National Post- Fining nurse Amy Hamm $93,000 a grotesque attack on free speech
B.C. nursing college went to great lengths to enforce ideology that rejects scientific facts
Kudos to Elections Canada
I’ve never been a huge supporter of Pierre Poilievre and still am skeptical of his commitment towards ACTUAL positive change in Canada. But what happened to him in the last federal election was a travesty. It was a clear attempt to subvert democracy and was successful in doing so. With the latest byelection, the same approach of flooding the election rolls with hundreds of people was a clear attempt to prevent Poilievre from getting elected once again.
This “legal malfeasance” clearly was a stab in the heart of the credibility of Elections Canada. So, rather than just sit back and do nothing, they actually took action, introducing an adapted ballot with which one had to actually write down the name of the candidate rather than just check a box. This is completely fair, yet fought back against the efforts of the usual suspects. The results will necessarily take longer to tally, but it looks like Poilievre has won a clear majority.
Let’s hope that the past 4 months have given Poilievre time to reflect on how incredibly terrible Canada has become and to what extent the Lieberals and their minions will go to never surrender power. Assuming he becomes Prime Minister one day, we’ll know if he’s serious about actual reform by whether, in his first year in office, he ends all public funding to the CBC and all other journalists, whether he gives all Canadians full free speech rights, and whether he gives the likes of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber a Record Suspension (aka Pardon). Failure to do all of these things will be a clear indication that he’s just another run-of-the-mill CINO and really doesn’t believe in the future of Canada.
Mischief Is Important
…it is unwise to mess with the DGAF anonymous users of a forum dedicated to cultural and political pranks, and who often describe themselves as “weaponized autists.”
The Censorship Industrial Complex
A Mises Prophecy
“It has been necessary to dwell upon these truisms because the mythologies and metaphysics of etatism have succeeded in wrapping them in mystery. The state is a human institution, not a superhuman being. He who says “state” means coercion and compulsion. He who says: There should be a law concerning this matter, means: The armed men of the government should force people to do what they do not want to do, or not to do what they like. He who says: This law should be better enforced, means: The police should force people to obey this law. He who says: The state is God, deifies arms and prisons. The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.”
Ludwig von Mises [1881-1973]
This quotation comes from near the end of WW2, but one may wonder if Mises had a dream of Canada and the UK in 2025.
Crushing dissent, says retired judge
Frontier Centre for Public Policy: The Tamara Lich trial shows just how far Ottawa will go to crush dissent, especially in the West
Note, the author is a retired judge, who probably knows a thing or two about sentencing.
Also, I’m not sure if I posted this a few days ago:
Nova Scotia designates offshore areas for wind development in “Wind West” scheme
TDS Uber Alles
Globe and Mail- Free speech is the right to say horrible things
The City of Charlottetown also cited public safety concerns in revoking its permit. Moncton did the same, saying in a statement, “the concert would be non-compliant with the City’s Code of Conduct in City Facilities” – which ironically enough prohibits discrimination based on religious belief.
Embrace Hollywood!
He was the epitome of the downfall of late night comedy into what could be called late night clapter, where the applauding of conservative misfortunes replaced wit or cleverness. Under Colbert, The Late Show became an avenue for liberals to vent their frustration at conservatives through cathartic booing.
Colbert was the most likely of all the permanent late night hosts to bring on liberal guests. His show would have been a must-visit place for 2028 Democratic hopefuls. Even on this Thursday, Colbert is scheduled to have Sen. Adam Schiff on.
The future of light night is bleak. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel has mused about retiring next year and is pessimistic about the state of the industry, a sentiment shared by NBC’s Seth Meyers. The death of late night was caused by many things, including increased competition that comes from streaming platforms and YouTube, but Colbert-like liberals also played a role. You can’t just write off half the country and expect a 30+ year-old institution to survive forever.
For old times’ sake.
In other news, Stephen Colbert's late-night “comedy” show has been canceled by CBS.
Couldn't happen to a better guy.
Also, that reminds me of his “vax-scene” skit.
This is probably the most cringe thing to ever grace the TV screen. pic.twitter.com/Qj5QoJZBqI
— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) July 18, 2025
But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
Including (21 minutes in): Douglass Mackey, the man sentenced to 7 months in prison by the Biden administration for posting an election meme, joins to discuss his conviction being recently overturned. Mackey also details how he was targeted, the obscure law used against him, and how much money this political targeting cost him.
Germans Gotta German
Dan Wootton With Mark Steyn
Dan is a terrific natural broadcaster – and his eviction from GB News was unjust and contemptible: he was one of a handful of people who built that station. If you enjoyed (as many people did) the Steyn/Wootton 9pm handovers, here’s kind of an extended edition, as Dan interviews me on the Bay of Biscay about Britain’s disastrously micro-regulated media environment – Mark Steyn
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
At the behest of the Biden regime, @OpenAI’s @ChatGPTapp (and most every other big AI operation) agreed to censor content under the guise of “safety” and “misinformation.” Sure enough, ChatGPT won’t let you generate content questioning the 2020 election or the Covid vaccine.
Quiet You
Are the Wishy-Washy Elites Finally Getting Their Comeuppance?
A longtime friend and University of British Columbia (UBC) employee drew my attention to this story: Santa Ono, ex-University of Michigan president, rejected for University of Florida job. In the not too distant past, Ono was the president of the UBC.
The legacy media is, of course, trying to spin this as an anti-DEI backlash. Here’s another perspective: How about people with true, consistent values are fed up with milquetoast folks who have no real values and just say what is convenient at the moment?
In recent weeks, UK PM Keir Starmer has beclowned himself over the issue of immigration and California Governor has done the same about men participating in women’s sports. Simply put, you can’t hold a particular set of views for years, then suddenly turn on a dime, and expect people to trust you any longer.
I personally had some correspondence with Santa Ono 8 years ago. My alma mater, UBC, was looking for a donation. After receiving a bulk email from him, I responded, asking him how I could possibly donate to a university that didn’t believe in free speech. To my great surprise, he responded, saying that UBC planned to follow the Free Expression policy of the University of Chicago. As this recent lawsuit against UBC shows, Free Speech/Expression is the furthest thing from reality at UBC.
Here’s what others are saying about Ono’s rejection at the University of Florida.
How’s That “Elbows Up” Stuff Working Out For Ya?
Coulda had a pipeline. https://t.co/4sSJnHZXYY
— Katewerk (@katewerk) June 4, 2025
“When was the last time you bought steel?”
“This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stopped feeding the crocodile.”
On May 28, 2025, Rubio shocked many of our allies by issuing a new visa restriction policy that bars foreign nationals deemed “responsible for censorship of protected expression” in the U.S.
The new policy follows a major address by Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich challenging our European allies to end their systematic attacks on free speech. Vance declared, “If you are running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you. Nor, for that matter, is there anything that you can do for the American people that elected me and elected President Trump.”
At the time, I called the speech “Churchillian” in drawing a bright line for the free world. Rubio’s action is no less impressive and even more impactful.
Frankly, My Dear
You know how they tag problem bears before they’re relocated back to the wilderness, so that the repeat offenders can be identified and dealt with? It’s gotten me to thinking.
Let Them Eat Taser
And it did, by the state: A U.S. intelligence document declassified on May 23 shows the government warned that COVID-19 vaccine mandates could lead to violence.
Y2Kyoto: Mann Up
DC Court orders climate scientist Michael Mann to pay $477,350.80 to the @ceidotorg and @Rand_Simberg in Mann’s long-running libel action.
That’s on top of the $530,000 Mann was ordered to pay to National Review in January.
New Governor, Same As The Old Governor
National Post: Guilbeault is now back in charge of controlling the internet
Guilbeault will be supervising the implementation of the Online Streaming Act, a 2023 law that enables the feds to impose content controls over much of the Canadian internet.
Tuesday’s cabinet shuffle retained Guilbeault in his pre-election post as minister of Canadian Identity and Culture. The position gives him oversight over the CBC, Parks Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, among others.
Article content“Thank you for your confidence, Prime Minister Mark Carney. I look forward to getting to work building a stronger country, based on the values of Canadians,” said Guilbeault in a Tuesday social media post.[…]
The Act also requires streaming services to pay five per cent of their revenues to government-administered media funds.
Within hours of Guilbeault’s reappointment, one of those funds, the Canada Media Fund, publicly welcomed him into the post.