European politics are notoriously intricate, and the recent EU elections have highlighted a growing fatigue in the West towards socialist and urban-centric policies that impact agriculture and the agri-food sectors.
Author: Blazingcatfur
A cartoon cat has been vexing China’s censors – now he says they are on his tail
As anti-lockdown protests flared across China’s cities in November 2022, hundreds of thousands around the world were glued to an unlikely source: a mysterious X account, fronted by a cartoon cat.
Protest footage, details about police movements, news of arrests – Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher posted a torrent of real-time updates sourced from ordinary citizens.
Little of it could be found on China’s tightly-controlled state media or internet. All of it was curated by one person, sitting in a bedroom in Italy – an art school student named Li Ying.
Dr. Sharon Koivu: ‘Safe supply’ has only worsened the addiction crisis in London, Ont.
Since the program started in 2016, patient deaths and infections have shot up, and prescriptions have been diverted to the streets
I have been a practicing physician in Ontario for 39 years, the last 16 of which have been in London. I have served in many capacities, including having a family practice and working as an acting medical officer of health. Since 2012, I have worked in addiction medicine. I feel compelled to speak out about the harm “safe supply” is causing in my community.
From Cars to Star Wars, We’re Not Buying What They’re Selling
If you’re hanging on to your car longer than ever, welcome to the club. Recent reports show that the average age of the American car is older than ever — and it’s for the same reason that the newest Star Wars show just flopped harder than anything since the notorious 1978 holiday special.
Trudeau Toast
‘No hope’ for Liberals winning next federal election with Trudeau as leader, say pollsters
Whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leads the Liberals in the next federal election, or his party’s members choose a successor should he step down from the helm before the federal vote, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is likely headed to forming a majority government, say pollsters.
Trudeau “has basically tanked with everybody,” according to Greg Lyle, president and founder of the Innovative Research Group. “It’s over for him. There’s no hope with Trudeau.”
Angela Merkel ‘concealed’ information that Russia could use gas to blackmail Europe
Angela Merkel knew that Russia could attempt to blackmail Europe into launching a major gas pipeline but “concealed” the information, according to Handelsblatt, the German newspaper.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline was designed to double the flow of Russian gas directly to Germany but it was hugely controversial because of the risk it posed to Ukraine.
Critics feared that if it supplied gas directly to Europe, Russia would be able to starve Ukraine’s economy of the transit fees it had been collecting.
Meals Will Have to Cost Under $3 for National School Food Program to Hit Target
The federal government’s plan to feed 400,000 schoolchildren a day with a school food program was based on the cost of meals being under $3 per child.
Promises made by the government will only be met if each meal costs $2.78, which is below the minimum cost identified by the Breakfast Club of Canada, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“We would need at least $3 to $6 per child per day,” Judith Barry, co-founder of the Breakfast Club, testified before the Senate national finance committee.
“There are 180 school days. We would need billions,” she said.
This sounds impossible. Wait it is impossible.
Widow of ISIS leader reveals details of their life together
In a rare interview from prison, a widow of the Islamic State group’s leader has shared her account of their life. Umm Hudaifa was the first wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was married to him while he oversaw IS’s brutal rule over large parts of Syria and Iraq. She is now being held in an Iraqi jail while she is investigated for terrorism-related crimes.
In the summer of 2014, Umm Hudaifa was living in Raqqa, IS’s then-stronghold in Syria, with her husband.
NSICOP report more than a Pandora’s box of bad news for Canadian democracy
HALIFAX—The more secretive a society gets, the less democratic it becomes.
As The Washington Post’s motto puts it, “Democracy dies in darkness.” Canadian democracy has been weakened this past week by a signal failure of transparency, a dire error of priorities. On an issue of monumental importance, the public was informationally dealt out.
What makes that harder to take is that the Trudeau government never misses an opportunity to take a bow for its openness in governance. The PM talks the talk, but sometimes doesn’t walk the walk.
Kim Jong-un’s sister threatens to deluge South Korea with lavatory paper
South Koreans will be constantly “picking up lavatory paper” if Seoul continues to wage “psychological warfare” against North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s sister said,, as hundreds of balloons carrying rubbish floated across the border.
Ruling Class Concerned Public Developing Zero Tolerance For Their Bullshit
Garage set on fire. Smashed windows. MPs and elected officials are rattled by rising intimidation and threats — and ‘someone is going to get seriously hurt’
OTTAWA — It seems only a matter of time before an elected official in Canada gets seriously hurt.
In March, somebody set fire to the garage at Liberal MP Brendan Hanley’s Yukon home.
No one was injured in the blaze that destroyed the garage, two cars and a motorbike, but it left him “shocked,” profoundly shaken, and fearful about the safety of his family, neighbours and those close to him.
It’s a “Thank You” letter not an extortion attempt.
My cat woke me at 3:30 am so I am going to talk about me.
I quit Bell internet last month and signed on with Beanfield.
As per Bell instructions I acquired Purolator shipping labels to return my Bell rental equipment and sent their gear on its merry way on May 29 2024.
Friday I received a letter – Action Required: Return of Bell Equipment
It stated that if I did not return the equipment by June 14 they would charge me 199.00 dollars per item.
The letter provided instructions for the return and a new Purolator shipping label.
I was taken aback, Bell was threatening to ding me for 600.00 bucks for equipment I had already sent back.
Equipment that Bell itself acknowledged I had returned on their MyBill account page.
I initiated a chat, after confusing their incompetent Chatbot I was finally put in touch with a human.
After providing the Purolator tracking number and pointing out the MyBill return acknowledgement the support person attempted to gaslight me.
The agent stated I had received a “Thank You” letter for the return of the equipment.
I pointed out that the letter I received began – Action Required: Return of Bell Equipment and nowhere in the letter did the words “Thank you” appear.
It was in fact a flat out threat to extort money from me despite doing everything right.
After several more attempts to have me not believe my lying eyes he gave up.
I then demanded that I be provided an address to invoice Bell for my time and trauma over being wrongfully accused.
I am waiting to hear back from the “Manager.”
PS. Beanfield – huge savings great service to date.
Trudeau’s Canada: 1 in 5 know someone who used a food bank in the past year – Nanos
One in five Canadians say they or someone they know used a food bank within the past 12 months, a new survey shows.
Conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News over late May and early June, the survey of more than 1,000 Canadians found that, while only two per cent of respondents said they visited a food bank for help, close to twice as many knew of a family member who did, and more than 10 per cent said they had a friend or acquaintance who received assistance.
Despite climate-change hysterics, weather disasters have decreased
A recent scientific study has confirmed what climate realists have been highlighting for some time: Natural and climate-related disasters have been declining rather than increasing during the 21st century.
In a paper published this year in one of the world’s leading journals on environmental hazards, Italian scientists Gianluca Alimonti and Luigi Mariani analyzed the number and temporal trends of natural disasters reported since 1900.
Based on the best available data, the two scientists concluded the 21st century has seen “a decreasing trend [of natural disasters] to 2022” which is “characterized by a significant decline in number of events.”
Swarthy Smollett?
My heart goes out to the Muslim family in London whose home was attacked last night in an act of hate.
Canadians have seen how dangerous and ugly Islamophobia is. We have to keep confronting it—wherever and whenever we see it.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 10, 2024
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