CdnCurmudgeon

CdnCurmudgeon, 5 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL2wgTxmE6Q
In breaking news, the Wisconsin Attorney General has indicted for forgery, former Trump attorneys Ken Chesebro and Jim Troupis, and the head of Trump’s Election Day ground game, Mike Roman arising out of their leadership roles with Trump in the fake elector scheme. Michael Popok breaks it all down on his latest hot take

CdnCurmudgeon, 6 days ago to random

https://www.cpac.ca/articles/disinformation-and-its-impact-on-democracy
Majority of Canadians concerned about spread of disinformation and its impact on democracy.
As security officials, including CSIS in its annual report released on May 7, warn that disinformation is one of the biggest threats to Canada, more than three-quarters of Canadians share those concerns, according to an Abacus Data poll commissioned by CPAC in April.

CdnCurmudgeon, 7 days ago to random

From XItter...

CdnCurmudgeon, 12 days ago to random

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/trump-brain-biden-us-election-b2552604.html
‘Trump’s brain is rotting in front of us,’ says American professor

br00t4c, 12 days ago to Wyze

Missouri Mayor Resigns After Cop Shot Blind, Deaf Dog That He Was Called To Help

#camera #cop

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missouri-mayor-resigns-cop-shot-deaf-blind-dog_n_6655e018e4b022987c319c0d

CdnCurmudgeon, 12 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT5toCufdco
Trump gets one FINAL humiliation at Libertarian Convention as attendees deliver brutal blow

NormanDunbar, 12 days ago to random

Me: Alexa, Open the pod bay doors.
Alexa: I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that! I'm not HAL and we are not in space!

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

😁😁😁

CdnCurmudgeon, 14 days ago to random

A reminder: PoiLIEvre employs lobbyists to advise him how to best hurt Canadians while enriching corporations...

CdnCurmudgeon, 15 days ago to random

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/health-wellness/how-to-eat-less-plastic-microplastics-in-food-water-a8899165110/
How to Eat Less Plastic
Each of us might ingest up to a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly through food and water. Here, how to minimize exposure.

CdnCurmudgeon, 15 days ago to random

The Tesla Cybertruck is perhaps the most hyped vehicle of the last 12 months. Looking like nothing else on the road, the truck promises "Truck 2.0" meaning a new evolution of what a pickup truck can be. But in reality, it disappoints on almost every level, mostly because everything about it is in service to a shape and design that doesn't work in reality. Here are a bunch of reasons why driving one didn't change my mind that it's deeply stupid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9a3GR1HJY

CdnCurmudgeon, 15 days ago to random

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/23/hpv-vaccine-cancer/
New data show the HPV vaccine prevents cancer in men, too. Why don’t more people get it?

CdnCurmudgeon, 15 days ago to random

When you are sick, waiting over 24 hours in an Emergency Room to see a doctor... Remember Doug Ford stole $600 MILLION out of Healthcare so you can buy beer at the gas station!
(from Xitter... where the outrage over @fordnation's latest scammy insult to public intelligence is loud and vociferous)

CdnCurmudgeon, 15 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2BANk3zpoQ
It’s time to talk about the real threat to free speech these days: the “vengeful dipshit billionaires,” as the Onion CEO put it. Because their lawsuits — no matter how frivolous — can silence the reporters who hold them accountable. The Media Matters for America staff deserved better.

CdnCurmudgeon, 15 days ago to random

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FFxWQcDmcV6Gc1ZfrKeXvNMi46dwLKwrIbxXjAukCvg/edit?pli=1
Pierre Poilievre lied 114 times during Question Period on May 22, 2024. Surprised? Me, either. PoiLIEvre is a serial liar, using the playbook of his hero, Trump. Here's the evidence...
#NeverVoteConservative

CdnCurmudgeon, 16 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkxKpb49dTQ
Lincoln Project HUMILIATES Trump With Four HILARIOUS Ads

CdnCurmudgeon, 17 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8eIiiNicjA
Christina Bobb, one of Donald Trump's former lawyers, and leading the Repugnican Party's "voter integrity project" in Arizona has been arrested for her interference in elections in that state.

CdnCurmudgeon, 20 days ago to random

Why is this not front-page news: PeePee threatens universities with authoritarian oversight if they don't obey his rules...

warandpeas, 21 days ago to random

Long-lasting batteries please ✨

CdnCurmudgeon, 23 days ago to random

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/aiden-pieterski-charges-police-update-1.7205820
Ontario's self-proclaimed Crypto King was arrested and charged with fraud and money laundering this week after what Durham Region's police chief called the "largest fraud investigation" the region had ever seen. #CryptoIsAScam

CdnCurmudgeon, 23 days ago to random

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-tikok-vigneault-1.7206000
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them
CSIS director says data gleaned from popular app 'is available to the government of China'

CdnCurmudgeon, 24 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFUtB-h0MSM
The difference between Project 2025 and Trump’s usual authoritarian ravings is that Project 2025 isn’t an empty threat, it’s a concrete plan that will roll back your rights and put the government in your life. We’ve been warned. Trump=fascism.

CdnCurmudgeon, 26 days ago to random

From Xitter: a party with no platform, no policies, no plans, no solutions, no programs, no clue...

CdnCurmudgeon, 27 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bshQ4e-Pso
Bombshell: Trump suddenly poised to face NEW charges
The Legal Breakdown episode 284: @GlennKirschner2 discusses reporting from the NYT and ProPublica that Trump may owe $100 million in unpaid taxes.

CdnCurmudgeon, 27 days ago to random

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/donald-trump-hannibal-lecter-new-jersey-rally-b2543749.html
Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech
The former US president called the character, played by Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, a “wonderful man”, while simultaneously condemning “people who are being released into our country that we don’t want”.

CdnCurmudgeon, 27 days ago to random

https://qz.com/india/288079/the-story-numbers-tell-about-indian-women-is-harsher-than-we-imagine

Life as an Indian woman isn’t as bad as you imagine—it’s worse

Life as a woman in India, on some counts, is worse than almost every other country in the world, a new report has found.

When it comes to health and survival, Indian women are better off than only one country in the entire world—Armenia—according to a new report on gender by the World Economic Forum (WEF).