American political commentator Dave Rubin has a podcast called The Rubin Report. Rubin was a long-time left wing promoter but has since changed his stance to be more right wing as he recognizes some of the damage the political left has done. This week, he had Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his show and Carlson is loathed by the left because of his over-simplified common sense view of life. When asked about Donald Trump, Carlson makes a great point that the left isn’t going to like, but it’s true. “A lot of people on the left say Trump is a destroyer and he destroys everything he touches. Well, okay I can see where that’s coming from but it’s also probably an overstatement. The reality is that if you sit and stare at Trump all day, you will burn out your retinas. It’s one of the things I try not to do. I don’t do a show about him, I didn’t write a book about Trump, and I’m not against Trump. I think he can be useful and is a truth teller in some ways, but people that obsess about him are destroyed. That is especially true for his opponents. I try to never argue about him. I hardly ever mention him. There are other shows on Fox that do and they have different roles. I feel like my role is to take the long view. It’s not easy and I get caught up all the time. Do you want to live in a country where the individual has the right to dissent? I think we do. However, if other people can tell you what to say, they can control what you think.”
Trump needed to listen to some advice on Saturday night when he tweeted about the Los Angeles Dodgers, criticizing their manager for poor decisions during the World Series. He should’ve been more focused on the Pittsburgh synagogue mass killing and concentrating on ways to bridge the increasing divide of people in his country (the same exists in Canada). A national tragedy occurred hours earlier and he’s focused on whether or not the Dodgers pulled their pitcher too soon. That’s something else Trump doesn’t seem to do. Take advice. When you think you are the smartest person in the room, you have made a major error.
It’s dangerous for vehicles to travel at speeds of 100 km/h in construction zones; but let me just say it’s also dangerous for construction companies to put up 60 km/h signs when there is no construction taking place. I saw this twice over the last week and it’s confusing to motorists. You can say, ‘Well just drive 60 until you see a sign saying otherwise, but it’s not that simple. Some people think they’ve missed a sign and will speed up when there may be, in fact, construction taking place several kilometres down the highway. If there is no construction, traffic becomes impeded and it’s dangerous when you have impatient drivers behind you who have no intent of honoring the speed limit. So, let’s post signs where needed and not play games in the name of hoping a cop can nab you and write a ticket based on trickery. No, I didn’t get a speeding ticket this week, I’m just pointing it out.
The other thing I had this week was a police cruiser doing 90 in a 110 on the Trans-Canada Highway. What’s the purpose of this? Eventually, I passed him but it’s a clear attempt at baiting. I have no respect for it. Many are scared to pass. There was a huge line behind him despite the highway being double lane. He didn’t appear to pull anyone over who went by, but most of us don’t need the potential hassle. Just drive 110, heck even 105 would be fine. 90 is daring someone to give you trouble.
Not that we need more examples of government wasting our money, but full marks to the CBC for producing a story on Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s personal staff approving a tone deaf tweet that praised Syria for joining the Paris Climate Accord. CBC obtained information regarding an internal email trail that shows more than a dozen public servants were involved in writing, editing, vetting, and transmitting the tweet that reads as follows: ‘Canada saluates Syria and Nicaragua for joining on to Paris Agreement! Global. #ClimateAction #COP23.’ Excuse me, more than a dozen people were involved in writing 14 words? I didn’t think it was possible, but her staff has less upstairs than she does. Why are we okay, as citizens, funding this incompetence? When are we going to do something about it? Never?
I had an interesting debate last week and I think I found some common ground with a person I disagree with. I am okay with a politician lying to me in order to put more money in my pocket in the form of lower taxes. They have been lying to me my whole life and taking more and more money forever, so if you want to lie and take less, I’m good with it. The person I was debating isn’t. He would rather be lied to and lose money, but be told the truth if the politician is going to give some of your money back.
Nice person mentions: Scott and Wendy McOuat, Kimberley Rolufs, Leigh Buettner, Brutus Beefcake, and Paul Burch.
