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Rob Jardine

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Reader of history and crime fiction (Ian Rankin!). Love travel (ciao bella Italia!)…retired social studies educator. Curmudgeon-ish. Amateur genealogist. Springsteen/The Band/The Clash/Pogues. Member of the Independent Company. Man Utd.

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Noem did the one unforgivable thing: She embarrassed him and made him look bad. She's been on the bubble ever since Bovino got tossed.
What happened in MN was a tragedy and obscene. But now - you're seeing consequences. That's good. Take the W.

05.03.2026 19:38 👍 2303 🔁 199 💬 89 📌 16

It is indeed a salve for one’s troubled soul.

05.03.2026 21:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a soccer player with the number 21 on his back stands in front of a crowd Alt: a soccer player with the number 21 on his back stands in front of a crowd

Time to be rescued by this guy (and his pints of wine):

05.03.2026 21:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Like the sun rising in the east…

05.03.2026 21:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Maj. Hochstetter.

05.03.2026 21:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Absolute truth from Buttigieg. Every word.
A reckless war with no clear objective other than doing the bidding of Netanyahu.

04.03.2026 18:31 👍 25 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

If there's ever a moment when the leaders of a nation need to be clear, definitive and consistent with a message, it is in response to this question: "Why are we going to war."

This is misrule by the worst cadre of incompetent, beshitted cartoon characters ever gathered together in modern history.

03.03.2026 22:11 👍 419 🔁 119 💬 18 📌 3
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Warner: "There was no imminent threat to the United States by the Iranians. There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the US, then we are in uncharted territory."

02.03.2026 22:47 👍 8279 🔁 2345 💬 264 📌 179
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Not only *did* they start this war, they have no idea how to finish it.

02.03.2026 17:04 👍 10664 🔁 2783 💬 895 📌 207

Good god, y’all
Say it again

28.02.2026 17:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Frankly, I expected better from a FIFA Peace prize winner

28.02.2026 16:19 👍 2677 🔁 483 💬 40 📌 14

Operation Kegsmaxxing

28.02.2026 16:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Speaker Johnson threatens us with a good time

25.02.2026 12:58 👍 1259 🔁 241 💬 56 📌 14
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This guy maybe?

24.02.2026 23:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.

When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched.
I dug into it. Could confidently write here:
"It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

24.02.2026 22:54 👍 517 🔁 245 💬 32 📌 30

A very Malcom Tuckerish response there!

24.02.2026 00:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s finally the time of the “Korbo-sance”!

23.02.2026 00:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Oh, I didn't want *this* much racism & xenophobia! I just wanted a little bit, the fun kind! I just wanted to say 'retard', I didn't want a eugenicist in charge of health policy!"

Oh? You didn't want this? Yeah, fuck off. Fuck off to space. Fuck off to eternity. Fuck off & never stop fucking off.

22.02.2026 20:42 👍 944 🔁 157 💬 7 📌 7

Read this thread. It’s really important.

22.02.2026 23:12 👍 99 🔁 29 💬 4 📌 2

Counterpoint: No.

ICE doesn’t need reform. Abolition and prosecution is the bare minimum.

22.02.2026 22:47 👍 8463 🔁 1653 💬 346 📌 114
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B.C. billionaire's property firms argue $91M tax bill will jeopardize future projects | CBC News B.C. property companies controlled by prominent developer Terry Hui are taking the federal government to court, claiming a tax bill of more than $91 million will jeopardize future construction project...

This is a Beaverton article right?....Right?

"We don't want to pay our taxes because it means we won't be able to make tons of money on future projects"

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

22.02.2026 19:45 👍 21 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2
Prime Minister Carney is presented a jersey by the national women’s hockey team.

Prime Minister Carney is presented a jersey by the national women’s hockey team.

Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Prime Minister Carney poses for a photo, wearing a hockey jersey.

Prime Minister Carney poses for a photo, wearing a hockey jersey.

Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Could not be more proud of you, Team Canada.
 
You’re coming home with 21 hard-fought Olympic medals. Though what Canadians will remember most is how you wore the Maple Leaf: with pride, with grit, and with determination.

22.02.2026 20:21 👍 10566 🔁 1673 💬 364 📌 150

Time to put the biscuit in the ‘ol onion bag!

22.02.2026 14:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.

06.02.2026 14:27 👍 2278 🔁 1030 💬 33 📌 29

We’ll still respect you in the morning😉

21.02.2026 00:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No economist here, but wouldn’t median income be a better marker? Or number of people living above the poverty line?

21.02.2026 00:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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a man says kids they need to pull up their pants on snl Alt: a man says kids they need to pull up their pants on snl

Like this guy?

21.02.2026 00:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Baseball: just like a punter in football, one might get a favourable bounce/roll.

20.02.2026 20:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The hypocrisy of right-wingers emulating other right-wingers because they feel that the issue will appease their far-right base knows no bounds.

20.02.2026 19:15 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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