Proud To Be Canadian .ca (2024)

26/10/2024

What can one even say about this vile smear one X user received today? I'll try to say something. We need to say *something* about this. The antisemitism that has been more forcefully revealed lately in Canada is shocking to me as someone who schooled with, befriended, and lived amongst Jewish people right from a young age. I also dated several Jewish women who were kind enough to tolerate me....

What can one even say about this vile smear one X user received today? I’ll try to say something. We need to say *something* about this. The antisemitism that has been more forcefully revealed lately in Canada is shocking to me as someone who schooled with, befriended, and lived amongst Jewish peo...

02/08/2024

Here's another one from my long-running "series" on X in which I have an imaginary friend* or lost soul* on the internet (*they could be the same person) asks me what in tarnation "progressive" is. It goes something like this: Hey Joel, what is "progressive?" Well, here are two real statements from the news just today: 1. "So no, the newspaper bailout has done nothing to reverse our long-term decline....

Here’s another one from my long-running “series” on X in which I have an imaginary friend* or lost soul* on the internet (*they could be the same person) asks me what in tarnation “progressive” is. It goes something like this: Hey Joel, what is “progressive?” Well, here are two real st...

11/07/2024

What's next? Most everything. Progressive means progressive. Bagels are a Jewish staple, but in this one instance, I don't think it's because the progressives are antisemitic. I think it's merely because they're loons. Of course they could be both. If it's fun, useful, or productive, the progressives will force you to license it, register it, they will tax you on it, or they will…...

What’s next? Most everything. Progressive means progressive. Bagels are a Jewish staple, but in this one instance, I don’t think it’s because the progressives are antisemitic. I think it’s merely because they’re loons. Of course they could be both. If it’s fun, useful, or productive, the...

11/07/2024

Thanks to Bob Mackin for bringing this to our attention on X this morning. He wrote: "In the report out today, recommending the NDP expand so-called "safer supply" of hard drugs, the bios of the report contributors." I read the bios he attached before I even read the actual report they signed, which was posted further down my timeline. My eyes nearly rolled out of my noggin on the first post....

Thanks to Bob Mackin for bringing this to our attention on X this morning. He wrote: “In the report out today, recommending the NDP expand so-called “safer supply” of hard drugs, the bios of the report contributors.” I read the bios he attached before I even read the actual report the...

10/07/2024

Oh good. More encampments. Canada's back! I can't let this go without correcting the state-owned CBC: They aren't mere "homeless" encampments, as much as they are encampments of drug addicts (with little or no serious treatment options), the mental health afflicted (also untreated), and victims of out-of-control immigration (election in '25), and, well, what ("our") Ann Coulter said just today…...

Oh good. More encampments. Canada’s back! I can’t let this go [Narrator: you always have to have the last word] without correcting the state-owned CBC: They aren’t mere “homeless” encampments, as much as they are encampments of drug addicts (with little or no serious treatment options), th...

09/07/2024

Imagine, if you will, a kind and generous soul makes an effort and bends down to feed a squirrel some nuts out of its hand. But in this story, the squirrel paid the hand to feed it those nuts. Well that ain't right, is it? This is clearly not a natural phenomenon. It's not "kind" at all! It is obviously an absurd notion in real life....

Imagine, if you will, a kind and generous soul makes an effort and bends down to feed a squirrel some nuts out of its hand. But in this story, the squirrel paid the hand to feed it those nuts. Well that ain’t right, is it? This is clearly not a natural phenomenon. It’s not “kind” […]

08/07/2024

An update in this government rip-off scandal-in-the-making. Read this, and this, to catch up. Even though a vast majority think it's totally stupid, the governments carry on as if they know better, and as if everyone is on board and supporting their crazy ideas, and them. They could be half right. To wit: More than half of Metro Vancouver residents think the ballooning cost to host World Cup soccer in 2026 is not worth it, a…...

An update in this government rip-off scandal-in-the-making. Read this, and this, to catch up. Even though a vast majority think it’s totally stupid, the governments carry on as if they know better, and as if everyone is on board and supporting their crazy ideas, and them. They could be half right....

19/06/2024

File this under R for REALLY? Some stats are so horrendous they're hard to believe and you might even refuse to believe them. This is a defensive psychological effect meant to protect you. But file this next one under B for Bu****it. In this case, everybody knows and agrees and accepts the fact that the Liberal/NDP party and that complete disaster, Chrystia Freeland, is lying to you....

File this under R for REALLY? Some stats are so horrendous they’re hard to believe and you might even refuse to believe them. This is a defensive psychological effect meant to protect you. But file this next one under B for Bu****it. In this case, everybody knows and agrees and accepts the fact th...

14/06/2024

Those of you who can't recall the famous Sally Field Oscar moment from ye olde days of yore are, well, not as old as the rest of us. And those who have a more accurate memory than me know she didn't say "you like me, you really like me!" she said "you like me, right now, you like me!" Not "...

Those of you who can’t recall the famous Sally Field Oscar moment from ye olde days of yore are, well, not as old as the rest of us. And those who have a more accurate memory than me know she didn’t say “you like me, you really like me!” she said “you like me, right […]

05/06/2024

"If Trump is elected, I'm moving to Canada!" — say phony baloney liberals in the U.S. Is it true? No. No, it is not. In addition to the weather vein, check out the actual information provided by CTV "News," clearly reluctantly, which shows a Biden bump of immigration into Canada from the USA — and which they do not discuss. In any way....

“If Trump is elected, I’m moving to Canada!” — say phony baloney liberals in the U.S. Is it true? No. No, it is not. In addition to the weather vein, check out the actual information provided by CTV “News,” clearly reluctantly, which shows a Biden bump of immigration into Canada from the...

30/05/2024

I have the luxury or privilege .... no let me start again. It's be nice to myself day. I'm smart enough and had enough foresight — and was an actual conservative — some 25 years ago, that I was able to easily see that having a state-owned, state-funded — state media — the CBC — was an grave error in a free country....

I have the luxury or privilege …. no let me start again. It’s be nice to myself day. I’m smart enough and had enough foresight — and was an actual conservative — some 25 years ago, that I was able to easily see that having a state-owned, state-funded — state media — the CBC — […]

24/05/2024

This week has many runners up. Most are Canadians, but all of them progressives or even further leftists. Most are patently dumb people too. But after due deliberation, and a shower, I have decided that The View's Sunny Hostin wins the Oozing Brain Poo of the Week Award this week. The gals were discussing the WNBA (I know, nobody watches the WNBA — until now!...

This week has many runners up. Most are Canadians, but all of them progressives or even further leftists. Most are patently dumb people too. But after due deliberation, and a shower, I have decided that The View’s Sunny Hostin wins the Oozing Brain Poo of the Week Award this week. The gals were di...

21/05/2024

Here's what I posted to X a second ago after reading the latest of what fits precisely into my new category here at PTBC, Canada Going Down: Here's the source: If no one wants to invest here, what does that say about our country? | National Post And here's a bit of an extended excerpt: ...But investors today are growing increasingly wary about sinking money into Canada — whether it’s foreign companies looking to acquire Canadian businesses or mutual funds investing in Canada’s stock markets....

Here’s what I posted to X a second ago after reading the latest of what fits precisely into my new category here at PTBC, Canada Going Down: Here’s the source: If no one wants to invest here, what does that say about our country? | National Post And here’s a bit of an extended excerpt: […]

18/05/2024

Whoever writes the Liberal Party's X posts is a phobiaphobe. So I replied. And then someone replied to my reply, and I wrote a really longform reply which Ill just reproduce here because I can (below this graphic of the phobic phobia phobiamania-a-palooza event): My reply to the Aussi was long, despite me writing it on my treadmill doing a 45-minute hill-climb burn-o-rama (and yes you can write longform replies like this on X now....

Whoever writes the Liberal Party’s X posts is a phobiaphobe. So I replied. And then someone replied to my reply, and I wrote a really longform reply which Ill just reproduce here because I can (below this graphic of the phobic phobia phobiamania-a-palooza event): My reply to the Aussi was long, de...

17/05/2024

I've been posting on X with the heading "Canada going down — an update" for the past few weeks, in which I give examples proving that Canada is, in fact, going down. By this I mean it is turning into a poor country, and one which is increasingly punching below its weight in most every regard: economically, culturally, in terms of global position, GDP per person, and so on. Doing it here will allow me to expand a little more than it is comfortable to do on X. Plus it's a great early-warning system.

I’ve been posting on X with the heading “Canada going down — an update” for the past few weeks, in which I give examples proving that Canada is, in fact, going down. By this I mean it is turning into a poor country, and one which is increasingly punching below its weight in most every […]

17/05/2024

Coming back as soon as we decide the latest winner amongst the myriad contestants. Also going to try to conjure up a list of past winners. Some are still at it today, even after being awarded over the past 25 years!

15/05/2024

I was going to go with "hot takes" for this post's headline but I thought it was a little presumptuous and, obviously, subjective. I mean maybe you'll say the take wasn't hot. Or maybe the take was a given, in which case it would be a hot given, not a hot take. So many probs. Much give and take. But yeah, I'm rambling, because I haven't had the time or brainpower to engage here at PTBC lately, as at least one of you have noticed, including even now as I write this....

I was going to go with “hot takes” for this post’s headline but I thought it was a little presumptuous and, obviously, subjective. I mean maybe you’ll say the take wasn’t hot. Or maybe the take was a given, in which case it would be a hot given, not a hot take. So many probs. […]

30/04/2024

This is a bit of an UPDATE to my previous article about this boondoggle, which you can read just here: The update to my article doesn't require much from me after you see the article in the Vancouver Sun today. It mostly speaks for itself, or at least you'd think it would. The Big Government and its NDP bros in the "news" media are still totally on board, making all manner of justifications for both the initial outlay and this latest DOUBLING of that planned outlay (if "planned" is even a cogent word to these people)....

This is a bit of an UPDATE to my previous article about this boondoggle, which you can read just here: State-Funding of Sports Boondoggles Need To Be Sent To The Penalty Box The update to my article doesn’t require much from me after you see the article in the Vancouver Sun today. It mostly speaks...

13/03/2024

Taxpayer funding of major professional sports should be completely disqualified from the game. Whether it's the Olympics (or as I call them, The Government Games, because that's precisely what they are) or the upcoming (2026) FIFA World Cup soccer games taking place in Canada, or anything else, they should be funded by themselves. If I understand correctly, and I usually do, soccer in particular is the world's richest sport, with some players making hundreds of millions....

Taxpayer funding of major professional sports should be completely disqualified from the game. Whether it’s the Olympics (or as I call them, The Government Games, because that’s precisely what they are) or the upcoming (2026) FIFA World Cup soccer games taking place in Canada, or anything else, ...

05/03/2024

She says it like it's a good thing. But attaining "middle class" status isn't good, it's barely adequate. It's like boasting, We're number forty! And the idea that the government has to intercede, somehow, to "help" Canadians achieve, well, mere averageness, is a pretty sad commentary about the new state of Canada — and it is a statement or sentiment or policy platform that is mired in ideological rot at its root....

She says it like it’s a good thing. But attaining “middle class” status isn’t good, it’s barely adequate. It’s like boasting, We’re number forty! And the idea that the government has to intercede, somehow, to “help” Canadians achieve, well, mere averageness, is a pretty sad comment...

01/03/2024

After reading the story, my reflexive X response to the state-owned CBC's post on X about this story was: Blame Big Government: It was reflexive but I was confident it was true. Now I've delved into all the articles about it over the years and my reflex proved accurate. Big Government did this. The question answers itself: Make government smaller and simpler and less involved in our lives....

After reading the story, my reflexive X response to the state-owned CBC’s post on X about this story was: Blame Big Government: It was reflexive but I was confident it was true. Now I’ve delved into all the articles about it over the years and my reflex proved accurate. Big Government did this. ...

26/02/2024

Anytime the progressives in the Liberal/NDP party's "news" divisions (CTV, state-owned CBC, Toronto Star, et al) warn of an ever-so-scary "new normal," get ready for the same-old, same-old. By which I mean you need to do nothing at all (except maybe stop paying attention to hacks). As an x-avid skier and former resident and landlord in Whistler, BC, (and as someone who has lived a lot longer than most of the woke, progressive 20-somethings that seem to dominate newsrooms and social media today) I've seen this theme repeat itself time and again at a local level, which very much resembles the global coverage....

Anytime the progressives in the Liberal/NDP party’s “news” divisions (CTV, state-owned CBC, Toronto Star, et al) warn of an ever-so-scary “new normal,” get ready for the same-old, same-old. By which I mean you need to do nothing at all (except maybe stop paying attention to hacks). As an x...

24/02/2024

Some of my X posts today lit up my phone with "like" notifications. Other that I think are absolute gems don't get any. Here's one of those: Zero likes. That's f-ing hilarious with spot-on adjacent truth notes, no? Apparently no.

Some of my X posts today lit up my phone with “like” notifications. Other that I think are absolute gems don’t get any. Here’s one of those: Zero likes. That’s f-ing hilarious with spot-on adjacent truth notes, no? Apparently no.

23/02/2024

CTV "News" posted this on X to further gin up the villainization campaign that they've played a central role in creating and nurturing with their comrades in the Liberal/NDP party. They — the "news" folx — literally used the word "villains" here just to help you form your opinion on the matter: The word "villain" doesn't appear in the story…...

CTV “News” posted this on X to further gin up the villainization campaign that they’ve played a central role in creating and nurturing with their comrades in the Liberal/NDP party. They — the “news” folx — literally used the word “villains” here just to help you form your opinion o...

22/02/2024

A quick thought on the news today reporting that Pierre Poilievre said to protect children from viewing online p**n (a laudable goal, obviously), proof of age — some sort of ID or face scan — should be required by law. Here's one of the few places I disagree with the policy ideas put forth by the Poilievre-led Conservatives thus far....

A quick thought on the news today reporting that Pierre Poilievre said to protect children from viewing online p**n (a laudable goal, obviously), proof of age — some sort of ID or face scan — should be required by law. Here’s one of the few places I disagree with the policy ideas put forth by ...

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