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Immigration and refugee lawyer in the states, librarian in Canada, now a retired dual citizen, moved by justice, music and wilderness, trying to find hope in an ailing and dystopian world.
Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East.
Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
"I mean, Chip Wilson can just invite Ken Sim over to use his private digs, so what's the big deal? Besides, we need these funds for the next huge increase in the police budget."
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On a brine pipe leak at Britannia Rink: "The rink floor was 50 years old at the time of the leak, exceeding its expected lifespan of 30 years."
"Not litigating" after all other avenues are closed off, and instead mythical "incremental improvements" after somebody more acceptable to the centrist Weaver folks becomes leader? Hey, i've got a bridge i'd like to sell you.
So what do you suggest in light of this arbitrary, two-tier system? Do nothing? Accept that older members have an unfair advantage over younger, but hey, what can you do?
Exhibit A: BCNDP in 2022.
It's not lost on me in the midst of this eulogizing and memorializing a monster that my home state, Florida, has made it a crime to commemorate or remember the victims of the Pulse massacre.
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
Aspersions would be well-deserved. The author is openly hostile to anything close to democratic socialism and regularly derides it. Far more hostility than to fascism.
Like they don't know? Like it's going to influence any of them? I gotta bridge to sell ya...
Like they don't know? Like it's going to influence any of them? I gotta bridge to sell ya...
Glad Emily Lowan @emilylowan.bsky.social is taking this step. I'm a retired old fart with plenty of free time and still found it time-consuming and ridiculously burdensome. It smacks of a "threatened" do-nothing old guard.
A Legal Threat Could Delay the BC Green Leadership Vote via @thetyee.ca
Candidate Emily Lowan is challenging a two-tier verification system for new party members.
