South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended the “Kill the Boer” slogan as a “liberation chant” Tuesday, refusing U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand to arrest opposition figure Julius Malema for using it.
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Majority of polled Canadians had a two-word response to King Charles’ throne speech
There has been much ballyhoo about this week’s Royal visit and, more importantly, King Charles III’s throne speech, heralded by many as a defining moment in Canada’s constitutional history that reinforces our sovereignty.
Ouch.
From CBC – King says ‘strong and free’ Canada is a force for good in historic throne speech
King Charles delivered a historic speech from the throne Tuesday and he used that platform to praise Canada as a force for good that will remain “strong and free” as its relationships with longtime partners are “changing.”
Charles, who delivered the speech while seated next to Queen Camilla in the Senate, the royal chamber, laid out the new Liberal government’s agenda for the parliamentary session ahead but also subtly addressed the issue that’s on the minds of many Canadians in the portion of the speech that he himself crafted: U.S. President Donald Trump, his tariffs and the 51st state taunts.
“When my dear late mother addressed your predecessors seven decades ago, she said that in that age, and against the backdrop of international affairs, no nation could live unto itself,” Charles said, referencing Queen Elizabeth’s 1957 throne speech to Parliament.
And … King Charles warns Canada is facing ‘unprecedented’ challenges in apparent rebuke of Trump’s annexation threats
King Charles III has warned that Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a dangerous world as he gave a rare address to the country’s parliament at the invitation of new Prime Minister Mark Carney in an apparent show of defiance against President Trump’s repeated threats to make the country America’s 51st state.
“We must face reality: Since the Second World War, our world has never been more dangerous and unstable. Canada is facing challenges that, in our lifetimes, are unprecedented,” Charles said to the parliament in French.
Trump orders agencies to cut all federal ties with Harvard
The Donald Trump administration is set to order federal agencies to cancel all government contracts with Harvard University worth an estimated $100m, dramatically escalating the president’s assault against America’s most prestigious university.
A planned directive first seen by the New York Times set to circulate to agencies on Tuesday instructs officials to terminate existing deals and seek new suppliers, marking what the White House describes as a total break with Harvard after decades of collaboration.
The order comes by way of the General Service Administration (GSA) and affects contracts across nine federal departments, from health research to executive training programs. Agencies must report back by early June on which agreements they plan to axe, according to the letter.
Elections Canada sullies its own reputation with recounts
Elections Canada is doing a really good job of sullying its own reputation. The bizarre nature of recounts happening in this last election is making them look like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.
We have ridings won by hundreds of votes by one side flipping to the other, leads reduced to a handful of votes and one riding won by a single vote, but some ballots weren’t counted.
Don’t forget vegans when catering for the apocalypse, ministers urged
Vegans and Muslims must be catered for in a possible food apocalypse, experts have said, warning that Britain is woefully unprepared for “shocks” to the supply chain.
Professor Tim Lang, a professor of food policy, said that if there was, for example, a cyberattack or Russian assault that knocked out Britain’s “vulnerable” food chain, ration packs would need to offer comfort.
WTF?
Former PM Trudeau brings style and comfort to the Senate before King Charles delivers Throne Speech #kingcharles #trudeau #adidas pic.twitter.com/VlMlxkmLx0
— m (@maarjohn_) May 27, 2025
h/t Mauser
N.S. missing kids: Retired police detective on ‘big statement’ made in case
Developments in the vanishing of two children in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County have seemingly stalled, as no new information is being shared with the public.
It’s been 24 days since Lilly and Jack Sullivan — aged six and four — were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S.
Not quite pointing a finger but close.
WTF?
Truck with 2 propane tanks explodes in Addison Illinois early this morning pic.twitter.com/gRS3sla6SI
— Wild content (@NoCapMediaa) May 26, 2025
Michael Higgins: Liberal caucus submits to Carney as it did to Trudeau
Contrary to what many in the West believe, some countries dislike democracy, preferring the strongman, the firm ruler, the dictator.
So it is with the Liberals who have shunned accountability and democracy in favour of the autocratic leader.
Mississaugastan
The law exemption for those with keffiyehs & Palestinian flags has now been applied to Ontario vehicles allowing cars to veer onto oncoming traffic & ignore lanes.
No laws apply to those in the Free Palestine movement as seen here on Platinum Drive in Mississauga @PeelPolice pic.twitter.com/d7DZ6toOuu
— Leviathan (@l3v1at4an) May 26, 2025
h/t Neocon
Liverpool attack not terrorism, suspect acted alone, police say
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — British police were holding a 53-year-old man on Tuesday over a collision that turned a joyous soccer celebration in Liverpool to tragedy and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, four of them in very serious condition.
Merseyside Police said they are not treating the incident as terrorism and are not looking for other suspects. The force has not identified the arrested driver. Police in Britain usually do not name suspects until they are charged.
Update – Liverpool parade update: Driver followed ambulance through roadblock as number of injuries increased to over 60
“Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference: “It is believed the driver of the Ford Galaxy car involved in this incident was able to follow an ambulance onto Water Street after the road block was temporarily lifted so that the ambulance crew could attend to a member of the public who was having a suspected heart attack.”
Breaking: Merseyside Police confirm the car that struck crowds in Liverpool tailed an ambulance after a roadblock was briefly lifted for paramedics treating a suspected heart attack. Eleven remain in hospital, all recovering well. pic.twitter.com/DwefOQoM8R
— GB News (@GBNEWS) May 27, 2025
The shooting of Israeli embassy workers didn’t happen in a vacuum. And it could happen in Canada next
What we have witnessed in Canada and other Western democracies over the last year and a half is the rapid establishment of social licence.
Social licence for the type of violent extremism that resulted in the assassination of two Israeli embassy diplomats, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, in Washington last week. Social licence for the open celebration and justification of the murders – from extremist voices, yes, but also from academics, influencers and a former Green Party candidate in the recent Canadian election – by people convinced that emptying a gun into two people on an American sidewalk is a defensible form of “resistance” against the actions of a foreign government half a world away.
Tommy Robinson released after seven months in jail
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, has been released from prison.
The 42-year-old, jailed for contempt of court in October, left HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes after his 18-month sentence was reduced by the High Court.
Yaxley-Lennon was filmed speaking for about 20 minutes for a video posted to his social media account on X.
TOMMY HAS BEEN FREED FROM PRISON!!!
— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) May 27, 2025
h/t Mauser
