A Heartbreaking Loss in the Hockey World
The hockey community continues to mourn Claude Lemieux, the four-time Stanley Cup champion who passed at age 60. Friends say he died of a “broken heart” from long-term depression and feelings of rejection, especially not being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame despite his legendary playoff career.
Just days prior, he received a huge ovation carrying the torch at the Bell Centre for the Montreal Canadiens.
Celebrating his stellar career: A fierce competitor, Lemieux won Cups with the Canadiens (1986), Devils (1995, 2000), and Avalanche (1996). He earned the 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP and was known for his grit and big-moment intensity over two decades.
Even champions battle silent struggles. There is always hope and help available. If hurting, reach out—you’re not alone. You matter and you are loved. In the US, call or text 988 anytime.
Rest in peace, Claude. Your impact lives on. Thoughts with his family. 🏒❤️
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The moment of one of today’s Russian strikes on Kyiv.
I can see that fewer and fewer people are reading news from Ukraine. I understand that on a Sunday morning, people don’t want to read about war. They want to sleep a little longer, drink good coffee, and sit in the sun. I understand that. The algorithms on X limit content about war, destruction, and suffering. You have to make an effort to even see this information.
All of this is understandable on a human level. But unfortunately, if you remove Putin and the war from your information feed, they do not disappear from reality.
Putin is a sadist and a maniac. He is a threat to all of humanity.
There needs to be active resistance. News from Ukraine needs to be shared. People need to keep their focus.
Despite a sleepless night, I’m still here. And I’m grateful to everyone who continues to stand with us.
One day, we’ll drink morning coffee together in a beautiful, peaceful Kyiv.
@TrumpsHurricane What happened to the Christian population of Turkey, Algeria, and many others, after muslims became a majority and imposed their religion ?
@Water_Steve A class act in Raleigh. Not possible in Toronto, Vancouver or Calgary. In Toronto, in Canada Cup 1976, the french portion of the Canadian anthem was loudly booed. It would probably be the same today
My whole speech is online at C-SPAN: https://t.co/Z1biMAzmjE Excerpt on the lack of Western courage to support Ukraine (in 2016):
"But some of the excuses given to avoid doing everything possible to support Ukraine sound especially ridiculous when we look back at the courage and values expounded by President Truman 75 years ago. "America is tired of interventions after Iraq and Afghanistan." Compared to World War II, in 1948 compare to that level of investment. It is absurd. The balance of power is also completely different today and much more in the free world's favor. Led by the US and NATO, the democratic world has every advantage economically and militarily. 5% of the US military budget could destroy every Russian force in Ukraine in less time than it took to fly a few thousand tons of aid into Berlin!
Our hesitation is a matter not of limited technical capability or economic capacity, but a lack of political will. "Ah, but Putin has nukes and Stalin didn't in 1948," is a popular reply promoted by Kremlin allies and appeasers. There are several responses to this fallacy. The first is moral. Do we want to live in a world where a murderous dictator can do whatever he wants because nuclear weapons now exist? That was not the choice of the leaders of the free world for generations. From Truman to Eisenhower, from Kennedy to Reagan. The USSR had nukes too, as early as 1949. But America understood it was essential to stand up to communist aggression everywhere.
Stalin was never given a reason to doubt Truman's resolve. Second is the historical fact that Putin, like most dictators, advances and escalates against weakness and retreats and bargains against strength. Making concessions to Putin would make things more dangerous, not less. He doesn't need a deal or an off ramp. He needs a highway to hell.
We are at this perilous point because warnings were not heeded when Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, and showing more weakness would make nuclear confrontation more likely, not less. This is what history tells us and what Truman understood very well. We have forgotten. We must remember."
@E_Duhaime Que cette "prof" s'identifie et explique son raisonnement au grand jour si elle a un peu de courage intellectuel. Mais elle est sûrement trop sotte. Que des gens comme elle soient prof de CEGEP, ç'est révoltant.
@realMaalouf This is Notre-Dame Cathedral in Montreal, of all places. A cathedral filled with Christian tourists from everywhere. They know what they're doing.
@that_bear_there@DrEliDavid Wellington used to boast about having fought at Waterloo. If the Germans and Russians had not been part of the coalition against Napoleon, the French would have seen Wellington's back very quickly