From 1948, here’s The Naked City.
Bonus: If Women Ran the World (with apologies to all of the great women of SDA!)
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Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose! (bumped)
A day after the federal government unveiled its new retaliatory measures against the US amid the trade war, NDP Leader Avi Lewis is calling on the Liberals to tax energy and critical mineral exports to the US.
There has been growing momentum across the political spectrum behind the idea of using Canadian exports as leverage in the dispute. In recent days, several politicians including Jean Chrétien, Jason Kenney, and David Eby have called on the Carney government to impose or consider imposing an export tax as an option for responding to US tariffs.
The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela’s interim government about taking an ownership stake in the South American country’s enormous oil resources, two U.S. officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the world’s largest proven reserves.
August 28th.
Things You Won’t See on the CBC
Chrystia Freeland was just WRECKED on American television:
COMPLETE HUMILIATION
Chrystia Freeland gets absolutely wrecked on US national news
She gets called out for destroying the Canadian economy and sending it into Third World Country status
Her response China is great.
SPEECHLESS 😶 pic.twitter.com/WM1Yp36ol3
— Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) August 28, 2026
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
NYT Killed A Story That Exposed How Democratic Spam PACs Drain Elderly Donors
1% of Democratic donors – approximately 138,000 donors with an average age of 75 – are responsible for more than 49% of $1.4 billion raised by “spam PACs” since 2017.
These are actual cases of senior citizens being taken advantage of by Democratic spam PACs, all while consultants rake in millions. For example, an 85-year-old retired man from Oxford, Ohio sent out 7,800 donations to Democratic groups totaling $648,000 in value. That is more than double the value of his home. An elderly woman from an assisted living center in Indianapolis made 25,000 donations totaling $250,000 in value. The money she was spending on these donations was for her own care. A 93-year-old man was charged 4,208 times over the course of four months for Democratic groups, an average of 31 times per day. That came out to $32,742.
BYOP. I just coined that.
Wanna build a data centre in Saskatchewan? Be Canadian, and bring your own power.
While the backlash has been growing, anyone who uses their cellphone for Google, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail or nearly any other major app is, in fact, using a data centre. The online protests about data centre quite literally use data centres to make their posts. If you use a smartphone, you are using data centres.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Until now, no randomised trial had compared Tamiflu with no antiviral in critically ill patients.
The international REMAP-CAP trial has now done that—and found no benefit. More patients died with Tamiflu than without it.
I, Napoleon
A “trans-inclusive” Australian Rules Football team in California allowed a 6’1″ man to compete with the women. Our Quillette investigation identified him as an ex-con who’d been sentenced to 41 years in jail for raping children.
(paywalled)
I’ll wager their hard drives are “interesting” – At least four women’s golf tournaments in Canada have been won by men this summer
“Their sudden downfall left the country’s top military command with only two members”
The PLA is in deep disarray.
Xi has purged virtually all senior generals, particularly from the rocket forces. A report by US intelligence indicated that corruption was so bad that some missiles were filled with water instead of rocket fuel
https://t.co/W9vFvSHRcH— Michael Ron Bowling (@mrbcyber) August 28, 2026
The link to Reuters is paywalled, but South China News has more.
Indeed
Oh, NOW names matter?
Breaking.
Canadian Geese RENAMED. They’re officially Donald Ducks. pic.twitter.com/23tPe2vvlL
— Shannon Joy (@ShannonJoyRadio) August 28, 2026
Friday On Turtle Island
Carnival Carney’s Canada: Islam’s CBC. Free speech. Billable hours. Google tax.
The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – Ungrateful immigrants. Islamophobia.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Jew hate. Paul Joseph Watson – They weren’t expecting this and she must be joking. Moderate Muslims.
“I am a Canadian, a free Canadian”
What law are they breaking, @HamiltonPolice? https://t.co/VwDY6DX1yb
— Tristin Hopper (@TristinHopper) August 27, 2026
Oddments For The Weekend
Including how to wear a belt; IKEA products ranked by assembly time; the precision of Ms Dolly Parton; and the wrong kind of water for making tea.
All this and more.
August 28, 2026: Reader Tips
If you’re in Canada, this song seems very apropos these days: Eve of Destruction – Written by P.F. Sloan, performed by Barry McGuire (1965) – Lyrics
Bonus: A new vision for Olivia Chow’s city?
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
Man Searches Google Images and Makes a Disturbing Discovery…
This Is CNN
CNN was forced to apologize to Dolly Parton’s family for mistakenly using a photo of a Las Vegas impersonator of the country music legend while reporting on her death.
The cable news network aired an image of tribute artist Kelly Vohnn as it covered Parton’s Tuesday death from cancer — leaving the 58-year-old Vohnn stunned as friends began bombarding her with messages.
The errant image were broadcast during “Laura Coates Live” some 12 hours after Parton’s death was announced by her family.
Let the Truth Set You Free aka Uh Oh!
Uh oh! https://t.co/GwWA5nHGjU
— MapleWisdom (@MapleWisdom123) August 27, 2026
Mischief Is Important
Doug Ford will forever be the reason Lake Ontario became Lake America. Good job, Doug Ford! pic.twitter.com/O3rL74UzdE
— Starship ᐰlves 🚀 (@StarshipAlves) August 27, 2026
No can do
Moe: “We cannot in any way support the adding of export tariffs on a product like oil”
“Again, this is only a function of a flawed policy discussion that we have had in this nation over the course of the last decade or better, where we see those very, in all too often, those very same individuals that are promoting export tariffs on a product like oil, 10 years ago, were the very same individuals standing up and saying we should not build important energy security infrastructure like the Energy East Pipeline.” – Scott Moe
Think about this: The top three contributors to Saskatchewan’s GDP is oil, potash and ag, with oil and potash vying for top spot (usually it’s oil, but potash might beat it this year). If we put an export tax on any of those, we’re shooting ourself through the foot, floor, and neighbour’s ceiling in the apartment below us.
Published This Month In The Journal Of The Blindingly Obvious
‘Shocking’ study shows link between transgender ideology and left-wing violence
Trump administration-funded researchers and independent collaborators found a startling correlation between proponents of a transgender ideology and left-wing violence, according to a new report obtained by The Post and set to be released Wednesday.
The new study from researchers at Rutgers University, the right-leaning Manhattan Institute and Network Contagion Research Institute found that those normalizing transgender beliefs were more likely to be supportive of political violence.
Respondents were quizzed about six potential targets of political violence for the study: “killing Charlie Kirk, killing Donald Trump, killing Brian Thompson, arson of ICE buildings, damaging wealthy people’s property, and violence against police.”
They Hate It When The Working Class Read…
Lady Churchill told Olive that when Sir Winston heard the Canadian election results “he was so excited he danced.” And when Olive remarked that everyone seemed interested in the outcome, Churchill shook his jowls: “Interested? …Why shouldn’t they be? It is the most important event since the end of the war.”
The above is in reference to John Diefenbaker winning the June 1957 election in Canada, defeating the Liberal government of Louis St Laurent. That said, Churchill was vehemently opposed to tariffs his entire life.
Today’s #ClassicCartoon pic.twitter.com/frAwTMvTWi
— Theo Moudakis (@TheoMoudakis) August 26, 2026