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Open thread 2/23/22
I saw this as a short in a movie theater when I was a kid, and something in a recent comment thread made me think of it again:
Continue reading →On Biden’s weakness: Putin isn’t Corn Pop
The money angle on Putin and Ukraine: Before Biden became President, the U.S. was energy independent and an exporter of energy. [Biden lowered] American production and remov[ed] Trump’s restrictions on the Nordstream natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. His … Continue reading →
Canada’s Parliament votes to extend the Emergencies Act for 30 days
The vote was mostly along mostly party lines. The “yeas” represented the same coalition that gave Trudeau his last two wins. What’s more, I believe the majority of the feedback they’re getting from Canadians is supportive as well, because the … Continue reading →
Tyranny creep: Canada and elsewhere
Commenter John Tyler asks: There never is a shortage of jack-booted enforcers to impose a government’s will upon the citizenry. This time Canada is the venue. So, ladies and gents, what is about the Canadian personality or culture that enables … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/22/22
A whole lot of 2s up there today.
Continue reading →Why Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act is illegitimate, and why Parliament may vote for it anyway
I was going to write a post about the topic that’s the subject of this post, but it would have taken me quite some time to study the wording of the Act and the wording Trudeau’s government employed when it … Continue reading →
Presidents’ Day poetry
[NOTE: Today is Presidents’ Day, and this is a repeat of a previous post.] I’m not that old, but pedagogical practices in my youth seem absolutely archaic compared to whatever passes for education these days. For starters, we had Washington’s … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) The Lia Thomas story is one of the best examples of the insanity of our age. I have no trouble with voluntarily calling Thomas “she” if that’s what she wants. But she should never be competing against biological women … Continue reading →
The CDC and misinformation
The CDC withholds some statistics because it’s afraid the information will be turned into disinformation by the readers. Now, there’s a great way to gain people’s trust: withhold information because you think they’re stupid. The funny thing – I mean … Continue reading →
Notes from Chairman Trudeau
From the mouth of Justin Trudeau, December of 2020 [emphasis mine]: India has denounced Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “ill-informed” remarks regarding an ongoing farmers’ protest in India’s capital. Mr Trudeau and Conservative opposition leader Erin O’Toole both made comments … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/21/22
I think Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had one of the most beautiful voices in the world. Maybe the most beautiful. I don’t even like lieder very much, and he sang a whole lotta lieder. But I don’t really care what he sang; … Continue reading →