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https://newrepublic.com/article/215721/trump-basic-laws-human-stupidity-carlo-cipolla
Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment.
Fifty years ago, in his most famous work, the prolific intellectual Carlo Cipolla argued that stupid people, as a group, are “much more powerful than the mafia, or the military industrial complex.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVj45a2IEsg
Maybe ISAF should stand for something else... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/oecd-pisa-student-test-2025-results-9.7339057
Canadian teens score well on OECD tests, but sharp drops in reading, math raise concerns
Learning outcomes for all participants stagnate or continue to fall: OECD
Canada has slipped gradually in science (24 points since 2006) and fallen sharply in reading and math (declining 37 and 42 points respectively since 2006, with a drop of 30 and 27 points alone since 2018).

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/20/kevin-olearys-utah-data-center/
Kevin O’Leary again claims his data center project will send more water to the Great Salt Lake. Dozens of Utahns are not convinced.
After withdrawing earlier applications amid widespread opposition, O’Leary Digital is again seeking approval to redirect water that Bar H Ranch has used for irrigation for decades.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-19-2026
It was exactly ten years ago tonight that then–Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told the American people that Russian president Vladimir Putin hoped to have a “puppet” in the White House, and that Donald Trump was that puppet.

https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/front-row-seats-to-the-katie-and
Katie Zacharia’s four-day tenure as White House press secretary was an unmitigated disaster. But she wasn’t the only MAGA rager who went down in flames this past week. Kristi Noem also got fired — again.

NYT: In Midterm Campaign’s Final Stretch, Trump Can’t Stop Praising Men’s Bodies
As he stumps for midterm candidates, the president has been especially eager to talk about the physical appearance of some men. Especially their asses.

https://thewalrus.ca/what-if-alberta-votes-to-stay-and-the-separatists-dont-care/
Russia’s motivation in this is the same as it’s always been: foment chaos in the West to weaken opposition to Russian actions elsewhere, whether it is Vietnam, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Europe, or Iran. Wired’s Brian Barrett described the goal of Russian disinformation attempts directed against democracies: “The point has always been to find democracy’s loose seams, and pull.” The rhetorical TTPs they use have been described as the “firehose of falsehood.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgyzoO8YAuk
Everyone is Lying to You for Money | Full Documentary
Actor and author Ben McKenzie takes on crypto, uncovering the lies and scams behind the hype. What began as a promise of financial freedom has evolved into a volatile ecosystem rife with fraud and reckless gambling, carrying with it devastating consequences for everyday people. (Crypto is a Ponzi scam)

https://hackingpassion.com/lg-webos-smart-tv-root-takeover/
Three bugs chained in order gave an attacker full control of a smart TV, straight over the home WiFi, without the set ever asking for its PIN. The owner did nothing wrong. A demo app that ships on the TV, and a test certificate it still trusted, were enough to reach root.
Root is the account that sits above everything else on the machine. With it you can read what is on the TV, change any setting, install software, and switch the hardware on and off.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sovereign-citizens-tax-refunds-9.7381911

He followed a debunked conspiracy theory to claim a tax refund. So why did the CRA agree to a $40M payout?
Agency scrambling to recover fraudulent payments issued to ‘sovereign’ conspiracy groups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uee06vA9_KM
Faith, Fear, and Fascism: Jennifer Welch on MAGA and the Bible Belt
Jennifer has written a new book called Not Today, Fascists all about her upbringing surrounded by conservative evangelicals and the connections she’s made between the ultra-religious and the MAGA movement.

The promised $5,000 checks now come with fine print: citizens only, money spent in America, and a voter ID requirement Trump threw in for good measure in Arizona. No legislation authorizes them. The check is in the mail, provided voters first deliver the election, Congress supplies the money, and somebody eventually locates an envelope.
https://marygeddry.com/p/the-greatest-economy-nobody-can-afford

Global Affairs published its annual report on consular cases Thursday. It recorded 577 cases of Canadians arrested or detained in the U.S. between April 2025 and March 2026, up from 361 a year prior.

Over that same period, the number of visits by Canadians to the U.S. dropped 25 per cent, from 26.8 million visits in 2024-25 to 20 million visits in 2025-26.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd0Tmd78Lvs
Canadians, How Many More Warnings Do You Need About the United States?
Canadians who still vacation in the USA are Maple MAGA quislings who collaborate with the enemy state that is trying to destroy us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awOCEu4BkI
The $TRUMP Coin: Millions Lost $4 Billion, Trump & Insiders Cashed In
Two million people lost $4.3 billion buying the $TRUMP coin. Forty-five whale wallets made $1.2 billion.

Buying this coin is like buying a pet rock, except you don't even get a rock. It has no trading value, it's not used in commerce, nothing. They sold it initially at $7, it ran all the way to $45 and, not surprisingly, it crashed.
(Crypto is a Ponzi scam...)

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-the-numbers-just-came-in
Record corruption numbers, six months of shrinking paycheques, a 30% president and a Senate map turning blue. November is a wake.
Inflation came in at 3.7%. Prices jumped 0.6% in a single month. Gas is up 9.1% in thirty days. Fuel oil is up 15.3%. And real wages, the only number that matters to a human being with a mortgage and a grocery list, fell for the sixth straight month...

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trumps-press-secretary-katie
BREAKING: Trump’s Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia, Isn’t a Lawyer, But Her Husband DID Bankroll North Korea and the Trail Leads Straight to Jared Kushner
Katie Zacharia’s husband lent MILLIONS to North Korea. It’s founder then walked into the White House and handed Jared Kushner a message from Pyongyang.

https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/russia-russia-russia
In the past few days, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy.
Why does he allow himself to be humiliated by Putin, who did not even pretend to respect his “ceasefire”? Why does he parrot Russian propaganda?
Trump’s relationship with Russia is intense, longstanding, and deeply weird.