Geoff Stirling who was shot and killed by Newport Beach, CA police on April. 17.
His sister was on Real Housewives Of Orange County.
His Grandfather was a media magnate.
His dad still is involved.
Scott Stirling is the CEO of NTV News currently.
Geoff being killed by cops seems fishy and timely?
The media connection and….all anons have dug on topically….
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Interesting timing topically considering Trump talk regarding Canada.
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3-HkdUuS2n/
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Joey admitted to Geoff Stirling that confederation with Canada was a mistake.
Deceased, killed by cops, Geoff Stirling,
his grandfather:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Stirling
Geoffrey William Stirling ONL (March 22, 1921 – December 21, 2013) was a Canadian-American businessman and media magnate, best known for his work in his home city of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Stirling was born in St. John's to Edgar Stiling and Ethel (Uphill) Stirling.[1] He attended the University of Tampa,[2] began his media career as a stringer for Time and the Chicago Tribune,[3] and
retained close ties to the United States throughout his lifetime, including a second winter home in Arizona in his later years. After his brief time in American media, he spent a brief time in Honduras hunting alligators for skin; he hated the job, but was inspired when he noted that The Miami Herald was available there, leading him to conclude that a Newfoundland newspaper would be viable.[3]
Stirling was a co-founder in the Economic Union Party, a late-1940s political movement that sought closer ties to the United States for the Dominion of Newfoundland, which was then still independent from Canada.[4] It was one of two organizations that unsuccessfully opposed the dominion's confederation into Canada, which eventually occurred in 1949.
The leader of the confederation forces, Joey Smallwood, was an established rival of Stirling's, having doubted that Stirling's newspaper would succeed because Smallwood himself had failed. Stirling argued that Smallwood's overtly political polemics had alienated readers and that a newspaper would need to appeal to a broad audience to succeed.[3]
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Ai overview
Arguments against Confederation:
Loss of autonomy:
Confederation meant Newfoundland lost its ability to control its own finances, resources, and policies.
Perceived unfair terms:
Some argue that the terms of Confederation were disadvantageous to Newfoundland, leading to resentment and a sense of betrayal.
Cultural and historical concerns:
Newfoundlanders had a distinct culture and history, and some believe confederation diluted their unique identity.
Historical Context:
Newfoundland had been a self-governing dominion within the British Empire before 1934, but its financial situation deteriorated significantly during the Great Depression.
The Commission Government, imposed by Britain in 1934, further eroded the sense of autonomy and led to increasing calls for a return to responsible government or a closer relationship with Canada.
The 1948 referendum saw a majority of Newfoundlanders vote in favor of joining Canada, despite opposition from some quarters.
Conclusion:
Ultimately, the impact of Newfoundland's confederation with Canada is still debated. While it undeniably brought certain economic and social advantages,
it also resulted in a loss of autonomy and a shift in the island's identity.
Whether it was ultimately a mistake depends on individual perspectives and priorities.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-herald-1.6593494
The cover of the first Sunday Herald magazine.
“Hitler's son alive in Germany”
and other tales from The Newfoundland Herald
Newfoundland is certainly no stranger to provocative newspapers. But when The Sunday Herald hit the streets in the spring of 1946, it ushered in a new era of provincial news: the dawn of the modern tabloid.
The front page of the first edition featured the blaring headline above, as well as features we now commonly associate with the modern supermarket tabs like the National Enquirer and the Sun chain. A crime page in the first edition included stories from American wire services, one of which, from Miami screamed:
A look at the origins of the province's first tabloid
The cover of the Sunday Herald on Oct. 31, 1948 — less than six months before Newfoundland joined Confederation.
—Sterling told the Globe and Mail's Susan Bourette in 2004 that he knew his approach would be successful, and had once explained his method to journalist and politician Joey Smallwood: "How could Stirling succeed, Smallwood pressed him, when his own paper had folded? Stirling told him, 'Joe, you've got nothing but politics. I'm going to have ghost stories and comics and all kinds of stuff.'—
WHICH WORKS TO GET PEOPLE LOOKING