“Stephen Harper has used prorogation to avoid difficult political circumstances,” the Liberals’ 2015 platform complained. “We will not.”
Well, that was then. Mr. Harper, it is true, had used the power to prorogue Parliament in the way the Liberals described: to escape certain defeat on a confidence vote, in December, 2008, and to cut short a parliamentary committee’s inquiries into the Afghan prisoners affair, in 2010.
A new year is upon us, with the sun setting on the darkness and despair that once was and hope rising again like the morning sun. Or something like that. What is in store for the world in 2025?
h/t DS
In Canadian politics, 16 per cent is an ugly number with a lethal history.
The governing Progressive Conservatives won only 16.04 per cent of the national vote in 1993.
After ruling with a hefty majority since 1988, they were left with only two seats in Parliament.
Comedian Whitney Cummings savaged the Democrats and CNN to host Anderson Cooper and co-host Andy Cohen’s faces on their annual New Year’s Eve blowout.
Cummings, a standup comic with several specials, TV series, films and a book to her name, was appearing to offer some harsh jokes to ‘roast’ 2024.
She started out lashing the Democrats for continuing to stand by Joe Biden until well past his Georgia debate disaster.
h/t All who sent this in.
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are closing out 2024 hitting a new long-term high in ballot support, with a 26 point advantage over the Liberals amid calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign.
According to Nanos Research’s latest weekly ballot tracking, the federal Conservatives currently hold 47 per cent of support, over the Liberals’ 21 per cent. Jagmeet Singh’s NDP are not far behind, sitting at 17 per cent support.
Donald Trump has denied he has changed his position on H-1B visas after the subject fractured the MAGAverse.
The President-elect spoke to reporters on the red carpet as he and first lady Melania Trump arrived at his annual New Year’s Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago.
The incoming commander-in-chief was asked why he changed his mind and publicly backed the H-1B visa program.
He hasn’t been sworn in yet and already he’s disappointing his base.
Tweeting on Christmas Eve, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to “defund wokism and fight antisemitism. And stand with our friends in Israel against terror.” The statement included a link to an interview he gave to the Winnipeg Jewish Review, in which he said he would “defund … all those with a woke antisemitic agenda,” including universities.
Donald Trump’s comeback in 2024 was extraordinary. The US president-elect survived his political opponents’ attempts to convict and jail him, as well as a sniper’s fire by a mere inch. His victory in November represented one of the most significant political realignments in US history, with him continuing to win over, most notably, black and Latino voters, whom many assumed were permanently attached to the Democrats.
Virtually all Canadians say they believe the country is in the midst of a housing crisis, with 69 percent strongly agreeing with the statement and 26 percent saying they somewhat agree.
Teenage girls in the UK are more likely to get “repeatedly drunk” than their peers from almost anywhere else in Europe, a study has revealed.
Only those in Hungary, Denmark and Italy outdrink British girls, according to research by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
More than a third of 15-year-old girls in the UK have been drunk at least twice, compared with less than a quarter of boys the same age.
It has been a tough year for journalism. The mighty White House press corps was caught covering up the age-addled state of U.S. President Joe Biden. The conspiracy necessarily involved the vice-president and first lady, but neither of them were expected to tell the truth. Journalists are supposed to do that.
Some don’t try. There were those who bestrode the world of new journalism like veritable colossi, but it was not clear that they were aiming at journalism. Pandering to Vladimir Putin and castigating Winston Churchill is something, and a rather popular something at that, but is it journalism?
Yet another steaming pile of “What a heroine Freeland is.”
New Orleans terrorist sparks mystery over hidden object spotted on the back of his EV
FBI investigating New Orleans Car ramming as Terrorist attack
Latest – Suspect in New Orleans attack is dead, according to law enforcement official
Update – an act of terrorism says Mayor
The Mayor of New Orleans confirms the incident on Bourbon Street was an act of terrorism. pic.twitter.com/7tRKdwNtlz
— GB News (@GBNEWS) January 1, 2025
Update 2 – CNN – On the suspect: Kirkpatrick said a man had driven a truck intentionally at high speed into the crowd of New Year’s revelers and also shot two police officers, who are in stable condition.
Update 3 – Mayor calls incident a “terrorist attack,” but the FBI says otherwise … OK we all know the FBI can not be trusted.
Explosive device found at scene
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten people were killed and 30 were injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ famed Canal and Bourbon Street in the first hours of New Year’s Day, according to NOLA Ready, the city’s emergency preparedness agency.
New Orleans police earlier said they were responding to a mass casualty incident on Wednesday that included fatalities. NOLA Ready advised people to stay away from the area.
It said the injured had been taken to five local hospitals.
Upperdate: Vehicle was a pick-up, dead may now number 12
12 DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS
A nightmare scenario unfolded as a pickup truck barreled into a crowd on Bourbon Street followed by a shooting spree.
12 confirmed dead
30 injured and hospitalized
Attacker’s status unknown
Motive remains a mystery #NewOrleansHorror #BourbonStreetAttack pic.twitter.com/kZA2LeWjud— Sallu (@SadaSaleel99138) January 1, 2025
#BREAKING: A major mass casualty event has been declared after numerous people were killed when a pick up truck plowed into a crowd followed by gunfire leaving dozens more injured⁰⁰#NewOrleans l #Louisiana
Currently, there is a significant emergency response as officials… pic.twitter.com/LLHdauALdw
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 1, 2025
BREAKING: Horror unfolds in the heart of the French Quarter, New Orleans.
A pickup truck slammed into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others. A night of joy turned into a devastating tragedy.
Our hearts go out to… pic.twitter.com/4WubTfofs6
— SENO ♥︎ (@Seno_Vibes) January 1, 2025
Twitter – New Orleans
You can’t say the Pentagon didn’t warn us. On December 18, the US Defense Department released the latest edition of its Congressionally mandated annual report on Chinese military capabilities.
It’s a sobering read detailing the People’s Liberation Army’s breakneck modernisation in space and cyberspace, in the air, on the ground and on and beneath the waves – modernisation clearly meant to equip PLA forces to invade and occupy Taiwan while holding off any US or allied forces that try to intervene.
JUST IN – China has reportedly revealed world’s first 6th-generation 'stealthy' fighter jet pic.twitter.com/Uf1gAHf4Hw
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) December 26, 2024
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— Times Square (@TimesSquareNYC) December 31, 2024
OTTAWA — With a majority of his caucus now calling on him to resign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a ski holiday, reflecting on whether to stay or go.
Trudeau is way down in the polls and facing challenges from within his party about whether he’s the right leader to unite Canadians. His decision comes as Canada braces for a tariff war when Donald Trump returns to the White House in three weeks.
