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February 28, 2024

the ponzi bomb under the city walls

put there by public sector unions, it's now exploding. will it leave anything behind?
[This is about US cities, but applies to Canada, the provinces, and cities, too.
Allowing public sector unions to strike has, over time resulted in featherbedding, inflated pay, reduced work, inflated benefits, and inflated retirements that are higher than those in the private sector that has to support them. These unions are permitted to hold essential services for ransom, and the resulting public outcry always causes politicians to cave to unsustanable demands. Eventually, the chickens come home to roost and it becomes obvious that the 'entitlements' exceed the population's ability to meet them, resulting in disaapointment and anger all around. Then things get nasty. It is long past time to bring these unions to heel, but who dares to bell the cat?]

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-ponzi-bomb-under-the-city-walls

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October 07, 2025

Abolish the teachers' unions

Alberta strike cancelling classes across the province shows unions have far too much power
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-abolish-the-teachers-unions

It is pathetic when you have 5 running for mayor and 24 for city Councillor and you can't come up with 8 you would vote for for Councillor. I pass by if they are a civil servant or don't know the responsibility of the different levels of government. This is Red Deer. I have been waffling on Mayor but have finally made up my mind. Two former city Councillors are HELL NO's and hope to see their asses in rear view mirror.

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Good morning, C&C, it’s Tuesday! Your author struggled mightily this morning with an update-gone-wrong, but heroically managed to cobble together a delicious post anyway. Your roundup today includes: CBS shakeup sees free-speech champion installed as chief editor while depressed Democrats stare in stunned shock at the sinking wreckage of corporate media dominance; newly disclosed documents reveal Biden spied on sitting U.S. senators; fallout begins; and Florida leads the way back to crosswalk sanity.

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It might be the greatest media revenge arc outside of literature. Yesterday, the AP ran a story headlined, “Bari Weiss is the new editor-in-chief of CBS News after Paramount buys her website.” Weiss is gay, married to a woman, a classic liberal (now registered independent), with all sorts of progressive opinions— but the left hates her. She’s an anti-woke, pro-free speech, old-timey liberal. Let’s connect some dots!

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