American scientists applied to engineer coronaviruses with remarkable similarities to SARS-CoV-2 at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018, just one year before the pandemic’s outbreak, according to newly released internal documents.
Elon Musk Says Biden Administration ‘Actively Aiding Illegal Immigration’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sharply criticized the Biden administration’s legal actions to force Arizona to dismantle a makeshift border wall and later to allow federal agents to remove Texas’s razor wire barrier, accusing the executive branch under President Joe Biden of “actively aiding illegal immigration.”
Mr. Musk made the remark in a message on X, commenting on a post by the End Wokeness account that pointed out that the Biden administration sued both Arizona and Texas over the states’ respective efforts to bolster the security of their border communities amid record waves of people crossing into the United States unlawfully.
A Chance for Legal Sanity on Homelessness
The Supreme Court may soon overturn Ninth Circuit rulings that have aggravated the crisis on the West Coast.
The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, dealing with whether the homeless have a constitutional right to camp on public property. As a result, the Court may soon overturn rulings by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that have greatly contributed to the West Coast’s homelessness crisis.
Six years ago, the Ninth Circuit first decided Martin v. City of Boise, ruling that, unless sufficient shelter beds were available, imposing criminal penalties on people for sleeping and camping in public violated the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. In 2022, the Ninth Circuit strengthened this precedent in the Grants Pass case, stating that even civil citations and citations for putting down bedding were forbidden.
Britain isn’t a free country
I’m old enough to remember when ‘it’s a free country’ was a phrase people used in conversation. It feels like it was the kind of thing they said regularly, either when someone asked permission to do something or when commenting on some particular eccentricity. Can I sit there? It’s a free country. You want to walk around dressed up as a pirate? Well, it’s a free country.
Perhaps it reflected a self-conscious British sense of themselves as freedom-loving people – which isn’t really true, or at least hasn’t been since 1914 – or maybe it was a Cold War thing. But I don’t think I’ve heard the phrase in at least 20 years, and perhaps that’s because it’s just not true anymore. If that sounds like the sort of hysteria you’d expect from a conservative commentator who’s been on the sherry, just consider a few recent cases.
‘MrBeast’ Normalizes Transgenderism
When Bruce Jenner announced to ABC’s Diane Sawyer that he identified as a woman in April 2015, it was a global tipping point for the transgender movement. Nearly 17 million people watched, and headlines, newscasts, and the internet exploded in its wake. Jenner, after all, is a member of the Kardashian clan, one of the wealthiest and most famous reality show families in the world. As one commentator observed, after Jenner’s interview, everyone knew a transgender person. The follow-up reality show I Am Cait, an LGBT activist noted, “put trans on the lips of everyone in the world.”
Islamists are wreaking havoc in British schools
Secular education is under concerted attack from hardline Muslim activists.
Maintaining authority in the classroom is difficult at the best of times. But it’s even harder when schools are being turned into sites of political conflict. In recent years, many of these conflicts have involved Islamist activists and Muslim parents who wish to impose their cultural and political ethos on the classroom. Their aim is to refashion schools in their own image. Those who stand in the way often court the risk of being accused of Islamophobia.
Prior to Oct 7 much was made of the alliance between Muslims and Christians fighting to keep at bay the perverts embedded in our education system.
I hate to say I told you so, but I warned at the time to be careful what you wish for.
Maybe good will yet come of the alliance. Who knows.
Woman, 32, who fatally stabbed her date 100 times in weed-induced ‘psychotic break’ is sentenced to just 100 HOURS community service – as judge says she ‘had no control over her actions’
A California woman who stabbed a man she was dating 100 times and killed him, before turning the knife on herself and her dog, has been handed 100 hours of community service.
Bryn Spejcher, 32, was given the astonishingly low sentence following psychiatrists’ ruling that the tragedy was ‘100 percent’ caused by cannabis-induced psychosis, which she suffered after taking two hits of the victim’s bong.
The judge ruled that Spejcher ‘experienced a psychotic break from reality’ and ‘had no control over her actions’ when she killed Chad O’Melia, then 26, on Memorial Day weekend 2018.
Deputy Prime Minister Freeland Says Ottawa Will Appeal Federal Judge’s Decision on Emergencies Act
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government will be appealing the decision of a federal judge who found that the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy was “unreasonable.”
“We have discussed it with the prime minister, with cabinet colleagues, with senior federal government officials and experts,” she told reporters in Montreal on Jan. 23. “We respect very much Canada’s independent judiciary. However, we do not agree with this decision. And respectfully, we will be appealing it.”
WE respect our independent judiciary except for this one time. And that other time. Plus the other times.
Davos Elites See Potential Return of Trump as Threat to Global Order
A major news item from across the Atlantic stole the spotlight at this year’s annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, where the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people gathered to address global challenges.
Former President Donald Trump’s record-setting victory in Iowa on Jan. 15 became the talk of the town at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Alpine ski village. According to some observers, the question of his potential return to the White House dominated conversations at dinners and parties throughout the summit, overshadowing even the most pressing global issues.
Trudeau announces ‘Team Canada’ approach to U.S. election
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that he has assigned two cabinet ministers to lead a new “Team Canada” engagement to ensure Canada and his government are prepared for all possible outcomes from this fall’s United States presidential election.
“Canada-U.S. relations are fundamental for the prosperity and well-being of Canadians,” Trudeau told reporters in Montreal, where he is wrapping up two days of meetings with his cabinet.
No one pays serious attention to Trudeau at home or abroad.
Mississauga man charged in pro-Palestinian protest that blocked off Gardiner Expressway
Police have charged a 26-year-old Mississauga man for allegedly blocking off the Gardiner Expressway to stage a pro-Palestinian protest in November.
Police accuse the man of being one of several drivers who jumped out of their cars to “engage in unlawful assembly on the highway.” They blocked all lanes of traffic westbound on the Gardiner Expressway at Spadina Avenue.
Police say the demonstrators fled when they arrived.
Trudeau admits he’ll spend your money like a drunken Trudeau to buy next election
Justin Trudeau fends off dire warnings, says he won’t slash federal spending
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t believe in slashing federal spending to please business groups or opposition Conservatives, raising questions about how his Liberal government would meet its own goal to cap annual budget deficits in the coming years.
Speaking to reporters on the final day of the Liberal cabinet retreat ahead of the winter sitting of Parliament, Trudeau brushed aside a recent statement from a prominent corporate lobby group that concludes meeting the goal could require $12 billion in annual spending cuts or increased taxes — far more than the reduction of $15.4 billion the Liberals have pledged to make over the next five years.
Unpredictable consequences of improved healthcare
More psychopaths survive into adulthood
This is a woman passionately arguing for the right to dismember fully developed human infants. She is no better than any other serial killer. The lowest form of evil on the planet. A demon from the pit of hell. Words cannot fully express the evil of the pro-abortion movement. https://t.co/l0Pr0SXWEf
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 23, 2024
Tasha Kheiriddin: Liberals put all their bets on campaigning against … Donald Trump
It’s retreat week for two of Canada’s top three political parties. The Liberal cabinet is hunkered down in Montreal, talking housing, cost of living, and Donald Trump. The NDP caucus is assembled in Edmonton, strategizing on how to squeeze their priorities into the Liberals’ upcoming spring budget.
And the Conservatives? They’re just sitting pretty at the top of the polls, to the consternation of their rivals, who are staring down the barrel of a 2025 election with very few options for turning the tide.
WTF?
How would you describe this to a time traveler from the 1800s? pic.twitter.com/VCL82tv5no
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) January 23, 2024