Having established norms and boundaries in society is a good thing. Is the balance between personal freedom and what is good for society perfect? Of course not. But the current system which is always under small scale revision, is a reasonable way forward. The basis of this incremental move toward
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Dead Wild Roses: Save Your Child, Be The Better Parent – Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans
My daughter was always a good kid. Thoughtful, quiet, and artistic, she attended a public Montessori school. She had a close group of girlfriends, and an outspoken disdain for boys, who she found to be annoying and gross. Her favorite game was stuffed animals, all of whom were female, all
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Translating the Negativity of Today’s Right Wing into the Reality of Their Beliefs
Today’s right wing loves to express itself in terms of what they hate, seeming to lack any positive messages. When you turn their negativity into positive statements it expresses what they really believe in. Anti woke: Celebrating a lack of awareness and caring for others Anti Political Correctness: Never do
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: CBC – The Power of Drag (grooming)
Unsurprisingly the CBC seems to be completely on board with uncritical reporting of Drag Queen story hour and how men in woman-face wearing sexualized clothing and make up interact with children. One truth about male child sex predators is this – They always go to where their prey is. Whether
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: International Long Covid Awareness Day
Now we have a delegated day, today, to remind the world of the number of people who have lost their lives or livelihoods to this ever-mutating virus. Worldwide, about 1 in 1,000 have died so far, and almost 1 in 100 are living with long Covid. That’s not 1% of
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: The Recall Petition Process and What Comes Next
By way of the agenda for the March 14 City Council meeting, we have our first glimpse at what The City of Calgary’s Recall Process will look like. If you are holding out for #RecallChu the picture is grim. The most noticeable obstacle is the comically large threshold the Province
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Importance of Tolerance in Our Society – Practicing Safe Sects
Wear the Jersey or not, to bake the cake or not. In a free society these choices must remain with the individual. To be forced down one road another is authoritarianism, and the route we most definitely do not want to take. “Note that neither Phillips nor Provorov is going
Continue readingKen Chapman: IF NOT THIS; THEN WHAT?
Are you tired of the overheated right versus left, political rhetoric? Are you weary of the partisan blame game? Are you concerned about the rise of misinformation and disinformation spreading throughout our society? Are you worried about political polarisation that is dividing us and leaving a trail of debris in
Continue reading52 Ideas: Has the Alberta Legislature noticed what the 5th largest economy is doing?
If Albertans want to understand how economically viable our Natural Gas and Oil sector is, all we need to do is look towards California. California has the largest economy in the US. Its economic size is about twice the size of the next largest rival – Texas – and its
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Small Print on when you hear – “Just Trying to Live Our LIVES!”
The use of opaque statements like “Trans people are just trying to LIVE our Lives” is a prime example of the motte and bailey fallacy. “The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Connect All The Dots – Sound statistics are crucial as the foundation for public policy
Read the entire post at Connect All The Dots, well worth your time. “Not all sex offenders are incarcerated. Given how hard it is to obtain convictions for sexual offenses, consider the likelihood that the total number of male sex offenders may be larger than the total number
Continue readingThings Are Good: New Maritime Law at UN Protects Ecosystems
Pirates love the high seas and so do illegal fishers and poachers; heck cruise ship companies love the high seas as a place to dump sewage. All in, we don’t respect the ecosystems in the oceans because there’s only a few laws that can be broken and enforcement is weak.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Peter Boghossian Reacts To Jordan Peterson Vs Ontario College Of Psychologists
When you cannot engage with a person’s arguments, use institutional censure instead. Sad times for the Ontario College of Psychologists.
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: In the News…
A couple unnerving things happened recently that I’m just catching up with. First, the CDC quietly added an update for guidance around certifying death from Covid last February. The controversial bit is here: And then the NACI announced that bivalents are waning in effectiveness, and people really need two doses,
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Understanding Long Covid
A couple days ago, Martin Kulldorff, a Swedish biostatistician, was at a White House roundtable discussing Covid when he said, “We knew about [infection-acquired immunity] since 430 BC, since the Athenian plague until 2020. Then we didn’t know about it for three years, and now we know again.” Many classicists
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Without a Home, but Wins a Medal
I looked closely at the article hoping to see that McPherson had also been given a home, but he clearly hasn't. Wouldn't a home be better than a medal? (Or maybe he could receive both?) — Robin Ganev (@RobinGanev) February 28, 2023 Ernie has worked for months on keeping people
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Resisting the Activist Left – The Political Situation – Corrie Moony
In Canada, the struggle will have to be at the grassroots level, and unfortunately against the organizations that many of us once called home. Politics: Federal, Provincial, Local “Ultimately this will be won or lost based on real politics, and elections at the Municipal, Provincial and Federal levels. While
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: When Saying There are only 2 Genders [Sexes] Gets You Arrested in Canada
The chronically fragile have been working overtime in Canada as of late (thanks to the National Post for the article). Apparently respecting the material reality we all share can get you in trouble with the authorities as Josh Alexander found out. “That Canada is becoming less tolerant comes as no
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Drag Queen Speaks Out Against the Queer Activist Left
James Lindsay might say this interview is “completely based”. Ryanna Woods is the Drag Queen being interviewed and he speaks to just about every issue that the misguided activist Left has pushed entirely too far in society.
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