He saw panic, he’d looked it in the eye, and now he was “serene”. He also knows that in in the contemporary “Victims ‘R Us” culture he can get away with anything he damn well pleases if it creates panic. Hell, he’d called Canadians genocidal at the UN, and no one flinched

The steep decline in the North American birthrate since the 2008 global recession will have a significant impact on the future of K-12 and post-secondary education. The two-decade delay in demographics dating to 2008 means society is entering a fallow period that will require fewer schools, fewer teachers, fewer administrators.

As Chappelle has noted, for all their failings the Trump base sees the world as it is. The progressive left sees a world as they wish it to be. Eventually they are going to collide.

Republicans are now left with the scenario none of them wants. The Mara Lago whale Donald Trump— whose wonky endorsements in the midterms face-planted in several important races— stands as GOP kingmaker. He believes he has the road open to a 2024 presidential nomination. The only thing standing in his way will be fellow Floridian DeSantis. Their clash— if DeSantis is willing— promises to be bloody. And highly entertaining for DEMs.

We have been trying to figure out the fatal flaw in the approaches of new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and new Albert premier Danielle Smith. From the amount of abuse being thrown at the pair you’d think they were a Van Gogh painting. They must be dong something terribly wrong.

Say this. It took Christianity three centuries to take over the Roman Empire. The new religion of White Guilt has taken over Western culture in about a generation. Through government, schools and media, this cult has been made religion. And, like so many religions, there is no questioning the leap of faith required to believe.

Was it justified? At least his father had kidnappings, murder and a recent history of bombings to fall back on when he strong-armed the War Measures Act in 1970. Justin cited truckers pissing on the National Cenotaph, Nazi and Confederate flags, civil servants hassled for wearing masks and incidents of violence that proved totally fabricated.

The problem for bemused Boomers who now make policy but don’t consume any more? This is not your grandpa’s marijuana. Says Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell: “The kind of marijuana that people of my generation smoked 20 years ago probably had one-fifth of the THC levels that the marijuana that's being sold now has. And in some forms, the THC levels of marijuana are even higher, like in some of the oils and things. And we don't really know a lot about what it means to crank up the active ingredient that high.”

Peter Menzies: “The one thing this process has made abundantly clear is that the interests of anyone outside their club are irrelevant to all inside it.” And come to think of it, isn’t that really all Skippy wants? A club? With costumes? And dances? And decoder rings for his pals? Why can’t people see that?

Komrade Klobuchar believes, if we can just drive electric cars , the hurricane threatening Florida’s Gold Coast will turn into a gentle off-shore breeze. There’s not a moment to waste. Forget that Hurricane Ian is South Florida’s sixth major storm in the last 57 years versus 16 in the previous 50 years before that. Klobuchar knows best.

Ironically, Justin Trudeau came to prominence at his father’s funeral, weeping openly beside Pierre’s casket. His loss bonded him to many Canadians. Now, however, he’s decided that warbling, “Galileo, Galileo” in a London bar is a more suitable display of grief.. His choice. But we liked the young Trudeau’s decision better.

The Establishment knows why Poilievre got such a plurality and why young people in polling are favouring the Conservatives over the Fresh Prince of Rideau. The support for the nerdish guy reflects a population that sees the failure of institutions like Healthcare, the Bank of Canada and, yes, the passport office and has decided we have a crisis in management.

The balance of credibility in society is a delicate instrument. Which is why the tin-eared ramblings of the prime minister this past week— demanding 90 percent compliance with new experimental drugs every three months this winter OR ELSE he’ll impose new mandates and restrictions— is so unfortunate (and so predictable).

Tommy Douglas romantics won’t acknowledge that their class-free dream is irretrievably fractured. So risk-averse politicians say they will never support tinkering with the healthcare sacred cow. For Trudeau and the invested parties in single-payer health care the easiest answer is to simply throw more money at the monopoly. “If we just had X more nurses and doctors”, goes the remedy.

Cruel firings are not unknown in broadcasting. Anyone in the business long enough has a horror story about a frog-march with the box of possessions at 9:30 A.M.— escorted by security. It was just thought that someone with Lisa LaFlamme’s pedigree would at least get a consolation prize and a lunch. Guess not.

The current Media Party attempt to tame populist fires is the left-leaning media’s swooning for played-out 1990s man Jean Charest as the answer to Conservative electoral dreams. Charest is what a liberal thinks a Conservative should be. Namely, defeated. But CBC panels and G&M editorials caution against rejecting Charest’s sober experience in favour of fiery Pierre Poilievre.

As demons go, Stephen Harper always left something to be desired. While the media and his political opponents painted a picture of a diabolical schemer bent of hoarding power, Harper mostly bored ordinary Canadians. For all the strenuous efforts of newsrooms and chat rooms tapping him as Trump, The Harp lacked a certain je ne sais quoi when it came to ruthless maniacs.

Who made Klaus Schwab king of the world? Don’t Justin Trudeau and Pete Buttigieg work for the citizens of sovereign nations? Apparently not, as Schwab has ordered his munchkins to end private ownership of cars. And so they shall.