Category: nannystate

Endless meddling

Alternative Subsidy nannystate 21 Comments

Canada’s newest central planner claims to have a real “passion” for, well, central planning. But this time, we are assured, the planning will work.

I have a concern: since I subscribe to Acorn TV precisely to watch British shows, is the CRTC going to force them to carry Canadian content? Doesn’t that undermine the whole reason that I watch Acorn in the first place?

Eatrides said in a brief conversation with the National Post Monday that she will look to make a tangible difference for Canadians, indicating a focus that includes lowering prices.

She said people should expect “somebody who’s really focused on and concerned about Canadians. So really, that that’s where my head is at.”

“I really want Canadians to be able to say, OK, what has the CRTC done for me?”

In reality, she probably doesn’t want people to ask that last question.

Missed Information

Freespeechers Gain of Function Little Known Facts nannystate 14 Comments

Even since the pandemic began, I’ve been looking for the perfect retort to the “misinformation” smear. At long last, I may have found it.

In 2020-2022, if you tweeted the following flavors of #wrongthink, you may have been shadowbanned by Roth’s team:

—the costs vs. efficacy of lockdowns
—the safety & efficacy of off-label drugs for COVID
—the safety & efficacy of COVID “vaccines” or new Crony Pharma antivirals

Thread reader link.

The end of entrepreneurship

Great Moments In Socialism nannystate 111 Comments

When my rental property got to the point where it needed substantial upgrades, I took into consideration the hassles of chasing tenants for rent and concluded that it was best to have the fire department use it for a practice burn. I never regretted that decision.

Once the impact of rising interest rates fully collides with deadbeat tenants using the power of the state to delay eviction, there will be very little left of the rental housing market in this country.

Just last year, Marco had two houses to his name, but for months has been sleeping in his car — all because his tenants, whom he’s been unable to evict, haven’t paid their rent.

Marco, 33, lost his marital home in a separation agreement in January. He still owns an income property — a two-suite house in Collingwood, Ont. — but says his upstairs tenant hasn’t paid up since June; the one downstairs hasn’t since February. 

(More rental tales in the comments – Kate)

Meta analysis

Great Reset nannystate 12 Comments

It appears that a certain group of social engineers are finally getting their well-deserved comeuppance. I’m surprised that the fact-checkers aren’t going all out to bury the news.

Meta is in a revenue slump for the long haul. The company sees $30 billion to $32.5 billion for the holiday quarter, missing the midpoint of consensus.

Expenses for 2023 are higher than expected, at $96 billion to $101 billion, as Zuckerberg pursues that metaverse vision.

Reality Labs and other metaverse initiatives are going to keep losing money. Operating loss is $3.67 billion.

Earnings also missed estimates, at $1.64 per share compared to the $1.89 per share estimate.

Zuckerberg says “prioritization and efficiency” are the focus for 2023. Some teams will be downsized, only priority teams get to grow headcount.

Lying to the Stasi

Let Them Eat Taser nannystate 28 Comments

The fact that around 40% of the population routinely lied to the Covid Cops or ignored public health orders should not be seen as “alarming”. It should rather be viewed as a hopeful sign that a decent portion of the population still has some concern for individual rights and will do what they can to thwart governments that are bent on destroying civil liberties.

An alarming nationwide survey led by University of Utah health scientists has revealed that four of 10 Americans admit they weren’t truthful about contracting COVID-19 or complying with the public health precautions during the height of the global pandemic.

Another Sin Tax

nannystate 28 Comments

Not a fan of sugary drinks anymore myself but as a kid I used to love a coke Slurpee on a hot day. Yes, too much sugar can be bad for you ( he types while sipping black coffee) but this is another tax on something that makes people happy.

CTV- Newfoundland and Labrador’s tax on sugary drinks takes effect

The province’s sugar sweetened beverage tax — which adds 20 cents per litre to the cost of soft drinks, as well as sweetened fruit-flavoured juices, iced teas, lemonades, sports and energy drinks, fountain sodas and slushies — is in place as of Thursday.

The charge also applies to concentrates, at a cost of 20 cents per litre that can be made after mixing, and will be charged on top of the provincial sales tax.

Leave/me/alone!

I, Napoleon Insufferable Twits nannystate 46 Comments

It’s encouraging to see that the vast majority of Canadians are not completely out of their minds.

Of respondents, 84.9 per cent say they do not add gender pronouns to emails or share at meetings and 15.1 per cent say they do. Similarly, the majority of Canadians (85.4 per cent) do not believe adding pronouns should be compulsory.

And then there is the predictable response from the budding totalitarian set:

Canadians who do add their pronouns to emails and share in meetings think it should be required to do so: 58.8 per cent of those that share said it should be compulsory.

Doubling down

Great Moments In Socialism nannystate Safe and Effective 20 Comments

Even the perpetual food shortages in the Soviet Union were not dismissed as non-existent. Back then, the central planners at least made an effort to come up with a semi-plausible excuse like bad weather.

“There is no evidence whatsoever that ArriveCAN is causing any problems,” he told MPs at the commons transport committee.

He said, while there are still problems, air travel is improving and becoming more reliable. He said, by collecting vaccine information in advance, ArriveCAN speeds up the process.

“There are those who have a vested interest in embellishing reality and undermining confidence in our airline sector only to score political points,” he said. “ArriveCAN is actually helping process arrivals much faster and helping reduce congestion.”

Re-Education Camp for You

Great Moments In Socialism nannystate Social Disease 18 Comments

Homicide? Rape? Assault? Just hold your horses we’ve got memes to deal with.

Harry Miller- The Facebook police

The homeowner, or suspect, is not the originator of the offending image — it’s been reposted thousands of times and even made an appearance on GB News — but this small detail does not trouble the officers. A crime has been committed. Section 127 of the Communications Act, to be precise, citing a definition from a different act, entirely.

They remind the suspect that this is their third visit, having previously intervened pursuant to a joke about Tom Daley’s knitting, and the reposting of a Hitler in a bunker meme. The meme has been doing the rounds since the late noughties but this is immaterial to the police officers who are keen to exercise their powers of Three Strikes and You’re Out.

Laurence Fox has video of the whole thing.

In case your curious here are the violent crime statistics for England and Wales.

Violent crimes in England and Wales increased to more than 2.1 million offences, according to police recorded crime statistics, a huge increase of more than 1.5 million when compared with 2012/13, when there were just 601,141 violent crime offences.

Canadian Style Terrorism

Basic Dictatorship nannystate Shiny Pony Wuhan Flu 28 Comments

Via civil servants, brain dead politicians and an unholy app.

National Post- Airport COVID measures derail Israeli terror survivors’ trip to Canada’s Wonderland

A group of Israeli summer campers, all victims of terrorist violence, had to spend the first day of a charity-sponsored trip to Canada on Wednesday scrambling to meet a COVID test deadline instead of visiting Canada’s Wonderland, after nearly half of the 33 children were selected for random testing at the Toronto airport, organizers say.

“We wake up to 15 emails, telling 15 of the kids they need to go get tested,” a charity organizer said.

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