Trudeau even more unpopular than Dementia Joe

… Many world leaders are also up for re-election. More than 60 countries — half of the world’s population — will vote or have voted this year. Most of the countries in the chart above will vote in national or European Union elections in the coming months.

Why are people so upset with their leaders? Some explanations are local, but four global issues have driven much of the public’s anger. Call them the four I’s: inflation, immigration, inequality and incumbency.

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Canada Should Cut Immigration to Ease Housing Crisis, Canadians Tell Federal Researchers

Canadians want the government to cut immigration to ease the housing crisis across the country, according to new focus group data.

“Asked whether they thought Canada was currently experiencing a housing crisis, all believed this to be the case,” said a Privy Council report, called Continuous Qualitative Data Collection of Canadians’ Views. The report was released on March 26, with data collected in October 2023, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.

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FTX cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years


Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former cryptocurrency mogul who was convicted of fraud, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday, capping an extraordinary saga that upended the multi-trillion-dollar crypto industry and became a cautionary tale of greed and hubris.

Mr. Bankman-Fried’s sentence was shorter than the 40 to 50 years that federal prosecutors had recommended, but above the six-and-a-half-year sentence requested by the defense lawyers. A federal probation officer had recommended 100 years, just under the maximum possible penalty of 110 years behind bars.


I thought he would go down harder the Judge really ripped into him

‘Remorseless’ Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison — as judge rips him as power-obsessed scammer

A Manhattan judge ripped Sam Bankman-Fried as a “remorseless” scammer obsessed with political power as he sentenced the fallen crypto mogul to 25 years in prison Thursday — five months after he was found guilty of stealing more than $8 billion of funds from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Judge Lewis Kaplan said the 32-year-old convicted fraudster “presented himself as the good guy” all in favor of “appropriate regulation of the crypto industry” — but it was just an “act.”


Well done.

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Blessed are not the Cheesemakers … Hot cross bun flavoured cheese is an attack on symbolism of Easter, Christians warn

A hot cross bun flavoured cheese has “lost the symbolism” of Easter, Christians have warned.

Morrisons has launched a new cheddar for the religious holiday, which is flavoured with traditional bun ingredients of cinnamon, blueberries and raisins.

The Hot Cross Bun Cheese, which is being sold for £1.25 per 100g at the supermarket’s deli counters, has provoked bemusement among the Christian community.

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Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities.

Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 people last week, includes several contributions from a person who publishes under the name Sulaiman Dawood al-Kanadie.

The last part of the handle means “the Canadian” in Arabic and has been used by several high-profile ISIS members from Canada in the past.

I’d start with the Liberal Party.

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Trudeau ‘Deepfake’ Cryptocurrency Scam Costs Toronto Man $12K

A Toronto man has lost $12,000 to a cryptocurrency scam that involved a “deepfake” video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a mistake that he says has robbed him of his life savings.

Stephen Henry saw a YouTube video last November that he thought was real because it appeared to be endorsed by the Liberal leader.

“I thought, ‘It’s got to be legitimate, it’s got to be perfect. If not, how could you get the prime minister?’ So I thought, ‘It’s got to be official,” Mr. Henry told CTV.

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Gallup: Most Americans oppose Israeli actions against Hamas

The majority of Americans now disapprove of the Israel Defense Forces’ actions against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to a survey Gallup published on Wednesday.

The proportion of respondents who disapprove of IDF actions increased from 45% in November to 55% this month, while the share of Americans who explicitly back the military operation dropped from 50% to 36%.

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The Gaza Pier Makes Less Sense with Each Passing Day

It’s hard to avoid the impression that Joe Biden’s plan to deploy the U.S. military to construct a humanitarian pier in Gaza wasn’t that well thought out.

The pier proposal, which the president revealed during this year’s State of the Union Address, conflicts with his desire to limit America’s direct involvement in Israel’s defensive war against Hamas. Soon after the announcement, independent reports indicated that the project would take two months to complete and involve 1,100 U.S. service personnel. According to Israel’s Channel 14, the Biden administration has sought the services of a Qatar-based firm to build the thing — “a company controlled and sponsored by Hamas,” according to correspondent Baruch Yedid. Counterproductive though that might have been, it would preserve Biden’s objective of ensuring that no U.S. troops make landfall on the Gaza Strip.

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The hidden takeaway from the Baltimore bridge disaster

As of this writing the catastrophic bridge collapse in Baltimore, Md. is still unfolding.

Facts on the ground are thus far that a container ship collided with a support pylon on the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore. The bridge immediately collapsed, as the videos widely available show, clearly and shockingly.

The speed and totality of the collapse are breathtaking.

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Car dealers will decide America’s future

Ohio Republicans have a new candidate for US Senator: Bernie Moreno, who was endorsed by Donald Trump over establishment-backed Matt Dolan. With Moreno’s victory in last week’s hotly contested primary, the party’s MAGA faction has further entrenched its hold on this pivotal Midwestern state, with its large share of factory towns and labour voters. And should Moreno prevail over the Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in November, he would go on to join Ohio’s sitting Junior Senator J.D. Vance, probably the most intellectually sophisticated champion of America First nationalism in Congress.

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