At some point in my life, I suspect either my wife or I will own an electric vehicle. They are elegant pieces of technology.
But the Trudeau government’s goal of having 60 per cent of new vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2030 is laughable.
Author: Blazingcatfur
A Churchillian Warning From Shinzo Abe on China and Taiwan
The former prime minister advises abandoning strategic ambiguity.
If there is a “gathering storm” in the Indo-Pacific, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be the Asian Winston Churchill. In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times on April 12, Abe called for the U.S. and Japan to end strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan. “The policy of ambiguity,” Abe wrote, “worked extremely well as long as the U.S. was strong enough to maintain it, and as long as China was far inferior to the U.S. in military power. But those days are over.” Abe wrote that the U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity “is now fostering instability in the Indo-Pacific region, by encouraging China to underestimate American resolve, while making the government in Taipei unnecessarily anxious.”
Ukraine war: How a school survivor became a target of Russian disinformation
After an air strike hit a school in Chernihiv, a video of a bloodied survivor went viral on Ukrainian social media. But soon her story was hijacked by pro-Kremlin accounts, including one promoted by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which falsely accused her of being a fake.
“There was no whistle, rustling or sound of shelling,” Tania says. “It just hit the building and suddenly everything went dark. The building collapsed.”
Tania was caught up in an air strike in early March. She was helping sort clothes for a humanitarian aid drive in school number 21 in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a missile hit the building.
To the Antisemites Who Sit Next to Me at School
My NYU classmates talk about the ‘Zionist grip on the media’ and tweet ‘death to Israel.’
To my law school classmate who tweeted, “my love language is marg bar [death to] Israel”: thank you.
To the Students for Justice in Palestine, who explained: “Zionism is, by design, an ideology that promotes violence against, and hatred and delegitimization of Palestinians. Embedded in the Zionist supremacy narrative is the orientalist, Islamophobic idea that Azkenazi [sic] Jewish whiteness is fundamentally superior to Palestinian lives, culture, and identity”: thank you.
I have been blogging since 2006.
Made our bones here bringing Islam to the light of day.
It has not gotten better only worse.
Whether in the USA or Canada, on the university campus or in the public square the atmosphere is poisoned.
Forcing mass immigration on Canada from nations that despise our values & heritage was a criminal act of vandalism by our elites.
Canada will not recover from the toxins of diversity and multiculturalism. We will be a ‘New France.’
Americans are eating more beef than ever — despite vegan ‘trend’
Americans have renounced beef! Everyone’s eating plants! The vegan trend is supposedly so huge these days, we are in the midst of an identity crisis, The New York Times claimed recently. “When it comes to America’s legacy of Manifest Destiny, there’s perhaps no meal more symbolic than a bleeding steak. So who are we now that we’re consuming less red meat?” the paper of record blathered.
Amid Public Concern About Grooming Kids, American Library Association Picks ‘Marxist Lesbian’ As President
A large organization that drives the training of U.S. librarians and their use of public funds has chosen a self-described “Marxist lesbian” as its next president amid growing concern about libraries actively connecting children to sexually explicit activities and materials.
Emily Drabinski was elected president of the American Library Association last week by the organization’s members. She will take office in July 2023.
How does anyone who publicly self-identifies as a Marxist even get hired?
What’s With All the Food Processing Plants Blowing Up Lately?
A weird trend has emerged over the past few months that seems statistically unlikely. A number of factories, logistical centers, and food processing plants have caught fire or exploded, including two that had planes crash on them. More and more people have noticed and wondered about the trend on social media. Of course, this has caused the conspiracy theorists to come out in force, so one must make a sober assessment without jumping to conclusions. But man, this is weird. With all the negative pressures on our economy and supply chains, and even Joe Biden talking about global food shortages over the next several months, one has to wonder what’s going on here.
6 Russian Oligarchs Commit Suicide in Mysterious Outbreak of Epstein Syndrome
Very few parts of Russian society have drawn more interest than the so-called “oligarchs.” These are incredibly wealthy men with political connections to Putin’s inner circle because, in the totalitarian kleptocracy that is Russia under Vladimir Putin, if you don’t have political ties to Putin’s inner circle, wealth doesn’t bring you power; it brings you a one-way trip to a Siberian labor camp.
How do you get to be an Oligarch? Do you have to know someone? Is there a School of Oligarchy with a licensing body?
Over a Hundred Police Injured During Swedish Qur‘an Riots
Swedish police have reported that 104 officers were injured in the riots that took place across the country last week in reaction to Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan and his followers burning a Qur’an.
The 104 officers are said to have received varying injurie,s from fractures of hands and fingers to brain damage, as a result of attacks from rioters, some of whom attacked officers with rocks and stones.
Community groups fear upcoming Rolling Thunder rally will be Freedom Convoy 2.0
Community Solidarity Ottawa, a coalition of local labour unions, community organizations and residents, says the Rolling Thunder Ottawa motorcycle ride that is expected to roar into town on Friday and Saturday is not the bike rally in support of veterans that it claims to be, but rather little more than an extension of the “Freedom Convoy” that tied up the city’s downtown core in February.
If not mistaken, and I don’t believe I am, Community Solidarity Ottawa is nothing more than the usual bunch of commie rent-seekers.
Macron elected for second term as French president, leads Le Pen 58.2%-41.8%
Emmanuel Macron was elected to a second term as French president on Sunday evening with 58.2% of the vote, according to an estimate from the Ipsos polling institute. His far-right challenger Marine Le Pen won 41.8% of the vote in an election that saw the country’s highest abstention rate in 50 years.
‘Marine, Marine’ – Le Pen hails historic result for far right
Pierre Poilievre is the Conservative leadership frontrunner. Does Liberal history tell us what happens next?
… Take the former Quebec premier’s visit to Oakville on Thursday night. It was billed as a great event on his social media feed, but all his Twitter account had to show for it were pictures of Charest flanked by his spouse and a couple of local supporters.
One must assume that had hundreds of people showed up to see Charest in the flesh, his campaign would have been eager to showcase the fact. By all indications — and not for the first time — his social media team had to make the most of a meagre offering.
The Star’s Chantal Hebert basically crowns Poilievre in this piece.
He’s fun no question but there’s plenty of time before the next election for the CPC braintrust to squeeze the likeability out of him.
Will he alter the ersatz LPC policy offerings of the party and tackle mass immigration? Free speech? Identity politics? Wokism? The Green-scam?
Being “conservative” has nothing to do with being a lackey of the corporate class but I suspect that’s a wish too far.
Anatomy of a Bogus “Disinformation” Smear
By Michael Tracey: Foreign Policy is a publication that specializes in Serious essays about all manner of Serious topics in the realm of foreign policy. If you’ve ever touted your professional credentials as a Serious Foreign Policy Thinker, or if you one day aspire to a Senior Fellow sinecure in Serious Foreign Policy Studies — there’s a good chance you’re a subscriber.
I only just found out that on April 12, this highly prestigious journal ran an article that accuses me of participating in a “Russian disinformation operation.” (Gee, never could have guessed that’d be the accusation. How unexpected.) It took awhile for me to learn of this article’s existence, because I wasn’t contacted ahead of time for any sort of comment or given any chance to reply — apparently a journalistic convention that’s fallen out of favor. Oh well.
h/t Mauser
Michael Tracey: when does anti-war become pro-Putin?
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Western media has been near unanimous in its support for President Zelensky’s resistance and condemnation of Putin’s invasion. Intervention from the US and Europe has now extended to supplying arms and sanctioning Russia. Some are demanding this support goes even further, suggesting ‘no fly zones’ or even boots on the ground in Ukraine.
Journalist, Substacker and Twitter provocateur Michael Tracey takes a very different view.
Exxon bans gay pride, BLM flags from flying over corporate headquarters
Exxon Mobil is moving its corporate headquarters from Irving, Texas, to Houston as part of a business reorganization that the company said will be completed by 2023. What is making headlines, though, is the updated company guidance on its decision to ban any flag flying outside the corporate headquarters other than the official corporate flag. Why was this decision being announced? The corporation is sending a message that it intends to remain neutral and not succumb to politically correct virtue-signaling.
I’m gonna spill some oil in their honour.
Saudis’ Biden snub suggests crown prince still banking on Trump’s return
Saudi Arabia appears to be banking on Donald Trump’s return to office by refusing to help the US punish Russia for the Ukraine invasion, and by placing $2bn in a new, untested investment fund run by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
In seeking to persuade Riyadh to increase oil production so as to lower prices by as much as 30%, and thereby curb Russian government revenue, the Biden administration is looking for ways to reassure the Saudi government that it is dedicated to the kingdom’s security.