Avery

1994 Hodgeville High School Ping Pong champion

[MMA Junkie @MMAJunkie]

Sean Strickland was asked about toning down his trash talk ahead of #UFC328, and his response went as expected. 😳

[Chris Brunet @chrisbrunet]

36 Charts That Show Canada’s Decline

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[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

Bureaucracy & Red Tape Are The REAL PROBLEM In Canada

We have let Federal, Provincial & Municipal Bureaucracy strangle our country

Wonder why Productivity is so bad?

Try to build ANYTHING

Mine
Power Plant
Pipeline 
Dam
Highway
Bridge
Even a Deck on your own damn house

Regulators & Bureaucrats will make sure it takes 6X longer & is 5X more expensive

[Red Trumper 🗽🎺🎺🎺🗽 @Redhead4645]

OMG this is just masterful . Shawn impersonates @POTUS all about BUNNIES and more. It really is a masterpiece. #Bunnies

[Jody Dahrouge @JodyDahrouge]

@acoyne Atlantic Canada
- 1 MP for every 80,000 people
- 1 Senator for every 87,000

Alberta:
- 1 MP for every 137,000 people
- 1 Senator for every 840,000

Canada is designed to minimize western voices and use their wealth to buy votes in the east.

Free Alberta!

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

A full on brawl broke out at an AHL intermission youth game 😭

(Via @MDrainclogger)

[Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 @ryangerritsen]

Ron is a gem.
He tells it like it is.

[Winnipeg Blue Bombers @Wpg_BlueBombers]

well at least the sun will explode one day and none of this will matter

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

"Dan Plesac is a GENIUS."

@Plesac19 must've borrowed Greg's crystal ball before the game with this Addison Barger call 🤯

[Avery @BeaverFever76]

@Cabbie @NewEraCanada Santander Barger

[𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇 @pr0ud_americans]

This guy nails it on the liberal coffee shops... 😂

[govt.exe is corrupt @govt_corrupt]

Mark Carney said he will build the Canadian economy and will make it the strongest in the G7. He said we'll be our own best customer.

Today, we see over 40k job losses in July and Canada has entered recession.

Great job from the genius economist!

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

South Park just agreed to a $1.5B deal over 5 years to stream on Paramount+.

Might be the most valuable streaming show after previous deals with Hulu ($192m) and Warner Bros ($550m).

Show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone get 50% of revenue due to one of the most lucrative clauses in TV history from their first contract.

Here’s the backstory.

In 1995, Parker and Stone created an animated short called “The Spirit of Christmas”.

It went viral and two years later Comedy Central offered them a 10-year deal for their pitch of what became South Park.

The pair negotiated a fortuitous clause: they were guaranteed 50% of all revenue *outside* of broadcast TV (back then, there wasn't much outside TV so Comedy Central ceded the deal point).

Over the next decade, South Park became a cultural mainstay. Along with The Daily Show, it turned Comedy Central into a cable beast.

When the contract came up for renewal in 2007, Comedy Central wanted to renegotiate the "50% of non-broadcast TV revenue" portion of the deal.

It was clear thay clause would be quite valuable with digital video on the rise (YouTube was founded in 2005; Netflix launched streaming in January 2007).

But Parker and Stone had too strong of a hand.

Not only did they keep the "non-broadcast TV revenue", they also added "50% of all digital ads" to the deal.

Parker and Stone were making $25-30m a year just on broadcast but ads became interesting with the rise of digital.

South Park was regularly pirated onto YouTube so — in 2008 — they put all the episodes online for free (South Park Studios), making millions from digital ads.

That was just an appetizer, though. The "50% of non-TV broadcast revenue" exploded in the past decade.

In addition to the $2.2B in streaming deals they’ve done (Hulu. WarnerBros, Paramount+), Parker and Stone also signed a $935m overall deal with Paramount in 2021 to keep making shows through season 30 and 10+ South Park films (this revenue is 100% to them).

That deal is up in 2027 and they are negotiating with Paramount’s presumptive new owner Skydance on another huge deal.

They are probably already each worth $1B+, but that next overall deal will guarantee it….and we keep getting them as equal-opportunity offenders and Cartman fart jokes, incredible.

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More on the $1.5B Paramount+ streaming deal via LA Times: https://t.co/mDdE3oV0Q5

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

Haters will say it was generated by AI.😉

[Red Pill Dispenser @redpilldispensr]

Hilarious bit on Pride Month by comedian Rob Schneider. 🤣

[Dan Knight @DanKnightMMA]

Canada’s Economy Flatlines as Exports Prop Up Q1 Growth

You probably didn’t wake up this morning wondering what Canada’s GDP was doing. But you should have. Because if you want to understand where this country is headed—economically, politically, and culturally—there’s no better window than the nation’s books. And Statistics Canada just opened that window for Q1 2025.

Now, according to the official report, Canada’s economy grew by 0.5% last quarter. That sounds fine, maybe even good, until you realize it’s exactly the same tepid pace as the quarter before. Zero acceleration. Flatline. In fact, final domestic demand—the core of any real economy—posted no growth at all. None. That's the first time we’ve seen a complete stall since late 2023. So what’s happening?

Well, the raw number is up. GDP increased. But here’s the kicker: that “growth” didn’t come from a bustling, confident consumer market or a vibrant domestic business climate. It came from exports—stuff we sent abroad. Specifically? Cars and heavy machinery. Passenger vehicle exports jumped a staggering 16.7%. Industrial machinery surged by 12.0%.

But why? Did Canada suddenly get more productive? No. It’s because American tariffs are looming. Businesses on both sides of the border are rushing to get ahead of higher costs. In other words, we're gaming the clock, not building prosperity. And even that export high came with a warning label: crude oil and refined petroleum exports actually declined. The energy sector—the very engine of Canadian wealth—contracted in the same quarter we’re told the economy "grew."

Meanwhile, imports also rose—1.1%—as Canadian companies scrambled to buy now, before the tariffs hit. That’s not long-term growth. That’s panic buying. It’s hoarding disguised as economic policy.

Dig deeper, and the picture gets worse. Household spending? Up just 0.3%, which is a nosedive from the previous quarter’s 1.2%. Per capita, consumption rose by a measly 0.1%. What are people spending money on? Rent and banking fees. Not cars, not furniture, not consumer goods that indicate confidence. Just housing and financial services. Translation: people are stuck paying more to live and borrow, while cutting back on everything else. Is that your idea of a booming economy?

And if you’ve tried to buy or sell a house lately, this next part won’t surprise you. Residential investment fell 2.8%. The biggest driver? A collapse in resale activity—ownership transfer costs dropped 18.6%, the worst drop since 2022, back when interest rates were skyrocketing. The resale market is in free fall. But the Liberals won’t admit that. They’ll point to a tiny bump in new apartment construction, mostly in Ontario, and act like that’s victory. It’s not. It’s patchwork.

Even business investment is sputtering. Spending on non-residential structures dropped 1.6%, especially in oil and gas. Research and development? Down. Software investment? Down. The only thing up was machinery and equipment—up 5.3%—but even that wasn’t organic growth. It was driven by—you guessed it—imports. Importing more tractors doesn’t mean we’re getting richer. It means we’re importing more tractors.

Compensation of employees did rise—0.8% overall—but that too was uneven. Most of the wage growth came from government-backed sectors like healthcare, where retroactive payments in Quebec drove up the numbers. Real economy sectors? Retail, wholesale, manufacturing? All saw declines. And which provinces led wage growth? Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia—regions less entangled in Liberal policy and more connected to actual productivity. The West, once again, is doing the heavy lifting.

Now, let’s talk savings. You’re probably saving less. The household saving rate dropped to 5.7%, the lowest level in a year. Why? Because disposable income only grew by 0.8%, while your expenses rose faster—1.0% in nominal terms. Interest income fell off a cliff. Down nearly 4% on deposits and securities. Foreign investment income? Down even more. Sure, dividends rose, but only domestically—and only modestly.

The only people really pulling ahead? Banks. Corporate operating surpluses rose 1.4%, thanks to oil and gas, motor vehicles, and the banking sector. But most service industries—the ones where actual people work—saw weaker returns. The story here is very simple: capital is consolidating at the top, and ordinary families are getting squeezed. Again.

And looming over all of this? The United States. In 2021, over half of Canadian machinery and equipment investment relied on U.S. imports. That number hasn’t changed much. We are still deeply dependent on a trading partner that is now actively slapping tariffs on us. We are vulnerable, and the Liberal government has done nothing to prepare for it.

But don’t worry, say the bureaucrats. This report contributes to the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Yes, really. The same government that’s taxing your heat and collapsing your housing market is cheering itself on for meeting abstract global benchmarks. You may not be able to afford a mortgage or a vacation, but you can rest easy knowing Mark Carney is very pleased with your carbon footprint.

In conclusion: the numbers might show growth, but the story is decay. Our exports are ticking up because of fear. Our consumers are pulling back. Our businesses are losing faith. Investment is hollowed out. Wages are rising only where government steps in. And real Canadians—working families, small business owners, young homebuyers—are being left behind.

The swamp might have a new face, but the agenda hasn’t changed. This is the economic legacy of the Trudeau years—mismanagement, dependence, and decline—now handed off to a global banker with a carbon tax fetish. Welcome to Canada in 2025.

[Nadine Ness @NadineGNess]

This is Saskatchewan’s version of what Alberta Prosperity Project is doing to fight for independence in Alberta. While our avenue in Saskatchewan is a bit different, we can still bring on change. If you are from Saskatchewan, please consider registering.

https://t.co/40ObkInj5C

[Tokyo Rosie @tokyorosiecr]

I don't know who did this, but it's hilarious.

[Melanie In Saskatchewan @saskatchewan_in]

Dear Mark Carney,

You’ve crossed a line, you pompous, unelected fraud. Yesterday, March 27, 2025, you had the audacity to stand in Ottawa and declare, “The old relationship we had with the United States… is over,” like you’ve got the authority to shred a century of economic and security ties with our biggest ally.
Who gave you that power, huh? Not the Canadian people, that’s for damn sure.
You slithered into the prime minister’s office two weeks ago defaulting into the job after Trudeau bailed and your Liberal buddies handed you an 86% party vote.
No election, no mandate—just a smug banker playing dictator, torching our future without even a courtesy call to Trump.
What a disgrace.

You’ve got the nerve to say we need to “dramatically reduce our reliance” on the U.S., spouting this garbage about “reimagining our economy” while 75% of our exports—oil, cars, everything—prop up our lives thanks to them.
And you haven’t even picked up the phone to Trump since you took over! Not one call, despite him reaching out Wednesday night. Your hush hush call with him this morning wont amount to anything.
You’re too busy grandstanding, promising “retaliatory trade actions” with “maximum impact” on the U.S., as if you can outmuscle an economy ten times our size without sinking us all.
You’re not just reckless—you’re a coward, dodging the fight while pretending you’re some visionary. Pathetic.

Worse, you’re hiding something sinister with that book of yours, The Hinge: Time to Build an Even Better Canada. Why’s it still under wraps? Why dis you delay it's release, timed to come out before the election wraps? What’s in there that’s so dangerous you won’t let Canadians see it? Rumors say it’s your playbook to ditch the U.S. and pivot us into some globalist nightmare—maybe cozying up to China with your Brookfield cronies. That’s not just economic sabotage; it’s a national security disaster. You’re keeping it secret because you know we’d riot if we saw your real plan to sell out our sovereignty. An unelected hack like you has no right to pull this behind closed doors—it’s treasonous, and it stinks.

You swagger around claiming “respect for our sovereignty” is your red line with Trump, but where’s your respect for us? You’ve got no democratic legitimacy—zero votes from the public—and yet you’re dismantling a relationship that keeps Canada running.
Half a million auto workers, entire industries, families from coast to coast—they’re all collateral damage in your arrogant crusade. The U.S. isn’t perfect, but you’re ready to tank our dollar and spike our prices because you can’t stomach negotiating like a man. Instead, you’re sulking, refusing Trump’s call, and peddling this “masters of our own home” nonsense. You’re not mastering anything—you’re screwing us, and you don’t even have the guts to face the voters first.
Release that damn book, Carney, and call Trump already, you spineless elitist. You’re not Canada’s savior—you’re a self-serving leech who’s never faced a ballot box.
We didn’t ask for your “new era”; we didn’t elect you to end our way of life. Get out of that chair you don’t deserve and let the people decide before you ruin us for good.
You make me sick.

Sincerely,
A Canadian Who’s Done with Your Arrogant Bullshit 🖕🏻

#Brookfield #Bermuda @PierrePoilievre

[Drive The Green Golf @drive_the_green]

2025 DTG Sask Bracket:
Saskatchewan’s Ultimate Golf Course

Presented By: @TheRustyShovel

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