Eurabia: if AI is more real than journalism

If you ask Wikipedia, the great lying and manipulated encyclopedia, how many Muslims there are in France, it will answer “from 3 to 5.7 million,” but the PM says there are 9 million….

I have never understood not only why Chat gpt and other kinds of AI should be used, but why anyone should read anything if there is a suspicion that there is an algorithm behind it.

Then I saw a provocative video made with AI in which they imagine the country in which, if nothing changes, European children and grandchildren will live. And it was more realistic than any newspaper article.

Paris, 2050. Thirty seconds.

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To Team Trump, Tariffs Are a National Security Issue

And now, Wall Street titans begin to acknowledge that tariffs may have a role beyond the stock market.

WASHINGTON — “Don’t be a PANICAN,” President Donald Trump cautioned on social media. Critics have questioned the universal tariffs he unleashed last week, and Americans have had to steel themselves before checking the balance of their 401(k)s.

The Trump tariffs came fast and larger than expected. The markets responded.

Now Republicans and Wall Street big shots find themselves defending an economic approach that was anathema to them not long ago. But the world has changed.

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada’s cities are riddled with crime. Carney has no plan

His entire take on justice can be reduced to rare emotional engagements. Poilievre, on the other hand, is offering solutions

Last week, an Edmonton man was given a four-year prison term (with only six months left) for beating another man to death in a jealous rage. The Liberal-appointed judge gave him such a lowball sentence because the offender was Indigenous, had a rough personal history, and because “a restrained view of sentencing in this case serves the goal of rehabilitation in Canadian society.”

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Is Europe Still Fighting Lost Energy Wars?

The news came down like a thunderbolt. In a spectacular decision, the Morton County courthouse in Mandan, North Dakota, ordered the environmentalist organizations that comprise Greenpeace to pay $665 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The figure appears a monumental slap in the face to Greenpeace, which was sued by Energy Transfer for “defamation, trespass, nuisance, civil conspiracy and other acts,” following demonstrations against the pipeline project in 2016 and 2017.

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Active shooter drills in Toronto? Why this synagogue says it’s adopting heightened security measures

There is a row of metal bollards at the synagogue’s entrance, guarded by security.

Inside, Temple Sinai’s team of spiritual leaders and staff have recently started doing active shooter drills.

“It’s not to make us feel safe,” said Rabbi Michael Dolgin during a recent interview in his office at the synagogue, where he’s served since the early 1990s.

“It’s to keep us safe, because we are not.”

H/T MP & Sweetpea

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Three charged in vandalism of Satanic Temple holiday display at N.H. State House

Three men are facing charges in connection with vandalizing the Satanic Temple’s holiday display at the New Hampshire State House in December 2024, according to police.

Concord, New Hampshire, residents John Camden, 41, and Joshua Cummings, 33, and Weare, New Hampshire, resident David Petriel, 33, have been charged with criminal mischief in connection with defacing the display, Concord police said in a press release. Camden and Petriel are facing one count, and Cummings is facing two.

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Married Iraqi Uber driver who assaulted Ontario passenger wanted lighter sentence to stay in Canada

An Ontario judge has sentenced an Iraqi Uber driver to ten months in jail for sexually assaulting his passenger who was just looking for a ride home from a party.

The Ontario Court of Justice heard a woman engaged Sevan Halabi’s services as an Uber driver on Oct. 9, 2022. Halabi, who is a permanent resident of Canada, was angling for a lighter sentence to avoid deportation.

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Nolte: China Dodges as Establishment Media Speculate About Beijing Banning Hollywood Movies

The far-left Variety is speculating (without evidence) that President Trump’s tariffs have caused China to consider banning Hollywood movies.

“This past weekend in China, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie conquered the box office,” writes Variety. “But it might be a short-lived triumph thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump‘s tariffs.”

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Carney should show the West some respect

Liberal Leader Mark Carney should feel right at home in Alberta: after all, he was raised there. But his trip there this week feels more like a political minefield than a homecoming. That’s largely due to his recent quip that while he’s happy to dispatch Ontario Premier Doug Ford to advocate for Canada in Washington, he wouldn’t send Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

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Trump assassination attempt suspect ‘tried to buy rocket launcher from Ukraine’

A man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump at his golf club said the president was “not good for Ukraine” and tried to buy a rocket launcher.

Ryan Wesley Routh attempted to purchase a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) from someone he believed to be a Ukrainian arms dealer one month before allegedly attempting to kill Mr Trump.

Mr Routh communicated with someone he believed had access to the military via an encrypted messaging app.

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The Great Tariff Pause

Stock market goes STRATOSPHERIC as Trump makes shock tariff U-turn… but China still faces onslaught

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will delay tariffs for 90 days for countries that did not launch a reciprocal tariff against the US.

He also increased tariffs on Chinese imports to 125 percent, citing China’s ‘lack of respect for global markets.

Trump attributed his decision to pause the tariffs to the fact that ‘more than 75 countries’ have reached out to the White House to negotiate solutions to the trade issues he raised with the new duties.

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Your Doggo is a Climate Killer says Guardian

Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds

Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found.

An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised”.

While the environmental impact of cats is well known, the comparative effect of pet dogs has been poorly acknowledged, the researchers said.


Dogs have an ally in Trump!

Trump issues order to block state climate change policies

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