Definitely getting the same vibe Bill Maher gave when he talked about how polite and charming Trump was at that private dinner at the Whitehouse.
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Definitely getting the same vibe Bill Maher gave when he talked about how polite and charming Trump was at that private dinner at the Whitehouse.
There are a lot of questions that should be asked of the Trump Administration. I guess that wouldn’t be part of the current journalistic approach now?
Homophobic and anti-Trans people usually have interesting private browser history.
Why hasn’t anyone asked to see the receipts?
An evening on our deck with the fire table, my 90’s music playlist, and my wife . Life is good.
You don’t even have to the name. We all know.
What a morning in the Okavango Delta looks like 🥹🐘 Jack Swynnerton "TINY steps and BIG adventures for this little elephant 🐘" 📍Okavango Delta - Botswana
Proud dad moment today. I had breakfast with my son. We talked music, books and politics.I told him that as I have gotten older I have become more open minded, tolerant and progressive. He said it is because you have a heart and a brain.🥹
Yeah what is so funny about them. We could use a lot more of each. Happy Weekend Jack and Bluesky
I have been called a fount of useless information.🤣😎
A song influenced by Bing Crosby and Roy Orbison. You can look it up. Happy Thursday Jack and the Bluesky community.
Reminds me of elementary school. A teacher would catch a bully roughing me up and we would both be sent to the principal’s office. Then I would be asked what did I do to provoke the bully.
When he first came up and had the incredible series at Fenway and was given the nickname Babe, I thought he was a flash in the pan. This season he has developed into an effective player with timely hitting and a decent glove. I was wrong and happy to admit that.
Never underestimate your own light…✨✨✨🦋✨✨✨
He has developed ( no pun intended) a second career as a photographer. He has done portraits of members of the UK Royal Family. Similar to Julien Lennon who has some fantastic Landscapes photos. It is nice to talk about art and creativity instead of the news.
I first witnessed the phenomenon of boaters being out on the water while water bombers were trying to load up on Lake Okanagan during the Kelowna fire in 2003. 30000 people evacuated from their homes and yet boaters need a view.
The extreme sense of Entitlement of some people, not Empathy is what is destroying Western Civilization.
Some Canadian content to kick off Saturday.
The biggest song written by Phil Everly. Timeless.
Exactly. I guess the so-called Alpha Males need to be taught it is ok to be seen with their progeny.
The phrase Thank you for your service means as much as from some people as when they say Thoughts and Prayers to victims of mass shootings.
If his last name wasn’t Kennedy would anyone have listened to this quack ? That being said with conspiracy theories and science denial floating through the internet someone else would have attained his spotlight.
For a moment reading this I was transported back to my University days, reading The Bill James Baseball Abstract.
I hope they left some hits in their bats for the series against the Dodgers.
😎 Awesome
Because they couldn’t find a high enough window
Didn’t really help the Yankees last year, but I take your point. The problem can be when streaky hitters go cold at the wrong time. Anyways I am enjoying this team right now and so is my wife. She never watched before we got together.
2) the toxic culture in Hockey. A player on the ice can injure another player and NHLPA advocates for the perpetrator at a disciplinary hearing and not the victim. I am not equating the two situations. Or saying I agree with the PA but I see why they made a statement I wish they didn’t make.
1) sorry. Sexual Assault wrong. If you need to make a consent video it is wrong. The NHLPA like any union has an obligation to advocate for its members. No matter how distasteful the behaviour. I think they are wrong,and wish they would not and advocating enhances …
I am really enjoying the old timey baseball. Get them on, get them over, get them home. Hit it where they ain’t. Power numbers don’t mean much if the team doesn’t win.
Too be very clear here I abhor in no uncertain terms the behaviour of those players. However the PA is doing its job in advocating for its members, as distasteful as it is. Similar to when they defend or advocate for a player during a disciplinary hearing for on ice misconduct.
Stan Bowman is GM of the Oilers now and Joel Quenneville is coaching again. The hockey community protects its own. That is the part of the problem.
Jesse Ventura attempted to start a Wrestler style players union, based on advice from Gene Upshaw of the NFLPA. Hogan ratted him out to Vince McMahon.
I wasn’t an Ozzy fan but I was sad when I found out he passed. With Hogan I can’t feel anything close to sad, not gleeful more like good riddance.
I wonder if the Duke of York is sweating the release of the Epstein files?
He wouldn’t take the job. He would have to work on Sunday and that would interfere with his golf.
Small town museums can be a fascinating look into how communities were back in the past. Many significant artifacts that tell the story of the area and of a time gone by.
That first Dire Straits album was a revaluation and a relief in the dark days of too much Disco.
Is the Vancouver Park Board an unnecessary level of bureaucracy? Even when I lived in Vancouver I never understood the municipal politics.
Ah a little old school Canadian content.
Aside from Trump getting royalties on book sales, has anyone gotten rich from following advise or techniques in The Art of The Deal? Is it taught in Business School?
Don’t let the door hit you in the way out
From the London Calling album. I always refer to that album as kick starting the 80’s. The variety of musical styles is astonishing.
One of my two favourite Clash covers. Brand New Cadillac is the other. Pure punk energy.
Hope she doesn’t fall out a window or down the stairs.
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He lies to everyone even himself. On another forum a voter from his Ottawa area riding said the only time he was there was when he was on his way to the airport.
I was grocery shopping recently. In the produce section I was checking labels for point of origin. I put down something that read Product of the USA. I picked up and purchased something that read Product of South Africa. I remember a time when I boycotted South African items. The world has changed.
The weekend has come today(okay this afternoon)
Tell Trump that Obama’s birth certificate is in the Epstein file. See how fast it is released.
I remember Marty York as an occasional funny irreverent columnist for the Globe and Mail. What happened to him? His feed on the former Twitter was always inside sources saying someone was about to be fired.
They keep bringing Robert’s Rules of Order to a knife fight and MAGA brings a flame thrower.
Imagine if any reporter had asked that in 2015 or if Hilary or Kamala had asked it at a debate?
I am still hoping for someone to ask him “what is the colour of the sky in your world?”
18 of 24.
In my experience working hard and going above and beyond has usually meant just getting more responsibilities with minimal compensation and no authority. I suspect I am not alone in this observation and experience.
The fact that this collection of homophobes , mostly white men, danced with each other to a Gay Anthem is proof irony is dead. Celebrating and basking in their cruelty. They want a world of 19th Century values and traditions with 21st Century technology.
I wish all my Bluesky friends in the USA a very happy July 4th.
I would suggest a rule that if you were in high school or college on November 22 1963, it is time to retire from political office.
Tell the media it has potential impact on the 2026 midterms and maybe they will mention it.
Happy Canada Day to all those Canadians on Bluesky and to all who want to be.
Thanks. This song has a very strong resonance for me. Driving through Southern Ontario from a wedding on Labour Day weekend and knowing my the girlfriend and i were in the process of breaking up. The next phase of my life was about to start.
These numerous people, how many had tears in their eyes?
Remember Prague in 1989? People said enough and the Velvet Revolution began.
The rise of Trump allows the worst people to express their worst thoughts and feelings in the public arena knowing that there are like minded people who have come out of hiding to agree with them.
Call me weird but I thought having people other than the GM’s and their minions on stage announcing picks was an improvement #NHLDraft
If Santander and Varsho can contribute and the starting pitching holds up, maybe even better results for the season.
The old Tiger Stadium in Detroit had obstructed views but it had charm and nostalgia. And you could listen to Ernie on your transistor radio. God, when did I get old?
I used to think that the term for felattio was the best description for what Trump’s worshipers did. Now I think the term “tossing his salad “ is more appropriate. IYKYN
Last season when they were still in the playoff hunt I was not excited as they were playing boring hockey, except for Hughes. The Petey-Miller soap opera was a huge distraction. Now they trade for Kane too add to the drama.
Don’t go away mad, just go away.
I am dumbstruck by this. Kane maybe an East Van guy but he has never struck me as a Team first guy. This organization does not need any more drama.
Thanks for making Donovan Bennett a semi regular on your round tables. I have enjoyed his views and reporting since Tim and Sid.
I remember a review of the album that celebrated the genius of it and speculated how good an exclusive Wilson Brothers collaboration would be. Sadly it was not to be.
So SpaceX won’t be taking us to Mars by 2030?
There’s a bathroom on the right
I used to think Gregory Campbell should have been the most sought after free agent in the NHL. His teams never had calls against unless there was a criminal investigation. Continues in his role on the Panthers management.
That was a great interview. I found her candler refreshing in talking about league operations. I can’t think of an NHL/MLB/NFL coach or executive that would take you inside like that.
Say what you will about Mulroney he and his team had policy ideas. Some of which had some long term beneficial effects. Polievre can only criticize and offer slogans that don’t catch on with the electorate especially the so-called mushy middle.
I owned a red vinyl copy of this album. I think my younger brother has it now.
They used talk radio, Fox News and podcasts to amplify this as well which scared older people.
As all of this transpired they were talking about the effectiveness of the Bullpen and their great stats as of late.
he’s played in 16 MLB games and he has three of these already
Now we had it tough. We had to wait for our dad to come back from Pub to tell us about it before we went to pay Mill Owner for permission to come to work
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
I used to think was never a role model, but based on some of the records of those he has pardoned , I was wrong.
“One more question, sir. You wrote a book about the former president's cognitive issues, but the current president posted that the former president was executed in 2020 and replaced by a mindless, soulless robot with cancer. What am I missing here?”
The thing that amazes me about MAGA is the lack of shame. Whenever someone does or says something that would embarrass other people, they relish the negative response and mockery wearing it as badge of honour. It is another way to own the Libs to them.
I thought to catch to deny Kirk the home run was spectacular. The kid got his first MLB RBI and Run scored in front of his hometown family and friends. By the way are RBI’s still a thing? #askinfforafriend
Oh I agree. I sometimes yell at the TV. But my wife enjoys it even when she disagrees and it is the things we do for love. For the record we both prefer John Oliver for our US politics take.
Their response has to be crafted by consultants after focus groups have developed language to appeal to Joe Rogan’s audience without offending core groups in the party’s coalition.
My wife likes to watch Real Time with Bill Maher(don’t @ me)Tapper was on tonight trying to defend the book. I said he has to say something about Trump’s dementia. He didn’t, Bill didn’t either. But Bill is still going on about Trans athletes in girls sports. Good to know his priorities remain.
Whenever some fixates on gender issues, I wonder what is in their private browser history.
Why am I not surprised that Cillizza drives a Tesla? The only thing that would make this better is if it were a Cybertruck.
Personal question Jack. Do you listen the podcast “A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs” by @andrewhickey.500songs.com ? Given the range of your musical tastes and knowledge you would enjoy it. Or are you already part of the fandom?
A nice tribute to the Godmother of Rock and Roll. It only took 30 years to get her into R&R Hall of Fame.
I know there are Australian, Canadian and US versions of I’ve Been Everywhere. Johnny Cash may have recorded all 3 .