Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts

Friday, May 2, 2025

Mark Carney's winning campaign speech

Mark Carney's winning campaign speech (satire by Donald Bosch): 

"We are in a crisis, a crisis, a terrible crisis.  It's all Donald Trump's fault.  


Mark Carney at World Economic Forum, Davos, 2010. 
Photo by WEF. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

"We bear no responsibility for anything that happened in the last 10 years. 

"It was Donald Trump who did not balance our budget.  

"It was Donald Trump who created inflation.  

"It was Donald Trump who increased crime in Canada. 

"It was Donald Trump who made food unaffordable and houses too. 

"It was Donald Trump who increased the number of government employees. 

"It was all Donald Trump's fault.  

"Now, stop complaining about not being able to afford your rent, complain about Donald Trump instead, and make sure you Vote Liberal."

Monday, December 23, 2024

Feminist Trudeau shames USA for electing a man

Speaking to the Equal Voice Foundation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called himself a proud feminist, and shamed the United States for electing a man as President: "'It shouldn't be that way. It wasn't supposed to be that way." 

Kamala Harris's presidential defeat was an attack on women’s progress, Trudeau says | National Post | Nick Murray:

December 10, 2024 - "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women’s rights and women’s progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation — an organization dedicated to improving gender representation in Canadian politics — Trudeau said there are regressive forces fighting against women’s progress.

“'It shouldn’t be that way. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult sometimes, march towards progress,' Trudeau said, adding he is a proud feminist and will always be an ally. 'And yet, just a few weeks ago, the United States voted for a second time to not elect its first woman president. Everywhere, women’s rights and women’s progress is under attack. Overtly, and subtly.'

"Trudeau’s comments [came] a day before he’s set to meet provincial and territorial premiers to discuss Canada’s approach to negotiations with the U.S., as Canada faces a threat of a 25 per cent tariff hike from incoming president Donald Trump.

"The remarks also [came] hours after Trump taunted Trudeau on social media, referring to the prime minister as the 'Governor … of the Great State of Canada.' The post was in reference to a joke Trump cracked at his dinner with Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago property nearly two weeks ago, where the president-elect teased that Canada could join the U.S. as its 51st state."

Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/justin-trudeau-kamala-harris

Trudeau slammed for bizarre speech scolding Americans for not electing their first female president | Sky News Australia | December 11, 2024:

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Schools closing to protect children from eclipse

This Monday, hundreds of schools across North America are closing ostensibly to protect children from sustaining lifelong injuries by looking at the sun during the solar eclipse.. 

Lock Up Your Kids: The Eclipse Is Coming! | The Free Press | Rupa Subramanya:

April 5, 2024 - "On Monday, April 8, hundreds of schools across North America, from Texas to Ontario, are closing in order to protect pupils from sustaining lifelong injuries — from the sun. Just after 11 a.m. local time, a complete solar eclipse will begin over the Pacific coast of Mexico. Its “path of totality”—the areas where the sun will be entirely blotted out—will pass through 13 U.S. states, before ending off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. In these regions, schools face a dilemma: Is the eclipse a learning opportunity for kids—or a threat?

“'The solar eclipse offers a rare educational occasion,' Natalie Jameson, an educator in Canada’s Prince Edward Island, admitted last month. 'But prioritizing safety is crucial.' And so, classes in her district will end two hours early to ensure 'students will be home safely' before the start of the eclipse. The decision, her department added, was made 'out of an abundance of caution.' The same decision was made by Ontario’s Waterloo District, even though it initially opted to remain open.... But after the elementary teachers’ union criticized the decision, with its president arguing 'it’s naive to assume students won’t look directly at the sun,' the school board announced it would cancel class after all.

"Educators in America, meanwhile, are singing from the same hymn sheet. 'You obviously cannot look at the sun when this is happening,' a rep for Perry Township Schools in Indianapolis told local news. Instead, she told me, the school district is 'having an e-learning day due to safety reasons.... A superintendent in upstate New York echoed these reasons when he explained why classes in the Schoharie Central School District would be canceled on Monday: 'It really is out of an abundance of caution.'

"Abundance of caution. You hear this phrase a lot in our era of absurd safetyism, which is reshaping modern childhood. An abundance of caution is the reason kids no longer spend time alone or play outside, depriving them of some of life’s most fulfilling experiences. To be clear: when you look at an eclipse, your instinct to squint may not kick in — which can damage your eyes — but cases of blindness are vanishingly rare, and there are simple precautions that can be taken....

"Many of the scientists also believe the eclipse should be treated as a learning opportunity for kids. Ilana Macdonald, an astrophysicist at Ontario’s Eclipse Task Force, said the event is a way 'to incite wonder and amazement about the world. And yet they’re focusing more on the negatives and the dangerous aspects of it,' she said of schools that are closing.... Michael Kirk, a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, agrees, calling the eclipse 'a once in a lifetime experience.' 'You will tell your grandchildren about this. You will remember it for the rest of your life,' he said, noting that the next total eclipse visible in America won’t happen until 2044....

"I spoke to Lola McAdam, 13, whose Ottawa school district has opted to close on April 8 to 'ensure safety' for students. 'I probably would rather have been with my friends,' she told me. 'It would have been cooler than being stuck at home.' Suzanne Hancock, Lola’s mother, said she still has fond memories of the total solar eclipse in 1979, when she was 7 years old. Her school remained open, and the students made pinhole projectors together so they could safely watch the event. Suzanne wishes her daughter had a similar opportunity.... 'That experience and adventure has been robbed from today’s students just like during the Covid-19 pandemic,' she concluded.... 

"Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Free-Range Kids project — which promotes 'a commonsense approach to parenting in these overprotective times' — says there are many examples of silly safetyism in schools.... 'We have a culture that sees childhood through the lens of risk and danger,' Skenazy said. And it’s not just schools. Up until 2011, an eight-year-old could travel unaccompanied on Amtrak—and then the minimum age was raised to 13. The reason for the change? An Amtrak spokesperson cited an 'abundance of concern.' 

"Skenazy said she dislikes these empty words. 'An "abundance of caution" turns out to be excess caution,' she said. And if we stop kids from taking solo train rides, or bringing old plates to school, or collectively experiencing a spectacular, celestial event, Skenazy believes we are effectively giving them something much worse: 'An abundance of distrust.'”

Read more: https://www.thefp.com/p/school-safetyism-classes-closed-solar-eclipse?utm_source=tfptwitter

Rupa Subramanya is a reporter for The Free Press. Follow her on X, formerly Twitter, @rupasubramanya.

Lies About Solar Eclipses You Should Never Believe | Grunge | April 1, 2024: 


Friday, January 12, 2024

Trudeau gov't mandates tampons in men's rooms

Canada's Trudeau gov't has mandated that free menstrual products be provided in the men's rooms of all federally-regulated buildings.

Trudeau Government puts tampons in men’s bathrooms | The Counter Signal | Mike Campbell: 

December 13, 2023 - "The Trudeau Liberals have placed tampons in men’s bathrooms in all federally regulated buildings. Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri showcased the latest development in a video she posted on social media.... Ferreri focused on how out of touch the issue is based on the cost of living crisis, as opposed to the painfully obvious fact that men don’t need period products.

"'So for people who have an average income of $70,000, they are going to have access to period products — shouldn’t that be going to people who can’t afford them?' She added, 'I might just take some of these myself and walk them down to the Ottawa food bank where they can be best used — not here'.... 

"[T]he Trudeau Government made a regulatory proposal in 2022 that said a 'lack of access to menstrual products in men’s toilet room has raised concerns regarding washroom equity.' The proposal stipulated that employers must provide menstrual products in each toilet room. One product dispenser is needed for each washroom, 'regardless of gender,' across all work sites under the control of large business employers in the federal jurisdiction.... 

"[T]he government estimated the total cost of the regulations would be $116.6 million from 2024 to 2033. That includes estimates for how much it would cost employers to purchase the products and provide and install containers for their disposal.

As an aside, ... a petition calling for a no confidence vote in the Trudeau government has reached over 287,000 signatures, surpassing the most signed e-petition in parliamentary history."

Read more: https://thecountersignal.com/trudeau-government-puts-tampons-in-mens-bathrooms/

Tampons in Federal Mens Washrooms | Canadian Freedom, Right? | December 13, 2023: 

Canadian Air Force members rip down tampon dispenser in men’s bathroom | The Counter Signal

January 10, 2024 -"A picture has surfaced on social media showing a ripped down tampon dispenser in a Canadian Air Force men’s bathroom. Social media account Veterans 4 Freedom (@Vets4FreeCanada) posted a picture showing the development....

"'Sent to us from [Canadian Forces Base] Trenton.  This is a picture of a men’s washroom, think maybe the Troops are tired of being humiliated by the woke nonsense?' the account posted, attaching a picture that showed a number of holes in the wall where the dispenser used to stand. 

"The incident comes ... after the Trudeau Liberals mandated that tampons be placed in men’s bathrooms in all federally regulated buildings, a move that earned international headlines and mockery. The federal Liberals 2022 budget for Canadian Armed Forces had funding for such, given that they included $100.5 million for 'gender identity' culture change and training in the Canadian Armed Forces."

Read more: https://thecountersignal.com/canadian-air-force-members-rip-down-tampon-dispenser-in-mens-bathroom/

Saturday, January 6, 2024

'Can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-American,' says president of a nation founded by an insurrection

Note: this article was originally written as parody. 

'You Can’t Be Pro-Insurrection And Pro-American,' Says President Of Nation Founded By An Insurrection | Babylon Bee:

July 27, 2022 · "The president shot back at what he called 'Super Duper Ultra MAGA Turbo Titans' Monday as he claimed 'you can't be pro-insurrection and pro-American' despite being the commander in chief of a nation founded by an insurrection.

"'Can you imagine Thomas Jefferson calling for the blood of tyrants? What if John Adams refused to pledge fealty to King George?' ... said the unblinking Biden, unflinching in the face of a citizenry increasingly questioning whether he is fit to be president.

"'Look, here's the deal, these Capitol insurrectioneserutes are traitors to American ideals because they wanted to challenge the results of an election,' Biden confirmed. 'I know this for a fact because a traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.'

"'We saw what happened,' he continued, referring to the events of January 6. 'Law enforcement agencies were speared with terrorist javelins dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage. These are all things that actually happened that I am not making up,' he added.

"At publishing time, White House officials had advised the president to stop saying 'we saw what happened' in regards to the January 6 capitol riots because he keeps describing events that never took place."

Read more: https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/you-cant-be-pro-insurrection-and-pro-american-says-president-of-nation-founded-by-an-insurrection

President Biden on Donald Trump: "You can't be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American." | C-SPAN | January 5, 2024:

Monday, November 27, 2023

Media assails Poilievre for being mean to media

Was Pierre Poilievre being "responsible" when he referred in the House of Commons to media reports of a terrorist attack at the Rainbow Bridge? Did he bully a reporter who later asked him that question? And why does any of this matter?  

Politics reporters continue to struggle with the Poilievre phenomenon | MSN.com | Chris Selley, National Post:

November 27, 2023 - "On Wednesday, Pierre Poilievre stood in the House of Commons, noted 'media reports about a terrorist attack at the border in Niagara (Falls),' and asked if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had any information he could share. The prime minster did not, to no one’s surprise, the incident having only just occurred.

"Later in the afternoon, American officials said they were pretty sure the fiery one-car crash had just been a bizarre accident. And back we all went to finding serious solutions for Canada’s many serious problems. Ha, ha, no. The Liberals charged that Poilievre had tried to 'rile people up' by assuming the incident had been terrorism.... The media ran with that angle. But furthermore, as a CBC online subheadline put it, Poilievre’s 'timeline (was) in question.'

"In one of his trademarked Testy Exchanges with Reporters, ... [a]sked if he thought he had jumped to an irresponsible conclusion, he shot back at the reporter: 'Do you think the CTV was irresponsible in putting up that tweet?'.... Ah, but did Poilievre’s alibi stand up? 'The timestamp on the (CTV) article indicates that it was published at 2:39 p.m. ET on Wednesday,' CBC reports. 'Subsequent tweets from the article’s author and CTV itself were published at 2:40 p.m. and 2:50 p.m. respectively.' (Keith Morrison-esque pause here for dramatic effect.) 'Poilievre asked his question at 2:25 p.m.'. What could explain it?...  And why could any of this possibly matter?....

"What seemed to matter most to many journalists, however, was how frightfully rude Poilievre had been to the reporter. 'I had the privilege of jousting with dozens of prime ministers, premiers and opposition leaders from all parties over 25 years, and I don’t remember one of them acting like this, and certainly not on repeated occasions,' long-time Globe and Mail reporter Les Perreaux, now editor of Policy Options, tweeted. Veteran political columnist Chantal Hébert agreed. Globe columnist Elizabeth Renzetti marvelled at the 'utter condescension and contempt' in Poilievre’s tone of voice.

"Poilievre remains a real conundrum for the Ottawa Press Gallery. As I say, if a politician tells a reporter something that seems to be false, then it needs to be checked out. But when political leaders are always bending the truth — which pretty much all of them are — all that checking can make the gallery look petty and obsessed with minutiae. Poilievre and his people know this very well. They bait journalists into looking silly for sport, and most journalists haven’t yet figured out how to deal with it. In the very unlikely event they would ask me for advice, here’s what I suggest. 

  • First of all, dial down the drama. If you can’t handle being dressed down by Pierre Poilievre, journalism is not the field for you. No disrespect to the man, but 'intimidating' is not a word that comes to mind in reference to him. If you’ve done your homework and you ask a good question and he pitches a fit about it, you’ll look good and he’ll look silly.
  • Secondly, accept that Poilievre sometimes has a point about journalists not doing their homework. He was entirely within his rights to reject the premise of the British Columbia journalist who recently demanded to know why he’s so much like Donald Trump.
  • And thirdly, consider what I see as a crippling bias in Ottawa toward perceived niceness. If Poilievre is different [from] all the leaders who came before him when it comes to dealing with the press, I would argue (as Renzetti suggests) that it’s much more in tone than in substance. But substance is vastly far more important than tone."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/chris-selley-politics-reporters-continue-to-struggle-with-the-poilievre-phenomenon/ar-AA1kxYUe

Media goes into overdrive to attack Poilievre | True North | November 24, 2023:

Thursday, November 16, 2023

January 6 "shaman" files to run as a Libertarian

Jacob Chansley, the self-described "QAnon Shaman" who briefly shot to fame as the face of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, has filed to run for Congress as a Libertarian. 

Libertarian Party Embraces Remorseless QAnon Shaman’s Run for Office | The Daily Beast | Josh Fiallo:

November 13, 2023 - "The Libertarian Party warmly welcomed an infamous (and apparently remorseless) insurrectionist to its ranks on Monday, writing that the “QAnon Shaman”—who stormed the Capitol shirtless with a set of horns on his head—had the party’s support for his newly announced run for Congress.

"Jacob Chansley, 35, became the face of the Jan. 6 riot after scores of photos and videos showed him walking and bellowing inside the Capitol with red, white, and blue face paint on. Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison in Nov. 2021 but was released after 27 months and reportedly sent to a halfway house in March to finish his sentence. A request to reverse his guilty plea was shot down by a federal judge in June.... He still uses photos from the Capitol attack as his profile and cover photo on X, formerly Twitter, where his username is @AmericaShaman....

"Libertarian National Committee chair Angela McArdle insinuated in a statement to The Daily Beast that Chansley had joined the party because the GOP had unfairly “abandoned” rioters. 'It should be no surprise that the infamous "Q-Anon Shaman" is looking to run for Congress as a Libertarian instead of Republican,' she said. 'The GOP has clearly abandoned the people who rallied for Trump and bore the consequences.'

"Chansley filed paperwork Friday to run in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District—a district that includes wealthy Phoenix suburbs and is currently represented by Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), who announced last month she won’t seek re-election. Chansley is allowed to run for Congress as a felon, but it’s unclear if he will be able to vote for himself come Election Day.... 

"Chansley has given some insight into how he intends to run his campaign on social media. In response to someone asking where they could donate, he wrote that he wasn’t accepting donor money because 'BIG $$$ is a part of the problem in politics. 'I intend to run an ENTIRELY different kind of campaign,' he wrote.

"The Libertarian Party does not have any members in Congress. The first and only Libertarian to become a federal lawmaker was former Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI), who joined the party in 2020 and left the U.S. House in 2021 after choosing to not seek re-election. Despite having no presence in Congress, the party claims on its website to have more than 300 party members in public office nationwide—mostly at the municipal level.

"McArdle used the attention garnered by Chansley as an opportunity to pitch the Libertarian Party to other Capitol rioters — and other Republicans — who feel they were left behind by Trump and the GOP. 'The Libertarian Party is a home for any, and all, who have experienced aggression, and injustice, at the whim of the State, which is every living American,' she said.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/libertarian-party-welcomes-remorseless-qanon-shaman-jacob-chansleys-run-for-office

Jacob Chansley plans to run for Congress | FOX 10 Phoenix | November 13, 2023: 

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

A very scary story for Halloween

 I am happy to be able to bring my blog readers this very scary story for Halloween. 
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A WORK OF FICTION. ANY SIMILARITIES TO REAL PERSONS LIVING OR DEAD IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL.

The Depopulation Bomb: A Halloween Sci-Fi Tale | Brownstone Institute | Clayton J. Baker, 

October 31, 2023 - "Imagine, if you will, that you are a first-generation high tech gazillionaire. In fact, at one time you were said to be the richest man on earth, although that is no longer the case. Nevertheless, you remain unimaginably wealthy, with all the responsibilities and burdens that such wealth brings. (Given the extremely unusual circumstances of this tale, to make it more relatable, we will assign you a fictional name.) Your birth certificate reads Gilbert Harvey Bates III, but the world knows you as Gil Bates.

"Gil Bates’s erstwhile net-worth preeminence ... is not the only important loss he has suffered. Also in the rearview mirror is his youth, his marriage, and his position as CEO of the behemoth tech company he created, MacroHardTM. After Gil Bates stepped down as CEO of MacroHardTM, he focused on his philanthropic work. The centerpiece of this work is the immensely well-funded (and therefore immensely influential) Bates Foundation. The Foundation’s scope may be mind-bogglingly broad, but one problem especially consumed Bates: there are far too many people on the planet.

"In his youth, Gil Bates read a controversial book called The Overpopulation Bomb, written by a visionary scientist named Saul Derelicht. That alarming book, a huge bestseller in its day, described a neo-Malthusian hell on earth resulting from human overpopulation, and proposed mass sterilization and other aggressive population reduction techniques as the solution. Gil Bates became convinced, and remains convinced – especially as the worldwide human population has soared beyond 8 billion units – that Homo sapiens have obscenely overpopulated the planet. Once Bates had sold software packages to the great majority of them, he vowed that this existential threat to the planet must be addressed. But what was to be done?... 

"Fortunately for the future of Earth, Bates knew a host of like-minded, enlightened elites, pre-eminent individuals of great wealth, power, and worldwide influence. Among the most important:

  • A dour Teutonic economist named Kraut Schlob. The son of an ambitious industrialist who built flamethrowers for the Third Reich, Schlob is the founder and chairman of the World Enslavement Forum. The Forum has become the premier worldwide gathering of hyper-elites who wish to discuss globalist policies, and enjoy the company of high-end prostitutes, free from the prying eyes of commoners.
  • An immensely powerful – if embarrassingly vertically challenged – American health bureaucrat named Dr. Fantoni Auci. For decades, Dr. Auci controlled the overwhelming majority of US Government medical research funding. As such, no one in the vast American network of hospitals, research institutes, or universities dares to cross Dr. Auci, and he wields similar influence internationally. In fact, he oversees funding for multiple secret virology research laboratories, as far away as China.
  • A mysterious veterinarian named Adalbert Ghoula. Ghoula is the CEO of Kaiser, Inc., the world’s largest and most rapacious pharmaceutical company, which Ghoula has grown into a veritable modern day IG Farben. In his earlier days, Ghoula oversaw the development of a vaccine that successfully induces the chemical castration and sterilization of swine.

"The consensus, reached after lengthy consultations with these men and other luminaries, was that the worldwide human population must be reduced from 8 billion to 500 million units. But how? Several possible avenues were proposed.

"War has been used for millennia to reduce populations, and while highly effective locally or regionally, it would be entirely ineffective at removing the necessary fifteen-sixteenths of people on Earth. After all, the deadliest war in history, World War II, resulted in a mere 80 million deaths, just 3 percent of the world’s population at the time. The use of a bomb was considered ... reminiscent of the “neutron bomb” of yore ... but ultimately it was determined that setting off bombs would be both impractical and far too obvious....

"A plague, a pestilence, a pandemic seemed more promising. Past naturally occurring pandemics had reduced human populations much more successfully than wars. The Black Death of 1346-53 may have reduced the world population by as much as 25 percent, a much more encouraging number.... As an added economic bonus, the Black Death served as a very effective concentrator of wealth for the survivors, as it caused minimal collateral property loss. However, a more detailed review of historical worldwide population estimates demonstrated that a pandemic alone could only serve as a temporizing measure at best. Most estimates show that by 1400, the worldwide population had unfortunately returned to its pre-plague total. 

"Clearly, the necessary 94 percent reduction in population could not be achieved by culling the herd alone. Sterilization would be needed as well. But how to achieve such mass sterilization? Many H. sapiens possess an intense desire to procreate – that’s the source of the problem, after all. Unfortunately, prior historical initiatives for mandatory sterilization – even those of limited scale and scope, such as those targeting the mentally deficient – have met great opposition, at least in the so-called 'free' nations.

"However, a vaccine could be used for mass sterilization. Ghoula’s earlier work at Kaiser was proof of this. But a fundamental problem remained: how to get the unsuspecting population – specifically, its children and young adults – to take the stealth-sterilizing inoculation? 

"The solution, when it came, was a thing of beauty, sublimely subtle and symmetrical. The answer was a two-step process: a pandemic and a vaccine. One population reduction device would be released, presented as a worldwide plague. It would be followed by a second population reduction device, presented as the cure. And the technology was already in place to make it happen. It merely had to be perfected, then enacted.

"Employing the Black Magic of gain-of-function virology research, an animal respiratory virus, previously never infecting humans, was genetically engineered to readily infect and spread amongst humans. At a key moment in political history, when a particularly bothersome populist American President named T. Ronald Dump was running for reelection, the virus was released from a Chinese laboratory into the human population. 

"As the new virus spread, reports of the death and devastation it wrought were spread as well. In actuality, the virus had been engineered so that it was deadly only to the frail, chronically ill, and very old. It was cleverly propagandized, however, as a threat to persons of all ages, a modern day Black Death of sorts. The US deep state, desperate to disrupt the Dump presidency and remove him from office, were willing partners to manage the control and manipulation of the population through propaganda, and to enforce unprecedented, prolonged lockdowns of society. Remarkably, they even convinced President Dump to sanction the lockdowns, and to fund the development of the vaccine. Most other countries followed suit. 

"The new virus rapidly killed off many of the oldest and sickest members of society, as would be expected of a novel respiratory virus. However, the locked-down and isolated populations were barraged with media messages that stirred up mass terror of the virus. Businesses were closed, save for those deemed “essential.” Schools were closed, though children were already known to be at statistically zero risk of death. Dissenters were harassed, scapegoated, and punished.

Then, a solution to the pandemic was presented: the vaccine. The vaccine was the savior, the only way out of this crisis. A few irritating, contrarian dissenters fought back. They protested for civil rights. They stressed the near impossibility of producing an effective vaccine against a rapidly mutating respiratory virus. They identified numerous 'safety signals'” found in the vaccine trials, and tried to expose these as best they could. But the mainstream media drowned them out, the social media companies (controlled by the deep state) censored them ruthlessly, and after all, once the vaccines were mandated, most people took at least a couple of doses....

"Early in the vaccine 'rollout,' young women reported abnormal vaginal bleeding and other menstrual problems after receiving the vaccines, raising concerns about potential unintended consequences to female reproduction. Pathologists found ovaries infiltrated with multiple toxins from the vaccines, both the dreaded 'spoke' protein of the virus and 'lucid nanoparticles' from the vaccine’s delivery system. Even occluded Fallopian tubes were identified.

"Soon thereafter, reports appeared in the alternative media of dramatically increased numbers of sudden deaths, primarily in young men, after receiving the vaccine. It often visibly occurred in athletes while on the playing field. This caused considerable alarm, impossible as it was to hide.... [O]fficials acknowledged the sudden death phenomenon, but would not even allow mention of the vaccine as a possible cause within the mainstream medical community. Instead, protocols and clinics for this sudden epidemic of heart disease in the young were established, but strangely without any official curiosity as to the cause. All they knew for sure was that it couldn’t be the vaccine.

"Of course, the infamous 'spoke' protein, the same viral antigen chosen by the vaccine’s designers to induce the vaccinated patient’s body to produce in quantity, just happens to be the most toxic part of the virus. The 'spoke' protein deposits itself in tissues throughout the body.... It has a particular affinity for the heart muscle, causing the inflammatory process known as myocarditis that leads to cardiac arrests.

"'Spoke' doesn’t stop with the heart, however. It is a remarkably versatile toxin, a sort of Swiss Army monkey wrench in the human body. It causes gigantic, gruesome, rubbery blood clots in the vasculature, seizures in the central nervous system, the aforementioned deposits in ovaries and Fallopian tubes (and testes, for that matter), etcetera, etcetera. What a stroke of genius to choose “spoke” as the antigen the vaccines induce replication of!

"The vaccines held another nasty little secret, which even the pathetic, naïve resistance only recognized much later. The vaccines were “contaminated” with plasmids containing MV-40 and MV-40-like DNA sequences. Yes, that MV-40, the monkey virus known to cause cancer in multiple animal species....

"Excess death rates rose dramatically after the vaccine rollout. Birth rates plummeted. To the do-gooders, refuseniks, and dissidents, this was a scandal. But what did they know? To use a phrase all-too-familiar to the seasoned software developer, these toxicities were not bugs, but features. The vaccines were working exactly as they were supposed to work....

"The general population is lazy, uneducated, and easily terrified. (Some say they are being done a favor by being culled.) They are accustomed to the precedents set by other vaccines. Their reluctance will be worn down with time. Of course respiratory viruses are imperfect targets for vaccines. Once again, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature! It only means that a new booster of the vaccine will be needed every year – at least. 

"With each new round of boosters, a new population of girls and young women will be rendered infertile. A new group of boys and young men will suffer cardiac arrest – a very quick and painless way to die, really. Countless others will contract cancers – turbo cancer, to use the current term for these rapidly progressing and deadly malignancies, often of unusual types – bone cancers, muscle cancers, and other former rarities. Not an easy way to die, admittedly. But these tumors mercifully progress to end stage very swiftly, and their value as a population reduction device is undeniable.

"Have no fear. It is only a matter of time; only a matter of lather, rinse, repeat. As long as the herd allows itself to be sent through the sheep dip whenever and however often the shepherds proclaim is necessary, H. sapiens will get to 500 million. All courtesy of a type of bomb after all, but in this case a microscopic bomb that is released in each person via a tiny little injection: The Depopulation Bomb.

"Have a Happy Halloween!"

Read more:  https://brownstone.org/articles/the-depopulation-bomb-a-halloween-sci-fi-tale/

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Justin Trudeau finds an actual Nazi

After years of portraying Canadians who disagree with him – from the Freedom Convoy to parents protesting gender education to the opposition Conservatives – as Nazis, Justin Trudeau encounters the real deal.

September 22, 2023 - "As the sun set Sept. 24 for the beginning of Yom Kippur, politicians were scrambling to atone in the wake of the news that an honoured guest given a standing ovation in Parliament was a little bit more contentious than your average Ukrainian freedom fighter.

"Yaroslav Hunka, 98-years-old, was introduced Sept. 22 as part of the pageantry surrounding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to Parliament. 'We have here in the Chamber today, a Ukrainian Canadian veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today even at the age of 98. His name is Yaroslav Hunka,' Speaker of the House Anthony Rota said....  'He is a Ukrainian hero, Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service.'

"All good, right? Until it turned out that Hunka’s First Ukrainian Division had been strategically rebranded in the last days of the Second World War in an effort to disguise its original title, the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. Connected to crimes against humanity during the Holocaust, this was a Nazi military unit ultimately under the command of Adolph Hitler.

"The first politician to speak out in protest was Conservative MP and Co-Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, a Jew, and the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants. And then others lowered the boom. The Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre swiftly denounced 'Parliament’s recognition of a Ukrainian veteran who served in a Nazi military unit during the Second World War implicated in the mass murder of Jews and others,' and demanded an apology 'to every Holocaust survivor and veteran of the Second World War who fought the Nazis, and an explanation must be provided as to how this individual entered the hallowed halls of Canadian Parliament and received recognition from the Speaker of the House and a standing ovation.' By day’s end, Rota’s office had issued a full apology for the latest, enormous domestic and international embarrassment to be suffered by Trudeau and his increasingly troubled government....

"No doubt the engagement with Hunka was a mistake. Given that Francois-Phillipe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, recently X-posted that Canada and Japan have 'always' been allies, it’s clear there are many in Ottawa with little, if any, knowledge of even recent history. But this was also a richly deserved moment of karma for a government that has been far too swift to accuse others of sidling up to Nazis.

"It was only February 2022, after all, when Trudeau stood in the House of Commons and, in response to a question from Lantsman regarding what many viewed as his thuggish response to the Freedom Convoy, said: 'Conservative Party members can stand with people who wave swastikas. They can stand with people who wave the Confederate flag.' Lantsman, in shock that the prime minister would accuse a person of her history of such behaviour, demanded an apology, which she never got.

"Last week, when thousands of parents from coast to coast took to the streets to express their discontent with explicit sexual content in schools and radical gender ideology, Trudeau issued a statement inferring all involved are opposed to the rights of the LGBTQ community. 'Transphobia, homophobia, and biphobia have no place in this country. We strongly condemn this hate and its manifestations,' he said in a social media post. Others went further. In an email, members of the Greater Victoria Teachers Association were warned that 'these campaigns are being organized by known white supremacist groups. These campaigns use dog whistle techniques that try to frame their hateful message as "protecting children".' Police shut down the Victoria #1MillionMarch4Children because they couldn’t keep participants safe from a large mob of counter protesters.

"None of this is useful. Hyperbolic portrayals of anyone who disagrees with the left’s increasingly radical policies as goose-stepping psychos serve only to deepen divisions in society. Yet for years, it has been encouraged by a prime minister far too comfortable questioning the need to tolerate or accommodate dissenting views. Let this past week teach him and others that it is their job to heal wounds, not manufacture and exploit them. Too bad it took a humbling encounter with real Nazi history to remind them of that."

Read more: https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/peter-menzies-embarrassing-fallout-of-mistakenly-honouring-a-nazi-a-richly-deserved-moment-of-karma-for-feds-5497913?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=top-news-opinion-0

Trudeau Blames Nazi Ovation On RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA: Rising | The Hill | September 26, 2023:


September 27, 2023 - "September Liberal MP Anthony Rota is stepping down as House of Commons Speaker after inviting a former Ukrainian soldier who fought in a Nazi division to Parliament.... Rota's resignation will take effect at the end of the sitting day on Wednesday."

Monday, August 28, 2023

UK man's deportation stayed due to misgendering

A UK citizen with a record of "serious criminality" has had his deportation order from Canada stayed because a government document referred to him using "they/them" pronouns.  

Federal Court judge delays deportation over gender neutral pronouns used by government | National Post | Christopher Nardi:

August 25, 2023 - "A U.K. citizen set to be deported because of “serious criminality” gets to stay in Canada for at least a bit longer because a judge, unprompted by either the Crown or the defendant, wondered if the use of gender-neutral pronouns in a single government document violated the man’s Charter rights.


Photo courtesy National Post.

"On June 6, the day before he was set to be deported from Canada, Colin James Ewen, who is male and uses he/him pronouns, was at the Federal Court attempting a last-ditch effort to have his expulsion delayed.... Ewen was first ordered to be expelled from the country by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) in October 2019 over the fact that he had been convicted of assault causing bodily harm while he still lived in the U.K.... Ewen has unsuccessfully argued that the charge should not be taken into account since it was considered 'spent' in the U.K. He was also arrested for assault by Ontario Provincial Police in March 2022.

"As Bell began the June 6 hearing, he warned Ewen and Joyal that he wanted to bring up an issue that 'will come as a bit of a surprise' as it had not been raised by either the government or Ewen, who was self-represented, according to a transcript of the hearing. The senior justice, who was appointed by Stephen Harper in 2015 and is also the chief justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court, said he noticed that in a document filed the day before, the government occasionally used gender-neutral pronouns 'they/them' alongside male 'he/him' pronouns.

“'One of my questions is this: is gender identification a protected right under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,' Bell asked [prosecutor Nathan] Joyal. 'If one reads the social science literature on this whole issue of gender identity, some authors go so far as to call this, this misnaming of identity as being a violence committed towards somebody, which is quite shocking to me, but that’s what some of the social scientists say,' the judge later added.

"Joyal quickly responded that he did not believe there was a violation of Ewen’s rights because 'it is a gender neutral term, the use of it would thereby not violate the applicant’s gender identification in the circumstances. I don’t believe that this is a live issue in this matter, respectfully,' he added.

"Bell then turned to Ewen to ask him how he felt about the occasional use of 'they/them' in the document. Ewen first complained that it was 'a little bit confusing' to read and that 'it’s not very direct.' It was only when Bell asked if he felt it affected his dignity that Ewen responded, 'kind of, yes.' That’s when Bell announced he would adjourn the hearing and request that both Ewen and the government provide their arguments as to if they believed the use of gender neutral pronouns had violated his Charter rights. He also stayed Ewen’s deportation scheduled for the next day, meaning he would be allowed to stay in Canada until the new Charter question was resolved....

"Shortly after Bell suspended Ewen’s deportation, government lawyers appealed the judge’s order and asked the Federal Court of Appeal to set it aside or declare the 'new constitutional issue' he raised to be irrelevant. The appeal argues the Federal Court 'exceeded its jurisdiction by raising a new Charter issue' that 'does not arise from, and is unrelated to, the matters which were under review' and that 'has no factual foundation' in the case. According to the appeal, the fact that the order made Ewen miss his scheduled flight out of Canada meant that the government will likely have to restart the removal process.... 

"On June 29, the Federal Court of Appeal agreed to expedite the case.... 'The Federal Court has taken an immigration matter that in the public interest requires a prompt hearing and determination, and has transformed it into a section 15 Charter matter unrelated to any immigration issues whatsoever,' reads the order by Federal Court of Appeal judge David Stratas. 'And for good measure, through its June 6, 2023 interim stay order, the Federal Court has prevented the immigration matter from continuing,' Stratas add[ed].... The Federal Court of Appeal case is scheduled to be heard in mid-September."

Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal-court-judge-deportation

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Vermin Supreme calls LP an embarrassment

Vermin Supreme, a 2020 contender for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination who wears a boot on his head, now calls the LP an embarrassment.

Former Libertarian Presidential Candidate Torches Party | Newsweek - Nick Reynolds:

February 8, 2023 - "A former Libertarian candidate for president who rose to prominence for promises of free ponies while wearing a wellington rubber boot on his head denounced his involvement in the movement earlier this week, claiming the party has become a 'non-functional embarrassment' in a profanity-laden tweet late Tuesday night.

"Vermin Supreme — a performance artist and activist who finished third for the party's nomination for president at its 2020 convention — claimed Tuesday night he regretted ever getting involved in the party following a number of highly publicized missteps by the party's newly installed leadership ahead of a planned anti-war rally it was sponsoring in Washington, D.C., later this month to protest excessive U.S. aid to Ukraine.

"The rally's main aim, organizers claimed, was to promote a list of demands including immediate peace in Ukraine, global nuclear de-escalation, the abolition of the CIA and the "military industrial deep state," and the disbandment of NATO, among others. While many of the demands are considered standard fare among the anti-war movement, it was the messengers many — including Vermin Supreme — took issue with, prompting him to denounce his place in the party.

"'To all that were attracted to the Libertarian Party by my 2020 candidacy: I am sorry,' Supreme wrote on Twitter. "It has become a terrible dumpsterfire of a s***show. I regret my involvement in such a non-functional embarrassment full of paleo dips***s, pedo apologists, and culture war f***wads.' Newsweek has reached out to Vermin Supreme for comment.... 

"Angela McArdle, the current chair of the National Libertarian Party, told Newsweek the perennial candidate's views were not necessarily shared by others in the party. 'The guy who wore the boot on his head is not a great representative of the party,' she told Newsweek. 'He's kind of been out of step with us for a while.'"

"Others, however, said the credentials of many of the speakers scheduled ... spoke for themselves. In addition to mainstream speakers like journalist Scott Horton, former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, the ... inclusion of speakers with pro-Russian sympathies ... undermine[d] whatever message the party hoped to advance, critics claimed....

"Party leaders have sought to downplay those concerns, issuing a statement Tuesday ... unequivocally stating the Libertarian Party's event was designed for one purpose: to oppose all wars. McArdle noted in addition to conservative speakers, the rally would also feature figures from the left like activist David Swanson as well as other fellow travelers aligned with the Libertarian position.

We are not pro-Putin. We are not pro-Russia. We oppose Russia's invasion and any initiation of force,' the statement read. 'The threat of nuclear devastation is higher than it's been for decades, and the war in Ukraine has led to horrifying death, harm, and destruction for thousands of innocents. War is simply mass murder writ large, and the party's opposition to these crimes has never been in question. Any speaker advocating for the contrary does not align with our values.'"

"The episode surrounding the February 19 'Rage Against The War Machine' rally, however, offers only a glimpse into a growing rift within the Libertarian movement over the past several years."

"Vermin Supreme: King of the Rats," cultureschlock13, September 9., 2012: 

Saturday, January 7, 2023

"Kraken" is most infectious Covid subvariant yet, warns WHO

Here’s why the COVID variant dubbed ‘Kraken’ is causing such concern and what makes it different than others |St. Catharines Standard - Alessia Passafiume:

January 5, 2023 - "A highly transmissible COVID subvariant that has drawn the concern of the World Health Organization [WHO], and is making up at least 40 per cent of COVID cases in the United States, is making its presence known in Canada, too. There have been at least 21 cases of XBB.1.5, an Omicron subvariant, detected in this country, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. The agency said it is carefully monitoring the spread of the subvariant — nicknamed 'Kraken' — though it is not yet listed as a variant of concern....

"Discovered in October, XBB.1.5 is more transmissible than any previously known variant, WHO COVID specialist Marina van Kerkhove said this week. There is currently no indication XBB.1.5 is more severe than previous strains, though it may be able to evade vaccine protection.

"Ontario does not yet have reported cases of XBB.1.5 specifically, the provincial Ministry of Health said, though cases may be captured under XBB.1 data. The ministry added it’s in the process of updating the relevant software and once that’s done, it will be able to identity XBB.1.5 cases and reclassify those that were previously classified as XBB.1.

"In British Columbia, 12 cases of XBB.1.5 had been detected in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions, according to the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. It’s unclear how many XBB.1.5 cases are circulating in that province, as PCR tests — the tests needed to sequence the virus to identify variants — are used mainly in health-care settings, such as hospitals. The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control said XBB.1.5 is 'of interest' because it has acquired additional mutations that enhance its binding properties. 'These mutations may indicate that this variant is able to spread more easily but it does not mean that it is more severe,' the BCCDC said.

"Following the first holiday season in recent years where mandatory COVID-19 public health measures weren’t in place, one epidemiologist is raising concern about the potential spread of XBB.1.5 in Canada. 'Not everyone is updated with their vaccines,' said Dr. Sameer Elsayed, professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University.... 

"South of the border, the new subvariant doesn’t appear to be slowing down. In mid-November, only 0.3 per cent of COVID cases in the U.S. were confirmed to be XBB.1.5, according to data from that country’s Centre for Disease Control — yet by the end of December, the subvariant was responsible for more than 40 per cent of cases.

"In late October, the World Health Organization reported that XBB had been detected in more than a dozen countries and cited higher reinfection risks compared to other circulating Omicron sublineages. XBB and its sublineages are a recombination of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 variants, WHO said, meaning the viruses exchanged genetic material to create a new subvariant....

"For the week of Dec. 11, the latest publicly available data from the federal government’s COVID-19 epidemiology update, BA.5 made up the majority of COVID-19 cases in Canada, sitting at just above 92 per cent of all tested cases. Less than one per cent of cases at that time were caused by XBB.1.5. 

"Cases of long COVID may rise along with XBB.1.5, as nearly five per cent of those infected with Omicron or its subvariants develop the condition, Elsayed said.... People who are at high risk, like older and immunocompromised people, should update their vaccines if they’re eligible to do so to prevent severe outcomes, said Elsayed. And to prevent the spread, “returning to the basics” of mask wearing, physical distancing and hand hygiene is a good strategy, he added, echoing similar advice given by the Public Health Agency of Canada."

Read more: https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ts/news/canada/2023/01/04/heres-what-we-know-about-covid-subvariant-xbb-15-and-its-presence-in-canada.html

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Merry Christmas from Theresa Tam & Mrs Claus

 Dr. Tam’s holiday health check with the North Pole | Government of Canada:

The following video is a video-conference conversation between Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, who is in a boardroom, and Mrs Claus, who is at the North Pole.

Transcript

Theresa Tam: Well kids, I’m just doing my yearly call to the North Pole for Santa’s holiday health check…

Santa (off screen audio): Ho ho ommm ….

Mrs Claus: Why hello Dr. Tam!

Dr. Theresa Tam:  Mrs. Claus, so good to see you again, where did Santa go?!

Mrs Claus: Santa was late for snow yoga with the elves and reindeer! He says it’s great cross-training for sleigh driving –

Dr. Theresa Tam:  Sounds fun! Are you all set for the holiday season?

Mrs Claus: Of course. I must say Dr. Tam, it just warms my heart to see everyone in Canada, especially kids, working so hard to keep the holidays safe and cheerful for all.

Dr. Theresa Tam: So am I, Mrs. Claus! Every child in Canada has definitely earned their place on the nice

Dr. Theresa Tam: list! Their parents and caregivers too! It’s been a tough season with lots of viruses making people sick.

Mrs Claus: Thankfully, Santa and I are feeling as healthy as ever. We are both up to date with our vaccinations, including COVID boosters and flu shots

That’s so good to hear!

Mrs Claus: I always tell Santa to make a list! And check it twice!

Stay up to date on your vaccinations.

Wear a mask in crowded indoor places – and make sure it fits nice and snug.

Wash your hands to the tune of Jingle Bells.

Dr. Theresa Tam: Great advice! You can also be sure to:

Stay home if you’re feeling sick.

And - If you are gathering indoors with other people or elves - open a door or a window for a few minutes at a time to let in some fresh air.

The more items you check off the list, the more protected you are!

Mrs Claus: Yes – you can think of it like decorating a Christmas tree. You need tinsel, lights, ornaments and the star on top. The Christmas tree is at its best when all the decorations are up and nicely layered.

Dr. Theresa Tam: You’re right! Before I let you go Mrs. Claus, we all want to know… Do you ever drive Santa’s sleigh?

Mrs Claus: You may not know this but I have a degree in mechanical engineering. I do the maintenance on the sleigh, and this year I’ve upgraded the stardust antimatter propulsion system to make Santa’s delivery even more efficient!

Dr. Theresa Tam: So cool!

Mrs Claus: Science really is. Well it was great chatting with you Dr. Tam.

Dr. Theresa Tam:   Thanks, Mrs. Claus. Happy holidays everyone!

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/video/holiday-health-check-north-pole.html

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Alberta journalist charged with defacing statue

The Progress Alberta journalist who broke the August 2021 story about Edmonton statues being defaced with red paint has been charged with defacing one of the statues himself.

Alberta far left-wing journalist charged for alleged vandalism of Ukrainian statue | Western Standard - Arthur C. Green: 

October 26, 2022 - "An Alberta far left news outlet journalist and editor has been charged with mischief after he allegedly defaced a statue outside an Edmonton Ukrainian centre with graffiti. Duncan Kinney, 39, faces one count of mischief under $5,000 in connection to the August 2021 incident, Edmonton Police Service (EPS) said Tuesday. Kinney works for Progress Alberta, a far-left activist media platform reporting on political and social movement news in Alberta.

"In August, the words 'Actual Nazi' were tagged in red spray paint on the base of the Roman Shukhevych statue. Roman Shukhevych was commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army from 1943 until he died in 1950. The statue has been in place at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in Edmonton since the 1970s. Shukhevych's statue commends his fight for Ukrainian independence against Poland, the Soviet Union, and Germany.


Kinney's story

"On Aug. 10, 2021, Kinney wrote a story about how 'an unknown person or persons' defaced the statue of 'an infamous Ukrainian Nazi collaborator,' who 'has once again been defaced with red paint.' He also wrote about another Ukrainian statute that had also been defaced .... 

"'An unknown person or persons painted the words "Nazi monument" and "14th Waffen SS" on the latter monument, which is housed at the St. Michael's cemetery on the north side of the city. Shukhevych's statue was painted with the words "actual Nazi,"' Kinney wrote in his article. 'It’s unclear when this happened, but pictures of both defaced monuments were sent to the Progress Report on Aug 10, 2021'....

"'When the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, who maintain the Shukhevych statue, were contacted about the statue being defaced they replied by referencing a statement they provided to the Progress Report in July, 2020 on the matter, asserting that their position had not changed,' Kinney wrote.... 'They referenced his "heroic" leadership of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army against Nazi and Soviet rule and that he died in battle against Soviet operatives in 1950.'

"Kinney was only charged in relation to the incident at 96 Street and 153 Avenue, or the youth centre, a[n] EPS spokesperson said.

"When asked by the Western Standard if he had a comment, Kinney replied: "No I do not, have a lovely day'.... Kinney will appear in court November 10."

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/alberta-far-left-wing-journalist-charged-for-alleged-vandalism-of-ukrainian-statue/article_e39ab778-553a-11ed-91c4-ab35f10a1fea.html

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Misgendergate scandal upsets Canada's Greens

The Green Party of Canada's president and Ontario council rep have resigned, and the 2-person caucus is demanding an investigation, after the interim leader was misgendered in a Zoom appearance.

'Misgendering' incident plunges Green Party of Canada into renewed turmoil | National Post - Tristin Hopper:

September 12, 2022 - "Just one year after its partial meltdown during the 2021 federal election, the Green Party of Canada is once again in crisis over an incident of 'misgendering.' It all started at a Sept. 3 media event in Vancouver kicking off the party’s leadership contest. In a Zoom appearance, Interim Leader Amita Kuttner was identified using a caption bearing the pronouns 'she/elle.' 


"Kuttner, 32, identifies as non-binary and pansexual (attracted to all genders and orientations), and goes by they/them pronouns. 

"In a subsequent statement, Kuttner slammed the 'misgendering,' saying the incident 'made me feel hurt and isolated' and hinted that it was 'reflective of a larger pattern of behaviours that a few in the party are perpetuating.' The statement added, 'in moments like these I wonder — how can I ensure other people’s safety if I can’t even ensure my own?'

"Kuttner’s statement was followed by a joint letter — signed by leadership candidates as well as the party’s two MPs, Elizabeth May and Mike Morrice — calling for a 'restorative process' to root out 'harassment' within the Greens. 'The September 3 incident was but the latest in a number of similar behavioural patterns that Dr. Kuttner has faced throughout their tenure,' it read.

"Green Party President Lorraine Rekmans was the first to resign. A volunteer who estimated that she has worked 40-hour weeks for the past year on party business, Rekmans implied in a Saturday resignation letter that leadership candidates were subtly blaming her for the 'she/elle' mistake.... 'I was surprised that the contestants would use (the Sept. 3 media event) to attack the Party they were running to lead,' she wrote, adding, 'I find that some in GPC, wish to cling to the image of a political party that is the same as all the other political parties in Canada, fuelled by money, and controlled by people who wield power.'

"Krystal Brooks, the Ontario representative to the party’s federal council, also resigned. In a lengthy Sunday Facebook post, Brooks criticized the party for continuing its leadership race even while candidates were calling for an investigation into 'systemic' harm within the party.... Brooks then attached emails showing that Morrice and May had apparently threatened to resign and sit as independents if the leadership contest was delayed ... adding 'I have lost all faith in Caucus and those who they choose to hide behind'.... 

"Amidst all this, Kuttner launched a fundraiser last Wednesday intending to spite Jonathan Kay, an editor with Quillette and occasional National Post columnist. Kay had tweeted that the misgendering controversy sounded 'exactly like satire,' prompting Kuttner to ask supporters to donate $68,000 to counter Kay’s 'hate.' As of press time, the fundraiser has pulled in $226.69, $10 of which was donated by Kay....

"The whole misgendering fracas is occurring as the party struggles to recover from its disastrous performance in the 2021 federal election. Several months before the election, then-leader Annamie Paul had gone public with accusations that she had been repeatedly subjected to 'anti-Semitic' and 'racist' attacks from within the party (Paul is Jewish and Black). Paul then limited her campaign almost exclusively to her personal bid for a seat in Toronto Centre. She would ultimately win just 3,921 votes, putting her in a distant fourth place.... Although the Green Party retained both of its MPs, its share of the popular vote dropped off a cliff in the 2021 vote. In 2019, under May, 1.2 million Canadians had cast Green ballots. Under Paul, that was down to just 400,000 — the party’s worst showing since 2000."

Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/misgendering-incident-plunges-green-party-into-renewed-turmoil

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Calgary court rounds up shoppers for jury duty

During jury selection, a Calgary, Alberta court ran low on potential jurors -- so court officials went to a nearby mall and rounded up 50 shoppers to add to the jury pool. (Yes, that's legal in Canada.) 

50 Calgarians summoned from mall for immediate jury selection | CBC News - Jade Markus:

June 18, 2022 - "Dozens of Calgarians were summoned for jury selection — immediately — during lunch hour at a downtown Calgary mall this week, invoking a rare procedure imported from England. Alberta officers issued 50 summonses to people who were at the Core Shopping Centre on Thursday, documents which required the recipient to at once go to the Calgary Courts Centre, a few blocks away. 

"The unusual course of action was enacted after the court realized the jury pool wasn't big enough for an upcoming trial, as too many jurors were exempted due to several factors, said Donna Spaner, a prosecutor in jury selection who was at the court on Thursday. Among those factors were summer vacation and the subject matter of the trial, according to Spaner. That resulted in a Queen's Bench justice issuing the summons in order to fill that gap, she said. 

"'The court clerks and the sheriff went over to the mall, and just started handing members of the downtown lunch crowd these summons that required them to attend the courthouse,' Spaner said. 'I can tell you with certainty a number of people whose Thursday afternoon was inconvenienced were not particularly thrilled'.... 

Barbaric Genie, Core Shopping Centre, Calgary, Alberta, 2014. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

"Balfour Der, criminal law defence attorney and criminal law textbook author, said the procedure that was invoked on Thursday is called Talesman, and it was imported to Canada from England.... 'They are just picked off the streets and brought in to be part of the potential pool of prospective jurors who could be picked for a particular jury.' 

"But those searching for a soft pretzel or a new pair of shoes shouldn't be afraid of going to the mall — Der says it's rare that a potential jury supply is completely depleted for an upcoming trial. 'It is very rarely used. It's very rare that you ever exhaust a panel of prospective jurors, but it can happen'.... A spokesperson for Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro said the last time the procedure was enacted was 1996 in Calgary and December 2020 in Edmonton....

"In this case, 80 potential jurors came to court for jury duty and there weren't enough people to select two juries. The first jury was selected but the second was short six jurors, so additional people were needed.... The spokesperson said if the people who were brought in on Thursday are selected to serve as a juror they would be required to return to court for the trial.

"'Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our criminal justice system. Implicit in the right to a jury trial is that the jury will be chosen randomly, and will be impartial and representative of the larger community. Jury management works hard to avoid the need to rely on the Talesman procedure,' the spokesperson said. 'Unfortunately, and as mentioned above, the number of potential jurors exempted in the days leading up to and on the day of jury selection ultimately resulted in its use.'"

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/summons-immediate-calgary-jury-selection-1.6493797

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Merry Covid Christmas 2021

Merry Covid Christmas, from GD's Political Animal. 

Let's start with an interesting parody medley from Shirley Serban:



England's Marsh Family adapt "The 12 Days of Christmas" to relate the UK pandemic experience


And, of course, it just wouldn't be a Covid Christmas without Boris Johnson: 

Friday, December 3, 2021

Belgian court rules Covid pass illegal in Wallonia

Belgian court rules COVID pass illegal in Wallonia | Anadolu Agency - Agnes Szucs:

December 2, 2021 - "A court in Belgium’s Wallonia region has ruled that use of a COVID pass is illegal and ordered the local government to pay a daily fine of €5,000 ($5,658) until they withdraw the measure, local media reported Wednesday. 

"Namur city’s Court of First Instance ruled Tuesday that use of the COVID Safe Ticket (CST) was illegal in the Wallonia region. According to the judgment, rules requiring everyone to show their CST before entering cafés, restaurants, gyms and cultural venues were curbing individual freedoms in a disproportionate way which does not serve the goal they pursue. 

"A non-profit organization called ‘Notre bon droit’ (Our good right) initiated the procedure challenging the Wallonia region’s decree on the COVID pass. The Wallonia region announced that they would not repeal the regulation and appealed immediately....

"According to the Belgian daily Le Soir, representatives of the Wallonia government failed to appear at a court hearing on Nov. 16 because no one dealt with the file in the public administration for five days due to a combination of a weekend and public holidays. 

"The invitation letter was received on Nov. 10, but the day after was Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I, a public holiday in Belgium. The holiday fell on a Thursday and was extended to a long weekend by most of the officials. The following Monday – Nov. 15. – was King’s Day, which grants a holiday for the public administration. As a consequence, nobody dealt with the file and the hearing took place in the absence of the Wallonia officials.

"Use of the COVID Safe Pass is mandatory all over the country.... But officially, regional governments are responsible for imposing the restrictive measures under the federal-state system."

Read more: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/belgian-court-rules-covid-pass-illegal-in-wallonia/2436283

Friday, May 14, 2021

NYC mayor offers free fries with vaccine

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tempts New Yorkers with free fries: "Mmm, vaccinations" | CBS News - Allison Elyse Gualeieri:

May 13, 2021 - "Want some fries with that shot? New York Mayor Bill de Blasio downed some Shake Shack fries during a virtual press conference Thursday, touting a new partnership to encourage New Yorkers to get vaccinated.

"'Free fries when you get vaccinated? I got vaccinated. You're saying I could get these delicious fries? Wait a minute, that there's also a burger element to this?' he said, snacking on fries and waving a half-wrapped burger during his daily COVID-19 update. 'I want you to look at this and think about — again, some people love hamburgers, some don't, and we want to respect all ways of life — but if this is appealing to you, just think of this when you think of vaccinations,' he said. 'Mmm, vaccinations. Mmm. I'm getting a very good feeling about vaccinations right at this moment.'

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12-15 Wednesday.... President Biden said earlier this month his goal is to have 160 million American adults fully vaccinated and 70% at least partially vaccinated by July Fourth. The CDC released updated guidelines Thursday on what fully vaccinated people can do, including not wearing a mask in many indoor situations....

"The partnership between New York City and Shake Shack will give people who are vaccinated at one of the city's mobile clinics a voucher for a free burger or sandwich or allow those who show proof of vaccination at one of the chain's New York City locations to get free fries when they buy a burger or sandwich through June 12.....

"The freebie touted in de Blasio's viral moment isn't the only one aimed at increasing inoculations. Unvaccinated New Yorkers headed to a Yankees or Mets game who get a Johnson & Johnson shot at the game will get free tickets. States, cities and businesses around the country are offering rewards ranging from beer and doughnuts to museum tickets and even possibly a $100 savings bond — and in Ohio, five lucky vaccinated residents will win $1 million in special weekly drawings."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-new-york-shake-shack-fries/


Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Guess who wants to reopen his state?

Andrew Cuomo Makes an Infuriating Declaration for Those Living in His COVID-19 Dystopia | PJ Media - Stacey Lennox:

January 11, 2021 - "Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his annual State of the State address on Monday. He has overseen some of the most draconian COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions in the country. Some of his more chilling moves were threatening to close churches and synagogues, yanking the licenses of business owners who defied his ridiculous orders, and covering up his own culpability in forcing COVID-19-positive patients into nursing homes. More recently, he has led what might be the most botched vaccine rollout in the country. Originally he had set strict rules about who would have priority to receive the vaccine, and threatened to levy fines of up to $1 million if a healthcare provider gave it outside of his specified hierarchy. When doses, which have a short shelf life, expired, they were thrown in the trash.

"Meanwhile, businesses are dying in the state, especially in New York City. As of August, the New York Times reported that up to one-third of the state’s small businesses were closing for good. In-person schooling has been an on-and-off affair thanks to the teachers’ unions insisting on a ridiculous 3% positivity rate to trigger closings.... Supposedly, according to Cuomo and many others, the vaccine was going to save us all, and everyone could get back to normal when a sufficient number of people were vaccinated. That was before the Electoral College vote was certified.

"Today he said: 'We simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine hits critical mass. The cost is too high. We will have nothing left to open. We must reopen the economy, but we must do it smartly and safely'.... I predict he will be the first of many lockdown governors to say this.

"Here’s how I think things will go: Joe Biden will be inaugurated in nine days and make some proclamations about how he will defeat COVID-19 in the next 100 days. A national mask mandate and some other useless moves, like another “30 Days to Slow the Spread,” will be announced.

"During that time, the National Center for Health Statistics will change the way COVID-19 deaths are reported to mirror how influenza deaths are tracked. This will cause the death rate to fall. The cycle threshold on the PCR tests will be lowered to indicate active illness and the ability to transmit the disease. According to a New York Times analysis in August and a study by Jaafar et al., this means positive tests will gradually fall to about 10% of what we see now.

"I predict it will be underreported and ignored that states that ignore the national mandates, like Florida and South Dakota, will fare just as well, if not better. Governor Ron DeSantis has already said he will not lock Florida down again and Governor Kristi Noem has said she would not enforce any national COVID-19 mandate. Other governors whose states are open, like Georgia and Tennessee, will face backlash if they follow the mandates.

"Then Cuomo and the other governors — who did the Democrats’ bidding by crushing their economies and keeping people isolated and miserable and blaming it on President Trump — will get their due. Remember how Mitch McConnell and President Trump said they were not bailing out years of mismanagement in states like New York, California, and Illinois?.... With complete Democrat control in Washington, leaders in the state are looking for that bailout with renewed hope. In his speech, Cuomo said: 'Washington has savaged us for four years.... We expect basic fairness from Washington. Finally'....

"New York ... got the same resources from the federal government to manage the pandemic that are available to every state. Cuomo’s projected deficit comes from decreased tax revenue from business closures, people fleeing the state in record numbers, and unbridled spending. New York’s budget for 2020 was $177 billion. Florida, with a similar and slightly larger population, spent $93.2 billion.

"Cuomo is sure his deficit problems are solved now so he can 'safely' open. Meanwhile, the rest of the country will pay off New York’s debts with our tax dollars and higher inflation caused by the additional money we will print. That’s just  'fair,' according to Governor Cuomo. You have to wonder how the New York business owners and parents whose children have lost nearly a year of education will view it."

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