Pete
@pfriesen.bsky.social
Lapsed home brewer, internet junkie
What a terrible idea, of course Ford thinks its great one.
Joining @MooreintheAM on @NEWSTALK1010 at 8:45 am with @IshaChaudhuri and @RichardCrouse.
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‘We want more casinos’: Doug Ford unveils plan to boost tourism in Niagara Falls
In a debilitating trade war with the U.S., Doug Ford is gambling on transforming Niagara Falls into Las Vegas North to bolster the Ontario economy.
www.thestar.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a terrible idea, of course Ford thinks its great one.
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Lane Hutson with the Habs this season:
• 5 goals
• 23 assists (Tied for 4th among defensemen)
• 28 points (Tied for 5th among defenseman)
• 23:06 mins per game
• 1 penalty taken
• 5 goals
• 23 assists (Tied for 4th among defensemen)
• 28 points (Tied for 5th among defenseman)
• 23:06 mins per game
• 1 penalty taken
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Lane Hutson with the Habs this season:
• 5 goals
• 23 assists (Tied for 4th among defensemen)
• 28 points (Tied for 5th among defenseman)
• 23:06 mins per game
• 1 penalty taken
• 5 goals
• 23 assists (Tied for 4th among defensemen)
• 28 points (Tied for 5th among defenseman)
• 23:06 mins per game
• 1 penalty taken
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This move to Harbourfront is, basically, a merger of two institutions into one building 1/8 the size of the old Science Centre.
The government made up a nonsense statistic (86,000) to try and cover this up.
It worked
The government made up a nonsense statistic (86,000) to try and cover this up.
It worked
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This move to Harbourfront is, basically, a merger of two institutions into one building 1/8 the size of the old Science Centre.
The government made up a nonsense statistic (86,000) to try and cover this up.
It worked
The government made up a nonsense statistic (86,000) to try and cover this up.
It worked
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3 kids ages 5 to 9 "have died from influenza A-related complications in the Ottawa & Eastern Ontario Health Unit regions during the first 2 weeks of December.
The medical officers of health are “strongly recommending” everyone aged 6 months and older get their flu vaccine as “soon as possible"
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The medical officers of health are “strongly recommending” everyone aged 6 months and older get their flu vaccine as “soon as possible"
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3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3 kids ages 5 to 9 "have died from influenza A-related complications in the Ottawa & Eastern Ontario Health Unit regions during the first 2 weeks of December.
The medical officers of health are “strongly recommending” everyone aged 6 months and older get their flu vaccine as “soon as possible"
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The medical officers of health are “strongly recommending” everyone aged 6 months and older get their flu vaccine as “soon as possible"
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Capitalism is a hell of a drug.
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Capitalism is a hell of a drug.
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Marie-Anne Gaboury is considered by some to be the first female voyageur.
She taught herself to read and write in French and Latin, and studied mathematics in her spare time.
The grandmother of Louis Riel, she became an important figure in the Red River area.
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She taught herself to read and write in French and Latin, and studied mathematics in her spare time.
The grandmother of Louis Riel, she became an important figure in the Red River area.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Marie-Anne Gaboury is considered by some to be the first female voyageur.
She taught herself to read and write in French and Latin, and studied mathematics in her spare time.
The grandmother of Louis Riel, she became an important figure in the Red River area.
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She taught herself to read and write in French and Latin, and studied mathematics in her spare time.
The grandmother of Louis Riel, she became an important figure in the Red River area.
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Martin St. Louis says Fowler starts, Jake Evans in for Davidson, Xhekaj for Struble
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Martin St. Louis says Fowler starts, Jake Evans in for Davidson, Xhekaj for Struble
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I find it *incomprehensible* that people can claim they are "fighting for the rights of women and girls" and not apparently acknowledge that - at the very least - many many reasonable women and girls *disagree with them about this*.
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I find it *incomprehensible* that people can claim they are "fighting for the rights of women and girls" and not apparently acknowledge that - at the very least - many many reasonable women and girls *disagree with them about this*.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Dorothy Day with her prison dress. In November 1917, Day went to prison for being one of forty women in front of the White House protesting women's exclusion from the electorate. She's one of the reasons why you can vote, and a reminder that voting shouldn't be taken for granted.
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Dorothy Day with her prison dress. In November 1917, Day went to prison for being one of forty women in front of the White House protesting women's exclusion from the electorate. She's one of the reasons why you can vote, and a reminder that voting shouldn't be taken for granted.
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
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Lane Hutson with the glove save on Sidney Crosby
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Lane Hutson with the glove save on Sidney Crosby
Owen Beck! Beauty shot!
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Owen Beck! Beauty shot!
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If you go frame by frame, you can actually see the moment Jarry’s soul is crushed by Caufield banking the puck in off him.
a cartoon of ralph and maggie from the simpsons holding a remote control
ALT: a cartoon of ralph and maggie from the simpsons holding a remote control
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you go frame by frame, you can actually see the moment Jarry’s soul is crushed by Caufield banking the puck in off him.
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Lane Hutson stops up, finds Brendan Gallagher, and he goes cookie jar to make it 2-0.
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Lane Hutson stops up, finds Brendan Gallagher, and he goes cookie jar to make it 2-0.
Those are some terrible Penguins jerseys
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Those are some terrible Penguins jerseys
Idiots abound
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Idiots abound
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Habs rookie goalies to make their first career NHL start vs the Pittsburgh Penguins:
• Ken Dryden: March 14, 1971
• Patrick Roy: October 10, 1985
• Carey Price: October 10, 2007
• Jacob Fowler: December 11, 2025
• Ken Dryden: March 14, 1971
• Patrick Roy: October 10, 1985
• Carey Price: October 10, 2007
• Jacob Fowler: December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Habs rookie goalies to make their first career NHL start vs the Pittsburgh Penguins:
• Ken Dryden: March 14, 1971
• Patrick Roy: October 10, 1985
• Carey Price: October 10, 2007
• Jacob Fowler: December 11, 2025
• Ken Dryden: March 14, 1971
• Patrick Roy: October 10, 1985
• Carey Price: October 10, 2007
• Jacob Fowler: December 11, 2025
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When the best women's hockey player in the world, possibly in history, goes out of her way to wreck a player multiple times, it's about more than a couple social media likes.
Marie-Philip Poulin destroying Britta Curl-Salemme repeatedly. MPP is not a dirty player, this is clearly personal.
Marie-Philip Poulin destroying Britta Curl-Salemme repeatedly. MPP is not a dirty player, this is clearly personal.
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
When the best women's hockey player in the world, possibly in history, goes out of her way to wreck a player multiple times, it's about more than a couple social media likes.
Marie-Philip Poulin destroying Britta Curl-Salemme repeatedly. MPP is not a dirty player, this is clearly personal.
Marie-Philip Poulin destroying Britta Curl-Salemme repeatedly. MPP is not a dirty player, this is clearly personal.
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Jacob Fowler has had his own net since the start of practice. Sam Montembeault and Jakub Dobeš are sharing the other net.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Jacob Fowler has had his own net since the start of practice. Sam Montembeault and Jakub Dobeš are sharing the other net.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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I think the coded language most ignored is how the right uses “inefficiency” to mean “things not yet being profit maximized by private equity” rather than “running smoothly with minimal waste”
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I think the coded language most ignored is how the right uses “inefficiency” to mean “things not yet being profit maximized by private equity” rather than “running smoothly with minimal waste”