I'm sure Trudeau will get back to you shortly
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) January 8, 2025
h/t Mauser
What a non-handshake tells us about Syria’s new ruler
Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a’s hands-off diplomacy is setting off alarm bells — as it should.
There’s a lot in a handshake — and a lot in its absence too.
Remember the awkwardness when a tense President Donald Trump and then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemingly ignored the press corp’s request to shake hands in 2017? It certainly foretold how bumpy the relationship between the two leaders would be.
JÄGER: He-feminist Trudeau has set up potential female successor for Campbell-esque failure
With Justin Trudeau out of the picture, the prospect of a female Liberal leader has grown, with MP Chrystia Freeland and former BC premier Christy Clark rumoured to be potential contenders.
With the party’s support at a new low, however, the prime minister’s decision to prorogue rather than call an election and take the fall himself could set his successor up for almost certain failure.
Will Another Hoax Be Revealed? 14 Minneapolis Police Officers Claim MPD Chief Lied During Trial
I, along with millions of other people, do not doubt that Minneapolis Policeman Derek Chauvin was railroaded during his trial over the death of George Floyd.
LeBlanc not running for Liberal leadership,
Longtime cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc will not be running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as head of the Liberals. He announced his decision in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday.
LeBlanc — who’s been an MP since 2000 and ran for the leadership in 2008 before dropping out to support Michael Ignatieff — wrote he is “enormously grateful” for those who’ve encouraged him to run.
What Started L.A.’s Firestorm? Hint: It’s Not ‘Climate Change.’
Firefighters say that L.A.’s hellacious firestorm started at 10:30 Tuesday morning in Topanga Canyon. This paradise is — was? — filled with bespoke homes and came with built-in privacy — a rare commodity. People have been uprooted, their family memories are in ashes, and they have to find a place to sleep tonight. Evacuated entertainment stars such as James Woods, Ben Affleck, Eugene Levy, and more likely haven’t had a chance to ask this secondary question: What started this fire?
I just left the hellscape formerly know as Pacific Palisades where I’ve lived for 26 years. I’m mad at what I saw. Our politicians have failed us. Unprepared, unimaginative, understaffed, now overwhelmed. Heads must roll for this disaster. I personally saw 100+ homes fully… pic.twitter.com/8txvSJEZXd
— Wes Nichols (@wesnichols) January 8, 2025
Here is my dad's burger place, The Beachside Cafe, down the street from our home in Pacific Palisades
Words cannot describe what I feel. How many times as a kid did I break a sandy tourist’s $100 for chili cheese fries and a hamburger?
This is our entire neighborhood just… pic.twitter.com/MhnyGbGpmf
— Jennifer Begakis (@jenbegakis) January 8, 2025
The images coming out of Pacific Palisades are horrible. How can the state of California’s lack of forest management continue? Gavin Newsom should be ashamed of himself.
pic.twitter.com/kvZ6C4kufu— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) January 8, 2025
Diane Francis: Irresponsible Trudeau sets the country adrift
Justin Trudeau has left Canadians in the lurch after a decade of incompetence. His decision to quit plunges the country into an existential crisis because Parliament won’t sit and an election won’t happen for five or six months. This means Canadians must now endure the spectacle of Trudeau’s inept accomplices — from Chrystia Freeland to Mark Carney, Anita Anand, Dominic LeBlanc and others — jockey for power. This is not only conduct unbecoming a prime minister or a general or a CEO, but a downright dangerous manoeuvre by a self-absorbed “leader.” Who pulls such a stunt?
Golden Globes Ratings Drops in 2025, Down from Abysmal 2024 Viewership
The 82nd Golden Globes Awards broadcast on Sunday drew just 9.3 million viewers, a 1 percent drop from last year’s already abysmal figure. Overall, Globes viewership is down a whopping 49 percent from its recent high reached just five years ago.
Canadian Left in tatters after Trudeau exit
Justin Trudeau has resigned as the Liberal Party Leader of Canada, paving the way for a new leader to take the battered party into a federal election. The news should come as little surprise after Trudeau’s popularity slumped from 65% in September 2016 to a mere 22% today.
‘Taharrush’ in Italy: Young Female Tourists Surrounded and Brutally Sexually Assaulted by Arab Migrants on New Year’s Eve
The horrific Arabic “game,” Taharrush, first gained global attention in 2013 during the uprising in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, where local women and foreign journalists were sexually assaulted by groups of Islamic men exploiting the chaos of protests against the Egyptian president.
h/t Patti Jo
Trudeau’s Legacy: Death, Depression, and Darwinism
The Canadian PM departs utterly unburdened by the love of his countrymen, the respect of his international counterparts, and the dignity possessed by even moderately competent leaders.
After nearly a decade in power, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister on Monday, triggering a leadership race to select the next prime minister. Year-end polls showed Trudeau’s personal popularity at 22%, with a mere 16% of Canadians indicating that they support the Liberal Party, setting them up for electoral catastrophe. Even the Liberal Party’s worst showing in their 157-year history in 2011 had them receiving 18.9% of the vote.
Trudeau’s Migrant Invaders
This is floating around, getting lots of anger and comments.
This seems implausible but I asked an immigration lawyer it this could happen.
“Of course!
Her parent or grandparent made her eligible for citizenship.”
I’ve reached out to the woman for details. We shall see. pic.twitter.com/A2yjYmsQRW— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) January 8, 2025
Mohammed, Hassan, and Ali—the Typical “German” New Year’s Eve Criminals
Police statistics have revealed what many people in Germany had already suspected: the perpetrators of criminal activities during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Berlin were primarily either foreigners or German citizens with a migrant background.
As we reported, New Year’s Eve on the streets of major cities in Germany went by in the manner Germans have become accustomed to: young men wreaked havoc by launching fireworks in public areas, setting buildings ablaze, and attacking emergency services.
New York City has imposed a congestion charge on drivers entering Manhattan. Should Toronto follow suit?
A congestion charge, a long-debated idea in North America, has finally come into effect in New York City and is being praised by experts who say Toronto could benefit from a similar approach .
On Sunday, New York was the first U.S. city to adopt the system after years of studies and delays, joining the likes of London, Stockholm and Singapore which have seen lasting traffic reductions since implementing congestion charges.
One more reason to move out of Toronto.
The View co-host Sunny Hostin’s surgeon husband Emmanuel accused of insurance fraud in bombshell lawsuit
The long-time husband of The View co-host Sunny Hostin is starting the New Year under a cloud after being accused of federal insurance fraud.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin is among nearly 200 defendants named in one of the largest RICO cases ever filed in New York.
He and many of the others are accused or getting kickbacks by performing surgery and fraudulently billing a company that insures taxi companies and Uber and Lyft drivers.