The Brown

Husband, father of three, accountant, macroeconomic enthusiast, freedom first and always. Pronouns: Mike / Hunt or Banana / Rock.

[The Brown @CalgaryCam]

This is an indictment of our Governments.

@JustinTrudeau AND the Premiers have worse than failed us. Malfeasance, gross negligence, criminal negligence, or worse.

I don’t care if you’re vaxxed or not, this is a must watch for everyone in #Canada.

https://t.co/0X5d0GIcLV

[The Economic LongWave @TheELongWave]

No serious person needs to call someone a “f*ing idiot” because they question a narrative. Ridicule is not an argument. Skepticism is one of the defining traits of an inquisitive mind.

And this is exactly why so many people around the world have tuned out the climate hysteria. Once a debate becomes moral bullying instead of evidence, humility, and open inquiry, people stop trusting the people pushing it.

[Jammles @jammles9]

I didn’t realize Caitlin Clark was not only struck in the neck, but also kneed in the groin, pinched under the arm, and nearly stomped on.

The fact that she received only a one-day suspension is absolutely sickening.

[Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD]

Worth sharing

[Keith Wilson @ikwilson]

When the Prime Minister calls Albertans voting on their future a “dangerous bluff,” he reveals Ottawa’s attitude.

To Ottawa, democracy is acceptable only when Albertans vote the way Ottawa wants.

Albertans are not bluffing. Albertans are exercising a constitutional right.

[Steven Phillips, MD @StevePhillipsMD]

The human brain receives ~11 million bits of data per second, but we consciously process only 40–60.

We don't experience reality. We experience a highly filtered story about it.

That filter is both our greatest asset & our biggest blind spot.

[Shane Wenzel @ShaneWenzel]

This is why we can’t build fast enough. 900 homes ready to go, stalled by red tape and outdated municipal pipes. If cities can't handle the infrastructure, it’s time to let private wastewater companies step in. Thoughts?

[Mistress Dividend @mistressdivy]

“If you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive through it”

~German World Cup fan

[T.D. Leaker @TdLeaker]

(The 🍓🍓🍓🤣 at the end)…

Karen earns $995 today.

Before she sees a penny, roughly $533 disappears in marginal federal and provincial income tax.

She fills her tank. Another $15.75 in fuel taxes and HST.

She buys a pack of cigarettes. About $10 goes to taxes.

A $20 bottle of wine to take the edge off? Another $3+ in taxes and levies.

Dinner? $3.90 in HST.

Every single month she quietly pays HST on her phone, internet and streaming services. She pays $6,000 a year in property tax just to continue living in a home she already bought with after-tax income. Part of every insurance premium is insurance premium tax. Hidden in almost everything she buys are corporate taxes, commercial property taxes, development charges, licensing fees and tariffs that businesses simply pass along in the price.

She books a vacation. Airport Improvement Fees. Security charges. More taxes.

She invests what’s left. If it grows, she pays capital gains tax. If it pays dividends, she pays dividend tax.

Then one day Karen dies.

Her family discovers there isn’t technically a “death tax” in Canada—but her estate is treated as though she sold almost everything the moment she died. Capital gains become taxable, final income tax is due, and in Ontario her estate pays probate fees before her family receives what’s left.

Karen’s money was taxed when she earned it, taxed while she spent it, taxed while she invested it, taxed while she owned things, and taxed one final time when she died.

But don’t worry.

Karen refuses to buy American strawberries because she’s bravely protesting the tariffs the U.S. charges on their imports.

After paying roughly $687 in taxes and government fees on a $995 workday, she’s finally taking a stand against someone else’s tax policy. 🇨🇦💪

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Islamophobia is a made up term that uses the West's suicidal empathy to shut off its survival instinct. If a religion seeks to eradicate your heritage, culture, society, civilization, and religion, then it is perfectly RATIONAL to be phobic of its intrusion into your societies.

[Jake 🇨🇦 @Nasdad_TO]

Islamophobia is a made-up term designed to shield Islam from scrutiny. Unlike genuine phobias, it’s not about irrational fear of the powerless—when Islam holds majority power, it consistently becomes the oppressor, enforcing blasphemy laws, suppressing minorities, and curtailing basic freedoms. Criticism of that supremacist ideology isn’t bigotry; it’s pattern recognition and self-preservation.

[The Brown @CalgaryCam]

@libsoftiktok If only rape contributed to climate change.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Meanwhile the UK government

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

It is only a matter of time that if your government is your enemy (and hence creates the conditions that seek to erase your existence), vigilantism will arise.

[The Brown @CalgaryCam]

@GadSaad Only one way to find out.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Am I allowed to upload Citizen Vigilante on X directly?

[Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeaceful]

2 year old girl raped and murdered by a migrant

This is the moderate response

[The Brown @CalgaryCam]

@JigglyPants44 Yeah. Fuck the TQ+ community.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Yep. It's that simply, truly.

[@amuse @amuse]

https://t.co/D5j6RDtURk

[Let Alberta Decide @LetABDecide]

Still the greatest meme of the Alberta Independence movement.