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Canada called King Charles to read the throne speech—and somehow tried to spin it as proof of sovereignty. But there’s nothing independent about outsourcing your parliament’s opening to a hereditary British monarch. That’s not freedom—it’s imperial cosplay. youtu.be/3WIrwQKJ4Tw
When King Charles praised Vimy Ridge in his throne speech, it wasn’t about history—it was about myth. Vimy is sold as the moment Canada “became a nation.” In reality, it was Canadians dying under British command, obedient to an empire we still haven’t broken from. youtu.be/hlktWAvkV24
King Charles’ visit to Canada wasn’t just about the throne speech or the 25th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The timing, on Memorial Day weekend, was no coincidence. youtu.be/i16VzGC2VGw
Carney’s “Build Canada Homes” plan sells patriotism—Canadian workers, lumber, tech—but Brookfield, where he was a top exec, holds big stakes in modular housing firms set to profit. youtube.com/shorts/h-PE-...
Global sport claims neutrality, yet Russia is exiled while Israel plays on. The double standard reveals sport as statecraft, not unity. sparkedsports.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
Russia was exiled from global sport after Ukraine, while Israel, despite far greater civilian deaths in Gaza, faces no sanctions — exposing sport’s true politics. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/05/24/s...
Canada calls itself democratic and post-colonial; yet it still clings to the monarchy, the same institution that conquered, divided, and subjugated this land. youtu.be/4aV-cHfPoYo
Canada calls itself sovereign; then has King Charles deliver the throne speech. An unelected British monarch speaking “on our behalf” isn’t independence, it’s submission. The monarchy isn’t Canadian, it’s colonial baggage, a relic Canada never cut loose. youtube.com/shorts/tGJTr...
Why Is Russia Banned From the Olympics But Not Israel? youtu.be/qZWEFdToUVM
On the duplicity of sports: escapism, the cultural battleground, and the theatre of empire. youtu.be/WtqPLBXfHEk
Sports aren’t the opiate of the masses; they don’t sedate, they electrify. Not morphine but cocaine: jittery, emotional, alive. The cultural grammar we use to make sense of the world when politics feels meaningless. sparkedsports.substack.com/p/sports-as-...
In Canadian politics, the term “balance of power” gets thrown around a lot — but who actually holds it? Is it the NDP with their supply-and-confidence agreement, or the Bloc Québécois with their ability to sway governments in a minority Parliament? youtu.be/7aKrr7qHlkI
Matthew Green, the NDP MP once hailed as a rising star in Hamilton Centre, just lost his seat — finishing third. But his defeat wasn't just about numbers, it was about the contradictions between his image and his actions, and the communities he alienated along the way. youtube.com/shorts/UY87q...
You’ve heard the chatter about Alberta separatism — but let’s be clear: it’s not happening. Polls show about 30% of Albertans say they’d consider leaving Canada, but Alberta has no charter, no civil code, and no constitutional framework to declare independence. youtu.be/ivj7fFLQAzk
Canadian politics feels like déjà vu every election cycle. Conservatives flood the zone with culture war battles, from oil patch nationalism to Anglocentric resentment, but it always crashes on election night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOkU...
The NDP’s future hinges on leadership: critics say only a francophone leftist can rebuild support in Quebec. With just seven seats, Heather McPherson may emerge as a pragmatic choice, seen as more principled than Singh. youtube.com/shorts/lMhe3...
The NDP faces a crisis after years of propping up Trudeau’s Liberals, leaving them leaderless and punished at the polls. Supporters turn to Greens, and a grim Victoria gathering highlights the party’s decline. youtube.com/shorts/UZa4t...
What happens when the CBC tries to take calls “after the vote”? Technical glitches, filler chatter, staffers pretending to be regular callers, and vibes that feel less like an election night broadcast and more like Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. youtu.be/rCZQwZQ5pQ4
Canada’s political center dominates as Liberals outmaneuver rivals, shifting left or right when needed. NDP’s drift to the center and Conservatives’ far-right stance leave them struggling. youtube.com/shorts/iuygl...
Mark Carney delivers his first speech as Prime Minister after a historic election win, outlining his vision for a “united, ambitious, and independent” Canada. youtu.be/sSByeblwtbs
Pierre Poilievre lost his own seat but vowed to stay on as Conservative leader after a bittersweet election night. youtu.be/b5cD9MKFMbI
Jagmeet Singh loses his own seat and resigns as NDP leader in a stunning election night collapse for the party. youtu.be/2EQ-AE7AnHI
NDP faces internal turmoil as members slam Jagmeet Singh for flip-flopping and lacking principles. Comparisons to Wab Kinew and talk of party direction spark debate on integrity, strategy, and identity politics. youtube.com/shorts/N0c7W...
Doug Ford’s Weird Election Moves Explained! youtube.com/shorts/dpX3P...
Election Night Turned Hilarious So Fast! youtube.com/shorts/viThu...
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youtube version. two years in the making. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWH8...
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What feels unreachable only stays that way until you reach it. New No Kanada episode out now! Finally!
Fight Friend | Super Rizin 4 twitch.tv/alexxstation
You're record on Palestine is an embarrassment, and you've done nothing but use that cause as a crutch for your own personal gain. You're an embarrassment and a complete shill.
Zohran Mamdani’s primary win triggered backlash across the spectrum, not for failure, but for proving a bold, left vision can defeat the machine. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/07/11/m...
Over 4.3 million hectares have burned across Canada by July 2025, making this the second-worst wildfire season in recorded history. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/07/13/c...
Trump’s 35% tariff on Canadian imports wasn’t a rupture in trade—it was a calculated humiliation, revealing the asymmetry Canada chose to ignore. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/07/12/t...
We live in a world where events seem spontaneous but unfold in familiar patterns, guided by systems that shape perception, manufacture consent, and reward control. alexstation.substack.com/p/the-fog-of...
Critics of Zohran Mamdani’s run misunderstand how power works in U.S. politics—he’s not hijacking the Democrats, he’s beating them at their own game. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/05/31/w...
The removal of Shen Yun from Montreal’s Place des Arts isn’t censorship, it’s accountability. Here’s why more cities should follow suit. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/07/08/m...
Mark Carney didn’t just win the 2025 election—he absorbed the Conservatives and revealed that Liberalism now functions as Canada’s ruling system. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/07/04/m...
Behind the Canada Day parades and patriotic slogans lies a violent colonial history that continues to deny Indigenous sovereignty and suppress resistance. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/07/01/c...
Made me laugh.
While pundits claimed the 2025 Canada election was too close to call, betting markets quietly predicted a Liberal minority long before votes were counted. electionodds.ca/canada/betti...
the tradition continues getting zonked and watching combat sports twitch.tv/alexxstation
WINNER!
crying.
Zohran Mamdani - "In the words of Nelson Mandela. 'It always seems impossible until it's done,' and tonight, my friends, it is done."
Mamdani about to speak. Join me.
Why does Brad Lander sound like he's singing a song when he talks?
Cuomo tried to smear Zohran as too radical, but it backfired. His attacks gave Zohran visibility, validated his outsider status, and reminded voters why they rejected establishment politics. In the end, Cuomo’s negativity didn’t stop Zohran, it helped him win.
Zohran SMASHES Cuomo | NYC Mayor Primary Results twitch.tv/alexxstation
going live in like 5 minutes.
start spreading the news
it's official.
not even close.
On grief, gambling, and the ghosts of those who made both the stupidity and beauty of combat sports worth talking about. And just like Pride, CombatOdds Never Die! sparkedsports.substack.com/p/just-like-...
The Florida Panthers now have more playoff wins in the last two years than the Toronto Maple Leafs have in the last two decades. Panthers playoff wins in 2024 and 2025: 32 Leafs playoff wins since 2005: 31
Oilers gotta catch Bobrovsky moving.
Oilers definitely missing Hyman.
annual loyalty transfer ritual | oilers/panthers game 1 twitch.tv/alexxstation
Did The Oilers Just Change Everything? youtu.be/3yMyatwshMo
Ahead of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The latest from my Substack. How the Oilers’ playoff run has become a national myth machine, turning political failure into a feel-good spectacle, one goal and anthem at a time. open.substack.com/pub/sparkeds...
Today marks 36 years since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, yet we're still asking: what happened? And why does the world cling to a massacre narrative that even Western journalists and diplomats on the ground say never occurred in the square itself? sparksolidarity.ca/2025/06/04/r...
on a monopoly of violence | alex station twitch.tv/alexxstation
If you can't handle me knowing the secret meaning behind 9/11, it's a red flag.
It wasn't meant to be.
Fighting in the Age of Collapse twitch.tv/alexxstation
With this in mind. I recently tried the new Ruffles "spicy" version of All Dressed, and I have to say, blasphemy. Utter blasphemy. Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.
One of the most successful forms of nation building in the modern era of Canadian state craft.
I was 5. Don't blame me. Blame Kerry Fraser.
Had the chance in 93.
They would have gotten embarrassed by the ghost of Fredrick Andersen. C'mon now.
You do it to yourself, you do. And that's what really hurts.
Leafs Misery, Steve Dangle and the Culture of Pain youtu.be/d_5kgfbjHY8?...
I stand firm in the belief that Leafs fandom is a core element of Canada state craft because it teaches and trains a certain segment of canadian society that life sucks and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Walk With Israel disguises settler violence as cultural pride, and everyone marching this year made a choice and is not standing on neutral ground. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/05/30/w...
Walk With Israel isn’t about community, it’s a public show of support for apartheid, timed to coincide with the illegal annexation of Jerusalem. It provides political cover for genocide. Walk With Israel is not about community, it's about complicity. youtu.be/gnWJzG9uGBI?...
Walk With Israel isn’t a cultural celebration; it’s a public display of support for apartheid and genocide. youtu.be/gnWJzG9uGBI?...
A feel-good spectacle for genocide, Walk With Israel masks colonial violence as culture, and those who march aren’t neutral. sparksolidarity.ca/2025/05/30/w...
We'll be honest with you race fans. That's totally not the reason.
The F1 Race in Montreal is on June 15th. Who wants to bet that it's going to be rainy, slightly overcast that day? Just enough to keep the emissions low. All totally by coincidence and not by design, either.
The thing about being a materialist, but also a painfully hopeful idealist, is that you can see the inevitable collapse coming in high-def, understand every reason why it’s inevitable, and still believe, somehow, stupidly, beautifully, that there’s a way through. There has to be.
Rizin in Korea Zonked Party twitch.tv/alexxstation
The tradition continues.
fixed it.
everyone should visit alexstation.ca - atleast once.
The whole “hockey as statecraft” idea I’ve been fixated on lately comes from what British political scientist Michael Billig called "banal nationalism," the everyday, subtle ways national identity is reinforced in a way we aren't fully cognicent of until the process is complete.
Divine intervention.
Game 7 will be played on the summer solstice. Hockey is state craft.
Mexico’s drug decriminalization is reducing harm, curbing criminalization, and avoiding a fentanyl crisis—offering a smarter path than the war on drugs. alexstation.substack.com/p/mexicos-qu...
While places like Mexico and Portugal are proving that decriminalization saves lives, Canada is doubling down on punishment, surveillance, and stigma, fueled by right-wing pundits with no real evidence and a vested interest in failure. youtu.be/X5htNAei9gQ
Leafs draft pick scores the game-winning goal to send the Florida Panthers to the Stanley Cup Finals.
The worst band in the world is far better than Radiohead.
We did it chat.
poor canada, so far from god, so close to the united states twitch.tv/alexxstation
canada is a fake country | king charles throne speech twitch.tv/alexxstation
Quebec has one king, and one king only.
Israel fits into this because they benefit from U.S. and Saudi oil dominance through security deals, intel, and normalization. While Riyadh controls oil and regional normalization. 9/11 cemented this dynamic, which is now currently unraveling because of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
What Trump is doing now with tariffs, the “Gulf of America” plan, and deals with the Saudis is what the U.S. tried to make possible after 9/11: securing energy dominance by way of small scale, shop keeper imperialism. He’s finishing the strategy Bush and co launched decades ago.
