Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a single Republican.
Pentagon on Lockdown After Multiple Shots Fired on Bus Platform
WJZ/CNN reports the bus platform “is a major entrance to the Pentagon used by thousands of personnel every day entering and leaving the building.”
Chief Pining for the Fjords latest contender for the coveted “Archie” award
Celebrated artist says he’s Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor. His family says he isn’t
A celebrated artist in Kingston, Ont., who goes by an Ojibway name and is known for paintings on Indigenous themes has been making inaccurate claims for decades about being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor, according to family, members of 11 First Nations and other close acquaintances.
… But those who know Blanchard, including his ex-wife and brother, tell CBC he is not who he claims to be.
“My family is white,” said one of the artist’s brothers, Allen Blanchard, who describes his family’s ancestry as primarily Norwegian, English, with some French.
The Internet Celebrates the Collapse of the Left’s Woke Olympic Icons
Far from finding a Team USA loss devastating, many reacted gleefully when the team led by loud and proud anti-American protester Megan Rapinoe went down to defeat in Japan.
Canada should Indigenize the Senate
Canadians are increasingly recognizing the horror of their country’s deep-rooted colonial past and have begun looking for, and demanding, remedies. Now is the time for change.
Amazon will now pay you $10 in credit for a scan of your palm print
It all started in September 2020, when Amazon introduced biometric palm print scanners at its cashier-less stores across the US, including Amazon Go and Amazon Books. Dubbed Amazon One, the scanners presented itself as a payment verification system where customers could merely wave their palm prints and zip their way through the checkout booth.
Trudeau’s Endless Foreign Aid Giveaways Are An Insult To Canadians
How is it that there’s always money for foreign countries even when Canada has gargantuan budget deficits and serious problems here at home?
Probe finds Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, violated federal and state law
Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state laws by sexually harassing multiple women — including current and former state employees — through actions that included touching their “intimate body parts” without consent, officials said Tuesday.
Cuomo also allegedly retaliated against some of the victims and created a “toxic” and hostile work environment in the Executive Chamber, officials said.
NY AG LETITIA JAMES: "The independent investigation has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated Federal and State law.”
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) August 3, 2021
Videotron to Expand Wireless Services Nationwide to ‘Break the Bell-Rogers-Telus Oligopoly’
Quebecor, the parent company of Videotron, says it is now moving forward with its plan to offer wireless services coast-to-coast in Canada.
Cross dresser announces retirement after ludicrous Olympic appearance
Olympian Laurel Hubbard says not a transgender icon but an athlete, plans to retire
TOKYO — The first openly transgender Olympian said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark appearance at the Tokyo Games should be fast forgotten as sport takes greater strides to be more inclusive.
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard, 43, said she had never sought publicity, nor regards herself a role model or trailblazer, but just wants to be treated like any other athlete on sport’s biggest stage.
The Olympics were damaged, now they’ve committed suicide.
Ontario reports 164 new Covid cases … and … Fauci says act as if unvaccinated even if vaccinated
Ontario is reporting 164 cases of #COVID19 today and 168 cases reported yesterday. Today, there are 45 new cases in the Toronto, 23 in York Region and 22 in Peel Region.
Over 11,500 tests were completed on August 2nd and nearly 11,700 tests on August 1st.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 3, 2021
‘Get tested’ for COVID-19 even if you’re fully vaccinated, Fauci says as Delta variant rages
“We used to say if you’re vaccinated and you come into contact with an infected person, you don’t need to do anything. You don’t need to test. You don’t need to isolate,” Fauci said during an interview with Global News reporter Jackson Proskow. “Now, that’s changed. Now, the recommendation is that you should be tested even if you’re vaccinated.”
Survey of Chinese Espionage in the United States Since 2000
This survey lists 160 publicly reported instances of Chinese espionage directed at the United States since 2000. It does not include espionage against other countries, against U.S. firms or persons located in China, nor more than 50 additional cases involving attempts to smuggle munitions or controlled technologies from the U.S. to China. We also did not include the more than 1200 cases of intellectual property theft litigation brought by U.S. companies against Chinese entities in either the U.S. or Chinese legal systems.
Why the delta variant is spreading COVID-19 so quickly — and what that means for Canada
The highly contagious variant (new window), which was first discovered in India in late 2020, has spread around the world and now accounts for the majority of cases in Canada and various other countries.
The recent spread in the United States has led the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to recommend that Americans wear masks in areas with substantial transmission regardless of vaccination status.
New FBI Initiative Will Put “Hate Crime” Quotas On Local Law Enforcement
The Department of Justice and the FBI have a message for local police departments: start charging more white people with hate crimes or invite an investigation.
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta told an assembly of FBI agents yesterday that they are now tasked with hounding police departments in their district if they do not register any “hate crimes.”
Doug Ford says he’ll hop into a school bus and drive kids to class this fall if he has to
Is there anything Doug Ford can’t do? By his own estimation, not really.
The Premier of Ontario has added “driving a school bus” to his ever-growing list of self-perceived capabilities, atop such talents as scolding yahoos, baking cheesecake, rescuing coyotes, vlogging trips to McDonald’s, seeing the future, fixing little red wagons, going up ying-yangs with firecrackers and coming at things “like an 800-pound gorilla.”