“Joy” is now Democrats’ official campaign strategy. Of course, joy in the true sense resonates with people who are starving for it. But we ought to ask about the deeper purpose of the Harris-Walz presidential campaign adopting “joy” as messaging. Even The New York Times recently offered skepticism, stating “joy is not a political strategy.” No, it’s not.
On migrants, perhaps the pope can have a word with his Venezuelan pal Nicolas Maduro
Just in time for U.S. elections, Pope Francis waded into U.S. politics, and as he exhorts others to do, decided to “make a mess.”
The ‘Get Trump’ show returns for another season
Good news, friends! The hit show, ‘Get Trump’, has been renewed again. Season 88 will be returning in September, when there will be yet another court hearing in Washington, DC, thanks to the efforts of prosecutor Jack Smith.
When Will the Apology Come to Children?
Metal cages were used in the tarmacked playground to kettle the children in their bubbles during break and lunchtime. The field was off limits. Some of the students went berserk in their containment and invented a new playground trend: attacking children with crocodile clips. My then 13-old nephew was stabbed in the neck. Fun times from the ‘Stay Safe’ brigade.
Incompetence or Malice? – Who ordered the hit on Donald Trump?
Who ordered the assassination of Donald Trump?
The Secret Service has found its scapegoats. Fox News reported Thursday that “at least five members of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) have been placed on administrative leave following the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.” This means that “the five are still employed,” drawing your hard-earned money, “but are teleworking and are no longer allowed in the field. They cannot do any investigative work.” That’s good, but it’s not even close to being enough.
Germany’s solar obsession is killing its economy
Amid reports of Germany’s economy contracting, Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck has made a sub-optimal if predictable announcement. Citing renewables as Germany’s primary future energy source, Habeck said that manufacturing businesses should adjust their production according to the weather. German industry, he insisted, should produce more when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. On still or cloudy days, production should be allowed to falter.
Republicans Can Win Both Congress and the White House
When Robert F Kennedy Jr. suspended his own presidential campaign and threw his support behind Donald Trump, it sent shivers among the ranks of the Democratic presidential campaign. Prior polling had shown that Kennedy’s voters by varying degrees preferred Trump over Harris; his endorsement, Democrats feared, could be enough to tip the scale permanently in Trump’s favor.
The most recent polling data from RealClearPolling.com suggests that this is exactly what is happening. In polls published by Yahoo News on Tuesday, August 27th, Kamala Harris only ekes out a 1% lead over Trump. Previously, various polls have put her lead at 3-5%.
HANNAFORD: Yes, we were fed a line on COVID
So yes, we were being gaslighted during the COVID-19 scare. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s August 26 revelations remove all doubt.
Why, remains a matter of speculation; to attribute malicious intent to the US government and their junior partners-in-deception in Ottawa, would require further admissions from credible officials.
It’s past time to revive Western Canada’s dying passenger trains
Passenger trains. Freight trains. I’ve got to admit I like them.
They seem so Canadian. At least they used to. Trains no longer bring together people across this vast land like they did.
As kids, in addition to travelling through B.C. and Alberta by train, we would sometimes put coins on tracks and, after the lumbering beasts rolled over them, marvel how the flattened metal turned into something completely different. I only learned later our game was illegal. Sorry about that.
I did ride a freight through Alberta/BC and also took the passenger train back to TO from BC when a teen.
I hitched out west a couple of times. It was the thing to do.
Toronto city council has finally outdone itself with this absurd new ban
Perhaps it was inevitable that Toronto, the city that has managed to bring down restrictions on all sorts of perfectly normal things, from food trucks to toboggan hills to splash pads, would eventually get to this point.
But still, the sentence is almost too perfect: No dogs in the dog park.
OK, fine, it is not quite that simple. The park in question, Ramsden Park, right across from the Rosedale subway station, has banned pooches brought to the off-leash part of the dog park by professional dog walkers. Again, to be clear: (some) dogs are banned from the dog park.
Toronto is too stupid to be allowed to vote.
Canada’s Conservatives are crushing Justin Trudeau
“How is my life better?” demands Kareem Lewis, a 32-year-old Canadian software engineer, after almost a decade of Liberal government. “Real wages are flat. The cost of rent as a proportion of your income has increased,” he says. And forget about buying a house. Fed up, he has moved to New York. Always a Liberal backer, he will vote Conservative in the election due next year. Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, is attracting other unlikely voters, too. He has spent much of the summer in factories from British Columbia to Newfoundland, surrounded by employees in hard hats and safety glasses, to cement his lead among working-class voters.
WTF?
Scooter accidents disproportionately affect blondes. Why is this? pic.twitter.com/m5rIIhGOIv
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 28, 2024
Trudeau’s Liberals face threat by Muslim staffers to pull support for party in Montreal byelection, citing government’s stance on Gaza
The Liberal Party of Canada is facing a revolt by ministerial staffers, mostly of Arab and Muslim origin, over the Trudeau government’s handling of the war in Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict generally.
Fifty-two Arab and Muslim staffers working in the Liberal government signed a letter addressed to “the leader of the Liberal Party” that says they will not participate in its byelection campaign to hold on to the seat of LaSalle–Emard–Verdun, left vacant by the resignation of former Liberal justice minister David Lametti.
Referring to “the increasing push for Liberal staff members to phone bank and door knock,” the letter obtained by CBC News warns that “while many of us started our political careers in elections as volunteers, we can no longer in good conscience campaign for a party that excludes us and our values.”
“Death to Israel” = “Stance on Gaza”
This will not get better for the Jews.
Especially if European nations serve as a valid precedent.
Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, England etc all suffer for having allowed Muslims to settle.
Islam only ever brings blood.
WTF?
Kamala is not going to take away your gay rights unlike Trump who will take away every right you currently have and send you to work on a chain gang.
🎥Will pic.twitter.com/uw891EyJPj
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 29, 2024
New insider memoir highlights urgency of UFO disclosure legislation
A new book by Luis Elizondo, a former Pentagon official, doubles down on persistent allegations of secret government UFO activities. With several former senior officials and scientists making a series of alarming — and seemingly credible — corroborating claims, Congress must now act to separate fact from fiction.
Fortunately, a legislative remedy is currently working its way through the Senate.