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Is Canada Being Walked Down A Path Toward A Dictatorship?

A recent article from CTV News has fired up the braincells of Cultural Action Party:

“Canadians who plan to vote by mail-in-ballot are four times more likely to vote for the Liberals than the Conservatives.”

Seems logical that mail-in-ballots would be used by those who have trouble voting in person. The immobile, seniors, and the disabled. Meaning voters that come from our elderly communities. Polls inform us they tend to vote Conservative, yet the Liberals have a massive edge in this category.

Liberal candidate rolls eyes over two Michaels at debate

The Liberal candidate for Don Valley West Rob Oliphant rolled his eyes when Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadian citizens detained in China, were brought up at a local candidates’ debate on Monday.

Between violence and vandalism, the parties are experiencing a very ugly campaign

Canadian Anti-Hate Network says it’s the worst campaign in recent memory for far-right activity.

The Guardian proclaims Anthony Fauci as ‘sexiest man alive’

Dr. Anthony Fauci was dubbed the “sexiest man alive” by The Guardian newspaper, prompting some on social media to question whether the British daily had shifted to satire.

Non-Compliance Is an American Virtue That Stretches Back to Abolitionism (and Beyond)

Some may see today’s “we will not comply” movement as a modern trend, but civil disobedience has a rich history in America.

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MacArthur was fired; Milley should be court-martialed

Douglas MacArthur was one the nation’s greatest generals. In his time, there was no more revered, lauded, and beloved military figure. He graduated first in his class at West Point, where, after service in WWI, he served as its superintendent. During WWII, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 1944 and given command of all Army forces in the Pacific. On September 2, 1945, it was MacArthur who accepted Japan’s unconditional surrender, ending the war. Following the surrender, he served as the military governor of Japan, helping to usher in a modern government and economy. When North Korea invaded South Korea, in June 1950, it was MacArthur whom Truman put in command of the U.N. forces to repel the invasion and prevent South Korea from falling to communism. It was a no-brainer.

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Afghanistan Through Michael Scheuer’s Eyes

If only our “experts” had listened to his prophetic warnings.

Many Western observers “have ignored the very real accomplishments and popular acceptance of the Taliban government in Afghanistan,” then-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer wrote anonymously in 2002. His previously-analyzed bookThrough Our Enemies’ Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America, contains sobering analysis, which foresaw the failure of American-led nation-building efforts in Afghanistan 20 years later.

Scheuer had focused on Afghanistan while tracking Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit in the years before and after September 11, 2001. Although since his 2004 retirement from the CIA he has exposed himself as an anti-Israelconspiracy-mongering crank, his 2002 writings about attempts to liberalize  Afghanistan were highly thought-provoking. Already at the time he had criticized that the “Afghan war, then, is an opportunity for social work of international scope, not an opportunity to destroy al Qaeda.”

An absolute crank but he read Afghanistan right.

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The truth about Afghan women – The media has focused on a few feminists in Kabul

When I think about the West’s project to liberate Afghan women, my mind conjures a line from T.S. Eliot: “The last temptation is the greatest treason/to do the right deed for the wrong reason.” In Afghanistan, we engaged in a twenty-year, deliciously self-righteous, tragically ill-designed mission best expressed by flipping that sentence.

We did the wrong thing, perhaps for the right reason. We wanted to develop that country and rescue Afghan women. Their lives were hellish, girls banned from school, women forbidden to leave their homes except in the company of a male guardian, vigilantes beating them with sticks if their burqa was too short. We wanted them to enjoy the pleasures of modernity and live full, happy lives.

Start rubbing the Malala Totem that’ll fix it!

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Will Aukus lead to conflict with China?

Tensions were already building in the Indo-Pacific.

The Indo-Pacific region has emerged as the global hub for wealth creation and innovation since China joined the World Trade Organisation in 2001. Since then, there have been plenty of geopolitical disputes in the area. Yet even in this tense context, we were all taken by surprise on Wednesday with the launch of Aukus, a new security pact linking Australia, the UK and US.

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How Social-Justice Extremists Spawned a Generation of ‘Progressive’ Antisemites

In 2019, the Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) division of Stanford University’s Student Affairs department launched a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training program with a mandate to instruct students about institutional racism. Instead, the program provided a case study of how radicalized forms of social-justice indoctrination can fuel antisemitism.

Earlier this year, Dr Ron Albucher, a Stanford psychiatrist and a former CAPS director, along with his colleague Sheila Levin, an eating-disorder specialist in the same department, filed complaints with federal and state civil-rights agencies regarding what they alleged to be “severe and persistent anti-Jewish harassment.” “Unfortunately, what we found was that the very program meant to help build an inclusive environment for all members of the Stanford community was, in fact, perpetrating the invidious discrimination it sought to eliminate,” wrote the complainants in an open letter published by the Stanford Daily last month.

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GUNTER: Erin O’Toole playing the fool

If he doesn’t believe in his platform, why believe in him?

Want to know why Stephen Harper won three elections (even though two were just won minorities) and Erin O’Toole likely will not win this one?

It’s because, when the liberal establishment — political and media — squawked about some right-of-centre Conservative policy, Harper stood his ground. He ignored the liberal carping and whinging and paid voters the respect of explaining why his ideas would work.

The “We let the CBC tell us how to be the good conservatives party”

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How China Exports Authoritarianism

Beijing’s Money and Technology Is Fueling Repression Worldwide

… China’s international efforts to subvert democracy fall into three broad categories. The first includes its attempts to shape the narrative about China in developed countries. In nations ranging from Canada and Germany to Australia and Japan, Beijing aims to silence critics of China and amplify the voices of individuals and institutions that promote closer ties with Beijing or a more positive portrayal of China. Beijing wields both threats and inducements to this end, rewarding positive portrayals and punishing criticism. As the Chinese ambassador to Sweden admitted in 2019, “We treat our friends with fine wine, but for our enemies we have shotguns.”

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Insiders fear Conservatives are losing the election as party makes a last-minute appeal for help

OTTAWA—The Conservative campaign is making a last-minute appeal for more volunteers as the federal election heads into a crucial weekend for mobilizing supporters and getting out the vote.

But senior party sources are concerned about an “enthusiasm gap” among the party faithful, particularly in the GTA, that could cost the Conservatives in tight riding contests.

“I certainly see a lack of enthusiasm amongst the people I talk to,” said one Tory source, discussing the situation on the condition they not be identified.

It is the Star so take it with a grain or three of Salt.

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Diane Francis: Justin Trudeau’s track record of failure

The Trudeau Liberals have a track record of dismal leadership, yet this country has so much talent and potential

As Canadians go to the polls, it’s important to remind ourselves why Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau should never be prime minister again. Here are my picks, though this is far from a complete list of his government’s botch-ups and scandals.

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Yes, Covid Vaccines Seem to Be Working. But…

What we really need is a vaccine that targets part of the COVID virus that never mutates.

Many aspects of the COVID pandemic have been politicized, not least among them vaccines and specifically the issue of coercion. I know. Where I live some major municipalities including mine are requiring vaccine cards for everything from gyms to grocery stores; yet only 12% of the population qualifies, with those most likely to shop or use the gym least likely to be vaccinated. Idiocracy. But public policy should be based on science; not the other way around even as cognitive bias makes us perceive data to fit our worldview. So yes, it’s important to know if vaccination programs do seem to be impacting COVID breakouts regardless of whatever camp you’re in. And the answer, for now at least, appears to be yes.

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