Douglas Ogg
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A very silly Canuck Writer & Humorist / (Mostly) Former Cartoonist
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“Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people." Michael Palin
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Canadian Paintings
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Soldier and Girl at Station Alex Colville 1953
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Brittlestar
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Check it out:
PlacesSheShapes.co.uk
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I'm no aviation expert, but I think you probably want to make sure any plane you buy actually has an engine. And wings.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/kristi-noem-spirit-airlines-planes?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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It's times like this when you really wish you had worn long pants.
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Carl Quintanilla
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com
@faroutmagazine.co.uk
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I suspect the actual total is higher, as many of the costs are covered by (ie: hidden) in other budgets.
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Compare and contrast.
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Calling it "Das Poutine" was a dead giveaway.
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John P de New 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺
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Germans will fly over the US soldiers stationed in Germany and drop chocolate bars from DC3s because the US soldiers are not being fed by their own US govt? Talk about full circle.
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🦋Elizabeth🦋
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‘South Park’ Takes On Trump and Wins Bigly “It’s not that we got all political,” said Trey Parker, one of the show’s creators. “It’s that politics became pop culture.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
#BlueCrew
#NoKings
#Resist
#TheAbsurdityOfTrump
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‘South Park’ Takes On Trump and Wins Bigly
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/media/south-park-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Your tax dollars at work.
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Worth noting
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Alert Austin Powers! Goldmember has taken over the White House.
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🇨🇦 The Cantankerous Canuck 🇨🇦
2 days ago
In related news, Jeffery Dahmer named "Saint."
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Tim 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🖖🏻
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
2 days ago
Gifts that say “I care.” And also “ya absolute tool.”
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
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YouTube is the best viewing option for me —
youtube.com/todmaffinvideo
as that's the only platform where Canadians like me can get money for views 🙂
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Tod Maffin
Your Emotional Support Canadian 🇨🇦 Like Mr. Rogers. But for adults. 📰 NEWSLETTER https://join.FarAndWide.news ✅ MY LINKTREE: https://beacons.ai/todmaffin
https://youtube.com/todmaffinvideo
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the artist formerly known as 'that guy'
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Forgotten Man | Maynard Dixon Oil on Canvas, 1934
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The world could have easily done without one more accountant or lawyer, but not with one less Python or Fawlty Towers proprietor.
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Locking the fire escapes ...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZQ_rE...
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Exit Wounds
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZQ_rE5MBOlg
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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦
3 days ago
Vern liked the simple pleasures in life
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Reminds me of that classic Winnie The Pooh bit where Pooh Bear gets stuck in the doorway.
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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁
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Friday fun
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Dia VanGunten / Writer
4 days ago
Today’s vintage cover….
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Kaitlin Kal Lee
4 days ago
I think the fact so many Americans rally behind a rapist just displays what the every day victim experiences. They don’t even care he’s a rapist.
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Duncan Jones
4 days ago
Posting again just to underline the fact that the X algorithm is VERY CLEARLY DESIGNED to feed far right material to new users… It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.
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Petra Michaela
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"When the government starts locking the fire escapes ..."
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Just a preview of the chaos yet to come
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Up to 1,800 flights a day could be disrupted by airport cuts; California to be hard hit
California airports are expected to be hard hit by a dramatic reduction in flights as the Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports to maintain travel safe...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-06/why-california-could-be-so-hard-hit-by-airport-capacity-reductions-safety
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In Book of Lives she writes that, “Most Canadians felt there wasn’t any Canadian writing, and even if there was some, it was bound to be second-rate. Real writers came from elsewhere.”
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
@margaretatwood.bsky.social
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Margaret Atwood on reading palms, getting older — and holding grudges | CBC Radio
Margaret Atwood’s new memoir Book of Lives explores how the world has shaped her writing, and how that writing in turn shaped her life
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/margaret-atwood-book-of-lives-9.6961609
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10 to 1 it'll be a TESLA
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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Gretzky to Ovechkin: 'You get to 900 and I might buy you a car'
On the occasion of Alex Ovechkin breaking his NHL goal-scoring record, former record-holder Wayne Gretzky was thinking about cars.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/gretzky-ovechkin-car-900-goals
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Good. How an old man manages to work all night without taking any breaks is nobody's damn business.
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the artist formerly known as 'that guy'
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Christmas Eve | Julia Andreevna Petrova
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In Book of Lives she writes that, “Most Canadians felt there wasn’t any Canadian writing, and even if there was some, it was bound to be second-rate. Real writers came from elsewhere.”
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
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Margaret Atwood on reading palms, getting older — and holding grudges | CBC Radio
Margaret Atwood’s new memoir Book of Lives explores how the world has shaped her writing, and how that writing in turn shaped her life
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/margaret-atwood-book-of-lives-9.6961609
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“... it was in large part a party held to celebrate others’ suffering.”
ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman...
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Paul Krugman Unpacks Real Reason Behind Donald Trump’s ‘Grotesque’ Halloween Party
The "unspeakably vulgar" bash was held for one reason, argued the famed economist.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman-unpacks-real-reason-082812381.html
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Brittlestar
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Bom Dia, Portugal! My little book (Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism) is now available in Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, and Italy!
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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁
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Adam Kinzinger
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Blowout. Maybe the GOP should reopen govt now
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Imagining Cuomo & Dershowitz leaving NYC today on a bus today.
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So many great books coming out this season. "McCartney, a more oddball artist than his reputation suggested, was a wayward decision-maker."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Wings by Paul McCartney review – a brilliant story of post-Beatles revival
A compelling oral history traces the rise one of the most successful bands of the 70s from the ashes of a creative breakup
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/05/wings-story-band-on-the-run-paul-mccartney-book-review
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In case you haven't heard, Patti Smith has a new memoir out, and it sounds wonderful. Poetry, she writes, "formed a map that led to the kingdom of the infinite imagination".
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trailblazer Patti Smith on influencing artists like Taylor Swift
Patti Smith's new memoir is about love, pain, her musical journey and discovering her true identity.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr038ze97yo
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Brittlestar
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I wonder if the bus Cuomo takes to leave New York will be free?
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Robert Reich
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.
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“... it was in large part a party held to celebrate others’ suffering.”
ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman...
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Paul Krugman Unpacks Real Reason Behind Donald Trump’s ‘Grotesque’ Halloween Party
The "unspeakably vulgar" bash was held for one reason, argued the famed economist.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman-unpacks-real-reason-082812381.html
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Brittlestar
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youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...
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Watching the various US election results roll in… Democracy is coming to the USA
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Go Dubs #DubNation
5 days ago
I donate every month, a small amount.
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Brian Eno News
5 days ago
Making Talking Heads: Remain In Light
#BrianEno
#DavidByrne
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
5 days ago
NEW!
#Kelowna
gets its own Healthcare Infusion!
kelowna.healthcareinfusion.org
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