Zen Heathen 🇨🇦

@ZenHeathen@beige.party
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Secular Zen Buddhist. Preachy. Cranky. Political.

"If you never get your ass on the cushion, you can never become Enlightened. If you never get your ass off the cushion, there is no point to becoming Enlightened." -Me

I don't always do follow-backs, so please don't expect it--it's not you, it's me.

Expletive-laden. Accept, or find another corner of the internet.

(Header image: Cherry blossoms.)
Avatar image: Cartoon Zen monk saying "Fuck".)

BYE AMERICAN
BUY CANADIAN

PlaceCanada - Forever Free
PronounsHe/Him/His
StuffZen & Buddhism, ADHD, Canadian politics, houseplants, sci-fi, Linux, yada, yada, yada...

I recreated a thread I wrote elsewhere about the Conservative Party's Policy Declaration on my non-news website with additional thoughts, links, and accessibility so it can be shared on FB, Insta, and Threads in Canada where they ban news links.

Let people know what's happening and share it everywhere!

https://shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/project-2025-in-a-toque

#CdnPoli #CanPoli #Canada #CanadaElection #CanadaElection2025 #Election2025 #CanadianElection #Election #Elections #Fascism #NeverVoteConservative #NeverConservative

Project 2025 in a Toque? A Tour Through the Conservative Party of Canada’s Policy Declaration Before Voting in the 2025 Federal Election | ShiverYourTimbers.com

I read the latest Conservative Party of Canada [CPC] Policy Declaration from September 2023, and hoo boy. It’s such an alarming read that a Bluesky user called it “Project 2025 in a toque.” It has a number of pretty concerning sections, and after I finished reading through it, I couldn’t stop thi

Shiver Your Timbers
Okay, c'mon, Motrin old buddy. #BackPain

Someone deeply involved in those illegal "deportations" to El Salvador is a CANADIAN, looped in with lots of important stuff here. You really should watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8El6gbYHx0
(YouTube link to what seems to be an exclusive from journalist Rachel Gilmore.)

(Just... ignore it when she pronounces "Roadrunner Freight" as "Roadrunner Fright"--I don't know what that's about.)

SCOOP: The Canadian tie to Trump's El Salvador mass deportations

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"The Trudeau government failed our veterans during the lost Liberal decade," says Mr. Poilievre "I will restore Canada's military while cutting spending"

— How would that work?🤔
"We're going to end the woke culture & we're going to bring back a warrior culture".
Mr. #Poilievre also pledged his Conservative govt would cut what he called "wasteful foreign aid"

#elxn45 #cdnpoli #canada #veterans

"the lost Liberal decade" ⬇️

Just in case you thought he'd forgotten...

From the White House press briefing today: “The president still maintains his position on Canada: The United States has been subsidizing Canada’s national defence, and he believes that Canadians would benefit greatly from becoming the 51st state.”

Our upcoming Canadian federal election remains the most consequential in generations. #elbowsUp #CanadaStrong

#MApleMAGA #elxn45 #VoteApril28 #cdnpoli #canada

An Open Letter to Canadians: Your Anti-Trump Boycott Is Crushing MAGA And It's Inspiring The World https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-canadians-your?r=6uyb5&triedRedirect=true @cdnpoli
An Open Letter to Canadians: Your Anti-Trump Boycott Is Crushing MAGA And It's Inspiring The World

From Soaring Loonies to Global Solidarity—Your Impact Is Unstoppable

Dean Blundell

Canada’s RW is trying convince Canadians that even though they have one the highest standards of living in the world, the way to make it even better is to stop doing all the things that made it possible.

The only way such logic works is through hate and fear. I didn’t think it could happen here. Be careful up there. #CanPoli

👋 #Fediverse Friends

The US has provided a "Rat On Them" form for Reporting Healthcare providers who offer gender affirming care.

👉 ** It really would be a shame if their servers were overwhelmed with bogus reports, eh.
Pretty sure you know what to do with this.

👉 Boosting this might create issues so think about it first, right....

VPN = ON

EDIT : WHY ARE CANADIAN PROVINCES LISTED?!!

#2SLGBTQ+ #Children #Trans #Healthcare #USpoli

https://www.hhs.gov/protect-kids/index.html

This is a new level of slimy, there's not even a "not now", just two versions of "yes"