Author: Francisco

Who Exactly Is The April Fool?

Canadian taxpayers.

National Post- On April 1, Canadian MPs will earn world’s second-highest salary for elected officials

MPs will get an $8,500 raise on April 1, increasing the base salary to $203,100, ranking only behind the U.S. in political salaries

h/t LC Bennett for the link from the comments below

Mail & Guardian- No perks for Swedish MPs

Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and MPs travel in crowded buses and trains, just like the citizens they represent. Without any right to parliamentary immunity, they can be tried in a court of law like any other person. With no private secretaries at the door, their bare-bones parliamentary offices are as small as 8m2.

Our Business is Theft

And business is booming.

David Clinton- Using Government Data to Track the Car Theft Epidemic

Canada is experiencing some nasty car theft numbers right now and I’d love to understand the underlying “business” model a bit better. Reports suggest that most of the stolen cars are left to “cool off” for a couple of days to make sure there aren’t any tracking devices (not that the police have time to intervene even if there are) and are then shipped out of the country through the Port of Montreal.

Problem Meet Solution

Armstrong Economics- Democrats Push Legislation to Hire Migrants as Police Officers

It is bad enough that certain cities like Chicago are permitting migrants to carry firearms. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB 3751 in January that would have permitted “individuals who are not citizens, but are legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law” to become law enforcement officers. So, legal citizens could be detained by illegal citizens under this failed bill.

The Speed of Science

Joseph Varon- (facebook link) Finally, after 4 years, The Lancet just published a paper that confirmed what we were doing 4 years ago, and many of our colleagues thought we were crazy! Our treatment modality saved many lives. Patients come first, politics last!

The Lancet- Early treatment with fluvoxamine, bromhexine, cyproheptadine, and niclosamide to prevent clinical deterioration in patients with symptomatic COVID-19: a randomized clinical trial

I Want A New Country

RCMP- Saskatchewan RCMP begin Mandatory Alcohol Screenings (MAS) on routine traffic stops

In 2018, the MAS became part of the Criminal Code Section 320.27(2), being a lawful demand of a breath sample from any driver of a motor vehicle, without the need for reasonable suspicion. Drivers will not be pulled over for the sole purpose of completing a MAS – the MAS will only be requested once a driver is pulled over for other various traffic violations (i.e. speeding, careless driving, brake lights not working, etc.).

Friday Afternoon With Martin Armstrong

Armstrong Economics- Mainstream News is Committing Suicide

This chart shows the results of Gallup Polls, and the trust in American media is down well below 40%. Our models warn that when confidence in government falls below 40%, governments begin to collapse. That magic number applies to the media as well.

Armstrong Economics- TikTok Ban – WAR on Free Speech

Congress cannot agree on anything other than dismantling the First Amendment. There is no greater threat to the establishment than the uncensored sharing of ideas. This week, 353 members of Congress voted to ban TikTok to “protect our data.” Unlike any major issue facing the country, it took Congress a mere eight days to implement this ban, with an astounding 81% in favor of removing the platform.

Armstrong Economics- Would You Feed Bugs to Your Pet?

Armstrong Economics- Canada to Incorporate Social Scores in Banking

“It’s about having that fairer, more inclusive, more open society,” said Helen Child, founder of Open Banking Excellence. Open Society, well, that does sound familiar. Why is there a need for inclusivity and fairness in banking when it should come down to numbers? “It drives financial inclusion,” she added, “It’s democratizing data.”

Canada is one of many nations hoping to use unofficial social scores to control the masses. All of these actions are setting the stage for how CBDC will operate, a collective network containing everyone’s personal data and accounts. Governments have already begun debanking individuals and these steps will make it increasingly easier to force the masses to bow down and relinquish all control to the almighty government.

Just Leave It Unlocked and Running…

…with a full tank of gas. And don’t forget to leave drinks and snacks in the passenger seat.

Ian Miles Cheong- Canadian police advise home owners to leave their car fobs outside so armed thieves can steal them more easily without confronting home owners.

Update: More here

The Line- The police have given up. They’ve surrendered

And their best advice to you is to do the same, if you know what’s good for you.

Winds of Change

Think of it as the tail end of love bombing.  Or as Mark Knofler once said, “Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug”.

UnHerd- The ugly return of homophobia Bigotry is coming from the progressive establishment

Whereas we have always been accustomed to this kind of thing from the far-Right — one recalls Nick Griffin’s remark on Question Time about how he finds the sight of two men kissing “really creepy” — but now the most objectionable anti-gay comments arise in online spheres occupied by gender ideologues, from those who claim to be progressive, Left-wing and “on the right side of history”. The significant difference is that the word “cis” has been added to the homophobe’s lexicon.

Stop Picking Winners and Losers

Just lower taxes across the board.

Fraser Institute- The Cost of Business Subsidies in Canada: Updated Edition

Business subsidies delivered through government spending since 1961 came with significant costs to Canadian taxpayers.

In 2019, provincial business subsidies reached $27.0 billion ($2022). This represents the single largest year of provincial subsidies in Canadian history prior to COVID.

Federal business subsidies increased significantly as a result of COVID-related programs, reaching $88.5 billion in 2020 and $47.0 billion in 2021.

Although federal business subsidies declined in 2022, the new total ($11.2 billion) is nearly double the amount the federal government spent in the final pre-COVID year ($6.5 billion in 2019).

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