Canadian Foreign Service Officer 1971 - 2015. RTs of news on international affairs, technology and other subjects.
Joined March 2009
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24 May 2017
Congrats! Proud papa! Onwards and upwards! x.com/andrea_macnab/status/8…
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Life Health Sciences in Hamilton are world lass #hamont thespec.com/news/ontario-lon…
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Jun 15
Thank You for Your Attention to This Birthday theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Jun 15
The United States has been defeated by Iran, and Sunday evening found Trump out on the lawn waiting for the rain to clear so he could begin his party.
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Africa’s fintech is the fastest-growing globally, projected to reach $65B in revenue by 2030 (13x a decade ago). 37% of Nigerians and 57% of Egyptians remain unbanked, with 51% in Ethiopia. Fintech is building infrastructure where banks haven’t reached.
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Jun 7
John Ibbitson on AI "We must not be Luddites" @JohnIbbitson
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Jun 14
David French (gift article): There is nothing new about the MAGA right, including its Christian nationalist wing. Its ideas have been tried before, and they have failed before, including in a regime remembered by the French as a source of national shame. nytimes.com/2026/06/14/opini….
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Canadians cooling on Carney as gap narrows between Liberals and CPC angusreid.org/federal-politi…
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Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston : Despite Donald Trump’s pro-Russian stance, Europe and the U.S. Congress are backing democratic Ukraine. And it is only a matter of time before the Ukrainians decisively defeat the Russian terror state. thewhig.com/opinion/johnston…
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Jun 11
When I was in college I learned about the great man theory of history. I didn’t quite buy it.
And now, thanks to President Trump, I’d like to modify my objections. nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opini…
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Good god this is a crazy interview. Listen as Scott Pelley describes how Bari Weiss wanted journalists at CBS to cover the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota. This is why we can’t have oligarchs running our news outlets, this is absolutely devastating.
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Jun 7
The legacy of this @POTUS won't be the monuments he builds to himself but the destruction of faith in public institutions for his own power and profit.
He wants to rewrite or erase history because he knows it won't be kind to him.
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Jun 7
This is unhinged. If a family member behaved this way, you'd worry about them. If a CEO behaved like this, the board would meet. He's living in an alternate reality and furious when a person won't indulge his fantasies.
Jun 7
WOW -- Trump crashes out and cuts his interview with Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. Let's call it quits. Because I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her."
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads.
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Jun 3
From @JohnIbbitson: central Canadian pundits and politicians who complain that Alberta is fomenting division, putting the future of the country at risk must grasp the essential truth: that they contributed to the circumstances that created this situation theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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May 31
Interesting speech on Carney's NYC speech from Down Under. ifloz.substack.com/p/dear-do…
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May 31
Another excellent piece (gift article) from David French: The Fire of Stupidity Cannot Be Contained nytimes.com/2026/05/31/opini…
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