Literally everything about his life has gotten worse with Trump as president. pic.twitter.com/XZsXBYTaeu
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 9, 2025
Author: Blazingcatfur
Survey suggests Canadians are open to mandatory service for those under 30 – as long as it’s not military
A recent survey suggests many Canadians are open to the idea of serving their country in some way, even if it’s mandatory. However, many aren’t keen on the idea of military service, favouring alternative civilian areas like public health or environmental support.
The Angus Reid survey, released Sunday, found that Canadians are in favour of the idea of mandatory civilian service, which would entail one year of time donated for those younger than 30 years of age.
In recent years, Germany, France, Norway and other countries have followed this model of service, the survey says
They won. Few if any will fight for what remains of the Canada we knew.
WTF?
Men, especially the conservative ones, have no idea who women really are.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never given much thought to any of this, have you? pic.twitter.com/96r41ke0Qp
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 11, 2025
The Caliphate is advancing in the European twilight
There are ideas so unthinkable and absurd that they are dismissed with a laugh and a flick of the hand—until they materialize.
One such idea is the introduction of sharia.
And yet, here we are.
A job posting for a “Sharia Administrator” was published on the UK government’s official job site (and removed after criticism from MPs, reports the Telegraph).
Yes, you read that correctly.
Therapy’s Identity Politics Problem: The field has embraced left-wing racialism.
Psychotherapy used to be a refuge from politics, but it’s become another front in the culture war. Therapists once helped people face reality. Today, more and more, they urge patients to interpret it through a hierarchy of oppression.
As a psychotherapist with more than two decades of experience, I have observed this shift firsthand. Hundreds of patients have come to me after being frustrated or even harmed by previous therapists, who encouraged them to interpret their struggles through the lens of identity politics.
WTF?
BREAKING — The wildfire narrative has changed
Liberal leaders have realized the "hiking causes fires" isnt working
NOW
They are telling Canadians that "we're banning you from the woods because you could break your leg" walking your dog. WHAT?!? pic.twitter.com/rzY1tAhv4v
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) August 11, 2025
h/t Mauser
Reading Between the Lines on the State of the Canada-US Trade Deal
There’s been very little publicly shared about the progress of Ottawa-Washington trade talks, but what little has been revealed in recent weeks hasn’t been very positive.
Publicly, the cabinet has said the trade talks with the Trump administration are moving along positively, while at the same time stressing that they need to keep the discussions to the negotiating table and that they can’t disclose much more.
But from what can be gathered from public records, whether it’s the state of communication between the two leaders or messaging around the need to accelerate internal efforts to build resilience, it appears Canada isn’t on the verge of a breakthrough.
Hamas’s Plan to Undermine America’s Arab Allies
After rejecting all proposals for a ceasefire-and-hostage deal, the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas is now trying to incite Arabs to revolt against their own governments under the pretext that the Arab leaders have failed to help the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Recently, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, who together with his family moved from the Gaza Strip to Qatar before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led invasion of Israel, called on Arabs to “march toward Palestine by land and sea and besiege the [Israeli embassies in Arab countries, especially Egypt and Jordan].”
A skeptic’s take on the housing crisis: ‘The developer is the good guy’
If housing costs too much, there must not be enough supply. That’s Ottawa’s simple take on the affordable housing crisis in Canada. And their simple solution? Impose policy, including the housing accelerator fund, to get rid of zoning prohibitions and accelerate the building of new homes within existing urban footprints.
But, asks Patrick Condon, professor of urban design at the University of British Columbia: What if the feds are wrong?
Prince Andrew’s biographer: ‘The Queen knew what was going on’
When Andrew Lownie submitted his manuscript for his incendiary book about Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, he was braced for heavy legal redactions. But in the end there were far fewer deletions than feared. “I was surprised by what the lawyers let through,” he tells me.
The result of this leniency is among the most lurid, marmalade-dropping, outlandish books published about a senior royal. Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York makes Prince Harry’s Spare look positively restrained.
Andrew and Harry are destroying the Monarchy.
Canadian Road Trips to US Plunge for Seventh Month
Road trips to the US decreased for a seventh straight month as Canadians ramped up their American boycott.
Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the neighboring US slumped 36.9% in July from a year ago, Statistics Canada data showed Monday.
Return trips by air from the US also slid 25.8%, while those from other countries grew 5.9% as Canadians traveled elsewhere.
Ukraine prepared to cede territory held by Russia
Ukraine could agree to stop fighting and cede territory already held by Russia as part of a European-backed plan for peace.
Volodymyr Zelensky told European leaders that they must reject any settlement proposed by Donald Trump which sees them giving up Ukrainian land they still hold – but that Ukrainian territory in Russia’s control could be on the table.
This would mean freezing the frontline where it is and handing Russia de-facto control of the territory it occupies in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea.
‘Where else am I going to go?’: He’s 91 and newly evicted. Why it’s so hard to find him — and many Toronto seniors — a home
The wallet Isidoro Ventullo pulls out to try and pay for brunch at a restaurant in Little Italy is makeshift — a patch of grey duct tape stitched together like a foldable envelope. In it, he has neatly folded in his photo ID, some smaller denominations and a yellow flash card bearing a list of essential phone numbers and names.
At his stage in life, the 91-year-old is determined to hold on to what is familiar — whether it’s a tattered wallet or the neighbourhood he calls home.
It’s partly why more than a month after being evicted from his apartment in Little Italy in the midst of a heat wave, he has yet to find a permanent place to live.
Yep, Mamdani Will Be NYC’s Next Mayor
“Nice city you have here — it would be a shame if something were to happen to it.”
Something bad is about to happen to New York City.
Maybe I’m wrong. I hope I’m wrong. The greatest city in the world deserves something better than a commie-racist/nepo-red-diaper-baby like Zohran Mamdani as its mayor.