Paul Schmidt
@pmschmidt.bsky.social
Former Catholic Principal, lifelong learner, mentor with learned and colleagues, concerned citizen, film enthusiast, Views are my own
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
When will the Opposition recognise grandiosity and danger in the fantasies of the POTUS
When will the Opposition recognise grandiosity and danger in the fantasies of the POTUS
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
When will the Opposition recognise grandiosity and danger in the fantasies of the POTUS
When will the Opposition recognise grandiosity and danger in the fantasies of the POTUS
Doug Ford criticizes Canada’s tariff deal on Chinese EVs
It’s all about free trade (reduced tariffs) until it isn’t. Never a nuanced response from Ontario’s Chief populist. Remember this guy was a Trump devotee!
It’s all about free trade (reduced tariffs) until it isn’t. Never a nuanced response from Ontario’s Chief populist. Remember this guy was a Trump devotee!
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Doug Ford criticizes Canada’s tariff deal on Chinese EVs
It’s all about free trade (reduced tariffs) until it isn’t. Never a nuanced response from Ontario’s Chief populist. Remember this guy was a Trump devotee!
It’s all about free trade (reduced tariffs) until it isn’t. Never a nuanced response from Ontario’s Chief populist. Remember this guy was a Trump devotee!
Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences
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Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences
Why moral certainty keeps bad ideas alive in our schools
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October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences
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Largest elephant for the Private sector is a Referendum to leave Canada and that’s why the Non project can’t fly.
Largest elephant for the Private sector is a Referendum to leave Canada and that’s why the Non project can’t fly.
Opinion: Alberta gets oil pipeline politics bouncing again
The pipeline is still not even on the drawing board. But political questions will be raised anew after Smith’s proposal
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October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Largest elephant for the Private sector is a Referendum to leave Canada and that’s why the Non project can’t fly.
Largest elephant for the Private sector is a Referendum to leave Canada and that’s why the Non project can’t fly.
Make America Stupid again!
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Opinion: When a presidential rant causes headaches for pregnant women
Women should not have to suffer pain unnecessarily because Donald Trump wants simplistic explanations for complex problems
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September 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Make America Stupid again!
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“It’s disturbing and concerning someone so close to the Prime Minister is so closely associated with Big Tobacco, a major purveyor of carcinogens, which is inconsistent with official government policy” Don Davies Interim NDP leader. Beware major projects lineup!
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“It’s disturbing and concerning someone so close to the Prime Minister is so closely associated with Big Tobacco, a major purveyor of carcinogens, which is inconsistent with official government policy” Don Davies Interim NDP leader. Beware major projects lineup!
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
August 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Convicted felon meets War Criminal in Alaska to settle geopolitical crises. What could possibly go wrong?
August 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Convicted felon meets War Criminal in Alaska to settle geopolitical crises. What could possibly go wrong?
The Nelkocracy
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The Nelkocracy
The idiot interviewer and the propaganda problem
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August 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Nelkocracy
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Great commentary Mandy!
Great commentary Mandy!
Abbas Abdulmalik (@abbasabdulmalik)
Jewish actor, Mandy Patinkin, who played the part of Inigo Montoya in the movie The Princess Bride, has an important message for all Jews regarding Gaza. Listen. Nothing more important can be said.
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July 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Great commentary Mandy!
Great commentary Mandy!
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Opinion: Who will have the courage to raise the idea of higher taxes?
With the federal deficit booming we need to talk about how to tax more – or not tax less
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July 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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…This kind of obsessive focus on identity politics is partly what drove voters away from the NDP under Mr. Singh. The party was shut out of Ontario in the federal election as working-class voters moved to the Conservatives and centre-left ones to the Liberals….Amen. More feared Policy renewal now!
July 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
…This kind of obsessive focus on identity politics is partly what drove voters away from the NDP under Mr. Singh. The party was shut out of Ontario in the federal election as working-class voters moved to the Conservatives and centre-left ones to the Liberals….Amen. More feared Policy renewal now!
Blame Me for the GOP
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Blame Me for the GOP
I was there. I should have done more.
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July 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Blame Me for the GOP
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…Experts fear that with no clear end to the spread in sight, the country is barreling toward another turning point: losing elimination status, a designation given to countries that have not had continuous spread of measles for more than a year. NYT
July 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
…Experts fear that with no clear end to the spread in sight, the country is barreling toward another turning point: losing elimination status, a designation given to countries that have not had continuous spread of measles for more than a year. NYT
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Smoking Gun
Smoking Gun
Review: Former Facebook exec’s tell-all memoir Careless People is the book Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want you to read
With funny and sharp storytelling, Sarah Wynn-Williams reveals the ugliest sides of one of the world’s most powerful companies
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March 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Smoking Gun
Smoking Gun
Clearly one of the Wharton schools finer minds at work
Trump on Greenland: "Denmark is very far away. A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually ... we really need it for national security ... maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there."
March 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Clearly one of the Wharton schools finer minds at work
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Tim Snyder unravels what matters after WH meeting
Tim Snyder unravels what matters after WH meeting
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March 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Tim Snyder unravels what matters after WH meeting
Tim Snyder unravels what matters after WH meeting
Ukraine rejects Trump’s call to give up its rare earth minerals
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Statesman meets convicted felon
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Statesman meets convicted felon
Ukraine rejects Trump’s call to give up its rare earth minerals
Kyiv has refused to accept the US offer of a security guarantee if it hands over its rights to precious materials used in mobile phones and electric cars
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February 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ukraine rejects Trump’s call to give up its rare earth minerals
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Statesman meets convicted felon
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Statesman meets convicted felon
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February 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Q&A: Ron Deibert on the Wild Wild Web
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The Q&A: Ron Deibert on the Wild Wild Web
The Citizen Lab founder on "rattling the cages of some very powerful entities"
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February 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Q&A: Ron Deibert on the Wild Wild Web
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Reposted by Paul Schmidt
It’s time for the surviving G7 democracies to seize Russia’s frozen assets fully to pay for Ukraine’s defence. Before Jan. 20, it made more sense to use them as an endowment. Now they need to be used fully, in part to deliver a message to Putin and Trump
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Canada should have the power to seize Moscow’s frozen money, even if it’s unwise to use it
The only likely way the invasion of Ukraine will end is when Vladimir Putin ceases to be Russia’s leader; at that point, economic leverage becomes a potent tool again
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February 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s time for the surviving G7 democracies to seize Russia’s frozen assets fully to pay for Ukraine’s defence. Before Jan. 20, it made more sense to use them as an endowment. Now they need to be used fully, in part to deliver a message to Putin and Trump
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