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So, doom scrolling the News the past few days - the War Criminal in chief launching strikes on Iran; targeting children's schools, hundreds of 7-12 year old children killed. Front page shows the 4 US soldiers killed in the illegal/war-crimes strikes.
The hundreds of children of course are irrelevant, they're the "others".
The President and his staff have gone - to quote Tropic Thunder - "Full Retard".
I hate to go against popular opinion but this isn't a war they're going to win.
You only need to look at History to realize that it's been a very long time since the US has won any war, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, countless others, they only kill innocent people and make life hell for survivors. They have no success stories. There will be no happy outcomes for them.
And - don't get me wrong, Iran needed a regime change, but it needs to do that itself. The reason they have the regime they do - is - surprise surprise a result of US meddling. In the 70's they were a thriving liberal democracy, but US destabilization made this regime possible.
Of course, the revelation that they're trying to hasten the Apocalypse to bring about the second coming of Jesus; well, that's just more nonsense fuel on the fire. Everything is a deflection from the impending elections, the Trump-Epstein Files, the ICE violence and violations. That's one thing they're doing right - it's just that's not what most people voted for.
Anyways, as Evil as the Iran Regime was we have sufficient proof now to more than make up our minds that Netanyahu/Trump alliance is going to be even worse. So put on your seatbelts, it's going to be a hell of a ride...
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And, being somewhat of a trash panda from time to time I'm in one of the local pizza places, named after a Norse God. And I notice the wall, and on the wall there are written all the different types of pizza they make, and I can see a "Poseidon" and "Neptune" and the thing is why did he need to switch mythologies, and why do the oceanic gods have no seafood on their pizza? I'm seeing bacon, sausage, pepperoni, etc, etc, but no shrimp or clams or fish and I'm half inclined to give him a bit of a classical education but - well; that would be a dick-move beyond even me.
Still, an annoying trifle...
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Canada, other than CBC, really doesn't have a national media landscape.
Here's an infographic culled from Facebook (Not Canadian):
It's a plug for CBC, which - as much as I'm not-so-much a fan, is still the best we have. No wonder the Conservatives want to shut it down.
Now - this puts in perspective the reprehensible comments by Brian Passifiume from the Toronto Sun:
Our media is not our own, it's controlled by a very few American billionaires pushing Trump's agenda. Cancel all American owned media, support local journalism, and if you live in Ottawa maybe please inform Bryan Passifiume that the far right might deserve a few bullets as well.
Oh, and if you live in Calgary, their local equivalent is "Rick Bell", who frames the actions of Danielle Smith as that of a leader and not an orange-knob-gobbling-goblin of the Fourth Reich.
Enough is enough, we need to retake control of our nation and narrative. Conrad Black's conviction; and then subsequent pardon, should be assurance enough of his complicity. Cancel any subscriptions to the above-listed newspapers, and check to see any new subscriptions you acquire are not in any ways American owned or influenced. And if you live near any of these rage-bait columnists maybe stop by with an "eh, brought you a Tim Hortons" and reeducate them as to our values.
Meanwhile, "The Beaverton" does a fine job of summing up and describing the situation.
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AND I'm shopping local, looking for bumperstickers to ornament my Son's van, things like "Shaggin' Wagon" and "If this Van's a rocking...don't come a knocking" and holographic little Unicorns and Bigfoots and Rainbows and all the things a tree-planter needs to advertise their lifestyle...
It's a Canadian site. And I get to check-out, register, and bloody hell if they don't try and charge me $20 shipping...
For a handful of bumper stickers that would fit all together in a 8X11 envelope.
No. Fucking. Way. But it pisses me off I spent so long looking for the right stickers, filling my cart, only find the grand fleece at the end is the bogus shipping charge...
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This annoys me, especially as it's several months in and they've had plenty of time to rotate their stock.
Everything they sell, organic, free range, free of chemicals, pesticides, gluten, etc, etc.
But - 3, 4 months later and almost all of the produce (and a lot of their processed foods) are come here via the USA. Only they label it differently, Onions from Oregon (onions are also available from Alberta, I know, Save-On has them), Asparagus from California, soft drinks and bubbly waters, largely US, virtually 80% of the produce is US sourced, and all these-feel-good-hippy-dippy hippies are buying it without complaint.
You would think, them being so politically enlightened and left wing and all, but nope, as long as it's organic that trumps any international politics or border disputes...
Pisses me off...