Robin Edgar

Over 25,000 Montreal homes without power after ice storm, 200,000+ across Quebec Over 25,000 homes in Montreal remain without power following the ice storm, 200,000+ affected across Quebec.

Over 25,000 Montreal homes without power after ice storm, 200,000+ across Quebec

Happy John Aubrey Day – 400 years old today! The original stone botherer, who recognised the Avebury stones for the prehistoric marvel they are, and rightly commented that the site 'doth as much exceed Stonehenge as a cathedral doth a parish church'.

Can you say "projection"?

Fugate about it. . .

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today I saw some peregrine falcons yelling at each other

This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

Federal prisons to lose library technicians, employment co-ordinators in budget cuts | CBC News Correctional Service Canada plans to cut library technicians and employment co-ordinator positions in federal penitentiaries, a move critics worry could affect inmate recidivism and reintegration.

How about @mark-carney.bsky.social cut back on a few subsidies to US corporations & the blind can have free postage & the incarcerated the opportunity to read & learn?

Critic calls move 'the hollowing out of a core rehabilitative service'

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

Peter Hegseth and his staff have to learn to accept the fact that there is no such thing as a flattering photo of him.

Also, grow the hell up.

Gift article:
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#USpol #DoD #DefSec

Who is on CBC's blacklist? The news of a CBC Blacklist came out yesterday when former CBC employee Travis Dhanraj presented to a parliamentary committee.

Who is on CBC's blacklist? open.substack.com/pub/noralore...

“Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers.”
— Chris Hedges

As a country we have made a lot of mistakes in foreign wars over the last 2+ centuries. But I’m not sure we have ever looked as feckless, foolish, incompetent and ridiculous at the leadership level than right now.

#BlameThePolitians

Iris Gorfinkel: We’re blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people As wait times soar and millions struggle without a family doctor, the old “blame the immigrants” narrative has made a comeback in Canadian politics and media. This kind of rhetoric

We’re blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people. The old “blame the immigrants” narrative has made a comeback, by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com

One in five Canadians over 50 facing material deprivation, survey finds A new national survey suggests a significant share of older Canadians are struggling to meet basic needs, with one in five people aged 50 and older experiencing a standard of living comparable to the ...

CANADIANS OVER 50 - a grim snapshot

57% feel lonely
20% live on the poverty line
11% can't afford dental care

Ref: 2025 National Institute on Ageing - survey of over 6,000 Canadians aged 50+

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

What scares me is that MEASLES is turning into "old news"

It's one of the most contagious viruses known...& the canary in the coalmine.

Its spread reflects how VULNERABLE we are to other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Each new report is an URGENT CALL TO ACTION

💉💉💉

Who could possibly have forseen a foreign government retaliating for being bombed while literally trying to negotiate a peace treaty?

Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.

"U.S. military investigation determined in its preliminary findings that the United States conducted an attack on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children."

"[F]indings directly contradict assertions by [..] Trump."
#USA #Iran #Education #Military #Weapons

Ice storm prompts Montreal to relax some parking rules montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Imagine if we spent $11 billion a week on affordable housing

Our Strategic Gaslight Reserve is overflowing, so there’s that.

Officer having 'anxiety attack' took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a n...

Cops are murderous cowards.

"A Black man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a state investigation." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

US military spent $9 million on crab legs and lobster in the months before Iran war Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also authorized the $100,000 purchase of a Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, according to a watchdog report

I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Élections Québec confirme faire enquête sur la course à la chefferie de Pablo Rodriguez

L’institution reste toutefois circonspecte sur les détails de cette investigation.

Just when you thought the job market couldn't get worse:

Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown - 1990s intro & credits YouTube video by GreenShieldy

In related news. . .

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