Jim Bob

OTTAWA — A new poll has found that 89% of Canadians believe Donald Trump is to blame for Canada’s struggling economy, citing everything from rising grocery prices to housing costs and general financial anxiety. How, exactly, Trump is responsible remains unclear. “It’s complicated,” one respondent said. “But every time something feels off, he seems like a safe bet.” The survey found strong consensus across demographics, with many Canadians expressing confidence in their conclusion despite being unable to point to a direct connection. “I don’t follow all the details,” another participant admitted. “But it just feels related.” Meanwhile, when asked about their own biggest financial concerns, respondents pointed to inflation, taxes, housing affordability, and stagnant wages—issues largely tied to domestic policy. Analysts say the results reflect a growing tendency to assign complex problems to simple, external causes. “It’s easier,” one observer noted. “You don’t have to rethink anything—you just have to agree on who to blame.” Because when the economy gets harder to explain, the explanation doesn’t get more accurate— It just gets louder.

John Thune says the Senate has pressing stuff more important than election integrity.🤦‍♂️ I can't think of anything more important than election integrity, can you?

Our roads in America are crumbling A huge 8 foot by 4 foot hole is found on the I-64 into Illinois It’s on a bridge, the driver almost hits it. He walks over and looks down the hole, you can see the road way below He quickly leaves fearing he may fall through The pavement crumbled, leaving only the steel grid support structure visible I looked more into this and Illinois Department of Transportation did covered it with a steel plate as a temporary fix until it’s repaired This is what happens when our tax money isn’t spent on infrastructure and instead endlessly launderer to NGOs and back to politicians

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has joined President Trump in slamming Pope Leo XIV. In a powerful new statement, Viganò told the Pope to “get his act together,” stop acting like a politician pandering to the radical left, and start acting like a real spiritual leader instead of constantly attacking Trump’s foreign policy. Viganò pointed out that many faithful Catholics are scandalized by Pope Leo’s weak, woke criticism of Trump’s decisive actions against the Iranian regime and his overall softness on global issues. This comes after Trump called out the Pope for being “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.” The message is clear: The Vatican needs strong leadership, not more political virtue-signaling.

For good reason

Larry Ellison just asked the one question no journalist on Earth can answer. A Wall Street Journal writer told Ellison to his face that Elon Musk doesn’t know what he’s doing. Ellison didn’t argue. Didn’t get emotional. He just asked a question. Ellison: “This guy is landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing. You ever land a rocket?” One question. No recovery. Ellison: “Who are you? Why should I believe you as opposed to my friend Elon?” This is the question the entire media class has been dodging for a decade. Who are you to judge? What have you built? What have you shipped? What problem have you solved that didn’t involve a keyboard and a deadline? Ellison: “You’re there in front of your Apple Macintosh typing up an article saying Elon’s an idiot.” They sit behind a laptop they did not engineer. Using a network they did not build. Running on silicon they cannot explain. To tell the world that the man sending humans to space doesn’t know what he’s doing. They have never built anything heavier than a Word document. And they publish it with absolute certainty. That’s the part that should disturb you. Not the criticism. The confidence behind it. The total absence of self-awareness it takes to judge disciplines you wouldn’t last a single semester in. Musk does not operate in opinion. He operates in the physical layer of the universe where the math closes or the rocket does not come home. His critics operate in a text editor. He built the vehicle that carries NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The satellite constellation delivering internet to active war zones. The EV that forced every automaker on Earth to abandon their combustion roadmap. His loudest critics built a byline. So why the coordinated hatred? Because they lost the leash. The attacks didn’t escalate because Musk got worse at engineering. They escalated because he bought X. He cracked open the algorithm. He handed the public square back to the people. And he shattered their ability to control what you’re allowed to think. They don’t hate the engineer. They hate that the engineer took their monopoly. You cannot cancel a rocket. You cannot publish a hit piece on gravity. You cannot edit the laws of physics. They own the syntax. He owns the physics. One of them is going to Mars.