If America & Europe Lived in the Same Town

I’ve been carefully watching a lot of British & European reaction to what happened at Davos this past week. The arrogance of most of it is very instructional.

If Europe and America were neighbors in the same town, here’s a good metaphor:

The Americans would be the average blue collar townsfolk, toiling away at their jobs, paying their taxes, and not expecting a whole lot in return from their government, other than to be left alone to live their lives.

The Europeans would be an old aristocratic family living in a posh, but not well kept up mansion on the edge of town. Over the years, these folks had stopped paying their fair share of taxes, stopped volunteering, stopped helping in any meaningful way, yet fully expecting their “lesser” neighbors to do everything for them.

When the American neighbors finally said enough is enough, the Europeans would be outraged, cry victim, and do everything they could to coerce the Americans to return back to paying for their lifestyle.

P.S. I’m not sure how Canada fits into this metaphor, but am open to suggestions.

Worth Watching

More people who have disappeared in China.

This would be like living in a society where Hillary Clinton, Lloyd Austin, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Tom Cruise and Serena Williams can disappear.

Have Breast Cancer Rates Skyrocketed?

I have a 39 year old friend in NYC who is battling breast cancer. I have another friend in her 40’s in Chicago who is also battling breast cancer. Three years ago, I had two friends in their 50’s, in Chicago and Houston respectively, battling breast cancer.

The Manhattan friend just shared this with me. While I can’t verify the 20 year average age drop in breast cancer since the Covid jab, I have my strong suspicions.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

I think Trump’s long game here is to ensure Mark Carney gets his majority.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it makes a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.

“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”

And then peel off Alberta in the aftermath.

Related: Pro-China Networks Amplified Carney’s Beijing Messaging to Attack U.S. Policy

Canada Thrives

I’m sad about the closure of Ag Canada research facilities, but it’s critically important that we free up money for gender-responsive climate financing in Vietnam.

Three Agriculture Agri-Food Canada research and development centres and four satellite research farms will close, the federal government has confirmed Friday.

Research and development centres at Guelph, Ont., Quebec City, Que., and Lacombe, Alta., will close, an AAFC spokesperson said in a statement on Friday afternoon.

Satellite research farms at Nappan, N.S., Scott, Sask., Indian Head, Sask. and Portage la Prairie, Man., will also close.

Saturday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America:  Senator urges anti-ICE riots.  Public school teachers.  Sparkle Beach Ken.

Carnival Carney’s Canada:  Acknowledge taxpayers.  A book review.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:  Don’t upset the Muslims.  Don’t upset the fairies.  Saving Hungary from George Soros.  Lying about Covid.  Jesus was a communist?

Brrrrrrr!  It was a cold walk to the barn this morning.  Damn that global warming.

And at the Bee.

I Am In Awe

#operationfakeout

By about 1am, we had reports come in from numerous states that there had been “incidents” at a number of biker bars last night. 🇺🇸

It turns out that “report ICE activity hotlines” had received “tips” about “off-duty ICE agents” drinking at dozens of bars. Those bars just so happened to be biker bars owned or frequented by individuals who haven’t always been on the right side of the law.

ICE protestors were alerted and given the addresses of these bars. According to friends of ours across the country, beta soy boy, gender-fluid communist Meal Team Sixers showed up with their “F-ICE” flags and tried barging into the bars.

The Children Are Our Future

And that’s why they’re building a new state-of-the-art bunker under the new White House ballroom.

As Gen Z ditch books at record levels, students are arriving to classrooms unable to complete assigned reading on par with previous expectations. It’s leaving colleges no choice but to lower their expectations.

One shocked professor has described young adults showing up to class, unable to read a single sentence.
“It’s not even an inability to critically think,” Jessica Hooten Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine University told Fortune. “It’s an inability to read sentences.” […]

With students struggling, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as “coddling.”

For her part, Wilson has turned to reading passages aloud together, discussing them line by line, or repeatedly returning to a single poem or text over the course of a semester—in part so students can begin to develop the skills to read critically on their own and be prepared for their post-graduate career.

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