In a Twitter post gone viral, Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert channeled her inner Ronald Reagan, calling out Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for the socialist-style lockdown of Washington, D.C.
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Fauci Turns Into A Bumbling Mess When Asked About the “Science” For Denying Vaccinated Americans Travel
During an interview with CNN host John Berman, President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci couldn’t answer how it is “science” to deny Americans the right to travel even after they have been vaccinated.
Poll: Majority of Voters Concerned by Joe Biden’s Lack of Press Conferences
Fifty-two percent of likely voters expressed concern. Of those, 37 percent said they are “very” concerned. About a quarter, or 24 percent, of respondents, said they are “not very” concerned, followed by 22 percent who said they are “not at all” concerned.
‘Burn Every Cop Precinct To The Ground’: New DCCC CTO Tweeted Violent, Anti-Police Rhetoric
Erica Joy Baker went so far as to say she hates the police, considers them a “modern slave patrol,” and urged her followers to burn police precincts to the ground if she were ever killed by an officer, according to tweets recently uncovered by Fox News and The Daily Caller.
Pinterest Creating New Engineering Hub, 50 New Jobs in Toronto
“When we look at where many of Pinterest’s engineers trained, and a large number studied at Canadian universities, which have specialized in machine learning training,” said Rahim Daya, Pinterest’s head of international product and Toronto engineering tech lead. “The quality of engineering talent in Toronto is some of the best in the world and is an ideal match to Pinterest’s unique engineering needs.”
Most Canadians think ‘normal life’ won’t return until 2022 or beyond: Ipsos poll
As the novel coronavirus pandemic drags on, a new Ipsos poll suggests most Canadians are growing pessimistic that life will return to some semblance of normal later this year.
The poll, conducted exclusively for Global News, found that despite the arrival of multiple vaccines to combat the pandemic — and promises that every adult will have access to one by September — only 28 per cent of those surveyed expect things to start to feel normal by this winter.
Montreal to spend $1.4 million on community groups in areas plagued by gun violence
The funding will be directed to the boroughs of Montreal North, Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles and St-Léonard as well as the neighbourhood of St-Michel. The money will support organizations developing community-level projects to “reinforce urban safety, and improve the quality of life for those neighbourhoods that have been grappling with violent incidents over the past few months.”
Roger Waters Urges Stevie Wonder to Turn Down Israel’s Wolf Prize
In a video posted on Facebook, Waters launched into one his now famous rants, telling Wonder: “This is an apartheid regime. This is Israel. You will be whitewashing them beyond all belief if you accept the prize.”
France Threatens To Make Covid Jabs Compulsory For Health Workers Because Of ‘Unacceptable’ Uptake
The French government claims that the level of Covid-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers “is not acceptable” and warns that if vaccination rates don’t improve it could make the jab compulsory.
Opinion: Canada needs a populist party to return it to economic stability
Rather than almost mirroring the Liberals’ agenda, the Tories should be offering more traditional, conservative policies on deficits, size of government and regulation.
My Pillow Guy announces a new social media platform welcoming total free speech
Mike Lindell, the My Pillow guy, has been working on a new social-media platform for four years to compete with Twitter and Facebook. He said in an interview on Friday on Charlie Kirk’s podcast, “people will be able to talk and not walk on eggshells.”
Governor Newsom says ‘we’re not going back to normal’ after pandemic
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will say during his State of the State address that the pandemic will end soon. But when it does, Newsom will say that “we’re not going back to normal” because “normal accepts inequity.”
China launches COVID-19 vaccination certificates for cross-border travel
As vaccines are globally being rolled out, a few countries, including Bahrain, have already introduced certificates identifying vaccinated people and the European Union agreed to develop vaccine passports under pressure from tourism-dependent southern countries.
The certificate issued by China would have details about the holder’s COVID-19 vaccination information and coronavirus test results, the Department of Consular Affairs under China’s foreign ministry said on its website.
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Vegan mania: 1 in 3 Americans think country will go meatless — by 2039!
Will the stereotypical “Western diet” be a meatless diet within the next two decades? A new survey finds one-third of Americans think people will all be eating meat-free diets in the future and that “the future” is closer than you think.
Should vaccinated people across Canada get certain freedoms? Here’s what health experts say
Ontario health officials are asking people who are vaccinated to continue following COVID-19 safety rules until more people get inoculated — but some health experts say Canada’s vaccinated population should get some freedoms, including socializing indoors without masks and physical distancing.
Trump Releases New Statement, Savages Joe Biden For Disastrous Border Policies Endangering America
I have a feeling that it won’t be long that even Democrats who live close to the southern U.S. border will be begging for former President Donald Trump to come back and fix the enormous, unnecessary mess that President Joe Biden has already created within his first two months in the White House.
‘Third wave’ field hospital being assembled in parking lot of Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital
Workers were spotted assembling a mobile field hospital in the parking lot of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto in preparation for a potential third wave of the coronavirus.
The 100-bed facility is one of two mobile field hospitals promised by the Trudeau government being set up in Sunnybrook’s parking lot is one of the promised facilities, CTV news Toronto learned Monday, and is meant to help bolster the region’s health-care system against being overwhelmed.
Engineers Propose Building ‘Lunar Ark’ In Moon’s Lava Tubes
University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga has proposed a solar-powered “lunar ark” to act as a “modern global insurance policy” for humanity.
The concept would store cryogenically frozen seed, spore, sperm, and egg samples from 6.7 million Earth species.
Canada scores poorly on COVID Misery Index
In their new COVID Misery Index, ranking the relative despair caused during the pandemic, MLI ranked Canada as the fifth most-miserable country out of the fifteen countries studied.
Soldier Who Made An Attempt on Trudeau’s Life Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
Yep:
A Canadian soldier who crashed his truck through security gates around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s home and prowled the grounds with three loaded guns was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday.
“Corey Hurren committed a politically motivated armed assault intended to intimidate Canada’s elected government,” Judge Robert Wadden of the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa said in his sentencing verdict.