The vast majority of Americans are spending this Independence Day weekend taking pride in their country as they celebrate the freedoms established by the Founding Fathers.
However, there are some journalists who are embarrassed by the USA. Some of them even seem to take pride in actually shaming the country.
An intense thunderstorm in Alberta has produced more than just the usual bolts from the sky.
Ed and Melinda Pardy believe they may have witnessed a rare and elusive phenomenon known as ball lightning.
The couple says it happened around 7 p.m. Wednesday near their rural property, about an hour outside Edmonton. A thunderstorm was underway and a tornado watch had been issued.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is still coping right now. She lost the 2024 election to Donald Trump and has since been in the wilderness. Democrats are cool on her jumping back into the political ring, and her last election was a shambles. It doesn’t matter if she was the candidate from the get-go; she was awful. Her 2020 primary run was a preview of her not being ready for primetime—some people are just not meant to be president of the United States.
As obnoxious as he is, Donald Trump may actually be doing Canada some good. His demands are forcing this country to rethink bad ideas, question sacred cows and brace itself for the challenges of the future.
Just this week, the U.S. President gave Prime Minister Mark Carney an excuse to jettison a wrong-headed tax on foreign tech giants. Because just about all of those giants are American, Washington has opposed it from the start, under Joe Biden’s administration as well as Mr. Trump’s. The heaps of money that were to flow to Ottawa from the tax would have come from the pockets of the millions of Canadians who use Amazon, Apple, Google or other digital providers. Higher taxes inevitably mean higher rates for consumers.
Funny how that works but the author still can’t shake the TDS.
Here’s an ad for forklift training in Surrey BC.
What the fucking fuck pic.twitter.com/RcC7b3ZWMT— Blonde Bigot (@BlondeBigot11) July 5, 2025
h/t XC
Pop star Katy Perry was trapped inside a giant ball suspended above the stage following a concert malfunction that left her holding on for dear life during a Sunday performance in Adelaide, Australia.
Bad year for Katy.
OTTAWA—Call it a prudent climbdown, a show of weakness, or an unavoidable concession. There are several ways to look at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s 11th-hour decision to cancel the federal government’s Digital Services Tax last weekend.
But what if it’s also a tangible example of exactly what Carney warned would happen?
The Dairy Cartel speaks.
SPAIN: Councilor from the Socialist Party who supports diversity visits kebab shop to show solidarity with the Muslim community, and gets beaten up for being gay.
What did he expect? pic.twitter.com/ELBY840vpi
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) July 4, 2025
h/t Mauser
Australia’s prime minister has promised to take strong action following an apparent arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne.
Police are looking for a man who poured liquid on the synagogue’s front door before setting it on fire on Friday night. Some 20 people having dinner inside at the time were evacuated without any injuries.
Police are also trying to determine if the incident is linked to an attack against a Jewish-owned restaurant in the city on the same night.
Great to see Melbourne’s “anti-fascists” out last night destroying a restaurant, harassing diners and totally not being fascists…
And listen to them all calling each other “comrade”. Such losers. pic.twitter.com/R7OFMz3Y6I
— Daniel (@VoteLewko) July 4, 2025
We’re witnessing the first global intifada led by “peace activists”.
A hateful mob in Melbourne, Australia, stormed an Israeli-owned restaurant while shouting the murderous ”death to the IDF” chant. Later, a synagogue was torched while Jewish families were inside. pic.twitter.com/MY47DWPzrD— Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) July 5, 2025
Cops release suspect descriptions in ‘violent’ Oshawa swarming probed as potential hate crime
Investigators have released descriptions of five suspects wanted in connection with a swarming attack on a business owner in Oshawa that is being probed as a possible hate crime.
Thanks for the question. Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years’ War.
The word comes from the Neo-Latin de- (down from) and fenestra (window or opening).[ According to Tim Zadorozhnyy, writing in the Kyiv Independent, defenestration is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s favourite method of getting rid of his opponents.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday about U.S. trade negotiations, one of the key issues the industry said they wished to discuss was the government’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
The mandate requires a certain percentage of light duty vehicles — passenger cars, SUVs and trucks — that are sold to be either fully electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, starting with 20 per cent in 2026 and rising to 100 per cent by 2035.
Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, told CBC News on the way to the meeting that “the targets that have been established cannot be met” given current market forces.
CBC pushing the LPC green-scam.
A major search and rescue operation is continuing through the night in Texas after flash floods killed at least 24 people and left many girls missing from a Christian summer camp.
There was little warning as the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet (7.9m) in less than an hour and flooding that followed swept away mobile homes, vehicles and holiday cabins where people were spending the 4 July weekend.
Rescue crews are still searching for up to 25 children who were among the 750 girls attending the Camp Mystic just outside the town of Kerrville 104km (64.0 miles) north-west of San Antonio.
Incredible videos of Texas flood. The height it reached in minutes…shit.
4 videos:
1) the initial wall of water
2) 15 minutes after wall; Tree sucked under bridge
3) 25 minutes after wall; flood at bridge level
4) 30 minutes after wall; floating House hits bridge. pic.twitter.com/sFtbN82ptU— Aontacht (@humerus6cents) July 5, 2025
A home being swept away in Kerrville, TX with people inside. #txwx #TexasFlood pic.twitter.com/ZDoZeGJvz2
— Scott (@RandomHeroWX) July 4, 2025
