Ed Weiland

Interests in history, science, politics, books and electronics. Have passion for wine, hiking and photography.

[Vicki Campbell🇨🇦 @merry123459]

My husband and I shop @CanadianTire a lot. Just last night in fact. If this unCanadian horse💩 keeps up, I will not be any longer. Neither will my husband. That’s a promise. A comment regarding this would be appreciated, Canadian Tire.

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

The fact that #Russia will chair the #UNSC sounds like an April Fools joke but unfortunately it is not. This notion makes the principals and ideas of the present form of the #UN questionable.

[EPP Group @EPPGroup]

Can war criminals lead the UN Security Council?

It is unacceptable that Russia, which launched an unjustified war against Ukraine, will lead the UNSC in a few days.

We call on all democracies to boycott the #UNSC procedures while Russia holds the Presidency.

#StandWithUkraine

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

Conservatives love to imitate US politics. In 2004 they started negative advertising. Many including Pierre Poilievre like to discredit opponent then talk about solutions. 1993 left them with 2 seats. Arrogance can cost and even crypto will not save them. https://t.co/xucQbrB80T

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

It is time for the West to review the principles of the largest world democracy. #India should not have both, the help from the West and the favors from the dictator #Putin. #Russia, #Ukraine, #worldpeace.

[Reuters @Reuters]

India says focus is on stabilising economic ties with Russia https://t.co/ItYXhl26k5

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

It’s over.

Any control over Covid we had is over.

Duty doctor today. I’ve lost count of the number of patients I’ve seen with classic Covid symptoms

NOT A SINGLE PERSON has isolated or done a PCR test.

Everyone’s mixing & infecting each other. There is no control. It’s over.

[Alexander Stubb @alexstubb]

THREAD:

We human beings have a tendency to over-rationalise the past, over-dramatise the present and underestimate the future. In trying to avoid all three, here is a 10 point world on how I see the WORLD two weeks after the Russian attack on Ukraine.

1/10

[Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk]

11-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Katya Dyachenko died as a result of Russian bombing of Mariupol.
How many more Ukrainian children have to die for Ukraine to finally receive air defence systems and fighter jets? For how long our children will be the shields protecting the EU/NATO?

[Bob Rae @BobRae48]

Social media, such as this platform, give us an unprecedented window on the world. But they also allows for the amplification of hatred and lies. Finding the grace, wisdom, beauty, kindness and laughter in the world amidst the rest is a journey through traps and snares.

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

One of the principals of criminal law is that a criminal can’t keep the proceeds of the crime. If so, the #West can’t allow #Putin (called a war criminal by major powers) keep any parts of #Ukraine or this is hypocrisy. #stopthewar, #peaceforUkraine, #Russia.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

We cannot allow falsehoods and disinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to continue spreading in Canada. That’s why we asked the CRTC to review Russia Today’s presence on Canadian airwaves. Today, in a move consistent with what many allies are doing, they banned it.

[Bob Rae @BobRae48]

What is Putin’s war aim ? It is compliance, as it is for any abuser. He wants to control Ukraine, prevent it from looking to Europe, and insist on subordination. He will destroy until he controls. Read what he writes. Listen to what he says. Look at what he does.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Retired US Army General believes Russia will exhaust ability to fight within ten days.

Ben Hodges, former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, told CBS News that Russia is running out of time, ammunition and manpower as a “quick operation” turned into a war of attrition.

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

This is a great piece about my friend and journalistic twin ⁦⁦@bbclysedoucet⁩, whose calm humanity shines through her broadcasting https://t.co/Qgjm5wF7E8

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Over 2,100 Mariupol residents killed since invasion began: mayor

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

The world does not need more #homelesspeople, #singlemothers, #orphans, #refugees and definitely we don’t need more #tyrantkillers like #Putin. 2/2

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

The fact that #Putins army is built of conscripts and that he employs volunteers from #Syria (a gift from Bashar al-Assad) might suggest that he is not as strong as the #West is seeing it. Would it be prudent to finish the war now, before the last #Ukrainian is killed? 1/2

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

2/2 and we need to protect our #North. Our territory is close to #Russia and it makes us very vulnerable. #stopthewaronUkraine, #stopRussiaswar

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

@checkupcbc We need to see things as they are. #Putin was a dictator from the moment he invaded #Georgia and than later #Ukraine and annexed #Crimea. We need not only stop his madness but also secure our future. #Canada needs to have strong and modern army 1/2

[Ed Weiland @edweild]

If you are a believer remember #Putin is worse than a devil. Devil may temp you but you still have a choice. Putin does not give you a choice he just kills. #stopthewar, #Ukraine, #Russia, #humanityhaveachoice

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Good news! Important to share things like this, not only disaster