Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran blames Israel for killing top scientist
Iran’s president has blamed Israel for the killing of a top nuclear scientist on Friday, and said it would not slow down the country’s nuclear programme.
Hassan Rouhani also said Iran would retaliate over Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s killing at a time of its choosing.
Fakhrizadeh was killed in an ambush on his car by gunmen in the town of Absard, east of the capital Tehran.
Israel has not commented, but it has previously accused him of being behind a covert nuclear weapons programme.
Judge: Republicans Will Likely Win Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit
The judge who ordered Pennsylvania to not certify the results of the 2020 election wrote in an opinion on Friday that the Republicans who filed the related lawsuit will likely win the case.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Judge Patricia McCullough made the assessment as part of an opinion explaining her rationale for blocking Pennsylvania’s election certification.
A group of Republican lawmakers and candidates sued the Keystone State earlier this week, arguing that the state legislature’s mail-in voting law—Act 77—violated the commonwealth’s constitution.
Patty’s do as I say, not as Hajdu attitude costs taxpayers more than $100,000
Newly released government documents show flying Canada’s health minister home during the pandemic lockdown when Canadians were told to stay home set taxpayers back more than $100,000.
The flight details show Hajdu and her health ministry were billed for 22.5 hours of flight time. Based on those figures, and cost estimates that are almost a decade old, Hajdu’s flight time would have cost taxpayers $45,000 but likely much more given inflation.
Court freezes 7 properties owned by family members allegedly involved in theft of 11 million in COVID-19 relief funds
A court order is blocking any sales of seven Toronto properties owned by the family members alleged to have been involved in the theft of $11 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the Star has learned.
Six condominium units and a seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in North York are now subject to a court-ordered “no dealings indicator on the title,” meaning they cannot be sold or the ownership transferred.
As first revealed by the Star, the Ontario government alleges that “some or all of” Sanjay Madan, Shalini Madan, their sons Chinmaya Madan and Ujjawal Madan, and associate Vidhan Singh perpetrated “a massive fraud” to direct pandemic cash to hundreds of bank accounts.
I bet no one in the public service said a word because “racist.”
Woman freed in Iran hostage swap was originally arrested for dating an Israeli: report
A British-Australian professor who spent 804 days in some of Iran’s most notorious jails was originally arrested for dating an Israeli, according to a report.
Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released from custody on Thursday after the Australian government secretly arranged a complicated prisoner swap also involving Thailand, the Australian paper The Age reports.
The university lecturer was stopped at Tehran airport in 2018, purportedly on false allegations she was a spy.
Ontario reports 1,822 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 1,822 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as processed tests surpassed the province’s daily target for a second day in a row.
Provincial health officials say 29 more people died from the virus. A total of 3,624 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Ontario since January.
LILLEY: Trudeau fumbles on vaccines while telling Canadians to look toward finish line
Canadians watching Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempting to explain away why he has no answers on when we might see COVID-19 vaccines arrive relative to other countries might be forgiven for yelling out one of the internet’s favourite ripostes, “You had one job!”
Asked time and again by reporters when we might see a vaccine given the U.K. is already booking appointments and the U.S. is looking at a roll out two weeks from now, Trudeau fumbled all over the place, often attempting bad sports analogies.
Of course… Canadian COVID-19 clinical trial scrapped after China wouldn’t ship potential vaccine
Backlash as Brennan sides with Iran’s Mullahs over killing of Iranian Nuclear Scientist
Following Iran’s announcement that the head of its nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday afternoon, Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan set off a storm after criticizing the “criminal” killing.
In response to the Iranian scientist’s death, which was labelled a “major psychological and professional blow for Iran,” Brennan was quick to publicize his condemnation.
Behold the Biden administration.
Toronto police clarify that they have ‘numerous’ persons of interest in Sherman murder probe
The lead detective in the Barry and Honey Sherman murder investigation says police have ‘numerous’ persons of interest in the three-year-old case.
Det. Sgt. Brandon Price issued a brief update and “clarification” statement late Friday, saying he was doing so “in fairness to the friends and family of Barry and Honey Sherman.”
Price’s comments regarding “numerous” persons of interest in the murders of the billionaire philanthropists follow those of one of his detectives during a court hearing last week where the Star was seeking to unseal search warrant information, and statements by Toronto police communications officers on Thursday. In all of those statements, police said they had identified a single person of interest.
Yea, sure ya do.
Carter Page Takes Comey, McCabe, Strzok to Court in $75M Obamagate Lawsuit
On Friday, Carter Page — the former CIA informant whom the FBI nonetheless targeted for warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — filed an explosive $75 million lawsuit against the key actors in the FISA surveillance scandal known as Spygate or Obamagate. While U.S. Attorney John Durham’s report into this matter is still forthcoming, Page appears to have decided to take matters into his own hands and pursue justice in the courts.
WARMINGTON: Out of jail on bail, Skelly’s BBQ revolt rolls on
After spending a night in jail, Adamson BBQ’s owner Adam Skelly is now out on $50,000 bail.
But that is not the biggest news of Barbecue Revolt Day 4.
Data Scientist: ‘Weird’ Spike in Incomplete Nevada Voter Registrations, Use of ‘Casinos’ as Home Addresses
An affidavit filed by Republicans in Nevada, citing a data scientist, shows an allegedly inexplicable jump in voter registrations in the state.
The scientist, Dorothy Morgan, referenced in their affidavit, said she spotted a “historically strange” increase in voter registrations missing the sex and age of the voter, as well as registrations where casinos and RV parks are provided as “their home or mailing addresses” in the Third Congressional District, which covers much of Clark County and Las Vegas.
Democrats Want Unity Only on Their Terms
Many Trump haters have been lying all along about President Donald Trump, what he stands for, what his record has been, and who his supporters are. Now they tell us they want unity.
What Trump wants — and want his supporters want — is for America to reclaim its greatness, its robust liberty tradition, its prosperity, the integrity of its borders, fair trade deals with foreign nations, and its military strength. He has made great strides in achieving these goals.
Trump’s opponents — the media, Democrats, never-Trump Republicans — have never given him a moment’s rest, never a benefit of the doubt, never an atom of cooperation or bipartisanship. They haven’t just served as the loyal opposition, resisting his agenda like the minority party is expected to do. They have never let him govern. From the time he stepped on the political stage, they’ve harassed, investigated, bullied, impeached and censored him.
The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day Seven: Beware Bill C-10’s Unintended Consequences
With the introduction of the government’s plan to regulate Internet streaming services, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has touted new rules that will require companies such as Netflix and Spotify to make mandatory payments in support of Canadian content. The government’s bill also paves the way for the companies to both tinker with what they show to subscribers, so as to increase the “discoverability” of Canadian content, and open their books to Canada’s telecom and broadcast regulator by granting access to confidential corporate information.
SCOTUS Ruling Hides Fine Print That Destroys Bill Of Rights
Yesterday evening the US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, defended the Constitution’s Bill of Rights against a concerted attack by one of the three most totalitarian governors in the United States, New York’s Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo had decreed that the size of religious services could be arbitrarily limited to as few as 10 people. Ostensibly, this was to protect us all from the dreaded Chinese Lung AIDS because, as we all know, that virus hates people who go to church and hangs out in the church parking lot to attack those who attend. This is much like how the virus loves to visit bars and restaurants after 9 p.m. and how it also targets Thanksgiving meals. For reasons unknown to scientists, the virus is afraid to get close to BLM or Antifa demonstrations…though it is very, very attracted to demonstrations defending Constitutional rights. How very odd. It is almost like the scientists are just making up sh** to target gatherings they personally oppose or push policies they approve of. But we know they would never do that.