“Think before you post.”
That’s the chilling message that was just posted from social media accounts affiliated with the United Kingdom’s government. Amid the riots and civil unrest in the streets of Britain that were initially sparked by anti-immigration protesters, the posts warned citizens not directly involved in the uprisings that they too could face arrest even just for their speech.
Think before you post. https://t.co/sgqCErb4AC
— GOV.UK (@GOVUK) August 8, 2024
The first of two trials connected to the headline-grabbing multimillion-dollar gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport last year is scheduled to begin in September in a Pennsylvania court, but two of the accused are still in Canada.
Archit Grover and Prasath Paramalingam, who have been charged in the 2023 theft of gold from an Air Canada cargo facility, are also accused of being part of a firearms smuggling ring with another gold heist suspect.
A rapper is due to appear in court tomorrow in connection with a video in which threats involving firearms were allegedly made against activist Tommy Robinson.
Omar Abdirizak, 30, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, is one of the first people in the UK to face new charges under the Online Safety Act.
Update: He says: “Tommy Robinson I got a message for you … (I’m) from Somalia and now, I’m in … the area’s called Sparkbrook. And you running your mouth off saying we are going to attack the mosques, any Muslim guys … no mate, we are gonna defend ourselves. Do you understand Tommy Robinson?”
There are then chants of Allahu Akbar from him and other men in the background. Firearms were then discussed in the video.
And from the desk of the Trump Russia fantasist …
Tommy Robinson and Reform MP Nigel Farage will be scrutinised by the security services amid fears Britain’s far-right riots are being fuelled by the Putin regime, former MI6 officer claims
Following two months of immigration growth, Canada saw its number of new permanent residents soften by 4.9% in June, according to data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
A total of 34,870 new permanent residents came to Canada in March and 42,595 foreign nationals were granted permanent residency in April.
An 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman have been stabbed in London’s Leicester Square, the Metropolitan Police has said.
In a post on X the Met said a man has been arrested and is in custody, adding the force does not believe there are “any outstanding suspects”.
The two victims were taken to hospital and their condition is currently unknown, the post continued.
A man has been arrested following a #stabbing incident in #London‘s #LeicesterSquare, where an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman were injured.#LondonStabbing #Southport #SouthportStabbing #LeicesterStabbing #Leicester pic.twitter.com/uv5XC0me0G
— know the Unknown (@imurpartha) August 12, 2024
They’ve arrested the Perp but are not disclosing their identity which sounds a bit like how Southport rose to ignominy.
Update at BBC – The Met said the girl would require hospital treatment but her injuries were not life threatening, while the woman’s injuries were “more minor”. The force said there was no suggestion the incident was terror-related “at this stage”.
Upperdate h/t Patti Jo
A white male, of eastern European origin has just stabbed a mother and child in Leicester square in broad daylight. The victims were transported to the trauma ward at a local hospital and there's no further information at this time. #LeicesterSquare #stabbing pic.twitter.com/kIStD92xuv
— Prometheus (@PyrPrometheus) August 12, 2024
… In what is now a persistent trend (and now the sixteenth survey in a row), the gap between the Conservatives and the Liberals remains close to 20 points.
If an election were held today, 43% of committed voters would vote Conservative, while 23% would vote for the Liberals, 18% for the NDP, and 4% for the Greens. The BQ holds 37% in Quebec.
Tenet Media’s Tayler Hanson was out in Arizona ahead of a rally for the Kamala Harris, Tim Walz campaign and spoke to attendees about why they have decided to support the progressive presidential hopeful.
“Why are y’all voting for Kamala Harris?” Hansen asked to young women at the arena.
Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds’ office did not provide evidence to support claims that the national school lunch program will save families $800 a year.
Blacklock’s Reporter says advocates warn that achieving the program’s goals would require billions of dollars, not the $200 million currently budgeted annually.
A Brantford man who robbed two pharmacies with a handgun faced the wrath of an Ontario Court judge when he appeared in court recently.
When Kevin Couture, 43, apologized for traumatizing pharmacy workers during the October 2022 robberies, Justice Gethin Edward vented his frustration with the “woe is me” tale.
The top prosecutor in England and Wales has warned that hundreds more people involved in the riots that have swept the country will be hauled before the courts in the coming days, with the most serious offenders facing up to ten years in jail.
Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, said the number of charging decisions is expected to soar with a “new phase” of cases being brought by police.
Many of those charged so far have been prosecuted for violent disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years. However, Parkinson said the more serious offence of rioting — which carries up to a ten-year penalty — was now under consideration.
Long-shot American attempt fueled by opposition effort to document strongman’s overwhelming defeat at the polls
BOGOTA—The U.S. is pursuing a long-shot bid to push Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to give up power in exchange for amnesty as overwhelming evidence emerges that the strongman lost last month’s election, people familiar with the matter said.The U.S. has discussed pardons for Maduro and top lieutenants of his who face Justice Department indictments, said three people familiar with the Biden administration deliberation. One of the people said the U.S. has put “everything on the table” to persuade Maduro to leave before his term ends in January.
Another person familiar with the talks said the U.S. would be open to providing guarantees not to pursue those regime figures for extradition. The U.S. in 2020 placed a $15 million bounty for information leading to Maduro’s arrest on charges of conspiring with his allies to flood the U.S. with cocaine.
The talks represent a flicker of hope for a Venezuelan political opposition that meticulously collected voter tallies showing its candidate, little-known former diplomat Edmundo González, defeated Maduro in a landslide in the July 28 election. Over the past two weeks, Maduro has jailed thousands of dissidents, maintained the military’s loyalty and tasked the Supreme Court, stacked with his handpicked allies, with resolving the election impasse, buying him time.
“Today he is the bravest, the wisest and the most popular leader of the Resistance Front.” This is how the Iranian daily Kayhan spoke of guess who.
Wrong guess.
The daily’s editorialists are notorious for their exaggerated praise of the “Supreme Guide” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But this time it was not Khamenei they had in mind. Believe it or not, it was Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese branch of Hezbollah, who was thus being accoladed beyond his wildest dreams. You may wonder why…. Until recently, the Tehran media treated Nasrallah as something of an Iranian satrap in Beirut. Each time he came to Tehran, he was reported to have asked for an audience with the Great Leader to offer a report on his satrapy.
So much for Keir Starmer’s ‘new dawn’ for Britain. He seems more likely to drag us back to the Dark Ages. According to reports, the PM is thinking about adopting a definition of ‘Islamophobia’ that could lead to people being censured if they say something too stinging about Islam. That is, if they commit the sin of blasphemy, if they make a scurrilous utterance about the Prophet or his followers. Starmer strode into Downing St a month ago wanging on about the ‘sunlight of hope’ – now he threatens to cover Britain with the black cloud of medieval censorship.
The Right has minimised the rioters’ agency
A strange and dramatic metamorphosis has happened over the last few days. On the one hand, Tommy Robinson, the Right-wing activist and former leader of the English Defence League, has shapeshifted into a Left-leaning analyst of political protest. On the other, those who formerly occupied that role have suddenly embraced the Right-coded rhetoric of moral disgust and zero-tolerance policing.
