James Gemmill

I had a relative who started giving people ball point pens when her dementia got really bad, don't know what made me think of that just now

I'd pay top dollar to see future Councillor Bula take - should he ever be re-elected - Councillor Klassen out to the woodshed.

And Montague. And Sim.

But Klassen first.

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we have saved daylight

but at what cost

Muller has got to be the greatest aging superstar signing in…well…Vancouver history

#Whitecaps going to win all the games. Top tier

Renewable Energy and National Security The wind and the sun don’t need to transit the Strait of Hormuz

Krugman. The threat to our economy posed by dependence on fossil fuels has been obvious for ages, and it has always been a mystery to me why Republicans are so determined to ignore it.

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/renewable-...

The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war The White House is using memes that make light of violent combat in Iran, mixing footage of real missile strikes with clips from action films and video games.

Less than a week after an airstrike killed dozens of children at an Iranian elementary school, the White House posted a video of bombing footage mixed with clips from movies and video games.

Many online were outraged by what they said was a callous joke.

I know it's all completely stupid and bad faith, but I'm looking in my little book of 20th Century history to see which political party controlled the US government during WW2...and...oh...right.

I hope Ted lasso season 4 is about a Scottish premiership coach just fucking breaking the spirit of an earnest NFL team

South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign

I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.

Coat congestion pricing needs to be implemented. Also my family has a bottomless supply of coats and sweaters.

I keep adding hooks so my family will hang up their coats instead of dropping them randomly throughout the house on chairs & banisters & sometimes the floor and it works for about a week and then the hangers get full & the coats end up everywhere again & OMG IT'S INDUCED CONGESTION

In a political twist unimaginable when Russia began its full-scale invasion four years ago, the U.S. is requesting Ukraine's military expertise to help intercept Iranian drones.

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Iranian warship hit by US torpedo did not carry ammunition, say Indian sources The ship was reported to be taking part in naval exercises hosted by New Delhi and was 'defenceless'

So apparently the Iranian frigate was unarmed per requirements of the Milan 2026 naval exercises, and we knew the ship was unarmed and defenseless.

I really cannot understand the decision to fire on her accept as performative sadism.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian...

One reason that people are overlooking when they try to figure out why Trump started this war: Because he could. Trump is a child, and he has a bunch of toy soldiers. He wants to make them fight before they're taken away in 2029. Don't give him credit for thinking beyond "I can do war so I will."

U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

The face of a man realizing his Six Sigman lean-certified black belt certificate might not have been money well spent.

IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield — Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

so Iran has apparently knocked out and destroyed / disabled to some extent two U.S. THAAD batteries

This is a massive deal. Aside from the expense, this is not a weapon system we just have a ton of lying around. You don't replace these easily.

defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...

Turns out yes

Things are going great

Ben Mulroney accidentally shares video with fake footage of him being a respected media figure TORONTO - Ben Mulroney, temporary host of Global News’ political affairs program The West Block and self-proclaimed “Not A Journalist,” recently accidentally shared a fake footage video of him being a...

Ben Mulroney accidentally shares video with fake footage of him being a respected media figure

“No stupid rules of engagement”

Things are going great

Is it really so hard for Mark Carney to say something like this instead of constantly defending US breaches of international law?

Fallout [2025]

The whole world is just Spider-Mans pointing at one another right now

This is right. And people hate to hear it, but Joe Biden’s single most important task was to Trump-proof the US.

His task was to destroy the Republican Party to punish them for Trump, salt the earth over them, and implement big structural reforms to stop future R minority extremism.
And he failed.

Man, who could have foreseen the downside of publicly aligning yourself with an administration of lying preening assholes?