August 11, 2025
THE MORNING RANT: Canada Has Recognized the Nation of Palestine, Trump Should Recognize the Independence of Alberta & Quebec
I genuinely believe that President Trump’s “Canada as a 51st state” posturing has actually been an “art of the deal” play to make annexing Alberta the compromise position. Once Alberta has safely found refuge under the Stars and Stripes, we should also rescue and annex Saskatchewan too. Canada ultimately is powerless to stop breakaway provinces. Recognition from the United States that Alberta and Quebec are free and independent, and that we will provide all resources and aid necessary to ensure their independence, may be all that is needed to break up the terror-supporting nation of Canada.
The Canadian government has announced that it will be recognizing “Palestine” as an independent nation next month. Donald Trump should respond by recognizing the independence of Alberta and Quebec, and offering whatever US security and aid is necessary for those provinces to liberate themselves from the Canadian federation, if requested.
Under Hamas, Palestinians have rejected self-rule under a two-state solution that would include a safe and free Israel living in peace next to Gaza. With the October 7, 2023 invasion and mass murder of Israeli civilians, the Palestinians have made it clear that they will only settle for a one-state solution, in which Israelis are killed en masse. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has now let it be known that he sides with the Palestinians in their murderous zeal to have a Jew-free Palestine “from the river to the sea” where Israel now exists. “Canada says it plans to recognize Palestine as a state, joining the U.K. and France” [CBS – 7/31/2025]Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will recognize Palestine as a state in September at the United Nations General Assembly, following similar announcements from the United Kingdom and France. "The deepening suffering of civilians leaves no room for delay in co-ordinated international action to support peace, security, and the dignity of all human life," Carney said in a statement Wednesday.
President Trump’s message to the UK, France, and Canada recognizing a Palestinian state:
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 30, 2025
"You're rewarding terrorists!"
pic.twitter.com/x9l0kxUDBi
“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social shortly after midnight. “That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!” he added.While I have no problem with using economic sanctions or tariffs against terror-supporting countries, which is what Mark Carney’s Canada has become, a better punishment would be to help liberate its restless provinces. Quebec has had several secession votes over the years, and there is a strong desire for independence among its French-speaking majority. It should be known that the United States recognizes the independent nation of Quebec if it should announce its independence from Canada. As for Alberta, a conservative province whose agricultural and energy industries are under attack from the radical leftists who control the Canadian government, there is a strong and growing independence movement. Donald Trump should give it a nudge by recognizing the sovereignty of Alberta to pursue nationhood – or U.S. statehood – if it so desires.
Canada has a legal duty to negotiate if Alberta votes to leave.
— Rise Of Alberta (@RiseOfAlberta) August 6, 2025
If they refuse?
The U.S. could step in and recognize Alberta as a sovereign nation.
That changes everything.#AlbertaIndependence pic.twitter.com/ygIFLZypcz
I genuinely believe that President Trump’s “Canada as a 51st state” posturing has actually been an “art of the deal” play to make annexing Alberta the compromise position. Once Alberta has safely found refuge under the Stars and Stripes, we should also rescue and annex Saskatchewan too. Canada ultimately is powerless to stop breakaway provinces. Recognition from the United States that Alberta and Quebec are free and independent, and that we will provide all resources and aid necessary to ensure their independence, may be all that is needed to break up the terror-supporting nation of Canada.
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
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The Morning Report — 8/11/25
Meh, if President Trump invented a cure for cancer, his and our enemies would be screaming louder than the Concord's engines at full volume through a stack of Marshall amps in defense of sweet innocent cancer from "literally Hitler!" In the name of our precious democracy, of course. Pfft. So, with that in mind, the holy hell this move from President Trump will cause is going to be off the charts.
Of all the vile depredations perpetrated on our nation and society by Barak Obama during his accursed tenure defiling the Oval Office by his mere presence behind the Resolute Desk, his poisonous racism set us back 50 years or more in terms of the advances in becoming a colorblind society. The bitter irony is that in order for Obama and his ilk to gain and maintain power, they need America to be the racist illegitimate colonialist hell on earth they have blood libeled it as for years. Elsewhere, Forget deploying the National Guard to DC. or perhaps even the efforts to go after the Russian Colluion hoax purveyors that will likely gain very little traction. Not that it isn't necessary regardless of the slim to none chances of the wicked conspirators facing the music. I'd much rather the DOJ and FBI go after these bastards with fistfuls of RICO charges.
Meh, if President Trump invented a cure for cancer, his and our enemies would be screaming louder than the Concord's engines at full volume through a stack of Marshall amps in defense of sweet innocent cancer from "literally Hitler!" In the name of our precious democracy, of course. Pfft. So, with that in mind, the holy hell this move from President Trump will cause is going to be off the charts.
The US military is preparing to activate hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC as a part of President Trump’s sweeping federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital, according to authorities. Trump has yet to make a final decision about the activation of federal troops, but the National Guard is currently readying to deploy them, two US officials with knowledge of the operation confirmed to Reuters. The preparation comes as 120 FBI agents from across the country have already begun patrolling DC streets overnight and backing up area cops at carjacking hot spots, despite many lacking local patrol work training, The Washington Post reported. . . “Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday ahead of a planned White House press conference Monday morning about the city’s cleanliness and general condition.This announcement comes on the heels of last week's announcement by the President of his intention to strip DC of home rule and bring it under federal control. Considering that the majority of crimes of all kinds in our nation's cities are committed by black youths, and that said cities have been run for decades by Democrats, you don't have to be Kreskin or Jeanne Dixon to predict the reaction. As a former resident of New York City who came of age in the bad old days of the 60s through the 80s and then experienced the miraculous renaissance engendered by he coming of Rudy Giuliani, the feeling of not having to have eyes in the back of your head nor having to worry about riding the subway at night was truly liberating. All of the anti-crime policies that the usual suspects on the Left scream about as racist and have done all they can in the years since Rudy left Gracie Mansion to eliminate benefit and protect the so-called "communities of color." non-white criminals by and large prey upon blacks and latinos most of all. But of course, the Left cannot attain power without sowing division and tearing at the scars of racialism that they inflicted on us for decades. It's why this item disgusts me no end:
Illinois Lt. Governor Tweets That Michael Brown Was “Murdered” In fact, Brown was shot when he sucker punched a cop and tried to grab his service weapon. . . Yet 11 years after Brown’s shooting, the lie persists and is spread by politicians and activists.On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot dead by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. According to the narrative, Brown was a “gentle giant” who was shot by a racist cop just for being black, while his hands were raised shouting ‘don’t shoot.’
Of all the vile depredations perpetrated on our nation and society by Barak Obama during his accursed tenure defiling the Oval Office by his mere presence behind the Resolute Desk, his poisonous racism set us back 50 years or more in terms of the advances in becoming a colorblind society. The bitter irony is that in order for Obama and his ilk to gain and maintain power, they need America to be the racist illegitimate colonialist hell on earth they have blood libeled it as for years. Elsewhere, Forget deploying the National Guard to DC. or perhaps even the efforts to go after the Russian Colluion hoax purveyors that will likely gain very little traction. Not that it isn't necessary regardless of the slim to none chances of the wicked conspirators facing the music. I'd much rather the DOJ and FBI go after these bastards with fistfuls of RICO charges.
In 2022, leftist online warrior and Media Matters for America Founder David Brock launched Project 65, which has the explicit goal to “disbar and discredit” any attorney who helped Donald Trump in his challenges to the veracity of the 2020 election. . . The “65” in Project 65 is ostensibly in the name because they were targeting 65 attorneys who, in their eyes, tried to overthrow democracy with Trump, though the number is entirely arbitrary. The board consists of assorted leftists both familiar and unfamiliar, as well as establishment Republicans. . . All of these names direct their time and resources to sowing chaos in our streets by advocating for people and policies that undermine the concept of law and order itself. As for George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and the Sandler Foundation, I contend they are attempting to buy our democracy outright – attempting to do so through lawfare.Penniless, rotting in prison or swinging from a noose should be their fate. Because ultimately, that is what they have planned in one form or another for every real American citizen. That is, you and I my friends. It's us or them. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great day!
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Roger Kimball: The George Floyd case shows how America traded the rule of law for the rule of narrative—leaving Derek Chauvin to serve the sentence the storyline demanded.
Why Derek Chauvin Will Languish in Prison—Regardless of the Facts - “Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday. (Termite tent DNC HQ - jjs)
US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington DC to fight local crime and youth violence: report
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Daily Tech News 11 August 2025
Top Story
- AOL is closing its dial-up internet service next month, bringing the Eternal September to an end after thirty-four years. (Tom's Hardware)
Good. But a little too late.
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August 10, 2025
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - August 10, 2025 [Doof]
Greywolf Golf Course - Panorama Mountain Resort - British Columbia
Greywolf Golf Course - Panorama Mountain Resort - British Columbia
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Gun Thread: Second August Edition!
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Food Thread:The Frogs Are The GOAT...At Least When It Comes To Goat Cheese
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?-- Charles de Gaulle Actually, de Gaulle underestimated the number, with most assuming that France has more than 1,000 different cheeses. He wasn't wrong about the "ungovernable" part, but that is a discussion for a different forum. The variety of cheese is astounding. There are three excellent cheese stores within a five-minute walk of my apartment, and that's not counting the supermarket, which has a mass-market selection that is nevertheless pretty good. That cheese in the photo is called La Tour Du Montot, made in eastern France by midget monks who live in a tower, and milk the goats only at night under a full moon, overseen by angels. Well, maybe not, but it is the best goat cheese I have ever tasted, and I have tasted a lot of goat cheese! Of course the other cheese on the table was an absolutely marvelous sheep's-milk cheese from...somewhere. How the hell am I supposed to keep track? I love America, and I am very pleased that I will be moving back, but damn! Great cheese and great bread is a wonderful thing, and the Frogs do them well...maybe the best in the world.
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First World Problems...
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The Administrative State Is Broken, And The FAA Is A Prime Example
Okay, it was a bit of a mess in 1981. But it is also a mess in 2025, and two generations of so-called professionals made an absolute mess of the entire system, allowing it to become technologically antiquated, poorly staffed, and for four years under the Biden/Obama junta a mess of DEI hiring over competence. For f*ck's sake...they still use floppy disks and CDs! And I am confident that the rest of the technology in our airport control centers is just as old. So why did this happen? The short answer is that they just don't give a sh*t, and care more about their pensions than their responsibilities to the people of the United States of America. The longer answer is that the administrative state does not have any market pressures to excel, and no penalties for failure. Congressmen move on, senators get bored, and their high profile hearings about the sorry state of the FAA or the DoD or the department flavor of the month gets subsumed in the next news cycle. So nobody is held accountable over the years, and the institutional rot caused by lack of accountability is built into the process. How to fix it? Decertify every government union. Employment must be at will. Make the compensation of all managers dependent on the successful and timely completion of capital projects. Do yearly evaluations with the expectation that people will get fired. And every one of us who has ever worked for any sort of large company recognizes that as business-as-usual! The trick is to get Congress to go along, and that will have to wait until the House of Representatives actually represents Americans, rather than 20,000,000 wetbacks and gerrymandered districts. Hopefully President Vance's second term will be calm enough that he can focus on the total restructuring of our civil service!
The conventional wisdom holds that an administrative state made up of professional government functionaries will run well in spite of the constant political changes that most free countries expect every four or five or six years. Institutional knowledge, subject-matter expertise, and a non-partisan mindset should make the day-to-day function of government a process, rather than a political minefield.
It very obviously does not work that way. The administrative state in America has morphed into the Deep StateTM, or maybe it was always that way and it took many years for it to destroy even a semblance of competence. Add in the catastrophically inefficient, labyrinthine process that our modern government does anything, and we have a reasonable explanation for the absolute mess that the FAA has made of our air traffic control system...over 40 years! FAA Plans to Hire Nearly 9,000 Air Traffic Controllers by 2028 Amid Nationwide ShortageThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Aug. 7 unveiled updated plans to hire thousands of air traffic controllers by the end of the year, and nearly 9,000 by 2028, as the agency looks to dig itself out of a now decades-long shortage of workers who are among the most critical for aviation safety.
The FAA has been beset by a decades-long shortage of air traffic controllers, who are critical for directing and overseeing air traffic in and out of the nation’s busiest and most congested air spaces. The issue dates to 1981, when then-President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers who were on strike, viewing it as an illegal strike. Months later, the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) decertified the only existing air traffic controller union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), which was the first time in history that a national union was decertified.
Okay, it was a bit of a mess in 1981. But it is also a mess in 2025, and two generations of so-called professionals made an absolute mess of the entire system, allowing it to become technologically antiquated, poorly staffed, and for four years under the Biden/Obama junta a mess of DEI hiring over competence. For f*ck's sake...they still use floppy disks and CDs! And I am confident that the rest of the technology in our airport control centers is just as old. So why did this happen? The short answer is that they just don't give a sh*t, and care more about their pensions than their responsibilities to the people of the United States of America. The longer answer is that the administrative state does not have any market pressures to excel, and no penalties for failure. Congressmen move on, senators get bored, and their high profile hearings about the sorry state of the FAA or the DoD or the department flavor of the month gets subsumed in the next news cycle. So nobody is held accountable over the years, and the institutional rot caused by lack of accountability is built into the process. How to fix it? Decertify every government union. Employment must be at will. Make the compensation of all managers dependent on the successful and timely completion of capital projects. Do yearly evaluations with the expectation that people will get fired. And every one of us who has ever worked for any sort of large company recognizes that as business-as-usual! The trick is to get Congress to go along, and that will have to wait until the House of Representatives actually represents Americans, rather than 20,000,000 wetbacks and gerrymandered districts. Hopefully President Vance's second term will be calm enough that he can focus on the total restructuring of our civil service!
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Reading Thread 08/10/2025
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Howdy Readers! Welcome to the Reading Thread, your Sunday morning source for the insightful, yet lively and spirited discussion of books 'n stuff. I'm filling in for a while as this space re-invents itself under new management, so please set your near-term expectations accordingly low.
Anyhoo...
What do we have this week? Why, it's none other than Sergeant Dick of the Royal Mounted Police - A Thrilling Story of the Canadian Woods, written by John G. Rowe. and originally published in 1929. Yes, an actual book for this inaugural Reading Thread but be forewarned, the longer I do this, you may not be so fortunate.
Why did I pick this particular book you ask? Well, mostly because I liked the title. Actually, I picked Sgt. Dick almost entirely based on the title and also the cover photo. Even with our hero losing his hat in the first few minutes of the story, something no self-respecting American cowboy or lawman would allow, it does otherwise seem good so I hope you like it. Feel free to discuss reading and books in general and share your thoughts on this week's selection if you're so inclined.
I know you're just as excited as I am, so just jump below the fold to get started!
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Daily-ish Tech News 10 August 2025
Top Story
- OpenAI has priced GPT-5 so low it may spark a price war. (Tech Crunch)
Chance would be a fine thing.
- OpenAI's GPT-5 comes with up to 80% fewer hallucinations. (The Register)
Fewer hallucinations are good, or so the voices tell me.
- OpenAI's GPT-5 is one hundred percent convinced that "blueberry" is spelled with three b's. (Kieran Healy)
Oops.
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August 09, 2025
Saturday Night "Club ONT" August 9, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
I was just here for the beer. Looks like the bartender majored in SycoLLeGy at HaVaRd.
Welcome to Club ONT! A collaboration of your Sunday through Wednesday ONT Crew - The Disco, The Doggo, and The Dino. Arrive like a storm, dressed like the wallpaper. If you read the rules, congratulations. You are now the Director of HR for the evening.
Welcome to Club ONT! A collaboration of your Sunday through Wednesday ONT Crew - The Disco, The Doggo, and The Dino. Arrive like a storm, dressed like the wallpaper. If you read the rules, congratulations. You are now the Director of HR for the evening.
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Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 8/9/2025
The last time I had to fill a post in the middle of a longer run, I talked about Bill & Ted and the three films the two dudes, focusing on how the three movies establish, break, and then retreat into formula. With that recently in my mind and a new hole forming in the middle of another run, my mind turned to the Taken franchise, a quick trilogy of films that blew up and went away almost as quickly at the box office.
Largely the brainchild of French director, Luc Besson, who cowrote (with Robert Mark Kamen) and produced all three films, it started as just...an action movie. Originally mean to star Jeff Daniels, he cast Liam Neeson once Daniels dropped out of the production, and the tight, 90-minute story of a retired CIA agent jetting to Paris to undo a sex trafficking ring run by Albanian gangsters in order to save his daughter became a surprise hit.
Made for $25 million, it ended up making over $200 million at the worldwide box office. And where there is success in the movie industry, even if based in France through EuropaCorp., Besson's production company, there will be more attempts to capture it. So, Besson wrote and produced two more until the third one which...made over $300 million off of a relatively modest $48 million production budget.
That there haven't been more confounds me, but there was a television series (starring Clive Standen as the main character, Brian Mills) based on the idea that ran for two seasons, so maybe that's where the energy for the franchise died out.
Anyway, the franchise interests me more for artistic purposes than commercial, so let's talk about the logic of sequels.
Taken
The last time I had to fill a post in the middle of a longer run, I talked about Bill & Ted and the three films the two dudes, focusing on how the three movies establish, break, and then retreat into formula. With that recently in my mind and a new hole forming in the middle of another run, my mind turned to the Taken franchise, a quick trilogy of films that blew up and went away almost as quickly at the box office.
Largely the brainchild of French director, Luc Besson, who cowrote (with Robert Mark Kamen) and produced all three films, it started as just...an action movie. Originally mean to star Jeff Daniels, he cast Liam Neeson once Daniels dropped out of the production, and the tight, 90-minute story of a retired CIA agent jetting to Paris to undo a sex trafficking ring run by Albanian gangsters in order to save his daughter became a surprise hit.
Made for $25 million, it ended up making over $200 million at the worldwide box office. And where there is success in the movie industry, even if based in France through EuropaCorp., Besson's production company, there will be more attempts to capture it. So, Besson wrote and produced two more until the third one which...made over $300 million off of a relatively modest $48 million production budget.
That there haven't been more confounds me, but there was a television series (starring Clive Standen as the main character, Brian Mills) based on the idea that ran for two seasons, so maybe that's where the energy for the franchise died out.
Anyway, the franchise interests me more for artistic purposes than commercial, so let's talk about the logic of sequels.
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Hobby Thread - August 9, 2025 [Galileo Rex]
[Top photo: Interstellar by polynikes (16 x 20)]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. Good news! The Ace of Spades Wheel of HobbiesTM) is back in service. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it landed on telescopes and astronomy photography.
I have faith that you can either find something in the content that resonates or contribute your own hobbying interests. You might be tempted to say "I have no hobbies or interests." Bah. Dig around in the content and soak in the comments. Be curious. Glad you're here.Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM | Comments (188) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 9
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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.
Would you like a treat?
Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.
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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, August 9
Hi Katy - Hope you are on the mend post-surgery. I'm sending good wishes and prayers your way. Dogwood Daze - the dogwood blossoms were beautiful this spring. I thought I'd send this photo along before they fade away. Also, a photo of the first flower to bloom in my garden, the hardy Columbine. The Pilot
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Getting respect for the past wrong in Canada
How the Canadian Flag Came to Be as It is Today
In the past few years, Canada has become obsesses with the idea of respect for the people who were living in the land when Europeans arrived. If you identified as a descendant of one of these groups, would you feel respected by the following?
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The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Keshena)
1. This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2. Be kind, be nice. Even trolls have feelings as do slugs.
3. Gosh darn it! No running with sharp objects.
4. Thank you Annie for your hard work!
5. Have a great weekend!
2. Be kind, be nice. Even trolls have feelings as do slugs.
3. Gosh darn it! No running with sharp objects.
4. Thank you Annie for your hard work!
5. Have a great weekend!
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Daily Tech Newsn't 9 August 2025
Oops.
I've been sick recently, which hasn't been a problem for these threads because I couldn't sleep, which left me doing things like throwing out expired food items from the pantry at 3AM, or sorting my socks alphabetically. I seem to be getting better.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:00 AM | Comments (192) | Trackbacks (Suck)
August 08, 2025
The Old Man And The ONT
Welcome to the Friday ONT! Be careful what you post, it's all going into the algorithm.
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