Shawn D. Whatley
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Senior fellow @MLInstitute | Author | MD https://www.youtube.com/@ConceptsWithShawnWhatley https://linktr.ee/ConceptsWithShawnWhatley block trolls & anon
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Peter Armstrong prepares the way for CBC viewers to accept the dumping of supply management. If the Japanese can dump protections for rice farmers... "There's about 1,700,000 to a million rice farmers in Japan." "There's about 9,000 dairy farmers in Canada." "...not a lot of…
Features of a failed state.
Chris Selley: Seven years for mischief, one day for terrorism — someone make it make sense nationalpost.com/opinion/selley…
I missed this when it came out (h/t @michaeltaube), but labelling anyone on Trudeau's right as "conservative" fits with the very Canadian worldview that anyone with actual conservative ideas is extreme. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…
Although it is not the same as moral sense, the lack of taste might indeed, be a character flaw.
“In our democratic culture people often think it is threatening to judge another person's taste. Some are even offended by the suggestion that there is a difference between good and bad taste, or that it matters what you look at or read or listen to.” Sir Roger Scruton
As a psychiatrist, I've talked to dozens--if not hundreds--of people who attempted suicide and later regretted it. Or who thought about it at a low point in their life but didn't have the energy/motivation to do it--and were gloriously happy to be alive later. The nature of…
I almost died by suicide fifteen years ago while battling depression. If the expansion of MAID coming into force in 2027 were in place then, I'd likely be dead right now. Today, I'm launching the #IGotBetter campaign to keep hope alive for people living with mental illness.
I agree that consistency is important, but it’s a bit like apples and oranges at this point. Members of the convoy *have* been punished, have they not? Frozen bank accounts, being repeatedly arrested, denied bail etc. While I agree they overstayed their welcome by 2 1/2 weeks,…
A brief 🧵 on the new report released by @DNIGabbard today, which conclusively blows up core Russiagate myths: racket.news/p/in-brutal-do…
Just like in Lord of the Flies, at some point the adults come to the rescue and the temporary childish *leaders* shrink back. Josh, I’m looking at you today. Tick tock.
🚨BREAKING: Senator Josh Hawley calls for immediate prosecutions of everyone involved in the Russia-gate hoax, ‘People need to go to jail’: “We need people in jail. What separates us from the third world and what becomes of our Constitution? There needs to be prosecutions.”
A reminder that they want 7 YEARS of jail time for @LichTamara.
Retweeting a couple of my posts from during the Convoy. People still view the event from two irreconcilable perspectives. One thinks it was a heartwarming & patriotic gathering of people from all backgrounds; another thinks it was a dangerous insurrection infused with racism.
The Ottawa situation increasingly feels like a scene from the Hunger Games, where the outlying Districts' residents have turned up in person to the Capitol, to the chagrin of its pampered denizens, rather than just sending supplies, taxes & child sacrifices like they're meant to.
I arrived a few days into the convoy occupation of Wellington. There was a lane for emergency vehicles. Food and entertainment. More fun than any Winterlude I’ve been at. The organic honey sale.
Look, I’m not trying to beat up on you here but I live in Ottawa. What you saw on the news and what you saw on the ground were 2 different things. Home daycares in the suburbs rode the O-train downtown for “field trips” to see it. Ottawa “mom groups” on Facebook were full of…
A country can't support terrorism and still expect to be treated as a member of the international community. To take hostages is to exclude yourself from the civilised world.
Canadians are frustrated with Trump, with good reason. But why did Canadian media ignore this investigation last week? Why wait until it can be spun against Trump? Trump accuses Obama of trying to tie him to Russia ctvnews.ca/world/article/…
Classic CBC: Trump revives old grievances in Oval Office rant, accusing Obama of treason | CBC News cbc.ca/news/world/tru…
All we heard about from legacy media in 2016 was Russia, Russia, Russia. spectator.org/corporate-medi…
Crickets on this from Canadian media? spectator.org/tulsi-gabbard-…
Spoken like someone who doesn't have a 16 year-old. No. They do not have skin in the game. They are living at home with their parents, still figuring themselves out. 16 year-olds haven't developed their own critical thinking faculties. Most 18 year-olds haven't. Exactly…
I’m sorry what? You don’t think 16 year olds have skin in the game? If anything, they have the longest horizon for good public policy. If 16 and 17 year olds could vote I’d bet we’d be making more progress on issues like climate and public transport.
Immigrating more retirees, who’ve never paid taxes, to enjoy ‘free’ healthcare, when Canadians can’t access care, IS madness. Someone has to pay. This must be addressed. It tears society apart and pits people against each other.
Do you agree that it is time to abolish the Parents and Grandparents Immigration Program?
White, non-white, newcomer, and native-born Canadians agree that immigration numbers are still too high. The lobby for mass migration, human exploitation, and wage suppression has lost the debate. Don't let Ottawa off the hook. Keep up the "frenzy". nationalpost.com/news/canada/mo…
"One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again." — Thomas Sowell