It's not that Sidney Powell was so spectacularly incapable of answering simple fact-based questions; it's that she's a lawyer fer Chrissake, and she utterly collapsed under the most basic of questioning.
The deposition should be amazing.
P.S. As several commenters have noted, Powell did herself no favours by continuing to defame Smartmatic in that interview. How bad a lawyer must you be to not understand that?
Given what I've published here in recent days, there seems little doubt that disgraced ex-CPC MP and total lunatic and dangerous dingbat Derek Sloan is pumping money into Ezra Levant's personal vanity blog in exchange for laudatory coverage, softball interviews and the common courtesy of a reacharound, and if you need any further evidence of that, witness Sloan's latest descent into crippling mental illness wherein he encourages people to ... well, here ...
Now, if this had been a Liberal candidate, is there any doubt that Ezra Levant would have been shrieking hysterically and pissing blood in outrage day after day over the criminal stupidity of someone promoting livestock de-wormer as a solution to COVID-19? And yet ... and yet ...
... an eerie silence, as the very fake news outlet that insists it pulls no punches and plays no favourites and always asks the tough questions and goes where the facts lead gives Sloan a total pass as he dispenses medical advice that will almost certainly make people sick or dead.
Well played, Rebel. Well played.
... that would make you a "stable genius."
Ba-dum-bsssssssssh.
This is what is barreling down the tracks at us right now:
Seriously, just fuck off. And in conclusion, thank you for fucking off.
If 40-year-old undischarged bankrupt and university dropout Patrick Ross wants to become "debt-free":
I'm just throwing that idea out there.
Well, this is delightful ... a fourth wave of COVID-19 hitting Alberta, where a stunning 98 per cent of ICU cases consist of the not-fully-vaccinated:
Where do these idiots get the encouragement to not vaccinate? Who could be giving them such indescribably stupid and deadly advice? Oh, right ...
That would be Rebel News' in-house quack Dr. Roger Hodkinson, who one suspects is only days away from telling people to start chugging Ivermectin. Or perhaps bleach.
Since a few people have asked, undischarged bankrupt and convicted malicious defamer Patrick Ross has 22 days to file an appeal:
In case you cared.
P.S. What will make this collection process more interesting is that, according to rumours (which I have not yet substantiated but seem moderately reliable), Patrick has -- surprisingly -- enough personal assets to cover the above, but seems to be trying to hide it.
First, I have been informed that Patrick and his siblings each inherited a sizable chunk of valuable Saskatchewan farmland, which would certainly be seizable, except for the report that the ownership of said land was quietly transferred into the name of a close relative to hide it from me.
And second, I have been told that Patrick has been removed totally from his father's will -- with the original bequest now going to another close relative -- again to conceal said assets from me.
If any of the above is true, it almost certainly falls under the category of what is called "fraudulent conveyance," and is trivially overturnable by the court system if exposed.
I guess we'll find out in 22 days.
Rebel News: "It's not surprising that a totally disgraced MP that was kicked out of his own party would turn out to be such a pathetic, opportunistic carpetbagger to think he can just pack up in Ontario and run in an Alberta riding as if Albertans would fall for that sort of cheap manipulation, but why should we expect any better from ... (*checks notes, sees it's Derek Sloan*) ... and our guest today is exciting newcomer Derek Sloan, a fascinating and accomplished politician with bold and vibrant ideas, and just the sort of candidate Alberta would be lucky to have".
Did I get that about right?
P.S. It is depressingly predictable that everyone at Der Rebel is giving mavericky ex-CPC MP Derek Sloan the common courtesy of a reacharound, since the evidence is overwhelming that Sloan is quietly pumping money into Rebel in exchange for all this fawning coverage, as demonstrated by the fact that the very first hit when you search for "Derek Sloan" at Rebel is (ta da!) a direct link to Sloan's own home page:
So, yes, Ezra's journalistic principles are, in fact, for sale, as long as you have a credit card.
Canadian conservatives currently pissing blood in outrage over Liberals' apparent acceptance of a Taliban regime known for its ruthless oppression and regular killings of women and children simultaneously celebrate Israel's relentless, decades-long military bombardment of Palestinians which regularly kills women and children because, you know, that's different.
And this is the point where your defamation lawyer looks at you in stunned horror, and gasps, "I'm sorry ... you admitted what!?!?"
Having relentlessly, for month after month after month, denigrated pandemic lockdown regulations, mocked masks, encouraged large groups of people to gather unmasked without social distancing, promoted Canadians to claim utterly bogus "mask exemptions," questioned the efficacy of vaccines, and promising to support anyone getting a lockdown-related ticket or fine -- essentially, doing everything they could to encourage irresponsible and gullible plague rats to promote the spread of COVID-19 and its more recent and lethal variants -- Rebel News is shocked to discover that we can't seem to get this pandemic under control:
That is some awesomely burning stupid right there, amirite?
Just last month, this was Rebel News' Alberta Bureau Chief and crushing embarrassment to her children Sheila Gunn Reid, touting the paradise that is Florida:
So, Sheila, how's that GOP fellatio working out for you? Well, shit ...
leading to some of the stupidest and most gullible morons on the planet being utterly suckered by the obvious rage bait:
except that it was not an actual walkout, as, God help us all, even Fox News (along with many, many, many other media outlets) made it clear that it was a "symbolic walkout" that deprived absolutely none of all those abysmally stupid unvaccinated patients of medical care:
And that's why you don't read Rebel News.
I'm glad we had this little chat.
Here's Rebel News' in-house dumbass idiot Adam Soos, going on and on about the tragedy of Antifa attacking a "prayer rally" (actually, a violent gathering of the Proud Boys):
And what would a "prayer rally" be without those same Proud Boys overturning a medical assistance van?
Rebel News: Fighting for the rights of violent fascists and white nationalists everywhere.
BONUS TRACK: By the way, if you're wondering why no law enforcement seemed to give a fuck about what the Proud Boys were up to, that's because, two days earlier, the city openly announced that it would not intervene:
That would be the people who run Portland, publicly inviting the Proud Boys and their associates to have their way with the city.
Hilariously, Rebel News is currently so unable to generate any relevant Canadian content (because no one sane cares to talk to them) that the main web page might as well be named "Advance Australia Fair":
"Sure," says Kyle from Red Deer, "I lost my job in the oil patch, and my wife left me and took the kids because of my drinking, and I can't get any decent medical care 'cuz that fucking Jason Kenney drove all the doctors and nurses out of the province, and I just filed for bankruptcy, but I need to know what they're up to in Australia because, mainly, I'm a moron."
Sure, let's talk about "false accusations" ...
On the other hand ...
Are we done here? Yeah, I think we're done here.
There is so much more to mock regarding Rebel News and its ideological French-kissing cousins True North Centre and The Post Millennial, but let's recall, from a few posts ago, Rebel News' spectacularly untalented Tamara Ugolini, telling Liberal gatekeeper Ben Smith that, by gosh, she was an accredited journalist through something called the "Independent Press Gallery."
Pause for a moment to appreciate that the IPG is not an actual press gallery -- it is, in fact, a creation of (wait for it ... wait for it ...) Ezra Levant and friends, whose sole purpose is to lend them some gravitas as being accredited by ... a press gallery.
Let me make sure you understand what is happening here: Having invented their own "media outlets" so they could claim to be "media," these same valueless hacks proceeded to invent their own press gallery, which then turned around and awarded them accreditation as being officially recognized by a press gallery ... that they themselves created.
Is that not just adorable?
We'll have more on the utter shit show that is the IPG at some point down the road but, for now, revel in the IPG's mission statement, and ask yourself just how well Rebel News is upholding the standards.
You're welcome.
... CPC MP and wine box lady Michelle Rempel knows that the biggest danger to women in Canada is ... affordable childcare:
Now go open another box of Mateus.
... anonymous wag sends me secret recent fight footage involving undischarged bankrupt and Lloydminster homebody Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen.
It was early yesterday morning that I posted this missive about how political parties should deal with the talentless hacks from Canada's lunatic media showing up at their events unannounced and uninvited, and rule number one was -- simply say no. Go on, read what I wrote ... that's what I wrote. So it's delicious to see the Liberal Party doing exactly as I advised, as you can see from the first 30 seconds of this video, where Rebel News' useless mouthpiece and David Menzies-wannabe Tamara Ugolini is told, "You're not invited."
And tell me I didn't call it precisely when I claimed that the Rebel News hack would try to engage the gatekeeper in demanding an explanation or arguing about rationale or what have you, and that said gatekeeper should stick to his guns and just keep saying no, which is precisely what Ben Smith did, to his credit.
In fairness, I watched only the first half-minute or so to revel in my advice being implemented so deliciously, so if things changed later on, well, whatever. But from the snippet I saw, it would appear that my strategy is the perfect way to deal with these dingbats.
You're welcome.
P.S. OK, I sucked it up and watched a little more of that video, and it's just creepy how closely it plays out compared to my earlier piece. Good God, Ugolini admits to showing up without getting a confirmation of accreditation (which I expressly warned about), and even describes Ben Smith as a "gatekeeper" (the very adjective I used). And I explicitly cautioned said gatekeeper about engaging said hack about reasons for rejection and, for the most part, Smith pulled it off.
Man, I'm good at this.
P.P.S. OK, I sacrificed minutes of my life to watch almost all of that video and, other than that it was the depressingly-untalented Tamara Ugolini rather than David Menzies, tell me that this paragraph I wrote early yesterday morning doesn't describe perfectly how all that played out:
I am available as a political consultant for reasonable rates. Oh, and check back later when I explain the concept of trespassing.
FURTHER MUSINGS ... I just realized another protective strategy that absolutely should be used to deal with nonsense like this. During Ugolini's plaintive whining, she admits that, while she sent e-mail asking about details for the event, she received no reply, so she decided to go. This was a (minor?) mistake on the organizer's part.
Yes, we all agree, when one receives an application for event accreditation from any of the worthless yobs at Der Rebel, it's tempting to just point it at the Trash bucket and move on with life.
Don't do that.
By ignoring the application, you are simply opening the door for said fake journo to show up and bitch and whine about never getting a reply. Rather, the proper response is to reply, but keep it short and courteous:
Dear <Whatever>: Thank you for your application for media accreditation for this event. Unfortunately, your application has not been approved.
Thank you.
That's it; brevity is the key, and under no circumstances get personal, such as, "And by the way, your media outlet blows dead bears." Simply reject the application politely, and make sure the gatekeeper is aware that this was done, so that when Menzies or Ugolini -- or some other worthless hack -- shows up, you say quite sweetly, "Yes, we know you applied, and I know your application was refused, so what are you doing here?"
Doing this just ups the humiliation factor even higher, and that's what we're all about here.
You're welcome.
OFFS ... just when you thought Ugolini couldn't be even more of a reprehensible prevaricator, here she is, blaming it all on sexism:
