61 Replies to “January 18, 2025: Reader Tips”

    1. Terrific. I’m already sick to my stomach about how much of my donations go to pay for the crimes of priests, and now I hear this. SMH.

      1. Bibi got strong armed by Trump. Many here celebrate. Seems like Trump can do no wrong, in their opinion. Not that you, with your rabid hate of Trump (or western civilization aka civilization, or the civilized way of life) can objectively judge them.

        1. Anyone who gets strong-armed by Trump is weak. One criminal pushing another to surrender his country. And you still don’t know what ‘western civilization’ is.

          1. Yawn, Bibi had little choice here. He was made an offer he could not refuse. You can chest thump all you like, just like you can claim authority of what is foreign to you.

          2. He could have 100% refused by simply saying ‘no’, your infinite capacity for excuse-making notwithstanding.

            “You can chest thump all you like”

            And you can claim that ‘Bibi had no choice’ all you want, you’re not even making up facts to support your dumb talking point.

          3. Fact is that Israel is entirely dependent on US.

            Also, “foreign” referred to “western civilization”.

          4. “Fact is that Israel is entirely dependent on US.”

            Gosh, maybe Bibi should have worked to change that during his lengthy time in power? Guess he was too busy trying to stay out of jail and kid-gloving Hamas. In any event I call BS. I have no reason to believe the US would cut off support if Bibi had done his duty and refused. Israel gonna need a coup or something.

      2. Bibi never sold out. He was forced out.

        Israel will live to regret it didn’t finish the job in Iran. Maybe in the next coupla weeks the Hamas fools will violate the crease fire and Tehran will end up looking like Gaza. They’ve got it coming.

        1. No he sold out, but he should have been forced out. No one ‘forced’ Bibi into this (not even Trump), this is just what he does. Bibi’s entire time in power during the 21st century has been one capitulation to Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorists after the next. Conservatives support him because conservatives are stupid.

  4. L – 222 Minutes hops on to discuss this week’s headlines. We are joined by special guest (Alberta MLA Shane Getson to talk tariffs, Trump and relations with the USA.
    https://www.facebook.com/shaunnewmanpodcast/
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    The Alberta government of Danielle Smith did political negotiation of mutual interest in person with northern Governors and Senators, since Premier Smith was elected. Active on that file is Shane Getson MLA giving the details. Head and shoulders above the others across the country.

    1. …and she has still failed to stop the tariffs. Her sucking up to Trump merely appeased that bully and she blew a bunch of taxpayer dollars on ‘border security’, also for nothing.

    1. “Secret Starbucks under L.A.” (according to a TikTok video). They can’t shut down that commie app fast enough.

  6. Being Misgendered

    A trans Massachusetts city councilor is taking a one-month leave of absence, citing feelings of being unsafe after allegedly being “misgendered” by the mayor and another councilor, and being referred to as “it” by a third city official.

    The soap opera starring that councilor, Thu Nguyen, erupted at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Worcester, Massachusetts city council, where members held a public hearing over whether it was appropriate for council members like Nguyen to attend meetings remotely. Once again appearing remotely, Nguyen blamed the mayor and peers for the routine failure to show up in person, saying, “Under your leadership, I have felt unsafe around this council body. I have faced transphobia with being misgendered and recently learned that I have been dehumanized to a point where I’m being referred to as ‘it’ by my colleagues on this council.”
    Worcester city councilor Thu Nguyen during a rare in-person appearance for city business

    Heralded as the “first openly nonbinary lawmaker” in Massachusetts history — a title we’re sure Paul Revere and Samuel Adams would be totally impressed with — Nguyen has held office on the Worcester city council since 2022. Nguyen’s preferred pronouns are “they/them.”

    The day after the hearing, Nguyen posted a statement saying “I am…sad to announce I will be taking a month to prioritize my mental and emotional safety,” so he could recover from having allegedly been misgendered by Mayor Joseph M. Petty and Councilor-at-Large Kathleen Toomey, and called “it” by Councilor Candy Mero-Carlson. Nguyen filed a complaint with Worcester’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, urging the prompt launch of an investigation, adding that is was unfortunate to do so at the very same time that “we transition under a Trump administration and exponential increase of fear experienced by the LGBTQ+ community.”

    On Thursday, the city clerk confirmed that Nguyen will continue receiving a $2,641 monthly city stipend while providing nothing for Worcester other than melodrama.

    On the defensive and careful to say the right things for liberal Massachusetts society, Petty said, “We are in a time of uncertainty, where members of the LGBTQIA+ community face real fears and challenges in simply being their authentic selves…I would never knowingly say anything harmful.” He says Nguyen’s accusation of misgendering goes all the way back to 2022 — Nguyen’s first year — when the mayor forgot to use “they/them” before correcting himself and apologizing. Toomey said she’s made a similar “honest mistake” during Nguyen’s rookie year, saying “there’s never, ever been any attempt on my side to misgender them.”

    Alleged “it” girl Mero-Carson issued a more assertive statement. “While I do not recall making the statements in question, I acknowledge that it was a challenging and emotional week where difficult conversations took place…It is deeply troubling that Councilor Nguyen has chosen to distort the narrative and weaponize these accusations for political purposes,” noting that Nguyen has the “the lowest attendance record of any City Councilor.”
    Worcester is home of the College of the Holy Cross, a Jesuit school and alma mater of disgraced Dr. Anthony Fauci (Holy Cross photo)

    As you might expect, Nguyen’s council profile is loaded with woke leftist blather like this gem: “Invested in the notion of social justice, they [sic] commit their time and efforts in…navigating the intersectionality of identity, systems and openings for collective care and healing.” Nguyen concludes by touting a trio of identity-politics point-makers: “They [sic] are proud queer, Vietnamese, nonbinary refugee.”

    Since announcing the month off from work, Nguyen has been active on Facebook, basking in support pouring in from “allies,” such as LGBT group MassEquality, which condemned the “bullying” Nguyen has experienced. Nguyen is also wallowing in victimhood, posting the text of “hate emails” like this:

    “Don’t confuse my speaking the truth to you here with hate or some kind of phobia…Your petty, emotional, shrill, fake outrage about being misgendered is not helping you or trans people. It’s what keeps you down….Taking a month off. LOL! Who wants to have to put up with childish, petulant temper tantrums like that? No one. No one wants to work with you now and even though you will scream ‘transphobia’ it won’t be that. It will be idiot-phobia.” … etc….
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trans-city-councilor-takes-month-recover-being-misgendered

    1. And people actully voted for her? To represent them?

      Hey VOWG! Contrary to your assertions, Canadian voters don’t have a monopoly on stupid.

    1. Just went looking for the CNN reporter’s (alex marquardt) Wikipedia page and it’s nowhere to be found. Wikipedia is obviously protecting this Deep State bootlicker.

    1. So kids aren’t supposed to have some peace in time of war? What kind of heartless bastard are you?

      1. With the amount of money that went into Ukraine all the children could have had a ski holiday at St. Moritz. I think that is what alan wants. A holiday for all the children in Ukraine.

    3. Zelenskys bought a skiing resort-> Zelenskys bought a hotel at a skiing resort -> Zelensky’s wife went skiing.

      You St Petersburg bots are really scraping from the bottom of the barrel. What’s your next revelation? Zelensky’s kids played Winter Olympics on Xbox?

  12. WOO HOO – Liberals are axing the carbon tax! REALITY- the carbon tax gets a new game. Thank goodness they eliminated the GST. Meanwhile Jollie meets with Blinkin and Democrat Senators. Put a tent over it.

  14. If you were wondering what Mark Carney was doing before he threw his hat in the ring for Liberal Leader (and therefore future Prime Minister), he was one of the chief monkeys at Net-Zero Climate Alliance, a UN-founded “club” featuring most of the world’s major banks that punish those who fund fossil fuel development and reward those who fund “green energy”.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/carney-esg-climate-finance-1.7428281

    Problem is, all the major US banks and Blackrock and JP Morgan have dropped out – all without giving a reason. Speculation is they are afraid of Trump 2.0.

    Worry not Canadians, because there is no pending withdraw in Canada.

    “It’s not a real political movement of citizens,” says Adam Scott, executive director of Shift Action, a Canadian advocacy group focused on climate risks to pension funds. “It’s a cynical attempt by the fossil fuel industry, in collusion with state governments, to try to slow down this inevitable transition that’s happening.” The same pressure, Scott says, doesn’t exist for Canada’s banks. And for now, all of Canada’s major banks are still part of the alliance.

      1. At the range I often transition from sitting to standing or to prone. I got no mental illness, … at least not because of that.

    1. Oh admit, that it is not not access to TikTok that upsets you, but the fact that you have to verify your age when accessing midget bestiality on pr0n hub?

    1. You have no idea what the EU trade deals with Latin America are about. Whenever you touch anything related to EU economic policy you’re instantly out of your debt and got no understanding of the motivation or underlying dynamics.

        1. EU first creates absurd policies that stifle development/production at home and then imports foreign substitutes. They wave a free trade flag while at it so gullible high school Austrians get excited. They also wave a green flag while completely disregarding the standard of production abroad. Another band of idiots gets excited.

          Then EU get offended when they become dependent on the new set of foreign suppliers and that these suppliers profit and crowd out what is left of domestic producers. Same model like with dependence on chicom lithium/cars, but even more primitive.

          US and China innovate, EU regulates and then wakes up with a hand in the toilet. There is nothing that Mexico can offer to EU, had EU did not destroy its own capability to produce it with its own suicidal regulations.

          1. I mean, that’s broadly true but totally besides the point. Bad internal regulations don’t change the fact that the EU and Mexico have chosen to make their trade freer, and it’s what other countries should and will do.

            Also it’s not true that Mexico has nothing to offer the EU as its exports to the entity demonstrate. For one thing the Mexicans have various raw materials. Read the article.

          2. Internal regulations that are completely, 100% anti economic freedom, create a need for a subpar solution that otherwise would not be sought. Those subpar solutions are then hypocritically sold as free trade. You can’t abstract away the conditions that facilitate this deal. You can’t talk about free trade when you prohibit entry to a group of players via regulations. Also, you cannot talk about free trade when different players face different regulations.

          3. Free trade is never ‘subpar’ and is necessary regardless of the EU’s bad no good internal regulations. You are engaging in a rhetorical device Any Rand termed ‘false packaging’ and I’m calling it out.

          4. Yawn. Nothing free about trade which prohibits entry. Indeed trade that would not be needed had entry not been prohibited.

            Your problem is lack of economic education that you try to compensate with boring doctrinaire crap like Rand. What have you learn about trade? Your Econ 105 (introduction to Economics for Non specialists) professor told you about a model with two countries and two goods, country A had absolute advantage with both goods, but wait kiddies, here comes comparative advantage, see trade works, perfect competition rulez, lecture over. Getting warm? Sure I am. Then you read Rand and now are trying to argue. Yawn.

          5. Cool story bro. We have literally centuries of data on the subject at hand and it turns out that comparative advantage and the benefits of cheaper stuff are real. It’s also my moral right to import stuff.

          6. “…comparative advantage and the benefits of cheaper stuff …”

            F#$% you don’t even understand comparative advantage. Ouch. You suck. I overestimated you.

            You have no moral right to import when you prohibit me from producing a competitive product.

  18. I see NatPo, Lieberal fart catchers all, still have cranio-rectal inversion.

    Carney plays hometown boy at Edmonton launch, but Albertans are yet to be convinced

    https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/mark-carney-liberal-leadership-alberta

    …but Albertan pundits and political strategists are still on the fence about whether he can connect with the province’s voters after decades away.

    ‘Cause we’ve always held the f’ing Lieberals in such high esteem.

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