Elaine Bougie Gilligan

Elaine Bougie Gilligan

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Profile budgie avatar (Zacky) seems a propos for BlueSky. We had budgies for 30 years, almost all adoptees, and I've volunteered with Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary. Interested in the arts, politics and pressing social issues of our time.

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🚨 A bombshell new House Judiciary Democrats report details allegations from 11 women linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, including five who accuse Trump of sexual assault. The report also alleges a sweeping DOJ cover-up. We broke down the explosive findings.

meidasnews.comBombshell House Report Accuses Trump of Involvement in Epstein Sex Crimes, DOJ Cover-UpHouse Judiciary Democrats detail allegations from 11 women linking Trump to Epstein and accuse his Justice Department of a sweeping cover-up.
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www.vancouveropera.ca/tosca/progra... 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐚- 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟗, 𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦; 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟏: 𝟐𝐩𝐦 The splendour of last night's VOA Tosca was somewhat eclipsed by an electoral landslide for Conservatives in BC's election. I knew Tosca arias but for my first live performance this was grand. ⬇️

vancouveropera.cavancouveropera.caComposed by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Premiered January 14, 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, Italy With the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Opera Chorus, and the Vancouver Opera Children’s Chorus Sung in Italian with English SurTitles™ Approximately 2 hours 20 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission Costumes supplied by the Canadian Opera Company, designed by Kevin Knight This production of Tosca is a Co-Production of Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera. Props were built by members of IATSE 168 and IATSE 118. The set was built by Pacific Opera Victoria by members of IATSE 168.
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𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐑𝐄-𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋, 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐂 Some of Gord's photos of the basilica Oct 5/26 when my cousin Rachelle Cournoyer took us to this fine cathedral before the start of our tour of Quebec/Ontario which wrapped up Oct 16 in Toronto. ⬇️ www.basiliquenotredame.ca/en

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We were very grateful for how much Rachelle and her husband Peter put themselves out to help us see more of Montreal, driving from their nearby Dorval community, while she dealt with a leg injury and Peter was somewhat under the weather. We got to see much more of the city as a result.

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... apparently. Our friend died after her suspicions about COVID vaccinations made her delay getting one when she actually qualified to get it early. The week she finally made an appointment to get the vaccine, she was hospitalized and then died of the virus.

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Beyond individual issues of people radicalized by social media, especially on FB, the film implies that the platform had a direct influence over such phenomena as the US Capitol insurrection (Jan6/21.) I am thinking about Alberta's separation referendum and the AI or offshore FB accts weighing in.

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I had an interesting conversation after the film with a woman seated nearby who said she 'lost' 3 close friends to conspiracy theories promoted on Facebook. That didn't happen to Gord and I but an acquaintance of ours was sctually lost, who gleaned her news from FB, as do 45% of Americans... ⬇️

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"CBS Colorado cameras captured two fellow detainees carrying Edward Nalwamba from the GEO-operated ICE detention facility to his ride after staff reportedly refused to allow him to use a wheelchair beyond the facility's gate." www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new... ⬇️

cbsnews.com78-year-old priest carried out of Colorado ICE facility by fellow detainees after judge orders releaseA 78-year-old Ugandan priest who spent more than a year in immigration detention was released from an Aurora facility Tuesday.
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I keep wondering how much average Americans know about the cruelty being carried out in their name, supposedly to make the country safer. There is so much propaganda afoot and deliberate suppression of facts.

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞/𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, #𝐔𝐒 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬/𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐒 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 #Trump #Hoekstra www.cbc.ca/news/politic... (See below for article link re US meddling in/trying to help break up Canada) ⬇️

cbc.caU.S. Embassy says Carney government brushing off 'potential interference' in midterms | CBC NewsThe U.S. Embassy in Ottawa says the federal government is brushing off concerns about "potential interference in U.S. elections" after Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted that Canada is not getting in...
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This follows comments by US Treas. Sec. Scott Bessent (Jan/26) who described Alberta as “a natural partner for the US” & praised the province’s resource wealth and “independent” character during an interview with teal America’s Voice. (Alberta separation was rejected by 76% of voters Oct 19/26)

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Since beginning this term President Trump often said the entire nation of Canada should become America's 51st state & tried to insult our leaders by calling them Governor, displayed maps claiming Canada as US territory. Denying Canada's independent existence is a severe form of political meddling.

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞/𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, #𝐔𝐒 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬/𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐒 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 #Trump #Hoekstra www.cbc.ca/news/politic... (See below for article link re US meddling in/trying to help break up Canada) ⬇️

cbc.caU.S. Embassy says Carney government brushing off 'potential interference' in midterms | CBC NewsThe U.S. Embassy in Ottawa says the federal government is brushing off concerns about "potential interference in U.S. elections" after Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted that Canada is not getting in...
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Rather than directly financing Canada's universal system, any financial exchanges between the two nations stem from bilateral trade, such as U.S. energy imports. A trade deficit essentially means American buyers paid for products they received — it isn't a cheque directly to Ottawa. ⬇️

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It sounds like Trump is trying to conflate his trumped up grievances against Canada, which he uses to justify tariffs against us, with a shaky defence against the well-founded criticism the US is the only advanced economy in the world without some form of universal public health care.

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'They spend our money very unwisely': Trump rants about 'losing US$90 billion' to subsidize Canadian health care ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/spend-m... Correction to Donald Trump's latest absurd complaint against Canada, which he wants to annex, and tariff into submission. ⬇️

ca.finance.yahoo.com'They spend our money very unwisely': Trump rants about 'losing US$90 billion' to subsidize Canadian health careU.S. President Donald Trump recently claimed the U.S. loses $90 billion a year to fund Canadian health care, but published data shows the assertion is completely unfounded.
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I don’t even know what that means

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𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐒, 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 🍁 On my walk home in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, BC I started taking phone pix of crimson trees. Most around here are not vivid red but I saw some of the intense hues we expected to see driving through the Laurentian Hills in Quebec, the week before last. ⬇️

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I thought we might be too late in our Oct 4-14 tour of Quebec and Ontario, to see famously intense fall colour but it turned out we were a bit early. Still a lovely trip (including Montreal, Quebec City, Mont Tremblant, Ottawa, Niagara Falls, Toronto) but a bit shy of my "seeing red" expectations.

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"...conservative commenter Andrew McCarthy wrote that Trump is giving Putin “aid and comfort.” Those words echo Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution, which defines treason against the United States, as “levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social

October 18, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 18, 2026Tonight Lingling Wei, Alex Leary, Thomas Grove, and Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has proposed a meeting next month with Trump and China’s pres...
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𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲'𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞́𝐚𝐥, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜🍁 Gord's photos at Wilensky's in Montreal on our visit to Quebec & Ontario from which we returned Friday. He will add Wilensky's to his forthcoming slide show/talk on vintage restaurants/diners, this grouping all located in places other than Vancouver BC. ⬇️

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"This legendary lunch counter was founded as Wilensky's Cigar Store in 1932 by Moe Wilensky. It was located at the corner of St. Urbain Street and Fairmount Avenue but moved to its current location in 1952. " Currently run by Sharon Wilensky, Moe’s daughter, woman behind the counter in these photos

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... PART OF ANOTHER #DATA_BREACH These data breaches happen with sickening regularity and I got the email from Save-On Foods that I'm in the list of customers whose data was stolen. Previous breaches of used-once accounts like Ticketmaster and a medical testing lab ... ⬇️

cbc.caSave-On-Foods loyalty program members had personal information accessed in cybersecurity breach | CBC NewsA major Canadian supermarket chain has notified customers in its loyalty program that their personal information was accessed during a cybersecurity breach. The chain says it discovered the activity o...
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... resulted in those companies giving a year's free credit monitoring. I don't shop often at Save-On but they require rewards program use to get access to reduced prices. Now I'm just annoyed they required personal info to get a few $ off purchases, then didn't keep that info safe.

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WHAT'S HOLDING IT UP? TRUMP BALLROOM Michael de Adder, Canadian editorial cartoonist kickbacks pay-to-play corruption conflicts of interest political access influence peddling reciprocity

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NOSTALGIA for FRIENDLIER 🦅US-🍁CANADA DAYS We are on a trip to central Canada fr. our Vancouver home & my husband reminded me 2 years ago today we started a Washington State visit to the Olympic Peninsula, timed just in case Trump was re-elected. Didn't conceive he would be THIS hostile to Canada.

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"We made changes" editorial cartoon Michael de Adder Oct 13, 2026 Donald #TRUMP with a nuclear trigger suitcase, featuring Los Angeles and San Diego as targets. Trump remarked during a rally in Nebraska that Iran could "take out Los Angeles" or "take out San Diego" as a "small price to pay." ⬇️

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#NIAGARA_FALLS panning from the American to the Canadian horseshoe falls at the right (yesterday.) Just said goodbye to an Aussie couple in our tour group who rode in the same cab with us back to Toronto (paid by the tour.) Just a small # of us stayed in Canada while most of tour grp went to NYC.

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#NIAGARA_FALLS We've walked along the top promenade closer to the Canadian Horseshoe falls. Even from this distance you start to feel the spray. This is definitely the highlight of our trip to Quebec and Ontario, I've never visited the falls before.

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“JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy [who] stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.”

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social

October 13, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 13, 2026This afternoon, the President of the United States posted two videos of lions and tigers attacking humans.
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#NIAGARA_FALLS We've walked along the top promenade closer to the Canadian Horseshoe falls. Even from this distance you start to feel the spray. This is definitely the highlight of our trip to Quebec and Ontario, I've never visited the falls before.

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US #Niagara_Falls, after our Niagara Cruises boat trip past them & then into the wild spray of the Canadian Horseshoe falls. Gord & I couldn't see anything of the Canadian Falls while in all that wild water blowing at us. We've had a snack ashore & we're going to go and search of an outlook point.

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US #Niagara_Falls, after our Niagara Cruises boat trip past them & then into the wild spray of the Canadian Horseshoe falls. Gord & I couldn't see anything of the Canadian Falls while in all that wild water blowing at us. We've had a snack ashore & we're going to go and search of an outlook point.