Not to sound like a sore winner, but this documentary provides proof the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen and exposes the fraud and potential thereof of voting machines, past and present, as well as what those committing election fraud will do to keep the truth from getting out.
Monday, January 6, 2025
SORRY, CANADA, WE DON'T WANT YOU
National Review
Sorry, Canada — We Don’t Want You
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 12, 2016.(Chris Wattie/Reuters)
By Rich Lowry
January 3, 2025 6:30 AM
Why would we make Canada’s scuffling economic performance our problem?
The slogan of James K. Polk’s supporters in the 1844 presidential campaign was “54° 40′ or Fight,” referring to their desire to take a substantial slice of what would eventually become Canadian territory along the Pacific Northwest coastline.
For his part, Donald Trump isn’t bothering to set out any latitude lines when he discusses his ambitions on Canada — he wants the whole thing, or so he says in his trolling of our friendly neighbor to the north and its embattled progressive prime minister Justin Trudeau.
In recent weeks, Trump has mused about Canada becoming the 51st state, posted an artificially generated image of himself beside a Canadian flag atop a mountain, staring heroically into the distance, and referred to Trudeau, amusingly, as “governor.”
By all accounts, most Canadians have taken this in stride, but some have expressed consternation or indignation, to which we can reply, “Don’t worry, Canada — we don’t really want you.”
Even if Trump were inclined to dust off War Plan Red — the Department of War’s strategy in the early 20th century for how to conduct a war against the British Empire, featuring Canada as a key battlefield — it wouldn’t be worth the effort.
The United States doesn’t need another huge, misgoverned blue state. We already have California, where the climate and the surfing are better.
Over the last several years, Canada has managed to fall even further behind the United States economically. “The IMF forecasts that Canada’s national income per head, equivalent to around 80 percent of America’s in the decade before the pandemic, will be just 70 percent of its neighbor’s in 2025,” according to The Economist.
Writing on the same theme at the website The Hub, University of Calgary economics professor Trevor Tombe notes that “the gap between the Canadian and American economies has now reached its widest point in nearly a century.” The U.S., he continues, “is on track to produce nearly 50 percent more per person than Canada will.” Canada would be the fourth-poorest state per capita in the Union, beneath Alabama.
Why would we make Canada’s scuffling economic performance our problem?
Then, there’s the matter of politics. Canada would be a blue-state behemoth, matching California in population (roughly 40 million) and, presumably, in reliably Democratic politics. There are red areas of Canada, which have the same urban-versus-rural divide as the U.S., yet the Great White North is overall less conservative.
Polling in Canada before the U.S. presidential election showed Kamala Harris with a three-to-one lead over Trump and an advantage even in the more Trump-friendly prairies.
The U.S. and Canada are friendly neighbors with intertwined histories but have distinct political and economic cultures. We might think we’d annex Canada and make it more like us, but — with two Democratic senators and a huge tranche of electoral votes for Democratic presidential candidates — Canada would surely make us more like it.
In that sense, the joke would definitely be on us.
We’d also be buying ourselves an instant separatist problem by incorporating Quebec, the French-speaking province that has had a notoriously troubled relationship with the rest of Canada. If we want to add French, along with English and Spanish, as yet another obligatory language option, this would be a great move.
And there’s the matter of Justin Trudeau. After his irksome, grievous misrule of Canada, it would be even more annoying if the story ended with his becoming a U.S. citizen. Who knows? Still young, he might revive his career in Democratic politics. He couldn’t run for president, but might use his status as a kingmaker in the Ontario caucuses for power and influence.
All that said, national modesty compels us to admit that all our prior efforts to take Canada have failed, and our pleasant northerly neighbor deserves respect amid the ribbing. Let Canada be Canada.
AH: In my opinion, all this talk about making us the fifty-first state is for the sole purpose of conditioning the populace to the coming North American Union.
ONE TO LISTEN TO-BRIGITTE EVE
This Barrie-based singer sure can sing, play the guitar and compose. When I saw her perform just a year and a half ago, she was only 17.
Check her out here.
TATER TOT BAKE
3/4 to 1 pound ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 package (16 ounces) frozen tater tot potatoes
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2/3 cup milk or water
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Method
In a skillet, cook beef and onion until beef is browned and onion is tender; drain. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a greased 1 1/2 to 2 quart baking dish. Top with potatoes. Combine soup and milk; pour over potatoes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
Makes 2 to 3 servings.
HUSBAND DIDN'T INVITE WIFE ON TRIP WITH FEMALE FRIEND, CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WIFE IS UPSET
PEOPLE
Husband Didn't Invite His Wife to One-on-One Trip with Female Friend, Doesn't Get Why Wife Is Upset
The man said he knows it "may sound childish," but the trip was only supposed to be for him and his platonic female friend
By Toria Sheffield Published on January 4, 2025 04:30AM EST
A married man planned a one-on-one trip with a female friend — and was surprised when his wife took issue with it.
In a post on Reddit’s “Am I the A------?” forum, the 30-year-old man explained that he and his female friend, 29, have been platonic pals since they were teens. He also shared that he and the friend — whom he referred to as “A” — have always had a sibling-like dynamic and that A even helped set him up with his now-wife nine years ago. He noted that while his wife and A “aren’t best friends or anything,” they “get along quite well.”
The man then shared that when he was 16, he promised A — who he says shares a love of cars and motorsports with him — that he would pay for them to go to a Formula 1 race if she quit smoking “once we were older and not broke teenagers.”
He said that while A quit smoking some time ago, he was finally in a financial position to hold up his end of the bargain this year. He shared that after going over the expenses and details with his wife, he booked a trip for himself and A for the following year.
However, it seems there was a crucial misunderstanding between the man and his wife.
“A couple days ago, my wife mentions how she's so excited for the trip,” he wrote. “I gently let her know that I have only booked two tickets for the race and flights. She was upset about this, and I was really confused because I thought I had made it clear that this trip was for A and it would just be us two.”
He wrote that his wife asked if he could add another ticket to the race, but he claimed by that point the event was sold out. He said she then asked if he could at least join them for the rest of the trip, but he was “not inclined to do that."
“I know this sounds childish, but this was a me and A thing since we made the deal,” the man explained.
“My wife has seemed really upset about this and is barely talking to me and the one time we have seen A since then she was very cold towards her,” he continued, adding, “I don’t know if she doesn’t trust me or if it’s because of some insecurity."
He then asked his fellow Reddit users if he would be an “a------” for not including his wife.
Commenters were in seemingly unanimous agreement that the man had committed a major relationship faux pax. Most people noted that they could definitely see how the man's wife would be hurt — especially if this is potentially the first nice trip he has ever splurged on.
“Have you ever taken your wife on an expensive trip like this before (not including your honeymoon if you even did a trip for it)?” one person wrote. “I'm asking because the way the post sounds, it seems that this is the first time you've had enough money to go on a vacation and you used it to fund a trip with a friend that doesn't even include your wife.”
Another Reddit user took a firmer stance, writing, “You are both an a------ and an idiot. Please pull your head out of your a-- and stop trying to justify this. It is completely hurtful and inappropriate to prioritize someone else … to this degree over your chosen life partner.”
In a later edit to his post, the man revealed that he had changed his plans and added his wife to the itinerary after reading responses from other Redditors — though he still maintained that he had communicated everything clearly to his wife beforehand and that “she was fine with it all until she wasn’t.”
This, however, also didn’t sit well with commenters.
"You don’t even sound remorseful in your EDITs to be honest," one person wrote. "You sound like you’ve been guilted and peer pressured by strangers on Reddit to invite your wife and still don’t even understand what’s wrong with what you did, which makes this worse."
SCHOOL TOLD GIRLS GUYS WHO THINK THEY'RE GIRLS HAVE MORE RIGHTS AS SCHOOL TOOK AWAY ACTUAL GIRLS' VARSITY SPOT, PARENT SAYS
Fox News
School told girls 'transgenders have more rights' as trans runner took away girl's varsity spot, parent says
Parents have said the trans athlete is allowed to compete despite missing regular practices
Jackson Thompson By Jackson Thompson Fox News
Published January 4, 2025 11:56am EST
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Starling, a high school cross-country runner at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, lost her spot on the varsity team earlier this season to a transgender transfer student.
Multiple parents of students at Martin Luther King have told Fox News Digital that the school has allowed the trans athlete to compete on the varsity cross-country team despite missing practices for academic reasons. These parents include Starling's father, longtime firefighter Ryan Starling, and construction subcontractor Dan Slavin, father to Kaitlyn, another runner on the team.
"The fact that the male athlete was able to compete while attending less than 25% of the practices is not fair. In what era, on what team, in what sport can you barely show up to practice and still compete?" Dan Slavin told Fox News Digital. "It is not fair, and it is not right to those who work hard every day for the entire season."
Both families are currently engaged in a lawsuit against the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD).
Ryan Starling told Fox News Digital that the loss of his daughter's varsity spot disrupted his entire family emotionally, as cross-country played a pivotal role in her life. And then when his daughter and other girls on the team confronted their school administrators about it, he claims they were told "transgenders have more rights than cisgenders."
"It's been told multiple times to not just Taylor, but her sister," Ryan Starling said, adding that Taylor is one of three triplets, and all three are active on varsity sports teams. "All the administrators at Martin Luther King have stated this comment, and the Title IX coordinator for the Riverside Unified School District has stated ‘that as a Cisgender girl, they do not have the same rights as a transgender girl' to multiple girls, not just our daughters, but multiple girls on campus."
An RUSD spokesperson declined to give official comment on Ryan Starling's claims in a conversation with Fox News Digital.
The RUSD previously provided a statement to Fox News Digital insisting that its handling of the situation has been in accordance with California state law.
"While these rules were not created by RUSD, the District is committed to complying with the law and CIF regulations. California state law prohibits discrimination of students based on gender, gender identity and gender expression, and specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in physical education and athletics. The protections we provide to all students are not only aligned with the law but also with our core values which include equity and well-being," the statement said.
In California, a law called AB 1266 has been in effect since 2014, giving California students at scholastic and collegiate levels the right to "participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records."
California Code of Regulations section 4910(k) defines gender as: "A person’s actual sex or perceived sex and includes a person’s perceived identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that identity, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with a person’s sex at birth."
California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Bylaw 300.D. mirrors the Education Code, stating: "All students should have the opportunity to participate in CIF activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student’s records."
The RUSD also placed blame for its handling of the situation on officials in Washington, D.C., and California's state capital, Sacramento.
"As these matters play out in our courts and the media, opposition and protests should be directed at those in a position to affect those laws and policies (including officials in Washington D.C. and Sacramento)," their statement read.
But Starling, Slavin, other students and their families have been ready to do far more than simply send a letter to their local legislators.
Taylor and Kaitlyn ignited a viral trend in their communities when they showed to school in November wearing shirts that read "Save Girls Sports." Martin Luther King administrators allegedly confronted the girls about the shirts, comparing them to swastikas, according to their lawsuit against the district.
FATHER OF FEMALE RUNNER FORCED TO COMPETE WITH TRANS ATHLETE SHARES FURY OF SITUATION: 'CAN'T EVEN DIGEST IT'
Then, more and more students began to show up each week wearing the shirts, as the school had to alter its dress code and start placing students in detention for wearing them. This didn't stop the shirts from spreading and growing. It became a weekly ritual for hundreds of students every Wednesday to show up wearing the shirts support of the girls and their messaging, and many of them created viral social media posts on it.
In early December, the school administrators gave up on their efforts to discipline students for wearing the shirts. Sources told Fox News Digital that more than 400 students have shown up wearing the shirts at a time, and students at other schools in the district have started to wear them to class.
While this was happening, Taylor was also taking steps to reclaim her varsity spot, according to her father. Ryan Starling says it was a "transformative" experience and motivated her both athletically and academically. She has since earned her spot back on the varsity team, and her father says she even beat the trans athlete in a recent competition by more than three seconds.
"She has had so much support from her friends, where her friends were wearing all the t-shirts," he said.
The Starling family haven't received only positive attention, as Ryan Starling says there have been multiple concerning negative messages and even a threat. The family had to delay their recent family vacation to accommodate Taylor's safety for a trip to the state competition, as her parents didn't feel comfortable allowing her to travel alone.
"There was some negative stuff online, there was some threats of violence towards our girls, there was different stuff, and we just didn't feel comfortable leaving Taylor for a day and a half and having her fly out a day later so she could run at state, so we chose to stay all together as a family and support Taylor, and then we delayed our vacation to the first of the year," Ryan Starling said.
The situation came to a potential turning point during a five-hour RUSD school board meeting on Dec. 19. Outside the office, there were competing protests between activists and parents wearing the "Save Girls Sports" t-shirts, and LGBTQ activists.
Sources have told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ activists at the event were harassing the protesters on the other side, and even disrupted a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting.
Then inside the meeting, parents and opposing activists gave impassioned speeches on their thoughts on the situation, with multiple speakers yelling in hysterical tones. But Ryan Starling, who stayed for the whole meeting, got a glimmer of hope toward the end of the meeting. He says that after it was over, a newly-inducted board member spoke to the girls who were there to protest the trans athlete, and that the new board member suggested that their problem would be solved once President-elect Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
"Don't worry girls, we have your back, wait till January 20th," the new board member said, according to Ryan Starling.
Trump has pledged to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports, and the new Republican-controlled congress has indicated an intention to do so as well.
The House rules package for the 119th Congress was posted this week, and the first step in its order of business is a bill that would bring about Title IX revisions that would only allow athletes to compete in the gender category that they were assigned at birth.
However, California and Governor Gavin Newsom have vowed to resist the incoming Trump administration.
AH: Being as how this high school is named after MLK, you know it was already pretty screwed up to begin with.
HUSBAND COMPLAINS WIFE'S MORNING SICKNESS IS INTERRUPTING HIS FREE TIME
PEOPLE
Man Says Pregnant Wife Is Interrupting His 'Free Time' with Her Morning Sickness
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous woman writes that her husband hasn't been "the most understanding of pregnancy"
By Virginia Chamlee Updated on November 7, 2024 03:35PM EST
A pregnant woman is igniting viral conversation after sharing that her husband complained that she isn't allowing him "free time" when she asks him to watch their toddler while she goes in the bathroom to throw up.
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous, 24-year-old woman writes that her husband "wasn’t the most understanding of pregnancy last time and basically thought I was being 'dramatic' till I started showing at which point he was very supportive. This seems to be happening again."
While the husband watches the couple's toddler at night, she takes the child in the morning, so her husband can sleep in.
"This has happened with varying success because toddler is loud," she writes.
On a recent morning, the woman writes, tensions were "running high" because the toddler "was running up to dad every 30 seconds."
"I was trying to make everyone food but was repeatedly being called over to distract my toddler away from my husband," she adds. "I finally told him if he wanted to have free time he needed to go into the bedroom and shut the door. He did so after some grumbling that he should be allowed to enjoy time wherever he wants in his home. But seemed like he was fine after I brought him breakfast in bed."
She continues: "I continued to clean and take care of toddler while getting sicker and sicker. I had to interrupt husband for a minute to watch toddler while I puked. Then he went back to the room when I was done. At 9:45 am I had to interrupt him again cause I was sick."
At that point, she writes, her husband "was very upset."
"He says I shouldn’t be 'offering' him free time and then interrupting him repeatedly. I feel I really did try my best to give him free time but can’t control when I’m sick. I’ve tried to just bring toddler with me but he will just open the door and run away while I’m puking."
Now, the woman wants to know: is she in the wrong for interrupting her husband?
Commenters have not held back, arguing that the woman's husband is very much the villain in the story.
"When you got married, did you exchange a set of vows that said 'in sickness and in health,' or some variant thereof? Because this sort of situation is what those vows mean," wrote one. "Your husband is your husband for all times and all seasons. Not just when he actively [chooses] to be on 'husband duty'. That man is the father of your child at [all] times and all seasons. Not just when he actively [chooses] to be on 'daddy duty'. "
The commenter added: "Would you step up for him if he was ill? Why can't he step up for you?"
AH: Since when is an adult entitled to free time?
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