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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 13h

I refuse to do it anymore. Just stay home.

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 12d

Maybe he should just stay home and golf on the weekends.. you know this whole US tariff war 51st state thing is a hoax.. the Canadian economy is so hot right now.. relax .. design a new interior dining room for 24 Sussex ot something.. “drawing criticism” ffs..

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 13d

Touché… Xi announces new climate targets on heels of Trump’s deranged ‘green scam’ speech at the UN… www.bbc.com/news/article...

China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions

It is China's first firm goal to reduce emissions but falls well short of what is needed to meet global targets.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 27d

Another cogent analysis of the current US disintegration. open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk

Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 27d

An intelligent contextualizing of another horrific instance of political violence against the backdrop of a violent culture awash in guns and grievance. substack.com/@marygeddry/...

Mary Geddry (@marygeddry)

Charlie Kirk is dead, killed by a bullet fired from 200 yards away as he sat on stage at Utah Valley University, still mid-argument about transgender people and mass shootings. The shot rang out just ...

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 27d

Perhaps if they didn’t throw their lot in with Republican political operatives and sit for lessons at the knee of US consultants coaching in division and the culture war playbook… but you reap what you sow.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 27d

A fine piece of critical journalism. open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Death of the Holocaust Industry

The genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponization of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · 28d

The thought has crossed my mind. But this pod lays it all out . podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

The Death of Holocaust Studies (w/ Raz Segal) | The Chris Hedges Report

Podcast Episode · The Chris Hedges Report · 2025-09-09 · 47m

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Sep 6

Karma knows your address.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Aug 27

apple.news/A7qrcoksyQSG... Nothing says ‘welcome to the US ‘ like an invasive search and the real possibility of detainment or worse.

Record number of travellers' phones, electronic devices being searched at U.S. border amid Trump's immigration crackdown — Toronto Star

Canadians heading to the U.S. this year may have their phones, laptops and other electronic devices searched at the border as new data reveals an increased number of electronic devices are being searc...

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Aug 12

The gift that keeps on giving…

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Aug 2

Maybe he means that whenever her lips moves she lies for him? He would find that beautiful. Trying to parse meaning from his growing struggles to communicate coherently is alarming.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Aug 2

Not surprising.. remember his solution for rising Covid infections? … just stop testing! Why all the testing? No testing no Covid! Not surprising to fire the bearer of news that contradicts the delusion- the same twisted logic of a 5 year old.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Aug 1

Is this a spoof?

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 31

Would a US insurgency result from the total collapse of the US democracy into authoritarianism? And in the event of a US invasion on Canadian soil, would it be likely Canadian and American insurgents work together?

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 30

This “dead man walking” has 9 lives apparently… “as demand … declines plastic production accounts for $400 billion in offsetting revenue - an amount expected to triple by 2050.” Monbiot & Hutchison (p. 132, 2024, Invisible Doctrine)

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 29

@meiselasb.bsky.social cheknews.ca/b-c-says-780...

B.C. says 780 U.S. healthcare workers applied for jobs in past 2 months

The B.C. government says thousands of healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, have “expressed interest” in moving to the province after it launched a recruitment campaign in March.

cheknews.ca

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 28

“ They’re gonna pay..” get ready to pony up US consumers b/c that’s who “they” are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 28

Trump: "We're gonna be setting a tariff essentially for the rest of the world, and that's what they're gonna pay if they want to do business in the United States, because you can't sit down and make 200 deals."

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 28

“The added costs could raise prices for consumers unless pharmaceutical companies take action to mitigate the impact of the tariffs, one of the analysts said.” Mitigate? As in absorb the 15% and not pass it on to consumers? 😆🤣

Reuters @reuters.com · Jul 28

EU-US trade deal could add up to $19 billion in pharma industry costs, analysts say reut.rs/3UyBNCx

EU-US trade deal could add up to $19 billion in pharma industry costs, analysts say

The European Union's trade deal with the United States could cost the pharmaceutical industry between $13 billion and $19 billion as branded medicines become subject to a tariff of 15%, analysts said on Monday.

reut.rs

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 27

More songs for the revolution? Check out youtube.com/@hellswelles...

Jesse Welles

Come for the songs, stay for the songs

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 26

Tell us more please- name names from 80 and 90s ozone depletion deniers…

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 26

Israel’s genocide in Gaza is doing Eichmann proud. open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

The Gaza Rivera

Israeli society cheers on the Gaza slaughterhouse and sees in genocide not a crime, but a utopian fantasy.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 26

This one’s for you @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com ;on your favourite topic. Enjoy a well deserved vacation from all the stupidity.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Jul 26

Stupidity, warned Carlo Cipolla, wields more power than any organized gang or industrial military complex and seems to be a constant force in history.

In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events, writes Andrew Nikiforuk for the Weekender.

The Triumph of Stupidity | The Tyee

Fools pose the biggest threat warned an Italian historian. We’re living the proof.

thetyee.ca

Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 25

Amen! @charlieangus104.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Canada’s Boycott Is Freaking MAGA Out

A Canadian journalist contacted me the other day looking to get a sense of the current state of the Canadian boycott.

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Patrick Howard @patrickhoward.ca · Jul 24

@meiselasb.bsky.social great background on the @meidastouch on p-o’d Canadians. Check out journalist and author @stephenmarche.bsky.social on his new Podcast podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/g... you 2 should talk.

Gloves Off

Society & Culture Podcast · Weekly Series · An eight-part series about the threat to Canada’s sovereignty and what we can do about it. Hosted by journalist and author of The Next Civil War, Stephen Ma...

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