FBI knew all about Joe and Hunter’s business dealings, laptop authenticity — and did nothing: files

Within several days of The New York Post breaking its blockbuster 2020 story on Hunter Biden’s laptop, the FBI received a flash drive containing emails and text messages from the cellphones of one of Hunter’s business partners, confirming the contents of Hunter’s computer were real and not “disinformation,” as the FBI led social media and the public to believe.

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‘We’re barely making it’: Eight Canadians reveal the pain of soaring mortgage costs

In July, 2020, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem assured Canadian households that borrowing rates were very low and would stay that way “for a very long time.”

And by all appearances, it looked like he would be right. The economy was in shambles amid widespread shutdowns and sky-high unemployment because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many turned to government financial supports to afford basic necessities and keep businesses afloat. Inflation remained low.


Bad but then there’s … Brampton landlord renting out sad room where you can’t eat meat or drink in the house

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Cult of self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ threatens Sask. village with public executions

An extremist cult leader and her followers have set up camp in a small Saskatchewan village, 83 kilometres northwest of Maple Creek, near the Alberta border. The group has called for public execution of elected officials and other members in and around the community.

Romana Didulo is known as a far-right QAnon conspiracy theorist. She has declared herself the “Queen of Canada,” among other titles including the national Indigenous leader.

She has amassed thousands of followers by pushing conspiracy theories and what she calls decrees through social media, particularly Telegram — a messaging app that has grown in popularity with the far right.

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Rapists wrongly labelled as ‘women’ by police

Police have wrongly labelled hundreds of suspected rapists as women, The Telegraph can reveal – despite the Home Secretary saying they should not do so.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act show for the first time the scale of police adopting the self-declared gender of alleged sex attackers.

Over the past four years, police forces have referred 260 “females” to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider a charge of rape.

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We need to know when government is trying to alter our behaviour

You think you’re always the one making your own decisions? Think again.

For some years now, governments have been using a new tool that allows them to guide our choices furtively, without the need for regulation, coercion, or taxation. It’s the nudge, a technique that mobilizes the cognitive biases of individuals, which is to say the unconscious and emotional part of the human mind, to influence our behaviour.

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IDF: State of alert for war | Massive terror attack in Israel

Since the early hours of the morning, the Hamas terrorist organization has begun a massive shooting of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, and terrorists infiltrated into Israeli territory in a number of different locations.

According to initial reports, there are nany casualties and a concern that Israelis have been abducted and brought to the Gaza strip.

Civilians in the southern and central areas are required to stay next to shelters, and in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip, inside shelters.

Good running timeline at Jpost – Israel at War: Dozens dead as Israel targets Gaza in response

Twitter – Israel

Reports of up to 100 dead, hostages taken.

Translation of clip below – “A complete massacre on the road somewhere in “Israeli territory”, with an abandoned IDF Merkava 4 tank in the background.”

Does not yet seem a determined effort by Hezbollah

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Cracks are showing in support of the war in Ukraine

The U.S. has kept Ukraine’s armed forces in the field, but support for the war among Americans is falling.

The future does not look good for those battling the Russians in Ukraine. The long-promised spring offensive against the Russians has never really taken place.

Over the past few months there have been some pitched battles that have cost Moscow much. But so far, the Russians still control much of Ukraine’s territory. More important, there are divisions developing within the anti-Moscow coalition.

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Hunter Biden withdrew $20,000 from daughter Maisy’s college fund and spent it on hookers and drugs

Hunter Biden withdrew his daughter’s college savings to help fund a months-long drug and hooker binge – and still hasn’t paid the taxes on it, documents unearthed exclusively by DailyMail.com reveal.

The First Son’s profligacy was cast in sharp relief in papers from an IRS whistleblower who investigated him for tax crimes, released by Congress last month.

In late 2018 Hunter was in his ‘penultimate odyssey through full blown addiction’, according to his memoir, skulking in Connecticut motels and frittering away thousands on prostitutes and crack cocaine.

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Federal Prediction on Break-Even Period for EV Subsidies ‘Wildly Optimistic,’ PBO Tells MPs

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says the federal government’s estimate of five years for it to break even on subsidies to auto giants Volkswagen and Stellantis was “wildly optimistic,” citing the PBO’s recent report that found it would take more than 20 years.

The federal government relied on a report by the non-profit group The Trillium Network for their claim, but Yves Giroux told MPs on the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Thursday that the Trillium report contained “a lot of assumptions.”

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Cameron Ortis trial: RCMP documents detail alleged multi-billion dollar terrorist money laundering scheme in GTA

Newly released documents show Canadian involvement in an international investigation of an alleged money laundering ring in the Greater Toronto Area that authorities believe is linked to a man accused of laundering money for terrorists.

Altaf Khanani, a Pakistani national, has been on the radar of international law enforcement since at least 2008, when he was arrested in his home country for allegedly transferring money illegally.

The U.S. State Department accused Khanani, once described in a media report as “one of the world’s most wanted fraudsters,” of laundering billions of dollars for organized crime and terrorist outfits, including al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Diversity something something ….

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In the disaster that is Chicago, its teachers union plays a starring role

“… Minority pupils compose 89 percent of Chicago’s public-school student body. In third through eighth grades, the percentage of Black students proficient in reading and math are 11 percent and 6 percent. Hispanics: 17 percent, 11 percent. The percentage of 11th-graders proficient on the SAT in reading and math: Black students 10 and 8; Hispanics: 16 and 17. In 22 schools, not a single student can read at grade level; in 33, not a single student can do math at grade level. Even the supposedly good news is disgusting: Last year, the graduation rate was a record high 82.9 percent — even though chronic absenteeism is 49 percent among low-income students.”

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NZ doctors avoided Covid jabs while insisting the public had them

THE New Zealand Ministry of Health granted vaccine exemptions to hundreds among its key staff whilst hypocritically insisting that the public be vaccinated.

An Official Information Act (OIA) request to the ministry dated August 2, 2023 asked the following question:

‘According to the legislation at the time in 2021, there were operational exemptions available for those who were not getting vaccinated against Covid-19. How many requests were received? How many were approved by the ministry?’

h/t Mauser

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