Doomsdays

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The term “doom loop” very accurately describes what is going on in Argentina right now. Despite the chaos gripping the economy, voters seem to be somewhat favoring the Peronist candidate who pledges to keep the free stuff flowing along with the resultant chaos as opposed to a fan of Von Mises and Hayek who would institute widespread free market reforms and stop the collapse.

Demonstrating a doom-loop in which crises caused by big government prompt citizens to increase their demands for for big government, a bricklayer en route to the voting booth told Reuters, “Peronism is the only space that offers the possibility that the poorest of us can have basic things at our fingertips.”

I can think of a few other nations on that same path. Can you?

The Children Are Our Future

Children R Our Future entitlement generation 36 Comments

And that’s why I won’t leave the house this winter without my Firebox Titanium Nano Stove.

I just fired a student, a first for me. 55 minutes into our THIRD session on his college personal statement, I started seeing lines get crossed out in the Google doc, and EDITED by a third person. He said “I have someone else looking at my essay now, I’ll tell her to wait.
I asked “Who is this other person?” He said “She’s a friend of the family, a professional grant writer, and she helped her son get into University of Chicago.”

High praise, indeed

Climate Cult 20 Comments

On Friday, Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean praised the Travers Solar Project in a LinkedIn post. At noon on Sunday, when the sun was highest in the sky, it was producing 10.9 per cent of nameplate capacity.

And at the very same time, wind was producing less than 2 per cent capacity, and was around that level all afternoon long.

The Canadian Energy Regulator provided reasons for its TMX pipeline route change ruling.

In an unrelated note, if you’ve worked in the southeast Saskatchewan oilpatch, you probably know, or know of, Larry Day, who was awarded dispatcher of the year.

And while we’re tooting horns, Pipeline Online received an Estevan Business Excellence award for New Business Venture.

Monday On Turtle Island

Turtle Island 20 Comments

Global Warming Scam News:  Electric cars may become uninsurable.  The failed climate models.  China’s Tiktok jumps on the climate censorship bandwagon.

Woke Britain:  Covid vaccines are driving excess deaths.  A Sunday sermon about migrants.

Blackie’s Canada:  Trudeau wants to control the internet.  Must have been one of those generic terrorists. Trudeau issues statement about the attack at the National War Memorial, without mentioning the words Islam or Muslim.  Justin’s open borders.  The lies of Hans Gruber.

Religion Of Peace News:  It’s not about politics or Israel.  An Imam in Turkey makes a vow (JW).  Erdogan falsely accuses Israel of genocide (JW).  The war Israel cannot win.  An Israeli couple who went down fighting.

Dementia Joe’s America:  The Biden crime family.  No white volunteers need apply.  The “Chickens For KFC” rally.

We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars

Alternative Subsidy Roadkill 28 Comments

Vroom Vroom, Fizz Fizz;

The Ford Mustang Mach-E has had some weird recalls in its short time on sale, including one for the glass roof, which could separate and fly off while driving. Its most recent recall is also weird, but it’s also a little embarrassing: The electric SUV could experience a component failure in its battery pack that occurs while DC fast charging or romping on the accelerator.

Ford recalled almost 35,000 2021 and 2022 Mustang Mach-Es equipped with the extended-range battery for the issue. Recall documentation states that DC fast charging and “repeated wide open pedal events” could overheat the high-voltage battery main contactors, causing them to deform and arc. That could cause a loss of power and increase the risk of a crash.

Diversity Is Our Strength

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@AntisemitismCA;

Additional footage as protestors affiliated with “Toronto4Palestine” swarm outside of Cafe Landwer and demand to boycott the “Zionist Cafe”. Protestors have posted pictures targeting staff working at the cafe. The organizer of this rally, Toronto4Palestine, initially celebrated the massacre of October 7th, and then later denied that it happened. They have also engaged in Holocaust denial.

Eylon Levy Israeli Government Spokesman announces release of unseen Hamas bodycam footage for international media.

We could use a woman like Oriana right about now.

The shrinking economy

Great Moments In Socialism Great Reset It's Probably Nothing 8 Comments

Shut down “non-essential” businesses for a year, get involved in a ruinously expensive war in the Ukraine, wreck supply chains all over the world as a matter of policy, and now raise the cost of capital to levels unseen for a decade. How could this not result in a recession?

The decline in manufacturing, therefore, has not been accompanied by several of the typical warning signs. Nevertheless, things have clearly deteriorated.

Firms are still struggling to pass their input costs on to consumers, profits are dwindling, and growth prospects have all but evaporated. Their backlogs of unfilled orders are all but gone, and there aren’t enough new orders to sustain current production or employment levels.

The second thing the regional Fed banks are telling us is that the broader economy will follow manufacturing into contraction within the next six months.

 

Rise Of The Deplorables

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Populist right tops Swiss elections

The SVP’s election campaign focused on its favourite theme: the fight against “mass immigration” and the prospect of the Swiss population reaching 10 million.

Its “New normal?” social media adverts, spotlighting criminal cases perpetrated by foreigners, plunged into a world of bloodied knives, hooded criminals, fists, bruised faces and frightened women.

It also launched a war on “cancel culture” and what it calls “gender terror and woke madness”.

“The situation in Switzerland is serious: we have mass immigration, we have big problems with people seeking asylum. The security situation is no longer the same as before,” Thomas Aeschi, head of the SVP parliamentary group, told AFP.

“There are many people in Switzerland who fear the situation will get worse.”

The SVP — which is strongly anti-EU — fiercely defends Switzerland’s long-standing military neutrality and feels Bern pushed the principle too far by matching EU sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine.

Aeschi said the SVP “wants good relations with the European Union but what we don’t want is an agreement where Switzerland must do what the EU says”.

Those dirty Russians!

We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars

Alternative Subsidy More Money Than Brains 45 Comments

Via The Truth About Cars;

A Mercedes store operator said he has a more than six-month supply of EVs compared with about a 50-day supply of gasoline-powered vehicles.

“The EVs are coming whether or not you asked for them or earned them,” he said. “There is too much of a price premium — especially at the top end of the EQ lineup — and almost no [lease] support.”

The executive said the EVs lack the “lust factor” of Mercedes’ gasoline-powered flagship models, such as the S-Class sedan and AMG-GT coupe.

“Our cars need to be ‘want’ cars,” he said. “The S-Class has maintained good loyalty because it’s aspirational. An EQS is not something that most people aspire to own.”

The rest goes onto explain how they’re running out of stupid rich people.

Sunday On Turtle Island

Turtle Island 20 Comments

Dementia Joe’s America:  The Biden crime family.  The Biden crime family, part 2.  Migrant invasion continues.  Mostly peaceful riot in New York.  The George Floyd narrative unraveled.

Woke Britain:  The Hamas tube driver.  Something is killing Brits.  Why are people tearing down posters in London?

Global Warming Scam News:  Debunking climate hysteria.         Your morning meme.

Religion Of Peace News:  Interfaith dialogue in Indonesia (JW).  The West has ignored genocide against Christians (JW).  President of Detroit synagogue murdered. Motive unknown of course.  Massive demonstrations by Hamas supporters in Britain.  The Hamas atrocities (JW).  A worldwide Jihad (JW).

Blackie’s Canada:  Lifestyles of the CBC executives.  Apparently Christians are not welcome at Canadian universities.  Justin’s secret trip to a mosque (CBC).  Thousands protest for Hamas in downtown Toronto.  Global Affairs Barbie gives 50 million dollars to Hamas.

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