Paul R. Stebbins

If only there were a Nobel Prize for heckling

Albertans should be furious about this. Danielle Smith: 1) Lowered the threshold for signatures on a petition 2) Extended the duration in which they could be collected 3) Continues to pretend the people who signed the Forever Canada petition wanted a referendum Shameless.

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Chrystia Freeland, the former Canadian deputy prime minister, explains why her country chose to fight back against Trump. open.spotify.com/episode/2lpb... youtu.be/pDZ7BaZDoe8?...

My hellebucks.com site has spread beyond my wildest expectations, with 700K+ pageviews. With news Hellebuyck's suspension is due to end, I've just updated the site with a new countdown. I also added a donation link for KidSport Manitoba. It has nearly $1,000 in donations already! Thank you, all ❤️

On this day in 1987, INXS released ‘Kick.’ With “Need You Tonight,” “New Sensation” and “Never Tear Us Apart,” it delivered 4 US Top 10 singles and turned the Australian band into global superstars.

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

There's new hope for reversing widespread coral decline go.nature.com/4hQid1j

Jeffrey Rath: "Next time around, we'll have a leader that believes in independence in charge of the UCP. We'll see how it goes when there isn't a premier in office that's rigging the outcome of the referendum."

He is a psychopath and he is psychotic. What's it going to take to get the American media to talk about it?

Every day is a good day to be thankful for Canada's federal political financing limits.

Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

This shift among separatists coincides with their abandonment of all things Danielle Smith. They have something in common with federalists. Everyone should vote No to the Nine.

The University of Calgary launched its new Electricity Centre this morning. It will be a place where researchers, policymakers & the public can intersect on the increasingly important issues surrounding our power grid, generation, distribution & emissions. Expect to hear more soon!

Denmark is trolling Trump.

Particularly funny and poignant if you've ever published anything on the internet.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Our military on their hands and knees wiping off the red carpet for the Chinese. A perfect metaphor for where we are with Trump. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

giving $10 to a rich asshole to receive $1 in return is trickle down economics summed up in one 2 minute video

NDP Wins Calgary-Shaw: A Warning For Danielle Smith @DuaneBratt's insights into what the @abndpcaucus win means for next month's referendum vote. Clearly a rebuke of @abdaniellesmith and @UCPCaucus. #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/hlH3HIvuulg

Everyone's focusing on the possibly-dead Mitch McConnell failing to do his job in Congress, but Mike Johnson is still alive and he isn't doing his job in Congress either.

Exclusive: The EU is set to announce plans for a far-reaching partnership with Canada, including on trade, security and supply chains

I'm designing a new introduction to marine biology course, which will be online and open-enrollment (anyone anywhere can take it, stay tuned). I'm considering making a series of related social media videos explaining key marine biology concepts. Would people be interested in that?

Maybe Carney should preemptively rename all the rest of the Great Lakes to "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump won't want to touch them. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

From now on, Canadians will refer to the United States as Epstein Island.

The fact that Trump wants to treat Canada as a vassal state rather than an independent sovereign is not lost on other erstwhile US allies.

There could not be a more blatant violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits any executive branch employee from "Using his or her official title while participating in political activity." Unlikely to be prosecuted, however. Will any news org even mention this? www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/7...

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A bunch of Spanish guys won a title in MetLife before the Jets

If ever a man deserved to be arrested while wearing capris it's this one

Oh God! I hope they don't let him have the mic! #FIFAWORLDCUP2026 #WorldCup2026

the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes

Amazing how many people over the last few years have moved from person I sometimes disagree with, to person I disagree with who is also unpleasant online, to genuinely bad person whose soul has warped beyond recognition. the politics of our times are like a solvent for decency.

Well, we may have lost but at least we look like we cheated

The most corrupt President in U.S. history calling in a favor from the most corrupt President of the most corrupt sports organization in the world. Surprising the whole planet wasn't sucked into this singularity of corruption.

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Sums it up nicely

I’m not too embarrassed that we are losing to Iran. It’s a big boy country with missiles and drones and so forth ran by stone cold killers. That’s NFL ball for you. I am a little embarrassed we are also losing to algae.