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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

@optimisticskeptic.bsky.social

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Life-long photographer. Living on Vancouver Island BC Appreciative of journalists who know what W5 means. I believe in the social safety net even if it costs me more in taxes. I try not to be rude when I disagree.

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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 29d

You Can Call Me Al . . (not Ai)

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3h

Spoken like a true Nobel Peace Prize candidate . . .

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 9h

For all US States dreaming of escaping the Trump chaos and wanting to join Canada.

Your cases have been reviewed, and here is the verdict, state by state.

Your move! (no pun intended . . maybe)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv-D...

50 States, 1 Verdict.

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

www.youtube.com

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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 1d

The reason MAGA think that people who protest are all paid to do what they do is that they have no understanding of integrity,and doing things because just because it's the right thing to do.
No compensation needed!

Lil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 1d

Running and ruining the world!

energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings day! October 18! See you there!

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

I know many who identify with the Conservatives are not on board with everything that PP says, but they don't speak up.
As happened in the US, if you don't speak up you get . . .the US!

Split the CPC into a "sane" and "not sane" party. The nut jobs will crawl back into the woodwork.

Canada wins!

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

Is there anybody in the USA who is not angry about something?

I empathize with this thought, but this is not the way.

Caldburn @caldburn.bsky.social · 4d

👇mood all day, every day.

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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

As they are the two leaders who could have stopped the war at any time in the past, Trump and Netanyahu cannot be praised for stopping it. Nor is Hamas blameless.

Should we say thank you for not killing more than the thousands you already killed?

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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

"More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated "

The chaos that is the current American administration serves to add stress to the employees and the public.

Are they looking to get credit for creating new jobs with this ??
www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/h...

More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated | CNN

Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.

www.cnn.com

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

Even if you take Elon and Tesla out of the equation the cybertruck is one ugly piece of tranportation.

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

Too many words.
You could have stopped at "terrible!"

Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 4d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 3d

My young photography students will not use a tripod for love or money.

Too much trouble they say.

And yet, I found a drone attachment that would hold it steady enough they would likely pay me to use it.

#photography

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 4d

Like Shylock, from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice,
who could take his pound of flesh but not spill any blood, Trump can can federalized his troops but he can’t deploy them!
#USA #cdnpoli

www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/u...

National Guard troops in Illinois can remain federalized but can’t be deployed, appeals court rules | CNN

A federal US appeals court ruled Saturday the National Guard troops in Illinois can remain under federal control but can’t be deployed as the appeals process continues in the ongoing fight between the...

www.cnn.com

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 4d

She certainly is wearing the uniform . . . .
That spiked crown . . and that look in her eyes, definitely Antifa!

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 4d

Immediately after him came the wild turkeys!

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 4d

I swear this squirrel has been crossing our deck every five minutes for the last several days. It's his own private super highway.

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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 4d

I'm miles from becoming completely metrified!

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 5d

This is my view this evening.
Sunsets never get old.
#photography

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Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 6d

What is Antifa
Does it have headquarters (other than Millers head)
Who is the leader
Does it have meetings
Membership cards?
Member Registry?
Branches?
Flag or logo, armbands or crests?
Conventions or training camps?
Minimum age to join?
Fundraisers

They are a Figment of MAGA imagination!

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 6d

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 6d

This will be different only if Hamas gives up its guns. On the other hand, they could get more from Iran at any time.

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 6d

I know that I'm raining on this parade, but it will be a long time before we can trust that this is permanent.

As peace in the Middle East is an elusive quest, being engineered by insane leaders, the chances of success are very low.
#cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

Palestinians in Gaza, Israelis rejoice as Israel and Hamas agree to halt fighting, release hostages | CBC

www.cbc.ca

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 6d

I don't like to rain on this parade but I've seen this movie before.

I have hope for all involved but shattering peace in the Middle East is so easily done. It will be months before we can trust that this process is working.

The insane leaders are still leading!

www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

Palestinians in Gaza, Israelis rejoice as Israel and Hamas agree to halt fighting, release hostages | CBC

www.cbc.ca

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 6d

I also believe that the funding model works well with the Province paying the same for local students as is paid in the public system. Foreign students pay the full shot. I'm told that in BC, private schools are a plus for the economy.

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 6d

I can't speak to what's happening in Alberta, as it seems to have gone rogue, but not all private schools are the same.
There are three private schools in our area (BC), not all of whose students come from wealthy homes. Many require special assistance that the public system struggles to provide.

Al Brunet 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @optimisticskeptic.bsky.social · 7d

"According to Cornell University, plenary authority is "power that is wide-ranging, broadly construed, and often limitless for all practical purposes."

Put another way, Dictator!

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7d

How did someone as weird and creepy as Stephen Miller become president?

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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