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Richard W. Woodley 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️

the5thColumnist@ottawa.place

<p>Retired Parliamentary Indexer. Socialist, political observer and sometime activist with HBA in Political Science, Laurentian University, 1973. Outdoorsperson, environmentalist, cyclist and former mountain biker. Amateur photographer and mapmaker.<br /><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/ottbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ottbike</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/ottpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ottpoli</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>

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    All other American Presidents had one thing in common. They wanted a better America for the American people. Their ideas of a better America may have varied greatly and some may have been the opposite of that but it is what they believed. Trump is different. He wants to make America &quot;great again&quot; in a way that is inextricably tied to his ego and has nothing to do with the welfare of the American people.

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    Some Albertans want to Remember The Alamo. They really should be remembering BREXIT.

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    A poor man&amp;#39;s utopia is a rich man&amp;#39;s hell.

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    Besides having AI Pretendians We News lets you select &amp;quot;my state&amp;quot; where you can choose which province&amp;#39;s news you want to read. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/artificial-intelligence-indigenous-journalists-9.7345554

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    Donald Trump Inspires Canada in Song http://the5thc.blogspot.com/2026/09/donald-trump-inspires-canada-in-song.html #CanadianPatrioticSongs

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    Moving west to east, ONTARIO it&amp;#39;s your turn. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/daylight-time-manitoba-9.7347844

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    I wonder how many Brexit proponents are thinking now that they might have been better able to deal with their sovereignty concerns by negotiating some sort of associate membership in the EU rather than a messy divorce.

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    #IdleChatter Anyone think that Carney might be similar to another wartime Conservative Prime Minister (not Canadian) with horrible conservative ideas but a pretty good wartime Prime Minister nonetheless.

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    Jean Chretien at Gander Today Full Speech https://youtu.be/AO-Yx-59jFA?si=fFHRQMwXo2HBKdew Excerpt https://youtu.be/wMTO8h5v4h0?si=h7CXJFya_IHYJr4d

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    America thinks its might military could easily defeat Canada&#39;s smaller military. But it will not talk a military to defeat the US, just enough resistance fighters with enough dynamite to blow up dams, pipelines and transmission lines.

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    IF you are going to do #AI, this is the way to do, it using an actually verified #knowledge base not using everything any yahoo has ever said on the #Internet. Of course it is still not #intelligence just #information retrieval. &quot;The museum says MUSEO operates within a closed language model using only museum-approved research and exhibition materials rather than searching the open internet. Staff members regularly monitor and update the system, according to the museum.&quot; https://ottaw...

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    Slideshow of Ottawa, Ontario NCC Greenbelt Pathway damage from July 1, 2026 storm https://youtu.be/yPNm-CILfmM?si=9N-yhOy2iWuJ1XWA

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/117009488904264481 True American Exceptionalism

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    Greenbelt Pathway July 1, 2026 Storm Damage Slideshow Now posted on my blog with further information https://the5thc.blogspot.com/2026/07/greenbelt-pathway-july-1-2026-storm.html

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    ning Scared https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mayoral-race-turns-negative-sutcliffe-campaign-launches-attacks-9.7291102

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    Time for a change https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/poll-suggests-some-liberal-supporters-concerned-about-climate-policy-are-leaning-ndp/article_e95e0c91-b231-5ab3-8670-7ad5f7fa6b3b.html

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    Time for Canada to stand up for Cuba https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/trumps-white-house-is-spinning-a-wild-conspiracy-tale-about-this-country-canada-needs-to-step-in-to-defend-it/article_a377063f-2744-427b-a03d-3cd5f92c03b6.html

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    RE: https://glammr.us/@overholt/117008797474566619 We found it - the quote that beats Trump for the Noble Bullshit Prize

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    Is it really a political party if a change of leader alone can change the direction of the party radically or is it just a cult with an elected leader.

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    &quot;Kersten said that allowing Netanyahu to overfly Canada sends a dangerous message and sets a precedent that other foreigners may seek to take advantage of.&quot; Unfortunately this has to be balanced by taking into consideration the international impact of shooting his plane down if it came to that, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-flight-canadian-airspace-9.7288211

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    For Canada developing nuclear weapons has never been a technical question but a moral one and I trust it will stay that way. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-remains-antinuke-road-to-bomb-getting-shorter-9.7283194

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    How did you learn to swim

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    So Trump has gone from not wanting to renegotiate a trade deal with Canada to agreeing to intensify trade talks with Canada. So Trump&#39;s tariff threat appears to have forced Trump to change his position. #??? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trade-response-trump-9.7277862

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    Work from home allowed as long as you are crossing a picket line. https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/bank-of-canada-labour-dispute

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    RE: https://fosstodon.org/@shawnhooper/116952886639539628 Carney government seeking to buy/rent office space to replace free office space provided by Public Servants that they won&#39;t let them use.

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    When you see &quot;literally &quot; what do you think.

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    So essentially the delay in the Gordie Howe Bridge opening was Canada figuring out what little thing they could do to make Donald Trump think he won while making no significant concessions.

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    Wondering are there #PredictionMarkets on what stupid thing Trump is going to say next. Seems like an opportunity to make a bundle.

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    &quot;Three months into his leadership, Lewis has emerged as one of Canada’s most prominent critics of what he describes as the Carney government’s “all on board” approach to AI.&quot; https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/mark-carney-is-fumbling-on-job-killing-technologies-avi-lewis-charges/article_e93461df-5867-41cc-909d-4e1244e4da6e.html

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    &quot;“I find that the defendant has demonstrated that to continue with the trial, considering this kind of misconduct, would be an affront to societal norms of fair play and decency and serve to undermine the integrity of the justice system,” Ontario Court Justice Kevin McHugh said Wednesday in a London courtroom as he stayed all charges against the now-22-year-old man, including kidnapping, uttering threats and pointing a firearm.&quot; He kidnapped a man at gunpoint, but his charges were thr...