I haven't reported here lately about the progress in The Lions for quite a while. Here's the latest dashboard output. (Two pages).
We donated about $1000 to a member earlier on and then $500 each to Andy Lee and Sheldon.
The third nominee was the Coutts Three and it turned out that that the way to contribute is to their lawyers who also defend a wide range of freedom-related suits. Somehow I never got around to sending them the money and about then Stripe stopped paying out the money due to new government regulations and forms that I had difficulty filling out because they assume this is a business, which The Lions definiotely is not.
I'll have to look at that again because it looks as if we have accumulated some money to donate. I hate government forms.
Getting Stripe working again will also make it easier for people who want to subscribe because I think credit cards might work again, although I never have figured out how the coins and credit card thing works and there have been a number of changes. It appears that some people have figured it out anyhow.
I'm not particularly fond of how Locals operates but that's what we have. When I vist other Locals, I find that in the ones I looked many or most posts are for paid members only, making them useless to me because I can't afford to pay for each site just to see what's in there from time to time.
I'm happy that The Lions is almost entirely open to everyone. I think, though, that non-paying subscribers may not be able to participate in the comments and sometimes that's the most interesting part of any post.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments or PM me if you don't have access to comments.
And, thanks to those who post interesting things here, things we might not see otherwise.
New report denounces Havana and claims ‘campaign of subversion’ has infiltrated highest levels of US government
"...There is overwhelming evidence that the machinery of the Cuban Government has been progressively organized around… a fundamental hatred of the United States,” the report stated. “Many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history —from the George Floyd riots to the rise of Antifa to the explosion of pro-terrorist activism on American college campuses— can be linked, in some way, shape, or form to Cuban influence.”
The report doesn’t just hand-wave. It names names. It details how the Venceremos Brigade and other “revolutionary tourism” programs have funneled thousands of American activists to Havana for ideological (and sometimes literal) weapons training.
The Venceremos Brigade has brought 10,000 American activists to Cuba since 1969. This is because nothing says “I am fighting for the oppressed working class” quite ...
Now there is a plan! Of course dumb Canadians will not have the courage to vote with their brains, instead of their propagandized feelings of fear.
Canada’s economy is stalling badly.
We just endured the worst decade for real GDP growth per person since the Great Depression.
Over the past ten years, real GDP per capita limped along at an average of just 0.6% annually.
And Bloomberg’s consensus forecast for 2026? A paltry 0.7%.
Why does GDP matter?
Because family disposable income follows GDP like a shadow. Anemic economic growth resulting from lower investment means stagnant wages. Period.
The Liberals and fake Conservatives won't fix this.
The People's Party has a comprehensive plan to unleash private investment, supercharge productivity, and put more money back into your pocket:
Make the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance (ACCA) permanent – Let businesses write off capital investments rapidly and skyrocket cash flow.
End Corporate Welfare – Zero subsidies. Zero bailouts. Zero regional ...
