As a child studying in a madrasa in Afghanistan, Mohammad Khalid Tahir dreamed of waging jihad. By the time he was a teenager, he had joined the Taliban and celebrated when they seized power from the U.S.-backed government two years ago.
But the high from that victory did not last. Reassigned as a soldier in the capital, he frequently complained that he was bored and longed to return to his life’s purpose, according to his family.
So this spring, he did — but across the border in Pakistan.
Canada’s f—ing falling apart. All the s— they did during COVID was just the total wrong direction,’ podcaster says
Joe Rogan: "Canada is fkn falling apart. All the shit they did during Covid was the total wrong direction…they froze people's bank accounts that donated money to the Freedom Convoy."
"That makes people self-censor and that's the terrifying aspect of that." pic.twitter.com/FJeDHudvZa
— Harrison Faulkner (@Harry__Faulkner) August 8, 2023
Rolling Stone, the disgraced, far-left palace guard for the Establishment, has set its sights on Oliver Anthony and his protest song, the out-of-nowhere number-one hit “Rich Men North of Richmond.”
Blamed for affordability crisis, Liberals look to pivot on housing
OTTAWA – Chris Burke and his fiancée have been less than a year away from buying their first home for the past three years.
Saving for a down payment was the first challenge. Now, rising interest rates have kicked home ownership down the road again, stalling the couple’s plans to get married and have children.
“Any gains we make towards purchasing a house, we’re watching the goalposts move further and further away,” the 31-year-old Ottawa resident said.
Andreas Jurca, running for the Bavarian state parliament for the patriotic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was brutally attacked on the weekend after Antifa doxxed a list of addresses of AfD politicians. Instead of arresting the criminals, the police also spread the “assassination list.”
This source suggests the perps may have been Antifa and or Migrants.
h/t Kiki9
When it comes to analyzing Conservative political success, our commentariat has a massive blind spot
On May 2, 2011, Stephen Harper and the Conservatives won a majority government. That was what happened, but in the days following election day, it wasn’t really the dominant narrative. Instead, commentary tended to focus on related phenomena. There had been an “orange wave”, with the NDP scooping up dozens of seats in Quebec and forming the official opposition in Parliament—their leader Jack Layton was a star. The Liberals had cratered, plummeting to only 34 seats in the House of Commons—their leader Michael Ignatieff was a dud.
Horrifying video captures the moment a house was blown to smithereens in western Pennsylvania, killing five people — including a 38-year-old man and his 12-year-old son — and critically injuring a sixth person.
The three other people who were killed have not yet been identified.
An #explosion last Saturday in a #Pittsburgh suburb killed five and injured three, devastating multiple homes. Crews from 18 fire departments battled the flames and searched for those unaccounted for as investigations into the cause continue. #Plum pic.twitter.com/QUbx0Stpr3
— Warm Talking (@Warm_Talking) August 14, 2023
The intake of newcomers is rising rapidly and straining housing, healthcare and transportation
Canada is known for its embrace of immigrants and hasn’t experienced the same backlash that has been seen recently in countries such as the U.S. and the Netherlands. But new polling released last month from Ottawa-based Abacus Data reflects skepticism, with 61% of citizens saying the government’s plans are too ambitious because of the negative impact on housing and healthcare. The Canadian Medical Association said the country’s population-to-physician ratio ranks 29th out of 36 developed-world economies, while data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show Canada’s hospital-bed capacity is one of the lowest on a per-capita basis among rich-world economies.
Canada is known for its embrace of immigrants?
Submission to mass immigration is more like it. Romanticized views of immigration in Canada are the domain of politicians selling snake oil nowadays.
No one signed on for an inundation of incompatible cultures or to have their own government dismiss their heritage and nation as so much racist garbage.
Multiculturalism was weaponized and the smear of racism was used as a bludgeon to smash dissent and ensure Canadians clapped like trained seals in approval whenever the topic of immigration was raised.
Ethnic disaporas possessed of little in common with Canadian values are catered to by our political class who tolerate the intolerable for votes.
Who asked that hiring decisions be made on the basis of government ordained victim status?
Who asked that being white be considered a virtual hate crime and Canada be turned into a low trust society?
Who asked for “racialized sentencing guidelines” for criminals as if the average Joe who just wants to be left alone is somehow responsible for the alleged historic oppression of predators?
No one asked for a balkanized society where foreign ethnic conflicts spill out into our streets.
Who asked for an immigration policy that does not benefit citizens?
No one asked because it was imposed upon us and its true purpose is to benefit the corporate and political classes at our expense.
No one asked because divide and conquer works best when its victims are forbidden to talk about it until it’s too late.
This so called “embrace of immigration” is better described as a choke hold.
Lesbian speed dating event is accused of transphobia for saying only ‘adult human females’ can attend – after concern when would-be matchmaker ‘turned up in a purple latex outfit… with an erection’
‘If you are male, please refrain from coming to the events, you are not a lesbian,’ she wrote.
Ms Watson told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Last year, a person turned up sporting a purple latex outfit… and an erection.
A major problem underlying the cannabis industry’s continuing financial struggles has been overcapacity. In provinces that allow private retailers, there are too many shops competing for too few customers to cover costs. And nationwide, producers have been making more cannabis than the retailers need.
Four years ago, the industry looked promising. In 2019, Ontario’s first 24 licensed cannabis shops opened with a bang. Those privately-owned retailers initially averaged about $1-million in monthly sales each, thanks to minimal legal competition and average prices above $12 a gram.
NHS 999 operators have been told to ask callers their preferred pronouns to avoid misgendering them based on the sound of their voices.
Call-centre staff should also not use Sir or Madam, with one ambulance trust stating preferred pronouns should be sought even in emergencies so the experience is less stressful for trans patients.
Others say birth sex is often irrelevant to care, so operators can use patients’ self-identified gender.
h/t Mauser
OTTAWA – Droughts in the West have so far prompted at least 13 districts in Alberta to declare agricultural disasters, but appeals to the federal Liberal government for assistance to the province’s farmers, livestock producers and ranchers are being ignored say local leaders.
On Wednesday, the Municipal District (MD) of Pincher Creek, tucked into the southwest corner of Alberta between the Crowsnest Pass and Fort Macleod, became the latest jurisdiction to declare a state of agricultural disaster.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive began two months ago, but in many ways its forces have been preparing for it for years by learning how to fight like NATO militaries, with a mix of infantry, artillery, armored vehicles and air power.
But the Biden administration waited more than a year before letting NATO countries send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. By the time pilots are trained on the advanced aircraft, it will be too late for them to assist and protect ground forces slogging through this phase of fighting.
#Ukraine: A Russian BMPT "Terminator" tank support fighting vehicle was taken out of action and T-80BV was damaged by the Ukrainian SBU "Alpha" using several FPV loitering munitions and indirect fire near Spartak, #Donetsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/IcYLcxbDAJ
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) August 12, 2023
This should be going on everywhere 👌👋…
Local people like these people are truly sick to death of outside deluded organisations who are calling them out as being 'racists' and 'far-right' for daring to mobilise in the defence of their local community!!!
Sling your hook,… pic.twitter.com/YgiSCE7k5Y
— Stan Voice of Wales (@StanVoWales) August 13, 2023
A Canadian Muslim planning a major protest against the LGBT agenda is claiming that the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had him suspended from X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Hmmm … while it likely pleases the LPC I am not sure they are that stupid.
