Drew Bedier 🇨🇦

[Just Bins @JustBins]

“Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?”
George Orwell, 1984.

[Don Cherry @CoachsCornerDC]

To all you people out there, Merry Christmas.

[Le'Veon Bell @LeVeonBell]

the subway $5 foot long is now $15.50 btw

[Don Cherry @CoachsCornerDC]

Don't forget your poppy!

[bigbang @1adimotesi]

1) World War II is not a legal yardstick for today
Pearl Harbor, the firebombing of Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki all predate the modern law of armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and contemporary IHL were built precisely because such mass civilian harm was deemed unacceptable. “We once did it, therefore it’s acceptable now” is not a defense, it’s the reason our current rules exist. Historical practice is not a normative justification.

2) Self-defense ≠ carte blanche
Even if a state has a right to self-defense, the means it employs remain strictly constrained by IHL. Collective punishment is prohibited; starvation of civilians is prohibited; attacks on medical infrastructure are prohibited. “We suffered terribly” does not legalize methods that violate the rules governing warfare. That is why the jus ad bellum / jus in bello distinction matters.

3) Gaza is not a symmetric state-on-state war
The Texas–Mexico analogy misfires. Gaza’s reality is defined by occupation, blockade, movement restrictions, and a closed exit. When civilians cannot flee, borders are sealed, and water/fuel/medicine are throttled, the law’s protective duties toward civilians are even more central. This is not a neat interstate model; it is a protracted control regime with acute humanitarian consequences.

4) Civilian–combatant ratios don’t acquit
Arguing “our civilian-to-combatant ratio is better than Mosul/Japan/Germany” is flawed:
Epistemic: Who counts as a “combatant,” how lists are compiled, and whether numbers are independently verified are contested.
Normative: The duty is to minimize civilian harm; “less than someone else” is not an exoneration.
Contextual: High population density, closed borders, and collapsing infrastructure heighten the obligation to anticipate and prevent civilian harm.

5) The “double standard” claim ignores context and law
Critique of Israeli operations is not reducible to bigotry. It stems from:
Duration: Decades of occupation and documented rights violations.
Aid obstruction: Systemic constraints on life-saving supplies.
Legal fora: Provisional measures and human rights findings that focus on conduct, not identity.
In short, many condemn Israel for what it does, not for what it is.

6) Hamas’s crimes do not license harm to civilians
Hostage-taking and attacks on civilians are serious crimes and should be condemned. But that does not grant the other side legal permission to employ methods that predictably devastate civilian life. Under IHL, each party is responsible for its own violations.

7) Starvation, water denial, and blocking medicine are not “strategy”
Instrumentalizing basic necessities is an egregious violation under modern IHL. Withholding essential aid until political demands are met is not a lawful bargaining chip; it is the very conduct the law seeks to prevent.

8) Bottom line: let law and human dignity win not a numbers game
“We once did worse” or “our ratio is better” collapses the standards designed to protect civilians. The real question is whether today’s operations comply with distinction, proportionality, precautions, and humanitarian access. Durable security is not produced by degrading those rules; degrading them erodes everyone’s safety tomorrow. A humane pathway runs through hostage release + sustained ceasefire + unfettered aid + accountability not through retroactive justifications by analogy.

[Darth Powell @VladTheInflator]

Makes you think

The great unifiers always catch one

[Naval @naval]

Fast, lift, sprint, stretch, and meditate.

Build, sell, write, create, invest, and own.

Read, reflect, love, seek truth, and ignore society.

Make these habits. Say no to everything else.

Avoid debt, jail, addiction, disgrace, shortcuts, and media.

Relax. Victory is assured.

[Just Bins @JustBins]

Regina’s city manager, Niki Anderson, has been on leave for a “personal matter” since April 29th. In her recent social media posts, Niki has been travelling Portugal and Spain with her dog. Today city council is to hear an update on her position. Niki is Regina’s highest paid public servant at $317,112 annually.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

We’re releasing the Epstein Files day one. There are no Epstein Files. Here’s video proof nothing happened. Ok we had to edit it. There are no Epstein Files. There are Epstein Files, but the Democrats made them. Why do you care so much about this Epstein guy? What are “Files”?

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

Thanks Prime Minister @MarkJCarney - the first step to becoming an energy superpower is to axe the oil and gas emissions/production cap. No other piece of regulation is more destructive to the Canadian economy than this one. It costs Canada tens of billions in investment monthly. It’s time to signal to the investment community we are open for business as a country again.

Let’s axe this cap immediately and watch the jobs and investment in Canadian energy soar.

[Andrew Scheer @AndrewScheer]

What do a caveman, Napoleon, and you in 2035 all have in common?

Not owning a car.

This is going to be a long one. So grab a drink and settle in because you won’t believe what Mark Carney is doing.

[Maxime Bernier @MaximeBernier]

As the war in Ukraine rages on, and a new conflict has just begun in the Middle East, I want to reiterate my position in the clearest way possible:

Canada has NO BUSINESS getting involved in these foreign wars.

Canadians should not pay a cent in taxes to support one side or the other.

No Canadian soldier should die in support of one side or the other.

These are not our wars.

[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

TIM DILLON: “Is Iran the reason that no one can afford a house? Is Iran the reason that there's fentanyl everywhere? … When your insurance won't cover a knee operation … is your main concern Iran? This is the craziest sh*t I've ever heard.”

[Terry Newman @terrynewman]

How depressing is this?

In 2025, the average Canadian family will earn $158,533 in income and pay an estimated $68,266 in total taxes (43.1%).

If the average Canadian family had to pay its taxes up front, it would have worked until June 7 to pay the total tax bill imposed on it by all three levels of government (federal, provincial, and local).

This means that Tax Freedom Day, the day in the year when the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxes imposed on it, falls on June 8.

[Hashem Al-Ghaili @HashemGhaili]

Prompt Theory (Made with Veo 3)

What if AI-generated characters refused to believe they were AI-generated?

[MBrant75 @MBrant75]

Hey wait..@MarkJCarney, you were counting $20b in tariff revenue in your platform for 2025-2026. Is that gone? Is that why there’s no budget?

https://t.co/Mi6YCI9ftR

[Kris Eriksen @KEriksenV2]

Never forget what they did to us, and how the silence from our Parliamentarians continues to this day.

[Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @Tablesalt13]

NEW

Canada's GST no longer covers the interest on its national debt.

All of the GST you pay simply goes to bondholders.

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

Pierre Poilievre had a chance to sit down with Joe Rogan… and someone on his team said “nah.”
Millions of eyeballs. Unfiltered truth. A once-in-a-lifetime shot.
And they passed.
Fire. That. Person.