A new Canadian Army logo that sparked an intense online backlash was approved at the highest level with no objections raised about the image that has since been likened to a bear having sex with a moose.
Author: Blazingcatfur
Centrists can’t ignore the rise of populism in East Germany
Walking through Dresden this weekend, I was bombarded with political messaging. Posters on every lamppost promise anything from “top education” to “law and order” — whatever it takes to draw voters back from the political fringes ahead of regional elections.
The three German states of Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia will elect new parliaments in September, and in all three polling suggests that up to half of voters might opt either for the Right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) or the Left-wing populists of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW).
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston: Canada must reject Chinese EVs, or face American wrath
Canada has developed a reputation internationally in recent years for being soft on China. The Hogue Commission has heard multitude stories of Chinese interference that have been known to the government with no action taken. Until Industry Minister François-Phillipe Champagne took the reins, investment review decisions handed Canadian companies over to companies that were Beijing-controlled. Defence spending is nowhere near what is needed for defence against Chinese forces in the Pacific or our own Arctic.
I’m not going to buy a domestic EV or a foreign EV.
Interesting … EU Cuts Planned Tariffs On Tesla’s China-Made EVs To 9%
The European Commission announced this AM that, in its ongoing findings of an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese imports of battery electric vehicles, all Tesla vehicles imported from China will be subject to a 9% tariff. Proposed tariffs on other EV companies were revised slightly ahead of what could become EU trade policy later this year.
Of all the proposed duties on Chinese EVs imported to the EU, Tesla appears to be the big winner and will pay the lowest rate of 9%. Reuters noted the EU “set a new reduced rate of 9% for Tesla, lower than the 20.8% it had indicated in July.”
Israel recovers bodies of six hostages as Gaza peace hopes slip away
The Israeli military has recovered six more bodies of hostages in Gaza kidnapped by Hamas, as the US warned that time was running out to reach a deal to free the remaining hostages and end the war.
The military said the bodies were recovered in an overnight operation in southern Gaza. They included the remains of 79-year old Avraham Munder, whose kibbutz had earlier on Tuesday announced he had died after suffered “physical and mental torture for months” in captivity. The military did not say how they died.
Take it from an immigrant: Canada urgently needs to slow immigration growth
In 2006, I arrived in Canada from England on a temporary skilled visa, sent by the University of Manchester to Edmonton to advance my training in sports surgeries. Born and raised in India, I completed my medical education there before moving to the UK for postgraduate orthopedic surgery training, spending eight years refining my skills. As the immigration officer handed back my passport that day, his parting words — ”Hope you stay back in Canada” — felt like a personal promise of acceptance and opportunity, an invitation to make Canada home after completing advanced training.
Fast forward to 2024: I did stay in Canada, planted roots, developed a practice, raised a family, and poured my heart into the community in Alberta, which embraced me as their own.
Russia offers safe haven for people trying to escape Western liberal ideals
MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Moscow will provide assistance to any foreigners who want to escape the neoliberal ideals being put forward in their countries and move to Russia, where traditional values reign supreme, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin.
Under the document, such foreign nationals will have the right to apply for temporary residence in Russia “outside the quota approved by the Russian government and without providing documents confirming their knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws.”
h/t Mauser
Manitoba Chiefs demand Charles Adler’s Senate appointment be revoked over First Nations comments
OTTAWA — The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon to reconsider the appointment of veteran broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate in light of comments he made about First Nations leaders in 1999.
That Trudeau government! They’re so weirdly racist!
h/t Mauser
15 Things We Saw at the Democratic National Convention
CHICAGO—The Daily Signal is on the ground at the Democratic National Convention, where Democrats will formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for vice president.
We saw crowds begin to form on Sunday and filmed anti-Israel protesters breaking through the security perimeter on Monday.
At the DNC in Chicago. This is disturbing. They’re completely driven by hate. pic.twitter.com/71fEKyFuJF
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) August 19, 2024
🚨LEFTIST FREAKOUT AT DNC🚨
This lady was selling p*ssy hats and LOST HER MIND when I tried to ask her a few questions. This is the party of love and joy.
It is awesome to watch the left fight and protest each other this week. Follow and share to make this viral 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/RRbkhukDcg
— Bo (@dittletv) August 19, 2024
WTF?
HAHAHA this is incredible. The DNC has a gender-neutral Islamic prayer room. pic.twitter.com/0WnGpCDxX7
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 20, 2024
h/t Mauser
HUNTER: Why is accused Toronto cop attacker still in Canada?
Joao Pedro Da Silva Cordeiro appears to have fully embraced the Canadian way of doing business.
Smile …
She’s mad because she has a son who identifies as a cat. People keep calling animal control reporting a nuisance animal… pic.twitter.com/2wF77GdWQu
— 🦉⭐️ Melissa Dawn ⭐️🦉 (@GenXNewsOnX) August 19, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
Who needs Maverick? US Navy installs first drone control centre
Pilots risking their lives could be a thing of the movies as aircraft carrier is fitted with the first hi-tech command centre for controlling unmanned drones
Conflicts such as the Battle of Midway and fictional depictions including the Top Gun films lionised the image of US Navy pilots risking their lives flying dangerous missions from aircraft carriers.
But in future such operations may be flown without a pilot on board, after the American military installed its first high-tech command centre for controlling all types of unmanned drones.
USS George HW Bush is the first of the US Navy’s 11 carriers to be fitted with an unmanned air warfare centre, a dedicated command system which will be capable of masterminding what will become an increasingly important role in naval operations.
Michael Higgins: Liberal MP attacks Canadians by spreading P.E.I. protest-fire hoax
Liberal MP Sean Casey would have done better last week condemning the pesky mosquito, that scourge of summer, rather than issuing a self-righteous, moralizing manifesto that appeared to attack Canadians.
High on dudgeon, but low on fact, Casey went to bat for a group of foreign workers in Charlottetown, PEI, who claimed that a protesters’ tent was deliberately set on fire while people were sleeping inside.
Avoid meetings in ‘racist’ buildings, librarians told
Librarians should avoid holding meetings in “racist” buildings, decolonisation training experts have advised.
Libraries across Wales have been given the task of becoming “anti-racist”, in line with the devolved Labour government’s pledge to “eradicate” systemic racism by 2030.
Training is being devised as part of a £130,000 project to instruct local librarians in “critical whiteness studies” and how to deal with issues like the “dominant paradigm of whiteness”.