It has been a busy year for progressives. At the start of the year, Justin Trudeau was lecturing people on standing up for gender equality; by mid-year he was kneeling in solidarity with BLM. Now, as the year draws to a close, he is telling everyone to rise back up to confront the existential global warming crisis. Throughout the standing, kneeling, and rising the federal government nearly doubled its spending to pay for mandated economic shutdowns and to “reset” the country in a more feminist, intersectional, and climate-friendly direction. It is unclear what kind of calisthenics Mr. Trudeau has planned for us next year.
Author: Blazingcatfur
Christmas Cheer: Poll Shows Liberals Lacking Enough Support to Secure a Majority Election Win
A new poll suggests that although the Liberal government may have gained a slight lead in popularity due to its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may not be enough for them to win a majority.
The survey, conducted by Ipsos between Dec. 11 and Dec. 14, asked 1,000 randomly-selected Canadians aged 18 and above via an online interview which political party they would most likely support if a federal election was held.
LILLEY: List of what we are subsidizing gets crazier by the day
Canadian taxpayers have subsidized CEO bonuses, Chinese banks, strip clubs and now white supremacist groups all in the name of COVID-19.
As if the Trudeau government’s wage subsidy program needed another bad headline, now we find out taxpayers’ dollars went to groups labelled as a neo-Nazi organization.
Reader Fave Christmas Carols – Christmas Eve Edition
Welcome to the Christmas Eve Edition of Reader Fave Carols and thank you all for your contributions! We’re going to have to do a couple of Carol posts tomorrow to get them all in, one dedicated to the novelty submissions. Tonight’s the last night to submit a request so make it a good one – in truth they’ve all been great.
From Robert – Carul Loch Garman – The Wexford Carol
From sanmarten – Alison Krauss and Natalie MacMaster – Get Me Through December
From Grainger – Barenaked Ladies – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings” Feat. Sarah McLachlan
From Norman in NYC – Adam Lambert & Noa Dori singing ‘The Prayer’-David Foster
From Frances – Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band – Bring Us In Good Ale (Live)
From John in Toronto – Flory Jagoda – Oco Kandelikas (Eight Candles)
From Osumashi – Ella Fitzgerald – Jingle Bells
From Exile – Mary, Did You Know? – Pentatonix
From John in Toronto – The Huron Carol
The Brian Setzer Orchestra- “Nutcracker Suite”
The Truth About White Flight
Conventional history of the exodus out of cities ignores numerous complex and interrelated causes.
Speaking at an October 2019 Obama Foundation Summit, Michelle Obama reminisced about growing up in South Shore, a Chicago lakefront neighborhood. Some memories were bitter. The former First Lady, born in 1964, lamented living through “white flight.” As “upstanding families like ours, who were doing everything we were supposed to do . . . moved in,” she said, “white folks moved out.”
If your family moved because they wanted a bigger house in a less congested area with better schools and services with a lower tax burden then your family is racist. Seems legit.
Trans Santa Is Coming to Town – Kris Kringle will now help children with their attempted sex changes.
The latest tactic to indoctrinate children into transgenderism — convincing them that maybe they too are supposed to “change” their sex through a series of risky medical treatments — is particularly monstrous. Santa Claus is now “Transanta,” and she delivers chest binders and boxer shorts to 13-year-old girls behind their parents’ backs.
“We are transing Santa — join us! Transness is so beautiful and we are celebrating our magic,” said actor Indya Moore, who founded “Transanta.”
Military Diversity Board Proposes Ban on ‘Hate Group Activity,’ Citing SPLC
Joe Biden may not yet be president, but it seems the military may already be considering a policy banning servicemembers from activities sponsored by conservative and Christian organizations. Last week, Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller acted on a report from the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Diversity and Inclusion Board. Among other things, the board recommended that official policy “prohibit extremist or hate group activity,” citing the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on the influence of “hate groups” in the military.
Fauci: Herd immunity could require 90 percent of country to be vaccinated
Achieving herd immunity against the coronavirus could require as much as 90 percent of the population to be vaccinated, Anthony Fauci said in an interview published Thursday.
Fauci, the country’s top infectious diseases expert, acknowledged in the New York Times interview that he has been incrementally raising his estimate of herd immunity numbers.
Fauci said he has been increasing the estimates in his public pronouncements because he thinks Americans are now able to handle the message that getting back to normal may take longer than anticipated, and fewer Americans are reporting being skeptical of taking a vaccine.
We Support Karl Marx Not Biden, Say Armed Michigan Protesters
An armed group of protesters carrying Antifa and Black Lives Matter gear denied supporting President-Elect Joe Biden. Instead, the Lansing, Michigan, protesters said they support Karl Marx.
“How does it feel when Proud Boys have more Black people than you guys?” Trump supporters ask the armed pro-communist group as a couple Proud Boys arrive #Michigan #lockdownprotest #Lansing pic.twitter.com/sTtIR6Hykv
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) December 23, 2020
Some Canadians Hold A Low Opinion Of Jesus Poll finds
Jesus is most popular among older Canadians, Albertans (and Christians),
As some Canadians celebrate the birth of the Christ Child on Dec. 25, polling shows that across the country, even in more secular areas, most Canadians have a favourable view of Jesus.
According to polling from Leger-Association for Canadian Studies, about 73 per cent of Canadians have a positive view of Jesus, whereas 27 per cent have a negative view of the son of God.
Shocka! Majority of Americans hate socialism, reject AOC: survey
Nearly 60 percent of the country thinks poorly of Progressive darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and 75 percent want nothing to do with the socialism she preaches.
Asked whether the free-market economy or socialism was better, 75 percent of likely voters chose capitalism, while 11 percent backed socialism, according to a Heartland Institute/Rasmussen poll.
Another 14 percent said they were “not sure.”
WHATLEY: Ford’s declaration of COVID defeat isn’t justified by lack of beds
COVID-19 has tested the Ford government, and Premier Doug Ford has mostly risen to the challenge. Live daily updates, plans, programs, and spending: It has been the main (only) policy issue for ten months. Ford’s COVID-19 response will define his legacy.
Ontario now has 2,250 new acute care beds, which include 1,492 new ICU beds with ventilators. Spring shortages have disappeared. PPE abounds. If the mood strikes, you could bathe in alcohol hand sanitizer, and no one worries about running out of toilet paper. A massive vaccination program has just launched, and untold hundreds of millions of dollars have distracted voter anxieties.