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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 16, 2022
Author: Blazingcatfur
JIVANI: I do not accept Toronto Police Chief James Ramer’s apology
Liberal elites who benefit from the institutional status quo have fallen in love with the term systemic racism because it doesn’t lead to substantive changes.
On Wednesday morning, Toronto Police Chief James Ramer issued a formal apology to Black people in response to new race-based data on police use-of-force and strip searches.
“The release of this data will cause pain for many,” Ramer said. “Your concerns have deep roots that go beyond the release of today’s report. We must improve; we will do better.”
Paula Simons: We cannot fight hate by criminalizing speech, no matter how vile
The Holocaust loomed large in my childhood imagination, growing up in Edmonton in the 1970s. My father’s family was one of the very few in Alberta who succeeded in sponsoring some relatives who were able to escape Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938, just weeks before Kristallnacht.
Mackenzie King was a polite anti-Semite and his government’s attitude towards Jewish refugees was “none is too many,” yet my father’s mother’s cousin Luba was somehow able to win the support of her MP from Vegreville, who, according to family lore, fought for a special order-in-council for visas to allow my grandmother’s first cousin Rosa, her husband Hans and their small children, George and Helen, to escape Vienna just in the nick of time.
Babushka Z: The woman who became a Russian propaganda icon
An elderly Ukrainian woman brandishing a red Soviet flag has become the unlikely face of Kremlin propaganda after a video of her encounter with Ukrainian soldiers went viral. The BBC tracked down “Babushka Z” to try to establish the truth behind the incident.
“I don’t think they should glorify me. I am just a peasant woman. I don’t understand why I’ve become a celebrity.”
The woman who has become known as Babushka Z – “grandmother” in Russian, the Z referring to the symbol often painted on armoured vehicles – is gobsmacked when the BBC shows her photos of her newfound fame. “I’ve never seen any of it,” she says.
Palestinians: The House Demolitions and Land-Grabs No One Talks About
While the international community and media continue to condemn Israel day in and day out about a host of grievances, including the demolition of houses built without proper permits, no one seems to be interested in the ongoing human rights violations against Palestinians by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
The United Nations and many foreign journalists are so obsessed with Israel that they have paid no attention to the latest crime committed by Hamas against residents of the Bedouin village of Umm al-Nasr in the northern Gaza Strip. The village was established nearly 80 years ago, long before Hamas was founded in 1988.
FATAH: Here’s why a movie made by Muslims is causing protests from Muslims
Some Muslims, especially those who claim to be our community leaders, seem to take offence at anything and everything they disagree with. Whether it is asking for the beheading of an Indian woman, Nupur Sharma, who merely read verbatim from the Islamic scriptures, or demanding a ban on the U.K. movie The Lady of Heaven, that depicts the life of Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, they seem incapable at times of civilized and rational debate.
Germany: Top court rules against ex-Chancellor Merkel in AfD spat
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled against former Chancellor Angela Merkel after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) sued her over her remarks on a 2020 regional election.
The court said that Merkel’s remarks violated the AfD’s right to fair political competition.
The incident dates back to early 2020 when, for the first time since the party’s founding in 2013, a German state leader was elected due to votes from the AfD.
Why Isn’t the DOJ Investigating Attacks on Pro-Life Groups as Domestic Terrorism?
Since Politico leaked the draft of the Dobbs decision in early May, there have been at least three dozen attacks on crisis pregnancy centers and churches in at least 20 states and Washington, D.C, according to LifeNews.
Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate war crimes court, says Netherlands
A Russian spy tried and failed to secure an internship at the international criminal court (ICC) using the false identity of a Brazilian citizen that he had built up over more than a decade, according to Dutch intelligence.
Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, accused of being an agent of Russia’s GRU military intelligence, flew to the Netherlands in April believing he had succeeded in an extraordinary attempt to gain inside access to the war crimes court, using the false identity of Viktor Muller Ferreira, 33.
However, Cherkasov had already been found out by western intelligence officers. When he arrived to take up his position, he was detained by Dutch immigration officials and sent back to Brazil, marking failure after years of preparation.
High gas prices likely to continue into 2023, research firm says
Consumers can expect fuel prices at the pump to remain high into next year due to disruptions to Russian oil supplies and as refineries struggle to meet demand recovering from the pandemic, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said.
The pressure should ease in the second half of next year when several new large refineries including in the Middle East are expected to start up, WoodMac said in a report.
Residential school survivors call on Pope to acknowledge unmarked graves
“There’s a lot of denial happening about us finding graves across the country,” said survivor Ted Quewezance, the group’s co-chair.
“It’s about truth telling … We based our decision on that ground penetrating radar, on the elders, the oral history of the elders and we never expected to find anything, but we did.”
They want the Pope to acknowledge imaginary graves. I bet he cancels his visit.
Canada loses top 10 spot on Global Peace Index due to hating that pissant Trudeau
Canada loses top 10 spot on Global Peace Index due to ‘anti-government sentiment’
For the first time in almost a decade, Canada failed to rank among the top 10 most peaceful countries, according to the 2022 Global Peace Index (GPI) released this week.
Chrystia Freeland details in $8.9B in financial supports in major economic speech
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is delivering her first major speech since the budget today, outlining $8.9 billion in financial supports her government has introduced already to help Canadians deal with rising inflation.
“We know that Canadians are worried about inflation and that they’re asking what their government is going to do about it,” Freeland said in a media statement.
“That’s why we have a new Affordability Plan — $8.9 billion in new support this year — that is going to put more money in the pockets of Canadians at a time when they need it most.”
She sounds very silly.
Does Joe Biden Even Understand What LGBTQ Is?
With gas prices and inflation at historic highs, I’m sure we’re all grateful that Joe Biden took the time this week to sign an executive order pandering to the LGBTQ community. Priorities!
But have you ever wondered if Joe Biden even understands all the LGBTQ/Pride stuff that he painfully repeats off his teleprompter, or is he just reading the script his handlers give him?
Demand for U.S. and E.U. to Transfer Wealth in ‘Climate Reparations‘
A call for a host of taxes on the U.S. and European nations designed to transfer wealth to economies confronting “the cost of drought, floods and superstorms made worse by rising temperatures” was renewed Wednesday at a U.N. climate conference in Germany.