Israeli Weapon Damaged Iranian Air Defenses Without Being Detected, Officials Say

An Israeli weapon deployed in a retaliatory strike against Iran on Friday damaged a defense system responsible for detecting and destroying aerial threats near Nantaz, a central Iranian city critical to the country’s secret nuclear weapons program, according to two Western officials and two Iranian officials.

The strike, the Western officials said, was calculated to deliver a message to Iran that Israel could bypass Iran’s defense systems undetected and paralyze them, using a fraction of the fire power Iran deployed last week when it launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. That attack, intercepted by Israel and its allies, caused minimal damage.

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Liberal government turning to influencers to appeal to Canadian youth

Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch.

They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada.

Mathu and Gordon — Steph & Den, as they’re known online — were among several content creators invited to Tuesday’s federal budget lockup, where they got early access to Ottawa’s new spending blueprint.

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‘Doctor Who’ Star Ncuti Gatwa: ‘There‘s so Much White Mediocrity that Gets Celebrated‘

Actor Ncuti Gatwa is promoting his first season as the star of Dr. Who with a litany of woke grievances, from “white mediocrity” to “transphobia.”

Gatwa, born in Rwanda and raised in Scotland, did not hold back his opinions on a range of political topics in an interview with Attitude magazine. The actor, who rose to fame in the Netflix series Sex Education, accused British politicians of bigotry for suggesting restrictions on grotesque sterilization procedures in children and opposing male dominance of women’s sports.

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Seattle teacher who said it’s ‘offensive’ to identify as straight now suspended for comments on Hamas terror attacks

A Seattle high school teacher previously accused of berating a student for describing himself as “straight” has been suspended for making pro-Hamas comments – including that the terror attack on Israel was justified and questioning whether women were raped.

Ian Golash, social studies chairman at Chief Sealth International High School, was placed on administrative leave on April 11 after Accuracy in Media, a conservative group that exposes antisemitism on campuses, distributed a video interview with him, the Seattle Times reported.

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Black Creek Pioneer Village to drop ‘pioneer’ from its name as part of inclusivity plan

Black Creek Pioneer Village is getting a new name later this year along with longer-term plans to give a permanent home to an Indigenous exhibit.

As part of its ongoing work to tell more accurate stories about settlement in 19th-century Ontario, the Village has been collaborating with five southern Ontario First Nations to recraft the stories at the museum — and its next phase includes dropping “pioneer” from its name.

“I look at our society as a piece of fabric: it’s got different threads woven through it,” said Wendy Rowney, general manager at the Village. “What museums should do is make sure all those threads are visible again.”

Let’s teach made up history!

h/t Ontario John and Mauser

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‘Conspiracy theorist’ Max Azzarello dead after setting himself on fire across from Trump trial in NYC

Troubled “conspiracy theorist” Max Azzarello died Friday night hours after he set himself on fire in a Manhattan park across the street from former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, police said.

The 37-year-old Florida man succumbed to the severe burns he suffered following the sickening self-immolation inside Collect Pond Park.

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Met Police in ‘anti-semitism’ fiasco: Force apologises AGAIN after an apology for the ‘hugely regrettable’ actions by an officer who threatened to arrest Jewish man at pro-Palestine march led to it facing fresh claims of ‘appalling victim blaming’

The Metropolitan Police has apologised and retracted a statement saying sorry for the actions of an officer who threatened to arrest a man he described as being ‘openly Jewish’ after the communication was slammed as ‘appalling victim blaming’.

London’s police service issued a statement on Friday afternoon apologising after Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) boss Gideon Falter was stopped from walking through a pro-Palestine march last Saturday by a Met officer.

The Met’s initial statement accused counter-protesters at the regular rallies of being ‘provocative’ by filming themselves as they turned up on the routes to express their views. Mr Falter maintains he was ‘going for a walk’ after attending synagogue.


Toronto police have arrested counter protesters during the current round of Hamas support marches.

In my own time the TPS either maintained strict zones for each side to occupy if the protest was static, or straight up told you they could not protect you if attacked.

Gideon Falter the “victim” called the cops to have Tommy Robinson removed from his pro-Israel march. Tommy is facing possible jail time for being Tommy Robinson.

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WTF?

h/t Patti Jo

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The RCMP said he was a sex-trafficking kingpin. ‘They destroyed my life’

On April Fools’ Day, 2015, Daegun Chun’s life changed forever. It was a brisk spring morning in north Toronto, and Chun, a 46-year-old Korean man who had resided in Canada for more than a decade, was expecting a routine visit from his aunt, Byung Hwa Tak. Together, the two of them ran a private high school and career college called Northern Lights, and they had business to discuss. Tak showed up as scheduled. It was the next set of guests Chun never saw coming.

h/t Mauser

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