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The Freedom Convoy & the collapse of Canadian liberalism

Ray McGinnis
OffGuardian
Mon, 23 May 2022 04:35 UTC
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At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to say this, that or the other, but it is "not done" to say it, just as in mid-Victorian times it was "not done" to mention trousers in the presence of a lady. Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in highbrow periodicals.

George Orwell, "Freedom of the Press"
Recently, a friend told me she'd taken part in a webinar conducted by the Council of Canadians. The webinar included First Nations people speaking about RCMP mistreatment of indigenous peoples on reserve. It was contrasted with the peaceful disbursement of freedom convoy protesters in Ottawa on February 18th.

The webinar narrative was partially true, likely informed by mainstream news reports. RCMP policing among First Nations people needs to be repaired. But, the Trucker Freedom Convoy in Ottawa wasn't broken up peacefully. Just ask Candice "Candy" Sero.

Sero is a full-blood Mohawk woman from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Hastings County, Ontario. On February 18, I watched live footage online of mounted police officers charging through the freedom protester crowd and trampling Candy Sero as she stood with her wheeled walker. She fell to the ground. A horse stepped on her shoulder.

A man in the crowd started yelling with growing desperation, "Oh my gosh. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Look what you did. Look what you did to her. Look what you did to her. Look what you did to her. You trampled on the lady... Shame on you. Shame on everyone of you. Shame on you..."
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Arizona sheriff raids 'nonprofits' featured in '2000 Mules' ballot trafficking investigation - "like Tweety birds, they sang"

Jordan Conradson
The Gateway Pundit
Sat, 21 May 2022 03:06 UTC
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Alma Yadira Juarez, has pleaded guilty to her role in a local ballot trafficking operation in Yuma County, AZ
Law enforcement has conducted a raid on Yuma County nonprofit organizations connected to the ballot trafficking scheme discovered by Yuma County citizens and revealed in the "2000 Mules" documentary.

True The Vote and Dinesh D'Souza's groundbreaking new film revealed that the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen through illegal ballot trafficking and featured the undercover investigative work of David Lara and Arizona State Senate candidate Gary Snyder.

David Lara tells us, "San Luis is Ground Zero for election fraud in Arizona."

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, The Yuma County Sheriff and Yuma County Recorder opened a new investigation into cases of impersonation fraud, false registrations, duplicate voting, and fraudulent use of absentee ballots.
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60% of voters reject Scotland's controversial gender reform bill

Jessica North
Scottish Daily Express
Mon, 23 May 2022 22:40 UTC
Nicola Sturgeon
© PANicola Sturgeon with Health Secretary Shona Robison (rear) during First Minister's Questions
Nicola Sturgeon's hotly debated gender reforms have been overwhelmingly rejected by a Scottish Parliament consultation, in what could lead to the sinking of the SNP's flagship bill.


Comment: Given Sturgeon's tyrannical rule during the contrived coronavirus crisis, it's unlikely they'll give up so easily; they'll try a number of manoevers, either lumping it amongst other, more favourable legislation, or simply ramming it through parliament without allowing citizens a say.


The SNP Government's proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act has been shunned by a wave of negative submissions to a Holyrood consultation.

The Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee received almost 11,000 submissions when it asked for views on the controversial plans.

Of these 10,800 submissions, 59 per cent were against the reforms citing among other things its threat to women's sports, misogyny and homophobia.
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JPMorgan issues US 'wealth shock' warning, households lost $5 trillion so far this year, worse to come


RT
Mon, 23 May 2022 11:44 UTC
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US household wealth has fallen by at least $5 trillion so far this year amid an intense market selloff, according to a JPMorgan Chase note seen by Bloomberg. The losses could amount to $9 trillion by year-end, it estimated.

According to the report, US billionaires are the biggest losers in the market rout, with their collective wealth having crashed almost $800 billion since its peak in November.


Comment: But they're still billionaires? A billionaire losing even as much as a billion dollars is not the same as someone on a median income losing a couple of hundred dollars.


Data showed that since the start of the year, the S&P 500 Index slid 18%, the Nasdaq 100 has lost 27% and a Bloomberg index of cryptocurrencies has nosedived 48%.

Comment: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Monkeypox 'Pandemic', Primates in Power, and Global Famine



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How and why Russia's civil society is helping Donbass fighters in their battle against Ukraine

Dmitry Plotnikov
RT
Sun, 22 May 2022 15:26 UTC
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© RIA/Sergey AverinFILE PHOTO.
Many volunteers have headed to the Donbass since Russia's military offensive began, in February. Once there, some help civilians by bringing groceries, medicine, and other supplies. Others assist by clearing debris or working in hospitals.

There is another important task that volunteers are involved in - assisting the troops of the Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) People's Republics. Their mission is to obtain the most modern equipment, the kind that only special forces are usually supplied with. Political strategist Igor Mangushev is one of the people doing this work. His fund, OPSB, collects about 20 million rubles ($322,000) a month in donations, which goes to the Donbass people's militia. RT spoke with him about his work and Russia's broader civil society.

- What's your connection with the Donbass and how did you end up doing relief work in the region?
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UK gas prices surge on supply shortage after unplanned outages at Norway's giant gas field


RT
Mon, 23 May 2022 17:01 UTC
Gas pump
© AFP DIMITAR DILKOFFFlows from its major supplier, Norway, have dropped due to outages
British wholesale gas prices rose on Monday due to a reduction in shipments from Norway after the major supplier suffered unplanned outages at its giant natural gas field.

UK gas for immediate delivery jumped by 59 pence to 135 pence per therm by 08:09 GMT, its highest level since May 3. The day-ahead price was 25 pence higher at 134 pence/therm.

Norwegian flows via the Langeled pipeline have fallen to 38 million cubic meters (mcm) per day due to outages, Reuters data showed. There was an unplanned outage at the Troll field, which is impacting 17 mcm/day of flows. Smaller disruptions have also been reported at several other Norwegian facilities.

Comment: Just a week ago it was reported that the UK was receiving so much LNG that it was struggling to process it all and wholesale prices fell to their lowest for 18 months, however this price drop wasn't passed on to consumers who continued to pay elevated prices, and gas companies warned that in a few months gas shortages are likely to worsen.

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Hungry? Democrats say 'eat cake'

Monica Crowley
New York Post
Fri, 20 May 2022 09:43 UTC
Biden
© Manuel Balce/APBiden speaks about inflation
When faced with irrefutable evidence of failing policies and crumbling political fortunes, politically rational presidents undertake a course correction. They reverse unpopular policies and adopt more productive ones, even if only out of self-interest.

President Biden and the Democrats, however, are pointedly ignoring the laws of political rationality. They stubbornly cling to their disastrous agenda, even as it damages the country and collapses their own poll numbers. They're acutely aware of the harm they're inflicting, but instead of rushing to mitigate it, they're doubling down.

In their relentless pursuit of a more Marxist America, they have abandoned the pretense of serving — or even caring about the rest of us.

Comment: Where is taxpayer money? It is in transit to subsidize a 'none of our business' proxy war in Ukraine.

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How shaming my school board's racism cost me my job, but not my stand

Asra Q. Nomani
The Federalist
Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00 UTC
Nomani
© Newsweek screenshotAsra Nomani on the stand
I have witnessed a new racism by the 12-0 woke Democrats on the Fairfax County, Virginia school board, directed against Asian Americans, like me. When I stepped before my local school board here in mid-March while on vacation, I knew I had a strong point to make. I just didn't know it would cost me my job.

Over the past two years, I have witnessed a new racism by the 12-0 woke Democrats on the school board, directed against Asian Americans, like me, whose children's success in K-12 schools belie the notion that systemic racism oppresses all minorities.

As I turned to return to my seat after my impassioned two minutes, I couldn't have expected what came next. Security officials began walking toward me from multiple directions. Hyper-vigilance kicked in. I thought immediately of the immigrant moms before me, sitting in the front rows, supporting me. Norma. Suparna. Julia. Yuyan. And many others.
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Woke corporation State Farm donating transgender books for 5-year-olds to schools in Florida

Jeremiah Poff
Washington Examiner
Mon, 23 May 2022 19:13 UTC
state farm insurance office
State Farm Insurance office in Orlando, Florida
The auto insurance company State Farm is encouraging its agents in Florida to donate books promoting transgenderism to 5-year-olds to their local schools or public libraries, according to an email shared by a whistleblower.

The email, obtained by the nonprofit organization Consumers' Research and shared with the Washington Examiner, revealed that State Farm has partnered with the GenderCool Project, which promotes issues of gender identity in children through various advocacy and public awareness programs, to donate a packet of three books to local schools and public libraries.

The three books, A Kids Book About Being Transgender, A Kids Book About Being Non-Binary, and A Kids Book About Being Inclusive, contain various descriptions about gender and identity meant to disprove the notion that gender is the same as biological sex and establish that it is therefore changeable.

Comment: As State Farm has gone "woke", is it now time for them to go broke?

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University quietly alters business school application excluding white people after professor files complaint

Kendall Tietz
The Daily Caller
Sun, 22 May 2022 18:07 UTC
University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
The University of South Carolina (USC) planned to host a program open only to students of certain race and ethnicities, but after a professor filed a complaint alleging it was a violation of federal civil rights law, he said the application was opened to everyone.

The Business Success Academy application through USC's Darla Moore School of Business was originally only open to applicants who "identify as African American or Black, Hispanic, LatinX, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or Two or More Races," Mark Perry, a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. But after Perry filed a Title VI complaint and shared it with the university, the application was changed, he told TheDCNF.

As of Friday, the application states the program is "Open to all Rising High School Juniors and Seniors in South Carolina," but highlighted students "who are in support of the advancement of business students from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply."

Comment: Title VI violations abound, all in the name of "equity".

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