— Feature, Musings —08.17.2025 04:55 PM
— Feature, Musings —08.17.2025 04:55 PM
Warren,
Thought I would perk up my leader before getting to the KinsellaCast:
Nanos: Liberals +13;
Liaison: Liberals +9;
Abacus: Liberals +3;
Léger: Liberals +10;
Pallas: Liberals +5.
Guess which poll is likely an outlier?
Now, if the leader wins, I’ll be the one being magnanimous…I’ll upgrade him from dickwad to dickhead. And even better than that, if he makes it this winter, I’ll move him up again to plain ole dick!
Ronald,
Abacus Data had the most participants: 1,650-plus
Nanos, around 1,000
Douglas,
Sample size is always important except when four other pollsters get results that reinforce the prevailing trend as is the case here. The leader is a dud. His preferred PM numbers, across the board, seal the deal for Carney and his incompetents.
Liberals feel threatened by the guy. Otherwise, they would just ignore him
We said that about Franky when he saw the shift too. He was an outlier.
https://x.com/DavidColetto/status/1958868818849157521
Warren,
Belated birthday best wishes to the Renaissance ManTM who has no greater talent than his writing. NYT calibre, before they went bonkers.
Warren,
Carney is where he’s most comfortable: sitting right in Air Canada management’s pocket…cut the salaries, bonuses, and stock options of those hypocritical bastards and distribute the money to the flight attendants.
God bless the flight attendants.
Agreed!!!!
Not the th ing about carney – but I agree flight attendants should certainly be paid for all their time on the job – what a disgrace !!!!!
Warren,
And where are the fucking pilots? Are they AWOL?
Warren,
And as far as the precious air travellers are concerned, how many of them are living below the poverty line while “gainfully” employed? I will show some sympathy for those in that category in the private sector, but the rest of ’em can just suck it up.
A lot of the media reports and whining on social media are about what I categorize as rich people’s problems.
A belated happy birthday. One of my baby sisters turned 62 on the same day and I missed it because she is not on The Faceplace. Missed my music fix last week so was stumbling around on my own and came across the Wings Of Desire and they are my current favourite band. Shades of Joy Division, Nation of Language, Killers, Arcade Fire, Jesus and Mary Chain, etc. Find this week was your closer today. Wasn’t familiar with Swell Maps or their influences. The Helicopter Spies a banger.
Oh and I didn’t think I would make it to 65 either and literally voted against allowing partners to stick around my firm past that age when I was only 27.
The internet needs to do its thing and make all the Trudeau appointed morons who made the nonsensical decision about Brian Mulroney famous.
Dr. Michael Carroll
Ms. Karen Aird
Hon. Patricia Bovey
Mr. Bernard Thériault
Mr. Michael Philpott
Ms. Sarah Jerome
Mr. Russell Grosse
Ms. Jessica Kotierk
Dr. Stephen Azzi
Mr. Harry Holman
Mr. Aly Ndiaye (alias Webster)
Dr. Valerie Korinek
Ms. Rae Mombourquette
Ms. Leslie Weir
Dr. Tim Cook
Ms. Nadine Spence
Apropos of nothing but Brookfield owns over 30 million shares of Air Canada. Elbows up!
Brian is lost at sea in this episode. Sorry, there’s no sense in denying it.
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama would never have even considered organizing a despicable meeting like that with Putin. He is the lowest level of filthy, demented scum presently wasting fresh air on planet earth.
If Putin and Trump filled out their last days, shivering and naked, chained by their necks to a grimy wall at Gitmo, it would be better than they deserve.
Well said Sean !!!
The Americans should be arming the Ukrainians to the teeth, and at the same time cutting off Russia’s oil business – that would end the war without caving to Putin the scum.
Up looking at results-I hope Bonnie enjoyed her 15 minutes of fame. Back to flapping elbows I guess.
Martin,
Well, at least she has some common sense, wanting to represent her constituents rather than having the faux Albertan as their MP. This character has been in Ontario since the Bronze Age. But Alberta is land of the deluded anyway. 80.4% of voters think this guy is the next prime minister. Only in their dreams, if they get lucky, that is. This is Act I of the CPC Collective Suicide Pact. Act II will come in Calgary, and the finale, Act III, will play out in the spring election when Carney wipes the floor with Skippy’s sorry ass. Liberal majority on the way. Fourth election in a row where I get the last and BEST laugh as I watch those morons paralyzed in disbelief and dismay…coming to a CPC theatre near you! Count on it.
No matter what you think of Pierre, Bonnie will quickly fade into oblivion(where she belongs). It was quite hilarious to see many on the left prop her up(and still are-more are propping her up than voted for her). 10 minutes ago, they would not have given her the time of day. Shades of when the left hauled out John Bolton(and still are) even though 10 minutes ago, they pretty well thought he should be in jail for war crimes.
Martin,
True.
But Martin, you need to stake your ground: you’re either with him or against him. Please let me know, sooner rather than later. Thanks.
Ummm.Ronald…Bonnie(who is being still propped up by the MSM) is saying she was a victim of election fraud. She is a nutter and so are folks like Michael Higgins who are giving her a platform:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alberta-primetime/article/im-not-done-yet-independent-battle-river-crowfoot-runner-up-talks-taking-on-conservative-leader/
https://x.com/i/status/1958646371940278509
Martin,
My question is about our leader not Bonnie or anyone else.
Warren,
Same question for Douglas and Gilbert.
Most of this i have alread commented on.. the interview with libby was great. Happy birthday.. last year we saw your cake.. with the guitar guy.. ir year befor.. and last yesr with your cousins ..
So .. glad you enjoyed your ME time.
Brian knows his stuff..but lately theres no NEW stuff. Hard to make it sound fresh. Grest anyway.
Horseracing? I use to go with family just to see the horses.. not anymore X has spoiked it with reports of the abuse. Omg!
Heard it thru the grapevine ..loved it.. very 2025..
TIFF…came across as Bigger Than Life..who will question us..lol really? Hello.
Entertaining.. ..
Warren,
Re: Ford’s comments.
For now, the home owner is entitled to the benefit of the doubt as to whether reasonable force was used in defending his home. We need to know what weapon the assailant had, was he pointing it, etc. Same thing for the homeowner. Fortunately, lethal force was not used so serious injuries need to be weighed in light of the exact circumstances. I suspect that almost all juries would likely acquit in the end but again, we can’t measure reasonable force with the limited information available so far.
Years ago in Brantford, there was a clothing store that had been robbed on several occasions. The son of the owner took to sleeping in the store with a shotgun. Sure enough, they were robbed again and the son shot the intruder in the leg. He was arrested and charged. All of us out here in flyover country thought he was a hero and wanted to give him a medal and the charges were eventually quietly dropped. I am sure the “smart set”(from Lilley-hilarious) like Coyne were horrified at the time. But they are all contrarian indicators.
I would have done this for free. We are no longer a serious country.
https://www.blacklocks.ca/tips-on-how-to-talk-to-usa/
Martin,
Reminds me of the CARM Client Portal. Trudeau only gave Deloitte Canada five hundred million to design it, and the fun part is watching the government and Deloitte each blaming the other for its design and implementation. Plus ça change…
There go the votes of importers. Poor Carney.
Warren,
Tonight will be political orgasm time.
Angus Reid Institute:
“Poilievre’s Prospects: CPC voters back him; those who could’ve put him over the top are far less supportive
Half of Canadians say they would be ‘ashamed to call him PM,’ a 10-point increase from 2023.”
https://angusreid.org/poilievre-leadership-review-conservative-party-of-canada-cpc-brand/
So NICE to be right again. Thank you, God.
Remember when everyone was saying all the stock market drops were proof T’s ideas were terrible? That was so cute. And, pro tip, the recent rises don’t mean anything either. Talk to me in 10 years(assuming I am not currently dead).
You would think the “smart set” would have learned something after “Professor” Paul Krugman tanked what had been a marginally successful career in 2016:
“It really does now look like President Donald J. Trump, and markets are plunging. When might we expect them to recover?
Frankly, I find it hard to care much, even though this is my specialty. The disaster for America and the world has so many aspects that the economic ramifications are way down my list of things to fear.
Still, I guess people want an answer: If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.”
Quickly checking noes. The Dow was 17418 when Krugman made that idiotic prediction. A few minutes ago it was at 45436. That is a compounded annual rate of return of over 11%. One could do worse.
Martin,
All markets are manipulated so there’s that. But Yes, the inevitable long term trend is always up. That means the market is no place for cowardly short-term trader jackoffs. They usually lose everything.
Elbow placement became problematic this afternoon. Carney said we need to put them down and focus on putting the puck in the net. He actually said that. But the funny thing is that his supporters will think that is profound. I see he is also learning quickly how to mislead. He is trying to say that we have the lowest tariff rates of any country n the world. The problem, of course, is that because of the quantum of exports to the US, that comparison is silly. And I just saw that oily grifter, LeBlanc, repeat that talking point on P and P but I digress.
Martin,
Blind faith is exclusively the purview of God’s faithful. The naïveté of this prime minister is astounding. Like a babe in the woods, Carney inevitably heads toward a thumping. Trump is not to be trusted or relied upon. Ever.
Only the Liberal saps are buying this hook, line, and sinker.
I see the media is doing its best to scare voters away feom PP. When he starts asking the PM good questions in the H of C, Canadians will see he’s an intelligent leader and he’ll gain support.
Gilbert,
Take a look at the polls. We’re bleeding support to the NDP. The working class is ditching us and heading home to the NDP. None of Pierre’s gibberish is going to change that. Meanwhile, LIBERAL polling numbers continue to hold steady. Doesn’t take a genius to know what that means for our party if PP stays as leader. There goes the next election, just like the last one…
Ronald, not everyone agrees with that premise. After watching Carney’s performance, why would anyone who voted for the conservatives in 2025 regret their choice(no matter who our leader is)? If anything it has been reinforced. Once Carney starts to cut the civil service, the progressives will return to the NDP and you literally said that on another thread. Coletto thinks we have a stronger coalition and I agree with him. Not to mention that my ridiculous elbows up fellow baby boomers won’t live forever but, I digress.
https://x.com/DavidColetto/status/1959578801546895769
Good analysis. Someone should ask clueless Mark Carney why he expects a terrorist organization (Hamas) to disarm after 18 years.
At some point over the next three years, Trump is going to send ICE platoons into Canada. They will grab Canadians. I havnt the fogiest idea how Canada will respond….. but I’m convinced that will only be the beginning and we arent ready for what comes next.
No. He won’t.
I am absolutely convinced that is going to happen.
All the BS sending troops into American cities is just the beginning. He’s going to keep pushing boundaries.
Sending ICE to march across the Ambassador bridge, drive into Kingson, helicopter into the prairies seems like the simplest way to start sh%t up with Canada. Just send in ICE to gather up illegals who they suspect crossing the border. What will Canada do about that?
Nothing. And then what?!
Happy to place a friendly wager. Why would they chase people down that they want out of the country. You are saying they will come over here and grab them to then do what with them? Bring them back just to send them somewhere else?
Martin, I think you are missing something.
There is no purpose to the ICE escalation other than to crack skulls and make Democrats angry. Results mean nothing to Trump and his team. Its all about creating an artificial dynamic for further state sanctioned violence. They don’t care about illegal immigration… what they care about is breaking the bones of anyone standing in the way.
Trump wants to take over Canada. Sending ICE here and starting meaningless fights is a way of igniting more hostility to feed into that narrative.