The Rise of Civil Terrorism

Radicals seek the demise of the West through organized criminal mayhem—here’s how to stop them.

Masked criminals attacked several Citibank locations in New York City one night last September. They brandished no guns and demanded no cash. Instead, they squeezed epoxy and cemented stickers on debit-card readers, damaged door locks, and vandalized windows with profanities and threats of future violence. Rather than keep their identities hidden, the marauders filmed their work and posted it to their enterprise’s Instagram page. “Unity of Fields,” the recently rebranded group formerly known as Palestine Action US—the new name comes from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad call for violence across the world—included a lengthy caption in the post, exhorting followers: “These actions are not hard to do. Please escalate for Palestine and humanity. We will not rest until Palestine is liberated from the river to the sea.

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Leader of Anti-Semitic Protests at Columbia University Detained by Immigration Authorities

Immigration officials have arrested the head of the group that organized anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, sending him to a detention center in New Jersey to await deportation after the State Department revoked his green card.

Graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who was a lead negotiator in the 2024 Gaza Solidarity encampment that paralyzed the school last spring, had most recently been involved with the occupation of the library at Barnard College, one of Columbia’s undergraduate colleges.

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Why this North Vancouver RV encampment has neighbours worried: ‘This is a safety issue’

A group living in RVs on a tiny patch of land off Highway 1 in North Vancouver has neighbours concerned about road safety and sanitation.

Known as Bowser Island, the enclave was once home to pleasant, suburban houses — a beautiful fieldstone wall and spired gate testify to that — but the buildings were long ago torn down to their foundations and the sewer line decommissioned when the Upper Levels Highway was widened.

As Bowser’s name suggests, it’s very much like an island, surrounded by a moat of asphalt lanes.

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Live: Liberal Party’s So-Called Leadership Race

Live: Liberal Party’s So-Called Leadership Race

The show kicks off at 4 pm so I provided some reading below.

WAPO – Canada will soon have a new prime minister. Here’s what you need to know.

BBC – How Trump’s threats have changed everything about Canada’s politics

NYTimes – Canada’s Liberals to Elect a New Party Leader and Prime Minister. What to Know.

CBC – Liberals choose their leader today, after campaign defined by chaos of Trump administration

Latest – 338 Federal Seat Projections CPC: 156 LPC: 143 BQ: 28 NDP: 14 GPC: 2

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America and Europe: Both Need to Take a Deep Breath

“The US has reversed its alliances to side with Russia against Europe!” This is the idea that many commentators in Britain, France and Germany have been hammering in for the past week.

The Washington Post went even further: “For Europe, this is a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency moment. The United States, which has guaranteed European security against Russia for 80 years, appears to have switched sides under President Donald Trump.”

Apparently sharing that analysis, the European Union organized two summits that included Great Britain as an ad hoc member.

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Was the money the US sent to Ukraine spent with the US military-industrial complex?

A significant portion of the money the U.S. allocated for Ukraine aid was indeed spent within the U.S., particularly with the military-industrial complex, rather than being directly transferred to Ukraine as cash. Here’s how it breaks down based on available information:

The U.S. has committed substantial aid to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, with Congress approving around $175 billion in emergency funding by mid-2024. This aid includes military, economic, and humanitarian support. However, the military component—channeled through mechanisms like the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI)—is where the connection to the U.S. military-industrial complex becomes clear.


This is a Grok answer.

Europe seeks economic salvation via rearmament.

h/t XC

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Toronto gunman’s sentence to no jail time ‘undermines our credibility,’ appeal judge warns in scathing dissent

A judge on Ontario’s top court has called out his colleagues for upholding a sentence of no jail time for a man who fired a shot during a chaotic gunfight next to Highway 401, expressing concern the decision “undermines our credibility.”

Court of Appeal Justice William Hourigan was dissenting in the case of Terrell Burke-Whittaker, who pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded prohibited firearm after he fired in the direction of the busy highway in June 2020, during a shootout involving multiple people at a viewing for slain Toronto rapper Houdini behind a North York bar.

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Ottawa inks initial contract for new River-class destroyers with Irving

OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government signed an initial deal with Irving Shipbuilding for the Royal Canadian Navy’s new River-class destroyers.

The implementation contract is worth $8 billion for the first six years and only covers part of the tab for the first three ships — which will eventually cost $22.2 billion.

Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee hailed it as a major step forward for the project meant to replace the Navy’s aging destroyers.


Irving? Good choice.

Leaks, ineffective anchors, mechanical breakdowns among ongoing problems facing new Arctic patrol ships

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Netflix ‘Done’ With Meghan Markle as Series Debut Savaged by Fans Gets Second Season: ‘They’ve Lost So Much Money on Her’

One Hollywood insider claims Netflix is “done” with Meghan Markle after her With Love, Meghan debut was savaged by fans. “They’ve lost so much money on her,” the source reportedly said. But conflicting reports suggest that enough viewers are hate-watching Markle’s food and lifestyle series, resulting the show getting renewed for another season.

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Get ready for a clash of nationalisms

My point is, given how the Liberals essentially ‘own’ anti-American-style nationalism, it’ll be difficult for the Conservatives to exploit anti-Trump feeling. Difficult, but not impossible.

To borrow a phrase from the movie Spinal Tap, the nationalistic feeling in Canada is amped up to 11.

Indeed, it seems like I get a patriotic meme from one of my friends featuring maple syrup, beavers, moose, or Canadian geese every day.

Of course, we all know why this is happening.

h/t Auntie Polly

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Was Justin Trudeau a bad prime minister?

Susan Delacourt: The handover will take a few days, but Justin Trudeau’s time as prime minister will essentially wrap up this weekend. I know we both have thoughts on his legacy, Matt, and I suspect we may disagree on some points. Let’s start with the big question: how will you remember his nearly decade in power?

Matt Gurney: It’ll be tough to keep it all straight. Trudeau should get a mix of praise and blame for things he actively had control over. He’ll have wins and losses when historians do the final tally. But, overall, I think what I’ll remember most is that the prime minister missed the boat on big, threatening global changes. I think that may be what defines him. Wrong man for a new era that arrived on his watch.

(Link fixed)

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Secret Service disposes of malfunctioning Oswald

Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town

WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early Sunday, according to authorities.

No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.

The Secret Service received information from local police about an alleged “suicidal individual” who was traveling from Indiana and found the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby.

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