Jesse Kline: The lie behind definitions of ‘anti-Palestinian racism’

Rather than working toward a world in which everyone is treated with dignity based on their inherent human worth — not treated differently due to their religion or ethnic background — we are now locked in an arms race between groups seeking to define various forms of racism.

This process has been spurred on by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who seems to think that stuffy conferences and lengthy dissertations are the solution to the ever-growing levels of hate on Canadian streets.

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Nearly 14,000 asylum claims filed by international students in Canada so far in 2024

International students filed almost 14,000 asylum claims while in Canada over the first nine months of this year, a record reached even as the number of new study permits issued to students fell significantly.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the increase in asylum claims from people in the country on study permits appears to include false ones filed by students who have been counselled to do so by outside consultants. He cited anecdotal evidence from department officials and the lack of change in conditions in source countries.

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Is it a tenant’s right to charge an EV at their rental?

An Ottawa man feels it’s his right to charge his car overnight at his apartment building since electricity is included in his rent, but his landlord disagrees.

Joel Mac Neil says he has been charging his electric vehicle (EV) at his apartment building, the Park West, with no issues for three years, until now.

“I should be allowed to do this and I don’t have to hide,” Joel Mac Neil said. “I have every right to do this and charge here.”

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The UAP Cover-Up, Uncovered (A Bit)

There is nothing on The New York Times website about Wednesday’s blockbuster House subcommittee hearing on UAPs (the new name for UFOs). Nothing in the Washington Post. Unbelievable. This is huge, huge news! All I can figure is that they didn’t take the hearing seriously. USA Today has a good piece up, capturing the highlights of today’s testimony.

The big news is that the US Government has for decades been collecting data on UAPs and hiding it from Congress, and, of course, from the American people.


Following is the testimony from key witnesses at yesterday’s hearing.

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Trump’s Election Sends the Swamp a Message

When tackling the deep state, the administration needs to reward those who respond positively, find ways to marginalize those who don’t, and get rid of those who actively resist.

Many news stories that once seemed important have been drowned out by the Trump election tsunami. Looming large among these is the story of the Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor who directed her personnel to bypass the homes of hurricane victims that displayed “Trump for President” yard signs. The FEMA staffer in question has been fired — good riddance — and the FEMA director has been called on the carpet by congressional Republicans. But a story that might have had legs in a tight election no longer seems to matter.

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John Ivison: They came fleeing communism. Now Ottawa’s expropriating and redistributing their property

Ahn Nguyen fled Vietnam with her parents when the communists took over in 1975. They lost their home and land but considered themselves fortunate to be able to start over again in Canada.

She then met her husband, Tien, and 35 years ago the family began fishing for elvers — tiny translucent baby eels netted in Maritime rivers and shipped to Asia where they are grown for food.

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Israel fans in clashes with police as skirmishes erupt in Stade de France

Israel supporters were involved in serious clashes at the Stade de France during the powder-keg international against France in Paris.

Outside the stadium, a fearsome police presence surrounded pro-Palestinian demonstrations but skirmishes erupted in the stands during the match.

Fans wearing Israel flags were involved in confrontations broken up by under-cover French officers although it was not immediately clear whether they were fighting pro-Palestine protesters.

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Hollywood fights to be first over story of Sam Bankman-Fried

He was a poster boy for cryptocurrency whose sudden ascent to stratospheric wealth was matched only by his downfall, as his financial empire fell to pieces and he found himself in a federal prison.

Now Hollywood studios are lining up to tell the story of Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former-billionaire who stole $8 billion from investors and customers of FTX, the trading exchange he founded, that he had promised was a safe way to buy and sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

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Matthew Lau: How Toronto grooms kids to be climate activists

This year’s deadline to apply for Toronto’s Youth Climate Action Grants has just passed so the city’s climate bureaucrats are now presumably reading grant applications from school children who want to engage in climate change activism. The program, a partnership between the City of Toronto, the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board, invites kids from junior kindergarten to grade 12 to apply for up to $1,000 per project or activity to educate and engage Torontonians on climate actions.

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Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws

The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public.

The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer “scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”.

Iranian women and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the announcement.

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Why Canada could become the next nuclear energy ‘superpower’

Uranium is making a comeback thanks to a renewed focus on nuclear energy as a climate crisis solution. Canada, rich with high-grade deposits, could become a nuclear “superpower”. But can its potential be realised?

Leigh Curyer had been working in uranium mining for nearly two decades when he noticed a striking shift.

In 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan badly damaged the world’s view of nuclear power, and the price for the heavy metal – a critical component for nuclear fuel – cratered.

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Thank God No One Was Able to ‘Save’ the GOP From Donald Trump

The most tedious refrain to emerge from the verbal vomit spewed by the Never Trump grift nonces was the idea that the Republican Party needed to be “saved” from Donald Trump. Throughout the 2024 election cycle, the professional concern trolls at The New York Times and The Washington Post repeated variations of the idea as if they were being paid by the mention.

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