Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The unbelievable but true story of Mitchell Paige - American hero and the real life face of the GI Joe doll. Where do we find such men?
- Matt Taibbi - The West's Betrayal of Freedom
- On a related note - was Biden partly behind Trudeau's crackdown on the Canadian truckers Freedom Convoy? Hard to know where the truth ends and the conspiracy theories start anymore.
As the world watches a true gangster exercise dictatorial power in Putin's invasion of Ukraine - let us not forget Justin Trudeau's dictatorial turn up in Canada.
The man is simply not fit to be the leader of a major nation. He rescinded the Emergency Powers Act not because it was a bad move to begin with but because the polls and the banks (rightly fearing a bank run) told him to do it. The article is right - the mandates were never COVID related.
Now the world's attention (rightly so) turns to Ukraine. But let's not forget Trudeau. Canada is run under a parliamentary system - how come this spoiled jackass hasn't suffered a vote of no confidence by now?
VDH on how the Canadian truckers have unmasked the Left's leaders like Justin Trudeau. The peaceful truckers have shown the true face of the left and it isn't a pretty sight. Petty dictators at worst - Karens who want to speak to the manager at best.
Let us never forget that Trudeau's first action when faced with the protest of the truckers was to run and hide. Bully's are often also cowards.
Interesting comparison of the Canadian truckers protest to 1981's Solidarity movement in Poland. "Then, like now, academics and media were a tool of the first resort to suppress and smear political opposition."
That comparison also reminded me of how the Obama White House shunned Lech Walesa. The Left, for decades, hasn't been interested in workers rights or making life better for the middle class. Just the appearance of being for those things.
Actual journalism about who the Canadian truckers are and what they want.
"What's happening in Canada right now is bigger than the mandate." It's about taking back control of one's life. That's why so many people from around the world are rooting for the protesters.
And the Left hates it! Agree 100% with Professor Reynolds on this. What he describes below is basically the Democratic Party under Harry Truman and JFK. Put another way - they want to make the Democratic Party Great Again (too bad that's a slogan not easily transferable to a hat).
The working class wants jobs, a stable economy, safe streets, low inflation, schools that teach things and a conservative, non-adventurous foreign policy that won’t get a lot of working-class people killed. It’s not excited about gender fluidity, critical race theory, “modern monetary theory,” foreign adventures and defunding police.
