Smoke, Mirrors and DEFLECTIVE OUTRAGE! EP#394
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Smoke mirrors and deflective outrage from our Prime Minister and some sad news and some personal drama to share with you tonight. Listen to this episode of the Cranky Connect Podcast to hear about the idiocy of our PM saying stupid things, donald trump doing stupid things and some other political bs that's been plaguing us because of our wonderful leaders.
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a good evening ladies and gentlemen it's the beautiful 3rd of february 2026
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come out this episode of the christian podcast episode 394 smoke mirrors and deflective outrage
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that's right the outrage of of our prime minister saying stupid things donald trump saying stupid
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things and some sad news and some personal drama to share with you tonight ladies and gentlemen
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listener of your discretion will be advised because i will swear smoke cigarettes drink coffee
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and you know just make fun of leadership as per usual all right stick around
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hit it sweetheart because i am hard you will not like me
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podcast a canadian veteran's point of view on political social economic issues and life
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that's right ladies and gentlemen welcome to episode 394 of the crusty connect podcast and
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this beautiful beautiful 3rd of february 2026 my god in the new year and there's still more drama to be
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had everywhere hope you've all had a great weekend so far ladies and gentlemen my weekend was somewhat
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productive getting things done trying to get things paid off and you know before you know it
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whammo uh but just a reminder too uh if you like and hear what you see please click like subscribe
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share this podcast all of your social media platforms ladies and gentlemen do not be shy
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let me know what's on your mind uh give me a comment give me a thumbs up all that good stuff ladies and
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gentlemen because the wonderful people like you i do this podcast i want to inform my fellow canadians
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and all democracy lovers out there around the globe that's right give yourselves a round of applause
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because you guys are awesome so like i said in the comments too a lot of smoke and mirrors going on
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uh you know this whole issue with more tariffs coming to canada more tariffs coming here more
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tariffs going there all this other political bs that's been plaguing us because of our wonderful
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leaders and you honestly still cannot blame donald trump okay he's big business do i agree with
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everything he says fuck no nobody in their right mind can always agree with what every politician says
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but the past 10 to 15 years we have seen such a shift in the political spectrum we have seen such a
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shift of garbage okay when obama got elected in the states americans loved it and it was it was a
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historical historical election first black man to represent the united states well done but then
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he's got his share of uh of agendas too right so every politician has been elected in the states
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canada states in canada whatever it's all been one shady fucking shit show now what i like about trump
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is that he says he's going to do something and he does it okay in our country every prime minister
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we've had since harper two of them they say they're going to do things they don't do it but we always
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manage to get in debt always manage to have higher fucking taxes because of two ass clowns okay so the
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elbows up people out there who happen to listen to this podcast you were wrong you were dead wrong
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okay because now we're paying for it now as i said earlier in the title there's some drama i got to
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share with you now uh ladies and gentlemen i'm losing my job okay uh effective 14th february that's
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a saturday so valentine's day uh won't be taking my wife out to dinner i will be working my last day
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at my job and uh it's a layoff but this layoff would be about maybe three four months my boss figures
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now i should have said something sooner tea is all out there but i'm not going to sit and beg for coin
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but uh this this is a big pill to swallow ladies and gentlemen so anyone who's watching this show
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and would like to donate to the crusty connect podcast i would really really appreciate it
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um effective uh 14th february i will no longer be working at my place of employment you know for
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about three four months but still uh it's gonna hurt so if you can find the kindness in your hearts
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ladies and gentlemen um to help the crusty connect podcast help me out i really really appreciate it
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i'm not gonna beg you know i did a plea last year when i had the whole tax fiasco and they garners my
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wages and i didn't get much as how do you say support but i'm asking you again can you give me a hand
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please you know like i'm not gonna beg but i'm i'm saying please and i would really really appreciate
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it if you my wonderful viewers out there would find the kindness in your hearts to give me a hand
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just to keep things afloat you know my biggest addiction is is cigarettes you know i barely drink
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i don't sit around all day and feel sorry for myself it's just it's a little nerve-wracking when
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i'm trying to stay focused i'm trying to make a good podcast and then keep the lights on too
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um my poor wife has had to pay for so much and it's just it's adding up so if you can find the
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kindness in your hearts to donate the podcast two three four five whatever you'd like keep it
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consistent that would help me out a great deal ladies and gentlemen of course now with the extra
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time on my hands i'll be able to make more episodes for you too so there'd be a return you give i give
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back and forth but however if you can ladies and gentlemen please consider giving um some tough times
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coming up so i appreciate your help anyway without all the fucking drama and again me getting
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melodramatic like the title says smoke and mirrors and deflective outrage so donald trump did say
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something about canada's nato commitment when it came to afghanistan saying crap that we didn't do
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enough blah blah blah blah well i beg to differ because i was there i served with guys that were
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there and we buried some of the lads that were there so i know what we did over there so i'm not
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going to buy the fake outrage from some other vets that the mainstream media has talked to i'm not
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going to sit and dwell because someone was offended right our government offends us every goddamn day
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with their lies and their fear-mongering uh we have to do better was trump wrong for saying what he did
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yeah he was wrong he was wrong canada made a good commitment and our life was getting better in the
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military when it came to procurement and when it came to getting things done to make us look like a
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standing force enough force to be reckoned with and i'm proud of those years that i was there
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but i'm not proud of the politics that followed thereafter i'm not proud of the politicians that
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have squandered and made excuses for lack of defense spending for lack of encouragement for lack of
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respect i'm not happy with the bureaucrats that jacked up housing prices and made life harder for the
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soldiers i'm not happy of those those ass clowns so we're going to start cutting the bureaucracy down
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i'm going to start cutting these boards off and start putting real men and women in there that
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want to take charge and kick ass and take names rather than all the bureaucrats that worry about
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counting the beans and the image right because some of our senior staff in the military right now
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are still spending more time worrying about the fucking image than rather than getting the fucking
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job done but i'm not going to dwell on that i'm sure my fellow veterans out there can relate
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to this debacle we call leadership in this country however smoke and mirrors is basically another
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presentation of what carny has done or what he hasn't done he's still pushing the whole ev mandate
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from china to bring him over here and yet oshawa lost their third shift at their manufacturing plant
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so we're heading into a place where it's going to be very very difficult and these ass clowns keep
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talking about sacrifice sacrifice and sacrifice what the hell are you guys going to sacrifice
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huh i've said this before during the pandan too you know justin trudeau has been quoted and saying
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oh well we have to make small sacrifices people you know krista freeland you know mr speaker you know
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little miss uh little commie commie crackpot herself you know it's a nice cushy job in ukraine right now
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you know slapping and tickling the pickling of uh the ukrainian taxpayer and the korean taxpayer of course
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but uh you know things are going to be really interesting in the next little while ladies and
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gentlemen things are going to be really interesting and uh all i can say the pot is boiling over
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shit's gonna hit the fan stay updated and follow crusty canuck on facebook twitter gab telegram
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youtube and podbean subscribe today and donate at crustycanuck.ca
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and you're back ladies gentlemen to episode 394 of the crustyac podcast
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smoke mirrors and deflective outrage that's right i'm your host crusty canuck ladies and gentlemen
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thank you once again to all my returning viewers all you people are awesome and wonderful
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i'm really really appreciative of all the people that have showed up and given me some nice comments
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over the past couple of weeks thank you very much round of applause for you wonderful people out there
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and other middlemen don't get their cut right because there's too many big corporations that get
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their cut in the name of progress when really they're just screwing it to the man here
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so do what you can ladies gentlemen anyway carrying on this episode so more of the smoke and mirrors
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so we get this deflection about the whole uh issue with um china and the trade issues and another big
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thing about separation in this country too i find now i was around in 1995 when they had the big
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referendum the big vote where you know people said yes staying in canada and people were saying no
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don't stay in canada and it was almost a tie based on the people that voted and the interest that
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came in because they wanted to because quebec wanted to leave so they put it to a vote and let
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the people decide yes or no and i have more sympathy for the separation in alberta than i do for the
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quebec separation because quebec has had a lot of money a lot of money from the canadian government
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which a lot has come from alberta roughly 13 billion dollars a fiscal year that goes to la belle
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provence from alberta right and what does alberta get in return they get mous they get laughed at
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they get shunned right so stephen harper said today in an interview because they're putting his
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portrait up in ottawa up in parliament there and he said there's a big quest for nationalism going on
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right now it's all over the world you know all democratic countries are really starting to get out
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there and wave the nation's flag because in not so many words we're starting to realize that the
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whole diversity equity inclusion thing is not as multicultural and not as beneficial as we thought
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now don't get me wrong ladies and gentlemen immigration is a good thing especially when you
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have people that come from another nation that have actually been oppressed that have been treated like
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absolute garbage and they want a better life would be canada the united states britain france
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however you but uh a lot of tarnished halos out there who are saying otherwise right but we all
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know the answer is that i'm not going to sit and dwell about worrying about race relations or gender
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bullshit i'm going to sit here and try to talk facts and be realistic with these all out there
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this whole inclusionary means is not working okay because some of these people we're supposed to be
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including don't really want to be included you know i mean have their own agendas people that knock
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off the liquor stores people that rob things uh the big extortion issue that's happening in burnaby bc
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right now as we speak you know people taking shots at different neighborhoods and it's always geared
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towards certain parts of the east indian community so there's problems that they have in certain
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communities comes over here and it becomes a problem over here right i saw a news clip today about
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three individuals that got arrested and two of them had their you know heads kicked in because
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they were resisting arrest so you know you fuck with the cops that's what happens to you right
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well just like the whole issue with what's going on the states with the whole ice issue and people
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being harassed by ice when we both know it's ice is doing their job and people are harassing them
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okay in regards of how you may agree or disagree with american politics uh let america do its thing
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and let canada start doing its better thing that's my my logic there ladies and gentlemen
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what say you give me a thumbs up in the comments and all that good stuff too give me a comment
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spread this podcast all over your social media platforms and let the world know that crusty
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canuck has something to say and let fellow canadians out there know that i got something to say too
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right joseph brings me my next point as well um i've reached out to a few other podcasters a few
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other influencers too i made this point a couple months ago too about reaching out now if i reach
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out to you i'm not expecting an immediate answer i'm not expecting a prompt answer um you know i'll
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give it two three four days even a week okay but if i reach out to you more than once and you don't
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answer my emails or answer my requests or engage with me i'm at a point now i'm going to start
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taking that personally okay i don't care if you're a conservative commentator or libertarian
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commentator or just you know a guy who wants or a gal who wants to see canada get ahead
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have the fucking courtesy of responding to my emails or my comments can you do that
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if you're one of those podcasters or creators that thinks you're way the fuck up here and your shit
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don't stink you're gonna have guys like me rubbing it in your face okay mark my words
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there's been a few events that i would have loved to have taken part in a few panels i would have
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loved to sit on you know and and give my two cents and listen to other people's two cents back and
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forth you know dialogue but i've had a few people just kind of oh shun me off to those individuals
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i'm watching and i'm listening okay if you have a problem with my show if you've got something to
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say about what i do here in my podcast bring it to my attention let me know what's going on
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share the words share the knowledge i can learn something you can learn something that's how
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talk the dialogue works back and forth back and forth point proof explanation get this in back and
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forth back and forth you know how it goes but if you think you're too good to say hello or respond
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to my question or my query then i personally think you're probably full of shit and you're riding the
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coattails of others and you're not worth my fucking time shit simple food for thought ladies and
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gentlemen you know right back after this i think yeah sorry wrong typo right back after this stay
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updated and follow crusty canuck on facebook twitter gap telegram youtube and podbean subscribe today and
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donate at crustycanuck.ca you're back to the podcast ladies and gentlemen episode 394
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i don't mind donald trump i like him a hell of a lot better than joe biden and i sure as hell like
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trump a hell of a lot better than blarney carney uh just click like subscribe all that good stuff
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please consider donating i could really use the help ladies and gentlemen now it's up to you you find
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wonderful people out there from all over the globe too do what you can get what you can links
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with me in my description and some sad news too one of the greatest members of the second city
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television comedy troupe canada's version of the pythons canada's version of snl second city which
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starred eugene levy you know rick moranis dave thomas joe flaherty john candy andrea martin harold
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and the ever so talented and wonderful uh catherine o'hara passed away there a couple days back from
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fighting from the illness and um it's tough tough to say because catherine o'hara was unique in her
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own i really enjoyed watching second city with all that cast joe flaherty passed last year i think last
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year two years ago now too and uh it's sad you know all your heroes do die people you admire
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you grow up with and you watch because i remember watching second city every week
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i loved it ed grimly johnny larue bobby bitman how are you you know i loved it and of course catherine
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o'hara playing lola heatherton oh i want to bear your children i loved it i just loved it and even
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reruns and syndication i couldn't get enough of it so to the family and friends of uh miss catherine
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o'hara my deepest condolences um smooth sailing i guess you know she'll be missed second city was a
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big influence on my life growing up just the humor and the creativity behind these characters
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it was just mind-blowing i just to this day it still puts a smile on my face when i watch second city
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and especially their christmas specials too so uh good good journeys to you miss catherine o'hara you've
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given me lots of laughs and i appreciate everything you have done and what you've contributed the world
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of comedy and putting can on the map when it comes to creating and promoting world-class entertainers
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good journeys to you ma'am and all the best to you and your family anyway without that being too
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sentimental carry on with the podcast um like i said smoke and mirrors and deflective outrage
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you know the mainstream media has had its heyday with the whole conservative convention too
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pierre paulievre he present uh backing from conservatives canada wide to keep him as leader
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and uh a lot of people have said you know you gotta watch this pierre you gotta stop talking like that
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pierre and we could sit and dissect the whole two-party system in the states and dissect the
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whole four or five-party system we have in parliament that's still always gonna be two dominant parties
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and i hate to say it but it's gonna take another election to smart things up you know if they
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don't call another election and the liberals end up getting a majority because of floor crossing
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that's going to speak for itself because those two ass clowns that crossed the floor their last year
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uh chris detrimont and uh you know michael ma michael ma uh they just wanted better things they just
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wanted better prospects for themselves they don't give two shits about the constituents
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constituencies you know and no one recalls any of those members of parliament talking to people in
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the riding about switching sides or crossing the floor they just went ahead and did it their own
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of self before your constituents you know no service before self self resource self before
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service we'll make it sound that way sound trendy right you know because a regular sitting mp makes
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anywhere from i think 190 to 200 000 bucks a year and uh i'm losing my job so that puts things in
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perspective okay um i don't know what else to say other than it's just a shit show it is how else how
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else do you promote it how else do you uh dissect it how many great panels in mainstream media have to
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sit and dissect about well he meant this here and he meant that there and they meant this over here
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and uh well probably the board will have to say this and the board's gonna say that and the board's gonna do
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this fuck the boards okay fuck these panels what do you say canada what do you say us of a what do you
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say uk what do you say france germany what do you say to your leaders your elected officials
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it's up to us you and i to tell these ass clowns enough is enough okay
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without blowing a gasket or getting violent because violence is on the horizon
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the more i think about it the more it gets into my soul here the more it gets into me
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it's tough not to see violence on the horizon the whole gun grab thing that's going on right now
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and luckily there's premieres in uh saskatchewan and here in alberta they're not going to cater to it
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good for them and there's a lot of criticism of these premieres too well let it be criticized
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because you and i both know ladies and gentlemen that the problem with gun violence in this country
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is not because joe blow down the road has an old enfield or has an old 30 odd six
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or an old shotgun that he got from his uncle 20 years ago the problem is is illegal guns crossing
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grabbing them at black market prices and using them for terrible things like the extortion racket
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i told you about like certain carjackings in greater toronto area like break-ins
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like pot shots at schools and stuff like that that's where the violence is that's where the
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problems are not with you and me not with hunters not with collectors not with sport shooters
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or gun stores but you know powers of people don't like that because they just don't want us to have
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any any guns they don't want us to have our own money they don't want us to progress and thrive
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yet everyone in the liberal party is saying canada will be an energy superpower
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how wind solar we're going to churn butter no pun intended right
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well that's self-explanatory ladies and gentlemen but i i cannot predict what's going to happen in
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the next few months my focus right now is to make sure i get employment and uh
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i try to get my credit ring back up and again right looks like i won't be able to borrow any
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money for the next little while keep things afloat but time will tell i'll try to get things on the
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go try to keep my head above water keep my chin up and do what's right persevere right the old british
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adage that was instilled in us young canucks and how us older canucks now are trying to instill the
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same thing but you know when you get hit you get up you get up folks and uh that's what we have to do
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but we're living a day and age now too where people keep getting hit and they're being forced down
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because of words because of beliefs not because they're terrible people it's just terrible people
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calling the shots and it's gonna be time for us to fucking fight back it's coming i can feel it my
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bones it's coming but i'm not saying go out there and do something stupid do something rotten but in
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the meantime you set your own example and carry yourself proudly kiss your wife kiss your husband
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kiss your boyfriend your girlfriend look after your kids look after your loved ones
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to the best of your fucking ability every goddamn day love well love hard and i know sometimes brothers
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it hurts i still get fucking nightmares i still get memories certain events
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and if you believe in god ladies and gentlemen then let the lord guide your way
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find your way anyhow i have been crusty canuck on this beautiful third of february 2026 i wish you
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all good things like like i say always uh please consider donating if you can i could use the help
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humanity and merit wins the day take care and i'll see you next time bye for now
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