I am one of ~40 million Cdns. Worked for 38 years before retiring at 60. Proudly woke..i.e. care. Elsewhere: @ smetharp.bsky.social

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Kyiv. A five-story residential building is on fire after a russian morning strike. People woke up to explosions. Their homes are now on fire. russia is a fucking terrorist state.
We went to bed, slept, and woke up to explosions. Kyiv is under attack this morning. russia is targeting residential areas. Again.
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So your friend had time to take pictures. Did they have time to ask if this person was okay? This has to stop. It’s not a secret that North America has a crisis with potent, poisoned illicit drugs in both conservative and liberal jurisdictions. Taking photos of it helps no one. I don’t care what political party you’re from. Using someone at one of the lowest moments of their life as a prop to score political points and win votes is absolutely disgusting. That’s a human being. Someone’s loved one. Not your campaign material. 🤬🤬 #BCpoli
Realtime update from a friend: this what David Eby has given Kelowna.
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Hwy 1 westbound is absolutely nuts right now. A massive convoy of dump trucks is heading toward Vancouver protesting low rates and the insane cost of diesel. Nearly $3 a litre for diesel in Vancouver. Trump did that. 🇨🇦
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We went to bed, slept, and woke up to explosions. Kyiv is under attack this morning. russia is targeting residential areas. Again.
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Today, russia brought another day of terror to Kyiv. Just look at how the capital of more than 3 million people is forced to live. 7 people killed. 59 injured. This is what one day of russian terror looked like in Kyiv. 🧵1/6⬇️
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Bill Clinton: "Some days I can hardly believe what is happening in this country that I love so much. People in charge have created one set of rules for themselves and another set for everyone else. They've weaponized government to settle personal scores, prosecute enemies, stamp out free speech. They've even made the federal government a new profit centre for themselves and their allies."
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May I suggest you volunteer in a Palliative Care Unit. I worked in a hospital during my university days, quite often in the PCU. I have seen human suffering up close, vivid images dating back 40 years. MAID is a choice of dying without inhumane pain.
Canada's National Shame Canada's so-called "Medical Assistance in Dying" is out of control, with horrific abuses that are often only covered by international media and independent bloggers. Meanwhile, when foreign Parliaments debate the issue, everyone agrees that they cannot allow what has happened in Canada to occur there. One day there will be commissions of inquiry, and our grandchildren will ask us how we let this happen.
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Yesterday, the Senate rejected a House-passed resolution calling for an end to the war with Iran by a 49–50 vote. The 50 votes against came from 49 Republican senators and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
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BREAKING: Russian drones have struck a McDonald’s warehouse in Kyiv. The attack against the American company was a double-tap strike.
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Replying to @WearThePeaceCo
It’s here now
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Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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"Communism is the biggest threat to America"- Donald Trump. Also Donald Trump... 👇
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They even let Donald Trump put a price on poisoning babies. Nothing is sacred to these Republicans. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people. theintercept.com/2026/09/23/…
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Horrifying reality of life in Ukraine. The exact moment a russian Geran-5 drone slammed into the business center in Kyiv. This is what Ukrainians are living through — every single day.
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Well this shit aged like milk.
Trump in 2016: We shouldn't have state dinners at all. We should be eating a hamburger on a conference table, and we should make better deals with China and forget the state dinners. The state dinners cost a fortune.
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Netanyahu 🇮🇱 holds a pager to the UN To remind us as to how 🇮🇱 sold pagers & mobile phones in Lebanon 🇱🇧 Had no control as to distribution And then indiscriminately detonated them Injuring over 3,000 people, many children This monster is proud of his crimes against humanity.
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BC Conservatives have been waging their own civil war for two years. There's no reason to think that would end now. Who their leader is will be ultimately up to the same pro-Trump party members who picked Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
DOERKSON TO REMAIN LEADER IF ELECTED PREMIER The Board of Directors sets out the Party's position on its leadership should Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson become Premier. When Mr. Doerkson leads the Party to victory on October 24, he will remain Leader. The Board will pursue the appropriate means under the Party's Constitution and Bylaws and the Societies Act to give effect to this intention. A Premier chosen by British Columbians deserves the certainty of leading his party. This amendment will provide it. Board of Directors, Conservative Party of British Columbia
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TRUMP JUST ARMED THE MILITARY AND POINTED IT AT DEMOCRATS Not a metaphor. Not hyperbole. National Guard troops in Washington DC got a directive to start carrying loaded sidearms on the street. That happened on a Sunday. Like it was nothing The executive order is titled about a "DC crime emergency." The actual text expands National Guard deployment powers NATIONWIDE Read that again. Nationwide And which cities is Trump "considering" for this armed rollout next. Not Tulsa. Not Boise. Every single city floated so far is run by Democrats Memphis already got the treatment. Now Russ Vought is asking for over 10 billion dollars to build it into a permanent machine — more Park Police, more federalized boots on the ground, funded through fiscal 2027 That's not a crime emergency response. That's a standing occupation force built to punish blue cities and Trump gets to pick the targets himself No debate. No vote. No city council asked. One man decides which American cities get treated like hostile territory and which ones don't Meanwhile actual violent crime data doesn't drive a single one of these decisions. Political maps do This is the same man who spent four years screaming about federal overreach turning federal troops into his personal enforcement squad against his own political enemies Armed National Guard on American streets, deployed by zip code of who didn't vote for him They are not stopping at DC This is the blueprint and Trump just showed you exactly how it works Share it before they figure out how to make this look normal
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Here is Trump in 2011 calling Obama “stupid” for hosting the Chinese president and claiming that he wouldn’t give him a dinner. “The president of China came a few months ago and we gave him a state dinner. Now, when people are screwing you, you don't give them state dinners.” Fast-forward 15 years and Trump is giving President Xi a state dinner while China is helping Iran target American service members. Who is the stupid one now?
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