This is superb, from Sen. Kelly. Please watch. __ Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...

Every day that the pushback by Congress is muted, the more we can be sure Trump will take it asa green light to invade another country.

The Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to the United States: “The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”

Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland undermine NATO, but also risk fatally harming cooperation among the A7 Arctic states. Our Nordic allies are clear and united that Greenland is part of K. of Denmark and its future is for Greenlanders to decide. Canada must be as clear.

This is about Canada standing up for its friends and allies, but also for our own national interests. We should not tolerate a system in which the strong do what they want while the weak silently wait their turn. In such a world we cannot thrive, and may not even survive.

"In her statement, posted on the Danish government website, [Danish Prime Minister Mette] Frederiksen said she was addressing the US 'very directly'. She said Denmark - 'and thus Greenland' - was a NATO member and covered by the alliance's security guarantee"

Just a reminder that any politician cheerleading Donald Trump in Canada right now, Liberal or Conservative - is no friend of Canadians. It means acceptance of his policies and embracing the chaos and criminality of his administration. You can’t say “elbows up” and congratulate Trump.

youtube.com/shorts/NuLLc... yup. With the USA, it is ALWAYS about money and power…..

September 1, 1939: Using lies as justification, Hitler broke international law by invading Poland. February 24, 2022: Using lies as justification, Putin broke international law by invading Ukraine. January 3, 2026: Using lies as justification, Trump broke international law by invading Venezuela.

Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case

Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. Seasons Greetings to everyone else. Thanks to all #ArtAdventCalendar folk for all the beautiful images of your work and thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 Festival of Lights at VanDusen Gardens in Vancouver. A magical place.

Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark – a sovereign nation. Venezuela is a sovereign nation. Panama is a sovereign nation. Canada is a sovereign nation. Mexico is a sovereign nation. Ukraine is a sovereign nation.

This!!! #uspoli 👇

Of course this should be #ArtAdventCalendar Day 23

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2 A little skateboarding mouse ornament. My Christmas tree is filled with homemade ornaments. Years ago, I made the little mouse and my son did the skateboard.

Farewell to CBS News and "60 Minutes." It just went the way of the Washington Post's editorial page Once you begin surrendering to Trump, he always wants more. You can’t appease a tyrant. Some thoughts...

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 Seagull on the fountain. There are lots of seagulls near us because we live near the sea but they seldom come into my backyard. This one stopped to drink from my fountain. I was inside when I took this but it seems he saw me.

A thread about serendipitous findings when doing research and why AI can't do this. Worth reading.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 Winter scene at VanDusen Botanical Gardens. Unlike most of Canada, snow is maybe a once a year event in Vancouver. This was taken after one of those relatively rare events.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 This very colourful quilt is made from Kaffe Fassett fabrics. The pattern is Jolee by GEDesigns. It still needs quilting.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 Magnolia flower at VanDusen Botanical Gardens. Because it is dark and rather gloomy outside, I chose a photo from years ago of this beautiful huge Magnolia flower.

Bad experience with AI! The background: We had a small flood in our basement. Our stuff has been put in storage while restoration takes place. The basement had our master Telus Optik box and upstairs is a secondary box. I grabbed the master box and brought it upstairs to see if I could swap it.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18 - Portrait of Saffi. Another throw back from learning how to use my iPhone camera. This is my Goldendoodle, Saffi, in a rare moment of stillness.

Screw Trump, not a fucking chance in hell will we allow US dairy to flood our market & destroy our industry. The US has taken enough from us, & we will not capitulate to a madman. IDGAF what he wants, we need to keep certain areas separate & keep our country sovereign www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17 Baby Elephant Rock We visited Joshua Tree National Park 11 years ago and I saw this rock formation which looked just like a baby elephant!

Why is the media platforming the mainstream parts of his message instead of calling out his extremist views and pro-US stance?

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16 Cypress Pond in Autumn. Taken at VanDusen Botanical Gardens when we still lived in Vancouver.

youtube.com/shorts/3F5wi... this is beyond deplorable - no words……🤨😡

So, Hillary was correct in referring to some Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables"!

Miller and allies literally saying the same things that were said about his family when they came to the United States

Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia. In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15 Covid Bush. This one’s for a laugh. A volunteer at Government House Gardens in Victoria BC placed dried allium flowers around a round bush to look like Covid under the microscope. Some light amusement at a difficult time.

Sounds about right.

Tradition of African-American quilt-making by generations of women, Gee's Bend community, Alabama. The quilts are unique and viewed as one of the most important contributions to the history of US folk culture #WomensArt

John, one of my annual holiday traditions is to point people to a 2015 research paper that implicates Elf On The Shelf in the normalization of surveillance culture! I hate that little shit so much!!

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 View of Mt Baker from Anderson Hill in Oak Bay on Vancouver Island. This is always such a beautiful view!

Canadians ought to listen to this too. We could certainly do better than presently, but we certainly don't want to emulate the US!

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13 - Morning sky. One morning a few Decembers ago, I awoke to this amazing sky. Went out on the balcony and took this.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12- An as yet unfinished quilt top. This is Millie by GEDesigns. I was just about to start quilting it when our basement took on a bit of water from the atmospheric river that has hit the Pacific Northwest. It is safe, as are we, but it will be a while 'til I sew again!

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 Raindrop on a twig. A few years ago, I did an online course to learn how to get the most out of my iPhone camera and this was one of my macro shots. I like the reflection in the little droplet.

🚨Arresting US citizens who have not broken any laws is now acceptable practice in the United States of America. The only thing worse than being ICE is pretending that you don’t see what is happening to our neighbors. She isn’t a hero, she’s an American. 🇺🇸

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 An Abutilon flower in the garden at Government House in Victoria. Looks like a little lantern - or maybe a bubble skirt!

Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support Nor should he cede any land, it was an illegal invasion www.cp24.com/news/world/2...

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9 Easter cactus (Schlumbergera) flower. I have several Thanksgiving and Christmas cactuses but just one large Easter cactus. Used this bloom to learn how to blur the background a few years ago.

And the US ambassador to #Canada , Pete Hoekstra, wonders why #Canadians are upset about the annexation threats? This National Security document clearly lays out the #UnitedStates' ambitions to usurp Canadian sovereignty & make it a vassal state so as to control it & raid it of its resources. #Trump