While we digest the latest on the Trump tariffs...

...here's something completely different.

Tom Swift was a character, in pre-war books for boys like Tom Swift and His Electric Flying Machine". Tom never just said anything. He said it in a certain way, defined by an adverb. Examples: 

"Where's my favourite newsmagazine?" said Tom timelessly. 

"Who publishes Time and Life?" asked Tom loosely. 

Here's more.

I hope Walt will return soon, said Ed. shorthandedly.

Canadian voters: Don't say you weren't warned!

Dear Canadian friends, please don't be snowed [Geddit? Ed.] by all the paid advertising -- 

and propagands from the lickspittle media, who are also bought and paid for -- about the new Dear Leader of the Liberal Party and unelected Prime Minister of Canada. 

His apologists are trying to paint him as a soft, sensible, middle-of-the-road statesman, an ultra-nice Canuck kid with no agenda other than saving the Great No-longer-white North from the evil Orange Man. Walt calls BS on all that!

The truth about Mr Carnage's plans to finish the job started by the Trudeaus (père et fils) and make Canada a part of the Davos gang's New World Order are to be found in his own words in his book Values.

Values reads like a sermon from a high priest of globalism... which, come to think of it, it is. It's "polished, preachy, and packed with ideas that should send shivers down the spine of anyone who cares about Canada’s economy, especially Western energy producers.

"Writing as the former Bank of Canada governor and a darling of the Liberal elite, Carney pitches a vision of 'sustainable finance', net-zero absolutism, and heavy-handed regulation. To the National Citizens Coalition, it's clear: this isn't a roadmap to prosperity, it's a wrecking ball aimed at the heart of Canada’s resource sector and the West's economic lifeline."

Those quotes (and the graphic) are taken from "Carney's 'values' the wrong ones at the wrong time", posted on Blazing Cat Fur today. Opening the link will take  you to the original article by the National Citizens Council's Alexander Brown, which appeared in the Western Standard yesterday. Thanks to all concerned.

DEAR READERS, please pass this on! Click on the headline to make this post appear in a new tab. Then copy the URL and send it to all the Canadians you know. The rule of the loony Liberal globalists has to stop!

Early casualties of the trade wars

"You realize, of course, this means war!" I didn't expect to hear this threat uttered again, outside of Warner Bros. cartoons, but now American and Canadian politicians are shouting this at each other, and it appears they are in earnest. 

Americans should be thankful that President Trump has not yet led them into a shooting war against their ever-so-nice northern neighbours -- notice the Canadian spelling -- for the last time Yankees tried to make Canada a state, look what happened.

Walt has lost his photos taken during the War of 1812 -- the only war the US of A lost until Vietnam. This was taken during a re-enactment of the Battle of Fort Erie.

You can't see the American soldiers because they're inside the fort, which they had occupied for a time. The British, aided by Canadian militias and Indians [it was OK to call them that, then. Ed.] were trying to take the fort back, and eventually did so. 

You can see Old Fort Erie today, just five miles or so northwest of the World's Longest Formerly Defended Border (TM). From there you can see Buffalo... if you want to. 

I mention this because plans for re-enactments of this and other battles of the War of 1812 and even the Revolutionary War are being cancelled on both sides of the border, because of the Trump Tariffs. 

Canadian re-enactors don't want to spend their hard-come-by US dollars where they're not welcome, and won't put up with the surliness of the CBP. Americans are afraid they won't be able to bring their guns across the border, and that on their return the US border guards will tear their bags to shreds looking for mary-jew-anna and beavertails. 

So fuggedabadit. Too bad, sez Walt.

Your Singhs today ("Brampton men" edition)

Agent 3 has read our plea for help (didja miss it?) and has contributed another item for our file of Sikh, Sikh, Sikh people. This one comes from Brampton ON, the capital of Sikhism in eastern Canada. Yes, and of thefts of cargo trailers, drug smuggling, assaults with cricket bats and other crimes and misdemeanours. The following comes directly (and mostly unedited) from the Peel Regional Police blotter. 

Peel Regional Police have arrested another individual and laid further charges in connection to an ongoing investigation that is estimated to include more than five million in stolen cargo. Between December 2024 and January 2025, several victims reported that their trailers loaded with freight were stolen by a transportation company known as All Days Trucking. 

Through an extensive investigation, it was determined that Manjinder Singh Bura, a 41-year-old man from Brampton and owner of Bura Limited Inc., was complicit in these crimes. As a result, Bura was arrested and charged on Feb. 19. On Feb. 26, investigators executed search warrants at an address in Nobleton, Ontario, which led to the recovery of additional stolen property. Officers were also able to identify two more companies that were involved in these incidents: Velocity Logistics Inc. and Torque Logistics Inc. 

After further investigation, 28-year-old Sukhdeep Singh Brar of Brampton was arrested and charged with the following on April 3: 

Theft Over $5000 x17 

Fraud Over $5000 x16 

Possession of Property Obtained by Crime x10 

In addition, Bura, who was originally arrested in February, was re-arrested and charged with: 

Theft Over $5000 x12 

Fraud Over $5000 x11 

Possession of Property Obtained by Crime x9 

Both individuals were held in custody for bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton. This investigation remains ongoing, and more charges are anticipated.

Walt's comment: "More charges are anticipated.? More??? Are these guys trying to set some kind of GSOAT record? The competition will be tough... And (innocent question), why don't they do mugshots of these guys wearing their turbans, so we'll have a better chance of recognizing them on the streets when they're released on bail?

VIDEO: Bill Burr tells the media to grow some balls!

And he never once used the f-word. How about that! 

I don't care what they say about Bill being a cuckservative. (Could it be beause he's married to a girl of the darker persuasion?) IMHO, he's one of the few -- Dave Chappelle being another -- who has the courage to laugh at what I've long called "the sorry state of the world"... the real world.

Thanks to Agent 34 for fillin in in Walt's hour of need.

Walt is sick

Ed. here. Walt has been violently ill since 1600 EDT on Wednesday. I have put him to bed with a pitcher of Ma Nifkins' jellied gin and am hopeful that he will be able to write again by the beginning of the week.

Derfining "woke"