10.03.2026 19:48
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Long live 8 March, Fighting Woman's Day. (Yugoslavia, 1945)
Morning.
“Just 22% of Canadians think Pierre Poilievre is the best choice for prime minister.”
The threat the notwithstanding clause poses to labour rights - rabble.ca rabble.ca/labour/the-t...
Sex workers at the forefront of the erosion of online privacy rights - rabble.ca rabble.ca/feminism/sex...
Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.
Over half goes to private defense contractors.
This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids.
The leadership of the US does not reflect the people of that country. Pretty clear in protests you’ve seen from Portland to Minneapolis.
Trump and Republicans keep getting asked what’s next in Iran. Their answers are “hopefully” this or “we hope” that.
Hope is not a strategy, and a plan built on hope alone is how we end up in decades-long wars that cost thousands of American lives.
Iran’s military (ranked world’s 16th) counts 600,000 soldiers. US has 450,000 in active duty. Iran has a pretty significant stock of missiles and drones, too.
It ain’t Venezuela, that’s for sure.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Straight to the front for the kid!
With apologies to Jabba!
Crossing the country on @viarailcanada.bsky.social ‘s The Canadian earlier this month, we were often forced to wait in a siding until a long freight train had passed.
That slowed our avg. speed down to 47 km/h. (In 1955, the avg. was 63 km/h).
Modest proposal…
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Fact-checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Harrison Faulkner: Hockey programs should be more heavily subsidized across the country. The cost for Canadian kids to become goalies is far too high. Rink fees are outrageous and ice time needs to be seriously reconsidered. Pricing kids and Canadian families out of the game while bulldozing historic hockey rinks is insane. Ripping the heart of hockey culture and demonizing Hockey Canada to score political points has a detrimental impact on the country. It should be a right for Canadian kids to play hockey, not a privilege.
Canada's Olympic hockey defeat is driving right-wing influencers into the arms of socialism
Danielle Smith Is No Separatist. She's Much Worse via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
