January 22, 2026: Reader Tips

Reader Tips 43 Comments

From 1943, here’s the original Sahara film. With a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 92% / 86%, it’s worth checking out! The link has been fixed and will hopefully work in Canada. But if not, here’s a comparison of the original film and the remake.

Your best tips are always welcome here.

43 Replies to “January 22, 2026: Reader Tips”

    1. Doing the jobs most Canadians won’t because we would get jail time and have no options of evading court and flying back to our home countries.

    1. Well I don’t think the Danes or Greenlanders do either. Still little info about it.

  5. https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/01/20/settlement-reached-in-1-75m-lawsuit-between-retired-teacher-wrdsb/

    An Ontario elementary school teacher, Carolyn Burjoski, and the Waterloo school board have settled a $1.75-million lawsuit, after she was fired for using “discriminatory and transphobic” language. During a school board meeting, she had objected to her school having 10 copies book in the school library claiming there was no harm for a child undergoing a sex change.

  6. Carney’s claim of “fast tracking a trillion dollars of investment” grossly inflated.
    https://www.blacklocks.ca/budget-office-fact-checks-pm/

    “Prime Minister Mark Carney’s claim of “fast tracking a trillion dollars of investment” is grossly inflated and drawn mainly from reannouncements of old spending, according to Budget Office figure released yesterday. Carney repeated the claim Tuesday in a speech to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos”: “We are going to put more than $3,000 in the pocket of every Canadian.” — Blacklock’s Reporter

  7. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjgg43eg37o

    There is an ongoing farmers protest in Great Britain, but our corporate media have completely censored the story since last fall. The YouTube dissident media are giving viewers a lively up to date account. If one asks AI about current farmers protests, it gives a current update as to when and where they are taking place. Part of the problem is the Canadian Press. It has censored the story. As well, other big media with bureaus in London — the CBC, CTV and the Globe and Mail — refuse to report on this.

    Keith Starmer is in big time political trouble, but Canada’s elite media are protecting him.

  8. Some background information, worth looking into, in light of the whole Greenland issue:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty

    Yes, it’s Wikipedia; however, it’s a good general start; you can dig further if you wish (honestly, just looking at the Wiki will give you an idea what an absolute shitshow that treaty is). And as always, look at a map.

    1. The problem with Svalbard, says the newly educated me, was that Norway’s claim wasn’t iron clad. The dirty Russkies claim was pretty much as good and fishers and whalers from many countries used the islands. I suspect the only reason Russia keeps mining on Savalbard is to maintain their claim rather that any kind of economic operation. I haven’t heard that anyone other than Denmark has any historical claim to Greenland. And Greenland is essentially independent and equal to Denmark and the Faroe Islands within the Kingdom of Denmark.

      1. Look at where Svalbard is at; look at where Greenland is at, and consider some of the comments my President made at Davos.

        Of course the Russians were going to keep their claim on Svalbard, and of course they are contesting that treaty. Why? Because they can. It is in their national interests as they see them (important point) to do so. A problem for us, but let’s not go crying about evil Russkies not playing fair as a response.
        And the Greenland deal, although still in the works doesn’t necessarily impede upon Greenland or Denmark, but we will pursue our national interests as we see them — shush, no tears.

        1. The US has had something like 15,000 troops in Greenland. Now they have 150 because there is zero security risk. Something tells me Congress will never approve funding for more troops for the safest country in the world. Also it is extremely unlikely that the Senate will approve any treaties the orange man browbeats countries into so they will live on in his memory alone. The idiot Trump spreads intrigue in Ukraine and Greenland looking for rare earth minerals yet ignores a big source of these minerals, the United States which has essential banned mining for these.

          1. Have you read the Defense of Greenland Treaty?
            Hint: that’s another reason why I mentioned the Svalbard Treaty. Of course we’re going to try and get a better deal! It’s in our national interest. And do not bring up “international rules bases yip yap” — nobody’s been playing by that, nobody’s been held accountable; so get out of here with it.

            And we’ll ‘browbeat’ whoever we bloody well please at this point. You and your EU pals have not been acting like true allies; we’ve been protecting you; we still protect you. This has been a long time coming. Take your lumps like men for a change.

            You really do only exist because of us; better start acting like you know it.

            Or you can cry and go all stompy feet; no matter.

          2. Greenland is so irrelevant to anything international. No resource extraction will ever take place in Greenland because the cost would be too brutal because no skilled worker would ever live there. It is also the last place on earth that anyone would ever invade because it has no roads. It would be 75 individual invasions. Greenland is part of NATO and any threat would be met with those with less chicken blood in their veins than the USA. When push comes to shove, Americans cut and run.

    1. Jane, stop reading the Grauniad, it’s bad for your blood pressure and general intelligence. I used to read it, I know. 🙂

  11. Canadians compare the value of our dollar to the American. But if you don’t travel to the USA or do business with them, does it matter much? (Rhetorical question, don’t answer).

    I travel to Australia from Canada almost yearly since covid…and several times before. In all that time, the exchange rate has been rather steady, about 10 cents in Canada’s favour, fluctuating between the two by no more that 1-2 cents. Since September, the Canadian Dollar has lost 5 cents in value to the Australian Dollar and is still declining.

    Is Canada doing something wrong? (probably), or Australia doing something right? (doubtful)
    https://www.exchange-rates.org/exchange-rate-history/cad-aud

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