Australia: Heading for Jihadist Conflict

The happy-go-lucky country of Australia, located at the far-end of the globe, away from the geopolitical turmoil in Europe and the Middle East, is a peaceful and pleasant place to live – or should be.

Most of the immigrants seem to have assimilated comfortably, enjoying generous benefits such as state-sponsored medical care, welfare packages, high wages, vast open spaces and low crime. Life is good in Australia, with thousands of applicants from all over the world keenly seeking a better life in the sun. Although with a relatively small population of some 25 million, four of its cities are currently rated among the world’s top 20 most livable.

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Poilievre defends candidate accused of denying residential schools history

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is standing by a candidate in British Columbia, even as calls mount among various Indigenous leaders for the nominee to resign, accusing Aaron Gunn of denying the history of residential schools.

“He’s not denied the impact of residential schools, that’s just misinformation,” Poilievre told reporters Saturday when asked about his support for Gunn, the candidate for North Island-Powell River.

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BBC accused of ‘Islamist propaganda’ for calling Muslim converts ‘reverts’

The BBC has been accused of parroting “Islamist propaganda” after describing Muslim converts as “reverts”.

The controversial term was used throughout an article about Eid – the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan – published by BBC News on Friday.

The term “revert” is used by some to back claims that Muslim converts are merely returning to the faith all humans are born into before being corrupted by Christianity, other religions or atheism.

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Maniac with meat cleaver attacks several kids in horrifying, bloody scene on NYC street – before he’s shot by NYPD cops: police

Four young girls were slashed with a meat cleaver in Brooklyn on Sunday morning when a relative went on a deranged and bloody rampage — before he was shot by cops, officials said.

Police rushed to a home on 84th Street around 10:15 a.m. after one of the victims — a wounded 11-year-old girl — locked herself in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher that her uncle had stabbed her and her siblings.

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How the Conservative and Liberal federal election campaigns are treating the media

On Wednesday morning, as Pierre Poilievre wrapped up the press conference portion of a Bay Street breakfast event, a clamour erupted at the back of the room. To those watching on TV, it sounded as if protesters had begun heckling the Conservative Leader. In fact, it was a handful of reporters, apparently frustrated by the campaign’s tight control of access, shouting questions they hoped Mr. Poilievre might answer.

The incident marked the second time tensions flared on the trail this week, after some campaign handlers attempted to physically restrain reporters trying to ask questions of Mr. Poilievre at a Tuesday morning event on a public wharf in St. John’s.


More unhinged Libs …

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‘Liberation Day’—For Mexico

While most of the world was left shocked and dismayed by President Donald Trump’s tariff roll-out on “Liberation Day” earlier this week, at least one foreign government was quietly celebrating.

“This is great for the country,” Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said the next day. Mexico and Canada, as part of the USMCA free trade agreement, avoided the imposition of any additional tariffs during Trump’s announcement Wednesday, while the average tariff rate on U.S. imports is set to skyrocket to 29 percent from just two percent previously.

h/t DS

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In Canada’s Auto City, Tariffs Have Already Caused a Shutdown

Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in the team’s home opener.

Beyond the opening day festivities, however, it was a week of particularly bad news for Windsor, my hometown.

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How much greener did Canada’s homes get? Report takes a closer look at federal rebate program

The federal government provided $2.6 billion for heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and other green upgrades to Canadians’ homes through the Canada Greener Homes Grant. But what difference did that actually make?

A new report released this week by the non-profit Green Communities Canada suggests the program didn’t do enough to meet Canada’s targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

That’s because “the savings aren’t deep enough and because we’re not doing enough retrofits,” said Kai Millyard, the group’s energy manager and co-author of the report.

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GOLDSTEIN: Only Poilievre and Conservatives unequivocally condemn antisemitism

While antisemitism has always been present in Canada, this is the first Canadian election in decades where it has been normalized.

Riot police being called to Montreal’s McGill University after pro-Hamas demonstrators vandalized the university’s McConnell Engineering Building, targeted the dean’s office and blocked students from attending classes last week surprises no one any more.

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Disney’s Uber Woke Snow White had higher carbon emissions than the latest Fast & Furious film

At a screening of the new Snow White movie in London last month, influencers walked through an artificial fairytale forest, complete with a full-size thatched cottage filled with models of furry animals. In the US, Disney paraded an actual bunny in a brown knitted jumper down the red carpet at the film’s Hollywood premiere.

But the film’s theme of being at one with nature seems not to have extended to the real-life environment, with company documents showing the making of Snow White generated more greenhouse gas emissions in the UK than the latest Fast & Furious film, despite the latter’s reliance on an array of gas-guzzling cars.

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Revealed: Putin’s secret war in UK waters

Russian sensors trying to track nuclear submarines have been found in a campaign of ‘greyzone’ warfare that also targets our energy and internet. Even oligarchs’ superyachts are in on it

Russian sensors suspected of attempting to spy on the UK’s nuclear submarines have been found hidden in the seas around Britain.

The discovery by the British military was deemed a potential threat to national security and has never been made public. Several were found after they washed ashore, while others are understood to have been located by the Royal Navy.

The devices are believed to have been planted by Moscow to try and gather intelligence on Britain’s four Vanguard submarines, which carry nuclear missiles.

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Ahlul Bayt Mosque In Windsor, Canada Glorifies Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah, Hamas Leader Sinwar, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini, And Hizbullah ‘Martyrs’

The Ahlul Bayt Mosque, a prominent Shi’a Islamic center in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, regularly uses its social media platforms to express its support for Hizbullah and Hamas, both of which are designated as terrorist organizations by Canada. Referring to these organizations as “our honorable resistance” in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, and Iraq, it regularly reaffirms the mosque’s allegiance to their cause. reaffirms the mosque’s allegiance to their cause.

The mosque’s Youth Collective, @ aycwindsor, and the youth collective’s women’s group, @ ayc_sisters, frequently post tributes on Instagram to the late Hizbullah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the late founder of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and the late IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

Another institution operated by the mosque is an educational institution known as Ahlul Bayt Islamic School, which is directly affiliated with the mosque’s leadership. The school’s extremist tendencies were clearly evident in a public statement issued jointly by mosque and the school condemning Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a “Zionist” complicit in the killing of Gaza children and the destruction of Lebanon. It went on to declare unwavering support for “our honorable resistance” Hizbullah and Hamas and expressing pride in their cause.

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Transgender row fencer: ‘Wear a wig and you can compete against women. No one checks hormone levels’

It was a protest of quiet dignity but its message was heard around the world. Stephanie Turner, the 31-year-old fencer who last week dropped to one knee as a signal that she refused to compete against a biological male in a female event, has found herself acclaimed a “heroine” by JK Rowling for women’s rights.

One moment she was an unknown athlete from Maryland in an ancient sport. The next, her predicament was drawing the ire of Martina Navratilova, with the nine-time Wimbledon champion furiously claiming she had been thrown under the “gender bulls— bus”.

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