Three conditions for a US-backed peace agreement in Ukraine

President Zelensky’s latest suggestions for how to end the fighting in Ukraine are not yet the basis for a peace settlement, but they contain some hopeful pointers towards one. They should form the starting point of the incoming Trump administration’s negotiations with both Moscow and Kyiv.

Two points in particular are fundamental. The first is Zelensky’s acknowledgement that the areas of Ukraine now held by Russia will remain under Russia’s de facto control. There will be no Ukrainian or Western legal recognition of Russian annexations, but the issue will be left for future negotiation.

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Thankfully Australia’s trying a children’s social-media ban… before we do

“Is Ontario’s school cellphone ban actually going well?” a recent Toronto Star headline asked . There are “some reasons to think so,” the author explained, which is of course good news. It’s bananas it wasn’t tried before this year. Basically nobody opposes the idea: A poll conducted in May by Toronto Metropolitan University’s The Dais think tank found no more than 13 per cent opposition in any region of the country, just nine per cent in Ontario and six per cent in Quebec. And the arguments against it are preposterous, “what if there’s a school shooting” being the worst of them all. Even in the United States, your child is in far more danger travelling to and from school than at it.

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Pro-Palestine marchers compare Gaza conflict to the Holocaust

Israel supporters confronted pro-Palestine marchers brandishing signs comparing the Gaza conflict to the Holocaust on Saturday.

Counter-protesters from Stop Hate UK gathered near Piccadilly Circus along the route of the National Demonstration for Palestine, urging those taking part to “stop supporting terror”.

Police kept the two sides apart as the Palestine march made its way towards Whitehall.

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The Great Replacement … yet another “Conspiracy Theory” proven true

Tell me Trudeau wasn’t in on this evil scam by our elites. I wonder who will learn who the Ceausescu’s are first?

h/t Mauser

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Ontario Catholic School Student Suspended For Gender Views Loses in Court, Board Wants Him to Pay Legal Costs

An Ontario teen who was suspended from his Catholic high school over his views on gender has had his request for a court review of the school’s decision dismissed.

Josh Alexander was in Grade 11 at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ont., when he was suspended in 2022 for saying there are only two genders during a discussion in math class, as well as for organizing a student walkout protesting biological boys being allowed to use the girls’ washroom. He was also accused of bullying.

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Samuel Paty trial: Father faces charge he is to blame for teacher’s beheading

It was one of the most shocking murders in recent French history. One afternoon in October 2020, Samuel Paty, a teacher, was beheaded near his school in a sleepy town west of Paris by a
Chechen-born Islamist in the culmination of an extraordinary campaign of online harassment against him.

This week, Brahim Chnina, 52, who triggered the outpouring of hate against Paty with mistaken claims of discrimination against his 13-year-old daughter, will appear in a Paris courtroom.

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‘No one is safe’: Ontario residents see spike in home break-ins by trails, green spaces

Residents in Oakville, Ont. are on high alert as break-ins targeting homes backing onto green spaces and trail systems have surged since October.

For Maqsood Soomro, whose home borders a green space, the break ins have been an ongoing horror. His property has been targeted three times, with the most recent incident involving an attempt to steal his car, despite having a mobilizer installed.

“They think they can get away with it,” Soomro said. “My family is very uncomfortable now, I’m sure it will happen again.”

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For EV Startups, Things Are Going From Bad to Worse

Electric-vehicle startups were struggling before the election. Donald Trump’s victory could send them into a tailspin.

Several high-profile companies, including electric SUV maker Fisker and bus manufacturer Arrival, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Swedish-based battery maker Northvolt became the latest casualty last week, filing for Chapter 11 after BMW canceled a key order.

At least a dozen other startups, specializing in electric vehicles or batteries, are at risk of running out of cash by next summer, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of their most recent filings.

Musk is there as a counter.

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Hunter Biden’s team issues a fiery defense ahead of sentencing, possible pardon

Hunter Biden’s legal team is launching an assertive public defense of the president’s son just weeks before federal judges in Delaware and California prepare to sentence him this month, and as his father faces a diminishing window to pardon him if he chooses to do so despite previously ruling it out.

In a 52-page paper titled “The political prosecutions of Hunter Biden” released Saturday, Hunter Biden’s lawyers criticize the foundation of the investigations into their client, arguing that he was prosecuted for crimes that an ordinary citizen would not have been. Hunter Biden is likely to face further unfair threats when President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the lawyers contend.

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Allegations of Abuse, Concerns Over Funding Plague United Nations Peacekeeping Missions

Captured Hezbollah fighters testify that the terrorist group paid money to the peacekeepers to use their bases to conduct their operations.

For decades, United Nations peacekeepers have been promoted as critical civilian lifelines amid some of the world’s most harrowing conditions. Yet those who have already endured violence, displacement and poverty still fear that those deployed to protect them may only amplify their suffering.

Last month, Israel ignited international condemnation for firing on numerous bases belonging to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the peacekeeping mission founded in 1978 under a Security Council resolution. While its target is Hezbollah, the Israel Defense Forces contend that the UN peacekeeping mission, largely funded by America, functioned in the pocket of the designated terrorist group.

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Nobody’s buying the left’s hate hoaxes

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) accused Republicans of sending threatening phone calls and “swatting” Democrats. He laughably tried to take the high road saying that “House Democrats will not be deterred or intimidated from serving the people by violent threats.”

A Texas Democrat faked racist comments to himself, and he’s facing charges. A Democrat-supporting media has put up a fake Pro-Trump website, evidently being part of a plan to get Progressives elected by using a “unique, innovative digital strategy.”

These ridiculous hate hoaxes are nothing new for the Left.

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