Peter O’Neil 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@poneilinottawa.bsky.social
Proud dad. Retired Journalist/Speechwriter. Politic. History. Ottawa Senators. Tennis. Big Brother volunteer. Banned by Russia. Post-Nov 5 PTSD
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We're supposed to be envious of a famous battle our allies famously lost? I. Don't. Think. So.
I keep tripping over this throwaway line in Mike Blanchfield’s interview with US ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra. Has anyone ever heard a Canadian express envy or frustration about the movie A Bridge Too Far, depicting the valiant but failed Operation Market Garden? What’s he talking about?
May 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We're supposed to be envious of a famous battle our allies famously lost? I. Don't. Think. So.
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Why Canada will never be the 51st state kenmcgoogan.com/2025/05/12/w...
Why Canada will never be the 51st state | Ken McGoogan
(Nice to see this piece turn up in today's Globe and Mail)
kenmcgoogan.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why Canada will never be the 51st state kenmcgoogan.com/2025/05/12/w...
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
This morning in London UK
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This morning in London UK
Who wants to go to @ottawacharge.bsky.social game vs Montreal at noon today? Two tickets in great location. $300 value. Looks like full house with playoffs on the line. Make me an offer!
April 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Who wants to go to @ottawacharge.bsky.social game vs Montreal at noon today? Two tickets in great location. $300 value. Looks like full house with playoffs on the line. Make me an offer!
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Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
CALGARY - During an outdoor campaign rally, security rushed a shaken Pierre Poilievre to safety after he was tragically struck by a lone question from a journalist.
www.thebeaverton.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
Two tickets plus parking for Saturday’s game four.
April 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Two tickets plus parking for Saturday’s game four.
This is by far the best game report I’ve read this morning. Gr8 to see a young reporter with the smarts and guts to highlight the positives AND the hard truths about why Sens are down two games. While sparing us the fluff. Added plus: Nice writing. Thanks Alex!
Ottawa's comeback failed short because of a couple costly mistakes.
Why the Senators need more from Chabot and Batherson.
Plus, spoke to Ridly Greig about being a pest and the slapshot.
"Whether you hated it or loved it, you probably watched it."
#Sens
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
Why the Senators need more from Chabot and Batherson.
Plus, spoke to Ridly Greig about being a pest and the slapshot.
"Whether you hated it or loved it, you probably watched it."
#Sens
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
Senators fight back but get burned by costly mistakes in Game 2
The margins in a playoff series are ever so small. The Ottawa Senators found that out the hard way Tuesday night, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Toronto Maple Leafs to go down 2-0 in this first-round ...
www.sportsnet.ca
April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is by far the best game report I’ve read this morning. Gr8 to see a young reporter with the smarts and guts to highlight the positives AND the hard truths about why Sens are down two games. While sparing us the fluff. Added plus: Nice writing. Thanks Alex!
Gallons of virtual ink spent explaining last nite’s game, but the Globe’s Cathal Kelly captured it best: “Some young teams come out overstimulated and disorganized. The Senators came out like they’d all just been released from the trunk of a car and told to run for their lives.”
April 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Gallons of virtual ink spent explaining last nite’s game, but the Globe’s Cathal Kelly captured it best: “Some young teams come out overstimulated and disorganized. The Senators came out like they’d all just been released from the trunk of a car and told to run for their lives.”
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Astounding that this freakish man who give his kids such biblical names as “X Æ A-Xii” has bought the party long thought to be in control of the Christian far right: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Harem of Elon Musk
The DOGE leader is offering the Republican Party a very different vision of fatherhood.
www.theatlantic.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Astounding that this freakish man who give his kids such biblical names as “X Æ A-Xii” has bought the party long thought to be in control of the Christian far right: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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One of the things that guts me to the core about the current moment is how a (smallish) cabal of sociopathic losers can so effectively destroy the work of literally millions of people and multiple generations.
April 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
One of the things that guts me to the core about the current moment is how a (smallish) cabal of sociopathic losers can so effectively destroy the work of literally millions of people and multiple generations.
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Me saying goodbye to my wife and children as I depart for the Battle of Ontario
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Me saying goodbye to my wife and children as I depart for the Battle of Ontario
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US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”
US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”
OTTAWA - Following months of declining Canadian travel to the USA, Americans have launched a tourism campaign inviting Canadians to visit locations like New York, Austin, and possibly even take an all...
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April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”
What a lede in WSJ today:
April 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What a lede in WSJ today:
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@bsky.app is starting to annoy me. Why the hell am I getting this in my feed? And it’s getting more frequent.
Aiva Arquette has gone deep in Hillsboro again! #GoBeavs
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@bsky.app is starting to annoy me. Why the hell am I getting this in my feed? And it’s getting more frequent.
People complaining about the snow today don’t appreciate beauty. I loved what I woke up to this morning.
April 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
People complaining about the snow today don’t appreciate beauty. I loved what I woke up to this morning.
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Great read from @markmackinnon.bsky.social on Ovechkin and Gretzky, and the ugly, complicated political realities that can't be ignored. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hocke...
Ovechkin can overcome Gretzky’s record, but not his own past or politics
The Russian hockey star’s ties with Putin – and the Great One’s warmth with Washington – make his goal-scoring acumen hard to celebrate
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great read from @markmackinnon.bsky.social on Ovechkin and Gretzky, and the ugly, complicated political realities that can't be ignored. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hocke...
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Alex Ovechkin & Wayne Gretzky have more in common than the same number of NHL career goals. They both support authoritarian mother fuckers.
April 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Alex Ovechkin & Wayne Gretzky have more in common than the same number of NHL career goals. They both support authoritarian mother fuckers.
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March 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
These people are dangerously inept. Terrifying they’d be in charge during WW3: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
These people are dangerously inept. Terrifying they’d be in charge during WW3: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...