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— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) January 2, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
Author: Blazingcatfur
Britain should bring Shamima Begum home to face justice
Shamima Begum. A name that needs no introduction. A face etched into our collective consciousness. And a fate that stains our national conscience – which is why a new intervention by the European Court of Human Rights is to be welcomed.
Less welcome is the news that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has pledged to fight any attempt by Begum to return home. I say home because whatever showboating politicians claim, Begum is and always will be British.
The ECHR is disputing the legality of the vengeful treatment meted out to her in 2019 by the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who revoked her citizenship. And so it should.
Bruce Pardy: Virtue-signalling devotion to reconciliation will not end well
In September, the British Columbia Supreme Court threw private property into turmoil. Aboriginal title in Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, is “prior and senior” to fee simple interests, the court said. That means it trumps the property you have in your house, farm or factory. If the decision holds up on appeal, it would mean private property is not secure anywhere a claim for Aboriginal title is made out.
German Elections 2026: Coalition Faces Tough Test Amid AfD Surge
Germany is heading into a critical election year in 2026, with five state votes set to challenge Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s centre-right-leftist (CDU-SPD) coalition.
Public dissatisfaction with the government is high, driven by stalled reforms, broken promises, the inability to handle illegal migration, and internal infighting, leaving the right-wing AfD poised to make historic gains.
In the eastern states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party is positioned to dominate local politics unless centrist parties can form broad coalitions. Even in regions where the AfD is not leading, its growth signals a significant shift in voter sentiment, challenging the traditional dominance of the CDU and SPD.
CARPAY: Ottawa’s assault on our internet freedoms must stop now
As we enter 2026, Canada’s federal government is quietly but surely transforming Canada’s centuries-old traditions of free speech and privacy rights into something revocable at the pleasure of the CRTC, politicians and bureaucrats.
OK they can still have two donuts each but XL Coffees are totally out!
TPS demands legislative reforms to police hateful anti-Israel rallies
OTTAWA — In the wake of demands from Ontario’s solicitor general that Toronto police stop allowing hateful anti-Israel protesters run roughshod on the city, Toronto’s top cop says his officers are doing the best they can within the limits of existing laws.
Times correspondents reflect on Ukraine — and what 2026 might hold
Throughout the past year, correspondents for The Times have travelled the length and breadth of Ukraine to report on the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion. With a new president in the White House, shifts on the battlefield and political crises in Kyiv, it has been perhaps the most consequential year since 2022. Here are some reflections from our writers on moments that stayed with them from the past year and what they may mean for the future.
What a sad little troll Sadiq Khan is
Imagine being such a sad little troll that you can’t even take off New Year’s Eve. Imagine being so invested in lame flame wars with your digital foes that you were even going at it while the rest of us were getting pissed for 2026. That’s Sadiq Khan and his minions at City Hall. They just couldn’t resist once again using London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display to fire shots in their culture war against the plebs. Honestly, have a day off, you tossers.
Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?
Claire Brosseau is desperate to die.
She is 48 years old and has had a life she calls an “an embarrassment of riches.” She has a vast network of friends, a devoted family, the steadfast adoration of a small dog. She has performed to raucous laughter in some of North America’s most prestigious comedy clubs and festivals, acted in movies, written brutally funny television shows. She has traveled, shopped, danced and known herself to be deeply loved.
She also suffers from debilitating mental illness that decades of treatment have not tamed. Sometimes she is so crushingly sad that she sobs until her bones ache. Sometimes she feels as if she were standing on a ledge, flipping minute by minute between being sure that if she jumped she would actually fly, and wanting to hurl herself as hard as she can onto the ground.
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
One man kneels at the edge of a pit filled with bodies. He knows that, within moments, he will be dead. His drawn face burns with defiance. Behind him stands a uniformed, bespectacled Nazi soldier. In his extended right arm, the soldier holds a pistol, just inches from his victim’s skull. A crowd of other Germans stands watching, curious but undisturbed.
This harrowing scene, captured in a 1941 photograph known as “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa,” became an iconic image of the Holocaust for the way it captured the banal savagery of mass slaughter. But for decades, nobody could answer the most basic question the photograph posed: Who were these two men?
The Second Horseman of the Apocalypse
Predictably, human nature remains constant across the centuries, driven by the same primal impulses—ambition, fear, greed, and tribal loyalty—that fuel conflict and upheaval. These enduring drives and emotions ensure that humanity cannot permanently exorcise evil; it persists, resurfacing in ever-shifting forms.
In the twentieth century, Western civilization teetered on the brink of annihilation, barely surviving the twin horrors of Nazism and Bolshevism. These ideologies, shrouded in propaganda myths about “race” and “class”, respectively, unleashed unprecedented destruction, claiming tens of millions of lives and threatening the very foundations of liberal democracy. Yet, survival came at a staggering cost, leaving scars that should have instilled constant vigilance.
Can Canada keep its independence?
Canada’s greatest thinker foretold its failure — and ours
A classic work of political philosophy celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. Published in 1965, George Grant’s Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism is exactly what the title suggests: an essay, sometimes angry, often elegiac, at times lyrical, mourning the wreck of the hope that once animated the Canadian experiment. Grant thought the possibility of building, alongside the United States — a more restrained and ordered society that ranked the common good above individual autonomy — had faded. But the book is also much more.
Grant wrote Lament for a Nation in anger at the fall of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who was defeated in his re-election bid due to backlash over his refusal to accept US nuclear warheads on Canadian soil. According to Grant, Diefenbaker’s “actions turned the ruling class into a pack howling for his blood.” It was no ordinary political defeat, in Grant’s view. He believed that it signaled the end of Canada as a distinct political and moral project.
If you have a spare 10 hours …
I invited Afghan migrants into my home after they messaged me on an LGBT dating app … I thought they were just shy but they ended up running off with my phone
A professional who was duped by Afghan migrants on an LGBT dating app has revealed he allowed the pair into his home because he thought they were ‘shy’.
Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 22, and Bilal Hotak, 21, carried out 35 burglaries and 20 related scams, seizing phones, watches, passports and withdrawing money from bank accounts.
They messaged their victims on Grindr and arranged to meet them at their homes for the planned thefts, Isleworth Crown Court heard.
h/t Patti Jo
Christians Are Persecuted in Every Muslim-Majority Country
As Christians worldwide celebrate Christmas, millions are also suffering from severe pressures and persecution in majority-Muslim countries. This includes post-Soviet states, countries governed by Sharia law, and officially secular nations such as Turkey.
According to a 2024 Human Rights Violations Report authored by Turkey’s Association of Protestant Churches, Christians are subject to increased hate crimes, hate speech, threats, discrimination, and dismissal from their jobs because of their religion. They also experience physical assaults, no official recognition of the Protestant church, and a lack of cemeteries for Christians. Foreign Christians are deported or banned entry by denying them residence visas. The Protestant community in Turkey is not allowed to open their own churches nor train their own spiritual leaders, forcing them to operate as ‘associations.’
Why does our government import death cultists who want to kill us to Canada?