Riddle me this

How can someone who is Indigenous and has spent her entire life and career on the native narrative be an "independent" special interlocutor (first we had David Johnston, who was a special "rapporteur".  What's next, a Ouiji Board?) when it comes to investigating possible burial sites on residential school grounds and recommending they be dug up?

I am referring to Kimberley Murray, who has just tabled her report on "Residential School Denialism" -- whatever that means.  Pulling back the curtain, which The Globe and Mail's coverage doesn't do, we find her background and resumé:

• Member of the Mohawk Kahnesatake nation,
• Executive director of the Truth and Reconcilation Commission,
• Ontario assistant deputy minister for Aboriginal Justice,
• Executive lead to the survivors' secretariat, and
• Fifteen years with the Aboriginal Services of Toronto

 

Ms. Murray, advocate for more digging and more money.

Even before I read her recommendations, I googled her.  I wondered if each would be biased, one-sided and therefore suspect.  They are, but who is this person?  Now I know.  As one of my CBSA friends, who worked on the border in Kahnesatake said, "That whole reserve is a huge criminal operation smuggling drugs, guns and people."  That's where she is from.

There is absolutely no way Ms. Murray can be objective and independent.  No way whatsoever.  Did she interview such experts on the file as Judge Brian Giesbrecht or historian Conrad Black?  Of course not.  They would have destroyed her narrative that thousands of children were killed at these schools.  I have blogged this many times, but have a re-read of "I am not alone on this file," April 14, 2022.  Here is part of Black's column:  

"The research of the Frontier Centre and Judge Giesbrecht has unmasked the dearth of conclusive evidence of the claims of atrocities committed against the infamous 215 Indigenous children who were allegedly killed and secretly buried in Kamloops, B.C. 

"This charge began with the revelation by First Nation of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Rosanne Casimir that she “knew” of this secret burial because “knowledge keepers” told her about “oral histories” of six-year-old children being taken from their beds at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in the dead of night to bury fellow students in the apple orchard. Stories such as these have been circulating for decades, and were amplified by less precise allegations about mysterious unmarked graves near the locations of other residential schools."

This has been completely de-bunked, but nevertheless, Murray trotted it all out again and no one challenged her!  To even begin to be objective, a co-chair should have been appointed from the non-Indigenous academic or legal community.  That would at least have offered some balance.  But, of course, no such co-chair was.

Now to even question such nonsense, one can be charged under the Criminal Code!  Ms. Murray's bottom line, of course, is money.  She demands 42 "obligations" to address "denialism" and lays out a framework to support, "the search and recovery of missing and disappeared (read "killed") children and unmarked graves.

She charges that "denialism" exists across religious and political institutions, the academic institutions and the media.  I wonder why?  Is it because there is much to deny?  Is it because evidence proves otherwise?

So now the Canadian taxpayer is going to have to shell out millions and millions to dig up "possible" graves and landfills to "possibly" find something.

It's an outrage.

 

Destroyed

My old friend and mother of the late Matthew Perry, Suzanne Langford (Perry, Morrison), looks absolutely destroyed and hollowed out.  Watched a YouTube of the Morrison family talking about the death of Perry on the first anniversary of his demise.

I was shocked!  She is actually a year younger than I!  Haggard doesn't even begin to describe her despondent condition.  Frankly, I blame Matthew's money, which allowed him to continue his drug use even after many stints in rehab.  Normal folks can't go back because they have no money; Matthew's ability to return to drugs killed him.  And it destroyed his family.

They have started the Matthew Perry Foundation to help other addicts.  "Matthew was a shining example for so many," said his sister.  I would not call him a shining example.  He relapsed and died.    

She is a shell of her former, beautiful self -- the girl and best friend I knew so many years ago at Lisgar Collegiate in Ottawa.  We were inseparable and had so many laughs, made so many memories and kept in touch.  But when I saw her on the screen, I was heartbroken.  She is absolutely shattered.  Will she ever recover?  I doubt it, but hope so for the sake of her four other children and grandchildren.

I tried to get in touch, but she has changed her number.  I also reached out to her sister, but she told me Suzanne didn't want to talk to anyone.  Even me?  That shocked me, but I have to respect it.  Lots of love to my old friend.

Suzanne today (top photo) and as I remember her in her prime.

 

What it really means

"Reproductive health", as the confused Kamala Harris keeps talking about, is all about abortion.  She's oddly obsessed with it, which is bizarre because it is a state law, not federal.  But as I say, "reproductive health, reproductive health, reproductive health" really translates as "abortion, abortion, abortion".  Let's just call a spade a spade.

She is even in favour of "post birth" abortions, a.k.a "murder"!

Inflation, illegal immigration, crime -- none of these issues matters to those fixated on abortion.  And no one is more fixated than Kamala Harris. If she loses the election, this will be one of the major reasons.  In fact, those who object to her views are actually told to find another rally.  I kid you not!

I adhere to the views of Megyn Kelly and John Mearsheimer when it comes to Harris.  She is a vacuous air head without an original thought in it.  They don't put it quite as succinctly as I, but that's the gist. 

Abortion is a tough one for me because, were it legal when I was conceived, I would not be here and neither would my children or grandchildren.  I suffered two miscarriages, so I know what it's like to lose a baby.  It's a depressing reality for so many of us.  And you never really get over it.

Read another shocking statistic the other day:  40,000 young men under that age of 30 commit suicide in the US every year.  That's astounding.  The reason?  They don't feel they have any use in society.  They can't be masculine men, because that's seen as a put down of women, they can't find jobs and they have lost hope of fitting into such a gender-divided country.  

The plight of too many young men today.

Men used to have a distinct purpose, to support their families.  That's gone now.  Women have taken control of their own lives and the lives of their children as divorce rates soar.  It's all very sad.

 

Mauled by a litter of kittens

That's what it amounted to.  This week's Liberal caucus was supposed to confront Trudeau and demand he resign.  But instead of a serious mauling, he was meekly read an unsigned letter by about two dozen unknown MPs.  His reaction was basically a typical "Eff you," as he immediately declared he would be leading the Liberals into the next election.

Leading them into oblivion.  In a nutshell, the dissenters said, "Please go away" and he said "No", as he smiled his Cheshire Cat smile.*  The reason for the fear of putting their names to the letter is that guess who has to sign their nomination papers?  Exactly.  That's the existential dilemma right there.    

But Trudeau doesn't care because he's a multi-millionaire.  He doesn't need a job and he's a narcissistic contrarian to his core.  He also doesn't care about the Canadians he has successfully hobbled for generations.  But, as I said, he's a multi-millionaire.  "Let them eat cake" his motto and talisman.

Our Marie Antionette PM.

* Note:  Thanks to Globe columnist Shannon Proudfoot for the cat description.

Hands up....

....if you think one cent of the $4 billion Canada has shoveled into Afghanistan has gone to humanitarian aid.  Me neither.

Reading 'The National Post' today, I was staggered to learn we are giving billions to a country ruled by the Taliban -- a government that has impoverished its population to the starving point and refuses education for girls after grade six.  People there are suffering "acute food insecurity", so obviously the aid we are providing isn't getting to where it's needed.  

Starving people in Afghanistan

Ever heard of the 'Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund'?  Me neither.  Apparently, it is a project of the World Bank and we are giving it millions.  We are also handing more money over for health, education, female "rights and empowerment" (of which there are none) and humanitarian aid -- whatever that entails.

We've also taken in 40,000 refugees.  All this while our own citizens and vets are begging on the streets.  If anyone gets this, enlighten me!

And what do you think will happen in retaliation for Hezbollah's bombing of Netanyahu's home?  It won't be pretty, I can assure you.  One of my best friend's from our high school and university days, who has lived in Israel for the past 50 years, sent me an email yesterday saying that there will not be any elections for at least two years because Netanyahu knows he cannot win so will hang on and prolong the war as long as possible because he is in the middle of his own trail for corruption -- another outcome that won't be pretty.

Iran was reportedly behind this attack and the Lebanese terrorist spokesman warned, "If we did not reach you this time, then we will reach you next time."    

And then there's Zelensky, who still has his hand out for money for his unwinable war with Russia.  Hands up if you think there is some connection between the billions given Zelensky and his own vast personal wealth.  Me too.  According to 'The Pentagon Papers', of the $100 billion the world has handed him, he has given himself $60 million -- not to mention the dachas and yachts he has bought for himself and his family.

Closer to home, we have Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek, who has refused to approve the rotation of councilor Sean Chu as deputy mayor.  Chu, you may remember, is the guy charged with inappropriate physical contact with a 16-year-old girl a few years ago.  He didn't know she was underage and no criminal charges were laid, but he was found guilty of discreditable conduct.

Nevertheless, his constituents re-elected him and he continues to serve.  Gondek has a nerve black-balling him in the public thoroughfare.  She, you will remember, has a PhD in Urban Sociology, so you'd think she'd be familiar with city procedures and policies -- democracy and the will of the electorate being right up there on the curriculum. 

We are so ill-governed on so many fronts.  Sigh..........

    

I can't even bear to type the numbers

I'm talking about the offer the federal government has made to the natives for a child welfare deal.  It's....wait for it.....sit down.....$47.8 b---ion!%@#$#!!%@#

Firstly, why are natives given more money to look after their own children???  The 1.8 million Indigenous souls are already given billions and billions, so why an extra $47.8 b---ion piled on top of that??!!

And for icing on the financial cake, that doesn't include a separate $23 BILLION to compensate 300,000 children who were "torn" from their families and put into foster care as a result of "discrimination".  That's a total of $70.8 BILLION!!  Let that sink in, if you dare, as you walk by a homeless Canadian struggling in squalor on a city street.

Again, my question is why do we need to give HUGE sums of money for on-reserve child welfare??!!??!!!!!  Looking after children is the responsibility of parents, not the rest of us -- at least it is in normal societies.  You have the kid, you look after it.  

Naturally, the chiefs gathered in Calgary for the national assembly voted it down.  Not enough.  "This is the first offer.  We can do better," said Mary Teegee of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.  "We voted against it because we think something better is possible," said Squamish Nation chief Khelsilem, looking the gift horse in the mouth.  Wonder what Pierre Poilievre will offer?  Exactly.  The CBC isn't the only gang that should be shaking in their boots when he takes over.  

The Canadian money tree, according to the natives.

AFN Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says, "There are some shortfalls in the deal and it doesn't go far enough.  This is an opportunity for a reset to ensure all First Nations kids succeed."  Not far enough!!!!!!  Are you kidding me??!!??!  And by the way, how is this windfall going to ensure "all" native kids succeed?  Throwing more money at natives has done little to improve their lot.  That's an internal job.

As one of my status friends said to me the other day, "Stop giving us money and let us get off the reserve!"  Fat chance.    

Just look at the stats for kids being taken into care because of abusive, or inadequate, parents.  That'll tell you how well money is helping families.  With more than 400 chiefs, and as many hereditary chiefs, you'll have 800 different opinions.  That's why the AFN was created in the first place, to give one voice to negotiations on behalf of all tribes.  Evidently, the chiefs don't support Ms. Nepinak.  Because she's a woman?  Undoubtedly.      

Jennifer Khurana is the chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal -- the gang that said native children were being discriminated against and a financial settlement needed to be reached.  Evidently, Ms. Khurana sees injustice wherever she looks.  Of course she does.  That's her job and that of every member of the biased  tribunal.  (Just look at their backgrounds, if you don't believe they are inherently biased.)

It's an outrage.  As I said, use some of the billions given by the hobbled and beleaguered Canadian taxpayer to look after your own children.  Remember the baby bonus?  Ya, my Mother got $5 a month.  She did fine because she and my Father supported their own children.  Maybe mothers of the fifties and sixties should sue for discrimination?  I mean, why not?   

  

Little things count for a lot

It only took a simple gesture on my part for me to be offered the job of director of consultations and client relations by Dick Fulford.

Dick was the ADM of Excise at the time and the brains behind the introduction of the GST.  I had previously been DG of Communications for Customs and Excise, but politics intervened and I was shuffled out of  that job by a guy parachuted in from the Privy Council Office.  Naturally, he felt threatened and got rid of me.

After a few other jobs in the department, the GST was introduced.  "Why don't we put Nancy Marley-Clarke into the job of consultations and client relations?" Dick said to then DM Louis Huneault while they were playing golf.

That's where I am sure the sympathy card played a role.  Dick's wife had recently died and I had sent him one.  That's how I was reared.  You go to the funeral parlour, you send the sympathy card, you make the call when a colleague or loved one has died.  It also helped that I went to the funeral home when Louis' sister had died a few years earlier.  I believe these little things count and set one apart.

Sadly, Dick just died and of course Louis popped into my head.  

Dick Fulford

They were very close and so I picked up the phone and called Louis.  Although surprised after so many years of not being in contact, he probably wasn't.  So, we had a great chat and catch-up, as well as a few laughs over stuff that had gone on so many years ago. 

It was a delight reporting directly to the deputy minister -- especially a guy like Louis.  I had a weekly meeting with him and he never cancelled because my rule of thumb was a minute per item.  Five items, five minutes.  I had already done the work and research and, because he was so smart, a very quick study.  I presented my question or case and he said yay or nay.  

I have been very lucky.  My personal rank had been EX 01, but I over-filled a few positions after my stint as DG.  In one such job, I was encouraged to officially take the lower-ranked job and was all set to sign the offer when my phone rang.  "Nancy, you can't take that position," said pay clerk Dale Coburn.  "Why not?" I asked.  "Because your salary will drop markedly."

How had no one told me this?  I was floored!  Dale was another angel on my shoulder because I was always nice to him whenever we met.  Although he was not an EX, I treated Dale with the utmost respect because he was the guy who managed people's pay cheques.  Not someone to be trifled with.

So huge thanks to Dale and Dick and Louis.  I think of them every time my pension hits my bank account. 

Why??!!

"There's very strong evidence that the ingredients for life exist on Europa, a moon of Jupiter, but we have to go there to find out," said Bonnie Buratti, mission deputy scientist at NASA.

She is talking about the ludicrous five-and-a-half year (!) journey just launched to orbit this moon.  My question is, why??!!  To what end??

Another bizarre mission.

I asked the same question about the 'Artemis II' mission, which went in 2023 and apparently had no objectives either.  I kid you not!  (See 'Why ??!!', April 4, 2023)  When asked what the mission purpose was, Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut said, "Well the crew and I have been talking that over and trying to figure it out."  He actually said that!!  All Roberta Bondar, another Canadian astronaut said was, "To try and stay alive!"  You could not make this up.

And what is this latest nonsense going to cost?

$5.2 billion!  We all know that will double because such mega-projects always do.  Galileo first spotted it in 1610, but we haven't needed to bother with it since.  So why now?  I guess to keep NASA humming along.  I mean, what other reason could there be?  No one is going to live there because it takes five-and-a half years to get there, so that's not an option.

The space vehicle will not even land on Europa or Jupiter to look for signs of life.  No, the plan is to orbit Jupiter and conduct dozens of close passes of the moon to see if it could support life.  Again, I ask, why??

There are far more pressing issues $5.2 billion could be spent on right here on earth.   

The real meaning of "Redskin"

More truth from the Catholic League Newsletter:

October 12, 2024

As president of the Catholic League, I speak for my members and have never said I speak for all Catholics. Would that other leaders of advocacy organizations do the same. But they do not. Indeed, the gap between the elites and the people they claim to represent is more often than not quite big. That’s because rich donors usually spend their money funding left-wing causes.

The same is true in the American Indian community. Those who claim to represent them typically do not. Take the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). It claims to be “the unified voice of tribal nations.” This is demonstrably false.

NCAI led the fight against the Washington Redskins football team, claiming the term “Redskins” was a pejorative. They succeeded in getting the team to change its name to the Washington Commanders. But do they represent the voice of American Indians?

The Washington Redskins

There is one American Indian group that thinks not. Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) says that 90 percent of Native Americans disagree with the notion that “Redskins” is racist. In fact, it claims that “Redskins” is an honorific name.

“The name ‘Redskins’ carries deep cultural, historical, and emotional significance, honoring the bravery, resilience, and warrior spirit associated with Native American culture.” It adds that the Washington Redskins were “the only team in the National Football League (NFL) to honor an actual Native American.” It is referring to Blackfoot Chief John Two Guns White Calf, who served as an inspiration for the Washington Redskins logo.

So who is right? The NCAI or the NAGA? The polls back up the survey cited by the latter.

In 2002, Sports Illustrated found that in its investigation of this issue, “three out of four Native Americans” believe that “even a nickname such as Redskins, which many whites consider racist, isn’t objectionable.” The sports publication concluded that “although Native American activists are virtually united in opposition to the use of Indian nicknames and mascots, the Native American population sees the issue differently.” Yes, there is a 3-1 difference.

In 2004, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey showed that 90 percent of American Indians did not find “Redskins” objectionable.

Similarly, in 2016, a Washington Post survey found that 90 percent of American Indians are fine with the name Washington Redskins.

So why does the NCAI continue to lie about what American Indians want? Because they are funded by George Soros, that’s why.

Here’s some good news. NAGA sued the Washington Commanders on grounds of defamation, civil conspiracy and civil rights violations for their role in suppressing Native American history. They also sued NCAI for its role.

The controversy over the name “Redskins” grew out of left-wing propaganda portraying Columbus as some kind of genocidal maniac. More trash.

Carol Delaney is associate professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Emerita, at Stanford University. In her book, Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem, she notes that Columbus set sail to find gold so he could “fund a crusade to take Jerusalem back from the Muslims before the end of the world. A lot of people at that time thought that the apocalypse was coming because of all the signs: the plague, famine, earthquakes and so forth. And it was believed that before the end, Jerusalem had to be back in Christian hands so that Christ could return in judgment.”

She was asked in an interview about the way Columbus interacted with the Indians. Her answer is a far cry from what radical revisionists offer.

“His relations with the natives tended to be benign. He liked the natives and found them to be very intelligent.” In fact, he instructed his followers to be kind to them. “Columbus strictly told the crew not to do things like maraud, or rape, and instead to treat the native people with respect. There are many examples in his writings where he gave instructions to this effect. Most of the time when injustices occurred, Columbus wasn’t even there. There were terrible diseases that got communicated to the natives, but he can’t be blamed for that.”

As usual, anti-American savants in the academy, along with their George Soros-funded allies in the Native American community, misrepresent the truth. Their feet are well planted in the grievance industry, hoping to turn the public against their country.

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The toughest sport in the world

I came across a very interesting fact about sports and here it is:

1. Water Polo: 44 Points

Often overlooked in discussions, this Olympic sport is officially the toughest sport in the world.

Similar to the land-based handball that was not too far from the list itself, water polo is played, well, in water.

With a lot of kicking and grabbing going on under the surface, and all sorts of sly blows in the water, polo is highly ranked in physicality.  Like ice hockey did for the fact it was on ice, polo receives a boost to skill level, as the game itself is supplemented by the need to not drown during it.

Often overlooked are the speed and strength needed by players as they move through the water, and more importantly the fact that players are not permitted to touch the floor.  

Try going to your local pool and treading water for more than 30 minutes, then imagine playing an intense contact sport in that time, and you will realize why water polo scored so well for endurance.

Often seen as a minority sport, it is hugely popular in eastern Europe, and truly is the toughest sport in the world.

Scoring

Attribute	Rating
Endurance	9
Speed	7
Strength	7
Agility	7
Skill	6
Physicality	8

Water polo beat out nine other top sports, based on the above criteria.  How did the others rank?

10th       Gaelic football

9            Gymnastics

8            Basketball

7            Hurling

6            Football

5            Hockey

4            Rugby

3            Boxing

2            Australian Rules, and

1st         Water polo -- see above.

A big shout-out to daughter and granddaughter, who both play this toughest of tough sport.  

Surprisingly, Ironman, 26 points; soccer, 32 point; and tennis, 32 points only get "honourable mention".  Water polo gets a whopping 44 points!  These three aren't even in the top 10!

I wish girls had been allowed to play "actual sports" when I was at school.  As a swimmer, I would have loved water polo.

Toughest sport in the world

   

  

Here we go again

I told you, Canada always gives more money to places like Lebanon, where there is absolutely no stability.

More millions down the drain.

Last time there was a mess there, Canada handed out $55 million to fly "Canadians" out of that war.  But they still go back and want us to bail them out again.

I'm sick of it.

And that's not all.  This latest cash grab is in addition to the millions already given to this sh-t hole of a country, to quote Donald Trump.  He was talking about Haiti, but same diff.

More and more and more....

$15 mill here, $25 mill there, $10 mill there, $6 mill there, $4 mill here and there.  It never ends!

And all this while our own vets, "...Are asking for more than we can give," said Justin Trudeau.

It is unconscionable.

That's it

"There are probably a couple of hundred," I said to B, when we were guessing at how many people get 'The Globe and Mail' here in Cochrane.  I was actually guessing lower because this town now has a population of 35,000 -- many of whom commute to Calgary -- so I thought more people might be trying to broaden their horizons a tad.

Nope.  There are only 16 households that get the country's national newspaper.

16 in a population of 35,000!  That's it!!

"And I deliver 22 Calgary Herald's and 24 Sun's," Robert, our carrier told me. 

One of the 16 somewhat-informed in Cochrane

Are you kidding me??!!!!  I was truly shocked, but recalling a few conversations I've had over the years here, not really.  People are soooooo uninformed and as I have said, I now refuse to have a serious discussion with anyone who does not follow national and international media -- plus YouTube, where the real truth is found.

When people say, "I don't follow politics," what they are actually saying is, "I don't give a sh-t about how the country is run and what's being done to my children's future."  They don't realize this, but that's what they are saying.

In truth, the only political party out here is the "I Hate Trudeau" party.  And man, do they hate him!  That's the reason he sneaks into Alberta once a year to flip a few pancakes at Stampede and then dashes out, skulking to his plane.  If anyone knew he was coming, he'd be dead.  I'm serious!

Speaking of politics, there's Lytton, the B.C. town levelled by a wildfire three years ago.  Of course, all the politicians rushed into town after the devastation to grab a microphone and promise to re-build!  Don't worry, we're committed to re-building this beautiful town.

Since then, only 15 residential building permits have been issued.  Jasper, are you listening?  

One of the outrageous obstacles is the requirement of the province's Heritage Committee Act (HCA), which mandates a full archeological dig of every site to recover 'Precious' Indigenous artifacts before shovel hits dirt.

I am not kidding!  And what does this cost every homeowner?  Between $45,000 and $85,000!!!!!  Something called 'The A.E.W. Limited Partnership' is behind all this nonsense.  And who is this?  The Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council, which employs monitors (that the taxpayer pays for) to ensure debris is carefully sifted for items of archeological significance.  

Looking for native treasures in Lytton.

OMG!  "What we don't understand is why, when we have already spent $5 million on archeology, do we have to do all this over again," said Mayor Denise O'Connor incredulously.  "If the government mandates this, they should be paying for it -- not ordinary citizens."

Exactly.  But that won't happen.  So the village of Lytton will just sit empty and desolate forever.  Hope the natives have fun digging up junk for the rest of time.  

Huh?!

He's down in popularity because people are reading the polls.  Seriously?!  Trudeau actually said in a podcast that he's down because people are reading polls that say he's down!

The polling of actual Canadians say he's down, but he thinks he's not really down, it's just polls.

What delusional, alternate universe is he living in?  Nate Erskine-Smith, a Liberal MP who has (sort of) criticized Trudeau, asked Trudeau why he wanted to run again and why he believes he's still the best guy for the job?  

"People are fretting solely because of polling results.  It's not about me," he incredulously said.  "I think the pattern of crises -- economic, military, geopolitical or health are not something that's going to be on the ballot," he added.

OMG?!!

"The idea of knowing someone's values, knowing the frame with which they approach challenges, is not just important, it's ultimately the the only thing," he actually said.

So, in other words, all the destruction he has wrought over the last nine years doesn't matter.  The only thing that matters is that, "Canadians know what I stand for and are aligned with it deep in their marrow and when push comes to shove in the voting booth, there will be a sort of homing instinct and they will vote for me."

H went on, but I can't bear to even type it.  This guy is so wrapped up in the Emperor's New Clothes that he can't even think logically or honestly!

Trudeau's delusional "Emperor's New Clothes".

 We're done with you, buddy.        

A knucklehead

That's what Tim Walz called himself during the debate and that's what his performance proved he was.  

He looked like he had his finger in a light socket the entire debate.  He was hysterical and unhinged most of the time and lost for both words and answers, as J.D. Vance dismembered him issue by issue.

He told a lot of outright lies, but was never fact-checked by the incompetent moderators Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan -- both disgraces to their profession.  They were sooooo pro-Walz and Harris, their conduct was unworthy of the word "journalists". 

I've watched a lot of clips of Harris and I am gob-smacked by her incoherence.  She never answers a question and reverts to her word salad of "ambitions, dreams, hard work and aspirations" drivel at every opportunity.

Why does the mainstream media not call her out?!  I guess because they're mainstream.

Those who support her just because she's (sort of) black and a women should be ashamed of themselves.  Here's a comment on one of Walz's lies during the debate, re-printed from 'The Catholic League':

October 2, 2024 In the vice presidential debate, Sen. J.D. Vance accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of signing a bill that allows for infanticide. He said, “as I read the Minnesota law that you signed into law, it says that a doctor who presides over an abortion, where the baby survives, the doctor is under no obligation to provide lifesaving care to a baby who survives a botched late-term abortion.” Walz responded by saying Vance is “trying to distort the way the law is written, to try to make a point. That’s not it at all.”   Vance asked, “What was I wrong about? Governor, please tell me, What was I wrong about?”   Walz replied, “That is not the way the law is written.”   Walz lied. That is exactly the way the law is written. Here’s the proof. In 1976, Minnesota passed a law that required medical personnel to “preserve the life and the health of the child” who was born as a result of an abortion. To read the law, click here. In 2023, Walz signed a law that amended this law to read that in such circumstances medical personnel should take steps to “care for the infant who is born alive.” Stricken was the requirement to “preserve the life and the health of the child.” To read the evidence, click here. In other words, Vance was right to say that in cases of a botched abortion, “the doctor is under no obligation to provide lifesaving care.” Now why did Walz remove the requirement that medical personnel “preserve the life and the health of the child,” replacing it with the much lower standard of merely providing “care for an infant who is born alive”? To “care for an infant” is not the same is as to “preserve the life” of an infant. Keeping the baby warm is a poor substitute for keeping him alive. Those who think there is no difference need to explain why Walz found it necessary to amend the law. In short, under the law that Walz signed last year, there is no medical requirement, or legal penalty, for passively promoting infanticide. That’s what he allows. And make no mistake, once this is allowed, it’s a short walk to allowing the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals to die. Keeping them warm while not attending to their condition is sufficient. Still, the question is: Why does he want this? Here’s why: A baby born alive as a result of a botched abortion is testimony to the humanity of the child, thus undercutting the lie that abortion is not about killing the unborn. To abort is to stop. Every honest person knows what is being stopped—the birth of a human being that originated at conception. Vance was right to say that what Walz has done is “fundamentally barbaric.” The fact that Walz could not defend his decision, choosing instead to lie about it, is further proof of just how extreme he is.