Happy New Year! Welcome to Annus Horribilis Maximus!

We're not talking about your visit to the proctologist here. I'm thinking 2026 is shaping up to be a watershed year. There is no happiness in the new year for a great slice of humanity. For a lot of them, this is no big deal, because when have they ever had a happy new year? I'm talking about the 3rd world/global south crowd who perpetually get the short end of the stick when it comes to sharing the fruits of modernity etc. But many of us, accustomed to being on the winning side always, are in for a rude shock. This is a good news - bad news story. The bad news, in a nutshell, is 500 years of Anglo-European domination is winding down. The American Empire is visibly wobbling, economically, militarily, and politically. That's also the good news. What has happened in Ukraine is that the entire USA-NATO brand has been exposed as a paper tiger. Great! We no longer have to knock ourselves out to hit those Trump-imposed 5% NATO spending targets! Free at last! Free at last! The good news is the death of NATO frees up a shitload of money to address the many crises Canada faces. On top of that loss of all military cred in Ukraine, the coming year promises the implosion of the AI bubble. For all practical purposes China has already won the AI race. There you have it. Maximum Horribilis for the Empire and its dependencies, like Israel and NATO; happy days for the rest of the world. Happy New Year!

Toronto Jews prepare to make aliya to... Tulsa

Postmedia, owned by a Jewish venture capital guy in New Jersey, consistently bangs away at the wave of Jew-hate that has recently overwhelmed Toronto. Although living in Toronto is exponentially safer than living in Israel, it is alleged that many Jewish Torontonians are desperate to flee the city. But where to? Looks like their prayers have been answered! Today the National Post revealed that every Toronto Jew is entitled to a $4,000 loot bag just to come for a look-see around Tulsa, Oklahoma. Really? I did a little google-work. The Tulsa Jewish community is about 2,000 souls and has been slowly dwindling for decades. Meanwhile, Tulsa's Muslim community has been growing for decades, and now outnumbers the Jewish community 5:1. Tulsa University holds the distinction of having the first on-campus mosque of any American university! While there are only two synagogues, there's enough Jewish delis that Yelp has a top-ten list. Maybe once the Exodous hits critical mass, somebody will open a Gryfe's Bagels in Tulsa. That would really open the floodgates! Toronto Jews will turn Tulsa into the Jerusalem of the midwest! Or not! The only appealing thing about Tulsa is real estate is cheap. What runs two million in Richmond Hill goes for 200k usd in Tulsa. On the other hand, Tulsa will have more murders than Toronto this year, a stunning stat given Toronto has ten times the population. Safer in Tulsa? Nah...

PM "Santa" Carney gift-wraps another $2.5 billion for the grifters in Kyiv

That brings Canada's commitments to Ukraine to somewhere north of 25 billions, every penny of it borrowed. Since Ukraine will never repay any of it, that leaves the Canadian taxpayer holding the bag. As a taxpayer, I object to this reckless squandering of Canadian resources. There was a time when promises of solidarity with Ukraine might have made a difference, but it should be obvious to everone by now that time is long past. "Keeping Ukraine in the fight" makes no sense when Ukraine is losing more every day. The one decent thing the otherwise despicable Zelly has done is allow 18-24 year-olds to leave the country while keeping the draft age at 25. That's really pissed off "friends of Ukraine" like the warmongering douchebags John Bolton and Lindsey Graham. This war is lost. NATO are the losers. Ukrainians are paying the price. Prolonging the conflict just dooms more Ukrainians to die.

Two weeks after new NSS promises focus on Western hemisphere, Trump bombs Nigeria

Bombing Nigeria on Christmas day in order to protect Christians probably won't end well for the Christians. There have been tensions between Christian and Muslim tribes for centuries. In essence, Trump is jumping into a Nigerian civil war. But maybe he doesn't realize Nigeria isn't part of the Western Hemisphere? Meanwhile, the showdown with Maduro continues. It must cost a bundle to keep the greatest armada in history idling in the Caribbean for months on end. And to what purpose? A land invasion? Shock and awe and a quick decapitation strike? Installing the recent Nobel Peace Prize winner in the presidential palace? Bringing back Random Guaido from his adjunct professorship in Florida to assume his rightful place as unelected leader of the nation? So many great options, but nothing's happening. Why? I don't want to rain on Trump's parade of retarded policy initiatives, but here's a thought. Why not scrap all sanctions on Venezuela, and prove to the Venezuelan people that America can actually be a force for good. Strike some legit nation-to-nation accords on letting American multinationals participate in the oil industry. Stop interfering in their politics. Why piss away billions in futile attempts to coherce Venezuela when you could be making billions playing nice? What a bunch of hubris-blinded zealots.

Seven Syrians and a Ukrainian

That's the make up of the "Multi-Language Learner" class at the local high school. Seven Syrian teens, all refugees from the Syrian civil war. Six are Muslim. One is Christian. All are Arabic speakers. Plus, the solitary Ukrainian kid, who arrived just after that war began. On the last day before Christmas break, they held their class Christmas party, orchestrated by the Christian teacher and the Jewish Ed Assistant. They snacked on sweets sent in by parents, over a soundtrack of prerecorded Arabic music and Christmas carols. Everybody had a good time. These kids have experienced many indignities, and much worse, in their lives. Being able to share and make friends across what could be sectarian divides in their home countries is a beautiful thing, and I don't begrudge a single tax dollar that helps facilitate it. Along with helping refugees fleeing foreign wars, we Canadians should take a step back and ask ourselves how our own policies and political alliances contribute to creating the very refugees we are helping. Both Syrian and Ukrainian refugees are victims of a deluded Western perspective committed to preserving US hegemony. It's time Canada stopped marching to Uncle Sam's tune. The Western Bandwagon isn't going anywhere good. Let's de-couple before it's too late. Let's invest in peace, not F-35s and warships. Canada can do better! Wishing you a peaceful winter solstice, no matter who or where you are, or what you call it. Merry Christmas!

Canada-Ukraine spy scandal smells extra fishy

I've been following the story of the Canadian Armed Forces "intelligence officer" who has been accused of espionage for passing Canadian secrets to a foreign entity. The Globe & Mail has its senior troika of truth tellers on the file, Chase, Fife, and Senior Internet Correspondent Mark Mackinnon. This team has been working overtime spinning anti-Russian propaganda for the past four years, and are spinning this particular security breach as a nothingburger. Turns out the foreign entity in question is Ukraine. As every patriotic Canadian well knows, thanks to being reminded daily by CBC and the Globe, Canada is Ukraine's absolute bestie in the global playground. Nobody, but nobody, has made more (empty) promises to Ukraine than we have. No one has vowed more often or more loudly to "stand with Ukraine" until victory. Needless to say, Ottawa is crawling with Ukraine firsters who don't consider sharing state secrets with Ukraine to be treason. That's why this episode is downplayed. Today's update seems nothing more than a gratuitous smear of journalist David Pugliese by recycling Ukrainian claims that he could be a Russian agent. For my money, Pugliese is by far the best informed and most professional journo covering Canada's military affairs in the mainstream. His forthrightness has often marked him for retaliation, especially when Big Steve's Alliance Church Mafia was running the joint. My read of the Ukraine war is that since the failed counter-offensive of 2023, things have only gone from disaster to worse disaster for Ukraine. We've been treated to the non-stop refrain; "A few more billions and a few more months and Putin will be vanquished." The EU has just found 90billion euros under the sofa cushions that will supposedly do the trick. It won't. At most, it will delay Ukraine's collapse for a few months. Then what?

Could it happen in Canada?

That's a question you've seen splashed across Canadian media since the murder of fifteen people in Australia on Saturday. I'll answer that for you. Not only could it, but thanks to decades of foolish policies, it's practically guaranteed to happen. Consider these four examples. 1) Somalia. Thirty years ago several Canadian Forces soldiers were found guilty of torturing a Somali teen to death. Since then, we have invited tens of thousands of Somalis to Canada. Some have long memories. Not all of them love Canada. 2) Syria. The same week that a Canadian from Edmonton was handed a stiff prison term for trying to join ISIS, a former ISIS commander was handed the Presidency of Syria by the very same coalition of stinking hypocrytes who pretended for the last fifteen years to be fighting ISIS. In the course of our secret support for ISIS, we brought tens of thousands of Syrians to Canada. We've got over 100,000 now. Not all of them feel gratitude in their hearts for Canada's role in destroying their country. Not all of them are happy to see the Israeli flag flying in southern Syria. 3) Libya. Canada's political leadership was thrilled to play a role in the destruction of the most succesful country in Africa. The most politically and economically stable, Canada proudly led the bombing campaign that destroyed civil society and the place is now an anarchic shithole, thanks in part to Canada. Arabs and Muslims generally remember. 4) Afghanistan. We were happy enough to send Canadian Forces into harm's way. General Rick Hillier promised we'd put the murdering Taliban scumbags to the run, so Afghan women could vote and go to school, and children could fly kites! We know how that ended. We left thousands of collaborators at risk when we skedaddled, and we've been doing our best to welch on our promises to them, to say nothing of our moral obligations, ever since. What are the odds that among the 100,000+ Afghans now in Canada, at least a handful could hold grudges? I rest my case. It goes without saying that the murder of innocents must, without exception, be condemned, in Gaza as at Bondi. In the meantime, we need to change policies that cause people to hate us.