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February 19, 2024

Louis Riel -- Founder of Manitoba / Father of Confederation

Louis Riel Quotes:
"I am glad the Crown have proved that I am the leader of the half-breeds in the Northwest. I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as more than a leader of the half-breeds, and if I am, I will have an opportunity of being acknowledged as a leader of good in this great country."
"I am more convinced everyday that without a single exception I did right. And I have always believed that, as I have acted honestly, the time will come when the people of Canada will see and acknowledge it."
"In a little while it will be over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die."
Louis Riel, May 6, 1885, Batoche, N.W.T.
"Yes, I have done my duty. During my life I have aimed at practical results. I hope that after my death my spirit will bring practical results. All that I have done and risked... Rested certainly on the conviction that I was called upon to do something for my country I know that through the grace of God I am the founder of Manitoba."
https://www.mmf.mb.ca/louis-riel-day-2024

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I Have No Idea how the U.S.
Reached these CRAZY DEPENDECIES

"Let me give you a number that should end every argument about national security. 417 kilograms.

That's roughly how much rare earth material goes into a single F-35. A Virginia-class submarine needs about ten times that.

Now ask the question nobody in Washington wants to answer out loud: who controls the supply? The chokehold, metal by metal.

NdPr. Neodymium-praseodymium oxide is the heart of the super-magnet.

China controls about 90% of rare earth processing and 93% of magnet manufacturing. America has exactly one rare earth mine, Mountain Pass.

And Beijing has shown the leash. Export controls in April 2025. A harsher second wave in October 2025. That sec
https://mailchi.mp/wealthresearchgroup/brics-chokehold-intensifies-russia-china-and-greenland-critical

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