Mitch
@mitchinottawa.bsky.social
Former Cat herder. I used to do IT stuff. Now I just watch a lot of movies and ride my bike. I make no direct donations through this account. Please stop asking for money.
Whiney baby gonna whine.
"Employing the lingo of a jilted romantic partner, the premier sniffed: 'Well, at least I know where I stand now.'"
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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Doug Ford complains Mark Carney blindsided Ontario with Chinese EV deal
Ford is asking Ottawa to remove its EV mandate, harmonize regulations with trading partners and scrap “unnecessary fees that drive away investment.”
www.thestar.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Whiney baby gonna whine.
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🇪🇺🇺🇸 Europe may begin selling US assets in response to a new conflict with US, and this will collapse the dollar,- Bloomberg.
"Deutsche Bank analysts note that the US currently has vulnerability: living at the expense of the rest of the world. Europe may decide it no longer wants to finance the US."
"Deutsche Bank analysts note that the US currently has vulnerability: living at the expense of the rest of the world. Europe may decide it no longer wants to finance the US."
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🇪🇺🇺🇸 Europe may begin selling US assets in response to a new conflict with US, and this will collapse the dollar,- Bloomberg.
"Deutsche Bank analysts note that the US currently has vulnerability: living at the expense of the rest of the world. Europe may decide it no longer wants to finance the US."
"Deutsche Bank analysts note that the US currently has vulnerability: living at the expense of the rest of the world. Europe may decide it no longer wants to finance the US."
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Wow.
BTW: The soldiers that Trump/ the Pentagon ‘stood up’ for potential deployment to Minneapolis?
The 11th Airborne Division’s Deputy Commanding General, Operations is highly-decorated CAF Brigadier-General Robert McBride.
More to come on this story:
11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/
The 11th Airborne Division’s Deputy Commanding General, Operations is highly-decorated CAF Brigadier-General Robert McBride.
More to come on this story:
11thairbornedivision.army.mil/dcgo/
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Wow.
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Either America could stop this but they aren't or they can't stop it. Either way, the US is a rogue state and the biggest threat to the world.
January 19, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Either America could stop this but they aren't or they can't stop it. Either way, the US is a rogue state and the biggest threat to the world.
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Good. This is exactly what Canada should be doing. Will it anger Trump? Yes. If Canada wants to remain a sovereign country, we MUST visibly support NATO.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada weighs plans to send soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark, officials say
Move could anger U.S. President Trump, who has threatened new tariffs on European countries that sent personnel there
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Good. This is exactly what Canada should be doing. Will it anger Trump? Yes. If Canada wants to remain a sovereign country, we MUST visibly support NATO.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
I mean really, at what point do they grasp that their President is past his "best before" date and needs to be contained?
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I mean really, at what point do they grasp that their President is past his "best before" date and needs to be contained?
I hope one of the "bright lights" in DC is whispering in President Dumdum's ear to remind him he does not hold the cards.
January 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I hope one of the "bright lights" in DC is whispering in President Dumdum's ear to remind him he does not hold the cards.
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There is a lot to dig into with this latest post by President Trump. To visualize just how badly this could go wrong, I recently published a short story called The Greenland Expedition, which you can read at the link: mickryan.substack.com/p/the-greenl...
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
There is a lot to dig into with this latest post by President Trump. To visualize just how badly this could go wrong, I recently published a short story called The Greenland Expedition, which you can read at the link: mickryan.substack.com/p/the-greenl...
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New from me. What can new polling tell us about the health of Canadian democracy?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | What can new polling tell us about the health of Canadian democracy? | CBC News
Despite widespread concern about declining levels of trust, Canadian analytics firm Environics finds that overall levels of trust in many of the institutional pillars of this country's democracy — ele...
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
New from me. What can new polling tell us about the health of Canadian democracy?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Watch: The car with two front ends driving around the streets of US city www.bbc.com/news/videos/... That's just crazy!
Half American, half Canadian: Take a ride in a car with two front ends
The owner of this quirky vehicle says it gets a "lot of smiles per gallon" on the streets of Detroit.
www.bbc.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Watch: The car with two front ends driving around the streets of US city www.bbc.com/news/videos/... That's just crazy!
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Yup!
January 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Yup!
Dude, just tell him you're all booked up for the next year. Don't engage.
#BREAKING: Carney to accept Trump’s offer for role on Gaza plan’s ‘Board of Peace’
Carney news: PM asked by Trump to join Gaza 'Board of Peace'
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the Board of Peace for Gaza.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 17, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Dude, just tell him you're all booked up for the next year. Don't engage.
www.printables.com/model/126472... Just in case anyone else would like one.
Nobel Prize by Scaffieri | Download free STL model | Printables.com
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January 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
www.printables.com/model/126472... Just in case anyone else would like one.
Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... "Look, I want them to hate my guts before I arrived."
Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke
Thousands sign petition calling on Iceland’s foreign minister to reject Trump ally Billy Long’s nomination
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... "Look, I want them to hate my guts before I arrived."
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PCPO donors just had 80% of the best applications because they are the best companies and the smartest and best people who run them. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing. Stop asking questions. Why are you bothering me? Go away.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Labour minister has given PC donor-led companies 80% of for-profit businesses’ Skills Development Funds
Most became donors or increased their donations after the SDF was created
www.thetrillium.ca
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
PCPO donors just had 80% of the best applications because they are the best companies and the smartest and best people who run them. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing. Stop asking questions. Why are you bothering me? Go away.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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Study: Some Gifted Dogs Can Pick Up New Words By Eavesdropping https://theonion.com/study-some-gifted-dogs-can-pick-up-new-words-by-eavesdropping/
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Study: Some Gifted Dogs Can Pick Up New Words By Eavesdropping https://theonion.com/study-some-gifted-dogs-can-pick-up-new-words-by-eavesdropping/
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File under: no sh*t
The Ford government is making our streets more dangerous
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
The Ford government is making our streets more dangerous
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Ottawa sees dramatic drop in speed compliance after photo radar scrapped
City of Ottawa data from a handful of former photo radar sites show a steep drop in driver compliance through school and community safety zones.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
File under: no sh*t
The Ford government is making our streets more dangerous
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
The Ford government is making our streets more dangerous
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry
Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry
Governments around the world are clamping down on Grok’s production of nonconsensual sexual images. Why does Canada seem to be missing in action?
theconversation.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry
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There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
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How to Turn $50K into $35M Overnight
by Doug Ford's Friends
by Doug Ford's Friends
Ontario company at centre of OPP investigation donated to Peel police chief’s gala | Globalnews.ca
Keel Digital Solutions, which was approved for more than $35 million in government funding, has been accused of 'misleading' the province in an attempt to gain more funding.
globalnews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
How to Turn $50K into $35M Overnight
by Doug Ford's Friends
by Doug Ford's Friends
Time for a progress update on item 3 of #BuildtheStash. The #Raccoon is mostly done. I need to fill in some seams and do some painting but the build is moving along nicely.
January 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Time for a progress update on item 3 of #BuildtheStash. The #Raccoon is mostly done. I need to fill in some seams and do some painting but the build is moving along nicely.
The best time to plant a tree, it’s said, was 20 years ago. The second-best time is right now. That also holds true for leaving X, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
Twitter is a litmus test for Canada
With Twitter, the medium really is the message — one that should be clearly unacceptable for our elected officials and political leaders.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM