Canadian Curmudgeon

@CdnCurmudgeon
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Unrepentant woke socialist, semi-retired writer & editor, ukulele player, aficionado of ERB, Godzilla, tequila, Chaucer, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Stoics, Homer, scifi, trilobites, Horace, & Wodehouse. Pro-science, pro-vaccine, anti-crypto, avid reader, skeptic, bread baker & pasta maker, anti-creationist. Tax the rich! Tax the churches! #NeverVoteConservative
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Canadian Curmudgeon1m ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaeFYGbK2M
The great friendship collapse: Inside The Anti-Social Century | Derek Thompson. “You can debate all sorts of things about how the texture of American life has changed. What you can't debate is the sheer, objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever.”
The great friendship collapse: Inside The Anti-Social Century | Derek Thompson

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Canadian Curmudgeon25m ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zpijANwCIQ
Crypto is not money. It’s not secure. It’s not stable. It’s just speculation wrapped in dogma — and a huge risk to society.
Cryptocurrencies are the giant economic con trick of our age.

They are based upon an ideology of hate: hate of government, hate of banks, hate of systems, and they provide nothing in exchange. There's no stability, no foundation, no proof of value, literally nothing at all.

Why Crypto Might Be a Big Mistake

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Canadian Curmudgeon47m ago
https://archive.ph/1fnwn
Border bill powers would allow warrantless police requests to doctors, abortion clinics, hotels
New powers in the government’s border bill would allow the police and CSIS to request information on whether people have accessed services from abortion clinics, doctors, hotels and other entities without a warrant from a judge, experts warn.
Canadian Curmudgeon1h ago
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details fascist dictator Donald Trump’s lack of sympathy for the murder and attempted murder of Minnesota state legislators and their spouses was outdone by Sen. Mike Lee, who has deleted but has not apologized for his “ugly tweets.”
Lawrence: Trump's ‘heartlessness’ was outdone by Sen. Lee’s ‘perverse’ tweets

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Canadian Curmudgeon13h ago
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-16-2025
MAGA loyalists have continued to radicalize in the wake of the shootings, spreading disinformation that blamed the violence on Democrats or joking about the event.
June 16, 2025

At a news conference today, acting U.S.

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Canadian Curmudgeon13h ago
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Donald Trump's 'All-American’ Smartphone IS MADE IN CHINA!!!
Donald Trump's latest grift, the All-American Trump smartphone, which they announced yesterday. They promised it was designed and manufactured in the United States, but as Jesse predicted yesterday, it is made in China. In fact, the investigation revealed that you can purchase the same phone (without the gold paint and Trump logos) for $169 on Amazon, rather than the $499 that Trump's is charging.
Donald Trump's 'All-American’ Smartphone IS MADE IN CHINA!!!

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"The U.S. Air Force has made an unprecedented mass deployment of KC-135 and KC-46 aerial tankers across the Atlantic from bases on the American mainland, fuelling considerable speculation that the aircraft may be intended to participate in the ongoing Israeli-Iranian War"

#USPolitics #Israel #Iran

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-forward-deploys-dozens-aerial-tankers-iran

https://bsky.app/profile/denisedwheeler.bsky.social/post/3lrrr3sxbck2x

U.S. Forward Deploys Dozens of Aerial Tankers Amid Possible Entry Into Israel-Iran War

The U.S. Air Force has made an unprecedented mass deployment of KC-135 and KC-46 aerial tankers across the Atlantic from bases on the American mainland, fuelling

Military Watch Magazine
Canadian Curmudgeon23h ago

https://www.muskwatch.com/p/starlink-turbocharges-lethal-jihadist
Starlink turbocharges lethal jihadist group in Africa

In the Sahel region of West Africa, an ascendant jihadist group is using Starlink, SpaceX's high-speed satellite internet service, to increase its operational capabilities, recruiting, and fundraising.

Starlink turbocharges lethal jihadist group in Africa

In the Sahel region of West Africa, an ascendant jihadist group is using Starlink, SpaceX's high-speed satellite internet service, to increase its operational capabilities, recruiting, and fundraising.

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Canadian Curmudgeon1d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94fOtGkykmM
Fascist dictator Trump's announcement threatening Democrat cities and fair elections draws FIVE ALARM FIRE response
BREAKING: Trump announcement draws FIVE ALARM FIRE response

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