Robin MacNab
@RobinMacNab
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Canadian Foreign Service Officer 1971 - 2015. RTs of news on international affairs, technology and other subjects.
Waterloo Region, Canada
Joined March 2009
Congrats! Proud papa! Onwards and upwards!
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RT @CraigBaird: As premier of Quebec, René Lévesque brought in many legislative changes, initiated the first independence referendum and ma….
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RT @CraigBaird: Throughout this week, I am taking a nostalgic look at school supplies in Canada. Today, it is the story of the maps that we….
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RT @oldcanadaseries: 211 years ago today the British burned down the White House in retaliation for the American attack on York(now Toronto….
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RT @NicholasCoghlan: It's unusual for a diplomatic Head of Mission in #SouthSudan to stay 3 yrs; most only remain a year. So these reflecti….
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Kingston Whig Standard’s @GeoffyPJohnston joined @AndyPinsent on CFRA Weekends to discuss two of the biggest issues of the summer: the climate emergency,especially the resultant wildfires in Canada; they also discussed Ukraine’s fight to survive.
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RT @PattiDevine: @peggy_blair Oh my goodness. Yes! On the weekend. I have been "writing my feedback email" to you in my head for a day or….
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RT @BBCSteveR: Russian media are hailing the Alaska summit as a big win for Moscow: .• “a tactical victory for Russian diplomacy”.• “huge d….
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Ron Turcotte, Who Rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown, Dies at 84: .With Turcotte in the saddle, Secretariat powered to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1973 and then demolished the competition in the Belmont Stakes (gift article)
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With Turcotte in the saddle, Secretariat powered to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1973 and then demolished the competition in the Belmont Stakes.
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RT @BillKristol: Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step to state capitalism….
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RT @RpsAgainstTrump: John Bolton: “The historical verdict on Trump will be devastating. It’s rare to see one person being so destructive. H….
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RT @CraigBaird: It is the longest recreational, multi-use trail network in the world. The trail extends over 28,000 km and took 25 years to….
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This (gift article) is well worth the read in the current moment: I’m a Red-State Mayor. Diversity Is Not Reverse Bigotry.
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In Oklahoma City we’re not put off by talk about reverse discrimination that attacks equal opportunity and celebrations of our residents’ unique identities.
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RT @BulwarkOnline: "If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has contro….
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RT @DavidColetto: New @abacusdataca poll out this weekend will show the Conservatives marginally ahead of the Liberals for the first time s….
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RT @Mike_Pence: “It’s past time for Mr. Trump to apply secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil and gas…The hard truth is that….
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A week after Alaska, it looks like nothing has changed in the Kremlin.
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RT @DavidColetto: Unemployment among young men reached 22.1% this May, the highest level in over a decade, and its political impact could b….
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RT @RepDonBacon: This poll shows 62% of Americans support sending ADDITIONAL military aide to Ukraine. This is the norm. .
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RT @mikepompeo: Last night, Russia launched one of its biggest attacks of the past year on Ukraine. Never forget - it’s Vladimir Putin wh….
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RT @AndyHunder: I am at the site of a truly horrendous Russian missile attack. Overnight, one of the largest American investments in Ukr….
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RT @JuliaDavisNews: Meanwhile in Russia: state TV is openly mocking Trump by describing their bombing of a U.S.-owned Flex electronics fact….
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