Laurie Simpson

Disgusted with government that gives themselves raises while increasing tax to citizens.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Here in America, a bedroom. Above me hangs a ceiling fan with two pull chains, and in four years I have never once pulled the correct one first.

Two chains. One commands the light. One commands the blades. They hang side by side, identical, unlabeled, like twin retainers who refuse to announce their offices.

You want light. You pull. The fan begins to spin. You pull the same chain to undo your error — but no. Pulled again, it spins FASTER. There are three speeds, and you must now travel through all of them, in order, back to stillness, while the room stays dark and the fan watches.

In Japan, switches are labeled, walls are sensible, and a light answers a light's command. I said this to Rick.

"You get used to it," he said.

"You learn which chain is which?"

"No. You get used to pulling the wrong one."

This is the wisest sentence I have collected this year, and it was spoken by a man holding a sandwich.

I have surveyed this street. NO ONE knows their chains. Walt has lived beneath his fan for nineteen years and still guesses. Sue tied a bead to the light chain. The bead migrated. The system is corrupted. She now pulls wrong with extra steps. Dale claims he knows his chains. We have all seen his fan surge to maximum at midnight through his window. Dale is a liar in this one respect, and we forgive him.

There is a deeper teaching. The fan offers a small daily failure that harms no one. Each night, America reaches into the dark, guesses, fails, sighs, and circles back to the light. A nation that stays this humble before its own ceiling will be fine.

I bought a labeled fan for my bedroom. Little icons on the pulls. A lamp. A blade.

I still pull wrong. The hand has its habits. The chains have their law.

One chain gives light, one gives wind, and no man alive remembers which.

Tonight I will guess again. Faster blades it is, then.

[Crypto Tice @CryptoTice_]

BREAKING:

Poland just told the EU to go to hell.

President Nawrocki vetoed the Digital Services Act.
"The state is supposed to guarantee freedom. Not restrict it."

One man. One veto.

The EU spent years building the most sophisticated censorship machine in the Western world.

Destroyed.

Governments deciding what you can post.
Governments deciding what you can share.
Governments deciding what is true.

Poland said no.

While Germany complied.
While France complied.
While the entire EU rolled over.

The same Poland that surpassed the ECB in gold reserves.
The same Poland that has been right about everything.

Is now the last wall standing between European citizens and state-controlled speech.

The EU doesn't want free citizens.
It wants manageable ones.

Poland just reminded them what freedom actually looks like.

Every European should be paying attention.

[Dave West @davidallenwest]

🇨🇦 Look at History, Facts and Truth with real world examples from Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea = capitalism, democracy, free speech and Free Enterprise are most efficient and the best for citizens

[Electroverse @Electroversenet]

NASA satellites show the Earth is becoming greener.

Since the early 1980s, global leaf area has increased about 15%. That equals roughly 2 billion hectares of additional vegetation, an area twice the size of the United States.

Vegetation is expanding into semi-arid regions and agricultural productivity is rising.

At least 70% of the greening is driven by rising CO2. Higher CO2 allows plants to photosynthesize more efficiently. More CO2 means more plant growth.

The planet is not browning, it is greening.

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

EDITORIAL: Absurd secrecy in our youth crime law
Protecting the identities of murderers, terrorists and rapists is not what Canadians bargained for when the Youth Criminal Justice Act was passed by the federal Liberal government in 2003
https://t.co/NxyvZBNq3c

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

ICYMI - “The Depart­ment of @NationalDefence is recom­mend­ing the sale of dozens of build­ings and over 1,000 acres of Crown land to meet its quota of sav­ings under a fed­eral budget review, accord­ing to a report obtained by Black­lock's Reporter.”
https://t.co/KPI2CdV4bB

[Shawn Kivimaa @SKivimaa]

The government of Canada hired 32,000 additional workers to compel Canadians to complete the census.

They hired zero additional workers to locate and deport illegals, and zero additional workers to facilitate the deportation of foreign criminals.

[Bob Fact Checker @Bob31685906]

If ID is so important to the government to “protect children”, why did they allow hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants into Canada without any form of ID?

[Peter Clack @PeterDClack]

Wind and solar are not viable as the world's primary energy source, not without endless backup from the dense baseload power of hydrocarbons.

Because renewable components face a strict 20-year operating life, we have inadvertently created an economic monster: a continuous loop of decommissioning, ransacking rare earth mines, and rebuilding the entire global fleet just to maintain the status quo - a material dead end.

Without fossil fuels to power the underlying mining, manufacturing and transport infrastructure, these wind and solar systems wouldn't even exist. Once installed, their intermittent energy cannot be integrated on a national scale without a completely new, parallel global power grid—an infrastructure sinkhole estimated to cost $21 trillion.

This massive building spree was only enabled by generous, ongoing subsidies from compliant governments, drawn into the vortex by a carefully engineered narrative of guilt over human progress. That narrative has struck home. Today, the Western nations that bought into it are in visible economic decline, with heavy industry vanishing and productive jobs being hollowed out.

Wind and solar gained traction as a boutique alternative based on the naive premise that because wind and sunlight are 'free', the infrastructure to capture them must be too. In reality, they are intensely material-heavy, placing unprecedented pressure on mining capabilities for ever-diminishing metals and rare earths.

To put the scale of this replacement loop into perspective, the global fleet represents the equivalent of 1.3 billion wind turbine units and 7 to 8 billion solar panels—all ticking down toward a 20-year shelf life.

According to McKinsey estimates, the total net-zero transition is currently costing an estimated $9.2 trillion every year, projecting to a staggering $275 trillion by 2050—the equivalent of two full years of global GDP. Yet, after 37 years of this non-stop narrative, hydrocarbons still provide roughly 81% of the world's primary energy.

We are chasing butterflies at the expense of industrial sovereignty. Was it only about rising globalism? Already, communities are pushing back, seeking to ban massive turbine blade graveyards and toxic solar panel e-waste from local landfill sites.

Ultimately, an energy strategy detached from physical and economic reality is destined to fail, leaving these imperfect technologies scattered as rusted wreckage across once-pristine landscapes and coastal horizons.

Without reliable energy, a modern world simply wouldn't exist.

Image: We should not take the majesty of these natural landscapes for granted.

[Margaret Thatcher @MrsMThatcher]

The Socialist myth is that governments can promise more & more, and take more & more, but that we can still keep our freedom. The truth is that if government does everything for you, it will take everything from you - first your money, then your dignity, & finally your freedom.

[Sean Speer @Sean_Speer]

Alberta and Ontario: A tale of two provinces

@atbfinancial’s latest economic outlook, aptly titled Moving Fast in the Slow Lane, projects Alberta’s economy will grow by 2.6 percent this year—more than three times the 0.8 percent forecast for the country as a whole. Employment growth is pegged at 3.3 percent, the strongest in Canada, and first-quarter retail sales rose at more than double the national pace.

The reflexive explanation is oil, and it’s not entirely wrong. Higher prices following the conflict in Iran have boosted Alberta’s outlook, and energy remains the province’s economic backbone.

But ATB’s own analysis points to something broader: Alberta’s labour market remains one of the strongest in Canada, housing is still comparatively affordable, and growth is increasingly supported by sectors ranging from aviation and food processing to technology and tourism.

People and capital are moving to Alberta, in other words, because it remains the easiest place in Canada to work, build, and invest.

The migration numbers tell the story. As The Hub reported this week, Alberta has gained roughly 539,000 residents through interprovincial migration over the past three decades. Ontario, by contrast, has recorded a net loss of about 168,000 residents. People are quite literally voting with their feet.

That’s the Alberta Advantage in its proper sense. Not a euphemism for hydrocarbons. Alberta has oil. It has always had oil. The more interesting question is why it continues to attract people and investment while other provinces with advantages of their own are struggling to do the same.

Part of the answer is policy. As an example, former premier @jkenney’s decision to reduce the corporate income tax rate from 12 percent to 8 percent sent a clear signal about the province’s priorities. More broadly, Alberta’s governing culture starts from the premise that investment is a public good and that government should compete to attract it.

The contrast with Ontario is increasingly stark. Canada’s largest province is projected to grow by roughly 1 percent this year. Population growth has slowed sharply. Major investment projects have been delayed or suspended. Job creation is expected to be among the weakest in the country. For a province that accounts for roughly 40 percent of Canada’s economy, these are troubling signs.

This is what secular stagnation looks like in practice: sluggish investment, poor productivity growth, declining business dynamism, and an economy that increasingly struggles to generate opportunity.

What’s striking is how little of Ontario’s political debate is organized around reversing these trends. The province’s economic underperformance has become so familiar that it risks being treated as normal.

Nor is it enough to attribute Ontario’s struggles to tariffs and economic uncertainty. Those factors don’t explain years of weak productivity growth, sluggish business investment, or why Canadians are increasingly leaving the province while Alberta continues to attract them.

The tale of two provinces here is ultimately one of orientation. One province still behaves as though attracting investment, rewarding risk-taking, and growing the economy are core responsibilities of government. The other has seemingly forgotten that they are.

[Hoisttheblackflag @HTBF1968]

Canada is about to hit 100,000 assisted deaths since 2016.

MAID would be the 4th leading cause of death in Canada.

Except it doesn't show up in the statistics that way.

Because the government categorizes it by what you would have died from.

Think about that for a second.

[Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta]

What happens if Alberta votes to leave Canada?

The answer is not chaos. It’s negotiation.

National parks. Military bases. CPP contributions. Federal assets. Debt. Land. Jurisdiction.

Everything would be put on the table.

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

🚨TOP 15 RECIPIENTS since liberals came to power.

#1 🇺🇦 Ukraine — $25.8B+ ✅
$25.8B confirmed to May 2026. $13B+ financial. $8.5B+ military. $427M humanitarian. 
$2B more budgeted for 2026-27. Already approved. 

#2 🇸🇾 Syria & Region — $4.7B+ 〜
$4.7B committed since 2016 to Syria and neighbouring countries — official GAC figure. 
$147M in 2024 alone. $178M in 2023.

#3 🇵🇸 Palestine/Gaza — $500M+ 〜
$500M total since late 2023. $100M announced June 12, 2026 — yesterday. 

#4 🇪🇹 Ethiopia — $3B+ 〜
$3B+ since 2000 — more than any country except Afghanistan. Top bilateral recipient every Liberal year.


#5 🇦🇫 Afghanistan — $3B+ 〜
Top recipient of Canadian aid in the 21st century alongside Ethiopia. Funding continued post-Taliban. 

#6 🇭🇹 Haiti — $1B+ 〜
Consistent top-5 recipient throughout Liberal era. Famine + gang crisis response annually. 

#7 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — $800M+ 〜
Top Asian recipient outside Ukraine. Every year of Liberal era. 

#8 🇾🇪 Yemen — $500M+ 〜
Annual humanitarian. 19.5M people in need in 2025. Canada funding every year. 

#9 🇯🇴 Jordan — $500M+ 〜
Syrian refugee hosting + development. Annual disbursements entire Liberal era.

#10 🇹🇿 Tanzania — $500M+ 〜
Top-5 Canadian aid destination of the entire 21st century.  Continuous Liberal era recipient.

#11 🇸🇸 South Sudan — $400M+ 〜
Conflict and famine. Never stopped since Trudeau took office.

#12 🇳🇬 Nigeria — $300M+ 〜
Health and governance. Annual disbursements.

#13 🇰🇪 Kenya — $300M+ 〜
Regional development hub. Continuous funding.

#14 🇲🇿 Mozambique — $250M+ 〜
Climate + cyclone recovery. Consistent Liberal era recipient.

#15 🇨🇴 Colombia — $200M+ 〜
Peace, security, feminist foreign policy. Trudeau signature program.
———

THE YEAR-BY-YEAR RECEIPT

2015-16: $5.25B
2016-17: $5.29B
2017-18: $5.70B
2018-19: $6.16B
2019-20: $5.89B
2020-21: $7.58B
2021-22: $7.60B
2022-23: $12.3B
2023-24: $10.1B
2024-25: $12.5B ✅ 

10-year Liberal era total: ~$85B disbursed📌

Ukraine alone since 2022: $25.8B and climbing📌
———

30% of Canada’s aid budget spent domestically — on refugee admin inside Canada. That now exceeds by 25% everything sent to Sub-Saharan Africa. 

While at home:

🚨712,000 Canadian children at food banks monthly
🚨4.5M below poverty line
🚨 $78.3B deficit
🚨 $53B annual interest payments
🚨Wildfire provinces begging for water bomber.
No vote. No debate. Just cheques.

🇨🇦 Repost if Canadians deserved a say.

🇨🇦💀 #CdnPoli #ForeignAid #CanadiansFirst #Carney #Trudeau #WealthMoose

[John Tomkinson @johnwtomkinson]

And this is how you know not to trust the polls in Canada…

[JudyMB @JudyMaxB]

I’m reading many comments from people trying to justify their booing, saying “we weren’t booing America, we were booing Trump”

Which only proves my point on the TDS brain affliction, but I digress…

Like many Conservatives and Republicans, we may not necessarily like how Trump speaks or behaves, we may not always agree with his approach, but we do know that he always puts America first. He does not suffer fools idiots and traitors.

What a concept… a leader who prioritizes his citizens and his country, who doesn’t hesitate to call out the fuck-ups and corruption of Leftard politicians like Justin Trudeau, Mark Carney and Keir Starmer. For that alone I can’t help but like Trump.

But here is the bigger issue that so many TDSers can’t comprehend:

When you bozos BOO the American anthem or the American flag, you are insulting every single American. Not Trump. Americans. Good people who are intensely passionate about patriotism.

Slinging slurs like calling us “maple-maga, calling Trump a “pedo” (it’s proven on all emails he had nothing to do with Epstein activities except to call the Police about the horrors he saw) — All that is just childish juvenile and just plain rude. And that is why you embarrass Canada on the world stage

Grow the fuck up.

[Laurie Simpson @LaurieSimpson]

@JayGenXer The city council has also played a large part in destroying the city. And only 30% of people here bothered to vote. Apathy is not helping the situation.

[JudyMB @JudyMaxB]

No @MarkJCarney “Canada” did not decide. You decided according to your personal agenda

You are not the voice of Canada

You are accountable to the people, not the other way around

You were not elected to hand Canada over to the European Union

Canada is CANADIAN not European. Europe is a total shit show right now

Why are the @CPC_HQ not objecting strenuously to Carney handing Canada over to WEF ideologies ?

THIS is the root cause of extreme divisiveness

[L. Wayne Mathison @WayneMathison]

Leave him alone? No.

Justin Trudeau did real damage to this country. Housing, debt, division, immigration chaos, weakened institutions, and a country that feels poorer, angrier, and less united than when he arrived.

He can attend whatever game he wants. He is a private citizen now.

But Canadians are also free to remember what he did in public office. He does not get to spend years damaging the country, then magically become untouchable because he showed up beside a celebrity.

A lot of Canadians are tired of seeing him treated like some charming national mascot. For many of us, he is a reminder of a lost decade Canada will spend years trying to recover from.

I wish he would go away.

[Ronald @RonaldJB22926]

We are told the federal government behaves with “fairness” and “equity,” but the reality does not match the narrative. When ministers treat taxpayer dollars as leverage for floor-crossing, they transform representative democracy into a patronage machine.

https://t.co/WopRtskRFm