Tasha Kheiriddin: Pierre Poilievre’s deportation gamble

This week, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre released a video about the preferential treatment of asylum seekers in Canada. In it, he states that six million Canadians can’t get access to a family doctor and specialist wait times average 30 weeks. Then, he drops the kicker: rejected asylum claimants, who have never paid taxes, get free “deluxe supplementary heath care” such as physiotherapy, dental and eyecare that Canadian citizens have to pay for out of pocket.

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Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.

While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug effectively exposed an army of internet-connected robots that, in the wrong hands, could have turned into surveillance tools, all without their owners ever knowing.

h/t  Patti Jo

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UK: Muslims set woman on fire in revenge attack

Five men have been convicted in connection with an attack that led to a serious house fire in which a woman and a girl were badly burned.

Five others had previously admitted offences relating to the incidents in Stoke-on-Trent in 2021.

Following an 11-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Det Con Howard Davies of Staffordshire Police said: “This was a horrific ordeal for a mother to be set on fire in her own home in front of her daughter by a number of men seeking revenge.”

The men have all been remanded in custody to await sentence at a date to be fixed.

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Oops! Spoke too soon! Attack is back. (Attack By Forces Of Evil On BCF Foiled Again!)

Sad to report the attack is back.

Some of you were experiencing this screen (Below).

It has been determined that a significant DDOS attack coupled with a new to me type of chicanery (Cache poisoning) is the cause of the “Too many redirects” error messages.

Hopefully matters have been resolved and a shout out to our Tech support for isolating and defanging the attack.

What have I your mild mannered blogger done to attract such determined enemies of freedom?

No fear! We shall endeavor to persevere against all odds!

Let me know in the comments if you have run into issues.

Thank you for your patience.

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SLOBODIAN: Canada’s ‘Woke Army’ — foreign recruits, gender politics, and a hollowed-out military force

CAF – Little Green Army Men. Some In Bright Summer Dresses.

The Liberal government is on a mission to recruit foreigners to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), which is facing a significant troop shortage — a consequence of years of Liberal government policies.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will trust foreigners with military secrets and arm them to protect Canada’s sovereignty. They’ll train while security clearances are being processed.

(Incognito)

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Rosie O’Donnell’s Daughter Accused of Assaulting a Man by Touching His Junk

Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea O’Donnell was accused of touching a man’s genitals without permission, which led to her being thrown behind bars … TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained the report written by the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections, which detailed why Chelsea’s probation was terminated in late 2025.

Rosie’s daughter was on probation for various arrests that took place in 2023 over alleged child neglect and drugs.

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Canada is Killing People in Assisted Suicide the Same Day They Request It

People in Canada are having their lives ended by assisted dying on the same day that requests are made, adding to fears that wrongful deaths may be occurring.

An official report by the Chief Coroner of Ontario’s Medical Assistance in Dying Death Review Committee (MDRC) highlighted that, in 2023, 65 people in Ontario had their lives ended by Canada’s assisted suicide and euthanasia programme on the same day that they made their requests to do so. A further 154 people had their lives ended the day after their request was made.

h/t patthedog

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Highlights of the Trump SOTU Address 2026

President Donald John Trump took over a nation from a feeble old man 13 months ago—a nation overrun by invaders, mocked on the world stage after surrendering Afghanistan and suffering an economic malaise not seen since Jimmy Carter roamed the Oval Office.

On Tuesday, Trump delivered a State of the Union address that was chockful of accomplishments in the Return of the Jedi President.

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CHARLEBOIS: Grocery stores openings we see, closures we don’t

Our major grocery chains continue to open and convert discount stores across the country. Metro recently announced plans to open about a dozen new locations in 2026, focusing primarily on expanding its discount brands, including Super C and Food Basics. This week, Loblaw — the country’s largest food retailer — followed with its own announcement: a $2.4-billion investment in 2026 to open roughly 70 new stores across Canada, including Shoppers/Pharmaprix pharmacies and No Frills/Maxi discount grocery outlets, while renovating nearly 200 existing locations.

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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

The phone call

William Burns had travelled halfway around the world to speak with Vladimir Putin, but in the end he had to make do with a phone call. It was November 2021, and US intelligence agencies had been picking up signals in the preceding weeks that Putin could be planning to invade Ukraine. President Joe Biden dispatched Burns, his CIA director, to warn Putin that the economic and political consequences if he did so would be disastrous.

Fifteen years earlier, when Burns was US ambassador in Moscow, Putin had been relatively accessible. The intervening years had concentrated the Russian leader’s power and deepened his paranoia. Since Covid had emerged, few had been granted face time. Putin was squirrelled away at his lavish residence on the Black Sea coast, Burns and his delegation learned, and only phone contact would be possible.

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