Zuby shares his experiences of visiting Northern California’s once golden city.
Saturday On Turtle Island
Conman Carney’s Canada: More homes needed for migrants. Media bribes. Muslim teachers.
The Democratic Party’s America: Graham Platner. Destroy democracy to save it. A horrific lie.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: The Green Councillor. You are racist. This is frightening..
Your morning meme. Another meme.
Forbidden Context
You see, caring about your family, your ancestors, your lineage, your children, is “actually absurd,” apparently. And by implication, some kinds of context – where you came from, say – are to be scorned as worthless.
May 16, 2026: Reader Tips
From 1965, here’s Salzburg Sight and Sound.
We always appreciate your great news tips!
B.C. = Bring Cash
I receive updates from Numbeo.com. Here’s the latest about my hometown of Vancouver:
Here’s how prices in Vancouver, BC have changed over the roughly past 5 years:
Rent (1BR city centre) : C$2,087 → C$2,644 (+27%)
Meal (inexpensive restaurant) : C$21.04 → C$30.00 (+43%)
Cappuccino: C$4.95 → C$5.77 (+17%)
Eggs (12) : C$4.71 → C$5.64 (+20%)
White rice (1kg) : C$4.28 → C$6.17 (+44%)
Circling The Drain
The first thing a business run by sane people would do when faced with torrents of red ink would be to identify the sectors with the highest costs and highest losses and cut them loose. But when you’re Canada Post, for some reason you do exactly the opposite.
“For now, people who already receive their mail via rural mailboxes will see no change,” the statement said. “These addresses are not part of the initial announcement targeting the four million addresses that still receive home delivery and will eventually be converted to community mailboxes.”
Mischief Is Important
300, but instead of Gerard Butler, it’s Elliot Page. pic.twitter.com/HaPDf4x0iq
— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) May 14, 2026
What’s Keir Starmer Up To?
At 8:15am PDT, Glenn Beck is interviewing Ezra Levant on his radio program. They’re talking about what’s happening in London, England tomorrow. Ezra speculated that Keir Starmer may be setting up a false flag operation in order to prosecute Tommy Robinson and other so-called right-wing influencers.
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
Honda Canada released a statement on Thursday, citing evolving business conditions, a change in strategy and shifting customer demand, as the reasons for the indefinite suspension of the project. The company intends to refocus its efforts on hybrid models.
On Thursday, it was reported the company had recorded its first ever annual loss of $2.7 billion, due to heavy costs for its electric vehicle plants and U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies.
News of the carmaker pulling out of the EV project was first reported by the Japanese publication Nikkei Asia last week.
Keir Starmer’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and it must be stressed that these stabbings are strictly ceremonial.
If Women Ran The World
Things You’ll Never See On The CBC
Jonathan Kay: that CBC-funded “prank” didn’t just target pundits. In @Quillette, I report on their efforts to mock a humble 82-yr-old Brockville granddad who enjoys 19th-c historical re-enanctments. Producers repeatedly lied to him for months, then exploited his trust
Friday On Turtle Island
Conman Carney’s Canada: Indigenous outrage. Terry Teegee. Told China of mass grave.
The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – The Newsom nightmare. Good vs evil. Covid origins.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Paul Joseph Watson – The right decision. Muslim values.
Your morning meme. Another meme.
Oddments For The Weekend
Including the sound of relief; an exercise in truck alignment; a taxi ride to remember; and some artefacts from the era of nut and gum vending.
All this and more.
Dispatches from the Maple Gulag Truck Stop
Today’s ruling by SCOTUS on freight brokers being held responsible to vet carriers has been welcomed by many, including myself, as a much needed change to hold everyone with freight shipments responsible for safety. Others see it as the end of the small carrier.
Back in Oct of 2025 Craig Fuller compared the 100,000 truck crashes in America everyday to a plane crash everyday and asked why we accept it?
“These statistics translate to a disturbing reality: the odds of being killed by a commercial truck are approximately 20 times greater than dying in a commercial airline crash. If we had a commercial airplane crash every single day in the United States, the public would be outraged and there would be immediate federal intervention. Yet, we see the equivalent in highway fatalities from truck crashes, and it barely makes the evening news.” – The Growing Problem of CDL mills Oct 25th 2025
And then there is the otherside…
I can kill spiders in my home with a flame thrower, but that does not mean it is a good idea. https://t.co/4nrIgmj0Zx
— Kevin Rutherford / Let’s Truck 🇺🇸 (@lets_truck) May 14, 2026
One of the last jobs I worked in the oil industry was hauling bitumen from Conklin, AB. Before I could go on site I needed fire retardant rain gear, steel toed muck boots, and a full face shield, all gear I have not specifically required before, other than the face shield. This gear was over $1,000 and rates for this run were low, hence it my oil hauling soon ended. When I arrived for my site orientation I asked why I needed FR rain gear and boots, this is what I was told:
“You probably won’t need it. We have drivers coming up here who barely speak English and this is their first trucking job, there are 2 or 3 spills a day when the drivers disconnect the oil hose before they close the valve. They cover their truck and themselves with oil. We have to clean them up before they can leave site. If they are wearing rain gear they can just peel it off and leave.” Bitumen is 70 to 90 degrees celsius.
Even in the Alberta oil patch where people make there fortune everyday, there is still absolute disregard for human life in the pursuit of cheaper freight rates.
Today’s 9-0 ruling by SCOTUS holds everyone involved responsible for safety, they can no longer ignore the plane crash everyday or peel off the rain gear to drive home. Now it is on them as well. I can only hope a smilar ruling is on the horizon in Canada.
Embrace Hollywood!
“Democrats need to embrace Hollywood because this is where they need to come to learn how to tell a story.“ – Michael Moore
May 15, 2026: Reader Tips
As a special shout-out to ‘Kenji’, here’s an AI video entitled San Francisco, 1963.
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Is Our Diversities Learing?
Nites Ov De Rod
[Shipping brokers] are the clearinghouse for moving freight. When there is a container to pick up, in most instances, that request goes to a broker to find a freight line or company to come get the shipping container. Sometimes people get confused that trucking companies own the semi-trailers, and in most cases, they do not. […]
Up to today, trucking companies bore the liability for anything that happened with their vehicle or driver during. Brokers had always claimed immunity from any liability as they were a step removed from ownership. All they did was scheduling – pick up a phone and schedule with Company A or B to get a load from here to there. There were ways to know if said company was in full compliance with DoT regulations, had safety violations, and had paid their insurance bill, but zero impetus for a broker to check.
The trucking company was just another name in the book, willing to deliver for the price quoted.
A unanimous decision from the Supreme Court today has changed that dynamic and sent a seismic shock through the entire trucking industry.
“…an extinction event for 30-50% of all freight brokers.”
MV Hondius Outbreak
Alina Chan is a Canadian molecular biologist specializing in gene therapy and cell engineering, and co-author (with Matt Ridley) of Viral, on COVID-19 lab leak origins.
New York🇺🇸-based MV Hondius cruise passenger who disembarked on Apr 24 went to a Hanoi🇻🇳 conference last week for extreme travelers (150 guests who've visited 100+ countries), potentially passing through Hong Kong🇨🇳 Bangkok🇹🇭. Her current location is unknown @JSweetLI reports…
— Alina Chan (@Ayjchan) May 14, 2026
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