Every year, members of Parliament give themselves a pay raise on April 1. Every year, about 80% of Canadians oppose it.
How do these politicians get away with it?
Author: Blazingcatfur
NPR Unspools 11 Minutes of Mourning for Departing Transgender Troops
“Public” broadcasting demonstrates how dramatically one-sided it is by allowing only one side of the “LGBTQIA+” debate — because they believe there should be no debate. There is no defensible position in opposition. On Saturday’s Consider This podcast, National Public Radio spent more than 11 minutes mourning the Trump administration’s decision to remove transgender troops from service.
Keir Starmer
Last night, I was contacted by a former roommate of Keir Starmer.
After our conversation, I now believe that he is the most dangerous Prime Minister Britain has ever had.
Here’s what he told me:🧵 pic.twitter.com/s1u1R44Zky
— Jody McIntyre (@jodymcintyre_) February 21, 2026
Read the thread no wonder GB is in such a state.
h/t Cyclist
Mohammed the TTC employee accused of sexually assaulting female coworker ‘numerous times’
A TTC employee has been suspended and faces criminal charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a female coworker “numerous times.”
While Toronto Police have not identified the accused man’s employer, the Toronto Transit Commission has confirmed authorities were contacted after a female employee complained about serious workplace “misconduct” allegedly by a male co-worker.
Venezuela: The Good, the Bad, and the… Code Pink?
As I’ve stated several times in recent weeks, the MSM isn’t bothering to keep up with Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s wins in Venezuela, as we attempt to stabilize our important southern neighbor. When something goes wrong, they’ll happily report on it all day long and claim nothing is working, everything is moving slowly, etc. That’s a lie at worst, a semi-maybe-half-truth missing a lot of nuance at best.
The White House brutally trolls Canada with vicious dig after Team USA wins Winter Olympic gold
Donald Trump’s administration got the last laugh over former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and their neighbors to the north on Sunday.
The USA clinched victory over Canada in a blockbuster bust-up between the two bitter rivals to claim its first Winter Olympics gold medal in hockey since the ‘Miracle on Ice’ in 1980.
https://t.co/kOiCXdVMao pic.twitter.com/ZIiychKPoo
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 22, 2026
NYC Democrats Require ID to Shovel Snow But Oppose It for Voting
Democrat leaders in New York City oppose voter ID laws but are not above requiring such papers for recruiting people for manual labor.
The New York City Department on Sanitation’s website features a page where residents can apply to become paid “Emergency Snow Shovelers” as a winter storm bears down on the area.
h/t Mauser
Why neither Carney nor Poilievre is rushing towards a snap election
For all the talk of a spring federal election, the case for one is arguably weaker than it appears.
Yes, Canada feels like it’s already in campaign mode.
The ruling Liberals are riding high in the polls. Donald Trump is once again sowing anxiety among Canadians. Floor crossings, including Matt Jeneroux’s move this week, have only added to the fever.
In politics, momentum carries gravitational pull. But gravity is not destiny. And in this case, the risks of misfiring prematurely may be too high for Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Cartel War Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Mexican security forces reportedly kill drug cartel boss ‘El Mencho’
One of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers – the Mexican cartel boss known as “El Mencho” – has reportedly been killed by his country’s security forces.
The drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, was killed on Sunday in the western state of Jalisco, Mexican newspapers reported, citing government sources.
The 59-year-old gangster was the leader of a group that in recent years has become Mexico’s most powerful and notorious criminal organisation: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Vehicles burn after being set fire by members of the CJNG Cartel in the streets of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. pic.twitter.com/cYKbcOjQpZ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 22, 2026
Cartel war in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico pic.twitter.com/oXEga02ebf
— Christo🇧🇬🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@theGreyKardinaL) February 22, 2026
Having coordinated car fires across the Puerto Vallarta area and being told to stay in my Airbnb was not on my bingo card for trying to get home today.
All while trying to watch the Canada game we just lost. 😑
H/T: Mitch W, my friend in the hotel a block away. pic.twitter.com/QifBMbbt9E
— Ryan Voutilainen 🇨🇦🇫🇮 (@RyanVoutilainen) February 22, 2026
h/t Mauser
Trump ‘could kill Ayatollah’s son and senior mullahs to topple Iranian regime’
Donald Trump is considering plans to assassinate the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei among the military options for a strike on Iran.
The US president has reportedly been presented with a decapitation campaign against the leadership of the Islamic Republic, with Mojtaba Khamenei on the list alongside his father.
The supreme leader’s 55-year-old son had been thought his most likely successor, benefiting from close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, a powerful branch of the armed forces that has been designated a terrorist entity by the United States.
GOLDSTEIN: Face it Canada, we’re living in Orwell’s 1984
George Orwell’s dystopian vision of the future, 1984, was supposed to be a warning about the dangers of dictatorship and the loss of objective truth, not a guidebook on how to achieve it.
That said, in Canadian politics these days, one of the primary tools used by Orwell’s all-powerful government of Oceania known simply as “The Party” – “doublethink” or the ability to hold two contradictory views at the same time – is on full display.
If Havana Syndrome was a myth, why is the US testing energy weapons?
In 2024, the Norwegian government, probably a little sheepishly, notified the CIA of the results of a bizarre and highly classified test. One of their scientists had constructed a prototype of a theoretical type of weapon which was, in fact, built specifically to prove its harmlessness, of which he was so confident he tested it on himself. Unfortunately, this wasn’t a great idea. He ended up demonstrating the opposite when, soon after exposure, he started to experience neurological symptoms characteristic of what has become widely known as “Havana Syndrome”.
Havana Syndrome was coined to describe anomalous health incidents (AHIs) in 2016 after a staff member in the US embassy in the Cuban capital suffered unexplained and debilitating symptoms after hearing a piercing noise. Its symptoms include problems with memory and concentration, headaches, persistent pain, nausea and vertigo, and problems with eyesight and hearing.
The Ruling Striking Down Trump’s Tariffs Changes Little for Canada
For Canadians, the United States Supreme Court ruling on Friday striking down many of President Trump’s tariffs changes very little.
A 35 percent tariff on most Canadian exports to the United States was put in place last year, and that tariff has now been struck down.
It was brought in because Mr. Trump claimed, all evidence to the contrary, that vast quantities of fentanyl and large numbers of migrants were crossing into the United States from Canada.
‘Hatred’ of Elon Musk Makes Jury Selection a Nightmare in San Francisco Courtroom
When an attorney has to declare about his client that “so many people” in the jury pool “hate him so much,” you know voir dire isn’t going well.That’s exactly what happened this week in a San Francisco federal courtroom, where picking nine impartial jurors to hear a securities fraud case against billionaire Elon Musk turned into a five-hour marathon of bias and contempt.Federal Judge Charles R. Breyer was forced to dismiss more than 40 prospective jurors — nearly half the 93-person pool — after they admitted they simply couldn’t set aside their strong negative feelings about the billionaire tech CEO, Bloomberg Law reported.
Preparing for the worst
A new age of ‘total war’ may be approaching. What would it mean for a generation of young, fighting-age Canadians to be thrust into a military conflict? For that, we look to Ukraine
Around this time of year, Grade 12 students across the country are starting to hear back about their university applications. For many, an acceptance letter represents the pinnacle of a long and arduous process – not only the countless hours of studying and prepping for exams, but also the gauntlet of sports practices, music lessons and volunteer hours that fill out the applicant’s extracurricular profile.
University admissions are but one milestone in a larger social script – one that reflects our assumptions about what it means to “make it” in contemporary society. It’s a familiar script, whose story beats are the stuff of a thousand bank advertisements: convocations, starter jobs and starter homes, painting a baby’s room, a luxury car, a long stretch of golden years, laughter on a beach.
I doubt many will sign up and Ukraine is not exactly a role model.