Local citizens want citizenship in country they don't want to be citizens of.

Passport, please: Would Albertans keep Canadian citizenship in a hypothetical independent state? | CBC News

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Having a stroke is getting a fingertip on your shoulder by Death. "No, I haven't forgotten about you," it says. "Your turn will come, just like it has for everybody else."

Book titles nobody will understand anymore due to technology: "The Glass Teat" and "The Other Glass Teat." Two collections of columns about television by Harlan Ellison, written in the 1960s, back when televisions had cathode ray tubes instead of flat panel LCDs.

Books that I have read purely because of the title: "The Sexual Politics of Meat." Won a prize at a book fair for that title. Apparently, women were considered to be too refined & too fragile to be allowed to eat too much meat in Victorian times. Author was vegetarian.

#cdnpoli I've been in hospital for a while. Canada is a bilingual country. I find myself instinctively recoiling from the pepper packets when the French side is up. the French word for pepper is "poivre," which looks an awful lot like "Poilievre."

Charlie Kirk = Horst Wessel Read some history.

A couple of decades ago I worked with a woman who was a stenographer. She worked as a court reporter until the government found a way to replace her with a computer. You don't see a lot of working stenographers anymore, unless they're working for the media, especially Conservative media.

A Christian commentator wrote that people seem to consider God to be their own personal "make a wish foundation" when they prayed. Americans who voted for Trump and who get upset with something he does or has done seem to be of the same mindset when they say, "I didn't vote for that."

Please, why won't the rest of the world come visit America and spend its money on our tourist attractions.

I watched a clip of Kevin Hassett, a Trump official, trying to justify a 50% tariff on Brazil. Throughout the interview, Hassett kept saying it was all part of Trump's efforts to bring in a "golden age" for America. He smiled the whole time. I remember now why I distrust people who smile too much.

How to look like Laura Loomer without getting plastic surgery.

Queer Eye for the MAGA Guy: Laura Loomer Edition

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American politicians have written to the government of Canada, asking if we can do something about wildfire smoke drifting South. Won't be long before Canada can complain to the US about the smoke coming from mass cremation of detainees.

When the best smile you can manage is one that says, "I really have pee but I'm stuck here with you."

I regret to say that, in my last post, I used "it's" when I should have used "its." Fortunately, I haven't yet used "less" when I should have used "fewer." The war against illiteracy requires eternal vigilance.

The Americans are asking Canada to please stop letting it's wildfire smoke from drifting South.

The term "moral injury" refers to being forced to witness or participate in actions that are morally offensive to you. Any Americans experiencing this or are you good with what's happening? I suspect that a majority, 69%, are just fine with what's going on. I'm not so sure about the rest.

#murderclowns The tragedy in Texas is your government in action, America. I'm waiting to see how Joe Biden was responsible. Perhaps Jake Tapper can get another book out of it.

An independent journalist who covers Canadian politics named Dale Smith coined the term "murder clowns" to describe provincial premiers whose inadequate handling of Covid led to deaths. I can't think of a better term to describe the Trump administration and all its enablers: murder clowns.

A few unpleasant truths about Evangelical Christianity. Trigger warning for Americans: This woman appears to be a brown person and speaks with a Spanish accent. /s

The ugly truth about evangelical Christians

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#cdnpoli With a few changes, this website could apply to Pierre Poilievre:

TED CRUZ FOR HUMAN PRESIDENT

100% Human Candidate

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Breaking news: Nazis say that they're not too sure if that Hitler guy is up to any good.

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I hear a lot of democratic members of congress say “republicans privately tell me they hate this.” Start naming names.

I'm kind of agnostic about whether there is an Afterlife. Nonetheless, I try to be kind (to non-MAGAts) and a decent person. The idea of spending eternity in Hell scares me, mainly because I would be spending it with Republicans and Conservatives from all over the world.

This is my 4th of July message to American resisters. We are in very dark times and it is going to get darker. But we must take back democracy and the rule of law at the grassroots and in the streets. We need to support each other across the border. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2G...

Fourth of July Message - Charlie Angus

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I'm a Canadian who works in healthcare. I'm not a doctor, nurse, or lab tech, but I do have access to people's health records, something I check before dealing with a crisis in Emergency. It hit me today that, no matter how marginalized a person is, they get healthcare. We don't want to lose this.

Charlie Kirk appears to have worms in his anus and RFK Jr has a worm in his brain. America! What a country!

I'm imagining an increasingly plausible scenario: Smoke from forest fires in Canada will compete with smoke from the cremation of those killed by ICE for our attention. The cause of both? Unrestrained capitalism.

To all Americans celebrating the 4th of July, I'd just like to say: "Happy National Day of Mourning for your country."