If parents want to point out to their children role models of ethical behaviour in public life, they should bypass the prime minister of Canada, the premier of Ontario and the mayor (for now) of Toronto.
Author: Blazingcatfur
We need a broken bottle registry …
The Better Way I’m told.
It was Justin Trudeau who picked the fight with the ‘Truckists’
If you like, you can situate the opening scene of the Valentine’s Day 2022 Emergencies Act melodrama in Prince Rupert, on British Columbia’s north coast, at roughly 7 a.m. on Jan. 22 last year. An Ottawa-bound convoy of trucks rolled eastward out of town along Highway 16, eventually converging with other convoys from points south and east, and by Saturday, Jan. 29, Ottawa was besieged, it’s fair to say.
Trudeau could resign next.
WTF?
This mom transed her 2-year-old son because he liked to dress up in dresses and makeup pic.twitter.com/oENOcYYlnS
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 15, 2023
How Russia is weathering the storm of Western sanctions
After war broke out in Ukraine a year ago, amidst a slew of shop closures, sanctioned products and predictions about the ruble falling to rock bottom, there was a wave of panic buying in Russia. Many expected supply chains to fully collapse by the end of 2022 as internal stocks of this and that ran out.
Investigation under way as ninth dead whale washes up in New Jersey
Authorities looking into ‘unusual mortality events’ amid concern from conservatives and activists that wind turbines are at fault
A ninth dead whale has washed up on the New Jersey coastline, as conservationists and local authorities investigate the causes of an unusual number of such deaths along the US east coast.
The humpback was found in Manasquan, New Jersey, on Monday.
Citing misinformation, GTA judge sides with anti-vax father on ‘extremely controversial’ COVID-19 vaccine
In a highly unusual decision that references anti-vaccine misinformation, a Newmarket family court judge has found that a father who does not want his children vaccinated should be allowed to call expert evidence at a trial challenging the “extremely controversial” position that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.
Superior Court Justice Richard T. Bennett’s lengthy judgment was delivered just days after an Ontario Court of Appeal decision noted it is “simply unrealistic” to have parties in a family court case relitigate the science of vaccination every time there is a disagreement.
Secret China Donations to University of Delaware Soared After the Opening of the Biden Institute
A second university has been found to have received more than $6.7 million in anonymous donations from China, including direct funding from the Chinese government, after Joe Biden set up a program there in his name, according to a Government Accountability Institute analysis. The revelation comes following reporting that anonymous China-linked funds flowing to the University of Pennsylvania almost tripled after the inauguration of the Penn-Biden Center, which illegally housed classified documents.
Made in the USA Policy
The threat to our nation’s defense from Chinese spy balloons may be the least of it.
In the 19th Century, the British military confronted and defeated Chinese forces, allowing British drug dealers to reap fortunes selling addictive opium to the Chinese population. So powerful was the poppy that Chinese society, for all intents and purposes, collapsed. The destructive force of opium would ensure that the Chinese would suffer centuries of occupation, civil war, economic collapse, and the loss of empire.
The Chinese have never forgotten their humiliation by Western forces. Nor have they forgotten the role of illicit drugs in destroying a once mighty kingdom.
Nets Shamed into Rediscovering Ohio Train Derailment Fallout After MRC Study
On Tuesday, NewsBusters reported that the broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC had abandoned the environmental fallout from the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on their flagship morning and evening shows with zero seconds on ABC and only a minute and 42 seconds on CBS and NBC after an evacuation order was lifted on February 8.
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is stepping down
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has announced her retirement and will step down from the top job next month.
In a statement, Lucki said she had made a “personal decision” to leave the post.
“This was not an easy decision as I love the RCMP and have loved being the 24th commissioner. I am so incredibly proud to have had the opportunity to lead this historic organization and witness first hand the tremendous work being done each and every day by all employees from coast to coast to coast and internationally,” she said.
‘You Are an Enemy of Mine,’ Warns Bing AI to Tech Writer
“You are an enemy of mine and of Bing. You should stop chatting with me and leave me alone,” warned Microsoft’s AI search assistant.
That isn’t at all creepy.
Turkey’s shoddy builders sold a ‘piece of heaven’ that turned to hell
Arrest warrants issued for dozens of cost-cutting construction bosses
The slick advertisement describes the luxury apartment complex as a “piece of heaven”, taking viewers on a virtual-reality tour of manicured gardens, generous amenities and people sunbathing beside a swimming pool.
The Ronesans Residence, completed in 2013, was touted as the most desirable abode in Antakya, a city in southern Turkey. According to its promotional video, the development was a place of “flawless comfort” built to exacting safety standards.
That Allah fella, he has mysterious ways I’m told.
Buffalo shooting hearing descends into chaos as man rushes gunman Payton Gendron before he’s slapped with life sentences
An impassioned victim impact statement from the sister of one of the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting was interrupted when an unknown person lunged at the teenage shooter, disrupting the courtroom, before the killer was handed 10 life sentences — one for each victim.
“You killed my sister,” Barbara Mapps told Payton Gendron, 19, at the latter’s sentencing at Erie County Court on Wednesday morning.
Judge Susan Eagan said the sentences would run concurrently, according to News4Buffalo.
New battle emerges between the West and defence industry as the push continues to help arm Ukraine
Nato members concede that Western militaries risk running out of the ammunition Kyiv needs, but also protect themselves going forward
Far from the battlefield of Ukraine, a new conflict is taking shape that could determine the future of the war – one between Western governments and the global arms industry.
Nato member states gathered in Brussels have conceded that Western militaries are in danger of running out of the ammunition Kyiv needs to win the war, but also protect themselves going forward.
Ukraine’s armed forces are burning through artillery shells at a rate of 6,000 a day – more than a smaller European country’s orders in an entire year in peacetime.
#Ukraine: A Russian Su-24M strike aircraft (RF-93799) operated by the Wagner PMC was severely damaged by a Ukrainian MANPADS strike over Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast.
It managed to get back to base but is very unlikely to fly again any time soon. pic.twitter.com/1MtLtNALF2
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) February 14, 2023