Cathy Dobson

With trafficking for forced criminality & cyber-scam centres increasingly impacting #SouthAsia 🌏 it’s important that responses are coordinated cross-regionally and that lessons learned Southeast Asia are shared to other Bali Process Members

Tesla Vandalism Surges in Canada as Trump and Musk Face Backlash More than 80 Teslas were damaged in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said, amid other acts of vandalism against the company owned by Elon Musk.

More than 80 Teslas had their tires punctured and bodies scratched at a lot in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said on Thursday.

U.S. Air Force intercepts aircraft flying near Mar-a-Lago Air Force fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near Donald Trump’s Florida home Sunday, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since the president took office on Jan. 20.

Air Force intercepts aircraft flying in a restricted zone near Mar-a-Lago

Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.

Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired as Elon Musk’s government-cutting project targets the Veterans Affairs Department. “Lots of people don’t understand how important these roles are,” a hospital administrator said.

“We need more treatment, more facilities because people get addictions, they lose their jobs and they lose their homes.

“We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”

TRUMP'S GANGSTER ECONOMICS AND THE MYTH OF AMERICAN AUTARKY "We will build a wall.

Canada is Trump's number one enemy.
There is dark method in his madness. American Autarky is the economic philosophy of MAGA.
They stole it from Nazi economics.
It is about building a tariff wall and relying on politics of plunder.
Please read my latest.
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Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

In Trump's America meanness and cruelty is the point.
A nation this divided cannot stand.
They are eating each other raw.
Stay strong Canada.
#elbowsup
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What a different world we could have.

What the….

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RECLAIMING RAINBOW PARK

“Homelessness in Rainbow Park became an addiction issue and that’s where we’ve got to find solutions.
"We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”

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Wise man in a sweater in his home library 📚 contemplating: I don't know what word in the English language --I can't find one-- applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets. The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to approach it. ~Noam Chomsky

Wise man…

Residents of the Walkerton, Ont., region line up to register for a new family doctor last month.

In rural Ontario where health-care is hurting, voters decry PC candidates missing debates www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Six of nine candidates made their case Tuesday for why they should be elected the next Sarnia-Lambton MPP. Noticeably absent was incumbent PC Bob Bailey. Election coverage from @petroliaindie.bsky.social and @cdobsonnewsnviews.bsky.social: petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/18/s... #ONpoli

Just wonderful writing on the 60 Minutes piece on President aMusk dismantling of USAID

"The world's richest man cut off aid for the world's poorest people."

Well done.

Sheryl Crow sells her Tesla, donates proceeds to NPR The singer recently dumped her Tesla in protest of the company’s owner, Elon Musk.

Sheryl Crow sells her Tesla and donates proceeds to NPR

Port: It's not just about kids, and it's not just libraries Legislation under consideration in Bismarck wouldn't just restrict access to books in schools and libraries. The language of the bill also applies to private book stores.

A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.

For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.

A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.

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Mama Told Me (Not To Come) YouTube video by Three Dog Night - Topic

Heard it. Decided to post it. Enjoy
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Pierre Poilievre vs Mark Carney: A heated exchange on pipelines YouTube video by Financial Post

Poilievre interview with Carney on pipelines where Carney "schools" Poilievre who very obviously does not understand.
Carney - "Mr Poilievre, I'm trying to explain a little bit about how the economy works." #cdnpoli #peipoli
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Consumer watchdog agency seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired scores of its workers.

Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided

Cyndi Lauper review – a freedom fighter’s swan song Forty years after her feminist breakout hit, the New York singer bows out of live performance with a show rich in colourful pop and personal anecdotes, while never losing sight of women’s basic rights…

Cyndi Lauper review – a freedom fighter’s swan song

Public libraries are amazing!
Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library?
Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?

The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton (@petroliaindie.bsky.social) The source for news from Lambton County, Ontario

The Independent nominated for nine provincial awards

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Lambton-Kent public board revamps travel regulations in wake of educators' Hawaii conference

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The end of the St. Clair River 'blob'

Forty years after Dow spilled perchloroethylene, the final part of the clean up is underway

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#NEW: from
@cdobsonnewsnviews.bsky.social
- Sarnia-Lambton incumbent MPP Bob Bailey is not attending a single all-candidates meeting this campaign. petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/11/b...

The National Homebuilders Association of America 🇺🇸 is begging Trump not to implement tariffs on Canada:

Sarnia non-profit LTC manager alarmed by cost of dementia housing project in Petrolia

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ANALYSIS | Ontario parties promising family doctors for all. Here's how the plans compare | CBC News All the main parties in the Ontario election campaign are promising to ensure everyone in the province has access to a family doctor. For voters who care deeply about this issue, the question of which...

NEW: Here’s what the main Ontario parties say they’ll do to fix the family doctor shortage, and how their promises compare. #onpoli

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