Criminals did not get your message. Our communities are experiencing a 45% increase in shootings and a 62% increase in gun-related homicides compared to this time last year. What difference does your handgun ban make when 85% of guns seized by our members can be sourced to the… https://t.co/DOyjfCXHfe
— Toronto Police Association (@TPAca) October 22, 2024
h/t ‘DavidR’
I’m frequently asked by Europeans and Asians what are the differences between Americans and Canadians. There are definitely a lot of similarities. If you were to cover up the flags and mailboxes and parachute a foreign visitor into Vancouver or Seattle or perhaps Toronto or Chicago, it might be difficult for them to figure out which country they were in. A deeper comparison might delve into the fact that the Americans rebelled against their British overlords whereas the Canadians (aka loyalists) complied. But this doesn’t mean that Canadians were entirely happy with their fate. In fact, in 1837, there were two Canadian Rebellions. You can read more about them here.
Bonus: Here’s a very wise mom!
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One of the unsung heroes of the Canadian Truckers Protest was the Ottawa-based writer, Rupa Subramanya, as illustrated here in 2022 and here in 2024.
Fast forward and Subramanya has written an important new piece: The Debanking of America In this video, she discussed her article.
Former first lady Melania Trump alleges in her new memoir that both she and her son, Barron, were debanked. “I was shocked and dismayed to learn that my long-time bank decided to terminate my account and deny my son the opportunity to open a new one,” she wrote. (Trump’s email provider also declined to continue providing her service.)
Being debanked is a family affair for the Trumps. This includes the former president, Donald Trump, who was shut out of a Florida bank account after the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol. So was a news app run by Donald Jr. So was MyPillow CEO (and Trump supporter) Mike Lindell.
But it’s not just Trump supporters. Also debanked have been a number of Christian charities, including Indigenous Advance Ministries, a Memphis-based charity that does philanthropic work for orphans in Uganda, and Family Council, a pro-life charity based in Arkansas. According to Democratic lawmakers, many Arab and South-Asian Americans—who are considered “high risk” because of being Muslim—have been debanked, too.
Last night, I was forced to endure a minute long political ad featuring Kamala Harris asking for donations. She stated unequivocally that Donald Trump’s campaign is far outspending hers. This didn’t sound right so I did some research:
I sincerely wonder why Ms. Harris can’t be truthful about seemingly anything. Her statement took me less than 10 seconds to research and debunk. Why would she lie about this?
NEW: Elon Musk tricks the mainstream media into reporting on his Pennsylvania petition.
Last night at his town hall event, Musk said he was restructuring things because the media wouldn’t report on his petition.
Musk made the stakes so high for his petition by giving away $1M… pic.twitter.com/MaV0Rp0bcu
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 20, 2024
This evening, we travel back to 1996 to watch the pilot episode of That Girl. Though you might not be familiar with this TV series (I wasn’t), it actually served as a forerunner for the much more famous sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Bonus: Here’s an old Monty Python clip about a man who is going to jump across the English Channel. While watching it, I made a mental juxtaposition with Leftist coverage the past few years. Not altogether different in terms of the level of preposterousness!
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This fellow’s first person video about why he is leaving the UK will likely resonate with many Canadians.
Leana Wen is one of the very worst people to surface on TV screens everywhere during the Covid crisis. Here’s a conspiracy theory about her and her motives. Whether or not you buy into the theory, the thread documents the truly despicable things she said and did.
This evening, we present a 1957 film with high RT ratings of 80%/88%. Enjoy Reach for the Sky.
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Indian International Students in Brampton say Canadians have no right to ask them to leave after their visas expire because
CANADIANS LIVE ON STOLEN LANDpic.twitter.com/E4idKjDoPm
— The Pleb 🇨🇦 Reporter (@truckdriverpleb) October 18, 2024
Dear Kamala,
You promised us joy. Now you sound very bitter and angry.
What happened?
Asking for a few million friends.
Straight side-by-side comparison of Kamala's "Howard Dean" moment. It's incredible.
Share it like your Constitutional Republic depends on it!#KamalaDean pic.twitter.com/3z4sPK3KaS
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) October 18, 2024
Tonight, we zoom back 66 years to enjoy this 1958 Flight to Vancouver
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PURE FIRE FROM ELON MUSK 🔥
“We want secure borders, we want safe cities.. sensible spending. We want freedom of speech. We want the constitution to be upheld.”
"Anyone who is against those things is fundamentally anti-American and to hell with them!" pic.twitter.com/5WoWnZRJBg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 17, 2024
It will be interesting when historians look back at this time and try to figure out why ANY American disagreed with what he is saying. How weak-minded must someone be to get convinced to fight against this?
This evening, do enjoy Chris Norman performing Stumblin’ In.
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I’ve long said that I’m open to hearing about any alternative political system, as long as it doesn’t diminish the incentive to work hard. The moment I sense it does this, I’m out, because it’s doomed to failure.
The B.C. NDP Party has clearly never learned this simple lesson. The founder of Lululemon, Chip Wilson, recently wrote an op-ed about this:
The NDP’s hidden “wealth” taxes are so burdensome that these people, ready to risk again, don’t. The short-term tax on the successful kills the incentive for middle-class entrepreneurs in B.C.
If a flat tax for all were implemented, of the 30 failed entrepreneurs who are given the incentive to try again, five would succeed, creating businesses, employing thousands, and forming a strong tax base.
The NDP will, of course, find an academic — who has never run a business — to refute this.
I'm Hung Cao. My family was one of the last to escape Saigon before it fell to the Communists. I know what it's like to lose your country. We are losing ours today.
November 5th is Liberation Day. President Trump and I will save America and make it great again.
Watch below👇 pic.twitter.com/j7uJ8P99jO
— Hung Cao (@HungCao_VA) May 31, 2024
This evening, we present a Comparison of Canada and the U.S.
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Brett Baier’s interview with Kamala Harris this evening was a complete disaster for her. There are sooooo many examples. Here are a few of them and hopefully SDA commenters will share more:
Two things clear from that interview:
1. She hates Trump
2. She knows nothing other than Point 1— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 16, 2024
Update: Post interview analysis with Brett Baier and Mark Levin.
This testimony by Trudeau is insane, but not surprising:
Holly shit! Did Justin Trudeau just say there is no evidence in regards to India kerfuffle?!
India: where is the evidence?
Trudeau: at that point it was primarily intelligence and not hard evidentiary proof.
This ain't good. pic.twitter.com/Iu3KbKSNUM
— Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) October 16, 2024
“Intelligence” doesn’t mean “facts”, it means suspicions. How much more damage is this depraved clown going to do to Canada?
Update: Justin also defamed Jordan Peterson and Tucker Carlson.