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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1h

Sadly, this is parody, but only barely.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Were screeching cats in heat not available?

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1h

Unpopular opinion, but the *real* villains here are the years of earlier judges who kept letting Trump skate on charge after charge, and giving inadequate sentences to his bully boys, which only encouraged him and them to keep doing what they're doing.

U.S. legal system needs to accept some blame.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1h

P.S. If I recall correctly, even the judge in Sheila's case against Mr. Bews called her out as being, well, kind of an obnoxious bitch and being the instigator of the incident.

I'm sure you find that shocking, stunning and hard to believe.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1h

I think you see where I'm going with this -- Rebel hacks like Alexa Lavoie and Sheila Gunn Reid have been well-trained in the art of lunatic hyperbole, describing literally everything they don't like as "shocking", "stunning" and "hard to believe," not to mention radical and Antifa.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2h

... and resulting in Gunn Reid spending months in intensive care, desperately clinging to life, and inspired only by the massive contributions of Rebel supporters to a fundraiser for Ezra to purchase a new office building. Or possibly a second swimming pool, the details are fuzzy.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2h

... whereupon, for *months* afterwards, Der Rebel and its Obergruppenfuhrer Ezra Levant covered the case of the wayward camera, describing the incident as a brutal and savage physical attack on Sheila by NDP- and Antifa-funded terrorists, inflicting horrifying and life-threatening injuries ...

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2h

According to reliable coverage, Gunn Reid kept harassing Mr. Bews even after being told to, well, fuck off, and Bews finally had enough and pushed Gunn Reid's camera backwards, apparently bumping it into her face.

And that's when the histrionics began, as Gunn Reid went full-metal Ezra ...

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2h

It was only a few years ago that Rebel News bridge troll and self-described "oil patch arm candy" Sheila Gunn Reid reported on how she had been horrifically assaulted by an "NDP thug", said assault consisting of nothing more than a dude named Dion Bews pushing Gunn Reid's camera out of his face.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2h

Here's Rebel dingbat Alexa Lavoie, covering a simple protest at Concordia, and loading up her vocabulary -- "disturbing", "radicals hijacked", "masked agitators", "genocidal slogans", flares", "smoke bombs" ... it's straight out of the Ezra Levant "Thesaurus" playbook.

But here's the best example.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 2h

This over-the-top, incendiary hyperbole is so depressingly typical of the MAGA-flavoured Right -- Botox Bozo Kristi Noem whinges on about "violent Antifa protesters", when it turned out she was being mocked by a guy in a chicken suit. But let's look at the Canadian versions (courtesy of Rebel News).

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 16h

I've been to Alberta ... I *know* how many "ignorant, genuinely sponge-dumb people" there are in the world.

Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 16h

The human mind is not equipped to deal with the constant onslaught of realizing that there are far more ignorant, genuinely sponge-dumb people in the world than you ever thought possible.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 17h

That is the moment when the interview should end.

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 17h

UCP hack who lives on Postmedia and Rebel News coverage will now lecture us on media bias.

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 17h

Thanksgiving lamb coming along nicely.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 19h

MUSICAL INTERLUDE: I typically loathe country music, but there are exceptions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AINU...

Steve Earle - Guitar Town (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by SteveEarleVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 19h

They. Voted. For. Him.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 19h

Legolam, son of Legolas.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 20h

The corruption of the U.S. Supreme Court beggars belief.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 20h

Well golly it sounds like you should let long-standing precedents stand until you rule on the merits, then. That is not what you’re doing!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 20h

By the way, why is Rebel News crowdfunding for home-based security systems for its reporters?

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 20h

IIRC, some years back, Der Rebel was hiring security personnel, and that money was going to friends of Rebel News staffers. Everything is a grift with these people.

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 21h

5) Rebel promotes and monetizes total nonsense that they made up, available only to members of Rebel News "Producers Club" for a subscription fee.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 22h

And to no one's surprise, Pierre Poilievre and the CPC are now getting their talking points from the fake news coming out of Rebel News. It's an interesting synergy -- Der Rebel supplies the absolute nonsense, while the CPC grants "exclusive" interviews.

www.rebelnews.com/conservative...

Conservatives grill cabinet over alleged Antifa cell in defence department

An exclusive Rebel News report on a potential cell of far-left radicals in the Department of National Defence was discussed at Thursday's House of Commons security committee meeting.

www.rebelnews.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 22h

And just as I predicted, Canada is pouring money into broken and hackable U.S. F-35s.

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

‘We are moving forward’: top soldier says F-35 preparations continue despite government review

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan says the Canadian military is moving ahead with its preparations for F-35 fighter jets despite an ongoing government review of the purchase.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking we'll go back to buying U.S. alcohol once they drop tariffs is like thinking that an abused wife will return to her husband if he promises to stop hitting her.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

Lich is now a convicted criminal, and she was found *guilty*. The only depressing part of this is that she is not spending the next several years in prison, where she belongs.

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