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Ontario, or Michigan? :)

Call from federal department HQ in Ottawa to me in the 807 area code/Thunder Bay: can you drop off some paperwork to the Sioux Lookout office? I said anything's possible, and after more conversation, I had to educate them that it would be a 4-ish hour drive each way. Ottawa voice sheepishy...

The Line’s Jen Gerson: watch out Europe & others … https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/25/canadians-trade-war-bullied-donald-trump-alliance-rupture?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

#MakeBrittaniaGreatAgain #ReddeBritanniaeMagnitudinemPristinam

I’m always telling relatives in Italy that I’m “Canadese,” not “Americano” :)

Finally had a chance to go over this - some highlights (yellow highlighting mine) .... Fair bit in this last excerpt for these guys to check out: Next court appearance: 31 August. 🍿

The latest: "I'm good in jail for now, thanks, Your Honour." https://www.pentictonherald.ca/atlantic/article_c8966e0a-4798-5cf1-bab1-cf7210361ab4.html https://ground.news/article/bail-hearing-adjourned-again-in-halifax-us-consulate-bomb-threat-case

What the actual fuck? "CBC reverses restriction on labelling 9/11 as ‘terrorism’ " (Toronto Star) https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/cbc-criticized-for-policy-that-says-to-not-label-9-11-attacks-terrorism/ "How and why CBC News will adjust its 9/11 language guidance" (CBC.ca blog)...

It’s only interference when a state actor tries to hide where it’s coming from ;)

Some new tidbits: more info on someone she may have been paying closer attention to, and how she may not have been acting alone (although that was suggested in initial reports of her being potentially involved with criminal organizations)...

That’s a lot of text for “I can’t show what parts of CUSMA force Canada to match US tariff rates, as mentioned as one of the demands foot the U.S. in this round.”

I know 32.10 covers “what if Canada wants to negotiate a free trade deal,” but which bit of CUSMA says “Canada has to match US tariffs against other countries” - I’m always willing to be educated.

With this from the Info-machine itself: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america/

That's about all that was missing in the resume, right? There's always the Mars mission, though :)

This guy has a track record of being unquestioningly a ultra-hard-anti-Red Team Blue fan, and if he says something's gotta give, maybe more people should listen. https://www.readtheline.ca/p/spencer-fernando-the-conservatives Also archived here. Mind you, some may find him not quite Blue enough...

I think both of the bits in yellow (not to mention forced transfer of children, and destroying Ukrainian culture in occupied zones) have been pretty clearly documented - USSR 2.0 bot objections/deflection notwithstanding - so I'm going to agree to disagree, too.

Bumped with the latest: back to the USN for this guy. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-jonny-kim-departs-agency-to-continue-military-service/ From the NASA info-machine: "... He will continue serving as lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy ... Kim is returning to active duty...

More hard-to-insure folks in USSR 2.0. https://www.thesun.ie/news/17524614/russian-commander-killed-wife-legs-blown-off/ https://www.ksl.com/article/51606220/russian-drone-factory-director-badly-injured-in-car-explosion

Necro-thread (ironically) bumped with news of Mladic's death in prison. https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/08/27/ratko-mladic-ex-bosnian-serb-warlord-who-oversaw-atrocities-in-bosnia-dies-in-prison-at-84/...

The cost of doing business? https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-brown-announces-largest-big-tech-settlement-history https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy5v0vrlp4xt https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-settles-social-media-addiction-suit-16-billion-rcna594492...