Richard Dettman
@rwdettman.bsky.social
Vancouverite. Radio lifer, most recently 680 NewsRadio Toronto & 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement award. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FamilyWheels. Former blue check.
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“Ukraine endures because its will is intact. Russia struggles because its trinity is fractured, its moral forces rotten at the core.” The kakistocracy in Washington aligns with the latter.
If Carl von Clausewitz were to advise Secretary Rubio on peace in Ukraine, he might say something like this: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“Ukraine endures because its will is intact. Russia struggles because its trinity is fractured, its moral forces rotten at the core.” The kakistocracy in Washington aligns with the latter.
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Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.
Celebrated 'Inconvenient Indian' author Thomas King says he's not Indigenous
Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.
I love @bsky.app because great looking women follow me, including this one who is not only hot she works for Publishers’ Clearing House!
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I love @bsky.app because great looking women follow me, including this one who is not only hot she works for Publishers’ Clearing House!
🇨🇦 retail sales ⬇️0.7% m/m in Sept., flash est is a flat Oct. TD’s Maria Solovieva:
“heading into the holiday season on shaky footing.
…underlying trend is weaker… major categories now in outright contraction.”
But TD’s card data “continues to point to relatively healthy gains in services spending”
“heading into the holiday season on shaky footing.
…underlying trend is weaker… major categories now in outright contraction.”
But TD’s card data “continues to point to relatively healthy gains in services spending”
a little girl is holding a remote control and a bag in her hand .
Alt: A little girl carrying shopping bags and tapping a phone.
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🇨🇦 retail sales ⬇️0.7% m/m in Sept., flash est is a flat Oct. TD’s Maria Solovieva:
“heading into the holiday season on shaky footing.
…underlying trend is weaker… major categories now in outright contraction.”
But TD’s card data “continues to point to relatively healthy gains in services spending”
“heading into the holiday season on shaky footing.
…underlying trend is weaker… major categories now in outright contraction.”
But TD’s card data “continues to point to relatively healthy gains in services spending”
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Pants?! Whoa there Mr Business Class
85 seconds of zingers and me wondering if Stewart is wearing pants
HONEST AIRLINES
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pants?! Whoa there Mr Business Class
85 seconds of zingers and me wondering if Stewart is wearing pants
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
85 seconds of zingers and me wondering if Stewart is wearing pants
“This is a very slippery slope that we are on.”
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“This is a very slippery slope that we are on.”
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It's time for Eleanor & Alasdair Read That! We're talking Watership Down: a cutey-cute rabbit book for babies. In this month's episode, I become a Male Feminist™ and @eleanormorton.bsky.social sings the X-men theme.
linktr.ee/readthat
linktr.ee/readthat
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's time for Eleanor & Alasdair Read That! We're talking Watership Down: a cutey-cute rabbit book for babies. In this month's episode, I become a Male Feminist™ and @eleanormorton.bsky.social sings the X-men theme.
linktr.ee/readthat
linktr.ee/readthat
A gem from Japan. Sub-posting an account that abandoned Bluesky😕
#classiccars
#classiccars
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A gem from Japan. Sub-posting an account that abandoned Bluesky😕
#classiccars
#classiccars
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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He must’ve eaten kittens for dinner.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
He must’ve eaten kittens for dinner.
Among several bangers:
“What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement (and, to be honest, pretty bad writers)?”
“What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement (and, to be honest, pretty bad writers)?”
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Among several bangers:
“What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement (and, to be honest, pretty bad writers)?”
“What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement (and, to be honest, pretty bad writers)?”
“What would those records help reveal? Where Epstein got his money. How he acquired and controlled his victims. Who he trafficked them to. What individuals and banks enabled the trafficking. Who else had control of Epstein’s accounts, and what crimes they committed.”
The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“What would those records help reveal? Where Epstein got his money. How he acquired and controlled his victims. Who he trafficked them to. What individuals and banks enabled the trafficking. Who else had control of Epstein’s accounts, and what crimes they committed.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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it’s true, i looked
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
it’s true, i looked
Buy eight and break even!
Somewhere in south Vancouver.
Somewhere in south Vancouver.
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Buy eight and break even!
Somewhere in south Vancouver.
Somewhere in south Vancouver.
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#QuietTime is going to be a useful hashtag. 💤
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#QuietTime is going to be a useful hashtag. 💤
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Holy shit! After Megyn Kelly gave a free pass to pedophiles Trump and Jeffrey Epstein to fuck children, this 14-year-old girl just gave Kelly a brutal reality check. 😳👇
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Holy shit! After Megyn Kelly gave a free pass to pedophiles Trump and Jeffrey Epstein to fuck children, this 14-year-old girl just gave Kelly a brutal reality check. 😳👇
Saw this last night and highly recommend tonight’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concert featuring the incomparable Louis Lortie on piano. You’ll pay a very reasonable price for the whole seat but only use the edge! #classical
www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/ravels...
www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/ravels...
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Saw this last night and highly recommend tonight’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concert featuring the incomparable Louis Lortie on piano. You’ll pay a very reasonable price for the whole seat but only use the edge! #classical
www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/ravels...
www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/ravels...
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
“In normal times, against a normal candidate, we have no evidence that picking a friendly, relatable, likable candidate without a history of sexual abuse will work. Let’s not read too much into it.”
"The most important lesson we can learn is that sometimes you shouldn’t try to learn a lesson."
Yeah, He Won, but He Was Up Against a Deeply Flawed Candidate
“I’m skeptical. The odds are that Mamdani’s victory is actually less significant than you think.” — Ross Douthat, New York Times - - -I was as surp...
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“In normal times, against a normal candidate, we have no evidence that picking a friendly, relatable, likable candidate without a history of sexual abuse will work. Let’s not read too much into it.”