Russell Brand selling £188 amulets to ward off ‘evil energies

Russell Brand is selling “magic amulets” for £188 to ward off wi-fi signals and other “evil energies” supposedly present in airports.

The disgraced comedian, who has been accused of rape and sexual assault by four women, has attempted to remake himself as a far-right Christian influencer but has been criticised after posting a video promoting the product.

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Ontario electricity demand to soar due to EV manufacturing and AI: system operator

Demand for electricity in Ontario is set to soar by 75 per cent in the next couple of decades, far higher than was projected just last year, in part due to a sudden surge in data centres supporting artificial intelligence, the system operator said Wednesday.

The demand has been relatively flat for the past 20 years, but now it is building and shows no signs of levelling off, officials with the Independent Electricity System Operator said in a briefing. Just last year, they expected demand to grow 60 per cent higher by 2050.

Can’t wait for those magic reactors to be built to match that magic EV manufacturing.

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Billions of Litres of Canadian Milk Were Dumped in Past 12 Years, Study Suggests

More than six billion litres of milk has been discarded on Canadian dairy farms since 2012, according to a newly released study.

“Systemic inefficiencies” in Canada’s supply management system have led to between 6.8 billion and 10 billion litres of milk being dumped out over the past 12 years, says the study published in the journal Ecological Economics. Valued at as much as $14.9 billion, the dumped milk accounts for roughly 7 percent of milk produced on dairy farms during that time period.

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British army veteran found guilty of breaching abortion ‘buffer zone’ by praying silently

A British army veteran has been found guilty of breaching a pro-abortion “buffer zone” by praying silently near the protected abortuary.

This morning, Adam Smith-Connor, 51, was given a two-year conditional discharge (i.e. he is on probation for two years) and ordered to pay costs of £9,000 ($11,700) by District Judge Orla Austin at the Poole Magistrates’ Court in Poole, Dorset.

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Kamala Harris deflects on border, Iran and Biden decline during bad-tempered Fox News interview

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris angrily dodged questions on border policy, Iran and President Biden’s fitness for office in an contentious interview with Fox News host Bret Baier — as more polls showed her losing the initiative in the race for the White House.

The 26-minute interview with the Democratic nominee kicked off with a tense grilling by Baier on immigration policy — with Harris repeatedly refusing to say that terminating former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy was a mistake.


She’s crazy.

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The Folly of Electrifying America’s Military Forces

Have you seen the viral video of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg calling for “vegan grenades,” “battery-powered fighter jets,” “biodegradable missiles”?

It’s a deep-fake parody, a satire. But, sad to say, it’s not that far from reality in the minds of some U.S. military policymakers.

 

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The Freedom Convoy didn’t die. It is finding friends among willing politicians

The greatest danger of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” was not to Ottawa. Yes, the convoy tortured the city for more than a month, and that shouldn’t be forgotten, or downplayed. But it passed, even if the lonely leftovers that still hang around to harass politicians remain a smaller symptom of a wider ill.

No, the most dangerous part of the convoy was always its most farcical element, which is that some of the main organizers, who had a history of delusional and hateful comments, aimed to overthrow the government. No matter how supine Ottawa police were, no matter how absent Ontario premier Doug Ford or mayor Jim Watson was, no matter the overlapping paralysis of jurisdictions, we all laughed at that.

Two-and-a-half years later, and elements of the movement are being embraced by politicians more than ever before. What if the convoy is succeeding at changing our governments for the worse?

Someone needs to check the water at the Star’s offices.

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SLOBODIAN: Young, straight and white handicapped in race for summer jobs

So, it’s now a “national priority” to discriminate against heterosexual white Canadian youth in the job market, according to the Liberal government.

That racist, intolerant message is clear in the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) 2025 guide that states hiring priority must be given to “black and other racialized youth, indigenous youth and LGBTQ youth.”

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Former special ops soldier says he was blacklisted for reporting alleged killing of Afghan civilians

A former special forces soldier is suing the federal government, alleging he was blacklisted by his unit and pushed out of the military after he denounced Canadian troops’ alleged involvement in the killing of unarmed people in Afghanistan.

The soldier is also naming one current and two former top Canadian generals who he says minimized or failed to adequately investigate Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) involvement in the alleged killings.

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