Pat Burke

Proud Canadian. Tired of hate. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." MLK Jr.

[James Christian Parsons @Dred_Tory]

Of course, Trump's team are too stupid to realise that their disgraceful Gordie Howe Bridge fuckery not only made it politically impossible for Carney to ask Canadians to accept further concessions in trade negotiations but also made him far less disposed or motivated to do so.

[Pat Burke @paddybgood]

I completely agree with this petition and have signed it. We need a *serious* ambassador to Canada not a parrot.

[Jim Botari @JBotari]

@themaplemic you did it.
This is a new Canadian Heritage Moment 🇨🇦
Over 105k signatures. International news coverage. Link below to sign the petition to make Hoekstra a Persona non grata and boot him out

https://t.co/0MaJr4AiYo

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: I think we have to step back and recognize that this entire war is based on lies. They told us last year that the Iranian nuclear threat was obliterated. Then they told us earlier this year that there was an imminent nuclear threat. On day four of this war, President Trump declared victory. Months ago, Hegseth said that all of our objectives had been achieved. The war continues. Iran still has its uranium. Hormuz remains closed. This is a complete fiasco. It is a catastrophic failure by the commander in chief personally and his entire national security team.

[MaggieK 🇨🇦 @MaggieKeresteci]

Medical disinformation kills

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Newsom: "That $400 million Qatari plane? That's not a $400 million gift. It cost you $936 million. That was what was appropriated as he's cutting food stamps and cutting your Medicaid. He put a billion dollars in the Pentagon budget to retrofit his private plane because that's going with him after the presidency. That has happened on our watch ... this Board of Peace in the Middle East? That's so he can get a piece of the Middle East."

[James Christian Parsons @Dred_Tory]

"The Americans are seeking a deal that would see preferential access to Canadian critical minerals and cover security and energy".

In other words, this has zero to do with trade for Trump. As per usual.

"Preferential access". 😄 Fuck right off.

https://t.co/MrsaYXFPEv

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

I needed to hear this today 💖

A pastor asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast.

"Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.
The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was growing concerned.

Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour". The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable.

Then the farmer added, "But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing.

It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen."

Within that prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today.

Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really care for, but something even better is going to come when HE is done with it.
💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

[Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP]

Maritime security has become inseparable from economic security. For a trading nation like Canada, the stability of shipping routes, the resilience of critical infrastructure and the ability to defend our sovereignty all shape our prosperity at home.

At the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, I spoke about the strategic role Atlantic Canada plays in that equation. From the Port of Halifax and Irving Shipbuilding to Canada’s naval capabilities, this region sits at the centre of our efforts to diversify trade, strengthen national resilience and uphold the rules that keep global commerce moving.

[Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @LauraBabcock]

Fucking right. Canadians are done with the fascist Trump regime and his threats to our country and sovereignty!! Boycott 2.0 is in full effect and only getting STRONGER! 🤘We discuss The OShow @MeidasTouch 🇨🇦 #Powercast https://t.co/srN8fL9SkB #Cndpoli

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

Pot meet kettle. Jason, I’m old enough to remember when you and the Harper government signed the Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement that gave the green light to China to take over a major oil sands company (Nexen). It was a shocking affront to our sovereignty.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

The White House decided there was a threat so great that Donald Trump was secretly moved to another plane but they never told the passengers on Air Force One. Cowards look out for themselves. Leaders look out for their people.
https://t.co/BcIYJEkrXb

[Chris Batstone @radiochrisb]

Neil visits Geddy after opening night of the new tour

[Wolf @WolfprwX]

Fernwood Bakery on Maple Street in Galveston, Texas. Every morning at 8:10, the same thing happens. The door is propped open for deliveries. A tan mixed-breed with a gray muzzle walks in. Ignores the bread. Ignores the customers. Goes directly to the owner, Rosa, 67, who lost her husband of 41 years last spring. The dog, who the staff calls Dulce, stands up and wraps both paws around Rosa's shoulders. Holds for about fifteen seconds. Then leaves. This has happened every morning for six months. Rosa told us: "I don't know where she comes from. She won't take food. She won't stay. She just comes to hug me and then goes." Her daughter said: "Dulce started coming the week after the funeral. Same time. Every single day." Some things arrive exactly when they are needed most.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

A few helpful pro-tips:

- DON’T eat yellow snow.

- DON’T run with scissors.

- DON’T congratulate a woman on her pregnancy unless you KNOW she’s pregnant.

- If you see someone crying, DON’T ask if it’s because of their haircut.

- And above all, DON’T take medical advice (especially as it pertains to children) from Donald Trump or RFK Jr.

You’re welcome.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Well, there goes that narrative.

[David Soknacki @DavidSoknacki]

A bearing failed 150 km from Toronto, stranding me for 3 hours. Five times strangers stopped: two crawled under the car to help, others offered water and a phone, and another brought water and food. I can't thank them by name, but I can thank them here. Kindness from strangers.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I'm moved by all the sympathetic comments about losing Connie, including from many readers who disagree with me on everything -- except that dogs are the best people. If heaven exists, it's probably populated largely by dogs.

[Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP]

Canada is working to conclude a free trade agreement with ASEAN this year, opening the door to stronger trade and investment across one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. With bilateral trade already at $52 billion, an agreement would give Canadian businesses greater access to Southeast Asian markets.

As Canada and ASEAN approach 50 years of relations, we’re expanding cooperation beyond trade. That includes regional security, tackling cyber and financial crime and scam centres, and protecting biodiversity as Canada deepens its engagement in the Indo-Pacific.

[FeelGoodThoughts @feelgoodtale]

My parents were married for 55 years. One morning, my mom was going downstairs to make dad breakfast, she had a heart attack and fell. My father picked her up as best he could and almost dragged her into the truck. At full speed , without respecting traffic lights, he drove her to the hospital.

When he arrived, unfortunately she was no longer with us.

During the funeral, my father did not speak; his gaze was lost. He hardly cried.

That night, his children joined him. In an atmosphere of pain and nostalgia, we remembered beautiful anecdotes and he asked my brother, a theologian, to tell him where Mom would be at that moment. My brother began to talk about life after death, and guesses as to how and where she would be.

My father listened carefully. Suddenly he asked us to take him to the cemetery.

Dad!" we replied, "it's 11 at night, we can't go to the cemetery right now!"

He raised his voice, and with a glazed look he said:

"Don't argue with me, please don't argue with the man who just lost his wife of 55 years."

There was a moment of respectful silence, we didn't argue anymore. We went to the cemetery, we asked the night watchman for permission. With a flashlight we reached the tomb. My father caressed her, prayed and told his children, who watched the scene moved:

"It was 55 years... you know? No one can talk about true love if they have no idea what it's like to share life with a woman."

He paused and wiped his face. "She and I, we were together in that crisis. I changed jobs ..." he continued. "We packed up when we sold the house and moved out of town. We shared the joy of seeing our children finish their careers, we mourned the departure of loved ones side by side, we prayed together in the waiting room of some hospitals, we support each other in pain, we hug each Christmas, and we forgive our mistakes... Children, now it's gone, and I'm happy, do you know why?

Because she left before me. She didn't have to go through the agony and pain of burying me, of being left alone after my departure. I will be the one to go through that, and I thank God. I love her so much that I wouldn't have liked her to suffer..."

When my father finished speaking, my brothers and I had tears streaming down our faces. We hugged him, and he comforted us, "It's okay, we can go home, it's been a good day."

That night I understood what true love is; It is far from romanticism, it does not have much to do with eroticism, or with sex, rather it is linked to work, to complement, to care and, above all, to the true love that two really committed people profess ".

Peace in your hearts

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING: SWEET REVENGE! Trump’s nemesis Kaitlan Collins breaks the new footage of Trump cowering in a catering truck, hiding from Iran, and got the exclusive interview with the primary reporter exposing Trump’s humiliation for the world to see!

Oh, he’s gonna throw a fit over this one…

The perpetual target of the president’s ire due to her insistence on doing her job, asking him tough questions, and refusing to back down when he gets pissy had a gratifying moment last night when she got to break the news of the president’s humiliation.

“Joining me tonight is one of the reporters who broke this story. Washington Post national security reporter Dan Lamothe. And Dan, I mean, this is a remarkable scoop and very thorough reporting here. Can you just kind of walk us through what you've learned here?” asks Collins.

“Yeah, I think that the most significant piece here is that for weeks now, the American public talking about the two Air Force One jets, the newer one from Qatar and the older one from the last couple of decades of operations. And in reality, the president was on neither plane. This came to the post in part because individuals thought that there was a whole and public understanding here that needed to be clarified,” said Lamothe.

Part of that public understanding was that Trump put the entire White House press corps and much of his staff in danger by using them as a decoy while he himself slithered away in a catering truck.

"When you have even the usage of an Air Force One call sign on a plane that the president is not aboard in that moment, that's remarkable!” said Lamothe.

After enduring so many public insults and disparaging remarks from Trump, being able to break this story on live TV had to be very satisfying for Collins.

Good for her!