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Retired doc, Zaydie, husband, dad, Canucks fan, Man U supporter (hope I'm still alive when they're back), ex-Montrealer with Habs' soft spot

Vancouver
Joined December 2008
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Nope. Ever. Like a momma whose only parenting tactic is “Hey, if you keep doing what I tell you not to do, I will just have to give you more money.”
I believe she is the most ineffectual Foreign MInister since the last one.
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I tend to be a pessimist, but here is some optimism for you: Islam has been defeated in Iran. On a cultural, societal and national level. The islamic regime consists of 100 year old mullahs and 75 year old IRGC terrorists. Meanwhile, Iran's youth has never been more fiercely anti-islam than they are right now. Mosques are shutting down. Arabic/islamic baby names are plummeting. Ancient Persian heritage is embraced more than ever before. And soon, the chains of the barbarian regime known as the islamic republic will be destroyed. After this 47 year long dark night ends, there will be a bright future. We will win.
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If your religion is leading you to do this, you might be following Satan.
Christians captured by Muslims in Syria, bundled into vans and taken to a place of execution for refusing to convert to Islam. In South Africa, when you show people these videos, they call you Islamophobic. I will never be a Muslim!
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Something seriously perverse abt elite New York Jews, so suicidally stupid. To those who hate us, a skunk in a tiger’s outfit is still a skunk
This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens. Senate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because we know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.
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Takes one to know one: You’re a despicable traitor to your heritage
This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens. Senate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because we know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.
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Of course they knew. BBC editors always do their homework, then do their hurt knowingly, maybe apologize ltr if enough pressure put in; over n over n over
Replying to @Mr_Andrew_Fox
@Mr_Andrew_Fox I doubt this was an oversight It’s quite possible (i probable?) that the BBC person who invited her knew her background but conveniently ignored it. Meanwhile the person has appeared on air and the damage is done. Break things and apologize later..
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The fact that my boss pays my salary has absolutely no bearing on what I tell my boss or those who ask abt my work
Australian law professor Ben Saul fundraised $150,000 from the Chinese communist party yet insists this has zero influence whatsoever on his work -- even though he has never done a single report or country visit on China's persecution of the Uyghurs. nitter.gq/profbensaul/status/204…
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that woman is in desperate need of help but the ppl who cld intercede to help her clearly and shamefully refuse to recognize her desperation; it’s not gonna end well for her
Maybe because it was completely made up?
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Ko smo se odločali za vstop v EU, si ni nihče predstavljal, da bo v kaki njeni članici in uniji nasploh mogoče brez posledic: 1. Razveljaviti predsedniške volitve (Romunija); 2. Ukiniti informativni program na nacionalni RTV (Madžarska); 3. Poslati policijo na Ustavno sodišče (Poljska); 4. Tri tedne pred volitvami poslati v zapor predsednika stranke, ki vodi v anketah (Slovenija); 5. Zasesti nacionalno RTV s policijo in zamenjati vodstvo (Poljska); 6. Prekiniti mandate vodstvu nacionalne RTV in izvesti čistko zaposlenih (Slovenija); 7. Poslati v zapor člane prejšnje vlade brez možnosti obrambe (Madžarska); 8. Podeliti skoraj milijon državljanstev ilegalnim migrantom po hitrem postopku (Španija); 9. Zapreti novo Nuklearno elektrarno in zgraditi plinovod do Rusije (Nemčija); 10. Obdavčiti ogljične energetske vire ob hkratnem zapiranju NE ter preseliti industrijo v države z nizkimi ekološkimi standardi pod pretvezo, da tako rešujemo planet. Nastala je EU, ki se mora reševati sama pred sabo.
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Like that old non-joke when a surgeon says "The surgery went great but the patient died"
This Toronto Police presser about the Bridal Path home invasion is unreal. - Cops meet suspect at hospital after he was shot during the home invasion - Suspect still leaves hospital - Won't admit prior interactions with police (despite that police have photo of him in jumpsuit)
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Damn windows getting in the way of pellets
"Windows hit at synagogue" is perhaps the least urgent and most passive way possible to describe yet another racist attack on Jews during a historic wave of bigotry.
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Truth is stranger than fiction…
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BREAKING: 🇳🇿 New Zealand stops funding to UNRWA, joins 🇺🇸🇸🇪🇫🇮. FM: “We want to know our money is going for a legitimate purpose. And you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out it certainly was not. We're not financing cases where they actually engage with terrorists.”
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🇩🇪🚨MEGA-ESCÁNDALO: La ganadora de las elecciones de BERLÍN, del partido de ultraizquierda Die Linke confiesa por error que Hamás controla su partido y teme por su vida💣 Un error acaba de generar una crisis de seguridad impresionante. La revista Der Spiegel —un medio, cabe destacar, de marcada tendencia izquierdista— ha sacado a la luz un documento interno que prueba cómo Die Linke ha sido secuestrado por el islamismo. Su candidata a gobernar Berlín, Elif Eralp, envió por accidente a la redacción las notas privadas de una entrevista donde confiesa estar coaccionada y aterrorizada por Hamás que opera dentro de su propio partido. Resulta que luego de una entrevista, el equipo de la candidata revisó la transcripción. Durante este proceso, Eralp hizo comentarios internos que debían quedar en la más estricta confidencialidad. Sin embargo, el documento con las acotaciones sin borrar fue devuelto a los periodistas. El contenido de esas notas es dinamita. Cuando Der Spiegel le preguntó por Ibrahim Ibrahim —un propalestino simpatizante de Hamás que celebró la masacre del 7 de octubre—, la respuesta pública iba a ser esquiva. Pero en el margen del documento filtrado, Eralp escribió la verdad: «Hay un PROBLEMA. [...] mi marido no, y yo tampoco, quiero nombrar nombres concretos, él tiene miedo de esta gente y yo también». La filtración expone la cruda realidad del islamoizquierdismo en Alemania: Eralp llegó a comparar el nivel de amenaza de estos militantes pro-Palestina con el del Crimen Organizado e implora abortar la publicación: «No puedo poner en peligro a mí misma y a mi familia por Der SPIEGEL. ¿Qué hacemos ahora? ¿Anulamos toda la entrevista?». El mayor chiste de toda esta situación, sin embargo, quedó plasmado en una de las frases que Eralp sí quería publicar. En un alarde de desconexión absoluta, la candidata afirma en la entrevista: «Lo que sí puedo decir con total claridad es que, como alcaldesa gobernante, velaré por la seguridad de todas las berlinesas y todos los berlineses». Una promesa que resulta irrisoria viniendo de una dirigente que, en el mismo documento, reconoce en secreto que ni siquiera puede proteger a su propia familia de las bases de su partido. Luego del escándalo, Eralp ha anunciado que procederá legalmente contra Der Spiegel y presentará una queja formal ante el Consejo de Prensa por haber citado sus anotaciones internas. Esta maniobra judicial evidencia de inmediato lo susceptibles y completamente desbordados que están en realidad estos cuadros dirigentes frente a situaciones de crisis. La izquierda radical berlinesa creyó que podía capitalizar electoralmente el extremismo islámico; hoy, los documentos demuestran que es el extremismo quien los tiene de rehenes.
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Most ppl in BC feel we shld be first in line for an Eby for subjecting BC to a totally unnecessary costly election. All just hubris and chutzpah
NEW: Niki Sharma tells reporters there was tears at yesterday’s outgoing NDP caucus meeting. Says David Eby apologized to caucus. She’s not sure whether an interim leader will be appointed today at the new caucus members meeting. #bcpoli
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Lovely update. What a fighter! And a champion
262 days. It’s been 262 days since you were airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital. 262 days since we were told, “We did everything we could, but we don’t think she’s going to make it through the night.” Since then, I’ve watched you fight for every single one of those days. 251 days ago, you opened your eye, moved it, and shifted your leg only to be rushed back for emergency surgery that morning when hydrocephalus set in. 238 days ago, you were extubated and breathed on your own for the first time. 230 days ago, you felt the sun on your face again. 224 days ago, the cranioplasty we had planned turned into yet another emergency when an infection was discovered. 214 days ago, your EVD was finally removed. 213 days ago, you sat on the edge of the bed with a little help, and I wrapped my arms around you for the first time since the morning I left for work before any of this began. 191 days ago, the NG tube came out, and I saw your beautiful face completely clear of tubes and tape. 179 days ago, your prosthetic skull was placed. Your fifth surgery, and the one that finally stuck. After that, things slowly began to feel possible again. 145 days ago, you smiled for the first time (intentionally) while we played thumb war. 140 days ago, I wheeled you off hospital grounds for the very first time. 61 days ago, I heard your voice again. 40 days ago, we celebrated your 13th birthday at the Foo Fighters. And today, today you’re being released. There was never a day I stopped believing we would get here. The road ahead is still long, but this is a milestone no one thought we would reach. Maya, you are the bravest person I know. You are an inspiration to so many people. Giving up was never an option for me, and it clearly never was for you either. You refused to accept the words we heard 262 days ago when you came out of the OR. Look at you, my girl. You blew every expectation out of the water. Thank you to the incredible nurses, doctors, and therapists who walked every step of this with us. Thank you to everyone who supported Maya and our family we could not have done this without each and every one of you. Now it’s time to leave these hospital walls behind and keep moving forward, Maya Bear. I love you forever and always. —Dad ❤️
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Yes, and you immediately and urgently alerted all your colleagues as well as Canadians, right? As 2nd in command, that was your responsibility after all.
Chrystia Freeland's memoir, Unreliable Boyfriend, assessment of Justin Trudeau "I knew that, in this consequential moment, Trudeau was focused solely on his own political survival... And, in his desperation, he was doing increasingly stupid things."
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Alas, MSF is not an outlier
Horrific abuse and corruption will be widespread when government elites in Western foreign ministries hand over hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful NGOs with little to no accountability. It's time for governments and journalists to apply minimal scrutiny.
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A Sufi Imam can only be controversial to the select few of the BBC; even a great broom and a vacuum wldnt be enough - needs a thorough, many-week powerwashing
He was famous for advocating for peace between Muslims and Christians. Islamists murdered him for that. You don’t hate the BBC enough.
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