Links - 23rd April 2025 (3 [including Canadian Patriotism, i.e. Hating the US/Trump])

Meme - Crying Soyjak Canadian: "YOUR PRESIDENT IS A BULLY AND A DICTATOR EH!"
Normal person: "TRUDEAU LITERALLY FROZE BANK ACCOUNTS OF PEACEFUL PROTESTERS..."

Meme - People in slum: "At least we're not Americans"
Couple in nice house in nice neighbourhood relaxing by the pool: "USA! USA! USA!"

Meme - "It only took the hatred for Trump to motivate Canadians to finally buy Canadian products, not their love for Canada. That's sad!"

City of Vaughan considers renaming 'America Avenue'
Time to mock the Americans for Freedom Fries

Patriotism Born Out Of Hate For Another Country Is Doomed To Fail : r/CanadianConservative - "Another thing Poilievre and Conservatives need to hit on this upcoming election is that the recent Team-Canada patriotism among LPC and leftists is fake and disgusting.  They're only proud of our country when America does something bad. That is why there is no patriotism in Canada. Do you know any other country who's patriotism is rooted in hatred of another country? Americans are not patriotic because they hate China. Japanese are not patriotic because they're not Korea. Italians are not patriotic because they're not German. Patriots in literally every other country are patriots because they love their country not because "my country is not like this other one".  These lefty Canadians are only Buy Canada now. Why haven't they been Buying Canadian before? Why have they been shitting on this country calling it racist and genocidal? Why are leftists more likely to consume American news than Canadian news?  These are fake patriots which are only proud Canadians now because of what's happening with US. As soon as the issue with US is resolved, they will go back to hating Canada."

‘The food is 100 times better,’ Canadians are rooting for A&W over McDonald’s amid trade war - "A&W is a Canadian burger franchise founded in 1956 in Winnipeg, M.B., as the country’s first drive-in burger joint."
So much fake news

Opinion: To live up to its enduring promise, Canada must repair what is broken - The Globe and Mail - "In 1991, according to the Angus Reid Institute, 65 per cent of those polled agreed with the statement, “I have a deep emotional attachment to Canada. I love the country and what it stands for.” In 2016, almost as many Canadians – 62 per cent – felt the same way.  But when Angus Reid asked Canadians in 2024, only 49 per cent expressed that commitment to country. Even more dramatically, the number of people who said they felt “very proud” to be Canadian had dropped to a paltry 34 per cent today from 78 per cent in 1985... The economic circumstances of the country aren’t worse than in the past... In 1991, Canada was gripped by a national-unity crisis: the Meech Lake Accord had failed the year before, and the Charlottetown Accord would fail the year after.  The Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties in the 1980s were deeply polarized over the issue of free trade with the United States. Western alienation was so severe that the populist-protest Reform Party sent 52 MPs to Parliament in the 1993 federal election.  So why are Canadians experiencing a crisis of faith now that they did not feel then?  Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted trauma on Canadians. Yes, social media encourages polarization of attitudes that is reflected in our politics. But there is more to it than that."
When you have the world's first post-national country...

🇨🇦 Jack on X - "Unpopular opinion:   No I’m not going to go out and wave my little Canadian flag today.   I see nothing to celebrate or be proud of. The last 9 years of liberal and NDP corruption has not made me suddenly feel patriotic because the “bad orange man” is pointing out the absolute stupidity of our federal government.   They jailed people. They ruined lives. They froze bank accounts. Added carbon taxes. Told you that you have zero rights to your own children. They told you that you were a bad person for not getting a vaccine and turned families against each other.   Now like happy little sheep we are supposed to suddenly be patriotic?   We are in an abusive relationship.   Hard pass."

Canadian Refusenik 🍁 on X - "A lot of guys are suddenly acting like they are going to fight for our country. Bros, you were afraid to go to the grocery store without a mask not long ago. Calm down."

JAY GOLDBERG: An alternative approach to ratcheting up U.S. trade war - "Tariffs are taxes that are paid for by domestic consumers. That’s a point Canadians can’t lose sight of as the trade conflict between Canada and the United States continues to simmer. As soon as President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods entering the U.S. market, Canada’s politicians were nearly unanimous in calling for retaliatory tariffs on American goods... In responding to U.S. plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took a different approach than Canada’s leaders. He decided not to hit back. Why? Because tariffs are nothing more than taxes. And Australian retaliatory tariffs would hurt Australian consumers... The answer is strengthening our economy and lessening our dependence on the U.S. marketplace. Over the past several years, countries from Europe and Asia have begged the federal government to export more Canadian oil and natural gas to the world. Former prime minister Justin Trudeau responded by claiming that there was “no business case” for Canada to ramp up oil and natural gas production. Over the past decade, the federal Liberal government has stood in the way of $670 billion worth of energy projects, which would have sent western Canadian oil and natural gas to eastern Canada, Europe, and Asia. All of this would have diversified our economy and lessened our dependence on the United States. It’s time for the feds to get out of the way, let major oil and natural gas projects move forward and allow for economic diversification in these crucial sectors, which are major driving forces of the overall Canadian economy. Next, Canada must tear down its internal trade barriers. Many Canadians would be shocked to know that it’s easier for provinces to trade with about two dozen other countries than it is to trade with each other. That’s because of non-tariff barriers Canada’s provinces have imposed on goods coming in from other provinces. An International Monetary Fund study shows these barriers represent the equivalent of a 21% tariff on goods moving from one province to another. Other studies have shown the positive impact on Canada’s GDP of eliminating internal trade barriers would offset the impact of the first wave of Trump’s tariffs."
So much for mocking Trump for claiming Mexico would pay for the wall with tariffs
Is performative patriotism that's really hate for the US more powerful than climate change hysteria?

China executes four Canadians, triggering international outrage
Time to bitch about the US detaining Canadians instead

Tristin Hopper on X - "Honestly, all this "rah rah Canada" talk is mostly making me pissed off at how many people in power tried their damnedest to convince me that this is an irredeemably racist hell-hole. I don't *have* to wave the Canadian flag because I never stopped waving it because it suddenly became trendy to hate the country that's given me everything."

David Staples on X - "You cancelled Canada Day celebrations. You cancelled Sir John A. You cancelled Don Cherry. You called us settlers. You made it near impossible to develop Canadian resources & industry. You made us a weakling among nations. And now we're supposed to believe you love Canada?"

Riley Donovan on X - ""Buy Canadian Instead" signs going up in BC Liquor stores"
Eternal Memri TV on X - "Beyond hysterical that a country that has embodied Globalist Liberalism and imported foreigners to the point of parody for years now has the gumption to embrace a semblance of national identity once their ability to Consume has been hampered."

CHARLEBOIS: Canola, pork and seafood burn while feds worship auto sector - "As of March 17, China has imposed crippling tariffs on key Canadian agri-food exports: 100% on grains and canola, and 25% on pork, lobster and seafood. These aren’t abstract threats. These are real, immediate penalties on farmers, fishers and harvesters — Canada’s food producers. The federal government’s response? A last-minute announcement just before the election, doubling the maximum AgriStability payout from $3 million to $6 million per farm. It sounded impressive — until you scratched the surface. AgriStability, a joint federal-provincial income insurance program, has long suffered from design flaws. To qualify, farmers must already be enrolled, and many have opted out over the years due to red tape, inconsistent payouts, and poor reliability. Even for those still enrolled, profitability in other areas of the farm operation leads to clawbacks in support. In short, the boost may look like a helping hand on paper, but for most producers, it’s largely symbolic. This is political theatre, not economic relief. Compare this to Ottawa’s swift promise of a $2-billion support package for the auto sector after the U.S. threatened a 25% tariff on imported vehicles, beginning April 2. Never mind that Trump’s executive order appears to spare cars and parts covered under the USMCA — for now. While the threat of tariffs looms in theory for automakers, farmers are already living with their consequences."
Bashing China is racist, while bashing the US gets you votes from faux patriots who just hate the US

National pride is on the rise and separatists don’t like it - "Quebec separatists don’t appear thrilled that Canadian pride and national unity seem to be suddenly surging in the face of U.S. trade threats... A poll by the Angus Reid Institute released Wednesday found that the percentage of Canadians saying they have a “deep emotional attachment” to the nation now stands at 59 per cent, up 10 points from December 2024. The largest increase was among Quebecers, with 45 per cent now affirming their attachment, a huge jump from the 30 per cent who said so in December. The percentage of Quebecers who said they were proud to be Canadian also shot up, from 45 to 58 per cent.

The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public | CBC News
Foreign interference is only okay if USAID does it

Lisa Robinson on X - "Canadians: “Tariffs will make everything more expensive!”  Oh, NOW you care about prices? After nine years of Trudeau hiking your taxes, driving up inflation, and shoving carbon taxes down your throat? After watching grocery bills skyrocket, gas prices soar, and small businesses get crushed?  Spare me the fake outrage. You didn’t bat an eye when Trudeau burned billions on useless climate schemes, funded foreign dictators, or bailed out failing media companies to push his propaganda. But suddenly, tariffs are the problem?  Wake up. You’re already paying more—because of Trudeau.  #CarbonTaxScam #TrudeauMustGo #WakeUpCanada #TaxedToDeath"

Shaun Rickard on X - "Attention Team Canada, in case you missed it, China just imposed a 100% tariff on Canadian farm and food products. When does the boycott start?"

How can people be so irrationally afraid of the US right now? : r/CanadianConservative - "I was looking at a thread on r/AskACanadian and the OP was asking if he should cancel his plans to take his family on vacation to Disney World or should he cancel. My god, the number of people responding who are talking like the US is a full on Nazi Germany level police state. The one comment I saw was pretty heavily implying that if you go to the US right now there's a near 100% chance that you'll get shot by ICE the moment you step out of the airport. Another commenter who has booked a trip to Mexico said that they feel queasy and disgusted just having to fly over the US.  How the hell can these people actually believe any of this? Has half of Canada literally gone insane?"
"I was reading this historical Canadian sci Fi book written in 1883 entitled "the Dominion in 1983." The book talked about America negatively stating their way of organizing society would fail under chaos by 1983 and the more ordered Canadian way would prevail. Comparing ourselves to America in a way that puts America in a negative light seems to have been a part of Canadian loyalist identity from the beginning."

Let’s pray Canada will be led by a woman who makes Trump uncomfortable
The headline is a perfect summary of performative patriotism - it's about hating Trump and the US, not patriotism. Clearly voting should be a way to spite Trump, not choosing the best leader for the country. But of course you have the usual feminist boilerplate as well

Meme - "I don't understand this trilogy at all" *Movie posters for Dark Phoenix, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Aladdin with similar designs & colours*
"You're Watching it in the wrong order. It's Aladdin, Dark Phoenix, Star Wars. And then it makes much more sense. Back in the ancient days of Agrabah Aladdin encountered a genie. After a bout of wishes and Jafar using the genie to make him all powerful he unleashed the ability to the world of telekinesis. Unknown to them this ability was passed down through their kin. Fast forward to Jean Grey. A descendant through the years with the same abilities passed down. After introducing these powers to the world they became known. Then over centuries the blood lines expanded and grew and the offspring who could use these abilities gave it a name. The Force. And as it grew a religion was built around it. Good and bad. The Jedi and the Sith. It continues to grow fueling wars and a fight for peace. Bloodlines spread out across millennia can all be traced back to the original. Jafar."

Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain - "  Given the alignment of symptoms and the raw seafood and salads eaten in Hawaii, the doctors gave a presumptive diagnosis of central nervous system angiostrongyliasis. The diagnosis was confirmed with a genetic test for the parasite's DNA in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid (nucleic acid amplification testing).  There are no clear treatment strategies for angiostrongyliasis, and some can recover fully without treatment after the larvae die off. In this case, the patient and her doctors decided to use a 14-day combination of the immunosuppressive steroid prednisone and the anti-parasitic drug albendazole.  Fortunately, the woman's symptoms cleared with the treatment, and she was discharged from the hospital after six days."

Calling a man ‘bald’ is sex-related harassment, employment tribunal rules - "Tony Finn – who is in line for compensation – had worked for the West Yorkshire-based British Bung Company for almost 24 years when he was fired in May last year. He took the company to the tribunal claiming, among other things, he had been the victim of sex-related harassment after an incident with the factory supervisor, Jamie King.  Finn alleged that during a shopfloor row in July 2019, King had referred to him as a “bald cunt”. The tribunal heard Finn was less upset by the “Anglo-Saxon” language than the comment on his appearance...   As part of its ruling, the panel raised a previous tribunal case where a man was found to have sexually discriminated against a woman by remarking on the size of her breasts to rebut the firm’s point"

Openly gay South African imam shot dead - "Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police said.  The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit, police said."
Damn white supremacists!

Meme - Joseph @CaudilloXIV: "reminder that South Africa used to be a nuclear power with a space program"

Mystery Grove Movie List Co. on X - "Please spread awareness of this important issue: The South African government has just given itself the power to seize land without compensation, a move almost certainly designed to target the white minority. Never let anyone tell you that saving your country isn't worth it."
Mystery Grove Movie List Co. on X - "Imagine telling “respectable” people right before the end of Apartheid that in 30 years a country that once had nuclear weapons and a space program would be unable to provide reliable water and electricity, and that property rights would effectively stop existing"
Anti-Federalist Caesar on X - "They would 100% call you racist for saying so."

Meme - End Wokeness: "Decolonization in a nutshell"
Battle Beagle @HarmlessYardDog: "Pretoria Street in Johannesburg, South Africa (2010) vs (2023)" *Modern and quite clean* *Potholes and grimy*

iamyesyouareno on X - "A white cross is placed for every farm murder of a white farmer / boer that is committed in South Africa. This resembles genocide."

Richard Hanania on X - "Whenever you hear about “democracy in peril” the left never talks about South Africa, which is a crumbling state that has written racial discrimination into law. Time to start treating it like the international outlaw it is. Good for Rubio."

How Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Helped To Popularize Travel By Train - "Following the tragic death of Lincoln, a funeral train was put together which toured 180 cities. This brought an immense amount of national coverage to the railroads in newspapers along with the thousands of people who traveled to local railroad stations to view that train. This event exposed more Americans to the railroads and passenger trains than ever before and brought a national interest to the railway system."

Man fined for loudspeaker call at French station - "A man who was fined €200 (£166) for making a call on loudspeaker at a train station in France has begun a fight against the penalty.  The man, named only as David, told French broadcaster BFM TV he was on a call with his sister at Nantes station on Sunday when an employee from SNCF, the French railway company, approached him.  David said he was told that he would be fined €150 if he did not turn off the loudspeaker - a fine which he claims was later increased to €200 because he did not pay it on the spot. He has since hired a lawyer to dispute the fine."
Meanwhile, in North America, this would be a violation of human rights

C3 on X - "The average annual salary for a government employee is $127,000 per year. The average annual salary for a private sector employee is $66,000 per year. The private sector employee that makes 1/2 the money pays the salary of the government employee. Think about that…"

Eighth Century Woodchipper 🌳🪓 on X - "Bond has to be shot as a Cold War period piece from now on, because even in a movie series with ejector-seat cars, jetpacks, and supervillains, to have it set today and pretend Britain is still a great world power would shatter the audience's suspension of disbelief."

Meme - Burnside @BurnsideWasTosh: "It's nearly time for our Foreign Secretary to make us all proud on the international stage again."
David Lammy: "This tweet from the BBC is crass and unnecessary. Do we really need silly innuendo about the race of the next Pope?"
LIVE VIDEO: Chimney of Sistine Chapel as #conclave votes for #Pope - will smoke be black or white?"

Meme - "These are the people who call you incel:"
Smash JT: "I get these a lot these days. Very serious mental health crisis going on out there. It's unfortunate to see."
"Kevin Alexander
killyourself faggot
Hi, thanks for contacting us. We've received your message and appreciate you reaching out.
I hope you're ugly whore wife and inbred child dies in front of you racist sexist faggot"

wanye on X - "A lot of people on the right nod along when I do threads about how unsophisticated the bottom half of the intelligence distribution is about even very ordinary things like understanding insurance or understanding what a job or a contract is in a market economy, but then when we pivot to something like Social Security we’re supposed to pretend that everybody is a rational actor who would do better in a self-directed investment scheme."

Jail for woman who livestreamed obscene acts at Boon Lay void deck while husband kept a lookout - "A woman who livestreamed sex acts from a void deck in Boon Lay for around two hours had her husband keep a lookout for her.  Both were spotted by members of the public, who called the police on them.   Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, 31, and her husband Adrian Ching Kah Siang, 36, were each sentenced to three weeks' jail... Nguyen would livestream regularly on TikTok and a Vietnamese gaming app called MMlive.   She decided to heed her viewers' challenge to livestream sex acts in public while skimpily dressed in exchange for money."

Woman Whose Last Name Is "Null" Keeps Running Into Trouble With Computer Systems - "Null is the term used in computer systems the world over to indicate "no value." That's not the same as the number zero, mind you. It's more like telling the computer there's "nothing to see here." So in a field for someone's phone number, for example, a "null" there would mean that no number has been entered.  For those of a certain surname, this creates quite the headache. Just ask one Nontra Null, who took the name after marrying. Nontra recalls how she repeatedly applied for a visa at the Indian consulate to attend a friend's wedding in the country. And each time they got back, authorities said their flummoxed computer system couldn't process her application...  Jan Null, a 75-year-old meteorologist, told the WSJ that he now adds his first initial to his last name when making hotel reservations online. Jan learned his lesson the hard way years ago when a reservation form kept resetting whenever he entered his last name. Eventually, he called the hotel employees, who suggested entering a different last name. Meanwhile, 36-year-old security auditor Joseph Tartaro says that for years he's been flooded with random traffic tickets from across the country ever since getting a license plate that reads, you guessed it, "NULL."... Null in its current usage was invented by British computer scientist and Turing Award winner Tony Hoare. Today, it's still used by a number of programming languages, including Java and C#, but newer ones like Rust avoid it entirely. Hoare has called null his "billion dollar mistake," because it introduces vulnerabilities and can cause programs to crash.  "It's a difficult problem to solve because it's so widespread," Daan Leijen, a Microsoft researcher, told the WSJ. Leijen added that the software giant avoids using null values."

Kirk Lubimov on X - "Canada's week recap:  Barrick Gold is thinking of leaving Canada, GameStop is leaving Canada, Stellantis halting Brampton plant operations. Team Canada still hasn't attracted a single penny into Canada.  However, Justin Trudeau established diplomatic relationship with a terrorist group, Gazans are suing Canada because the government isn't bringing more of them fast enough and thousands of more Sudanese refugees will be brought."

Auron MacIntyre on X - "Europeans abandoned the defense necessary for their own sovereignty so they could finance welfare states, which they then destroyed with mass immigration So now they have infinite migrants, bankrupt social programs, and a complete lack of security"

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Montreal Now | Facebook - "CANADIANS BE LIKE :
25% US Tariffs : NO WAY!
20% carbon tax increase in april : no problem"

Meme - "Mom in law how are you"
"Yes my son, we're fine and how are you?"
"I'm tired with your daughter"
"What happened?"
"*Purple soup with chicken feet and head* Is this the way you taught your daughter to cook, what is this?"
"What kind of recipe is this, give her the phone I talk to her"