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Mark Hamilton

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Retired from many years in journalism and teaching. Words to live by: “When we play music, immediately everything is nice.” — Evgenios Voulgaris Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

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Seems to me we’ve seen this before: election of a reformist candidate but no real change as a result.

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Man, if it turns out that the right winger telling NY Times readers that they should follow his example and not vote did in fact vote in the last two elections, the Times should add this to the piece. Better than a retraction, since it illustrates a willful hypocrisy.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Hard not to agree with this.

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Elle's avatar Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social
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so great that Europe's doing this again with the diseases

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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That's a little rich: the Supreme Court shutting down the Fifth Circuit's attempts to pursue its right wing political goals, while the 6-3 court purses the same goals.

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Now do Tump, we has has misnamed his wife, who thinks electric airplanes run on solar power, who occasionally appears to lose his train of thought mid-sentence, frequently muffs common words, etc. Fair and balanced, after all, right?

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At least that establishes a dollar figure for the cost of a soul.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Why are America's institutes folding like cheap patio chairs? Is there no spine left?

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Canadians need to remember what the U.S. Supreme Court has wrought over the last week when they hear the calls for a politicizing of the Canadian Supreme Court (i.e. the appointment of explicitly right-wing justices).

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Perhaps he needed to ask himself why this particular president was the first to feel that he needed immunity.

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Dave Levitan's avatar Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social
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NYT, eight bluesky posts so far today. Trump is a king posts: 1 Biden is old posts: 3

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That seems to potentially give Biden the power to do what the GOP has falsely accused him of: to direct the AG and DOJ officials to prosecute those who oppose him.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Man, I had forgotten about this. Absolutely brilliant.

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So, in the world the NY Times editorial board lives in being found guilty to multiple felony counts is not disqualifying for a presidential candidate, but a poor debate performance is? Got it. Another move that pushes me closer to cancelling my NYT subscription.

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The Old Grey Lady is clearly senile and should be ignored.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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I don't have ADHD, but I swear that somewhere in my house there is a drawer full of the things I have put safely aside and then lost all track of. And I have no idea where that drawer is.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Are the NYT reporters really not paying attention? What has that newsroom become?

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That is one of the benefits of a meal kit delivery service. We have deliveries for three nights a week, which cuts the figuring-out almost by half.

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You mean, they weren't there punching Russians? Sheesh.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Actually, there were laws in place in several different societies both before and at the same time as Moses was running around.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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If this is real, this is propagandizing, not polling.

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2 and 5. Several times each if I remember correctly.

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The Globe and Mail's avatar The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion - Years of corporate handouts achieved nothing. It’s time for something different: Economists and policy makers have studied Canada’s productivity problem for 25 years and nothing they’ve done has achieved anything

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Canadian History Ehx's avatar Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
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On this day in 1993, Kim Campbell was elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives over Jean Charest on the second ballot. As leader, she succeeded Brian Mulroney as Prime Minister and became Canada's first female Prime Minister.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Long, thoughtful take on migration realities. Well worth the read.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Because polling itself isn't bad enough when it comes to political coverage and thinking, we're going to AI it?

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Sometimes there is a singer or musician who epitomizes an era: for me, when it came to European music in the 1960s and 1970s, it was Françoise Hardy, who died today, sadly. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ICF...

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Really?! The classic Aston Martin is now an SUV? Sheesh.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Some people just won't give up. <Raises clenched power-to-the-people fist>

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Somebody has to stand up for the financially well-off.

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People with a lot of money really don’t like taxes, do they? Getting tired of the incessant criticism of what, for most, means little or nothing.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Italian day on the drive and there are more DJs than live musicians. What kind of world is this?

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Writer missed the part of the Bible that enjoins believers to love the sinner even if they hate the sin. Not very Christian of them.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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You forgot the part where they called you sir before thanking you with tears in their eyes.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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So we can expect more frothing at the mouth from those who may be affected by what is in reality a pretty minor move to making the taxation system more fair for most Canadians.

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Shepherd's avatar Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social
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You can eat a cheeseburger a day for an entire year and your diet will still not have the greenhouse gas impact of one fucking billionaire flying his cars to Europe and back one time, can we please stop with the lie that this is an individual consumer responsibility problem not a systemic issue.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Wyes, but what does it mean when you fly it upside down?

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Good for him. Not sure why this is news, though.

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Mark Hamilton's avatar Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social
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Truly an awful person, but a firm embodiment of how the rich don't give a f*** about anything but money.

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Okay, time to put CNN in the penalty box. (Hits snooze button).

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Zero respect for the law. Zero respect for the jurors.

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