San Francisco Police Department shot dead a man after a three-hour standoff during which he was drinking vodka and snorting cocaine.
Sergio Barrios, 40, snorted cocaine, drank vodka and wine, listened to music and watched videos as dozens of police officers surrounded him, demanding he surrender a pistol he had sitting in front of him.
The Joe Biden administration has been accused of “stonewalling” a legal bid to uncover details of Prince Harry’s US visa application using Freedom of Information laws.
A request to have the application fast-tracked on the grounds of exceptional public interest has been turned down, which has been described as an “outrageous” decision by the Washington-based think-tank pursuing the case.
Hope for Harry? – Prince Harry has ‘finally woken up to the truth’ about Meghan, royal expert says
We’re in the heart of mayoral campaign debate season (I watched four in two days at the end of this week, and I’m moderating one next week). And we’re entering the beginning of lawn-signs and TV ads season.
Is anyone paying close attention yet?
People in my world of political junkies are, of course. But out there in the great wide city, I’m not as sure. I’m still getting questions about who’s running (a whole lotta people), or when election day is (it’s June 26), or whether John Tory is running again against Olivia Chow (well, see — no, he’s not).
I get the sense Toronto is sleep walking into Chow.
The City University of New York has an ever-growing roster of whack-ademics.
Former Hunter College Professor Shellyne Rodriguez, who was arrested on Thursday after holding a machete to a Post reporter’s neck, is just the latest example of questionable hiring practices by the taxpayer-funded public university system, professors and critics told The Post.
Rodriguez, 45, lashed out at the reporter after he identified himself outside of her door in the Bronx and said he wanted to interview her over a viral video that had been circulating online. In the clip, Rodriguez cursed out pro-life students who had set up an information table at Hunter College on May 2 and shoved their pamphlets to the floor.
Hamilton police say an engaged couple embroiled in a landlord-tenant dispute were shot dead as they fled their attacker on Saturday and “are truly innocent victims.”
Sgt. Steve Bereziuk says a 27-year-old female educational assistant and a 28-year-old male electrician were shot dead just outside the home they shared in the neighbourhood of Stoney Creek. Their names have not been released.
No one should die over something like this and while it is cold of me to mention it I am interested in knowing the details of the rent dispute. Small landlords suffer at the hands of bad tenants in this province just as tenants suffer at the hands of bad landlords, our politicians are to blame.
If the shocking 2016 presidential election of Donald J. Trump taught us anything, it should be that voters can still be unpredictable and unpollable, and that millions of them believe that the entrenched elites from both political parties no longer hear their voices or speak for them.
Voters are continually seeking a new champion. Will Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. become such a champion? I believe so — at least as far as the Democratic primary process is concerned.
When that process is final and all the votes from the primaries and caucuses have been tabulated, I believe Kennedy will emerge as the Democratic nominee for president in 2024.
h/t Mauser
Instead of removing encampment, city has encouraged and helped people living in the park while ignoring local residents
On a sunny Saturday morning at Allan Gardens, there are a few dog owners in the off-leash area but little other activity from local residents. There are few people taking a stroll through the walkways, but no children playing in the grass, despite being surrounded by high density residential developments. Few people are wandering the park.
A black manager working on the high-speed rail project between London and Birmingham sued for discrimination after claiming that the phrase “whiter than white” was racist.
Sharon Goodison alleged that her boss’s use of the expression in reference to the project was offensive because it implied that “white is good, black is bad”. Goodison, a compliance manager, told an employment tribunal in London that the phrase has had “racial connotations” for her throughout her life.
I spent more than 30 years with Canada’s two intelligence services, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). I worked in collection, cryptanalysis, translation, analysis and distribution over those years at various times. I know how intelligence is produced and how it is marketed, and a bit on how it can help decision-makers be better informed. In short, I know that intelligence has a purpose and makes a difference.
Threat posed by ‘provocative’ Russia and China has left US no choice but to prepare for orbital skirmishes
The US is ready for conflict in outer space, according to a senior military official, after developing anti-satellite technologies to counter the threats posed by “provocative” countries such as Russia and China.
Brig Gen Jesse Morehouse at US Space Command, the arm of the military responsible for space operations, said Russian aggression and China’s vision to become the dominant space power by mid-century, had left the US with “no choice” but to prepare for orbital skirmishes.
Appearing in Winnipeg a day after David Johnston released his first report on foreign interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed the word “serious.”
“I would simply ask Canadians, and indeed opposition leaders, to actually look at the substance of this very serious issue and take it with the seriousness it deserves,” he told reporters.
Trudeau’s appeal to seriousness is in keeping with his current line of attack against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre — the Liberal argument being that these are serious times that require serious leadership and ideas, and Poilievre offers neither.
No need for a debate. Trudeau and the LPC are ChiCom Assets end of story.
At least 3 people were killed and five others were injured after a shooting between rival biker gangs erupted at a New Mexico motorcycle rally Saturday, police confirmed to The Post.
The victims were struck at around 5 p.m. local time when gunfire rang out outside a retail sector of Red River, Questa del Rio News reported.
“It was gang-related,” Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted by the news outlet on social media.
Western democracy is under attack from authoritarian states like China and Russia, and Canada must do more to defend our freedoms
Chinese election interference is a hot topic in Canada. Yet, while it is indeed a matter of enormous importance, its real significance can only be understood in the context of the new Cold War against the West.
This conflict is one in which China and Russia have long been engaged, while here at home our bien-pensant elites have continuously warned against us adopting a supposedly outdated “Cold War mentality.” The only ones who are out of date, however, are those whose understanding of recent history ends with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the “end of history,” in which the values of liberal democracy and the West reign undisputed forever and ever.
A public school teacher beats up a student. If a white teacher had beaten a black child, the whole country would have known about it. pic.twitter.com/XSDUtrhPxc
— Zeno Calhoun (@zenoc_oshits) May 28, 2023
$6,000 was too much to ask for a two-night family vacation
Not all that long ago, in a galaxy that looks a lot like Central Florida, Disney embarked on a mission that would take its brand of themed entertainment into hyperspace. It wouldn’t just be a Star Wars hotel designed to space-opera specifications. It would be an entire immersive universe, complete with storylines, aliens, droids and at least one Wookiee.
Disney first announced the project — ultimately called Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser — to rabid reception in 2017. Early descriptions promised that costumed fans could participate in continuous storytelling, interact with characters and simulate spaceshiplike transportation.
Six Grand better include Princess Leia’s friends.
