Afghan evacuees just walking away from military bases in U.S.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Something unexpected is happening at U.S. military bases hosting Afghan evacuees: Many hundreds of them are simply leaving before receiving U.S. resettlement services, two sources familiar with the data told Reuters.

The number of “independent departures,” which top 700 and could be higher, has not been previously reported. But the phenomenon is raising alarms among immigration advocates concerned about the risks to Afghans who give up on what is now an open-ended, complex and completely voluntary resettlement process.

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“Canadian” ISIS member caught in Syria flown to U.S. to face terrorism charges

A Canadian who was allegedly “a leading figure” in the ISIS media section has been taken to the United States to face terrorism charges, the U.S. Justice Department said Saturday.

The FBI took custody of Mohamed Khalifa from Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, where he was captured in January 2019, and flew him to the eastern U.S. to stand trial.

No worries, Justin will win his freedom and give him a big fat cheque.

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Trump asks federal judge to restore Twitter account

Former President Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, arguing the company improperly suspended him after receiving pressure from members of Congress.

Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate,” the Friday filing read, Bloomberg reported.

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Crappy Olympics weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is named sportswoman of the year in New Zealand

Assures world he’s female.

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been named sportswoman of the year by the University of Otago.

She was awarded this title by the university based in Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand at the Blues awards on Tuesday.

She is the first transgender winner of the award in its 113 year history celebrating sporting greatness.

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Does America have a real flying saucer? Lockheed Martin’s super-secretive Skunk Works chief refuses to comment on video

Lockheed Martin’s notoriously-secretive Skunk Works boss won’t comment on a video that shows an enormous, saucer-like object parked at a Lockheed testing facility.

A video posted on Twitter showed the sleek and aerodynamic object being pulled on the back of a flatbed trailer in the Mohave Desert.

It was likely spotted in Lockheed’s Helendale Radar Cross Section Facility, said Twitter user Ruben Hofs, who analyzed the video.

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Even halved in numbers Toronto city councilors find creative ways to waste millions: Create Black food sovereignty program

Toronto city council has just approved a five-year plan to deal with food insecurity in the Black community in a culturally sensitive way.

The plan, approved Friday, is the first of its sort in North America and lays out a multi-million dollar commitment to advance food sovereignty in Black communities over the next five years.

Melana Roberts, a policy development officer with the city’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism unit (CABR) who worked on the plan, said the team did not come across anything similar globally — a Black-led food plan funded municipally.

“We can’t just have a charitable approach to this,” Roberts tells the Star. “We need a human-rights-based approach that’s based in not only addressing the challenges Black communities face, but positioning them as leaders.”

It can’t just be charitable that would be racist.

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PM’s use of jet for Tofino vacation emitted as much CO2 as average Canadian per year

The use of a military jet for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s two-week family vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island pumped about as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the average emitted per capita in Canada each year.

Trudeau’s use of the Challenger to fly his family and a nanny from Ottawa to Nassau, Bahamas over the New Year holiday and back consumed about 9,100 litres of jet fuel, according to the Department of National Defence.

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Ontario reports 704 new Covid cases … and Pfizer looks to expand revenue stream … with your kids

Ontario reports 704 new Covid cases … and Pfizer looks to expand revenue stream … with your kids

Ontario reports 704 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths

Ontario reported more than 700 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths, marking the highest single-day case count in over a week.

Provincial health officials logged 704 new coronavirus infections today, up from 668 yesterday and from 640 a week ago.


Pfizer says it has submitted initial COVID-19 vaccine trial data for kids to Health Canada

TORONTO — Pfizer says it has submitted initial trial data for the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged five to 11 to Health Canada.

In an email to CTVNews.ca, Pfizer Canada confirmed the company has sent findings regarding its COVID-19 vaccine in children for review and continues to work with Heath Canada as it aims to file a formal submission by mid-October.

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‘Unequivocally no. Sorry.’ Obstinate Fauci says he will not step down under rare grilling on lost trust

Dr. Anthony Fauci made a somewhat surprising appearance on conservative Hugh Hewitt’s radio show Wednesday and was grilled about whether he should step aside as chief White House medical advisor given that many Americans have lost confidence in him, rendering him a deterrent in the Biden administration’s ongoing pandemic efforts.

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Increased immigration cannot solve Canada’s aging issues because immigrants have parents, too

The fact that the phrase “immigrants have parents” even needs to be said reveals something about the framing of Canadian immigration policy: the tendency to see immigrants as production units, bits of human capital to slot into the Canadian economy and to fill Canadian skill shortages or to provide top talent.

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DHS Says Being in the U.S. Illegally ‘Should Not Alone Be the Basis’ of Detaining or Deporting Illegals

It may be de rigueur in modern political America for a president entering the White House to alter policies of his predecessor for no other reason than the policies aren’t his, but Joe Biden is attacking the policies of Donald Trump on immigration and border security with particular relish, reflecting the bloodlust of his radical left supporters against any and all things Trump.

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Merck pill seen as ‘huge advance,’ raises hope of preventing COVID-19 deaths

An experimental antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co (MRK.N) could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19, according to data that experts hailed as a potential breakthrough in how the virus is treated.

Merck, the company that makes Ivermectin, stands to make $7 billion in 2021 alone on this newly patented medicine.

Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Now ‘My Little Pony’ goes woke! Netflix’s ‘political’ movie shows the baddies as ‘anti-science’ as the progressive ponies unite with a message of unity and reform

Netflix’s woke My Little Pony: A New Generation introduces its young viewers to themes of tolerance, prejudice and even fascism as it turns the colorful tiny horses into political pawns.

The film depicts anti-magic ponies – the ‘the baddies’ – as ignorant anti-science creatures likely to spread irrational fear and untruths.

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