Philip Rafuse

Philip Rafuse

@pjrafuse.bsky.social

🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦 Husband, father, progressive centrist, liberal Christian, pro peace and pro military (yes, they go well together in a liberal democracy) and supporter of the great country 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇺🇦.

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Philip Rafuse
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Trump says deal with Canada close, but he holds “all the cards” - CTV News Canada holds all the cards as we are weeks away from having free trade with nations totaling 3 Billion people. A market of 0.35 Billion people on the verge of a bond debt collapse seems small 🥔. apple.news/ASI11AdcyT-m...

apple.newsTrump says deal with Canada close, but he holds ‘all the cards’ — CTV NewsCanada and the U.S. are close to a trade deal, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. Progress on the Canada-U.S. trade file has been relatively opaque since talks fell apart in August.

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Marty Taylor
@realmartyt7.bsky.social

Ted Cruz claims Abdul El-Sayed would share top secret information with terrorists if elected Cruz offered no evidence to back up his outlandish claim except his own prejudices Meanwhile Hypocrite Cruz has no trouble with Trump literally sharing top secret info with Putin and Russia #USDemocracy

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Jon Cooper
@joncooper-us.bsky.social

NEW: Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker, wife of Governor JB Pritzker, announces she’s sending $500,000 to Amy Acton after Vivek Ramaswamy’s truly vile ad featuring Acton’s estranged mom.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone. After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches. Residents say that brown water flowing off the site is going into a stream that feeds the Oulujoki River. Continue reading...
Philip Rafuse
@pjrafuse.bsky.social

Parody issue - but let's hope Carney does become Time Magazine Person of the Year. Trump would go ballistic.

Colleen@collburns.bsky.social

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Philip Rafuse
@pjrafuse.bsky.social

So true. Universal healthcare isn't free as we pay through taxes. But no one person or family gets overwhelmed with cost. That said, in the Canadian experience there is still a lot of out of pocket for medication, physio, dental care etc.

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Marie 🇨🇦
@pawbaby2.bsky.social

Mark Carney just roasted Trump without even mentioning his name! 😂 Canada is reducing its dependence on the U.S., and Carney jokes that Americans might call it election interference because they’re a little touchy down there! That’s how you handle a bully. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong #USDemocracy