how many billions will be transferred over the next year to members of ICE/CBP, their wives, and the girlfriends they met in their previous jobs as school resource officers

youtu.be/ZmagG6Odkow?... Maria Farmer speaks out. #IBelieveTheSurvivors

Merry Christmas one and all....

JFC

What he and a lot of Americans don't get can be summed by what a European delegate to the Halifax Security Forum told the Congressional delegation in attendance: "We can never fucking trust you again!"

It’s unfortunate that the American unions which populate these auto plants thought otherwise, as they pushed Trump to maintain the tariffs. Now those same unions are paying the price through layoffs. I hope the Detroit 3 crash hard, allowing Canada to break www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

A consequential, insightful read - and why I have so much hope for the youth of today. When we are told the young support authoritarianism, stats tell us otherwise - it’s the 40-50 somethings who have turned towards the dictators. Much as www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

overseas, including Australia, Sweden and Russia. Some images also appear to come from northern Yukon.”

locations, giving viewers a misleading impression of what mining in the area would look like. Wildlands League reviewed the ads and published a video online identifying where the images came from. Baggio says the footage includes scenes from provincial parks in Canada, as well as locations

false impression that the project is already well advanced, according to Anna Baggio, conservation director at Wildlands League. Baggio says the ad relies on stock footage and does not actually show the Ring of Fire. Instead of real images from the region, the ads use visuals taken from other

For your consideration as to whether you opt to complain to the Competition Bureau: “The images in the ads show fully developed underground mines and processing facilities, even though no such mines currently exist in the Ring of Fire. This creates a www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...

Canada, in one video www.instagram.com/reel/DSIU6nd...

despite of the retraction, Health Canada continues to endanger the safety & well being, in refusing to shift it’s assessment of Round Up, when EU, other nations have banned it. “Their scathing retraction letter cited court documents that show Monsanto www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/111/...

Note cutbacks at US food inspection agency, the agency CFIA relies on to monitor our imports. CFIA has warned about of $200M shortfall in deferred maintenance costs & lacks the $s to modernize its infrastructure. Recall LPC Govt budget cuts: “Canada’s food www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/15/n...

For your consideration as to whether you opt to complain to the Competition Bureau: “The images in the ads show fully developed underground mines and processing facilities, even though no such mines currently exist in the Ring of Fire. This creates a www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...

Applies to importers who bring in more than 50 metric tonnes/yr & nations who don’t have a carbon pricing mechanism - so much for LNG exports to EU: “CBAM is a first-in-the-world policy by the European Union that charges fees on imports based on how much www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/n...

An incredible community coming to Scarborough. Perhaps communities around Toronto can prioritize LEED community of co-op, co-housing & social housing built on geothermal energy? : “One Planet Living www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/news/toronto-scarborough-coop-housing-geothermal-heating

Well done, Min @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel to all my family and friends. May peace, joy, laughter and hope fill your days and hearts during this season of giving.

will shape Canada’s trajectory in the year ahead. Two words were elevated above others in the national consciousness this year: Sovereignty and resilience.”

aware of separatist thugs amongst us in 2026 & beyond: “If 2025 was a referendum on the question of leadership and what citizens in a democracy want during a time of crisis, Canadians decisively chose excellence over chaos. Canada chose to build rather than to burn it all down – a decision that

Im so proud of my fellow Cdns - faced w/ an ugly group of thugs bent on consuming us, with quiet confidence, we showed our determination and resilience in supporting each other & this vast nation of differing regions, called Canada. But we should be www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

I hereby pledge never to use AI generated slop on my Bond account. You?

For those entities or folks who opt to rely on the convenience of AI, you will begin to see a real limit to their potential as innovation, creativity & critical thinking suffers: “In a study by MIT’s Media Lab, researchers asked participants to write SAT www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...

Im so proud of my fellow Cdns - faced w/ an ugly group of thugs bent on consuming us, with quiet confidence, we showed our determination and resilience in supporting each other & this vast nation of differing regions, called Canada. But we should be www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

A damn shame PM Carney’s prioritization of fossil fuels, while completely ignoring wind/solar, means this innovative Cdn entity must look elsewhere for sales: “Its long-duration technology, known as advanced compressed air energy storage, is designed to www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

That Pr Smith has publicly repeated the baseless accusations by both podcasters, speaks volumes of the level of unseriousness in her leadership. Thugs, MAGA North style: “The podcasts produced by Mr. Wallace and Mr. Di Fiore have repeatedly disparaged Mr. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

For those interested in the details of the plan Ukraine has negotiated with the US, please see link archive.ph/202512241225...

And, also… Gambling-related bankruptcies have quadrupled in Ontario since iGaming's introduction As Ontarians wagered $82.7 billion on iGaming last year, frontline workers say more people are seeking help for problem gambling 🙈 theijf.org/article/onli...

Oh, look. It must be pressure point time on Trump, opting again, to threaten Canada as a diversion strategy:

I don’t see how Monty gets the net back anytime soon. The 2 rookies give the team a chance to win every game. Then again, few local media will admit to that, other than Mr @brianwilde.bsky.social . Secondly, Bolduc just doesn’t seem a fit w/ Suzuki & Caufield. Maybe Dach ‘s return leads to a change

For those who have begun to moderate their Buy Cdn purchases, have a look at recent GDP numbers. The economy is weakening. Please, where possible, continue to prioritize buying local, avoiding travel to US & supporting the US economy. Keep your resolve! To our US friends - I hope you understand.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

In the past week, I've seen stories of AI: - being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students - calling innocent people sex offenders - shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars - emitting more CO2 than New York City What the fuck are we even doing?

This is factual #Canada The most recent report (2022) projected that CPP contributions to base CPP and additional CPP will exceed annual benefits paid until 2025 and 2057, respectively. Link www.cppinvestments.com/the-fund/our...

Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

What me? Of course I'm not just hiding peanuts in the snow. You have no evidence of that. I NEED more or I will starve. Look at me I'm skin and bones. #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels

I'm sure the money went to feed hungry families.

346 donors have each shelled out at least $250,000 to Trump-aligned organizations and projects. At least half have benefited from his policies or actions — including pardons. Here's what you need to know about Trump's pay-to-pardon scheme. https://youtu.be/NflcWXdV-B0?si=-IZPsTPWFeqOrZIB

I really can’t wrap my head around Pr Ford‘s plan on building/attracting new casinos to Niagara Falls, when most people are now using cell phones to gamble, in 2025. This premier can’t seem to leave behind 20th business models or investments. And that’s why we are in the economic dilemma we are in.

AI generated search at its worse - the spread of disinformation. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Trump’s Epstein problem: “Among those were “at ‌least four flights” on which Ghislaine Maxwell was also aboard. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. On one flight, the only three passengers www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

From CBS’s pulled segment on the men Trump deported “Venezuelian gang members” to El Salvador. From G&M.

If this indeed is the Liberal plan they need to reverse this it’s stupid. My mother-in-law and my brother-in-law both have caregivers that provide support at least 12 hours per day. They need this help.

New Edition performed Candy Girl and a Xmas tune, on The View today - w/ grey hair or shaved heads. They were my gen’s boy band. If that doesn’t seal the deal that we’ve all become old, lol.

I have much respect for the practical & truthful way in which Interim Leader Mr Davies has charted NDP through this self reflection and analysis period. Cdns will respond to pragmatic new leader for NDP - emphasis pragmatic. That’s the moment we are in. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/19/n...

and now on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lenF...