Barnshooter

Barnshooter

@michaelcaus.bsky.social

Military veteran, university grad, retired contractor. My interests: writing, travel, laughter, art and culture. Very happily married.

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Coal company to receive $95-million in settlement with Alberta over policy flip-flop - The Globe and Mail No wonder the U.C.P. can’t afford to vaccinate Albertans. The second settlement of many. Billions lost to lawsuits and no heads rolled. A friggin’ shame.

Trump’s latest tariffs hit new group of Canadian industries, but details are hazy - The Globe and Mail Tough to run a business when the goalposts keep moving and the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.

Alberta to legislate authority not to enforce international agreements Canada signs - The Canadian Press Smith, et al, are wandering in the wilderness. They need to put their own house in order.

My grandmother often said when we were gallivanting about, “ If you don’t constrain yourself, you’ll have the morals of an alley cat”. She was a bit of a puritan who obviously had never met a Republican.

Poilievre calls for more legal protection for Canadians defending homes from intruders - CBC News Conservatives play book panders to the fears of people, as always. Pee Pee needs to be more constructive.

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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points: •Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus •Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship

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Appreciation post for this incredible American showing up in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s own district to say HELL NO to the chaos, cruelty, and coverups. When grandmas are grabbing neon signs and oxygen tanks to speak truth you know the tide is turning.

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Not a single legislator that voted for yesterday’s bill will ever content with its terrible consequences. That’ll be up to caregivers, clinicians, and unsung people trying to do the right thing who are left to shoulder the burden. We must hold those that did this accountable.

Trump administration cancels $766 million Moderna contract to fight pandemic flu - The Canadian Press A repeat of the same mistake that caused unnecessary Covid deaths? Prevention denied.

Conservative election platform pledges $75-billion in tax cuts, referendums before future tax hikes - The Globe and Mail Referendums cost money and are nothing but stall tactics, you blithering idiots.

Opinion: Mark Carney's washed up Liberals are incapable of change - National Post An article full of non sequiturs, the Conservative Party of Canada needs better vision to attract voters.

Christopher Dummitt: Liberals trying to lure Canadians back like a terrible ex - National Post Yellow journalism, a staple of Conservative thought. Putting non-sensical parts together and hoping for some resonance.

Trump accuses British artist of painting ‘truly worst’ portrait of him - The Telegraph I don’t know, I thought the artist got the ‘quarter pounder with cheese’ jowls exactly right.

U.S. Commerce Secretary criticizes Canada’s tariff strategy hours before meeting with Ford and LeBlanc - The Globe and Mail Accusing Canada of being “tone deaf” is the height of irony Mr. Nutlick. Instead of tariffs, why not renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.