed annual income pilot program
A farmers advocacy group says it plans to lobby the federal government for a guaranteed annual income of $50,000.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wait, the same farmers who faithfully vote CPC or PPC?
The ones who post ”Farmers Feed Cities” sign to promote their virtues and self-reliance?
The same farmers who oppose social spending like Employment Insurance and Welfare?
…
Yeah, checks out as usual . 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
The ones who post ”Farmers Feed Cities” sign to promote their virtues and self-reliance?
The same farmers who oppose social spending like Employment Insurance and Welfare?
…
Yeah, checks out as usual . 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
Anyone who is surprised that Trump and his people are calling for the arrest, imprisonment or execution of his political enemies clearly hasn't been paying attention. The only thing that has changed is that the conditions are now right for it to actually happen.
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Anyone who is surprised that Trump and his people are calling for the arrest, imprisonment or execution of his political enemies clearly hasn't been paying attention. The only thing that has changed is that the conditions are now right for it to actually happen.
Alberta: The answer to the question “What if Texas and Florida had a baby with a learning disability?”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Pride flags, fluoride, abortion: Here's what UCP will push Danielle Smith to change next | CBC News
Alberta's premier likes to fulfil her party members' policy wishes. But do these ones coming to convention go too far?
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Alberta: The answer to the question “What if Texas and Florida had a baby with a learning disability?”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
”Ordinary citizens, with ties to far-right circles and passionate about weapons….”
Translation: Right-wing sociopaths with money, because a functional human wouldn’t dream of this.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Translation: Right-wing sociopaths with money, because a functional human wouldn’t dream of this.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
‘Human safaris’ in Sarajevo: Milan investigates 1990s trips where tourists allegedly paid to kill civilians
A writer has alleged that Italian gun-loving extremists traveled to Bosnia to spend their weekends as snipers
english.elpais.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
”Ordinary citizens, with ties to far-right circles and passionate about weapons….”
Translation: Right-wing sociopaths with money, because a functional human wouldn’t dream of this.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Translation: Right-wing sociopaths with money, because a functional human wouldn’t dream of this.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Another good one, I often forget the “new man”
“Fascists aimed to transform the ordinary man into the “new man,” a “virile” being who would put decadent bourgeoisie, cerebral Marxists, and “feminine” liberals to shame.“
www.britannica.com/topic/fascis...
“Fascists aimed to transform the ordinary man into the “new man,” a “virile” being who would put decadent bourgeoisie, cerebral Marxists, and “feminine” liberals to shame.“
www.britannica.com/topic/fascis...
Fascism - Nationalism, Totalitarianism, Racism | Britannica
Fascism - Nationalism, Totalitarianism, Racism: Hitler envisioned the ideal German society as a Volksgemeinschaft, a racially unified and hierarchically organized body in which the interests of indivi...
www.britannica.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Another good one, I often forget the “new man”
“Fascists aimed to transform the ordinary man into the “new man,” a “virile” being who would put decadent bourgeoisie, cerebral Marxists, and “feminine” liberals to shame.“
www.britannica.com/topic/fascis...
“Fascists aimed to transform the ordinary man into the “new man,” a “virile” being who would put decadent bourgeoisie, cerebral Marxists, and “feminine” liberals to shame.“
www.britannica.com/topic/fascis...
“A version of economic fascism was in fact adopted in the United States in the 1930s and survives to this day
…these policies were not called “fascism” but “planned capitalism.”
… its synonym “industrial policy” is as popular as ever.”
fee.org/articles/eco...
…these policies were not called “fascism” but “planned capitalism.”
… its synonym “industrial policy” is as popular as ever.”
fee.org/articles/eco...
Economic Fascism
Few Americans are aware of or can recall how so many Americans and Europeans viewed economic fascism as the wave of the future during the 1930s.
fee.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“A version of economic fascism was in fact adopted in the United States in the 1930s and survives to this day
…these policies were not called “fascism” but “planned capitalism.”
… its synonym “industrial policy” is as popular as ever.”
fee.org/articles/eco...
…these policies were not called “fascism” but “planned capitalism.”
… its synonym “industrial policy” is as popular as ever.”
fee.org/articles/eco...
Well worth a read and comparing how things are now to Sept. 2024 prognostications.
news.berkeley.edu/2024/09/09/f...
news.berkeley.edu/2024/09/09/f...
Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S. - Berkeley News
After the mass death and destruction of World War I, with their economies shredded by inflation and unemployment, Italy and Germany turned from democracy to dictatorships. UC Berkeley scholars see tro...
news.berkeley.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Well worth a read and comparing how things are now to Sept. 2024 prognostications.
news.berkeley.edu/2024/09/09/f...
news.berkeley.edu/2024/09/09/f...
If you are knowingly profiting from scams, in what way are you different from the scammers, other than skipping the effort by riding their coattails?
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If you are knowingly profiting from scams, in what way are you different from the scammers, other than skipping the effort by riding their coattails?
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Time to dust the house and today’s musical accompaniment is Giselle by the London Symphony.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Time to dust the house and today’s musical accompaniment is Giselle by the London Symphony.
So, a PoC has realized that the party he has supported with years of lies may not like PoC. Time to laugh at the felon.
www.mediaite.com/politics/tuc...
www.mediaite.com/politics/tuc...
Tucker’s ‘Sh*tshow’: Dinesh D’Souza Warns of ‘Mass Desertions’ of Minorities From the GOP Following Racist Attacks on Ramaswamy
D’Souza’s comment referenced the recent firestorm of controversy caused by Tucker Carlson’s interview with highly controversial white nationalist Nick Fuentes
www.mediaite.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So, a PoC has realized that the party he has supported with years of lies may not like PoC. Time to laugh at the felon.
www.mediaite.com/politics/tuc...
www.mediaite.com/politics/tuc...
Exactly what I expect from Ford.
There’s probably nothing to hide but it does incline one to suspect that maybe some of the booze is going missing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There’s probably nothing to hide but it does incline one to suspect that maybe some of the booze is going missing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario government says withheld LCBO inventory of U.S. booze is a cabinet secret | CBC News
Documents obtained by CBC News reveal an effort by the Ontario government to hide details about the LCBO's inventory of American alcohol, valued at approximately $79.1 million at cost, pulled from sto...
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Exactly what I expect from Ford.
There’s probably nothing to hide but it does incline one to suspect that maybe some of the booze is going missing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There’s probably nothing to hide but it does incline one to suspect that maybe some of the booze is going missing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by David Affleck
Yo, Pete, have you ever considered that maybe, just maybe, you and your guy might be part of the problem?
Maybe you could dial back on the “I’m American, fuck everyone else” rhetoric just a wee bit, maybe tune it down to a gentler “9” you senile old fuck.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Maybe you could dial back on the “I’m American, fuck everyone else” rhetoric just a wee bit, maybe tune it down to a gentler “9” you senile old fuck.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yo, Pete, have you ever considered that maybe, just maybe, you and your guy might be part of the problem?
Maybe you could dial back on the “I’m American, fuck everyone else” rhetoric just a wee bit, maybe tune it down to a gentler “9” you senile old fuck.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Maybe you could dial back on the “I’m American, fuck everyone else” rhetoric just a wee bit, maybe tune it down to a gentler “9” you senile old fuck.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
If Trump succeeds in eviscerating our auto sector, as this article suggests is his goal, then we should drop all trade barriers to any Chinese company (e.g. Byd) that will open at least some manufacturing facilities here.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | Why did Trump scrap trade talks with Canada? Ontario's anti-tariff ad can't be the only reason | CBC News
Donald Trump's initial public reaction to Ontario's anti-tariffs TV ad gave absolutely no indication that it had triggered him so much that he would later kick the legs out from under the negotiating ...
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If Trump succeeds in eviscerating our auto sector, as this article suggests is his goal, then we should drop all trade barriers to any Chinese company (e.g. Byd) that will open at least some manufacturing facilities here.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...