Worker of Lead
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Worker of Lead
@WorkerLead
Citizen not a Subject
Ham Town Beigetreten Şubat 2019
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Why hasn’t Barstool covered the biggest story in sports??? Well this just came across my desk.
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Tiger Woods was arrested and charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit, per the Martin County Sheriff in Florida.
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@UziCryptoo Ya brilliant you just have to come up with another 60K in sales
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🇷🇸 UEFA has fined Serbian football club FK Crvena Zvezda €40,000 over a large tifo displayed by fans during a Europa League match against LOSC Lille.
The tifo featured an Orthodox icon of Jesus Christ and a Serbian-language banner reading, “May our faith lead you to victory.”
UEFA imposed a total fine of €95,500 on the club, with €40,000 specifically for the banner, citing it as “displaying a message deemed inappropriate for a sporting event” and “undermining the reputation and integrity of football and UEFA.”
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The boxer in this post is a woman. She was born a woman.
Pierre Poilievre@PierrePoilievre
What she said.👇
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Just declared my Vacant Unit tax ( I think I did anyways the online portal is so obtuse and choppy)
What a fuckin joke @cityofhamilton. Which one of your buddies fleeced the city for that garbage?
This tax better be turfed come new council #HamOnt
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Quick check on who bankrolls the Fraser Institute..
Lorrie Goldstein@sunlorrie
Carbon tax increases will cost workers income, jobs and shrink economy: Study 'Industrial carbon tax of $170 in 2030 will cost the average Canadian worker $1,160 in lost annual income, result in 50,000 fewer jobs and shrink national economy by 1.3%.[ torontosun.com/news/national/… 🧵
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@AbGamble1 Except he’s lying.
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John Ʌ Konrad V@johnkonrad
MORE CARNEY LIES The country with the world’s longest Arctic coastline cannot independently operate in its own northern waters during winter. Canada’s flagship icebreaker, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, was launched in 1966. She’s 60 years old. She is NOT polar class rated. SIXTY She was supposed to be decommissioned in 2000. Then 2017. She’s still in service because nothing exists to replace her. Many “icebreakers” Carney eludes to ice strengthened patrol boats. Ice strengthened just means they won’t sink if they run into ice. It doesn’t mean they can “break” a thick layer of ice. CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent‘s replacement was announced in 2008. EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO Originally due in 2017. It is now “scheduled” for 2026. No ship has been delivered. The program is old enough to vote. ∙Canada operates nine medium icebreakers, most built in the 1970s and 80s. NONE are polar-class. They handle first-year ice in the St. Lawrence and make summer trips north when conditions allow. ∙Russia operates 40+ icebreaking vessels including eight nuclear-powered heavy icebreakers, with ten more planned by 2035. Canada has zero nuclear icebreakers. ∙Total cost for Canada’s two replacement polar icebreakers: C$4.4 billion. Estimated delivery: 2030 and 2032. If you believe those dates, I have a Northwest Passage to sell you. ∙One of the two replacements is being built in Finland, at a shipyard that was Russian-owned until Davie acquired it in 2023. Canada’s answer to Russian Arctic dominance is literally being constructed in a former Russian yard. ∙Mark Carney just announced C$35 billion in Arctic funding. But the purpose of a system is what it does. And what Canada’s system does is produce announcements and press releases, not ships. True polar class ships in service capable of breaking thick Arctic ice? 🇺🇸 One heavy (Polar Star, commissioned 1976) Two medium (Healy, commissioned 1999/2000, and Storis, a converted commercial vessel commissioned August 2025). 🇨🇦 Canada has zero polar-class icebreakers. So no, @MarkJCarney, you may (or may not) have the second most ice strengthened vessels… but true icebreakers capable of real polar security service? USA’s pathetic fleet is #2 in the world.
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Not a day goes by where Mark Carney does not step up. Not a day goes by where I don't say to myself, "we made the right choice..
Scott Robertson@sarobertsonca
PM Carney on Canada's contribution to Arctic security: "We already have the second largest icebreaker fleet in the world after Russia. Once our icebreaker program is completed, we will have the largest. We will have 42 icebreakers. The Americans have one."
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MORE CARNEY LIES
The country with the world’s longest Arctic coastline cannot independently operate in its own northern waters during winter.
Canada’s flagship icebreaker, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, was launched in 1966. She’s 60 years old. She is NOT polar class rated.
SIXTY
She was supposed to be decommissioned in 2000. Then 2017.
She’s still in service because nothing exists to replace her.
Many “icebreakers” Carney eludes to ice strengthened patrol boats.
Ice strengthened just means they won’t sink if they run into ice. It doesn’t mean they can “break” a thick layer of ice.
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent‘s replacement was announced in 2008.
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO
Originally due in 2017. It is now “scheduled” for 2026.
No ship has been delivered.
The program is old enough to vote.
∙Canada operates nine medium icebreakers, most built in the 1970s and 80s.
NONE are polar-class.
They handle first-year ice in the St. Lawrence and make summer trips north when conditions allow.
∙Russia operates 40+ icebreaking vessels including eight nuclear-powered heavy icebreakers, with ten more planned by 2035.
Canada has zero nuclear icebreakers.
∙Total cost for Canada’s two replacement polar icebreakers: C$4.4 billion. Estimated delivery: 2030 and 2032. If you believe those dates, I have a Northwest Passage to sell you.
∙One of the two replacements is being built in Finland, at a shipyard that was Russian-owned until Davie acquired it in 2023. Canada’s answer to Russian Arctic dominance is literally being constructed in a former Russian yard.
∙Mark Carney just announced C$35 billion in Arctic funding. But the purpose of a system is what it does. And what Canada’s system does is produce announcements and press releases, not ships.
True polar class ships in service capable of breaking thick Arctic ice?
🇺🇸
One heavy (Polar Star, commissioned 1976)
Two medium (Healy, commissioned 1999/2000, and Storis, a converted commercial vessel commissioned August 2025).
🇨🇦
Canada has zero polar-class icebreakers.
So no, @MarkJCarney, you may (or may not) have the second most ice strengthened vessels… but true icebreakers capable of real polar security service?
USA’s pathetic fleet is #2 in the world.
Scott Robertson@sarobertsonca
PM Carney on Canada's contribution to Arctic security: "We already have the second largest icebreaker fleet in the world after Russia. Once our icebreaker program is completed, we will have the largest. We will have 42 icebreakers. The Americans have one."
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@lukedepulford @Baba_Yaga_baby1 @M_Johnston1 @OurCommons We don’t have a commons anymore. We have a Board Room that’s controlled by Asian entities
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🇨🇳 State media now praising 🇨🇦 MP Michael Ma’s attack on on @M_Johnston1
“Michael Ma launched a rapid-fire interrogation that sent tension through the room. The witness's stumbling response sparked uproar.”
Increasingly damaging for @OurCommons
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Luke de Pulford@lukedepulford
Prime Minister @MarkJCarney was personally supportive of the anti-slavery charity I co-founded (@arisefdn). There is no way he supports this denialism. He should distance himself. The integrity of his party is being brought into disrepute.
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🚨 Watch this video
This is real footage of a Uyghur detention facility in Xinjiang, China.
Filmed in 2020 by a brave dissident who risked his life to get this on camera.
He had to flee China afterward and was granted asylum.
Verified by NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Human Rights Watch, and the UN.
Over 1 million Uyghurs detained.
Forced labour.
Mass surveillance.
Documented by every credible human rights organization on earth.
Liberal MP Michael Ma called testimony about this “hearsay” yesterday.
He asked the expert if she’d personally witnessed it.
As if China would let anyone near these camps.
This is what he denies.
Downplays.
And defends.
Who does Michael Ma work for?
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@MPMichaelMa total and utter bullshit. You revealed yourself and this forced Carney PMO spin no one buys. As a compromised MP it is your duty to resign now.
MPMichaelMa@MPMichaelMa
Today, during an exchange with a witness at the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, I asked questions that inadvertently came across as dismissive of the serious issue of forced labour. To be clear, my line of questioning referred to auto manufacturing in Shenzhen, China, and not in Xinjiang. I regret this mistake and apologise to Ms. McCuaig-Johnston and my fellow committee members. I condemn forced labour, in all its forms. Canada has amongst the most rigorous forced-labour import laws in the world, and I am proud to support the government’s work to eradicate forced labour from supply chains and enforce Canada’s import prohibition.
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@esaagar With all due respect of the next conflict is CCP then the weapon of choice will be Minuteman’s
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The Trump admin has just vaporized 1/4 of the entire Tomahawk stockpile for the Iran war which will quite literally take years even with accelerated production just to replace what was already a short supply
Beijing continues to laugh hysterically
Dan Lamothe@DanLamothe
SCOOP: The U.S. military has fired more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials and prompted internal discussions about how to make more available.
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@papproper @JamesPGoddard90 I don’t. But they do remind me of the lost generation that was dominant post WW1 and during depression.
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@WorkerLead @JamesPGoddard90 Don't put all the kids that age in the same bracket (or packet even).
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How much is the packet in Brazil?
Some might say this is real boots on the ground journalism
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@EngAslamRana
Is it the official position of the LPC that the genocide and forced labour of Muslims in Xinjiang is a fallacy?
Give it some thought over Jummah and get back to me if you could thanks.
#HamOnt
Marc Nixon@MarcNixon24
HOLY SH💣 Michael Ma is now FULLY defending the communist Chinese party
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These Liberals behaved like university student union members
SandraCobena@SandraCobena_
🚨BREAKING🚨: Today Conservatives moved an important motion to cancel the upcoming April 1st Liberal tax hike on alcohol. Rather than delivering this cost saving measure for Canadians and small businesses, Liberal members threatened to filibuster the entire meeting and refused to vote, adjourning the meeting instead! #cdnpoli
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NEW: Liberals table Bill C-25, banning political deepfakes, crypto donations and foreign interference outside election periods. Max fines jump from $1,500 to $25,000 for individuals, $5,000 to $100,000 for organizations — CBC News
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@JimmyT2022 @MarkJCarney They’re not even original. The Europeans have been doing this for years.
Country is going to hell in a hand basket.
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@WorkerLead @MarkJCarney Their math is astounding. They think they are fooling people! Well maybe just the goofballs that vote for them. Its embarrassing
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We're rebuilding, rearming, and reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces — to protect Canadians and our Allies.
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@JimmyT2022 @MarkJCarney Where’s the clip of the accountant who got you over 2% ?
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To meet the 2% NATO defence spending target, the government uses a broad definition of “defence expenditure.” This approach includes costs from several non-military departments and services. While these items are technically allowed under NATO guidelines, they are often criticized as “creative accounting” because they do not directly fund military capability or equipment procurement.
Below is a breakdown of some of the non-traditional items included in the calculation:
1. Environmental & Infrastructure Projects
•Tree planting: Costs associated with planting approximately 14,450 trees at various strategic locations have been included in defence spending.
•Northern operational support hubs: Funding for Arctic infrastructure—such as airports and ports—that may serve both civilian and military purposes.
2. Space & Telecommunications
•Internet and satellites: Investments in a High Arctic satellite ground station and broader telecommunications infrastructure are classified as “dual-use.”
•Digital foundations: Over $560 million allocated to strengthening digital systems, including non-combat IT and administrative software.
3. Other Government Departments
A significant portion of the total—estimated at roughly $14.6 billion in some projections—comes from departments outside the Department of National Defence:
•Veterans Affairs Canada: Disability payments and pensions for veterans are included in NATO calculations.
•Canadian Coast Guard: Spending on the Coast Guard’s fleet, despite being a civilian organization, is counted—even for unarmed vessels.
•RCMP: Costs tied to paramilitary functions and international policing missions.
•Global Affairs Canada: Contributions to international security programs and NATO’s civilian budget.
4. International Aid & Research
•Military aid to Ukraine: Over $2 billion in assistance to Ukraine is counted toward Canada’s 2% target.
•Innovation programs: Funding for research initiatives, including AI, quantum computing, and robotics through programs such as IDEaS.
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