Oh, yes I'd rather be on Islay! But Campbeltown or Arran would do... And I would not mind a Littlemill revival!
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
May 20
"Montreal Canadiens; A Religion"
The love for the Canadiens in the city of Montreal and province of Quebec has run deep for generations.
Michael Farber has more on how the passion for the Habs has become much more of a religious experience....
đ„: tsn.ca/nhl/video/2026/05/20/âŠ
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Although the hometown hero won its 1st GP in 1978, his epic race in 1981 in the rain and his front wing obscuring his vision is what I remember of Gilles in Montreal! m.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIWvuâŠ
Canada has been the site of six maiden Formula 1 Grand Prix victories đđšđŠ
#FIA #F1 #CanadianGP
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
A woman in Apeldoor, Netherlands unveiling a Canadian flag in honour of the Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands 81 years ago this week during World War II. đšđŠ
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
Apr 15
Basketball : Cassandre Prosper devient la 1Ăšre QuĂ©bĂ©coise repĂȘchĂ©e dans la WNBA
J'ai pu parler Ă la MontrĂ©alaise de 20 ans, qui vient d'ĂȘtre repĂȘchĂ©e par les Mystics de Washington.
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Stunning!
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Over 6 months.
Hundreds of faces.
One of the most challenging drawings Iâve ever done.
Hereâs the full time-lapse video of my drawing of @McIlroyRory winning @TheMasters.
#TheMasters
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Have a great St-Patrick's Day!
Mar 17
In 1993, a local Chicago reporter covering the St. Patrick's Day parade spotted Tommy Lee Jones filming a movie amidst the festivities and stopped him for a quick interview. The movie was THE FUGITIVE đ„
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
Mar 7
IâM GONNA BE (500 Miles) âą The Proclaimers
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You might like this one @TCotie @davidjbrodie
Demystifying sherry casks in the whisky industry: one of my favourite subjects to talk about. Here's a write-up of a tasting I hosted for a whisky club the other day #sherrycask sherrynotes.com/2026/backgroâŠ
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What a lovely sight this Sunday morning!
She's home đ€đ€â€ïžđ The MV Isle of Islay (An t-Eilean Ileach) has arrived in Greenock. A welcome addition to the @CalMacFerries fleet where she'll be servicing the Kennacraig/Islay route. Photo C. Brindle.
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
Feb 21
Celebrations with the little ones đ„čđšđŠâ€ïžđ„
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Freedom!
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La grande classe. Je pose une question simple et honnĂȘte. Une fondation devrait distribuer de l'argent. Je demande combien cet athlĂšte a reçu. Il me bloque et vous m'insultez?
Le QuĂ©bec achemine 92 milliards Ă Ottawa chaque annĂ©e, quâest-ce que tu ne comprend pas le ti-coune qui vote pour ĂȘtre sous la gouverne de 80% dâanglophones et dâallophones qui ne parleront jamais un seul mot en français. Tous les EuropĂ©ens Ă qui je parle de vous meurt de rire.
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Ils nâont pas dĂ©pensĂ© beaucoup pour me bloquĂ© pour une simple question honnĂȘte sans piĂšgeâŠ
Combien dâargent votre organisation a dĂ©pensĂ© pour cette medaille? Il a eu besoin dâaide. Vous ĂȘtiez lĂ ?
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Absolutely. 100%. This.
"Oh, so, you would compete with a torn ACL?"
No, I wouldn't, but that's why I'm not an Olympic athlete.
I never got up every morning at 4am to train all day for years. Decades.
I never froze my ass off while getting yelled at by a coach for small mistakes and asking if I really want this.
I never watched my family scrape together money for my training as a kid because I told them this is my dream and they believed in me.
I never worked shit jobs during those years of training as a teen and adult to support myself.
I never got injured and sucked it up and persevered.
So, no, I would not have raced because I'm not about that life and never have been.
That's what extraordinary about Lindsey Vonn.
She earned her way back onto Team USA through the same grit and excellence that have defined her career.
She didn't "steal a spot" from anyone.
She's 41 and came out of retirement and bested skiers much younger because she's simply the better athlete who put in the work.
She tore her ACL, consulted with medical experts who gave her the green light, decided to forge ahead, looked great in her training runs, and she was absolutely competitive for the medal stand.
That's the tragic irony of all this: she crashed because of something that could have happened to any skier, not because of her knee.
She knew something like that could happen, yet she still competed fearlessly. As she's always done.
It's why she's an Olympian, and you aren't.
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
Jan 21
The problem isn't Trump. The problem is the US.
When the outside world observes Trump's insane behaviour and his threats against allies, and we at the same time observe that there is no real action from the US public, Congress, the US Supreme Court, or the US media about this insanity, we will all have to conclude that the US accepts this behaviour.
The public in the US think the US is entitled to a certain position in the world where there is no room for decent behaviour and where there are no norms and rules.
That means that we all have to conclude that the US â not only Trump â has betrayed the international order that the US, with its Western partners, were the main architects of after the Second World War.
This is the conclusion that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney so clearly laid out in his speech at Davos yesterday. We simply cannot trust the US to play by the rules any more. Therefore, we also fundamentally have to ask ourselves â should we trust the financial and economic structure which is an integral part of the global rules-based order?
Americans live in the illusion that the US can do everything on its own, despite the fact that the US for nearly 20 years has lived beyond its means.
US private and government consumption has been funded by, among others, European central banks and pension funds. But we now have to ask ourselves â why would we trade in dollars? Why would we put our savings into US Treasury bonds?
If the US is not a rules-based society, we cannot trust the dollar to be a stable currency, and it would be insane to hold dollars. As domestic US institutions are eroded and governance structures destroyed, the US will be turned into an emerging market economy â or more accurately, a de-merging economy.
If the US threatens the territory of allies, then the US acts as an authoritarian bully nation. Nobody in their right mind would lend money to the US government. If the US doesn't live up to its international obligations and respect the sovereignty of other nations, why would we expect the US government to honour its debts?
If Trump can tariff nations that will not give up their territory, then there is certainly no reason to believe that the US will not introduce capital controls. And if that is a risk, why would you risk investing in the US?
It is not a question about Europe standing up to the US. It is a question about being prudent with our investments â about reducing risks.
Every day Trump remains in office, distrust of the US increases, and the cost for the US will go up day by day. And this is irreversible. It takes years to build trust, but you can destroy it by your actions in minutes.
Europe has now completely lost trust in the US. And so has Canada. It is up to the people of the US to demonstrate that Trump is an 'outlier', and it is up to the American people to stop him.
If you don't do that, we will have to assume that this is what the US is about â whether the name of the President is Trump or something else, whether the President is a Republican or a Democrat.
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Jan 18
âDid you have class yesterday?â
âI graduated two years ago⊠no classâ
- Carson Beck
College Football is dead x.com/Fatslob1123/status/201âŠ
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
30 Dec 2025
Mel Blanc created the voices of the main Looney Tunes characters.
In this video, he performs all of them at once.
x.com/Todd_Spence/status/193âŠ
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Benoit Bailey retweeted
14 Dec 2025
âTime Outâ by the Dave Brubeck Quartet was released on this day in 1959.
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