Author: Blazingcatfur
Liberal lead ‘built on toothpicks and very dry sand’ as party’s fortunes tied to perceptions of Carney rather than policy, polls suggest
The first polls conducted since Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election as Liberal leader show voters warming to him, but pollsters say that those flocking to the governing party remain open to voting for other candidates.
“Everything right now is built on toothpicks and very dry sand,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs. “It’s not even as if people are looking at the Liberal Party, they’re looking at Mark Carney … the question is whether or not what they’re reading into him, what their expectations about who they feel he is, actually match up with who he ends up being, at least from a political perspective.”
Trump cabinet complained about ‘free-loading Europe’ in top secret group chat
Donald Trump’s cabinet complained about defending “free-loading Europe” in a secret group chat accidentally shared with a reporter.
In a massive security breach, the Atlantic’s editor in chief was mistakenly added to a forum on the messaging app Signal in which top members of the Trump administration discussed sensitive plans to bomb Yemen.
h/t Mauser
Sinaloa Cartel smuggler at U.S.-Canada border says he’ll “always” find a way to get migrants into the U.S.
On February 1st, President Trump imposed 25% tariffs on nearly all goods imported from Canada. Since then, his administration has engaged in an on again off again trade war with our longtime ally. The tariffs were imposed based on the exaggerated claim that millions of criminals and tons of deadly fentanyl have been pouring over the border into the United States— and that Canada has allowed it to happen.
Last month we went to the northern border, to the Chazy River, where even in the middle of winter, migrants continue to cross its frozen banks, often guided by human smugglers who openly advertise their services on Facebook and TikTok.
h/t XC
WTF?
She asked people on Facebook for cool cars to come by her house during her son's 4th birthday, and they came through ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uzEJGE2LpZ
— internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) March 24, 2025
h/t Mauser
Mahmoud Khalil hid ties to UNRWA on green card application, feds say as they hit anti-Israel agitator with new accusations
Detained Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil hid his ties to the controversial United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees on his visa application, the feds have alleged.
Lawyers for the Department of Justice lodged new accusations against the anti-Israel campus protest leader in court papers over the weekend, arguing that they should be grounds for his deportation.
Some guy told the Globe CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership as part of a larger effort to cozy up to pols of all stripes
CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid
Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as part of a larger effort to cozy up to politicians of all parties, according to a source with top-secret clearance.
The source said the Canadian Security Intelligence Service learned that Indian agents were involved in raising money and organizing within the South Asian community for Mr. Poilievre during the leadership race, which he won handily. But the CSIS assessment did not indicate that this effort was done in a sweeping and highly organized way, the source said. Mr. Poilievre won on the first ballot with 68 per cent of the vote.
CSIS also did not have evidence that Mr. Poilievre or members of his inner circle were aware of the alleged actions of India’s agents and their proxies, said the source, who has national security clearance to see top secret reports.
Nurse Punished for Saying ‘Mr’ to Transgender Paedophile
A National Health Service (NHS) nurse is taking legal action against her employer—after she was punished for calling a convicted criminal ‘mister,’ in contravention of his preferred (female) pronouns.
Jennifer Melle filed her legal claim against Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust following its pursuit of her in an October 2024 disciplinary action, resulting in a final written warning and a referral to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The trust also placed her on restricted duties, resulting in a loss of overtime payments.
Tom Lawson: Dumping the F-35 would hurt Canada far more than the U.S.
Recently, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced that he had been tasked with reviewing the decision to purchase F-35 fighter jets to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s aging Hornets. Like all Canadians angry over the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to its closest ally, I would like to see us respond decisively. But any decision that would alter or cancel the contract to purchase a fleet of F-35s would be one that Canadians would rue for decades.
LYTLE: For the Liberals, there are no rules
I raised my children on the cusp of a shift in parenting styles that caused people to sniff at neanderthals like me who took a decidedly “spare the rod, spoil the child” approach to discipline.
Fortunately I was aware that giving my kids a swat on the bum in a public place was not going to fly with the increasing number of hall monitors who prowled the malls. To get around them, I devised a carefully cloaked methodology that resulted in my kid’s compliance with my wishes. My technique shall remain a secret.
Mexico’s Descent Into Cartel Hell
Did the government turn a blind eye to a gangster training-camp in Jalisco?
On a sunny Saturday afternoon last week, the cafes here were crowded and the Jose Cuervo distillery bustled with visitors. As evening fell, the sidewalks and the main cobblestone thoroughfare filled with young people in cowboy hats mingling to strains of ranchera music. A full moon rose over red rooftops. Mexico was living up to its folkloric image.
But some 12 miles away, the other Mexico had raised its ugly head again. On March 5, in the municipality of Teuchitlán, burned human remains and piles of personal items belonging to perhaps hundreds of missing persons were discovered on an abandoned ranch. The find was made not by local officials or the National Guard but by a nongovernmental organization known as the Warrior Searchers of Jalisco.
Condemning Hamas is now a risky business
Speaking the truth is now a risky business in Britain. NHS nurse Jennifer Melle was admonished by the hospital she works at in Surrey for referring to a male paedophile as “Mr”. The man, known only as Patient X, identifies as a woman. He’s also a convicted child sex offender.
And yet it was Ms Melle who found herself in hot water, because when this criminal was brought to her hospital for treatment she called him “Mr”. That sounds perfectly polite to me. Not to mention accurate. But apparently it’s a reprimandable offence to prefer reality to fantasy.
‘Who’s voting for the Liberal Party? Old people’
Darrell Bricker on whether this will be a political realignment election
As Canada’s federal election campaign launches, CEO of Ipsos Darrell Bricker provided The Hub with an analysis of the political landscape, revealing a contest that’s become a pure test of leadership between Prime Minister and Liberal leader Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. With just six weeks until voting day, Bricker’s insights expose the vulnerabilities and opportunities for both campaigns in what may become a historic realignment election.
Not this old person.
Global Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Rates Higher Than Previously Estimated
The Center for the Study of Political Islam (CSPII) has published the first of its yearly FGM Indexes. It includes an estimate of the number of girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), plus what proportion of this estimate is attributable to Islamic communities and to non-Islamic communities . A second report analyses the most important references to FGM in the foundational texts of Islamic doctrine.
The Heathrow shutdown: a disaster waiting to happen
The resilience of our national infrastructure has withered as governments have chased environmental fads.
Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, was shut down and plunged into darkness on Friday. Over 1,000 flights were cancelled and the plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers were thrown into disarray. And it was all because of a fire at an electrical substation three miles away in nearby Hayes. Heathrow relied upon this substation to power most of its critical services. Without it, nothing worked.