When Lauren came onto the radar with great nails, brilliant false eyelashes and an incisive voice I recognized a star had been born. But she was a kid. 18. 2/
Watch her video. A lot of our rightie heroes have feet of clay. Not surprising. The fact is that a lot of the rightie heroes are in it for the grift. Glib and attractive and on the right, cool beans, here's money. 3/
I'm a boring old guy who is in it because it matters. So are most of my friends. Lauren, family in tow, is going to level up. She has already accomplished a lot, but this video is a marker. 4/
Spending ten years paying attention to things which matter has toughened up Lauren. Being accused of every nasty thing in the lefty, and sadly, rightie book, has created a powerful, centred, woman. 5/
Now we move on. Having great people who are clear eyed is what will bring conservative values, efficient economics and no bull politics home. Being dead honest is a first step. Thanks @Lauren_Southern for taking it. #canpoli
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Hibernation Day #288 | Summer day, but not too hot. Lovely really. The masks have all but vanished. The holes in the narrative are coming quickly now. The possibility of nasty adverse effects is beginning to gain traction. 1/
The great Mark Steyn put up a one hour show on GB News on the vax injured. GB News is not quite mainstream, but it has a big audience. 2/
It is a very sad show. Too many people have been killed or badly injured by the lightly trialled jabs. Until now, the stories have not really been collected. Steyn collects more than a few. @BreesAnna suggests "more balance". I can't see why. 3/
9.1% official inflation, so on the street inflation is about 20%. Which squares with my infrequent shopping expeditions, my sweetie's shocked expression coming out of the grocery store and churning, down, markets. 1/
The Bank of Canada took the bank rate up by a full point to 2.5%. Which means debt just got more expensive but savers will still get less than the rate of inflation on their accounts. 2/
Having lived through the 1980's and interest rates in the mid to high teens, I can tell you this is not going to be fun. The theory that markets will take bank rate hikes as signals of anti-inflationary intent depends on markets taking rate hikes seriously. 3/
Hibernation Day #287 | A nearly perfect summer day. A bit windy. But that's Victoria for you. Dull on the COVID front. There's a new variant. Very infectious, not terrifically deadly. The boffins are calling for a 7th wave late summer, early fall. 1/
Apparently, the new variant is even better at evading the jabs than Omicron was. And Omicron pretty much ignored the jabs save that it hit the boosted harder. Much chatter about masking mandates and lockdowns. 2/
My own sense is that a significant majority of people will have none of it. At best, 50% of the population have had the 3rd jab. The rest of us will soon be unvaxxed for mandate purposes. It will be nice to have you all aboard. 3/
Hibernation Day #286 | A perfect summer day. Victoria is filled with pretty girls in sun dresses and shorts and tank tops. I am a happy old perv, my sons are intrigued. Almost no masks. The sun is our shield. 1/
Of course, #CovidIsNotOver. Not by a long shot. It is mutating, aided by the jabs, to become more infectious. Which, even without the jabs, is what viruses do. And we are totally unprepared. The new variant looks less nasty; but who knows? 2/
Apparently, PHO are simply going to push the jabs and ignore any narrative of early treatment or prevention. A good gargle with standard mouth wash is somewhat saving. Dilluted Hydrogyen Peroxid as a gargle and nasal spray kills it dead. 3/
Headlines across legacy media proclaimed that Justin Trudeau was mobbed by fans in Calgary. Yeah, right. In fact it was a couple hundred selected Liberal supporters at a closed event which was not publically announced. Legacy media printed a press release. 1/
Legacy media seems Hell bent on destroying what little public trust it has left. In general it seems perfectly happy to act as a friendly press agent for gov'ts in power. When was the last time Trudeau was asked a hard question? 2/
Legacy media is perfectly happy to accept every word from PHO as "the Science" and therefore beyond question. It has bought into the "truckers as insurrection" story with gusto. 3/
Hibernation Day #283 | A glorious day. Did a bit of gardening, drove out to driving range with youngest and sat and read in my shady "Smoking Grotto" where I was joined by this little guy. Sorry for pic quality. 1/
A day spent gardening and reading and eating well and drinking rose on the deck overlooking a gentle sea is a good day. Summer, especially this summer, needs to be about stocking up the good days. Building Vit D and resilience. 2/
Doom scrolling and realizing that our politicians and PHOs have mislead us about the safety and efficacy of the jabs is fine, but it makes no progress. Watching a hummer, walking the dog, enjoying family, those build resilience and we are going to need a lot of that come Fall. 3/