James Wooten
@jameswooten.bsky.social
Born in Chicago, raised in Toronto, 40-year resident of Ottawa. I voted for Harris in '24, Biden in '20, HRC in '16 and Libs in '15, ‘19, ‘21 and ‘25. I mute idiots/trolls.
Fuck yeah! 👍
Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Fuck yeah! 👍
‘Come North!’ Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders With New Talent Drive
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Canada is the dominant supplier of potash (potassium) fertilizer to the U.S., providing over 80% to 90% of total imports, while also supplying a significant portion (around 25%) of nitrogen fertilizer imports”
He is such a moron.
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
He is such a moron.
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Canadian fertilizer ‘if we have to’ | Globalnews.ca
Trump made the comment during a roundtable event at the White House where he announced a US$12-billion tariff relief fund for American farmers.
globalnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“Canada is the dominant supplier of potash (potassium) fertilizer to the U.S., providing over 80% to 90% of total imports, while also supplying a significant portion (around 25%) of nitrogen fertilizer imports”
He is such a moron.
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
He is such a moron.
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
“The president said a portion of the chip revenue would go to the U.S. government, a proposition that experts say could violate U.S. law.”
Is Trump going to skim money off the sales of chips for his own use?
Follow the money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Is Trump going to skim money off the sales of chips for his own use?
Follow the money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“The president said a portion of the chip revenue would go to the U.S. government, a proposition that experts say could violate U.S. law.”
Is Trump going to skim money off the sales of chips for his own use?
Follow the money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Is Trump going to skim money off the sales of chips for his own use?
Follow the money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Justin Trudeau resigns as Prime Minister of Canada and starts dating Katy Perry.
Helmet Hair Harper is defeated, becomes leader of a fascist organization.
Remind me again, who is living his best life?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Helmet Hair Harper is defeated, becomes leader of a fascist organization.
Remind me again, who is living his best life?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Katy Perry posts photo with Justin Trudeau in Japan
The pop star posted a string of photographs of herself and the former Canadian Prime Minster.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Justin Trudeau resigns as Prime Minister of Canada and starts dating Katy Perry.
Helmet Hair Harper is defeated, becomes leader of a fascist organization.
Remind me again, who is living his best life?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Helmet Hair Harper is defeated, becomes leader of a fascist organization.
Remind me again, who is living his best life?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“The Trump administration says its new fuel economy rollback proposal could allow automakers to resume building station wagons, a staple of 1970s and '80s family travel.”
Trump wants to go back to the ‘70s. It’s pretty obvious.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Trump wants to go back to the ‘70s. It’s pretty obvious.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
US says new fuel economy rule could lead to return of station wagons
The Trump administration says its new fuel economy rollback proposal could allow automakers to resume building station wagons, a staple of 1970s and '80s family travel.
www.reuters.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“The Trump administration says its new fuel economy rollback proposal could allow automakers to resume building station wagons, a staple of 1970s and '80s family travel.”
Trump wants to go back to the ‘70s. It’s pretty obvious.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Trump wants to go back to the ‘70s. It’s pretty obvious.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
“Signal other drug traffickers”?
Where? Overhead? Via satellite imaging? How absurd. 🙄
Where? Overhead? Via satellite imaging? How absurd. 🙄
“Multiple people who have seen video of the attacks say the survivors climbed on the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, a gesture interpreted as an attempt to surrender, beckoning rescue or trying to signal other alleged drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Videos Said to Show Boat-Strike Survivors Waving From Overturned Hull
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Signal other drug traffickers”?
Where? Overhead? Via satellite imaging? How absurd. 🙄
Where? Overhead? Via satellite imaging? How absurd. 🙄
“Multiple people who have seen video of the attacks say the survivors climbed on the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, a gesture interpreted as an attempt to surrender, beckoning rescue or trying to signal other alleged drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Videos Said to Show Boat-Strike Survivors Waving From Overturned Hull
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Multiple people who have seen video of the attacks say the survivors climbed on the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, a gesture interpreted as an attempt to surrender, beckoning rescue or trying to signal other alleged drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
This is a SCOTUS drunk on its own power. I wonder if the conservative justices wake up in the morning and ask themselves “how will I impose my will on America again today”?🧐
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a SCOTUS drunk on its own power. I wonder if the conservative justices wake up in the morning and ask themselves “how will I impose my will on America again today”?🧐
I think everyone should call Pete “Hague-seth” from now on. Because he’s destined to visit The Hague soon.
Pete Hague-seth seems to think the expression "The Fog of War" is literal. It is not. It is a metaphor, and one that would not excuse executing shipwrecked passengers you can clearly see on your video screen.
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I think everyone should call Pete “Hague-seth” from now on. Because he’s destined to visit The Hague soon.
This is Nazi-era shit.
But, yeah, Trump was going to be “good for the economy”. 🙄
But, yeah, Trump was going to be “good for the economy”. 🙄
This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is Nazi-era shit.
But, yeah, Trump was going to be “good for the economy”. 🙄
But, yeah, Trump was going to be “good for the economy”. 🙄
“Brian Cole Jr., 30, was arrested and charged with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, according to charging documents filed Thursday afternoon.”
Who wants to bet Trump will pardon him? 🧐
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Who wants to bet Trump will pardon him? 🧐
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Officials say a fresh review of evidence led to arrest in D.C. pipe bomb case
The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Brian Cole Jr., 30, was arrested and charged with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, according to charging documents filed Thursday afternoon.”
Who wants to bet Trump will pardon him? 🧐
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Who wants to bet Trump will pardon him? 🧐
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
If you had said in 2016 the top two topics of discussion in 2025 would be “Release the Venezuelan Boat Video” and “Release the Epstein Files”, you might have said we had slipped into … The Twilight Zone.
www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...
www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...
Lawmakers see video of second strike on boat survivors, say admiral testified there was no kill order
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service," Democratic Rep. Jim Himes said.
www.cbsnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you had said in 2016 the top two topics of discussion in 2025 would be “Release the Venezuelan Boat Video” and “Release the Epstein Files”, you might have said we had slipped into … The Twilight Zone.
www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...
www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...
Found the perfect beverage for Trump in the Meitetsu department store in Nagoya, Japan.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Found the perfect beverage for Trump in the Meitetsu department store in Nagoya, Japan.
“The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself. As the recent ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine demonstrated.”
When you’ve lost George Will …
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
When you’ve lost George Will …
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself. As the recent ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine demonstrated.”
When you’ve lost George Will …
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
When you’ve lost George Will …
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
This was the first conspiracy by Republicans to steal an election. And they were successful. Their success only encouraged greater misdeeds.
And here we are today.
And here we are today.
“The legal arm of the GOP’s orchestrated bid to shut down the 2000 election recount in Florida boasted no less than three future [SCOTUS] justices among its foot soldiers: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection
The post-election uprising in Miami-Dade County gives the lie to the depiction of the failed Trumpian coup as an isolated event.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This was the first conspiracy by Republicans to steal an election. And they were successful. Their success only encouraged greater misdeeds.
And here we are today.
And here we are today.
Toyota City Museum of Art. The building is a masterpiece of architecture.
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Toyota City Museum of Art. The building is a masterpiece of architecture.
Who would have guessed that committing war crimes would be the GOP’s red line? 🤔
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Who would have guessed that committing war crimes would be the GOP’s red line? 🤔
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Gift article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Nagoya in pre-dawn darkness, December 2, 2025.
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nagoya in pre-dawn darkness, December 2, 2025.
The maple leaf on the fan is subtle.
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The maple leaf on the fan is subtle.
Watching the Air Canada safety video and it’s completely bizarre. All examples of safety procedures take place outdoors: guy on horseback in Alberta reads airplane safety card, fisher in Nova Scotia puts on and inflates life vest, etc.
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Watching the Air Canada safety video and it’s completely bizarre. All examples of safety procedures take place outdoors: guy on horseback in Alberta reads airplane safety card, fisher in Nova Scotia puts on and inflates life vest, etc.
70,000 dead equates to 3% of the pre-war population.
“Can you spell “genocide”, boys and girls?”
“N-E-T-A-N-Y-A-H-U?
“Well done!”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
“Can you spell “genocide”, boys and girls?”
“N-E-T-A-N-Y-A-H-U?
“Well done!”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Gaza death toll crosses 70,000 since Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza Health Ministry says
Israel Labels Dublin 'Capital of Antisemitism' for Considering Renaming Herzog Park. They Were Raised in the Heart of the Settler Right. Now They're Determined to Revive Israel's Left. IDF Kills Three...
www.haaretz.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
70,000 dead equates to 3% of the pre-war population.
“Can you spell “genocide”, boys and girls?”
“N-E-T-A-N-Y-A-H-U?
“Well done!”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
“Can you spell “genocide”, boys and girls?”
“N-E-T-A-N-Y-A-H-U?
“Well done!”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
If one were to retrieve radio and television news reports from the ‘80s, ‘70s and ‘60s, I don’t think you’d hear/see announcers saying that people are “praying” for victims of tragedies so often, if at all. When did religion permeate American life so thoroughly?🤔
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If one were to retrieve radio and television news reports from the ‘80s, ‘70s and ‘60s, I don’t think you’d hear/see announcers saying that people are “praying” for victims of tragedies so often, if at all. When did religion permeate American life so thoroughly?🤔