55 Replies to “April 7, 2022: Reader Tips”

      1. Yup. Even here in Edmonton, it looks like I still have to wear a face diaper to ride a city bus.

  5. Colonialista:

    I just finished watching your movie recommendation from last night, With Fire and Sword.

    It was nicely photographed but my two main gripes were that the plot was disjointed and hard to follow plus it was far too long at nearly 3 hours. It was hard to tell who was who and whose side they were on.

    Watching it, I was reminded of a Hollywood movie on a similar theme, Taras Bulba with Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis.

    It makes for an excellent supplement to the European history I learned in high school. The events of the movie take place at about the same time as the English Civil War. Sir Isaac Newton was a young boy, Rene Descartes was an old man, and Galileo died earlier in that decade. The explorations of Henry Hudson and William Baffin were about a generation earlier as was the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. Composers J. S. Bach, Georg Phillip Telemann, George Frederick Handel, and Henry Purcell were yet to be born.

    I didn’t mind the English subtitles. When I watch a foreign language film, I prefer it that way as I like hearing the original dialogue. Sometimes there are subtle expressions and intonations which are significant in understanding what’s going on and that would be lost by dubbing.

    As for Princess Eye Candy, I thought I recognized the actress who played her. I looked her up on IMDB and it turned out that I did. She’s Izabella Scorupco and she was a Bond girl, playing the good Russian lady in Goldeneye.

    1. Yeah I remember Taras Bulba, I didn’t like it. What pissed me off the most about it was the costumes and gear being completely ahistorical and made up. The Polish forces especially looked like some combination of LOTR Elfs and Roman Legionaries. On a movie on this scale you have to get it right. With Fire and Sword does. Also choreography in Taras Bulba was very poor in comparison. And finally music, arghhh, you cannot transform baroque Vienna and Paris into the Ukrainian steppe and expect it to work.

      With Fire and Sword is a film adaptation of a first part of trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz (Nobel prize winner and author of Quo Vadis), each dealing with a different episode in 17th century Poland. I suppose a certain degree of historical knowledge of a very convoluted past (like you said it is hard to figure out who is fighting whom) and familiarity with the books (they are really good and translated into English) help with the enjoyment of the film.

      And yes, of course that is Izabella Scorupco.

        1. I’ll take a look at it. I think it’ll be my first Korean movie.

      2. We agree about Taras Bulba. It’s been many years since I last saw that movie and I found it disappointing. I don’t remember much of the musical score, which was written by the great Franz Waxman, whose work included Rear Window (Hitchcock’s original version) and Run Silent Run Deep.

    1. Jojo,
      A friend of mine, got a call from Shanghai city and told not to visit, she is still wondering why, and what that was about!

  9. “There Is Something Very Troublesome About the Western Govt, Post-COVID, Rules-Based Order
    April 7, 2022 | Sundance | 57 Comments

    While the western media quickly jumped from the COVID crisis to the Ukraine crisis, in the background of current events there is a lot of activity amid western government that does not look very democratic.”

    More at

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/04/07/there-is-something-very-troublesome-about-the-western-govt-post-covid-rules-based-order/

    1. Mostly centered on Ontariowes Blubber Dougies Bill 100, seizure of ALL your assets, forfeiture of your licences and insurance , plus confiscation of your bank accounts and safety deposit boxes.
      And it is permanent until another future ” elected ” .gov decides to revoke it.
      For the mere act of protesting , legal or not.
      Exemptions apply for your friendly neighborhood BLM or similar Marxist orgs.

      Living under a bridge seems more appealing.

    1. Ah, so Prinz Dummkopf was really fighting colonialism each time he blackfaced, was he?

    1. Which is probably the reason why they kept them incarcerated for so long without even a bail hearing. The government rogues KNEW they were not guilty, and putting them on trial would let the cat out of the bag. The process alone was the punishment, and also provided the intimidation towards others who would consider saying or doing anything against the government.

  15. Bay du Nord Newfoundland restores drilling.
    Check your News sites.

    My link failed….
    Western Standard etc

  16. So now we’ve had three shots for covid we can line up for fourth if over 60 even if you’ve tested positive for the virus.
    I’m thinking we should start testing the experts on their expertise too.

    1. Thanks Normally try and shoot the green head mallards while hunting,apparently the females are much trickery so they are now fair game for the freezer

  19. Questions, questions, questions.

    Matt Gaetz Grills Defense Secretary About Military Wokeism in Fiery Exchange

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/04/05/matt-gaetz-grills-defense-secretary-about-military-wokeism-in-fiery-exchange/

    “ā€œYou guys told us that Russia couldnā€™t lose. You told us that the Taliban couldnā€™t immediately win. And so I guess Iā€™m wondering, what in the $773 billion that youā€™re requesting today is going to help you make assessments that are accurate in the face of so many blown calls?ā€ Gaetz asked Austin.”

    1. Victory is all about motivation. Russians have killed millions of Ukrainians. They know what surrender brings – death. They aren’t going to roll over ever again. And most Russian soldiers wish they were somewhere else.

  20. I’m not on twitter but I have been able to follow Edward Dowd, who predicts Moderna and Pfizer to go under, at this thread below. Someone here linked to a great article on the guy who avoided the dot com bubble and mortgage securities. He predicts a big fight between the much bigger insurance industry and big pharma. Also, he says there are a lot of poisoned people that have taken the shot that want the companies dead. He links to vax related stuff, but also if you scroll down enough, the insurance companies are prepping for something big.

    https://twitter.com/dowdedward

    I was thinking the best way to highlight all of the vax injured and dead the media is ignoring would be to call all of the jabs “Trump’s vaccines” – even though they are not vaccines and mention how many people have died because of Trump’s vaccines. There’s your deluge of coverage.

    Oh, here in Ontario, pharmacy staff all had masks, the girls at the sub shop and the people working at Tim’s. It’s almost as if society is cowing down to the most scared to make them feel safe. I watched some of Toronto’s CityTV newscast the other day – damn Covid everywhere – including some bint teacher complaining she has Covid because not everyone is masked. Apparently her 3 jabs and her mask weren’t enough…

    1. “Also, he says there are a lot of poisoned people that have taken the shot that want the companies dead.”

      Wah, frickin’ wah. You made your choice, you followed the narrative, you believed the lies, now reap the consequences.

      I’m fresh out of fukcs to give.

    2. Pfizer and Moderna are letting the truth be known now because they aren’t going anywhere short of a nuclear war with Russia.

      They’ll ask the lawyers how much it will cost to make the lawsuits go away and write it off the taxes. Nobody will ever be brought to justice.

  21. People get their flu shots and we are not hearing anything on the numbers for flu any more. Can we conclude our shots and precautions , masks etc., have stopped the spread of flu?

  22. In his weekly rant, Ron out-does himself as he excoriates Joe Biden and his caste of idiots.

    ā€œCorn Hole broke my zodiac watch one dark and stormy night out on Rocky Road. We had to shoot the goat because it ate my momā€™s rhubarb sandwich. President Harris fixed my trunalunamprzure after Trump pissed on it and gave it to Putin. As I always say, if the foo shits, memorialize it on Mt. Flashmore. Sniffing girlsā€™ hair makes my pee-pee tingle. My wife is a doctor, you know. Thank God for Depends.ā€

    You can find it here at http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com

  23. Dr. Trozzi on Covid vax and cancer. Very concerning:
    https://drtrozzi.org/2022/04/06/global-cancer-rates-exploding-post-vaccines-being-covered-up/
    Some people are only looking at the obvious vaccine reactions in assessing safety, but the lack of long term studies means we should also be aware of potential effects of the vaccines on the overall functioning of the immune system. The above link offers one example of an area of potential vaccine damage that is not broadly acknowledged.

    1. “The above link offers one example of an area of potential vaccine damage that is not broadly acknowledged.”

      Name a single ‘potential vaccine damage’ that is broadly acknowledged. Just one.

  24. Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, Russian patriot and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Russia’s first non-communist party since the October Revolution, died yesterday of complications from Wuhan flu, from which he had been suffering since early February. He was 75.

    Russian politicians from Putin on down have eulogized Zhirinovsky.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-far-right-politician-vladimir-zhirinovsky-has-died-parliament-speaker-2022-04-06/

  25. Car companies can kill a dozen people and be forced to spend billions remedying the situation. Why can drug companies kill millions and be immune?

  26. Quoth the cheese-eating surrender monkey surrounded by taxpayer funded armed security.

    President Macron Says He is ā€œOpposed to Self-Defenseā€ After Farmer Shoots One of Four Burglars Who Broke Into His Home

    https://summit.news/2022/04/06/president-macron-says-he-is-opposed-to-self-defense-after-farmer-shoots-one-of-four-burglars-who-broke-into-his-home/

    The definition of gun control is shooting all four burglars, not just one. The farmer needs to hit the range.

  27. DB – and I am sure he fired all his security team right after the statement because he is opposed to self defense. I guess hiring a friend to shoot the jack wads would be OK.

  28. The birth year of our lord, AKA Barrack Obama was 1971. Every black man born that year had the word negro on his birth certificate, with the exception of Barrack who was labelled African American. I find that strange since the term was not used officially until the 80’s after Jesse Jackson used it in a speech. Hmmm?

  30. There are so many studies with a solution in search of a problem.

    “A new study suggests that any seeming benefits [of drinking alcohol] may actually be due to other factors, and even moderate drinking could increase your chance of getting heart disease.”

    https://www.eatthis.com/news-alcohol-heart-health/?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=msn-feed

    “Perhaps even more relevantly when thinking about how alcoholic beverages can affect your health, dietitians highlight findings that these drinks can leave you in increased danger of some kinds of cancer. They noted that moderate drinkers tended to exercise more, eat more nutritious foods, and smoke less than those who didn’t drink at all.”

    Uh, excuse me researchers, but doesn’t that mean if everyone (including those who don’t drink at all) drank moderately we would be healthier?

  33. I see China told Nancy Pelosi to cancel her trip to Taiwan….or else. Luckily she “caught” covid. Just like Canada’s dear leader when he found himself in a sticky wicket not too long ago. It’s the new “muh dog ate my homework” for overlords. Ha.

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