Bursting Bubbles
I remember being told back in the 80s that the West needed to emulate the Japanese model which had allegedly conquered the business cycle with by meshing private businesses with a careful dose of central planning. Fueled by easy credit, the marriage of private and public interests turned out to be a sham and to this day the only solution offered is even more easy credit.
“I was still a student in the 90s. Life was great. I went out drinking almost every day wasting money on women, gambling, and putting anything I had left into all kinds of investments. Everything was going up and it felt like every Yen I spent was going to double next year. Our brains had been so thoroughly poisoned by the bubble of the past few years that we were all insanely optimistic. Most of us didn’t even consider that the prosperity could ever come to an end.”
How the Woke Infiltrate
“Just say no”. An extremely good thread by James Lindsay;
Woke Marxists use a suite of techniques that are called “entryism” (the art of entering) to infiltrate institutions and take them over from within.
There are five basic stages in this model of infiltration:
1) Demand access.
2) Demand accommodation.
3) Demand a seat at the table (demand power).
4) Demand to run the table (demand controlling power).
5) Demand to run the room (demand total power).
It’s not just woke takeovers — the same dynamic is used to take over organizations by all kinds of actors.
The audio version is here.
Wind power zeros out on Jan. 2 in Saskatchewan. As in nothing. Zip. Nada.
Wind power flatlined in Saskatchewan on Jan. 2, after days of strong winds. Flatlined, as in zero power, at night, so no solar, either.
Zero reliability, this wind thing. And I had to start wearing my parka this week, too.
Put our trust in wind, and we’ll all freeze. In the dark.
Also, switching to third person:
Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk is back on the air with CJME/CKOM’s Evan Bray Show. He was on the air for a full hour on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Here’s the podcast of that appearance, including responses to several calls. One was on whether or not the Trans Mountain Expansion will ever be finished. (With the ads and news breaks removed, it’s only 35 minutes).
DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
‘Sympathy’ surging for Jan. 6 rioters, 43% agree ‘they had a point’
“The survey, which was completed shortly before the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump, showed sympathy for the rioters has increased among the voting public over the past several years,” said Suffolk’s analysis.
“Only 48% of voters overall said they thought the rioters were ‘criminals,’ a significant drop from the 70% of voters who thought so in a Suffolk survey conducted just weeks after the attacks. Those who agreed that ‘they went too far, but they had a point’ rose to 37% from 24%, and 6% called their actions ‘appropriate,’ when in 2021 just 2% did,” it added.
In no small part due to this: “the Justice Department is continuing to round up over 1,000 it suspects of being involved.”
Or maybe they notice a pattern forming. Ballot Cleansing: Democrats are Moving to Bar Republicans from Ballots Nationwide
The Chinese Colony Of Canada
Dear Leader looks for ways to improve relations with China. I guess the foreign aid money wasn’t working.
Friday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: Congressman threatens Justice Thomas. A moronic race hustle.
China Virus News: Did people fear the virus?
Today In Islam: Did Israel steal Palestinian land? Israel is defending itself. A hostage speaks out. This week in Jihad.
Blackie’s Canada: Refugee board not tracking claimants. This is what alcohol does to your brain.
Your morning meme. Another meme.
Oddments For The Weekend
Including a promptly validated judgement; hawk versus kitten; lion relocation; recovered Kodachromes of New York in the Fifties; and ice-cream scoop insertions and other medical emergencies.
January 5, 2024: Reader Tips
With a score of 11 on the 0 – 10 Cuteness scale, here’s a video about an adopted Baby Beaver.
Your beaver or dam focused tips are especially appreciated but any others are welcome too!
Entitled To His Entitlements
It seems my earlier tweet was incorrect.
The RCAF Challenger that arrived earlier today in Jamaica was *not* the PM’s ride home from his Christmas vacation.
It would seem it requires *two* aircraft to get the PM & co. home to Ottawa.
Jeffrey Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself
A new drop of Epstein docs reveals a list of “individuals likely to have discoverable information relevant to disputed facts alleged with particularity in the pleadings.”
The document was part Exhibit N of the recently released trove of documents from the case between Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre and Epstein’s right-hand Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell is currently serving time for 20 year after a conviction on sex trafficking.
She was accused of having procured teen girls for Jeffrey Epstein to essentially pimp out and sexually abuse.
Exhibit N is a 16-page list of witnesses who may have “knowledge concerning matters at issue” in the complaint from Giuffre. It includes individuals from New York, London, Palm Beach, Fla., Utah, Washington, DC, and many others whose addresses or locations are not listed.
Ya Mon!
Read the whole thing.
National Post- Trudeau given free stay at $9,300-a-night luxury Jamaican villa over Christmas holidays
Before this year’s trip, the PMO originally told The Canadian Press that Trudeau would be paying for his family’s stay in Jamaica.
There Goes The Narrative
@LibsofTikTok: Here’s the Iowa shooter’s post with the hashtag #genderfluid and the trans flag. He also had the LGBT flag in his bio.
Cannon Fodder
In the great war on Covid.
Lancet- Excess mortality in England post COVID-19 pandemic: implications for secondary prevention
John Campbell- ” Have we got a national curiosity deficit disorder?”
What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?
Via Instapundit: The true scandal of the Claudine Gay affair is not a Harvard president and her plagiarism. The true scandal is that so many journalists and academics were willing, are still willing, to redefine plagiarism to suit their politics.
Don’t Mess With Texas
Houston jury will not charge man who killed robber at Houston taqueria.
Mask Formation Psychosis
“Charity”
Toronto Star- Heads of 17 Canadian environmental charities collecting major compensation packages
An analysis by The Canadian Press identified 17 charities whose top executive drew annual compensation that was in the $200,000 to $250,000 range or higher, according to filings with the federal government made in 2022 and 2023.
The review focused on organizations recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency as registered charities in the categories of “environment” and “animal protection,” which include several conservation organizations. The group of 17 with the highest salaries represents just over one per cent of all charities in those two categories.
But wait there’s more
The charity with the highest-paid executives was Ducks Unlimited Canada, based in Manitoba. Its 2023 declaration indicates that two people earned more than $350,000, three others received between $250,000 and $300,000, and four received compensation between $200,000 and $250,000. The organization has 565 full- and part-time employees. Governments contributed just over $27 million to Ducks Unlimited for its year ending March 31, 2023, and a quarter of its $140 million in revenue came from donations.
Y2Kyoto: Schadenfrozen
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
From a thread by Bjorn Lomberg:Super-expensive but ineffective climate policies mean De-industrialization with small climate benefit […] On current trends, Germany will reach 0% fossil fuels in the year 2473, nearly half a millennium from now
In related No Business Case geopolitical developments: China regains title as world’s biggest LNG importer. And that demand growth isn’t expected to slowdown anytime soon
A Mystery For Our Times
Guardian columnist mystified by men not wearing skirts.