I have no sympathy for the predicament the Liberal party now finds itself in. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and all his hangers-on are the authors of their own misfortunes. When it comes to the stories of Chinese electoral interference now dominating the headlines, this government is the victim of its own short-sightedness and arrogance, and there’s nothing more to it.
“Today’s conversation felt rooted in xenophobia”
When COVID first went viral in China, the authorities and the locals began going after Africans and blaming them for the virus.
Americans bemoan the nation’s racism when they’re living in what is probably the least racist nation in the world. And while I’m not going to suggest that the People’s Republic of China is the most racist nation in the world (that’s a tough competition with no clear winners but a legion of runner-ups) it’s definitely up there.
British constabularies are remarkably choosy about which crimes they deign to investigate these days. Any 999-call that does not afford the opportunity to mince around in high heels or kneel in celebration of the cause du jour, is increasingly considered unworthy of attention. Burglary, car crime, and assault are passé, as is shoplifting less than £200 worth of goods. Working-class white girls are raped on an industrial scale, because raising objections might be considered distasteful; teachers spend their lives in hiding after blasphemous free speech lessons, and autistic children suffer death threats unopposed.
Investors sparked a selloff in Deutsche Bank AG and thrust one of Europe’s most important lenders into the center of concerns about the health of the global financial system.
Shares of Germany’s largest lender tumbled as much as 15%, their third consecutive day of losses, though they later regained some ground and were recently down 10%. The cost to insure against its default using credit-default swaps soared to their highest levels since 2020.
The concern over Deutsche Bank emerged days after Credit Suisse Group AG was forced into a takeover by its larger and more stable rival UBS Group AG . Since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the U.S. earlier this month, investors have scoured the globe for institutions perceived as vulnerable.
Is this going to a slow rolling panic?
Identity politics and affirmative action are encouraging public figures to lie about their ancestry.
‘Pretendians’ must be among the fastest growing cultural groups in Canada. A Pretendian is someone with little or no indigenous background who pretends to be indigenous. The latest to be uncovered is Vianne Timmons, president of Memorial University of Newfoundland. Last week, Timmons was forced to apologise for misrepresenting her background and is now taking a leave of absence.
Maybe he knows something about the Trudeau Liberals that we don't. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/M6CCSUUZ6a
— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) March 24, 2023
A few days ago, Britain’s Spectator magazine did a tremendous job of summing up all the intrigue, machinations, politics, and noise surrounding Chinese interference in Canadian elections.
And it came to a remarkable conclusion.
A 13-year-old drag queen performs at an event as adults cheer him on pic.twitter.com/ovzpR22jvP
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 24, 2023
It’s no surprise that King Charles’s state visit has been cancelled
Yesterday was a day of anarchy in France – and the protests overnight have led to King Charles’s state visit to France, which was due to start this weekend, being cancelled. The King had been due to visit Paris and Bordeaux, two of the cities hit by the most extreme violence. In Bordeaux, a town hall was sacked. In Lorient, a police station was attacked – and in Nantes a court was vandalised. The worst of the violence was in Paris. Hundreds of thugs clad in black fought running battles with police, 149 of whom were injured, and they also smashed and looted shops, banks and restaurants. Gérald Darmanin, the Interior Minister, attributed the violence to far-left extremists to whom he addressed a message on Thursday evening: ‘I want to tell them that we are extremely determined, that violence will not succeed.’
Des pêcheurs en colère bloquent le port de plaisance de #Lorient. Le siège de l'organisation des producteurs pêcheurs de Bretagne a été investi et saccagé (Ouest-France) #greve28mars #manifestation #Revolution #France pic.twitter.com/8X44Cs7aPo
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) March 24, 2023
Manifestation spontanée et barricades également dans les rues de Grenoble hier soir (@villermet_b2) #greve23mars #Revolution #greve24mars #manif23mars #revolution2023 #manifestationpic.twitter.com/S0M0Hnash3
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) March 24, 2023
Chaos dans les rues d'Angers aujourd'hui #greve23mars #Manifestation #Revolution #Macron13h #manif23mars #revolution2023 pic.twitter.com/w3yn8soSjp
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) March 23, 2023
Algorithms do not control the choices of everyone.
Music on vinyl outsold compact discs in the United States last year. The last time that happened the Soviet Union, Eastern Airlines, and Roy Orbison still existed.
The grooved disc record, whatever the size or speed, essentially spent a human lifetime as the primary way Americans purchased recorded music.
He’s right about “Modern music”
Smoke bellows skyward near an overpass on the outskirts of this Pacific Northwest city.
Flames become evident as you get closer, as do the fire trucks and the firefighters putting out the blaze at the centre of a homeless encampment that is affixed, favela style, to the under-shoulder of the crossing.
A good article on Seattle, it bodes ill for Toronto and elsewhere in Canada as does the following Star report on the Homeless camp clear-outs, one of the things Tory got right.
Forces are at work to make Toronto’s homeless camps as big and ugly as they are in the US.
The goal? Millions of dollars will flow to the hucksters who promise to deal with the very “crisis” they perpetuate.
Process behind 2021 encampment clearings ‘unacceptable’, finds ombudsman report
The clearings of three large Toronto homeless encampments in the summer of 2021 prioritized speed over the well-being of homeless people, Toronto’s ombudsman has found.
In the report, which comes nearly two years after the city-led, police-and-security-enforced operations, ombudsman Kwame Addo found the process by which city hall displaced people from Trinity Bellwoods, Alexandra Park, and Lamport Stadium was “unacceptable” — pointing to “unclear, confusing” and insufficiently transparent communication. It noted the city’s operational plans made no mention of the mental health of displaced people.
The camps were cleared quickly and efficiently with a minimum of activist triggered violence. This is why Toronto can’t have nice things.
Because it’s better to have drug addicted mentally-ill people wandering your streets. They add colour!
Legal group in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside cautions B.C. against involuntary care
A legal group representing marginalized people on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has issued a stern rebuke of the provincial government’s plans to force mental-health and addictions treatment on people who present a danger to themselves and others.
Pivot Legal Society released a report Thursday calling on British Columbia to halt its proposed expansion of “involuntary care” beds, arguing such treatment is an outdated approach that is harmful, degrading and often discriminatory.
An ex-racial equity boss at Minneapolis City Hall who asked to go on a taxpayer-funded leadership retreat and reportedly oversaw a near $500,000 underwhelming Black Expo event has accused her former colleagues of racism.
Tyeastia Green alleges the City had a ‘toxic work culture’ and claims she was made to work in an office where she could hear nearby jail inmates crying through the walls.
She has also accused several senior black officials – including President Andrea Jenkins and member LaTrisha Vetaw – of being ‘anti-black.’
Compare the response of two countries, one Middle Eastern, the other European.
In Turkey, twin earthquakes on February 6 took more than 50,000 lives, even though there was warning about the impending earthquake.
In Greece, a train crash on March 1 killed more than 50 people.
Testifiers spoke out against Gov. Tim Walz’s education policy bill during a committee hearing Tuesday, saying its emphasis on “ethnic studies” will teach black students “they can’t succeed.”
Sounds like the TDSB.
Ontario’s self-described crypto king was abducted, tortured, and beaten for days as his kidnappers looked to solicit millions in ransom, his father told a court in December.
New documents, obtained by CTV News Toronto, include details of the December incident where Aiden Pleterski was allegedly abducted from downtown Toronto and driven around southern Ontario for about three days.
The nearly 750-page report, released on March 14, also contains the latest findings in a months-long pursuit to trace millions of dollars invested into cryptocurrency and foreign exchange with the 23-year-old before he was petitioned into bankruptcy.
