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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Nov 12

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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 17h

The biggest act of vandalism since the Brits burnt it down….

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest act of vandalism since the Brits burnt it down.....

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 5d

Before Ed Sheeran was famous, he was booked for a gig at the Cavern. No, not that one - the one in Exeter UK. No one turned-up!

After he found fame he was asked to return. He declined.....

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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 11d

Unfortunately, nothing short of a military coup is going to stop him now….

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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 13d

Canmore, Canada Autumn
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#leicam3
#kodalultramax400
#filmphotography

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 17d

Calgary’s suddenly a few years away from a population milestone planners had expected to come by mid-century. I don’t think ppl realize we’re already a 1.6M city.
By me:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Calgary is racing to 2 million people. Will next council prepare for it? | CBC News

City's population has hit 1.6M far faster than expected. City hall will face pressure to manage continued growth and the strains that come with it.

www.cbc.ca

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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 19d

The US will need to go through its own Truth and Reconciliation process whenever this madness is ended. It could scar the country for many years.

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 27d

www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

BBC Audio | The Global Story | The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation

How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.

www.bbc.com

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · 28d

📷Leica M3
🎞️Kodak TMax 400

On The Beach - Calgary
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#kodaktmax400
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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Sep 20

No Idea why Ferrari got rid of him?

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Sep 19

If you are not Antifa would you be Profa…..

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fuck….

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Sep 10

Have they not heard of the Internet thing....

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Sep 6

I bet the Tylenol manufacturer sues. RFK will have to provide proof then....

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Sep 5

I would like to know what “ radical leftist ideologies in ballet” are?

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great speech by Raskin.

Also, nice of Farage to show up dressed like a 60s Batman villain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Raskin: "The dictators of the world have got nothing to fear from this hearing. Republicans called it to attack our democratic allies in Europe. The star witness is not a human rights leader like Navalny, but a far-right pro-Putin politician who leads the UK Reform Party."

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 3

American intelligence tried to tell us about Nigel Farage in 2018

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wasn't just the FBI who were interested in Nigel Farage.

Jan 2018 report to US Congress on "Putin’s Asymmetric Assault On Democracy In Russia And Europe" refers to EU Ref / Brexit (p116-120) & mentions Nigel Farage, unsurprisingly.
Report link download: www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...)

UNITED KINGDOM
The Russian government has sought to influence democracy in
the United Kingdom through disinformation, cyber hacking, and
corruption. While a complete picture of the scope and nature of
Kremlin interference in the UK’s June 2016 referendum is still
emerging, Prime Minister Theresa May and the UK government
have condemned the Kremlin’s active measures, and various UK
government entities,649 including the Electoral Commission and
parliamentarians, have launched investigations into different aspects of possible Russian government meddling.650 The UK government also worked to harden cyber defenses, particularly before the
June 2017 election.
The June 2016 referendum in which British voters opted for
their country to leave the EU, famously dubbed ‘‘Brexit,’’ was a watershed moment for Western countries grappling with a resurgent
wave of populism and nationalism in their political systems. Headlines the morning after the vote reflected the world’s—and many
Britons’—shock. The Washington Post assessed it in stark terms:
‘‘British voters have defied the will of their leaders, foreign allies
and much of the political establishment by opting to rupture this
country’s primary connection to Europe in a stunning result that
will radiate economic and political uncertainty across the globe.’’ 651
What was missing, however, in the morning-after news roundup
was discussion of the Russian government and what role it may
have played in helping to influence British voters’ decisions

Indeed, the picture of potential Russian meddling in the June
referendum vote has only begun to come into sharper focus as subsequent elections around the world revealed common elements—
false or inflammatory stories circulated by bots and trolls, allegations of cyber hacking, stories in Russian state-sponsored media
outlets playing up fears of migration and globalization, and allegations of corrupt foreign influence on political parties and candidates—that suggested a possible Russian hand. The Kremlin has
long aimed to undermine European integration and the EU, in addition to its aims to sow confusion and undermine confidence in
democratic processes themselves, making Brexit a potentially appealing target.
The allegations that have emerged of Russian interference prior
to the Brexit referendum are all the more stunning given the innate resilience within British society to the Kremlin’s anti-democratic agenda.652 A brief viewing of the lively sessions in Britain’s
House of Commons is a reminder of the country’s traditions of popular representation, robust debate, and transparent governance.
Nevertheless, analysts have cited pockets within the UK political
system that are relatively more vulnerable to Russian influence.
British campaign finance laws generally focus on restricting expenditures by political parties more than limiting donations,

649 Rowena Mason, ‘‘Theresa May Accuses Russia of Interfering in Elections and Fake News,’’ The Guardian, Nov. 14, 2017.
650 Jeremy Kahn, ‘‘UK Proves Russian Social Media Influence in Brexit Vote, Bloomberg Politics, Nov. 2, 2017.
651 Griff Witte et al., ‘‘In Stunning Decision, Britain Votes to Leave the E.U.,’’ The Washington
Post, Jun. 24, 2016.
652 Neil Barnett, The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in France, Germany, and the
United Kingdom, The Atlantic Council, at 18 (2016).

though foreign donors are not considered ‘‘permissible donors’’
under UK law. However, the beneficial owners of non-British
companies that are incorporated in the EU and carry out business
in the UK are immaterial under the law; this opacity may have enabled Russian-related money to be directed with insufficient scrutiny to various UK political actors. Investigative journalists have
also raised questions about the sources of sudden and possibly illicit wealth that may have been directed to support the Brexit
‘‘Leave’’ campaign; the UK Electoral Commission has subsequently
begun to investigate. Meanwhile, experts have pointed to the
role of the far-right UK Independence Party (UKIP) and its leader,
Nigel Farage, in fanning anti-EU sentiment, criticism of the European sanctions on Russia, and flattering assessments of Russian
President Putin as well as far left wing views as conducive to alignment with Russia’s anti-EU and NATO-skeptic positions.

More broadly, there are concerns about vulnerabilities to Russian
government influence on various UK actors, including political parties, civil society, and think-tanks, through extensive Russian financial ties and possibly illicit financial activity.657 While unrecorded inflows of cash may not necessarily be illicit, market research done in 2015 by Deutsche Bank confirmed through balance
of payments data ‘‘the popular belief that Russian money has flooded into the UK in recent years,’’ particularly into the real estate
market, and that a ‘‘considerable chunk’’ of unrecorded inflows into
the country are the result of Russian capital flight.658
In March 2015, UK Metropolitan Police noted that a total value of 180 million British pounds in properties in the UK had been put under investigation as possibly purchased with corrupt proceeds by secretive offshore companies, in arrangements akin to ‘‘putting money in a Swiss bank"
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/how-did-arron-banks-afford-brexit/

in February 2017 the head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Ciaran Martin, asserted that the Russian government had stepped up its online aggression against Western countries.662
He cited 188 major cyberattacks over a three-month period against the UK government, most of which were reportedly attributable to Russian and Chinese actors; the NCSC reportedly blocked 34,450 attacks over
a six-month period against UK entities more broadly (although not
all of these attacks are necessarily attributable to the Russian government).
In a November 2017 public speech, he indicated that
Russian interference over the past year ‘‘included attacks on the
UK media, telecommunications and energy sectors.’’ 664
The Russian government has also apparently sought to seize on
populist sentiments and economic frustrations, exploiting the UK’s
generally open marketplace for free speech and political competition by introducing fake or misleading news. Officially, the Russian
government asserted its neutrality on the question of the Brexit
referendum, but its English-language media outlets RT and Sputnik covered the referendum campaign extensively and offered ‘’systematically one-sided coverage’’ supporting a British departure
from the European Union and frequently broadcasted statements
from UKIP head Farage.665
Reporting in November 2017 on cached material from Twitter accounts tied to the Internet Research Agency, the Russia-based troll
farm that generated false stories around the 2016 U.S. elections,
CNN alleged that numerous accounts had also blasted out proBrexit messages before the UK referendum.666
Two researchers from the University of Edinburgh ultimately asserted that more than 400 of the Internet Research Agency Twitter accounts that had been active in the U.S. election had also been actively posting
about Brexit.667
662 https://archive.ph/FOL8M
664 https://archive.ph/Ld5V4
665 https://archive.ph/XV2Od
666 https://archive.ph/KHWcE
667 https://archive.ph/uP4vO

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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 30

Canmore, Alberta Canada
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#filmphotography

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 28

The film Idiocracy is basically a documentary now….

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 28

He has 2 hopes of being elected - Bob and no…..

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 26

Boat House Calgary
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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 25

He has no idea about political ideology…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 24

“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.”

Listen to the survivors.

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Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 24

Reviewing 55 million visas - how many people and years will that take!

Craig Robert @savsongs60.bsky.social · Aug 22

I had a movement this morning but it wasn’t Sokler’s….