Interesting how he tries to distance himself from the Israeli govt and military, as if the police are some wholly distinct and separate entity.
As David Shulman notes, the police have been turned into a vicious ultranationalist militia under the command of Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Edmonton’s police chief traveled to Israel during a genocide to meet with local police leaders.
The Israeli police play an instrumental role in protecting settlers and facilitating terrorism/ethnic cleansing throughout the West Bank.
Oof
The Globe now has a story up (via Reuters).
“If a U.S. role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East.”
Solid analysis on Iran (free link: archive.is/hlxFV)
Tanya Tagaq’s new album is a fearless and brutally cathartic anti-war statement.
My review of ‘Saputjiji’ for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
(@tanyatagaq.bsky.social)
Tanya Tagaq’s new album is a fearless and brutally cathartic anti-war statement.
My review of ‘Saputjiji’ for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
(@tanyatagaq.bsky.social)
The Star did find space for an interview with War-Mongerer-in-Chief David Frum, though.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The killing of 165+ students at a girls' school in Iran has also been largely ignored in Canadian media.
As far as I can tell, neither the Toronto Star nor the Globe and Mail has run a standalone story on Saturday's attack.
Terrible news this week but I’m heartened by this image of J Mascis on a ski trip
Carney defends Israel’s “right to defend itself” after a “preemptive strike” by American/Israeli forces killed at least 50 students at a girl’s elementary in southern Iran
You got this 🫡💪🏼
NEIGHBORS on HBO is just wild. The “self-defence” scene in epsiode 2 had me laughing harder than anything else on tv this year
“If you’d like to witness human evil at its worst, come with me any day to the West Bank,” Israeli scholar and Hebrew U professor writes in @nybooks.com
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers in the West Bank stood by and watched as 14-year-old Jad Jadallah bled out from a close-range gunshot wound.
The soldiers blocked Palestinian ambulances and Jad’s mother from reaching him.
The IDF says Jad threw a rock.
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers in the West Bank stood by and watched as 14-year-old Jad Jadallah bled out from a close-range gunshot wound.
The soldiers blocked Palestinian ambulances and Jad’s mother from reaching him.
The IDF says Jad threw a rock.
I’ve experienced two Stanley Cup losses and a World Series heartbreak in less than 20 months.
Nothing can hurt me now
Double minor
Credo quia absurdum
The Tkachuk Brothers make me sick
Superhuman
www.noarmsinthearts.com/scotiabank-d...
Campaign statement on the divestment here:
Over the past couple years, a common refrain among Canadian authors who didn't support the Giller Prize boycott was that the campaign had a point, but was unlikely to 'make a difference.'
Scotiabank had a $368-million (US) stake in Elbit at the end of 2022. Now it's $0.
I discovered Israeli government procurement documents showing a Canadian group that's sending right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel was granted funds from Israel's foreign ministry
The funding came through an arm of the ministry focused on managing “public perception of Israel”
Reviewed the star-studded new Danny L Harle record for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
No paywall:
Here's a profile of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, the synth pioneer who was handed the miracle of a career resurgence a decade ago, and who has a new album out today.
Now Glenn needs another miracle: to keep making music through dementia – and to find a home www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
This photo of Chief Demkiw looks exactly like the Mr. Krabs meme
I don’t see a problem here
