With an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, tonight we present the 1983 film, The Scarlet and the Black.
Your scarlet, black, or any other color tinged tips are deeply appreciated!
Don’t Mess With Texas
Texas state troopers deployed in Austin.
Greg Abbott is not messing around.
The University of Texas will not be handed over to the Freak Left.
Just expel them: Antisemitism on campus surges as agitators take over
Will That Be Enough?
And can the UK afford it?
Telegraph- Sunak unveils biggest military spending increase in a generation
Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase Britain’s defence budget to 2.5 per cent of national wealth by 2030.
The Prime Minister unveiled the biggest uplift to military spending in a generation, which will add £23 billion to the military budget over the next six years.
Down The Primrose Path
War is hell.
Justin’s Media Gets Ready For The Election
Is an election on the way? Trudeau’s media is excited that their hero is ramping up attacks on Poilievre (CTV). This includes trashing Scott Moe (CBC).
They Promised Me There Wouldn’t Be Any Math
It’s the thought that counts.
Telegraph- Is the Church paying reparations on a false premise?
Between 1720 and 1723, it is true, the Bounty did invest £14,000 (about £2.4 million today) in the unsplit company and so, for a time, could have profited from slavery. As it happened, however, it did not. When Parliament divided the South Sea Company in 1723, it split the Bounty’s shares equally, too. The Bounty sold off its trading company shares quite quickly but retained and greatly expanded its annuities.
Discreditably, the Bounty’s managers in 1720 appear to have felt no moral qualms about the slave trade. Subsequently, however, they did not further invest in it or make money out of it.
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
Spectator: Desperate manufacturers are struggling to shift electric cars
The real reason for hefty discounts on electric cars is desperation. Since 1 January, manufacturers have been under the zero emissions mandate (ZEV), which demands that 22 per cent of the cars they sell in 2024 are pure electric cars. Should they fail to reach this target, they will be fined £15,000 for every vehicle by which they fall short.
How are they doing? Not very well, it seems. In the first three months of 2024, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) electric cars accounted for only 15.5 per cent of the market – virtually unchanged from the same period in 2023. Moreover, the target is not going to stay at 22 per cent. In 2025 it will rise to 28 per cent, then in stages to 80 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035. Unless electric car sales pick up dramatically in the next few months, manufacturers are going to find themselves with an enormous bill at the end of the year. The situation is worse for many carmakers than the above figures suggest because some carmakers, like Tesla, are already electric-only. That means that the sales being achieved by others must be well below 15 per cent.
It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. Analysts were not expecting manufacturers to miss the 22 per cent target. Just last December, S&P forecast that sales of electric cars would surge by 41 per cent in Europe in 2024, and by 66 per cent in the US. In Europe, it was believed, EVs would be accounting for 22 per cent of the market across 2024.
When The Democrats Do It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
We are shocked by these shocking developments.
Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday ordered key evidence in Jack Smith’s classified documents case to be unredacted.
The newly unredacted documents revealed Biden’s White House had direct ties to the Mar-a-Lago raid. The Biden Regime was also directly tied to Jack Smith’s investigation despite claims to the contrary from US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
New: Unsealed records detail allegations that Jay Bratt, Jack Smith’s lead prosecutor in classified docs case, threatened Stanley Woodward–atty for Walt Nauta–with sinking a judicial nomination if he didn’t get his client to flip on Trump
Related: Politico is outlining how a group of Lawfare ideologues meet every Friday to discuss their constructed legal filings and the next week of attack angles against President Donald Trump.
And The Budget Will Balance Itself
Watch: Minister for Small Business Rechie Valdez (@rechievaldez) was asked by David Cochrane last week if family doctors might leave due to their capital gains legislation. She seems to have given up on them and pivots directly to foreign credential recognition for immigrant MDs
Oh No Shiny Pony!
Nanos Poll Reveals Liberal Slide Continues Post-Budget
So, let’s dive into the consequences of this misguided budget. We’re going to break down an interview with a Canadian doctor who’s considering crossing the border to the U.S. They wanted to remain anonymous, and I don’t blame them.
Riddle Me This
Wednesday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: A shortage of insults. An attack on democracy? And Obama is still running the country.
Blackie’s Canada: Cannot buy bulk cocaine yet in B.C. But they can fight white supremacy. Today Dear Leader takes his taxpayer funded election tour to Toronto.
Today In Islam: Diversity is our strength in France. A moderate imam in North Carolina.
Your morning meme. Another meme. A cartoon.
A Pedo Cult Groomer Survey Goes Horribly Wrong
April 24, 2024: Reader Tips
From 1958, we present Bell, Book, And Candle. Interestingly, this was the same year that Vertigo was released, a film that made Kim Novak rather famous. It also appears to be a precursor to the Bewitched TV series.
Your witchy or spooky news tips are especially appreciated!
Honey, I Finished The Climate Lecture
Deafening Silence
Unless the Federal CPC caucus thinks that capital gains are equivalent to wage income, one has to wonder why they are avoiding the question as to whether they will roll back the tax hike or not. If the CPC has any grasp of basic economics, cutting capital gains taxes ought to be a no-brainer. This doesn’t need to wait until election time.
But when specifically asked by CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos — during a panel interview with NDP finance critic Don Davies that airs Sunday — whether the Conservatives would reverse the capital gains tax changes, Lantsman wouldn’t say.
And when pressed on the party’s position on the specific measure to increase the capital gains inclusion rate, Lantsman again said the Conservatives will state their plans come election time.
Drain The Swamp
“Secret”
Ottawa Citizen- ‘Secret’ drone installation to be built at Uplands, federal records reveal
Uplands will be the site for a new $65-million military facility to control the Royal Canadian Air Force’s drone fleet.
The Ottawa installation, to be ready by 2028, will be around 6,000 square metres in size. It will be home to almost 200 military personnel whose job will be to operate and control a new fleet of drones flying from military bases in British Columbia and Nova Scotia.
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
GM killing it on big trucks and SUVs and is showing it off.
Sold only 16,400 EVs in Q1.
Who could’ve seen this coming ..
More: Talk to any dealer … resale is so horrendous most wont keep the cars on the lot (they immediately wholesale a trade in if they can).
“Fixing” Medicare
Globe and Mail- Changes to capital-gains tax may prompt doctors to quit, CMA warns
This is important for physicians because most operate their practices as small businesses through medical professional corporations, which leaves them more sensitive to changes in capital-gains rules than a salaried worker might be.
The CMA estimated in 2017 that 66 per cent of physicians practised through corporations.