Man Confronts Toronto Police In a LGBTQ Police Car 🏳️⚧️👮♂️🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/Dbu3fiBhjr
— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) April 24, 2024
H/T Mauser
Asylum seeker Ahmed Alid inspired by ‘revenge’ for Israel-Hamas war guilty of murdering pensioner
A Moroccan asylum seeker, who claimed he was acting in revenge for the Israel Hamas conflict has been convicted of murdering a pensioner in Hartlepool.
Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, to death just days after the October 7 terror attacks last year.
Alid was also found guilty of the attempted murder of his housemate Javed Nouri, 31, who he knifed in his bed minutes before attacking Mr Carney.
Canada refused to repatriate woman from ISIS camp because she can’t be arrested: internal memo
The last Canadian woman trying to return home from a detention camp in Syria for captured ISIS members is a national security risk because police lack evidence to arrest her, according to internal documents.
A Public Safety Canada memo obtained by Global News said the RCMP was unable to either charge the Montreal woman, referred to only by the initials F.J., or restrict her movements with a peace bond.
Rome’s Underground Mosques Breeding Ground for Islamic Extremism
Following in the footsteps of the European capitals of Paris and Brussels, Rome is fast emerging as a place where would-be Islamists are made, an undercover investigation by the conservative daily Il Tempo reveals.
Several underground mosques in the Eternal City, the report states, are spreading hatred for the Western world, its values, and its people.
Described as “hidden places of worship,” these underground mosques—initially founded to serve the increasing number of Muslim immigrants following the 2015 European migrant crisis—are seen as potential hotbeds for radicalization, with fears that individuals may be indoctrinated into extremist ideologies, posing security threats to society.
Honda to get up to $5B in govt help for EV battery, assembly plants
Honda is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., assembly plant, which it is retooling to produce fully electric vehicles, all part of a $15-billion project that is expected to include up to $5 billion in public money.
The two plants are expected to create 1,000 jobs on top of retaining the existing 4,200 jobs at the assembly plant.
Harvey Weinstein rape conviction overturned by NY appeals court
A New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction Thursday, ordering a new trial in a stunning reversal of a landmark #MeToo case.
In a 4-3 decision, the appeals court found that Weinstein’s trial judge allowed prosecutors to call women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to testify even though their accusations didn’t specifically relate to the entertainment mogul’s charges.
Freeland Doesn’t Care Housing Plan Unrealistic or Unsafe
Freeland Dismisses Concerns Housing Plan Unrealistic or Unsafe
As the federal government looks to spend billions to increase the supply of housing across the country, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland dismissed concerns that the ambitious building program was unrealistic or unsafe.
Ms. Freeland spoke to reporters in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, on April 23 and was asked about how the federal government expects to build 10,000 homes in Newfoundland and Labrador per year when the province’s home builders association has claimed that in the best year of construction, just 3,300 homes were built.
French towns impose curfews to counter youth violence
The southern French cities of Nice and Béziers are imposing night-time curfews for children under 13 amid rising public concern over youth violence, which has become a national political issue.
There have been a series of recent assaults involving minors. Two teenagers were charged with beating a 22-year-old man to death last week in Grande-Synthe, a suburb of the northern city of Dunkirk. Three weeks ago a 15-year-old boy died after being attacked by youths on his way home from school in Viry-Châtillon, a Paris suburb.
It’s a mystery who deez yutes is.
Islamophobia czar Amira Elghawaby is unfit for office
An ugly scene unfolded on Saturday, as dozens of anti-Israel demonstrators clogged the streets of downtown Ottawa, shouting genocidal slogans like “long live Oct. 7” and “from the river to the sea.”
The open intolerance on display in our nation’s capital played into a broader trend on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border: protesters across the continent are increasingly dropping any pretense of civility and behaving in an overtly hateful manner. This is a trend that has no doubt been abetted by leaders who have overlooked, or downplayed, the growing hatred.
Naomi Klein calls for ‘Exodus from Zionism’
Renowned Canadian Jewish author and columnist Naomi Klein called for an “exodus from Zionism,” denouncing the ideology as a “false idol” that has strayed from the core values of Judaism, in an op-ed for The Guardian.
In her piece, Klein used biblical allegory to draw attention to the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza, condemning Zionism for turning the “transcendent idea of the promised land” into a “deed of sale for a militaristic ethnostate.”
Klein’s piece directly challenged the traditional view of Zionism as a movement for Jewish liberation, instead portraying it as an ideology that has justified oppression, colonialism, and violence in the name of Jewish safety.
The Israel-Hamas conflict is now as much an intramural affair as religious war.
We need an exodus from Zionism – by Naomi Klein
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Michael Oren: FBI must investigate money trail behind campus antisemitic protests
… This shift has notably affected disciplines like American Studies, which have become distinctly anti-American, Oren continued. He also pointed out that even some Jewish academics have joined the anti-Israel chorus, failing to recognize the potential negative consequences for themselves. “They fail to see that this path also ends badly for them.”
Reflecting on Passover, Oren cited the Haggadah’s story of the Wicked Son, which he believes mirrors the stance of those who don’t identify with their own people and criticize Israel’s defenders. “It’s the best image for these people who keep saying that if you defend Israel, you’re a bad Jew. Eventually, they’ll become one of the bad Jews themselves. This movement is a deep-seated cultural trend that has taken decades to evolve, and undoing it may also take decades,” said Oren.
Employers boost recruitment of temporary foreign workers, despite softer labour market
Canadian companies ramped up their recruitment of temporary foreign workers last year, even as the labour market softened and the unemployment rate drifted higher.
During the last quarter of 2023, employers were approved to fill more than 81,000 positions through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, according to figures shared by the federal government with The Globe and Mail. It was easily the largest quarter for approvals since Ottawa made several employer-friendly changes to the program in the spring of 2022.
Isn’t it swell that Trudeau outsourced immigration intake so his corporate welfare cronies can depress wages!
Seventy Israeli hostages have been killed, says captive
Around half of the remaining Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas have been killed in Gaza, an Israeli-American captive said in a rare proof-of-life video.
Hamas released a two-minute video on Wednesday night showing 24-year-old Hersch Goldberg-Polin appealing to the Israeli government to bring him home.
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas that would have included a hostage swap and pause in fighting have collapsed.
The video of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 24, who was kidnapped during Hamas' October 7 attack while at an outdoor rave near Re'im in southern Israel. pic.twitter.com/X6BueZSO3l
— Quique Kierszenbaum (@Quique_K) April 24, 2024
Oh Brother … Star wets itself because Poilievre met with folks who hate Trudeau
Pierre Poilievre is courting support from groups that spew hate. Is this really the alternative to Justin Trudeau we want?
Perhaps Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was feeling too comfortable.
After all, his party is ahead of the Liberals by 20 points in public opinion polls. The poll aggregator 338Canada.com has the Conservatives winning a 207-seat majority in the House of Commons, if an election were held today — a Brian Mulroney-sized landslide, and that’s without the Bloc Québécois’ seats.
The Conservatives, according to Abacus Data, lead across all age brackets, education brackets, even gender lines.
Trudeau’s media is getting desperate. At this stage outside of Toronto and Ottawa you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who likes Junior.
The Diagalonians should sue the Star.
RCMP documents contradict mainstream media claims Diagalon is a ‘far-right threat’
Internal RCMP documents reveal law enforcement concluded controversial Diagolon does “not pose a criminal or national security threat,” contrary to the Public Safety Minister’s remarks.
h/t Mauser
Pessimistic young Germans turning to far right, says study
Young people are more likely to vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) than previously, a study on Tuesday showed.
Authors of the “Youth in Germany 2024” study said that under-30s were increasingly disgruntled with their social and economic situation, and that fears about future prosperity were driving a shift to the right.
The AfD’s signature issue is a hard-line anti-immigration stance, and the data showed that migration was among young people’s main concerns.
Kevin Vuong: Justin Trudeau is sacrificing young people’s futures for short-term political gain
Listening to Budget 2024 brought forth a flood of memories from my past as an entrepreneur before being asked to run for office. At the time, I was under 30 and, along with my business co-founders, imbued with the spirit that most startups are fuelled by: unbridled passion, perseverance and a desire to succeed in a system where hard work pays off. As an MP, I see the same traits in young people today.