Forwarded from Felix's Funhouse
My wife said I was a little bit racist.
I gotta get back to ethnic guesser. I need to improve my game. You hate to disappoint loved ones.
I gotta get back to ethnic guesser. I need to improve my game. You hate to disappoint loved ones.
Forwarded from Fragile Communism (FeelsGood)
Pretty much and that’s not even getting into the issue of diversity’s growing influence. https://t.me/NoQuarterCorner/5604
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The Course of Empire (Uncensored)
Pretty much and that’s not even getting into the issue of diversity’s growing influence. https://t.me/NoQuarterCorner/5604
Canada’s Senate was supposed to address such concerns but it’s a weaker, watered down version of the American version, trying to bridge the British House of Lords with the American Senate, but lacking much teeth.
Even then, it’s too heavily skewed for some provinces, where an East Coast province will have more senators than British Columbia, even though the latter will have substantially more people. So when it comes to the House of Commons, population is paramount and favours Central Canada, but when it comes to the Senate, suddenly population is secondary to accommodate the smaller provinces (except Central Canada, who still come out on top). The whole system is terribly rigged. Is it any wonder separatist sentiment keeps flaring up in the West?
Even then, it’s too heavily skewed for some provinces, where an East Coast province will have more senators than British Columbia, even though the latter will have substantially more people. So when it comes to the House of Commons, population is paramount and favours Central Canada, but when it comes to the Senate, suddenly population is secondary to accommodate the smaller provinces (except Central Canada, who still come out on top). The whole system is terribly rigged. Is it any wonder separatist sentiment keeps flaring up in the West?
The Course of Empire (Uncensored)
Canada’s Senate was supposed to address such concerns but it’s a weaker, watered down version of the American version, trying to bridge the British House of Lords with the American Senate, but lacking much teeth. Even then, it’s too heavily skewed for some…
Back in the late ‘80s there was a movement for what was known as the Triple E Senate (Equal, elected, and effective), basically more like the American Senate. This was notably pushed by the old Canadian Reform Party (yes, before the UK or the US Reform Parties, Canada had one and it got as far as becoming the second biggest party in the country before the merger that became today’s Conservative Party). It was a preferable option, but of course the elites, and most outside the West, weren’t keen on it; because it’d mean they’d lose a lot of power, which they just couldn’t accommodate. So it died and now we’re still facing the rigged system we have today.
Forwarded from Canada The Unknown Country
Canada’s Baptism of Fire
“The Second Battle of Ypres,” by Canada’s official war artist, Richard Jack. The Second Battle of Ypres, fought between April 22 & May 25, 1915, was one of the first places where Canadians saw battle in WWI and they preformed well under the pressure. At Ypres, the first German gas attack was launched, and while other areas of the frontline collapsed, the Canadians stood firm and were able to hold the line, preventing the Ypres Salient from totally collapsing in the early stages of the battle. Their daring but devastating counterattack at Kitchener’s Wood earned them a fierce reputation as a fighting force among both the Allies and Germans alike, which would only grow as the war went on. It was shortly after this battle that John McCrae wrote his famous poem “In Flanders Fields.”
“The Second Battle of Ypres,” by Canada’s official war artist, Richard Jack. The Second Battle of Ypres, fought between April 22 & May 25, 1915, was one of the first places where Canadians saw battle in WWI and they preformed well under the pressure. At Ypres, the first German gas attack was launched, and while other areas of the frontline collapsed, the Canadians stood firm and were able to hold the line, preventing the Ypres Salient from totally collapsing in the early stages of the battle. Their daring but devastating counterattack at Kitchener’s Wood earned them a fierce reputation as a fighting force among both the Allies and Germans alike, which would only grow as the war went on. It was shortly after this battle that John McCrae wrote his famous poem “In Flanders Fields.”
Forwarded from Canada The Unknown Country
“Canada!” This cartoon appeared in Punch Magazine shortly after the Canadian victories at the Second Battle of Ypres on April 22~24, 1915.
Forwarded from Canada The Unknown Country
The equestrian statue of Lt. Col. Russell Lambert Boyle in Calgary’s Central Memorial Park. A 6’2”, rough-and-tough Alberta rancher originally from Ontario, Boyle was a veteran of the Boer War and later fought in WWI, becoming commanding officer of the 10th Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). He led his men at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915 where the Canadian’s withstood the first ever poison gas attack. On the night of April 22, 1915, Boyle led a counterattack at Kitchener’s Wood where a gap had opened up. It was a brutal battle and the Canadians suffered a 75% casualty rate, but still managed to force the enemy into retreat. Among the wounded was Lt. Col. Boyle who was hit by five machine gun bullets. Boyle subsequently died of his wounds a few days later on April 25, 1915, at 34 years old.
The other day at work an older woman came to see me at work. We’d never met before. Early on in our conversation about what she originally came in for she admitted that since 2021 she’d had a difficult time. Her husband, ex husband, son, mother in law, brother, and best friend all died and often in quick succession.
She then turned to me with a very serious look and said emphatically “the Covid vaccine killed a lot of people.” Although she admitted her mother in law likely wasn’t, as she died shortly after her 100th birthday, but she was certain the rest of them died from one cause.
I’m not sure if I seemed like someone who would be a “kindred spirit” or she was simply no longer afraid to speak her mind about it. I replied that we weren’t allowed to say such things as most seem to want to sweep this issue under the carpet. She agreed and said Canada has become more like Cuba, where the people have to whisper about what’s going on to avoid getting into trouble with the government. Unlike the height of the Covid restrictions, I don’t think it’s the government one has to be concerned about anymore, it’s more ones fellow citizen who might be an unhinged pro-establishment type who’ll try to make your life miserable. Even they don’t have the influence they used to have, but there’s still an uneasiness between people over this issue that could erupt into bitter conflict.
She then turned to me with a very serious look and said emphatically “the Covid vaccine killed a lot of people.” Although she admitted her mother in law likely wasn’t, as she died shortly after her 100th birthday, but she was certain the rest of them died from one cause.
I’m not sure if I seemed like someone who would be a “kindred spirit” or she was simply no longer afraid to speak her mind about it. I replied that we weren’t allowed to say such things as most seem to want to sweep this issue under the carpet. She agreed and said Canada has become more like Cuba, where the people have to whisper about what’s going on to avoid getting into trouble with the government. Unlike the height of the Covid restrictions, I don’t think it’s the government one has to be concerned about anymore, it’s more ones fellow citizen who might be an unhinged pro-establishment type who’ll try to make your life miserable. Even they don’t have the influence they used to have, but there’s still an uneasiness between people over this issue that could erupt into bitter conflict.