Have prevented myself from watching the #Hamas_is_ISIS atrocities but the holocaust / pogrom denial going around is sickening. FUCK YOU @novaramedia #IStandWithIsrael pic.twitter.com/ZXSU8I8QI1
— L Franks (@cape_eye) October 25, 2023
Author: Blazingcatfur
Canada’s ‘leaky bucket’ of immigration? More newcomers are choosing to leave Canada for greener pastures
More recent immigrants are leaving Canada for greener pastures, a new study says.
The findings suggest the phenomenon is especially prevalent between four and seven years after newcomers have received their permanent residence.
Although the number and ratio of people leaving each year varied, over the course of 25 years, accumulatively about 20 per cent of immigrants in each cohort ultimately left Canada, said the report, “The Leaky Bucket: A Study of Immigrant Retention Trends in Canada.”
Which may say something about the “quality” of immigrant who is forced to stay.
WTF?
These people don’t seem very nice. pic.twitter.com/BuZw7gPcUH
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) October 31, 2023
Meet Meredith Angwin, the grandmother changing the energy industry
The self-published grandmother saw what almost no one else did: the coming downfall of the American electrical system
Along a twist in the Connecticut River within an old-style colonial Vermont home lives Meredith Angwin, the Jewish grandmother who saw what almost no one else did: the coming downfall of the American electrical system.
Three years ago, Angwin self-published Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid, the first-ever explanation for laymen of America’s labyrinthine, abstruse power markets. Her diagnosis was simple and troubling: when America moved away from the monopoly utility system in the Nineties toward restructured electricity markets, all players were divested from the responsibility of keeping the lights on. As heavily subsidized renewables outbid reliable nuclear and coal plants in the market, the grid would become overly reliant on just-in-time natural gas and imports from neighbors for reliability.
Sorry, Republicans: Joe Biden Will Not Be the Democratic Nominee
Donald Trump’s pollster now brags that his candidate will win the election against Joe Biden in an “electoral landslide.” Even a recent Washington Post/ABC poll seemed to confirm it. But this assumes that Biden will be the Democratic nominee, and he will not.
The Post/ABC survey found that Biden’s approval for managing the economy dropped to the lowest of his presidency, into the 30 percent range, with a 21-point advantage for Republicans. When asked whether they were generally better off under Biden, 44 percent of Americans responded they were not as well off, with merely 15 percent saying they were better off and only 39 percent saying things were the same. Just 23 percent said they approved of Biden’s immigration policy, while 62 percent disapproved.
Head of York student union won’t retract statement on Hamas attack, says university is trying to silence group
The president of York University’s undergraduate students’ union says the university is trying to silence the student group by threatening to withdraw its certification in response to a statement that provoked widespread outrage after the Hamas attack on Israel.
Ashley D’Souza, president of the York Federation of Students, said he won’t retract the statement and won’t step down, despite the university’s demand that he and the entire student union executive resign. He said the YFS, which represents the university’s more than 50,000 undergraduate students, is consulting with lawyers as it weighs how to respond to the administration’s demands, which have triggered a process that could lead to the loss of certification for the union.
AB InBev promises $1bn buyback after Bud Light controversy
The world’s biggest brewer is to return $1 billion to investors via its first-ever share buyback as it battles to restore its fortunes in the wake of the Bud Light furore.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s revenues in the US slumped by 13.5 per cent in the third quarter after a conservative backlash over a social media promotional campaign with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer.
Bud Light was toppled from its No 1 spot in the US after the beer brand sent a personalised can to Mulvaney in April. The social media star made a post about the can, sparking a boycott that sent sales plummeting.
The Palestinian Authority’s Responsibility for Hamas’s October Massacre
While many have condemned the Iran-backed Hamas terror group for the October 7 massacre that killed 1,400 Israelis and wounded at least 5,400 others, the fact is that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its leaders also bear responsibility for the carnage. The PA’s rhetoric and actions actively paved the way for the hell that Hamas unleashed on Israel.
Italian churchgoers denounce ‘liturgical horror’ of altar girl serving communion
A parish priest has defended himself after provoking a scandal in a small northern Italian town when he asked a child to help him serve holy communion.
Father Eros Accorigi said he had been without “an extraordinary minister of communion” during a recent Sunday mass at Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia church in Ossanesga, a town in Bergamo province, and so chose an altar girl who he said appeared to have “the purest heart among so many sinners” to assist him.
The scene was filmed and shared on Gloria.tv, a Catholic video-sharing news site, prompting a furious email from churchgoers to the bishop of Bergamo in which they denounced a “liturgical horror”.
Why Are Journalists Knowingly Helping Hamas Spread Propaganda?
The media haven’t learned anything from last week’s Gaza hospital blast debacle. Despite repeated embarrassments, reporters for liberal cable and broadcast networks are still treating Hamas — a terrorist organization — as a reliable source in their ongoing coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On October 17, reports emerged that an explosion had occurred at a hospital in Gaza. Within minutes, TV journalists were parroting a Hamas lie that the blast had been the result of an Israeli airstrike, which had killed more than 400 people. None of these reporters at the time wondered how the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Health Ministry had managed to tally the casualties so impossibly quickly.
Data on education and wages don’t show systemic racism in Canada: study
An analysis of educational attainment and economic outcomes shows limited evidence of broad systemic racism in Canadian society, despite what anti-racism activists and the mandate letters from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to his cabinet might insist, according to new research from The Aristotle Foundation.
“What this study tries to do is introduce some facts and evidence and logic into trying to (assess) the accuracy of this claim that we’re a systemically racist society,” said Matthew Lau, a senior fellow with the think tank who authored the research paper.
Report: Jews in Berlin Forced to Consider — Is It Time to Leave Germany?
Segments of the Jewish population in Berlin are being forced to consider a question many once thought unthinkable in the wake of the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi followers and the subsequent promises of “never again” — is it time to leave Germany?
Canada’s immigration planning will now take into account housing, health care and infrastructure, minister says
In response to growing concern over Canada’s capacity to welcome more newcomers, the federal government says it will incorporate housing, health care and infrastructure planning with provinces and municipalities when setting the country’s annual immigration targets.
On Tuesday, Immigration Minister Marc Miller unveiled a report on the current state of Canadian immigration — along with a road map for tackling those challenges.
“We aim to build a system that is easier to navigate, with an inclusive and co-ordinated plan that aligns our immigration programs and policies with the needs of the country,” Miller said in a statement released the day before he will table his 2024-26 immigration levels plan.
Dirty Jill
“You gotta run. Because there’s so much at stake,” Jill Biden claims she urged her shuffling, addled husband before he undertook his 2020 basement campaign for president. Joe Biden, like the entire country, economy, and everything he touches, has gotten worse every day of his term of office. And it’s for this reason that the woman fawned over as a “joy multiplier” is now looked on with suspicion. She’s the reason he’s one of the worst presidents the United States has ever produced because Mrs. Biden and the Obama holdovers got him there. Americans are beginning to think that Joe’s smiling, 72-year-old presidential arm candy didn’t have the country’s needs at heart when she told her husband, “You gotta run.” It’s in that way she reminds Americans of Hillary Clinton.
Canada’s economy hasn’t grown since May, new GDP numbers for August show
Canada’s economy is showing clear signs of a slowdown, as after shrinking in June, the total value of all goods and services sold was essentially unchanged in July and August — and likely September, too.
Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the country’s gross domestic product was flat in August, as the service sector expanded a little but output from goods-producing industries shrank.
Canada’s GDP in August came in at $2.082 trillion during the month. That’s barely ahead of just over $2.081 trillion the previous month.