Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to remind themselves how fortunate they are “to live in a country of peace.”
Merry Christmas! Like millions of Canadians, my family is excited to gather around the Christmas tree and spend some quality time together. And as we look ahead to the new year, we’re also wishing you joy, health, love, and peace. https://t.co/KDfMbzQFJC pic.twitter.com/I3lcAprIQe
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 24, 2022
It was announced with all the fanfare of a Canadian beaver cull. On the Wednesday before Christmas, in a nondescript office building north of Toronto, the parliamentary secretary to the environment minister, Julie Dabrusin, released new government regulations on zero-emission vehicles that will require manufacturers to ensure one-fifth of their cars, SUVs and trucks run on electricity by 2026, or pay a $20,000 per car penalty.
Climate violence is on full display, as Canadians suffer through the worst winter storm in decades.
Millions will be without power and left stranded for days, which could have been avoided if everyone paid more climate taxes.
Anyways, I'm off to Jamaica.
Later, suckers. pic.twitter.com/UVWWJ51xMg
— Justin Trudeau's Ego (@Trudeaus_Ego) December 23, 2022
h/t Mauser
A woman appointed by Jeremy Corbyn to rebuild Labour’s relations with the Jewish community has been expelled by the party after accusations she “undermined” its fight against anti-Semitism.
Heather Mendick, who is Jewish, was appointed as a stakeholder officer by the former opposition leader in spring 2019, working one day a week liaising with the Jewish community.
Labour’s investigation into Ms Mendick lasted more than a year and found that she broke party rules in a number of tweets sent at the height of the party’s anti-Semitism crisis that she subsequently refused to apologise for.
More than two billion Christians around the world will remember Bethlehem in their prayers and carols this Christmas but in the modern West Bank city the centuries-old Christian population is dwindling and afraid.
While there is a giant tree and twinkling lights in Manger Square, the celebrations around the 6th-century Church of the Nativity, the site of Jesus’s birth two millennia ago, are being observed by a diminishing number of tourists and locals.
The city’s Christian population has dropped from 84 per cent of the total a century ago to about 20 per cent today, and is falling further in the face of discrimination and threats from elements of the Muslim majority.
The CDC isn’t likely to be on many gun owners’ Christmas card lists this year. Not after revelations that they removed defensive gun use statistics at the behest of gun control advocates. The decision to do that made it very clear that while the CDC may have been prohibited from advocating for gun control, that didn’t mean they wouldn’t help push it any way they can.
Artificial intelligence is changing modern conflict and this war is the front line
Ukrainian soldiers have revolutionized the way battles will be fought in the 21st century by waging an “algorithmic war” that enables Kyiv to outgun invading forces with far fewer troops.
Artificial Intelligence developed by companies in the West has given Ukraine a technological edge over Russia, military experts said, turning the tide of the war.
Artillery continues to dominate the war in a way that would be familiar to generals fighting battles centuries ago. However, the accuracy, speed and deadliness of Ukrainian strikes has dramatically increased thanks to software developed by Palantir, a US tech firm co-founded by the Republican billionaire Peter Thiel.
#Ukraine: A rare look at a failed Russian attack on an 🇺🇦 T-72 tank by two Lancet loitering munitions- both drones apparently caught on the trees, failing to detonate.
It is worth mentioning that though the tank was covered by a camo net it was still found by the drone operator. pic.twitter.com/hhC0eN5jh9
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) December 23, 2022
King Charles has finally thrown Prince Andrew out of the royal fold and told him he’s ‘on his own’ in the wake of the scandal surrounding his associations with the late paedophile financier Jeffery Epstein, a source has claimed.
The Duke of York was told to no longer use Buckingham Palace as an office space, effectively severing his final tie to his old life as a working royal, according to a new report in The Sun.
‘Any presence at the Palace is officially over,’ a source was quoted as saying. ‘The King has made it clear. He isn’t a working royal. He’s on his own.’
Foreign Powers Using ‘High Profile’ Individuals to Influence Federal Officials: Government Document
High-profile Canadians may be receiving payment from foreign countries in exchange for advancing their political interests, according to a question period briefing note from the Department of Public Safety. The document has been made public amidst increased scrutiny on China’s interference efforts in Canada.
The note, titled “Foreign Interference” and dated Jan. 19, says foreign governments and entities “regularly seek to influence Government of Canada’s policies, officials or democratic processes” using lawful means, such as through diplomacy.
It adds, however, that some foreign efforts to influence Canadian institutions and officials are done covertly.
The Butt Master sounds like the kind of fitness product that would show up on a late-night infomercial or bad social media ad.
… There’s a perception by many that the courts are too lenient, that as the city reels under waves of violence, the judiciary is more worried about the criminal and not the community he just threatened.
This judgment is probably not going to help that perception.
WTF? World class stupid.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) attempted to provide “context” after billionaire and new Twitter owner Elon Musk called out the group’s overpopulation “philosophy” which he said spells the “death of humanity.”
Musk made the remarks in response to a Wednesday tweet by Wall Street Silver highlighting what the user called the WEF’s “depopulation agenda.” The WEF has long espoused the view that alleged “overpopulation” threatens global stability. The organization advocates for widespread birth control and access to abortion to allegedly improve social conditions, particularly for women and girls in third-world countries.
In Dale Clark’s estimation, the money brought into New Brunswick by non-resident hunters — Americans or others — has never been fully appreciated.
“It is a multi-million dollar industry in the province that is not being recognized by our government, federal or provincial,” said Clark, president of the New Brunswick Professional Outfitters and Guides Association.
“We have been put on — I don’t know how you say [it] — the backburner.”
Trudeau, Alghabra clear Santa Claus for Canadian airspace
Vast swaths of the country without power, flight cancellations ruining Christmas reunions, but Junior is gonna be fine in Jamaica.
Clashes have erupted in Paris after three people were killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre that the French government said appeared to have been racially motivated.
French media reported that a 69-year-old man opened fire on a group of people at the Ahmet-Kaya centre on Rue d’Enghien in the 10th arrondissement on Friday morning. Shots were also fired at a hairdresser’s and a restaurant in the street. Three people have been wounded, one critically.
Prosecutors said police detained the alleged gunman, who had previous convictions for assault and possession of an illegal weapon, and seized a weapon within minutes of the shooting. He was wounded in the face and taken to hospital.
There are major riots in Paris after today’s deadly terror attack against a Kurdish cultural center.
Members of the Kurdish community started attacking French police near the site of the attack and the unrest is now spreading to other parts of town too. pic.twitter.com/yyXE58aBwv
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 23, 2022
Following the shooting earlier today in which 3 Kurdish decent immigrants were killed by a Turkish man, Kurds began to riot in Paris and in other French cities. pic.twitter.com/nzpshRfhCV
— Sue (@SimplySusie3) December 23, 2022
Coming next year…
‘Paris Has Fallen’.
— Foxtrot 🇬🇧 (@Foxtrot_Cop) December 23, 2022
