What’s causing the current retromania?
Humanity, despite the prophecies of Edward Bellamy and H. G. Wells, never mastered the technology of time travel. The art of it seems another matter. Our DeLoreans drive in one direction: reverse.
The ensuing Butterfly Effect alters the future rather than the past. We leave little in the way of cultural legacy as we continually mine our inheritance.
Ticket-holders to the 2017 Fyre Festival fiasco have seen their proposed payout slashed.
They are set to receive just $281 (£204) each, according to court papers filed in New York last week.
That amount falls short of the April settlement reached in a US federal court, which concluded they could have had up to $7,220 returned each.
Lawyers have struggled to recoup money from acts and models who promoted the festival that fell apart.
I never heard of this one – “Bull Island”
Tracey Lambrechs, a former pro weightlifter and Olympic competitor, is warning that the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports could be disastrous for female athletes.
Only a sick society would think this nonsense was “progress.”
So, it’s begun.
Rather than calling an election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would rather spare the Liberal Party the expense by flitting about like the candy man making election-style announcements on the taxpayer’s dime.
Like the dreadful Birds of Prey, Black Widow is only receiving positive reviews because it’s directed by a chick, and everyone’s terrified of being herded into solar-powered cattle cars and sent to Wokeschwitz.
That needed to be said.
“… Andreescu and Auger-Aliassime chose Monaco as their tax haven. The sovereign city-state levies no income tax, no wealth tax, no local tax, no property tax, and no capital gains tax on investments. Just deposit 500,000 euros in a local bank, and show proof of local accommodation (purchase or rental) and voilà — a marginal tax rate on income of 53.31 per cent in Ontario or Quebec is replaced with zero per cent in Monaco. This could be worth millions of dollars for the players.
Canada is a certain medalist in the Joke Country Olympics.
The noble and patriotic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Gaza) has a big new idea: defund not only the police, but Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Why? Because they engage in terrorism, of course.
So how much of an impact did that Pentagon UFO report have around the country and has the mainstream coverage of the UAP topic had any sort of impact on our culture? According to a new poll out from Pew Research this week, it appears that a lot of people have been paying attention.
More than three-quarters of voters believe it’s important that traditional values of Western civilization to be taught in schools, a new poll revealed on Thursday.
According to the result of a Rasmussen Report survey, 78 percent of respondents said they believe that it is at least “somewhat important” for schools to “teach the traditional values of Western civilization,” including 52 percent that said it is “very important.”
Just days after a report on allegations of bullying and harassment against Chief RoseAnne Archibald was leaked — and hours after she was elected the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations — Archibald said today she would support the implementation of a whistleblower policy at the AFN.
“I have been the victim of workplace harassment and I know what that feels like,” she told a morning press conference.
Biden’s new Cold War with China will result in climate collapse, progressives warn
As a new Cold War takes shape between the U.S. and China, progressives fear the result will be a dramatically warming planet.
Over 40 progressive groups sent a letter to President Joe Biden and lawmakers on Wednesday urging them to prioritize cooperation with China on climate change and curb its confrontational approach over issues like Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong and forced detention of Uyghur Muslims.
h/t BH
“Burn it all down.”
Just to set the stage: Two Catholic churches had been burned down, when the executive director and long-time member of the BC Civil Liberties Association blasted “Burn it all down” over her Twitter feed. Burn it all down, hardly a placatory, peace-seeking message to the province or its people from the BCCLA.
I blame bad immigration policy for allowing these racists residence.
A majority of people, now including a slim majority of Democrats too, believe the coronavirus most likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory rather than from nature, a new poll shows, indicating a shift in public opinion since early in the pandemic as China continues to block a truly independent and thorough inquiry into COVID-19’s origins.
The new poll from Harvard University and Politico found that 52% of people in the United States, including 59% of Republicans and 52% of Democrats, believe the coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab, while just 28% of adults say COVID-19 began with an infected animal.
A group of activists has claimed responsibility for draping a sign reading “God Bless Abortions” on a 60-plus-foot Jesus Christ statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, saying the act was a message on abortion legislation.
Canada sends biological male to steamroll women at Olympics
In line with Justin Trudeau’s progressive values, Canada will be sending a 6’1, 185 lb biological man to compete with women athletes at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
No public money should ever be used to support the Olympics again.
