Sandra Finley

Apr 202024
 

With thanks to Dianne.

Morning Sandra

This came this morning from John Leake.  I know and admire all of the men that gathered last night.  I found this piece thought provoking and I thought that you might be interested in it.   Enjoy,  D.

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The Man Who Would Be President

On seeking office instead of going fishing.

John Leake
Apr 20

 

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Last night, here in Los Angeles, I had dinner Drs. Pierre Kory, Ryan Cole, and Brian Hooker, and we were all pleasantly surprised when presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. found the time to join us. He was curious to know what we are seeing in the realm of public health, and he expressed special concern about various signals that the incidence of cancer is rising, especially among young people.

Critics of Kennedy have told me he gets too much in the weeds about particular policy issues, and is inclined to lose sight of the big political and social picture. I am aware of the longstanding idea that intellectuals are not well-suited to holding high political office.

This criticism of RFK, Jr. might have some merit IF we had an honest and functioning administrative class in Washington and an incumbent president with a basic understanding of what is going on.

Now the United States finds itself embroiled in all kinds of needless high drama and crises. To understand the folly of it, one needs to be equipped with a mind that can see through all of the obfuscation and obscurantism that veils the truth of these issues.

Apart from his earnest intensity, the other thing that struck me about RFK, Jr. is that he’s exceptionally strong and fit for a man of any age, and he recently turned seventy. The contrast he makes with the senescent specter known as “Joe Biden” couldn’t be more striking.

Biden probably won’t campaign much, but will occasionally attempt to read a teleprompter. Kennedy, on the other hand, is going to have to work very hard. He will need every ounce of fitness, strength, and energy he’s got.

This morning, over coffee, I read an essay by Jeffrey Tucker titled “The Regime That Doesn’t Care” in the Epoch Times. Tucker refers to a historical precedent that I’ve often thought bears an eery resemblance to the U.S. government today. As he wrote:

I have been reading “The Vampire Economy” by German economist and financier Gunter Reimann, published in 1939 (and which I scanned and uploaded with the author’s permission).

The book was written as the Nazi Party had gained full control of government (and everything else) and the full war in Europe was about to commence with the German invasion of Poland.

Reimann brilliantly dissects the reality of a regime that cared nothing for the spreading suffering of the people.

Nazi leaders in Germany do not fear possible national economic ruin in wartime,” he writes. “They feel that, whatever happens, they will remain on top, that the worse matters become, the more dependent on them will be the propertied classes. And if the worst comes to the worst, they are prepared to sacrifice all other interests to maintain their hold on the State. If they themselves must go, they are ready to pull the temple down with them.

The passage reminded me of the anecdote that—as it became clear the German military was going to fail in Russia—Hitler remarked that the end was perhaps going to be like Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung—”Twilight of the Gods”—in which war breaks out between the gods that results in Valhalla going up in flames.

I read this anecdote thirty years ago in Joachim Fest’s biography of Hitler, and it has stuck with me ever since. I’ve often thought about it since the beginning of the Ukraine war, along with the terrible perception that there are people in Washington who do not fear nuclear war because they don’t care about humanity.

Shortly after Hitler came to power in Germany, one of his comrades remarked that much of the German aristocracy was alarmed by the Nazi Party’s radical excesses. Hitler replied something like the following:

None of these old guys have the stomach for politics. All they want to do is retire to their country estates and go fishing. Thus, all we have to do is convince them that we will protect them from the socialists and communists who want to seize their property, and they’ll give us their approval.

Currently, the American propertied class continues to remain fairly insulated from the grave and gathering dangers of DEBT, WAR, INFLATION and the criminal racketeering of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex that is busy trying to produce another Pandemic Drama. The levitating stock market has done much to maintain this insulation. Propertied Baby Boomers may soon be in for a very rude awakening.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Donald Trump certainly have the personal resources to retire and go fishing. I applaud both of them for having the stomach to seek the office of the presidency.

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Apr 202024
 
Reclaim the Net is from London UK.  They crossed my radar screen a few years ago – – addressing the takeover of the Internet in ways that I wanted to know about.  Free Speech and Surveillance are central to their motivations.  They continue to provide quality input.
Tag-line:  If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net.
And now for one of today’s offerings.   Lordy!  I hope “enough of us” understand – – these are red alerts. 
  The U.S. Senate’s Eleventh-Hour Approval of The Warrantless Surveillance Program.
Another loss for privacy and respecters of the constitution.

In the late hours of Friday, the US Senate approved the extension of the contentious FISA warrantless surveillance program, narrowly averting its expiration at the stroke of midnight. Effectively confirmed is what advocates describe as a fundamental pillar of America’s foreign intelligence-gathering procedures and civil liberties groups see it as a Fourth Amendment violation that has yet to be properly challenged.

Senate majority leader and Democrat, Chuck Schumer, extolled this bipartisan decision: “Democrats and Republicans came together and did the right thing for our country’s safety.” He addressed the concerns surrounding the program’s expiration emphatically: “We all know one thing: letting FISA expire would be dangerous. It’s an important part of our national security, to stop acts of terror, drug trafficking, and violent extreme extremism.”

(I, Sandra, removed the breakdown of which Senators voted in favor (or against) the controversial FISA renewal.  My audience is mainly Canadian.)

While valuable for various factions, the FISA legislation has been the bane for numerous Republicans and Democrats, premised on the perception that it infringes on the constitutional right to privacy of Americans.

The journey of the bill towards legislation was anything but smooth, facing resistance from House Republicans who departed from their party stance and blocked the bill thrice in the preceding five months. The tide turned last week in favor of the House passing the bill with a decisive vote count of 273-147 after the proposed span of the program was truncated from five years to a mere two years.

The impending “risk” of not securing the FISA reauthorization, which was a reactionary product spawned in the aftermath of the dreaded 9/11 events, was urgently flagged by top-level Powers from multiple channels including the White House, intelligence bigwigs, and the chief members of the House intelligence committee.

Detractors of the program, however, cite worries linked to the program’s lack of legal checks.

While warrantless surveillance is only supposed to be carried out on non-citizens, time and time again, despite promises to stop, US citizens have been caught in the warrantless surveillance system.

 

Apr 182024
 

You absolutely SHOULD watch the interviews of these men.   My admiration for them ratchets up yet higher.

https://www.rebelnews.com/coutts_three_found_guilty_of_mischief_over_5_000_by_jury_maintain_moral_position_of_protest?utm_campaign=buzz_4_18_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=therebel

A jury found the Coutts Three – Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk, and George Janzen – guilty of mischief over $5,000 on Tuesday in Lethbridge, Alberta.

The three men were charged with having committed the crime for their involvement in the 2022 Coutts protest and blockade, which, at times, blocked traffic on Alberta Highway 4 in both directions near the Coutts-Sweetgrass Canada-U.S. border crossing.

The Coutts border protest and blockade took place concurrently with the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, ON, with the two peaceful demonstrations incorporating civil disobedience in opposition to governmental decrees, edicts, and mandates ostensibly imposed upon Canadians for “public health” purposes to reduce COVID-19 transmission.

The twelve jurors unanimously found all three men guilty. The prosecution held that the protest unlawfully obstructed people’s access to property, specifically Alberta Highway 4.

 

Canada’s Criminal Code defines mischief as follows in Section 430:

Every one commits mischief who wilfully

  • (a) destroys or damages property;

  • (b) renders property dangerous, useless, inoperative or ineffective;

  • (c) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of property; or

  • (d) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with any person in the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of property.

The first sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 22. The maximum penalty for commission of mischief over $5,000 is five years of imprisonment.

After the verdict was rendered, the three men told Rebel News they did what was right in Coutts in opposition to a tyrannical government violating Canadian constitutional rights and freedoms. At the time of the protest, the demonstrators demanded an end to the above-mentioned governmentally-imposed decrees, orders, and mandates. The three men stated they had no regrets over their participation in the 2022 Coutts protest.

Marco Van Huigenbos maintained the distinction between legality and morality, noting that the two concepts are not synonymous.

Dozens of persons – mostly friends and family of Van Huigenbos, Van Herk, and Janzen – attended the trial’s proceedings on its final day.

Apr 182024
 

With thanks to Dan for finding.

(Sandra speaking)  This link worked for me:

https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/168f642a-5708-4b1a-9857-d8eacf475252

Forward to around the 14:30:32 marker;  it runs to about 17:21:00

Whoo!  Good people with strong wills manage to get a debate about covid out of the closet and into the U.K. House of Commons!  Back-benchers with some Ministers in attendance.  Onto the Parliamentary records.   I was surprised by the quality of input from a couple of the later speakers.  Well done!

Thank-you to the initiator, Member-of-Parliament (UK)   Andrew Bridgen MP   @ABridgen

https://x.com/ABridgen/status/1780858470624850029

Today is the day, another historic debate on the Covid-19 pandemic response and trends in excess deaths. This will be the first full length debate on this subject in the House of Commons chamber, which followed the resounding successes of my adjournment debate and Westminster Hall debate. Tune in on Parliament TV or BBC Parliament from around 2:30 pm.

The MP concluded with:

Given the evidence, I call on the Government to immediately suspend the use of all mRNA products in both humans and animals.” –  @ABridgen.    Dan adds:that the media will not cover!

 

https://x.com/lawrie_dr/status/1780959431557038541

Dr Tess Lawrie   @lawrie_dr

This statement was followed by massive cheers from the audience and people outside of Parliament.

Stunned silence from the present MPs. You can watch the debate live here: parliamentlive.tv

(Sandra:  try this direct link:  https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/168f642a-5708-4b1a-9857-d8eacf475252 )

 

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Apr 172024
 

IMPORTANT— One of the most significant legal cases in the world right now:

https://x.com/TexasLindsay_/status/1780256842288881866

Landmark case in US starting May 1st. It has the potential to remove Pfizer’s immunity from lawsuits from those injured and the families of those killed by the Covid mRNAa gene therapy. Please read the thread as it has important information on why this is such an important case.

 

Apr 142024
 

In this short video on “X”,  Dr Malhotra outlines the topics addressed in his testimony.

— Click on  

@DrAseemMalhotra
Just left the court. We smashed it out of the park
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THE TWO HOURS OF TESTIMONY by Dr Malhotra.  You won’t be bored listening!

This link takes you to the posting on X:      Scroll down.  At the bottom click on the picture of Malhotra, to access the audio file.

 

The testimony is an AUDIO recording (the court would not allow filming).  Dr Malhotra gives a paragraph in English followed by translation of the paragraph into Finnish (Helsinki District Court).   There are a few silent places where the translator is conferring with the Doctor to confirm wording.   It’s ok – – Keep listening!   Dr Malhotra is a whistler-blower.  His testimony is comprehensive and stunning.

If Elon Musk had not purchased Twitter (now “X”)  you would not have the opportunity to be listening to this testimony now.  Youtube censored the testimony, took it down.

Dan writes, and I concur:  I don’t think the establishment can keep this covered up for much longer.

God bless investigative journalist @TiinaKeskimki.  She’s the one who got the audio recording out so fast!
Now the ball is in our court to move it forward fast, to as many people as possible.

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With thanks to Dan for the documentation to substantiate Malhotra’s status on Youtube – they took down the Testimony.

https://x.com/DrAseemMalhotra/status/1779406700463653315

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=MPXjVFzs8dE&feature=youtu.be

On 2024-04-14 9:34 a.m.:

https://x.com/TiinaKeskimki/status/1779424128212009176

Here is the entire testimony. (No coverage by establishment media, at all.)

I don’t think the establishment can keep this covered up for much longer.

BREAKING NEWS  – COURT RECORDINGS OF CASE: COVIDPASS TRIAL RELEASED

Yesterday,  #ReformiStudio published the testimony of Expert Witness @DrAseemMalhotra’s before Helsinki District Court.

Shortly afterwards @YouTube censored the Dr. Malhorta’s courtroom testimony.

Yet another example of YouTube prohibiting free speech.

Thank you @elonmusk @X for promoting #citizenjournalism here!

@MikaVauhkala has sued the Finnish government @valtioneuvosto & @FazerGroup for the violations of  #humanrights done with the Covidpass requirement.

The District court was reluctant, but investigative journalist @TiinaKeskimki quoted Finland’s Supreme court’s @korkein_oikeus ruling from -23 regarding audiorecordings and got the tape OUT FAST.  Filming in courtroom was prohibited.

@MarinSanna, who currently works for #TonyBlair’s @InstituteGC, was PM of Finland when the discriminative Covidpass was launched.

Apr 132024
 

The previous “For Your Selection” was  March 2024.

 

The APRIL SELECTION  Buckling down   – – – – – – – – – – – –  –  –

  1. 2024-04-14   Dr Aseem Malhotra, expert witness, court recording of his testimony in Helsinki District Court, Finland. It’s a wowser!

I wish I could do this:  Dr Malhotra captured everything that the April Selections express.  You will see them reflected in his words.

2.  2024-04-11 RCMP Report to Federal Government Sees Democracy as a Threat. by John Carpay, JCCF

A very important article.  The title might not tell you.

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3.  The B.C. case of Dr. Charles Hoffe

2024-04-12  My letter to BC College of Physicians challenging the erasure of due process for Dr Charles Hoffe.

(The letter includes links to related postings:

Breath-taking.   The BC College Physicians & Surgeons Disciplinary Committee:  rights to due process dismissed with two words:  Judicial Notice.

1980] JUDICIAL NOTICE 477.   That a matter is judicially noticed means merely that it is taken as true without the offering of evidence by the party who should ordinarily have done so.

Brilliant!  Those trying the accused do not have to present evidence in support of their position! What the Government said is taken as true.   No matter what expert witnesses the defendant has lined up in support of his argument,  no matter what he himself has to say in his own defence,  none of it gets heard!   Judicial Notice means the case is already decided.  Good-bye.

Good Tools (e.g. Judicial Notice) mis-used in the wrong hands.

4.  2024-04-12 Copy of Public Notification, BC College of Physicians, re Alleged Misconduct by Dr Charles Hoffe – – His misconduct?  He heightened  “Vaccine Hesitancy”.

Alas, the clerical staff at the College has only the on-line information to help them help you – the Public Notice from 2022.

Reminds me of going to the Court House in Lethbridge, AB on the appointed date, to observe the proceedings against Artur Pawlowski.  I could not find information – – which Court Room to go to?  Simple stuff.  I went happily through Security, to the wicket inside and to the Bulletin Board.  On the 3rd go-round, a fellow working on the Security line didn’t look at me, but said loud enough for me to hear:  the hearing was re-scheduled.  It’s next month.

5.   2024-04-09 A list of “PFIZER” postings on my blog. First one Sept 2004. In case you’re wondering about their earned reputation. (My Dad taught me that you don’t make deals with crooks.)

6.   Posted 2024-04-09 from 2019-09-12 LOBBYIST REGISTRY INFO, Big Pharma in New Brunswick in advance of Vote on Vaccination Legislation

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As you digest the situation of Dr. Hoffe,  keep the HPOA in mind:

2024-01-10 Repeal Bill 36   the Health Professions & Occupations Act  (HPOA).  First class tyranny. (Civitas #1)

As you digest that,  maybe for dessert try (below) (#13):

BILL C-63, the Online Harms Act.  The worst assault on free speech in modern Canadian history

If it causes indigestion,  meditate on (below) #17:|

 2024-04-  The Canadian Government’s War on Supplements. Shawn Buckley on The High Wire with Del Bigtree.

Shawn is a lawyer whose life experience qualifies him perfectly for his position and work on the National Citizens Inquiry (NCI).  BC’s Bill 36 effectively outlaws all but the Government’s support for Big Pharma’s drug model.  That model will not tolerate alternatives.

Do you wonder why all these court trials are on-going?

Nothing more than the would-be Tyrants desperate to hold onto power and control.  (Normally there is no push-back because people cannot afford to defend themselves in court.  The Government mis-calculated:  they didn’t reckon on crowd-funding.

Do you wonder why people don’t know?

Now the conversation shifts.  Collaborators.  Courtiers.  Include most of the established Press.  The would-be tyrants need censorship and propaganda to keep their dirty secrets.  How many Canadians know about Dr. Hoffe?  or about the Coutts Protestors?

But I think we’re going to keep fighting for legitimate governance, peace and order,  AND  Item #1 above (Malhotra)  puts us on 3rd base, running for home:   2024-04-14   Dr Aseem Malhotra, expert witness, court recording of his testimony in Helsinki District Court, Finland. It’s a wowser!

 

7.  COUTTS    trials are back in progress.   The abuses of the justice system take my breath away.  Marco Van Huigenbos, defendant in the current proceedings has stated the obvious – – there needs to be an Inquiry in Alberta.

The Government Prosecutors need to prove that three men, Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk, and Gerhard Janzen, were the LEADERS of the Coutts Blockade.  

In all, three police officers, one an RCMP Superintendent from Manitoba, were called to testify, to prove the Prosecution’s charges against the Defendants.

7.   2024-04-11  Coutts three trial: RCMP officer agrees that strong disagreement existed among protesters

The second officer told the same thing – I didn’t post it.   In other words, there were no “leaders”.   The documentary Trucker Rebellion:  The story of the Coutts Blockade,  provides evidence.    And then there is the third officer, a Superintendent . . .

8.   2024-04-12 RCMP officer appears to cry while testifying in Coutts Three trial.  By Robert Kraychik, Rebel News.

Marco Van Huigenbos was interviewed at day’s end.  I think he is rightfully discouraged.

Canadians are indebted to Sydney Fizzard and Kian Simone.  They stayed with the “Coutts Blockade” throughout the ordeal (2022), filming and collecting data.   They created the video found at the bottom of the posting.  The film  Trucker Rebellion:  The story of the Coutts Blockade.

Where would we be without their documentary evidence?   And without the reporting by Rebel News and citizen journalists of the on-going trials in Lethbridge,  all related to Coutts.   No wonder few people know the story.  Unconscionable disregard by the CBC and others.  Not just disregard.  When they DO report, the content is far from the standards expected of professional journalists.

The Coutts Trials won’t come to an end anytime soon.

The Government, the Prosecutors, the RCMP, the “Justice System” are the ones on trial.  The trials EXPOSE the rot AND the HEROES.  Two RCMP officers who testified in Lethbridge Court this week past made the honor role, as far as I can tell:  they told the truth.  Bless them.

The jury will receive instruction this coming week and deliver the verdict for the “Coutts 3”.

The situation is grave for Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk, and Gerhard Janzen.

I confess:  When I thought about the proceedings against the Coutts 3,  I burst out laughing.  Sorry.  The trials would be a comedy fit for the stage,  EXCEPT FOR THE FACT that these 3 men face jail time AND they have families to feed.   It has been a grueling time for all the people charged in relation to the Coutts Blockade in February 2022.   I would like to find one list of all the individual people against whom charges were laid.  One list with the outcomes.

I am humbled by what these men have stood up to, for our benefit.   Please tell and share their stories as widely as you can.  They are our heritage.

9.   2024-03-28 Meet the Coutts Three: peaceful protesters could face up to a decade in jail for supporting convoy border blockade, Rebel News, Sydney Fizzard.

10.   2024-03-28 UPDATED: Coutts Trio member says he’s been banned from Coutts Four court hearings, Western Standard, Jonathan Bradley.

In case you didn’t see reports on February proceedings:   11.    2024-02-08 Two of the Coutts Four released in a shocking twist in the case. The unravelling of the Coutts Four case. Troy Media, by Ray McGinnis.

12.   2024-02-13 Regarding the “Coutts 4” released on a Plea Deal:  2 YEARS without due process. 74 days in Solitary Confinement.

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13.   ABOUT BILL C-63, the Online Harms Act.  The worst assault on free speech in modern Canadian history

13.   2024-04-13  Druthers Bill C-63:  I don’t want to spend LIFE in prison… please read

Bill C-63 could/would put the owner of Druthers in jail.   He writes on his own behalf – – I wonder if he’s ever done that before?   (Maybe it’s on my behalf, too!   Ha ha!)

      14.    2024-03-01   CARPAY: The worst assault on free speech in modern Canadian history.   Online Harms Act (Bill C-63)

The mobilizations against the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) are growing.  Thank Goodness.

And bless John Carpay,  the brains behind the JCCF (Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (Canadian)).

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15.  Covid Clots.   Fibrin  and what causes an “oversupply” of fibrin?

Edited and moved to April #2

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OTHER POSTINGS:

21.   2024-04-02 RFK Jr. renews pledge to pardon ‘American hero’ EDWARD SNOWDEN if elected: ‘I’m going to build a statue to him’. New York Post, Ryan King

22.   2024-04-04 RFK Jr on Assange: “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular journalistic activities are protected under the First Amendment, and that the United States ought to drop all charges against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange.”

23.   2024-04-04 ‘Huge Win’: Court Rules Big Telecom Must Comply With State Environmental Laws. (EMF radiation)

24.   Quotes from “The Committed”, 2021, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

25.   2024-04-09    A novel.  Last Testament (2007) by Sam Bourne, about Israel and Palestine

/Sandra

Apr 132024
 

Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston told Justice Keith Yamauchi, the judge presiding over the trial, that he and his team did not expect to introduce any other witnesses.

The Coutts Three – Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk, and George Janzen – are being charged with mischief over $5,000 by the government for their participation in the 2022 Coutts protest and blockade, a peaceful and civilly disobedient protest that intermittently obstructed traffic at the Coutts-Sweetgrass Canada-U.S. border crossing.

The protest took place concurrently with the Freedom Convoy of the same year, with both demonstrations broadly opposed to the governmentally-imposed edicts, mandates, and orders marketed as “public health” measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission.

Corbett’s emotional demonstration took place as he recalled what he described as a fearful moment experienced by a female RCMP colleague – who was typically assigned to desk duties – sent to the Coutts protest. He said the female officer was intimidated by a large tractor with a blade that was being driven near her. He seemingly cried as he spoke about her fearful communications over police radio at the time.

Corbett has been an RCMP officer for nearly three decades. Many courtroom observers who spoke with Rebel News described his emotional presentation as insincere and disingenuous. His role during the Coutts protest was largely managerial. While at Coutts for most of the demonstration, the three defendants had essentially no interactions with him. Van Huigenos and Van Herk told Rebel News they had seen him once across the approximately two-week protest.

Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston told Justice Keith Yamauchi, the judge presiding over the trial, that he and his team did not expect to introduce any other witnesses. Corbett’s testimony will continue on Friday. He is the prosecution’s fourth witness, following RCMP officers Mark Wielgosz and Greg Tulloch, who worked as police liaisons with the Coutts protesters.

All videos introduced as evidentiary exhibits in the trial, with one exception, were recorded by Rebel News and featured the Rebel News watermark. The Crown did not submit any evidence or exhibits captured by body cams used by police officers at Coutts. None of the three RCMP officer witnesses produced any body cam video or audio to supplement their testimonies. When questioned, they consulted notes – written or dictated – to refresh their memories.

The trial is tentatively scheduled until April 19.

Apr 132024
 
I don’t want to spend LIFE in prison
But if Trudeau has his way
my being sent away for life is prison could become a very real possibility. Please help stop this from happening. That’s what this month’s Druthers cover story is about.Have a peek… it has a cartoon of black face Trudeau on it 😉 See it here.Are you familiar with Bill C-63? The government has proposed that anyone who speaks out-of-line is a criminal worthy of life in prison! Wow. If this bill passes, it will be a massive blow to the freedom community and to freedom of speech in general, in Canada. It would also deliver a big blow to my own personal freedom because I publish Druthers.Please… we cannot let this happen!

How do we stop it? The first big step is raising more awareness about this insane bill. I find most Canadians aren’t even aware of Bill C-63 and the extreme tyrannical powers it would grant the government. But, when enough people know about it, I am confident people WILL stand up and strongly say NO to the passing of this bill. If it passes, we are ALL at risk of life in prison.

This is no joke. We need more people to be aware of this insanity in order to stop it.

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We are many, they are few. We have all the power, if we step up and claim it.

Let me know if you have any questions, or if you have ideas on how we can make this stop this even more assuredly, I would love to hear about it. I don’t really want to spend the rest of my life behind bars, all because I publish Druthers. Please help.

I love you all. Stay strong!!
WE. WILL. WIN.

Shawn