The US is increasingly a country ruled by oligarchs who pour cascading levels of funds into the competing parties. In 2024, election spending was two-to-three times what it was two decades ago in real terms.
America’s decaying downtowns where vultures circle zombie office buildings and locals are scared to venture
California’s biggest downtown areas are crumbling under the weight of homelessness and drug addiction, causing a vital part of its economy to dry out.
Cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco have made countless headlines since the pandemic about their drug-infested streets where businesses are quickly pulling out due to high crime rates and low consumer passage.
But for people like Matt Haney, a Democratic Assembly member from San Francisco – who lives in its terrorized Tenderloin District – these deteriorated downtowns are vital to a city’s survival and community building.
From Festive Cheer to Hamas Gear: Scandal at German Anti-Colonialist Christmas Market
Darmstadt “Anti-Colonial Peace Christmas Market” descends into antisemitic bazaar.
Not content with frequent planned attacks on Yuletide Christmas markets, it seems that Islamists are now infiltrating them. Along the usual seasonal fare, a festive gathering in Darmstadt, Hesse, organized by the Evangelical Michaelsgemeinde, offered a wide range of pro-Hamas and antisemitic products to its attendees.
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SLOBODIAN: Hard to believe, but a majority of Canadians voted for Trudeau
A few Canadian prime ministers were intensely disliked, even loathed by the time they left office.
That would include Sir John A. Macdonald and Pierre Trudeau. And, for a time, Stephen Harper — although those ‘MISS ME YET’ memes sure started to pop up fast when Canadians realized the good old days were rapidly slipping away.
Trudeau Jr. had come along to say: “Hold my Shirley Temple.” (Or do immature dancing Swifties drink beer? Maybe Bud Light.)
Colby Cosh: Assisted suicide — Canada’s latest solution to loneliness
Your great and good National Post published an important story on assisted suicide on Thursday, chronicling a startling change in policy by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. The left-libertarian BCCLA was the most important institutional force behind the litigation efforts that led to euthanasia legalization in Canada (under the rancid euphemistic cover of “medical assistance in dying,” or “MAiD”). Up until recently, every member and contributor of that group would have unquestionably cited legal suicide as its single most impressive accomplishment, its firmest and proudest stamp on Canadian history. Now … not so much.
Trudeau’s Death Cult Czarina Issues A Warning
She's warning that you can expect mass murder for criticizing the Muslim death cult.
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) December 22, 2024
Massive 17,000 Page Report on How the Biden Admin Weaponized the Federal Government Just Dropped
A bombshell 17,000-page report was just dropped, detailing specific instances where the Biden administration has weaponized the federal government for political gain. The extensive document, compiled by the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, outlines claims of misuse of federal agencies to target political opponents, suppress dissent, and influence public opinion. This raises serious questions about the integrity of the federal bureaucracy and the Biden Administration’s four years in office.
h/t DS
Two million people are expected to leave the country in Canada’s immigration reset. What if they don’t?
Despite moving to Canada from India in 2018 as an international student and receiving a work permit upon graduating two years later, Dinesh* lives in Ontario today as a visitor even though that was obviously not the original plan.
But with no other way to extend his stay in Canada after the expiry of his work permit in July, the 25-year-old decided to “convert” his status by applying for a visitor visa.
If you have to call in the Army do it to rid this country of Trudeau’s replacement migrants.
WTF?
Those Trumpers sure are weird. pic.twitter.com/K2MyuPkNqW
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 30, 2024
Rick Bell: ‘Let’s pull the plug and solve this,’ Danielle Smith says, calling for immediate federal election
When Premier Danielle Smith looks at Ottawa this time, as the federal Liberals desperately try to regroup, she sees “somebody who is trying to shuffle their way out of chaos.”
That somebody is the embattled and wildly unpopular Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“You can’t do that. The only way you can solve this kind of chaos is to get a mandate. It is to have an election.”
WTF?
You up? For some disturbing comments? pic.twitter.com/Y6kbocuVzO
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 21, 2024
The curious incuriosity of multiculturalists
…For all they like to talk about the “enrichment” that diversity brings, pro-immigration liberalism in Britain often insists on a studied lack of curiosity or observancy about either the individuals or their cultures; or the new cultures that emerge as they mix in our cities. They seem wedded to a comfortable narrative that any conflict or chauvinism around immigrants and their status in Britain is a clean dichotomy between immigrants (and their supporters) and domestic reactionaries. The fact that Judah documents animosity between immigrants and their descendants upsets this apple cart.
Remember The Maine!
Oops. Wrong country.
BREAKING: Donald Trump says he may demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States. pic.twitter.com/Jh6zPx4urh
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 21, 2024
He should seize the St. Lawrence Seaway too.
h/t Mauser
The very first moment that revealed Biden was never fit to be president
Alarming revelations about Joe Biden’s decline have raised questions about how long the president was impaired while leading the country and how long his staff, close advisors, and family were covering up the truth.
Concerns about Biden’s age had already begun when he announced his 2020 campaign at the age of 77.
Democrats groaned as the former vice president struggled through primary debates, frequently stumbling over talking points while mixing up his sentences.
Welcome To Reader Fave Christmas Carols – Day 4
Day 4 of your fave carols. Soon you’ll awaken to Christmas day, and all of your wishes will have come true.
Well maybe not every last one but most of them I hope for you all!
Enjoy tonight’s selections and remember to leave your faves in the comments. Well play them ASAP.
Have a MAGA Christmas! – From Seaoh
Three From freddiegomez Barenaked Ladies – Green Christmas –
And…
Plus …
The Twelve Days of Christmas – Frank Kelly, 1983 – From Frances
Chanukah Blessings – From Osumashi
Rita MacNeil – Christmas At Home – From X — Formerly IB_Joe
Still,Still,Still – From SDMatt
Blackmore’s Night – I Saw Three Ships – From PA Cat
I don’t know what a Laufey is but she sings nicely