Texas Democrat Rep. James Talarico recently claimed on "The Joe Rogan Experience" that the Bible supports abortion.

Quote from: Herman on July 11, 2025, 05:47:13 PM

Americans are as naive about the Democrats as Canadians are about Carney's conflicts of interest and his divided loyalties.

A Republican election observer in the state of Washington declined to wear a face mask while inside a ballot count room in November 2024. Now, the GOP election observer has been hit with a felony conviction and faces jail time.

Tim Hazelo — a Navy veteran and the former chairman of the Island County Republican Party — was observing ballot counting on Nov. 4, 2024. Hazelo chose not to wear a face mask inside the ballot count room.

Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider established a mask mandate in certain parts of the county elections office. Crider previously told KOMO-TV that she established the mask mandate because 50% of the staff tested positive for COVID-19 during the August 2024 primary.

KOMO recently reported that those who did not want to wear a mask could still observe the ballot counting from the hallway, but "some have said their view was obstructed from that vantage point."

Hazelo was reportedly asked to wear a mask, relocate to the hallway, or leave the premises. Hazelo apparently refused to wear a face mask, and he was escorted out of the building by two police officers.

Hazelo was arrested and initially charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, which was later dismissed. However, Hazelo was hit with additional charges by an anti-Trump prosecutor in February 2025. Hazelo was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, in addition to one count of unauthorized access to a voting center — a class C felony.

Island County Prosecuting Attorney Gregory Banks charged Hazelo with a felony that could land him behind bars for a year.

Banks, a Democrat, has a history of making disparaging remarks on social media about President Donald Trump and his supporters, according to reports.

Conservative talk show host and columnist Jason Rantz previously reported that Banks made unsettling comments about Trump supporters.

Rantz wrote in MyNorthwest.com in 2019, "Greg Banks is the elected Island County Prosecutor. Up until last week, his public and personal Facebook account was littered with vulgar, vicious smears against conservative voters and President Donald Trump."

The article noted that the prosecutor "implied Trump supporters are members of the KKK and called them 'racist bullies with second-grade intellects and behavior disorders.'"

That's how you stick it to the man.

Quote from: Herman on July 10, 2025, 07:27:47 PM

I will chip in for one way flights.

Environmental organizations that campaign against development should be held to the same standard as energy companies.

 Twenty years ago during winter break from college in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, 19-year-old Deena Del Giusto decided to take a road trip north to Fort St. John, where one of her friends had just opened a beauty salon.

"I loved what I saw so much, I never came back," says Del Giusto, who grew up in Abbotsford in British Columbia's Lower Mainland near the American border, more than 1,200 kilometres away from the small city in northeast B.C.

Three children and two careers later, Del Giusto considers Fort St. John home.

When she saw a photo circulating online by the David Suzuki Foundation purporting to show the large scale of development in the region's Montney natural gas play, she had a "wait, what?!" moment.
 
 As soon as I saw that photo, I knew something didn't look right because it looked nothing like anything I'd seen anywhere around here," she said.

"I've lived here for a long time and personally visited the drilling rigs and fracking sites in this area, first as a medic and then as a safety hand."

Del Giusto's instincts led her to do some online research, which revealed the photo was actually taken in Wyoming more than 20 years ago. 

It had been repurposed by the David Suzuki Foundation on its website, social media channels and donation appeals to portray natural gas development in the Montney play.

Del Giusto and seven other northeast B.C. residents have filed a formal application with the federal government's Competition Bureau to investigate the foundation for using "false and misleading imagery." 
 The eight residents, who own small businesses in the region, claim this materially misleads donors and the public, which violates the Competition Act.

It is filed under the Act's established provisions and is not related to recent changes regarding "greenwashing" under Bill C-59.   

The residents' complaint asks the bureau to investigate and potentially impose remedies, including stopping all uses of the image, publishing corrective notices and returning proceeds.
 
"People who live in northeast B.C. are proud of what they do to produce the energy that Canada and the world needs in the right way because our families live here," said Del Giusto, who now works as a real estate agent in the city of 25,000.

"If you drive 10 minutes outside the city, you are in wilderness and it is beautiful. It's important because developing the Montney supports thousands of jobs and fuels economic activity across the country."
Del Giusto said she understands that many people in Canada aren't exposed to the oil and gas sector, which helped spur her decision to file the complaint.
 
"It's important we don't have misrepresentations about what's taking place," she said. 

"Accurate public information is vital to informed debate, especially as many Canadians live far from production sites."

Del Giusto wants environmental organizations that campaign against development held to the same standard as energy companies.
"This complaint is about truth and fairness. These issues deserve more than scare tactics and misleading imagery," she said.

"If we had a more open and honest conversation, we could be talking about what we could do to improve rather than debating things that aren't true."

Quote from: Herman on July 07, 2025, 02:05:10 PMThis says it all about progs.

That is a marriage of convenience made in hell.

This says it all about progs.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on July 04, 2025, 09:40:42 AMImpeachment now!!!

A double standard indeed.

Quote from: Herman on July 03, 2025, 10:08:33 PMObama bombed Libya, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, a total of 26,171 bombs dropped in 2016 alone without congressional approval.

Impeachment now!!!

Obama bombed Libya, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, a total of 26,171 bombs dropped in 2016 alone without congressional approval.