Cope
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Cope
@jcoplien.bsky.social
Agile curmudgeon, humanist
September 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Ever feel like it was the longest day of the year?
June 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If Trump were tried for lying and slander here it would be 5 to 20 years behind bars.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fact-checking Donald Trump's Oval Office confrontation with Cyril Ramaphosa
President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
www.bbc.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Doge’s fraudulent claims to the American people www.bbc.com/news/article...
How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending?
BBC Verify has looked at the agency's biggest claimed savings, examining the figures and speaking to experts.
www.bbc.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Friday the 13th falls on a Sunday this month. No sweat.
April 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I have lived to see 7/7/77, 8/8/88, 9/9/99, 10/10/10, 11/11/11, 12/12/12, 2/2/22 and 12/31/23. Guess I'm old.
April 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So Trump has wiped out something like 20% of the West’s wealth. Take comfort in knowing that 90% of that wealth lies with the 10% wealthiest investors. Yeah, they’re squirming. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Billionaire Trump backer Bill Ackman warns of 'economic nuclear winter' over tariffs
Bill Ackman says the US president should pause his planned import taxes - or risk shattering investors' confidence.
www.bbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So now the main U.S. propaganda shortwave station is... leftist...

You can't make this stuff up.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order
More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".
www.bbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If I were exporting eggs to the U.S., I'd add a tariff.

"To address the threat of an egg shortage for US consumers, the government said it was willing to consider temporarily importing eggs that meet US safety standards."

The BBC, www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration unveils bird flu plan as egg prices soar
A US bird flu epidemic has resulted in the deaths of tens-of-millions of poultry and strained the country's egg supply.
www.bbc.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
February 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I hope the world is as lucky as the Delta jet - everyone survives and the right wing vanishes. — "Meanwhile in Canada" on Facebook
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Never say “It can’t happen here”. It is.
February 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Who could have imagined that dismantling and defunding Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act would cause inflation to rise?
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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US craft beers — brewed in steel, canned in aluminum — could get crushed by tariffs
www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/e...
US craft beers — brewed in steel, canned in aluminum — could get crushed by tariffs | CNN Business
Craft breweries offer more than local beer. They provide a “third place” for community members and are oftentimes helmed by the very neighbor who handcrafted those brews.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month.
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
51% of all AI answers to questions about the news were judged to have significant issues of some form.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are "playing with fire."
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
February 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“From a professional negotiation point of view, Trump isn't even bringing checkers to a chess match. He's bringing a quarter that he insists of flipping for heads or tails, while everybody else is studying the chess board to decide whether its better to open with Najdorf or Grünfeld.”
— David Honig
February 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
America has gained such respect internationally!
Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem isn’t something I ever thought I’d see, but this is what happens when you let a psychopath criminal with isolationist and protectionist policies back into the White House.
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The groundhog won’t see his shadow here today.
February 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”

The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
January 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM