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Scotty, take a lesson in class from Mr. Carney who is too classy to warn you in return to stop being a such toady with your brown nose buried far up an orange butt.
Scott Bessent warns Carney to stop 'virtue signalling' amid looming trade talks | CBC News
The Trump administration is once again ramping up its rhetorical pressure on Canada, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issuing a fresh warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney over looming trade...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"Immortal Rome was at first but an insignificant village...but by degrees it rose to a stupendous height, and excelled din arts and arms. But the demolition of Carthage, by removing all danger, suffered it to sink into debauchery and made it easy prey to Barbarians." John Adams
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
''The preservation of liberty depends upon the intellectual and moral character of the people.''

From John Adams, by David McCullough p 70.
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This made-up, political BS term 'narco-terrorist' bothers me. "Terrorist" has a definition: to sow fear among the civilian population, usually for political reasons. The only people drug dealers usually want to intimidate are the competition.
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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We have our guesses, but it's pretty clear as to just WHO would be interested in allocating their resources toward running a foreign influence operation aiming to get Alberta to secede from Canada?
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
a few years ago, no one could merely be cautious. Everything was done out of 'an abundance of caution.' Thankfully, that's gone away for the most part. Can the phrase 'authoritarian playbook' please go the same way? There are lots of synonyms if we look for them
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Paranoid Style in American Economics
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Paranoid Style in American Economics
Remember, every accusation is a confession
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The problem appears to be that Trump and I have been playing snap while Zelensky and Budanov were playing poker.
Who has all the cards?
June 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM