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I cannot help it, Love the polyphonic keys of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Play electric piano and synth and guitar.

[The All-In Podcast @theallinpod]

David Friedberg: It's not rich vs poor, it's makers vs takers.

@friedberg:

“ The great lie is that there are two sides to society, that is the rich and the poor.

And the great truth is that there are two sides that are the makers and the takers.

The lie is that the rich are unfairly rich and the poor are unfairly poor, and therefore, the poor must take from the rich.

But the truth is that it's the takers that tell you that lie, that the real truth is that artists, plumbers, electricians, woodworkers, computer scientists, people that build, people that make from all walks of life, all income levels, all wealth brackets, are the makers.

And the takers are what Sacks calls this intelligentsia, the analysts, the espousers, the armchair mechanics, the critics, the commentators, the politicians. They are the takers.

They are the people that watch the rest of society make stuff, build stuff, specifically doing things that create value for other people in society. That's what a maker is.”

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

In 2016, Del Bigtree convinced a top infectious disease doctor to do something public health has avoided for decades: conduct a study comparing the health outcomes of vaxxed vs. unvaxxed children.

Dr. Marcus Zervos vowed to publish the results no matter what.

The results were devastating for the vaccinated, and Dr. Zervos ultimately chose not to publish the study.

When confronted about it, he said bluntly: “Publishing something like that, I might as well retire. I’d be finished.”

Here’s what the study revealed:

• Vaccinated children were 4.29 times more likely to have asthma.

• Three times higher risk for atopic diseases (like eczema).

• Nearly six times higher risk for autoimmune disorders, a category that includes more than 80 different diseases.

• 5.5 times higher risk for neurodevelopmental disorders.

• 2.9 times more motor disabilities.

• 4.5 times more speech disorders.

• Three times more developmental delays.

• Six times more acute and chronic ear infections.

• Among nearly 2,000 unvaccinated children, there were zero cases of ADHD, diabetes, behavioral problems, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, tics, or other psychological disorders.

The study’s conclusion was equally striking. It states: “[I]n contrast to our expectations, we found that exposure to vaccination was independently associated with an overall 2.5-fold INCREASE in the likelihood of developing a chronic health condition when compared to children unexposed to vaccination.”

When science uncovers an inconvenient result, it often gets buried, or the data is twisted until it produces the outcome “The Science” wants.

How do you think Vioxx, a migraine and arthritis pain drug, made it to market?

An estimated 100,000 people died before the manufacturer (Merck) finally decided it was too dangerous to keep prescribing.

And Vioxx wasn’t an isolated case.

Roughly 1 in 3 drugs approved by the FDA get pulled or receive a major safety warning LONG AFTER they get prescribed to millions of people.

If Vioxx could be approved without the danger being flagged during trials, what else is on the market today that people assume is safe?

Perhaps the most important question is: how do they get away with rigging these trials in the first place? 🧵

[Vdub @vwkeys80s]

@ThatEricAlper The most accurate fact so far of 2026.

[Kat Kanada 🏴 @KatKanada_TM]

Canada is DEAD LAST.

Carney’s voters have got to be the least informed people in this country.

[Eric Nuttall @ericnuttall]

Jon McKenzie, CEO of Cenovus, came out swinging on their Q1 conference call today. Great to see CEO's becoming more vocal about our squandered opportunity! To summarize: no other oil producing country is doing this to themselves...time for Canada to wake up!

[Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 @ryangerritsen]

Conservative MP Kelly DeRidder was not only approached by the Liberals to cross the floor, they used pressure to try & convince her by telling her that a candidate would be running in Kitchener Center with support from both the Liberals & the Greens & that she wouldn’t stand a chance as a Conservative.
When the Liberal Government tells you they stand for Democracy, they are lying.

[Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 @ryangerritsen]

Lorne Gunter “I can’t for the life of me understand why Mark Carney and the Liberals are popular”

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

I asked a retired math teacher what we can do to fix education in Ohio & here’s what she said. My opponents think it’s controversial. Sounds like common sense to me.

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

ABSOLUTELY MUST WATCH CLIP... Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer on USMCA

"They can have a weak economy that is underperforming and not doing well, and Carney can feel superior."

"Or they can have an economy that participates with as a partner of the U.S. economy."

"And Carney can do what a grownup should do, which is figure out."

"...It's my job as a person who's supposed to protect Canadian jobs and Canadian citizens and the Canadian economy to not let my ego and my feelings dictate what's best for my own economy."

Q "Do you think this will have implications for the USMCA?"

Switzer "Yeah, of course it is..."

"Look, was Ambassador Greer in Canada? Did he meet with Carney? No."

"...The grownups are in the room talking because there's a grown up in the presidency in leadership there, and I would argue there's not a grown up in Canada in charge there."

"You don't go out of your way to antagonize the leader of the country that you are absolutely existentially tied to."

"It's just political malpractice." @markjcarney

[TruthSeeker01011 @TruthSeek01011]

We are getting roasted on the Family Guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Vdub @vwkeys80s]

@Super70sSports Same from Bryan Adams.

[Kat Kanada 🏴 @KatKanada_TM]

Canada,

Why do we insist on being known for fat they/thems trying to groom children and ridiculous alphabet soup acronyms.

Whyyyyyy???

Is this what Elbows Up is all about?

[Vdub @vwkeys80s]

@Super70sSports Shitter’s full!

[Ivano Defazio 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇺🇸 @DefazioIvano]

When Ukraine needs money

Vs

When Canadians need money

[Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta]

Canada just imported LNG from Australia. 25,000 km across the ocean.

But 4,000 km from Alberta is somehow impossible.

This isn’t a resource problem. It’s a Canada problem.

If Canada won’t develop Alberta’s energy, why should Alberta stay in Canada?

[Jasmin Laine @JasminLaine]

I’m Canadian. I vote in Canada. I don’t get a ballot in the U.S.

Whether you love Trump or hate him is irrelevant to this point: our economic problems existed long before tariffs. That should be the only thing dominating headlines.

Housing didn’t collapse because of Trump. Productivity didn’t stall because of Trump. Per-capita GDP didn’t weaken because of Trump. Capital wasn’t initially fleeing because of Trump. Justin Trudeau didn’t step down over tariffs—he stepped down because Canadians no longer believed he could fix what was already broken. Tariffs didn’t create our vulnerabilities… they highlighted policy failure that was previously masked.

If one trade shock rattles your economy, the structure was already fragile.

So why are we gossiping about Trump’s personality instead of dissecting our own numbers? Why are we speculating about American politics instead of talking about Canada’s declining productivity, stalled investment, rising debt, and capital flight?

75%-85% of our exports are covered under USMCA. Yet tariffs are still the convenient villain—because it’s easier to blame an American president than to reform tax policy, reduce regulatory drag, attract investment, and grow productivity.

Talking about Trump every day doesn’t fix Canada. But reading our own economic data just might. Canada doesn’t need an American scapegoat… It needs structural reform. And until we address taxation, regulation, capital formation, and productivity, we’ll keep treating symptoms with rebates and headlines while the underlying problem gets worse.

It’s been a year.

At this point, obsessing over Trump isn’t analysis… It’s continuing to avoid and hold the government accountable.

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

HOLY SH*T!

These college students claimed Trump was horrible during the State of the Union. The problem is, it hadn’t happened yet.

Their parents should have asked for their money back!

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Well, well, well…