Danish police are being paid to play computer games like Fortnite and Minecraft. But they’re not having fun at the taxpayer’s expense. They are patrolling gaming communities for abusers.
The 10-strong team, set up last year to tackle a spike in online crime during Covid lockdowns, predominantly hunts for sexual predators and economic criminals. The unit also surfs Twitch, Discord, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
For years, French police unions argued that officers should get broader discretion over when to shoot at fleeing motorists. Time and again, lawmakers refused.
Finally in 2017, after a string of terrorist attacks, the government relented. Eager to be tough on crime and terrorism, lawmakers passed a bill allowing officers to fire on motorists who flee traffic stops, even when the officers are not in immediate danger.
“For politicians, because this was real politics, it was hard to say no,” recalled Frédéric Lagache, a leader of the police union Alliance Police who pushed forcefully for the law.
Actor Alan Arkin, who earned an Oscar for his performance in 2007’s “Little Miss Sunshine” among dozens of other accolades, has died.
The acclaimed stage and screen veteran was 89.
Fellow actor Jason Alexander first shared the news on Twitter, calling the actor a “wonderful, original voice for comedy.”
I didn’t always ‘get him’ but he was always watchable.
Canada has reaffirmed its complicity in the murder of Israelis by renewing its aid to the Palestinians through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to the tune of $100 million over the next four years, in addition to an immediate $3 million in so-called emergency aid.
According to various box office projections, Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is looking at a Thursday night opening between $6 and $7.5 million.
We’ll update you with the final figures, but either way, this could be glorious news of yet another devastating flop for the Woke Reich that runs the Disney Grooming Syndicate.
Shortly before Parliament adjourned for the summer last week, the House of Commons ethics committee tabled the findings from its study of the federal government’s access to information system — the program through which citizens and journalists can (in theory) obtain information in the government’s possession.
The 118-page report makes 38 recommendations aimed at fixing what is widely considered a broken system. But in a dissenting opinion, the Liberal members of the committee quibbled with nine of those calls and even questioned the sincerity of the committee’s Conservative members.
The Supreme Court Friday ruled for a Christian web designer in Colorado who refused to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings due to her religious objections.
Britain’s defence secretary delivered a polite but pointed reminder Thursday of NATO’s expectations of its member states — including Canada — when it comes to defence spending.
And Ben Wallace did it in front of his Canadian counterpart, Defence Minister Anita Anand.
The two met in London as part of Anand’s visit to the United Kingdom this week ahead of the July 11-12 NATO leaders’ summit in Vilnius — where the issue of defence investments is expected to be a major topic of discussion.
President Biden on Thursday wandered off the set of a live television interview on MSNBC before the show even cut to a commercial break.
With the cameras still rolling, Biden got out of his chair, shook hands with host Nicolle Wallace and awkwardly walked away after she thanked the 80-year-old president for granting her a rare interview.
WATCH: Biden awkwardly wanders off of MSNBC while the cameras are still on.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 29, 2023
This is why concealed carry is such an important Constitutional right💥
Pregnant woman in Texas is approached by an armed robber
He pistol whips the man she’s with, she shoots him multiple times, and the innocent live to see another day
Wow!
pic.twitter.com/lqWJQue0bx— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 29, 2023
The Competition Bureau’s call for increased competition in the Canadian grocery sector is stating the obvious. Canada is home to numerous oligopolies that dominate various industries, with only a few companies holding significant market share. In the grocery sector specifically, five major players control nearly 80 percent of the food retail market. While some oligopolies function more effectively than others, their success depends on the companies behaving ethically, which is precisely the issue plaguing the grocery sector in Canada.
Anheuser-Busch has fired back at Dylan Mulvaney’s claims she was left high and dry in the aftermath of their disastrous campaign with the transgender influencer.
The beermaker, which has taken a $20 billion hit since its partnership with Mulvaney sparked a nationwide boycott, responded to the allegations Thursday after the influencer posted a lengthy video blasting the company for doing nothing to help her as she faced online torment.
The clown show is now complete 🤡🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/gyBcOTiHjK
— Kevork Almassian🇸🇾🇦🇲 (@KevorkAlmassian) June 29, 2023
h/t Mauser
Bill would undermine free markets, the energy sector and the Canadian economy
Sir John A. Macdonald called the Senate “a place of sober second thought,” which may have reflected his appreciation for at least occasional sobriety. But Bill S-243, the “Climate-Aligned Finance Act,” is the antithesis of thoughtful reconsideration. Its declared purpose is to regulate investment practices so as to reduce the risks both that financial institutions pose to the climate and that climate change poses to financial institutions. In fact, it would undermine free markets, with potentially debilitating consequences for financial institutions, the energy sector and the Canadian economy in general.
German car maker to pause work at major factory and lay off 300 staff
Volkswagen is to cut electric car production at one of its biggest factories after “strong customer reluctance” led to far lower sales than expected.
The business is pausing work on electric models for six weeks at its plant in Emden, northwest Germany, and will lay off 300 of the 1,500 workers involved in making them.
The company blamed lower subsidies for buyers of the cars across Europe and higher inflation for a drop in consumer interest.
So VW is doing a Stellantis and halting construction of a manufacturing plant and laying off staff because they can’t sell EV’s without consumers being offered significant bribes of their own money.
Bribe people to buy a second rate product. That sounds like the sort of genius level business model Justin would buy into.
EV’s are the Wunderwaffe of the Green-Scam.
VW says EV Market has TANKED.
h/t Shasta
