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🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ | ELBOWS UP | Floridalberta | "Who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" Chico Marx in "Duck Soup", Mussolini's least favourite movie “Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats.” Jerome Powell
A reminder for anyone not aware that Iran has been dealing with a water crisis and drought for several years now. This article is from almost two months ago.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
War on water.
@reuters.com
So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right
"I think what we’re seeing is 11-year-olds with the most powerful military in the entire world, which is a pretty scary thing to see in action. And also, doesn’t it really look, from the New York Times reporting at least, like Netanyahu just bulldozed Trump into this?" trib.al/mFVyK5H
“Alberta is not ready at all. It’s almost completely unready,” adds Patrick Lennox, a former director of intelligence with the RCMP, now turned security consultant. “There is no capacity whatsoever to push back against that form of misinformation and disinformation..."
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“If we're relying on the RCMP to save us from foreign interference during a provincial referendum, it’s not gonna happen. And I would say the same for CSIS and for any kind of regulatory body, frankly,” said security expert Patrick Lennox. Story by #ableg @iciemmanuel.bsky.social
On the left: an image of fighter jets flying over Canada's Parliament Hill building against an orange background. On the right: text that reads “Canada is already at war with the US—we just don’t know it yet. Conflicts don’t always start with an invasion.”
Donald Trump’s insults and threats are designed to normalize a condition of enmity between the US and Canada, writes Patrick Lennox. “They are an absurdist denial of our independent statehood—on repeat—until it begins to ring true.” https://ow.ly/o4ti50Yqw8C
A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.
Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m. wapo.st/4aYkbco
Press conference not happening today at noon; has been pushed to tomorrow at 2 pm.
Per press release:
You know who does believe in Rules of Engagement? Ukraine Does.
You know who does not? Putin's Russia.
Guess who the USA is now modelling itself on?
* KUWAIT CONFIRMS CUTS IN OIL PRODUCTION AND REFINING THROUGHPUT
@bloomberg.com
Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet.
It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.
Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.
"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
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Here we go again.
“.. threatens to hike the cost of the metal used in auto parts, appliances and beverage cans.”
@bloomberg.com
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"Esquire eic David Granger said the article 'intrigued me on a level of basic curiosity about what is true and what’s not. In the first place, one of our duties is to amuse and entertain our audience. We took great pains to keep from deceiving people'."
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Mr. Junod pushed the edges at a time when a big story in a monthly was read by everyone. In 1997, he sent shock waves through Hollywood when he slyly outed the actor Kevin Spacey in a cover story. In 2001, he made up parts of an interview with the R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe because he found him boring in real life. Some journalists and media critics felt Mr. Junod had crossed the line. He reveled in the controversy.
Wait, what?
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/s...
Fabricating interviews should be a career-ending ethics violation for Tom Junod, a là Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass.
Yet legacy media kept him on and he even inspired the Tom Hanks Mr. Rogers movie.
Why do white men get away with lying through their teeth in the press? (Rhetorical)
A senior UAE official tells Reuters that Iran's regime's actions have created a deep trust gap in the region that could last for decades despite Islamic Republic officials thinking they will be able to revert to the status quo.
UAE official says Iranian aggression against non-combatant Gulf states must end immediately, warns missiles are now central to any future deal with Iran, and says the attacks have created a huge trust gap that will last decades. -Reuters
Thank you to Alison for sending me these wonderful books for my research library!
(And Berton thanks you for the pat on the head :))
Have something to send my way? You can at:
Craig Baird
PO Box 2384
Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta
T7Z1X8
Gaëtan Dugas sits outdoors on a wooden fence or rail beside a lake. He is wearing a green long-sleeve shirt, light blue jeans, and a patterned scarf or bandana around his neck. One leg is crossed over the other, and his hands rest on his knee. Behind him is a calm blue lake with forested hills and trees along the shoreline under a clear sky. Tall grasses and plants are in the foreground.
After Gaëtan Dugas of Quebec City discovered he had HIV, he worked closely with doctors to provide invaluable information.
Then he was erroneously vilified as Patient Zero of the AIDS epidemic after his death.
It took decades to clear his name
This is his story.
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Grew up in rural Alberta. Have spent all 43 years of my life in this province. Been very politically tuned in my entire adult life. Always thought of myself as small-c conservative. And now I’m feeling every bit of this Craig Baird editorial. #ABleg
macleans.ca/politics/i-d...
Incredible- we're likely to see a state where AVERAGE diesel prices have risen by $1/gal in the last 7 days later today.
UKMTO WARNING 016-26 UPDATE 001
As war chokes off Strait of Hormuz traffic, Chinese ships are not getting special treatment. New tracking data shows Chinese vessels have largely halted transits, underscoring Beijing’s exposure to instability in a region critical to its energy security.
www.csis.org/analysis/no-...
Inspired by ProPublica’s new database, I created a visualization of the nearly 400 LLCs that make up Trump’s business empire.
That and more in this week’s newsletter. Read! Free!
www.howtoreadthisch.art/where-trumps...
