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I'm pretty sure FOX News has been infiltrated by Russian government influence and i've thought that for years.

Actual journalists don’t spread Putin’s message for him.

Well if true, the BC populace have voted democratically for the government they have. Now let them eat "crow".

They provided the funding and instigated the social unrest that lead to the removal of Yanukovich, by dividing the populace. This war was a few years in the making, by political subversion. That is how we roll these days.

Because they insist on tying it to biden's open-border policy. And biden does that knowingly.

https://archive.ph/HhfCD “I felt so detached from my body, and the way it was developing felt hostile to me,” Powell told me. It was classic gender dysphoria, a feeling of discomfort with your sex. Reading about transgender people online, Powell believed that the reason she didn’t feel comfortable in her body was that she was in the wrong body. Transitioning seemed like the obvious solution. The narrative she had heard and absorbed was that if you don’t transition, you’ll kill yourself. “I wish there had been more open conversations,” Powell, now 23 and detransitioned, told me. “But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem, and this will help you.” Many transgender adults are happy with their transitions and, whether they began to transition as adults or adolescents, feel it was life changing, even lifesaving. The small but rapidly growing number of children who express gender dysphoria and who transition at an early age, according to clinicians, is a recent and more controversial phenomenon. Bottom line - kids who transition at young ages as we're now seeing in Canada frequently grow up to regret it, with bodies that can never be repaired. Alberta, sask, pei and any other province is absolutely correct to make sure that teachers are forced to involve parents early on when their children exibit signs of transgender behavior or gender dysphoria and parents are RIGHT to question if this is real or a phase and which treatments are best. It may well be the kid eventually transitions and that's fine but it's not ok to ruin their lives for virtue points.

Canada’s implementation of assisted suicide represents the moral failure of healthcare in Canada. Our Minister of Health uses double-speak like “health issues aren’t to be conflated with mental illness.” He’s saying mental illness isn’t mental illness. What? This is the kind of dubious logic used to justify an increasingly dangerous and morally corrupt form of supposed healthcare that’s really deathcare. This indicates that the Canadian healthcare system is giving up on healthcare. With our assisted suicide death rate rising faster than anywhere else in the world, it’s time to end this experiment. The cult of death (unlimited abortion anytime up to natural birth, a euthanasia system that results in war vets and the poor ending their lives purely because of money or weak mental healthcare). The healthcare system must improve and MAID must be rescinded immediately. Our birth rate is falling and among the lowest in the world. Canada is shooting herself in the foot finding ever more reasons to cull the population. Expensive housing, high cost of living, abortion, MAID, hard drugs, encouraging non-traditional families, urban lifestyles). All of these trends are the reason Canada must now rely on immigration and is becoming beholden to values that are not of Canada. They have been imported, and not necessarily from far off places. We’ve imported a foolish radical progressive ideology that is culture and society-killing because it cannot sustain itself. People must return to a more traditionally Canadian way of life.

Newsweek: Tucker Carlson being spotted attending ballet in Moscow Earlier, a ruthless dictator Jong Un led Trump around his finger, with nothing to show for his bombastic claims. Admiring dictator thugs. Spreading their propaganda lies. "Free media" to interview Hitlers. No: you can make no mistakes about what kind of sh*t you're stepping into. The history will record and remember every twitch of every little finger.

This puts into bald perspective just what a failure Trudeau has been as a financial manager, and the level of debt his government continues to accumulate largely through vote buying and vote buying deals with the NDP to keep itself in power. Start with program spending. Since taking office, the Trudeau government has greatly increased federal spending (excluding interest costs) from $256.3 billion in 2014-15 (the year before it took office) to $448.2 billion in 2022-23—an increase of 74.9 percent. After adjusting for inflation, the Trudeau government has recorded the five highest years of federal spending per person in Canadian history. Put differently, it has spent significantly more than past governments did during the Second World War or the 2008 financial crisis or other emergencies in the country’s history. Post-COVID levels of spending have still not returned to pre-COVID levels. Most of this spending growth has been deficit-financed. The government has recorded eight consecutive deficits and its latest fiscal projections anticipate more deficits for at least the next six years. This deficit spending has come with a big cost. Not only has it led to the accumulation of nearly $1 trillion in new federal debt, but it’s come with rising interest payments that are paid through tax dollars. Federal debt servicing payments currently stand at $46.5 billion in 2023-24 which amounts to more than one in every ten dollars of federal revenue. That deals with the Canadian government's finances but it's handling of the economy has been terrible, as well. The broadest measure of living standards is GDP per person (adjusted for inflation over time), which calculates the total value of all goods and services produced in the economy in a given year on a per-person basis. In the pre-pandemic period between 2016 and 2019, growth in per-person GDP (inflation-adjusted) was an anemic 0.9 percent. One study in fact found that Canada’s per-person GDP growth from 2013 to 2022 (0.8 percent) was the weakest on record since the 1930s. Overall, inflation-adjusted GDP per person has only grown by 1.9 percent since 2015. The United States, by contrast, grew by 14.7 percent during the same timeframe. https://thehub.ca/2024-02-03/jake-fuss-the-trudeau-governments-terrible-economic-record-cant-be-brushed-aside/

Waiting for him to complain. He wants to go FIRST, not forth.

You fool! Don't just tell him to 'go forth', if you'd tagged him first we could have followed his migratory patterns and learned much more about sealions!

Not exactly what you asked, no. I didn't give names and addresses, but showed you one person. I am not here to provide all you ask. Go forth young man and boldly read the news yourself. Stay up to date!

Wrong. Some people decided it was the new way, and there was pushback. Pushback isn't the same thing as "started it". Slightly? I think that girls don't want boys/young men in their bathroom. It's odd that the culture that calls everything "rape" would also put men in the girls bathroom. If it was Trump's weird plan to get boys into the girls' bathroom you'd freak out. I dunno what your point was. As a parent I'd always consult with a Dr or counsellor, but if they tried to go behind my back and make a decision with my Gr 3 kid there'd be trouble. hoped that he'd do better. The US doesn't have many reasonable candidates and he was one. I don't know how badly he hurt his future chances. I don't think the media 'reports'. I think they 'narrate'.

Well, how many trans kids did you meet in your childhood? How many are kids meeting today? It’s an interesting rising trend that raises questions about the influence of messaging versus natural and even (especially?) environmental factors. There are lots of hormones and chemicals in our water supply impacting fertility and hormone levels in kids. I’d say these are indeed mainstream issues for kids today, and I don’t think that’s great.

People need to realise that there is a difference in the sense that if you follow the media you could be fooled to believe that all this woke and trans-stuff is something completely mainstream but if you actually go out to the real world you very rarely encounter these people. It is a very marginal group of people bigged up by the media.

Carlson manages his own stuff. so a good thing eh?

Correct. The state has deemed itself more worthy of providing moral guidance to youth than parents, once they reach 16. You presume that doctors and educators are neutral parties but parents are not. Why? Their professionalism? You see the ideology dominating our disciplines through their various colleges of certification. Quite simply no one is neutral, but the family unit, which can only be run by the parents, must take precedence over the state. This is basic subsidiarity. Parents know their kids because they’re with them the most and home is the most local society that exists to a child. Quite simply, until a child reaches adulthood, parental guidance and discretion is as sacred as the rights of an individual adult. Child rearing certainly must reside primarily with the parents, not the state’.

What's weird is that you insist on thinking I trust governments in spite of everything I've ever said about not trusting them. This should have you questioning the way you think, especially after beaking off about how everyone else thinks. Like I said you're quite the phenomenon. It makes you both the ball and the player in these discussion. Definitely more the former though. We often comment that people don't care what we say in places like this. That said, if people in the future do study them to get a sense of where our heads were at it'll be the slavish partisan committment to their team that you display that astounds and bewilders them most.

Unfortunately the left has become a death cult that puts the people at the mercy of an overbearing secular state that purports to know what’s best for everyone and crushes dissent through ideology. We’re constantly told to think a way that is not just nihilistic; it’s anti-human. In this vacuum enters the attack on the individual and individual rights, because all needs of the individual must be subsumed to the values of the all-knowing collective state. Even the goal isn’t about humans; it’s fighting climate change. Everyone is included in this fight, no exceptions. But what does this cause advance if not the destruction of humanity? The push to tax and regulate you in order to diminish your carbon footprint is really about the war on humanity, brought to you by A.I. and the Committee For Inclusivity. MAID is just one of its policies. Anything that helps eliminate humanity. Canada’s low birth rate shows you that the policies have been implemented to good effect. This was always about the war on the family too: sexual revolution, birth control, abortion, legal hard drugs, euthanasia, non-traditional and smaller families, lower carbon footprint. These were the big follies of modern life that we embraced as an expression of freedom, but it’s resulting in a society with a negative birth rate attacking its own foundations: settler-colonial, patriarchal, proselytizing. The country needs a restoration. Reconsidering MAID is a good place to start.

What a f'ing weasel. He's trying to claim victory for both sides at the same time. Trudeau: "Look, I doubled the paycheque to the terrorist org today!" One minute later... Trudeau: "Look, I put a stop-payment on the terrorist org's next paycheque!" Every Canadian with an IQ below 60: "That's why I always vote Liberal, except for the times I vote NDP or Green."

It's another case of "Give them an inch, they take a mile." Isn't that always the way? The creeping authoritarianism of the left springs to mind...

I think it should end because it will always be dubious morally at best, lead to unintended deaths, and take the place of effective healthcare that heals and treats people. It’s the deep dive into dystopia. It’s possibly being expanded to the mentally ill and children. What was once hard to justify for people in grave pain suffering from terminal illness asking to be put out of their misery is now a ritual of release where you can pick your playlist for your own death when the going gets tough and check out of life. Any society that normalizes this is committing mass suicide.

No, that's America simply talking loud and clear as always. But of course the best example of America's lack of courage and conviction is when HW Bush told Iraqis to rise up against Saddam after chasing him and his invading army out of Kuwait. Big mistake. Taking America at it's word has always been a fickle business, especially when it comes to bloodthirsty dictators.

Can't wait to see the fawning interview of Putin by Carlson.

And the answer for American aid is: 180 billion. That they had to borrow to send, and the war is lost. Stop reading your propaganda, it’s telling you complete lies.

The real problem i have with this type is the argument "well we did the best we could at the time" followed by "we shoudlnt' talk about what happened or how to do it better in the future, it's in the past and we should leave it there" Most honest people might buy the first one and accept that covid happened quickly and we had not had these conversations before and people kind of panicked and politicians did what they thought would keep them safe politically. And in fairness many politicans were destroyed by covid and the public's reaction. But now IS the time to have that conversation. Because as a society we did some pretty serious violating of people's rights and a discussion about whether that was justified or not AND how far we'd take that in the future is warranted. When is it ok or not ok to violate someone's rights in the name of the greater good? But I think some people just know what we did was wrrong. But they don't care that it was wrong, so they just want to ignore it and not talk about it again.

I see you writing it now. It's like if I just admitted that Harper isn't the PM anymore, when most people already knew that in 2015. Leftards were acting like no one was getting sick, and like they should be allowed special privileges in society because the vax prevented them from spreading covid. That was you, pretending to see the emperor's clothes for a full year. You didn't know that. You were one of the most credulous vaxtards here. You thought that the vax was so successful and so safe that you advocated for young people to be forced to take it. You pretended that the stories about young kids being injured by the vax were all fake, and that young people needed it for their own protection. With the benefit of hindsight we all know that literally everything that you ever said about the jab was complete drivel and it's not surprising to see that your head is still up your ass. Congrats on finally admitting that the vax isn't "a bilyun persent efectuv", and that it does injure some young people. You've come a long way from just a few weeks ago.

Bingo: unfortunately the case that the UN has become a massive 3rd world dominated bureaucracy funded by first world nations. In the case of Gaza/Palestine the thousands of UN employees that prop the place up could not possibly avoid employing some very hard line Paleo/Hamas supporters. To find only 12 is total BS. By the same token showing the total ineffectuality of the UN: the two state solution has faltered horribly with Israeli "settlers" taking over the West Bank. To think a sea of Jews is somehow going to tolerate two islands of people brought up to hate their very existence is naive in the extreme.

A veto, without any form of public voting or representation? Sounds un-democratic and unconstitutional. Sounds like political virtue signalling, given out for political points despite knowing that it will fail if challenged. Crown land belongs to the crown, in other words under purview of the federalis.

How much more are we going to compartmentalize this country?? We cannot be a country with all the special circumstances and situations and appeasing everyone. Unity is clearly not what this country is all about

Change one's mind is hard. Admitting it is sometimes harder. Good for you on both counts. And you're right. He's definitely not a good person.

I hope this is genuine and if so I would be very close to a full agreement. We can have differences. We can discuss them and try to come to understanding and seek solutions. But once it becomes the cult game: my version of truth against yours, my Idol is greater than yours there's no chance for any meaningful conversation and any solutions. It's a dean blind end, as dead and blind as can be.

Lol...war-like. Lol...nice try What no rub 'n' tug?

I was thinking this way too, until I read up on the legal background. The justice system and medical community have decided that maturity to make decisions over one's own body is variable. That is to say it doesn't happen at any specific age. The doctor can assess the patient and decide if they have domain. Underage children can have abortions without their parents knowledge, I think. Also therapies fall into this category.

Some coverage is better than others. If a government bans something that isn't happening and makes a big show of it, the it's about politics and virtue signaling not problem solving. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-gender-affirming-care-guidelines/

You thought he was a good person?

Happy days are here again And yes i know roboEpstien has a a kind heart. The problem is what kind....

Actually I cheer for what they are doing, and listen with disdain to the visceral attacks on Daniel Smith coming from the media. In all the media I've seen on this, all they do is get reactions from people in the queer community and how they feel about it. Haven't seen them talk to one single parent to ask them their views however. It really is showing a level of disregard for the opinions and needs of families, whom I suspect are probably pleased with these changes. The laws don't take these rights away, they simply define an age limit. And yet they DO allow exeptions for minors as long as the parents, doctor and a psychologist agree the young person should be permitted to go through with it. What exactlyvdo you think is wrong with that?

Or Crazy Glue - it's a lot more adhesive and painful.

Another bombshell about to be dropped...

It's little more than a fad and a great big distraction. I can't stand the way extremes on both sides of this culture war react to one another and I can't stand the way politicians on both sides exploit that. There are far far more important issues being neglected and above all else, I really can't stand the way politicians exploit this issue to avoid them.

Yeah I know, Chrome is a bit crappy. Try using Firefox. Or better yet, disable your caps-lock key and wipe the Vaseline off the keyboard.

I think i recall somewhere robo saying he already took mushrooms? Anyway i think we can safely say robo's beyond the help of most pharmaceuticals Rebound's fine, he just gets a little worked up sometimes and his inner social justice warrior evil spirit takes possession for a while. @Deluge.... See? you can't medicate that. The only thing you can do with that level of crazy is duct tape

As Mark Twain said: "Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience "

We need Alberta’s Parental Rights Bill across Canada. It settles these issues in important ways that ensure sensible, careful consideration is given to major life choices, parents have critical input as guardians of their children, and trans kids are protected from bullying and discrimination without infringing on other rights such as girls competing in girls’ sports. It’s just good policy.

Even if we don't bring them in they still need to eat so the pressure on demand remains. That speaks to the more fundamental global issue of over-population not to mention the increasing difficulty in producing food in a world where ecosystems are being overwhelmed by population growth.

All Biden has to do is enforce the laws already on the books. Sorry you overlooked that in the above.

The delicious thing is that the government itself (back in 2021) claimed to have already spent "more than $100B" in "clean growth" And what did all that spending get us? I just happened to be researching that today. Here's the most recent data from the government's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: ...In other words, $100B (and whatever else they've spent since 2021) bought us MORE emissions!

Trump is an idi0t and shameless liar, his bullshit boasts are not evidence of anything.

Not a sovereign Gaza, a sovereign PALESTINE. Israel had a hand in helping Gaza fall into the hands of Hamas because 20 years ago they figured it would weaken the secular Palestinian Authority, who was Israel’s main counterpart at the time, and also put a more extremist face on the Palestinian people therefore justifying further avoidance of peace talks. Israel assumed that Hamas extremism and terrorism could be “managed” and “contained”. Israel has decades of peace and partnership with Egypt, Jordan amd even covert partnerships with Saudi Arabia which prior to Oct 7 was about to become official and public Peace is possible but the extremists who are currently in control on both sides need to be marginalized amd repudiated. Until then will just be more of the same, which is exactly what the extremists want.