Billy Charlebois
@billycharlebois.bsky.social
From Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and dumb as a stump. Nothing says summer like an afternoon drunk!
Pinned
a man is running down the street in front of a car .
ALT: a man is running down the street in front of a car .
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Your reminder that even though Canada has war heros galore, a tonne of sports legends, stars of the stage and screen and many a historical colossus, we chose this kid to be our national hero. An 18 year old one-legged superman with cancer who ran a marathon a day to help rid the world of cancer.
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“A more secure world will almost certainly require more military commitment from allies like Canada, Japan and Europe”: yes, well this administration has told Canada and Europe to piss off and left Japan out to dangle re: Taiwan, so … okay.
This is a wild framing.
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The US can dominate everywhere in the world except 7000 miles away at an island 100 miles off another superpower’s coast.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“A more secure world will almost certainly require more military commitment from allies like Canada, Japan and Europe”: yes, well this administration has told Canada and Europe to piss off and left Japan out to dangle re: Taiwan, so … okay.
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Nobody talks about the B-29 being the most expensive defense project of WWII and being an elephant of a clusterfuck from start to finish
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nobody talks about the B-29 being the most expensive defense project of WWII and being an elephant of a clusterfuck from start to finish
Until a Dem wields power.
Thomas: give us one example of a permissible restriction on authority to remove a principal officer
Sauer: there are none on those to exercise executive power
Sauer: there are none on those to exercise executive power
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Until a Dem wields power.
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Hell no
Fuck this. Let all these fuckers burn.
Fuck this. Let all these fuckers burn.
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hell no
Fuck this. Let all these fuckers burn.
Fuck this. Let all these fuckers burn.
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“we would just win if we could break the laws of war” is terminal GWOT brain. its sacrificing your capacity to fight conventional wars to win asymetric fights against insurgents who dont matter bsky.app/profile/fwor...
It's almost as if militaries have understood this intuitively for centuries and that's why the law of war is what it is! But no, these assholes have to reinvent everything and do it badly.
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“we would just win if we could break the laws of war” is terminal GWOT brain. its sacrificing your capacity to fight conventional wars to win asymetric fights against insurgents who dont matter bsky.app/profile/fwor...
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i think part of the answer is simply that you cannot build a viable future on cultural resentment and a motley group of idiosyncratic writers
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
i think part of the answer is simply that you cannot build a viable future on cultural resentment and a motley group of idiosyncratic writers
My job (career I suppose) has crossed over into parody and I know not what to do? It’s a never ending congress of management meetings, emails and diktats separated from any sense of reality.
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My job (career I suppose) has crossed over into parody and I know not what to do? It’s a never ending congress of management meetings, emails and diktats separated from any sense of reality.
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
Why does YouTube keep pushing me a “Tactical Hoodie”?
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Why does YouTube keep pushing me a “Tactical Hoodie”?
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No, that's socialism. The farmers voted for this. Let them live with the consequences. The free market will handle the rest and its simply not our problem
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
No, that's socialism. The farmers voted for this. Let them live with the consequences. The free market will handle the rest and its simply not our problem
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Today’s Germans didn’t murder Jews, today’s Japanese didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor, and today’s Americans didn’t land on D-Day. Of course we all inherit the world made by those who did, but we can’t take personal credit or blame for it.
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today’s Germans didn’t murder Jews, today’s Japanese didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor, and today’s Americans didn’t land on D-Day. Of course we all inherit the world made by those who did, but we can’t take personal credit or blame for it.
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
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Sucks to lose one where they were clearly the better team by a wide margin, but it’s the second-half of a back to back with travel where they had to play Dobeš in both. Not one to feel bad about.
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sucks to lose one where they were clearly the better team by a wide margin, but it’s the second-half of a back to back with travel where they had to play Dobeš in both. Not one to feel bad about.
Like why even post here then? I for one simply wouldn’t post on a site where my self proclaimed brilliance wasn’t appreciated.
I sometimes forget that this is a site whose user base is self-selected not just on substantive ideological commitments but also very particular views about the power of shunning.
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Like why even post here then? I for one simply wouldn’t post on a site where my self proclaimed brilliance wasn’t appreciated.
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Everybody: Yeah, that works just as it should.
Apple: Yeah, we’re totally changing that.
Apple: Yeah, we’re totally changing that.
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Everybody: Yeah, that works just as it should.
Apple: Yeah, we’re totally changing that.
Apple: Yeah, we’re totally changing that.
Watching Veleno is tough. He’s smart but he just doesn’t have the quickness or reaction time to play at this level.
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Watching Veleno is tough. He’s smart but he just doesn’t have the quickness or reaction time to play at this level.
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I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
Sometimes I wonder if Melania is really the sleeper agent?
‘His People Love It!’ Trump Says He’s ‘Disappointed’ Zelensky Hasn’t Yet Read Peace Proposal
‘His People Love It!’ Trump Says He’s ‘Disappointed’ Zelensky Hasn’t Yet Read Peace Proposal
Donald Trump took a moment out of his walk down the red carpet at The Kennedy Center on Sunday to weigh in on how "disappointed" he is in Volodymyr Zelensky.
The post ‘His People Love It!’ Trump Says He’s ‘Disappointed’ Zelensky Hasn’t Yet Read Peace Proposal first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sometimes I wonder if Melania is really the sleeper agent?
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Don’t forget who she is, just because she’s angling for power after Dear Leader passes.
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Don’t forget who she is, just because she’s angling for power after Dear Leader passes.
Just fucking savage.
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just fucking savage.
I can’t afford food because the media controls the prices is a gutsy statement.
BRENNAN: When Trump says "affordability is a con job," his approval on the economy is down to 36%. Don't you need to show you feel the pain?
BESSENT: HE's frustrated by the media coverage
BRENNAN: The polling is of average Americans
BESSENT: Average Americans hear a lot of it from media coverage
BESSENT: HE's frustrated by the media coverage
BRENNAN: The polling is of average Americans
BESSENT: Average Americans hear a lot of it from media coverage
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I can’t afford food because the media controls the prices is a gutsy statement.
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There was a time when one of the favourite events for families during the Christmas season was visiting store window displays.
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
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While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There was a time when one of the favourite events for families during the Christmas season was visiting store window displays.
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
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just some basic facts about this beyond it was the biggest explosion pre-nukes:
-~1700 dead in the explosion, tsunami etc.
-9000 wounded
-25000 homeless
lot of blindness from the glass shattering.
-~1700 dead in the explosion, tsunami etc.
-9000 wounded
-25000 homeless
lot of blindness from the glass shattering.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
just some basic facts about this beyond it was the biggest explosion pre-nukes:
-~1700 dead in the explosion, tsunami etc.
-9000 wounded
-25000 homeless
lot of blindness from the glass shattering.
-~1700 dead in the explosion, tsunami etc.
-9000 wounded
-25000 homeless
lot of blindness from the glass shattering.
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The extremely memorable heritage minute
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The extremely memorable heritage minute