StrayCat🇨🇦

@straycatgood.bsky.social

🇨🇦 Retired Canadian teacher. Atheist (born Jewish) with Catholic wife of 40 years. Love learning, kibitzing and cordial arguments. Earth is fragile. Handle with care. Our grandchildren might need it! 🌎 🚫DM’s.

🇨🇦 I’m a Canadian atheist, but was born Jewish. Which means that for antisemites I’m a Jew. I hate how Netanyahu has responded to the grievous Hamas attacks. Many Jews do, including many in Israel. But I believe that both Isreal and Palestine have a right to exist. I’ve been hoping for my adult life…

🇨🇦 I can’t figure out if Aaron likes this guy or not. As a Canadian I’m in favor of universal healthcare, better public services, etc. However, I can’t get past him wanting to push Isreal into the sea. He won’t say Isreal has a right to exist. Can’t both Israel AND Palestine have a right to exist?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

🇨🇦 America. Always behind on true freedom. Weed has been legal nationally in Canada since 2018. Same sex marriage since 2005. Abortion since 1969. “Land of the Free” my ass! Free to shoot each other. Only country with more protections for guns than people.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d ago

James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."

🇨🇦 My wife and I have pretty much given up on caring what happens in America anymore. It’s become a human rights nightmare that’s damaging the global economy (especially Canada). Given up on the ideals of spreading democracy and freedom. Used to lead the world in fighting famine, poverty and disease.

🇨🇦 Serious question. Is there any reason that Trump monstrosities like the proposed Triumphal Arch can’t be torn down by future administrations? Just like many statues and such were symbolically destroyed after WW11, fall of the Soviet Union, etc.

🇨🇦 I’m really confused. Judge Pirro said she had plenty of evidence to convict the Olympian charged in the reflecting pool BS. Forget for a second that she had to reverse course. Isn’t a judge supposed to be impartial? Why aren’t Americans losing their minds about THAT?! What am I missing? 🤔🤷‍♂️

🇨🇦 Ever since we found out about his insane healthcare policies, we’ve referred to him as Stupid Kennedy. There’s a lot of Kennedy’s and even another RFK. Got tired of saying RFK Jr. is SUCH an asshole. It’s simple, easier and appropriate. 🤷‍♂️ (Batshit Crazy Kennedy was too long.)

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

RFK: "You were part of the problem." Bash: "No, I wasn't part of the problem." RFK: "It was absolute press malpractice." Bash: "Do you want to sit here and attack me or do you want to have a conversation about public health?"

🇨🇦 Consider the lengths they went to just to prevent Trump from looking bad. His lying is routine. But he literally created a conspiracy theory. Complete with arrests and fencing to “protect the pool”. HUNDREDS of people involved in this BS. Over the renovation of a REFLECTING POOL! 🤦‍♂️

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d ago

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

🇨🇦 CHERYL IN NOVA SCOTIA posted that the average completed data centre employs only around 50 people. I was skeptical so I Googled it. Between 10-100 people according to Google. I’m stunned. How did I believe their BS for so long?! An embarrassed Canuck. 🤦‍♂️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

🇨🇦 Your country is deporting hundreds of thousands of Haitians. It’s so dangerous, there’s a US travel ban in place for Haiti. You don’t get to judge human rights abuses in other countries anymore. This is the most egregious of the many human rights abuse happening in AMERICA. You’ve become barbaric.

🇨🇦 Something funny for a change. 🙂 I’m a retired elementary teacher. A Grade 5 student of mine handed in a story. What she meant to say was, “Then voila! It was gone.” She wrote, “Then WALLA! It was gone.” I gave her kudos for her use of French in her story. But to this day, I’ll say “WALLA!” to my…

🇨🇦 Absolutely on point. But I’m not sure there’s anything we can do about it. It seems many Americans simply don’t want to know. They also believe, in spite of this, that they have the world’s best education system. Mamdani terrifies the right. Which is both awesome and hilarious! 😉

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