I Want A New Country

Shiny Pony SKExit We Are All Treaty People 20 Comments

Let’s kick this monstrous mess to the curb and start fresh.

On Thursday morning, while catching up on the news about last weekend’s massacre on (and around) James Smith Cree Nation in northern Saskatchewan, I ran across a truly remarkable Globe and Mail headline: “Saskatchewan suspect’s case draws new scrutiny to statutory release.” I hardly knew whether to laugh or cry at this exercise in the journalistic privilege of agenda-setting. The crimes of Myles Sanderson, who died mysteriously in police custody Wednesday after stabbing 18 people and killing ten of them, ought to “draw new scrutiny” to about a hundred different things about the Canadian state and its philosophy of criminal justice. One hardly knows where to start with the list-making.

It’s short and it’s brutal. Go read it all.

Down The Primrose Path

Drill, Baby, Drill Putin Ukraine 26 Comments

Energy security comes first.

Higher energy prices can lead to civil unrest — the avoidance of which is one reason why countries keep buying fossil fuels from Russia. As Puri intimated, when petrol stations run dry or if costs get too high, people will respond.

According to Verisk Maplecroft, a consultancy that tracks geopolitical risks, last quarter civil unrest increased in 101 of the 198 countries that it tracks around the world in part due to higher-priced energy. They foresee the recent unrest as just the beginning, “As the conditions for civil unrest build in a growing number of countries, the severity and frequency of protests and labour activism is set to accelerate further over the coming months.”

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Priorities

Climate Cult 40 Comments

Gunter- Here are more signs of how cultist our green thinking has become

Vancouver is giddy about being the first city in the country to receive an all-electric fire truck.

The new e-truck will cost $300,000 more than a comparable diesel model, pump 40 per cent less water and have such a short range (30 km) because of its enormous weight that it will have to have backup diesel power in case it runs out of juice on the way to a blaze.

A political conundrum

Let Them Eat Taser 35 Comments

When a Canadian conservative politician advocates the end of senseless Covid border controls, he is denounced as “right-wing” and “anti-science”. Now that the left’s poster child for Covid lockdowns has adopted the same policies, what mental gymnastics can we expect to see from the Canadian left as they try to square that circle?

From Tuesday, mask-wearing will only be compulsory in healthcare settings, excepting mental health services. Also gone are the few remaining vaccine mandates, for workers and inbound travellers. Tests on arrival in New Zealand are no longer required but encouraged.

Ignoring the obvious

Media There Goes The Narrative 12 Comments

Climate change causing a rash of potholes? Who knew? Gas taxes being siphoned off into general revenue for cash-strapped provincial governments has nothing to do with the sorry state of Canadian roads, right? All that’s missing from this article is the advocacy of high speed rail.

“We need to look at the roads to last, because there is no magic pot of money that is going to give us hundreds of millions of dollars for road rehabilitation,” said Steve Goodman, an Ottawa-based pavement expert with Gemtec Consulting Engineers and Scientists Ltd. “The funding deficit is not a couple million dollars — or even a couple hundred million dollars — it is in the billions.”

Monday On Turtle Island

Turtle Island 19 Comments

Today in Islam:  Refugees go on vacation.  Its just part of their religion.

Trudeau’s Canada:  Did they get a grant from Justin?  Dear Leader is still in New Brunswick at taxpayer expense.  Today he will be worshipped by MPs at their national caucus.  Justin’s CBC outraged that a highway still has not been renamed.  Don’t expect mining in the Ring of Fire anytime soon.  Firm an excellent example.  Rex Murphy on Prime Minister Poilievre.

Biden’s America:  Space farce.  CNN compares 9/11 to Trump and MAGA.  Some yokel wokeism.  The anti -white hatred laid bare.  Be thankful for her white privilege.  Vile attacks on the Queen.

Global Warming Scam News:  A climate reality check.  Your morning meme.

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