Category: Great Moments In Socialism

Because They Care So Deeply…

Basic Dictatorship Canada’s Bolsheviks New Governor 16 Comments

It is no secret that JFK interfered with the 1963 Canadian Federal election.

But did you know why?

Kennedy was keen to draw Canada deeper into the American sphere. Diefenbaker, who held the more traditional attachment to Britain, balked at the invitation to join the Organization of American States.

Montreal StarDiefenbaker would not allow American nuclear warheads on Canadian soil and Pearson would.

The first US nuclear-armed missiles arrived in Canada on December 31, 1963. These were CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air interceptor missiles, which were equipped with nuclear warheads and deployed to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stations in North Bay, Ontario, and La Macaza, Quebec.

all U.S. nuclear weapons were removed from Canadian soil by 1984, …with the final nuclear-tipped Genie missiles leaving Canadian bases  in July 1984…

The Liberals were willing to do anything to win the 1963 election, even sell out Canada’s sovereignty and security to a foreign nation. The placement of US nuclear warheads on Canadian soil made Canada a potential battleground in a Nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

Diversities Learing?

Canada’s Bolsheviks Children R Our Future Our Diversities 35 Comments

Rather than shovel ever more taxpayer dollars at administratively bloated post-secondary institutions, why not privatize them so they are free to allocate resources based on actual demand from employers? Otherwise, they’ll just continue to give gender studies the same priority as engineering.

Ontario’s universities and colleges are looking for billion-dollar funding boosts in the province’s upcoming budget, investments they are framing as critical to Premier Doug Ford’s plan to “protect Ontario” from tariff impacts by strengthening domestic capabilities.

The Council of Ontario Universities says in its pre-budget submission that its institutions are at “a breaking point” and they are calling for an additional $1.2 billion in operating funding next year, with that amount increasing to $1.6 billion by 2028-29.

Related (from Kate): Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns

Keir Starmer’s Britain

Claws of the Panda Surveillance State 15 Comments

Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and Starmer Clears China’s “Mega-Embassy” Near Tower of London.

The approval comes in the wake of the Starmer government’s decision to wind down a counter-intelligence case alleging that two former China-based language teachers penetrated Westminster and passed sensitive political information on Conservative lawmakers pushing a tougher stance on Beijing—sending real-time reports up the chain toward senior Chinese intelligence, in an operation that reports alleged was tasked by a top Politburo figure close to President Xi Jinping.

Washington’s China hawks had already framed the collapse of that case as possibly linked to the mega-embassy approval, and characterized the embassy decision as a test of allied intelligence cohesion.

Crack And Badger

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Come to think of it, I’m not entirely sure what loving one’s body might mean, beyond the obvious off-colour jokes. But apparently, it’s something that one is supposed to proclaim as an accomplishment, a credential of progressivism. I have, however, noted that it tends to be announced by people whose declared triumph in this matter is not altogether convincing, and whose basis for doing so is generally much slimmer than they are.

On the ideological gratification of thwarting clever children; on shoehorning pretentious racial guilt into the world of dentistry; and on not wearing knickers in a terribly radical way.

All this and more.

Dispatches from the Maple Gulag Truck Stop

Basic Dictatorship Canada’s Bolsheviks Historical Events New Governor Shiny Pony Surveillance State The Libranos The Tolerant Left Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 17 Comments

Shameless Plug for Gord Magill’s new book ‘End of the Road’.  Buy a copy and upset Mark Carney’s New World Order.

And of course the we need to hear from Tamara and Big Red on the only Canadian news source with any integrity.

Cramped Spaces

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Here’s a suggestion for Canadian airline regulators: maybe if foreign carriers were allowed to compete in the Canadian market, domestic airlines wouldn’t try to make their planes even more of a cattle car than they already are.

In the wake of a backlash sparked by a viral video, WestJet has cancelled a new seat configuration that squeezed an extra row on board many of its planes and left passengers with less legroom.

Already installed on 22 of WestJet’s Boeing 737s, the non-reclining seats in a majority of the cabin’s economy section featured the smallest amount of leg room on any large Canadian carrier.

 

Not Quite Ready

Drill, Baby, Drill Venezuela 19 Comments

Not every investor seems ready to plow capital back into the Venezuelan oil patch. If it were my choice, I wouldn’t rush in either.

“You have an ultra-risky jurisdiction with massively uncompetitive financial terms, in an area where the rule of law is far from certain, in an oil price environment that is challenging, and in a country where the infrastructure to produce said oil requires billions and billions and billions of dollars,” he said in an interview.

“It’s a fairly high conviction call that the appetite on the part of U.S. oil CEOs to re-enter Venezuela today is very, very low.”

Clown Country

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Decline Watch;

An arbitrator has ordered the reinstatement of an Ontario postman fired for hoarding at least 6,000 pieces of mail during the summer of 2022 because Canada Post wasn’t aware of his post-traumatic stress disorder.

Hyun Min Jang was terminated from his job as a rural and suburban mail carrier in King City, Ont., “for misdirection and delay of mail, as a result of the discovery of thousands of pieces of undelivered mail in his personal vehicle,” according to a recent decision from Kathleen G. O’Neil, the arbitrator.

Issues Of Earth-Rumbling Import

Forward! 11 Comments

The question “what is queer food?” is, we’re told by Professor Elias, “a question that’s coming up a lot lately.” If only among academics desperate for an angle, an excuse for claiming a salary and wasting other people’s time. Academics much like Professor Elias.

Elias said she does not have a definition for what “queer food” is, but wants “recognition” it exists.

Welcome to the bleeding edge of human mental activity.

Quite how one can write “an illustrated guide to queer food,” complete with recipes, as Professor Ilias has, while simultaneously being unable to define what such a thing is, should it exist, is a question I leave to the reader.

At Boston University, where annual tuition is $90,000.

AI and Public Healthcare

AI Tommy Douglas: Not Dead Enough 14 Comments

What can possibly go wrong?

Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson- The Government’s Obsession with Artificial Intelligence and Tech

Streeting has framed the NHS as under enormous pressure from chronic waiting lists, staff shortages and outdated systems, saying the service is “broken” and needs reform alongside investment. Introducing AI and digital technology is a key part of his efforts to transform the NHS into a more digital, modern, and efficient system.

First Person Take on the Arrest of Maduro?

Historical Events Venezuela 23 Comments

I can’t verify this post, but found it very compelling:

This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.

Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn’t hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.

Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?

Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before.

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