Rafael Vanti

RafaelVanti

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

https://t.co/vLmiBKTtX3

[Tracey Wilson @TWilsonOttawa]

Re: To My Friends in Law Enforcement

I'm generally a supporter of our friends in law enforcement, but I would like to mention something that might irritate a few of you so I apologise in advance.

Police spokesmen are saying things like don't engage with home invaders, or leave your keys at the front so the criminals can grab them and run, hopefully without hurting you. That unfortunately doesn't track reality.

Home invaders kill people in the homes they invade. They assault, brutalize, torture, rob, and kill the people in the homes they invade. Not always of course, but sometimes, and you can't ever tell if these particular criminals are the merciful ones. or if they are the ones that are going to do things I can't even write about. Not ever. Once they are in, that's the risk they must be presumed to present.

Now "lock yourself in a room" is, I'm sorry to say, stupid advice. A normal interior door in a Canadian home won't stop anyone. At all.

Here's the part that you might get irritated by:

I fear that those spokesmen have lost perspective, but there's a way to can get it back.

You go out on the street and get up close and personal with violent armed criminals. You travel in groups, and when something interesting starts to happen you use radios to call for urgent help, which shows up in siren-wailing, high-powered vehicles at top speed, and in helicopters.

Now please pause in reading this and look at your outfit and your belt. Note the armour, radio, baton, Taser, and the gun and ammo. That's what you wear to get up close and personal with the violent armed criminals.

Next please imagine taking off that armour, and removing the belt and accoutrements, and leaving it behind. All of it.

Next please imagine that there are no high-powered police vehicles or helicopters coming. No one even knows where you are, and you can't call anyone. You are alone, and defenceless.

Next please imagine that the armed violent criminals are suddenly up close and personal, but now in your home. Your wife and children are huddled behind you, terrified. The armed criminals who assault, brutalize, torture, rob, and kill people in the homes they invade are now in your home, looking at your wife and children, and looking at you.

That's our perspective, based on the advice your spokesmen are giving.

Imagine that, if you would.

What advice is the little voice inside of you giving? "Get a gun" is the only thing you'll hear.

~Loberg 🇨🇦

[The Real Mr Bench @therealmrbench]

When satire from 2013 becomes reality in 2025.

[Jim McMurtry @JimMcMurtry01]

A chief who was sent to residential school as an orphan said in 2015 that “a lot of the bad stories told about residential schools are a lie” and people “are too scared” to tell the truth.

[Vinicius Carrion @viniciuscfp82]

TRISTE! Alexandre Schwartsman faz criticas duríssimas ao STF e a Moraes e finaliza assim: "E daqui eu vou para a cadeia". Este é o clima no Brasil.

[Andrew Scheer @AndrewScheer]

What do a caveman, Napoleon, and you in 2035 all have in common?

Not owning a car.

This is going to be a long one. So grab a drink and settle in because you won’t believe what Mark Carney is doing.

[Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 @KarluskaP]

Sounds like a plan

[Afghan Zoroastrian @AfgZoroastrian]

They have a problem with everyone. And then they have problems with each other.

[Rafael Vanti @rafael_vanti]

@truckdriverpleb I really hope you are right, my friend. As a newcomer to this beautiful country, I appreciate your work and really hope that you guys don’t go down the same path Brazil went. Cheering for CPC and for Canada’s future.

[Stephen Taylor @stephen_taylor]

This caller is a rockstar. Listen.

[gzr @gzzrr]

@Polysesouvient Conversely in Canada, more Canadians die of firearms violence after a series of ineffectual bans that target the wrong demographic. More bans = more death.

[Roberto Motta @rmotta2]

Micro-aula do Vice-Chefe do Gabinete de Donald Trump, Stephen Miller. Vale cada segundo.

O atual governo americano é o exato oposto do atual governo brasileiro, em todos os sentidos.

[Rafael Vanti @rafael_vanti]

@alecosta_on Conheci um João de Barro que perdeu a casa que ele mesmo construiu. A Passarinha dele, ou melhor, ex-passarinha conseguiu até a pensão vitalícia. Juro que é verdade pois eu estava lá: eu era a casa!

[John Ford @PDXFato]

This is an amazing clip from Landman. Reality hits hard...

[Robin Monotti @robinmonotti]

Your regular reminder that CO2 follows warming and NOT the other way round!

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

It was professional suicide and he knew it.

When Solzhenitsyn took the podium at Harvard in 1978 to offer the commencement address he was dearly loved by the media and America’s elite.

When he finished he knew he would be an outcast for life.

Here’s what he said. 🧵

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Florida 🇺🇸

Not all heroes wear capes.

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