The Old Man
@masqueradehfx.bsky.social
Union officer; Public Employee; GenX contrarian; Angry Canadian (Caper living in Newfy = doubly surly); General pain in the ass. Sensibly left leaning.
Fan of Dr. Maddow, Daily 🫘, and anyone with a 🧠.
Fan of Dr. Maddow, Daily 🫘, and anyone with a 🧠.
If America wants “Nationalized” Elections, they should follow Canada’s model:
- All paper ballots
- Hand counting under strict observation
- Elections Canada is an Agency answerable only to Parliament and cannot, by law, speak to the PM or elected official
- 36 day electoral period;
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- All paper ballots
- Hand counting under strict observation
- Elections Canada is an Agency answerable only to Parliament and cannot, by law, speak to the PM or elected official
- 36 day electoral period;
1/2
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
If America wants “Nationalized” Elections, they should follow Canada’s model:
- All paper ballots
- Hand counting under strict observation
- Elections Canada is an Agency answerable only to Parliament and cannot, by law, speak to the PM or elected official
- 36 day electoral period;
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- All paper ballots
- Hand counting under strict observation
- Elections Canada is an Agency answerable only to Parliament and cannot, by law, speak to the PM or elected official
- 36 day electoral period;
1/2
God dammit @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social !! You hypocritical SOB!
You don’t get to condemn the actions of ICE IMMEDIATELY after @msnownews.bsky.social ran an ICE recruitment ads during the commercial break.
You and the network need to pick a side. What do you value more: lives or ad money?
You don’t get to condemn the actions of ICE IMMEDIATELY after @msnownews.bsky.social ran an ICE recruitment ads during the commercial break.
You and the network need to pick a side. What do you value more: lives or ad money?
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
God dammit @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social !! You hypocritical SOB!
You don’t get to condemn the actions of ICE IMMEDIATELY after @msnownews.bsky.social ran an ICE recruitment ads during the commercial break.
You and the network need to pick a side. What do you value more: lives or ad money?
You don’t get to condemn the actions of ICE IMMEDIATELY after @msnownews.bsky.social ran an ICE recruitment ads during the commercial break.
You and the network need to pick a side. What do you value more: lives or ad money?
Ok @msnownews.bsky.social why the hell are you running pro-ICE ads from a PAC?
I know @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social is a conservative, but I doubt he is actually a Pro-ICE conservative.
I know @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social is a conservative, but I doubt he is actually a Pro-ICE conservative.
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Ok @msnownews.bsky.social why the hell are you running pro-ICE ads from a PAC?
I know @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social is a conservative, but I doubt he is actually a Pro-ICE conservative.
I know @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social is a conservative, but I doubt he is actually a Pro-ICE conservative.
As soon as I heard that ICE was ordered to wear bodycams, I had one immediate thought:
No one had ordered ICE to turn the cams on.
Words matter to an administration based on subverting the rule of law and abusing language to the point of absurdity.
No one had ordered ICE to turn the cams on.
Words matter to an administration based on subverting the rule of law and abusing language to the point of absurdity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
As soon as I heard that ICE was ordered to wear bodycams, I had one immediate thought:
No one had ordered ICE to turn the cams on.
Words matter to an administration based on subverting the rule of law and abusing language to the point of absurdity.
No one had ordered ICE to turn the cams on.
Words matter to an administration based on subverting the rule of law and abusing language to the point of absurdity.
Just call it what it is: a Concentration Camp.
This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Just call it what it is: a Concentration Camp.
So, from what I am seeing of the latest Epstein files, being named in them is a prerequisite for a sub-Cabinet or Cabinet level position in the Trump administration.
January 31, 2026 at 1:39 PM
So, from what I am seeing of the latest Epstein files, being named in them is a prerequisite for a sub-Cabinet or Cabinet level position in the Trump administration.
I used to think that Trump and his goons had a plan. That Action A was to distract from Action B, etc.
But now? NAH! Those fascists are just fucking making shit up as they go along with no plan at all.
But now? NAH! Those fascists are just fucking making shit up as they go along with no plan at all.
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I used to think that Trump and his goons had a plan. That Action A was to distract from Action B, etc.
But now? NAH! Those fascists are just fucking making shit up as they go along with no plan at all.
But now? NAH! Those fascists are just fucking making shit up as they go along with no plan at all.
So, by my count the US has completely abandoned the
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
4th Amendment
10th Amendment
14th Amendment
25th Amendment
Not too many left to go. Did I miss any?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
4th Amendment
10th Amendment
14th Amendment
25th Amendment
Not too many left to go. Did I miss any?
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
So, by my count the US has completely abandoned the
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
4th Amendment
10th Amendment
14th Amendment
25th Amendment
Not too many left to go. Did I miss any?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
4th Amendment
10th Amendment
14th Amendment
25th Amendment
Not too many left to go. Did I miss any?
If you don’t want your church service disrupted, don’t have a pastor commanding an ICE unit.
Even Jesus took a whip to the money lenders in the temple.
Even Jesus took a whip to the money lenders in the temple.
January 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
If you don’t want your church service disrupted, don’t have a pastor commanding an ICE unit.
Even Jesus took a whip to the money lenders in the temple.
Even Jesus took a whip to the money lenders in the temple.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Well, if the White House and GOP want to finance Alberta Separatists and try to break up Canada, two can play that game.
@markcarey93.bsky.social should start talks with Minnesota , California, Oregon, Washington, and the New England states to join Canada.
Well, if the White House and GOP want to finance Alberta Separatists and try to break up Canada, two can play that game.
@markcarey93.bsky.social should start talks with Minnesota , California, Oregon, Washington, and the New England states to join Canada.
B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason' | CBC News
British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration and seeking financial backing is an act of "treason," as the issue of national sovereignty loomed over ...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Well, if the White House and GOP want to finance Alberta Separatists and try to break up Canada, two can play that game.
@markcarey93.bsky.social should start talks with Minnesota , California, Oregon, Washington, and the New England states to join Canada.
Well, if the White House and GOP want to finance Alberta Separatists and try to break up Canada, two can play that game.
@markcarey93.bsky.social should start talks with Minnesota , California, Oregon, Washington, and the New England states to join Canada.
Modern finance confuses me. In 1980, the Bank of Canada interest rate (average for the year) was 12.9%. Mortgage rates STARTED at 14.5%.
And yet my parents (a machinist and a nurse) could buy a new house, have 2 vehicles, a summer cottage, and we lacked for nothing.
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And yet my parents (a machinist and a nurse) could buy a new house, have 2 vehicles, a summer cottage, and we lacked for nothing.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Modern finance confuses me. In 1980, the Bank of Canada interest rate (average for the year) was 12.9%. Mortgage rates STARTED at 14.5%.
And yet my parents (a machinist and a nurse) could buy a new house, have 2 vehicles, a summer cottage, and we lacked for nothing.
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And yet my parents (a machinist and a nurse) could buy a new house, have 2 vehicles, a summer cottage, and we lacked for nothing.
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If I was in charge of the Italian govt I would refuse entry to anyone who works for ICE, or, if the US is sending them with Diplomatic passports, restrict their movement to Embassy grounds only.
And if they refuse, expel the entire US Olympic delegation.
The age of playing nice is dead.
And if they refuse, expel the entire US Olympic delegation.
The age of playing nice is dead.
January 29, 2026 at 10:37 AM
If I was in charge of the Italian govt I would refuse entry to anyone who works for ICE, or, if the US is sending them with Diplomatic passports, restrict their movement to Embassy grounds only.
And if they refuse, expel the entire US Olympic delegation.
The age of playing nice is dead.
And if they refuse, expel the entire US Olympic delegation.
The age of playing nice is dead.
If it were up to Trump and ICE, the “Lady in the Pink Coat” would end up the same as “The Girl in the Red Coat” from Schindler’s List.
January 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
If it were up to Trump and ICE, the “Lady in the Pink Coat” would end up the same as “The Girl in the Red Coat” from Schindler’s List.
And if security HAD killed the Guy, MAGA world would have lost their shit over it.
Yo, ICE! This is what a hostile, threatening approach looks like. And Ilhan Omar’s security didn’t murder him. Imagine that.
January 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
And if security HAD killed the Guy, MAGA world would have lost their shit over it.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Every time I hear someone preaching “non-violent resistance”, I am reminded of a lesson from my time in seminary about religion during WWII:
1) The Catholic Church collaborated with the Nazis because they valued control over congregation;
2) The ONLY way fascism has ever ended if through 1/2
1) The Catholic Church collaborated with the Nazis because they valued control over congregation;
2) The ONLY way fascism has ever ended if through 1/2
January 26, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Every time I hear someone preaching “non-violent resistance”, I am reminded of a lesson from my time in seminary about religion during WWII:
1) The Catholic Church collaborated with the Nazis because they valued control over congregation;
2) The ONLY way fascism has ever ended if through 1/2
1) The Catholic Church collaborated with the Nazis because they valued control over congregation;
2) The ONLY way fascism has ever ended if through 1/2
On days like today I am reminded of just how far north I live. US news flipping their shits over 12” of snow.
That is 30cm here in eastern Canada. 30cm is a typical Tuesday. Hell, we might take 60cm (2 feet) a bit more seriously.
A few years back we got 200cm / that is 6.5’. Fun times.
That is 30cm here in eastern Canada. 30cm is a typical Tuesday. Hell, we might take 60cm (2 feet) a bit more seriously.
A few years back we got 200cm / that is 6.5’. Fun times.
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
On days like today I am reminded of just how far north I live. US news flipping their shits over 12” of snow.
That is 30cm here in eastern Canada. 30cm is a typical Tuesday. Hell, we might take 60cm (2 feet) a bit more seriously.
A few years back we got 200cm / that is 6.5’. Fun times.
That is 30cm here in eastern Canada. 30cm is a typical Tuesday. Hell, we might take 60cm (2 feet) a bit more seriously.
A few years back we got 200cm / that is 6.5’. Fun times.
It just occurred to me that I have now watched 2 people get executed on television, it it seemed perfectly normal. (It being in TV, not the killings.)
When the hell did seeing people get killed become a normal part of news broadcasting?
I agree people need to see the truth, but this just feels… 🫤
When the hell did seeing people get killed become a normal part of news broadcasting?
I agree people need to see the truth, but this just feels… 🫤
January 25, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It just occurred to me that I have now watched 2 people get executed on television, it it seemed perfectly normal. (It being in TV, not the killings.)
When the hell did seeing people get killed become a normal part of news broadcasting?
I agree people need to see the truth, but this just feels… 🫤
When the hell did seeing people get killed become a normal part of news broadcasting?
I agree people need to see the truth, but this just feels… 🫤
Any Democrat who now votes to give ICE oxygen on the moon, let alone money in a budget, is just another Republican.
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Any Democrat who now votes to give ICE oxygen on the moon, let alone money in a budget, is just another Republican.
A licensed gun owner, who was not breaking any laws at the time, was executed for possessing a legal firearm.
Uh... maybe my Canadian brain is missing something ... but isn't this where the NRA is supposed to be loosing their collective shit and threatening to bring down the tyranny of government?
Uh... maybe my Canadian brain is missing something ... but isn't this where the NRA is supposed to be loosing their collective shit and threatening to bring down the tyranny of government?
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A licensed gun owner, who was not breaking any laws at the time, was executed for possessing a legal firearm.
Uh... maybe my Canadian brain is missing something ... but isn't this where the NRA is supposed to be loosing their collective shit and threatening to bring down the tyranny of government?
Uh... maybe my Canadian brain is missing something ... but isn't this where the NRA is supposed to be loosing their collective shit and threatening to bring down the tyranny of government?
To the best of my knowledge, it is NOT a capital crime in the US to:
- photograph federal agents
- help people who have been pushed to the ground
- carry a gun
- breathing
- photograph federal agents
- help people who have been pushed to the ground
- carry a gun
- breathing
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
To the best of my knowledge, it is NOT a capital crime in the US to:
- photograph federal agents
- help people who have been pushed to the ground
- carry a gun
- breathing
- photograph federal agents
- help people who have been pushed to the ground
- carry a gun
- breathing
We saw what we saw. They did what they did, because they knew they could.
Now, what are you going to do about it? Because your government is sure as hell not going to do anything.
Now, what are you going to do about it? Because your government is sure as hell not going to do anything.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
We saw what we saw. They did what they did, because they knew they could.
Now, what are you going to do about it? Because your government is sure as hell not going to do anything.
Now, what are you going to do about it? Because your government is sure as hell not going to do anything.
I was nearly 600 characters into a long screed about Americans and guns, and I thought “Why bother? If they don’t care, why should I.”
I am so sick and tired of hearing “We can’t do this because Trump will invoke the insurrection Act.” Well Jesus, Felicia, isn’t it time for an insurrection?
I am so sick and tired of hearing “We can’t do this because Trump will invoke the insurrection Act.” Well Jesus, Felicia, isn’t it time for an insurrection?
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I was nearly 600 characters into a long screed about Americans and guns, and I thought “Why bother? If they don’t care, why should I.”
I am so sick and tired of hearing “We can’t do this because Trump will invoke the insurrection Act.” Well Jesus, Felicia, isn’t it time for an insurrection?
I am so sick and tired of hearing “We can’t do this because Trump will invoke the insurrection Act.” Well Jesus, Felicia, isn’t it time for an insurrection?
My god these GOP congressmen are an embarrassment. Talk about a rabid pack of attack dogs.
January 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
My god these GOP congressmen are an embarrassment. Talk about a rabid pack of attack dogs.