An illegal immigrant from Turkey who was jailed for stabbing his wife to death has won the right to remain in the UK after a court found that he may face retribution from his wife’s family if returned to his homeland.
Author: Blazingcatfur
Donald Trump’s first month as U.S. president was planned political disruption not chaos
It only looks like chaos.
In just a month in office, Donald Trump has sown disorder if not bedlam at home and worldwide by promulgating a dizzying number of executive orders, attacking long-time United States allies, imperiling many of the globe’s principal trade patterns, throwing tens of thousands of government workers out of work, ending long-time foreign-aid programs, questioning established notions of American civic life – and more.
MSNBC cancels Joy Reid’s lefty show as network makes major shakeup
MSNBC liberal mainstay Joy Reid’s show has been canceled as part of a major overhaul by the network’s new president Rebecca Kutler, according to a report.
The 7 p.m. program hosted by Trump critic Reid, 56, will be replaced by a new panel show featuring co-hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders Townsend, the New York Times reported, citing insiders.
Joy Reid has been FIRED. Turns out calling your political opponents racist Nazis every night for an hour doesn’t get viewers pic.twitter.com/yFjPiAmRuY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 23, 2025
Pity as she was a reliable loon.
h/t Mauser
Conservatives projected to win German election – as AfD surge into second
The centre-Right Christian Democrat Union party has won the German election according to an exit poll released on Sunday evening.
Friedrich Merz, the CDU leader, is projected to win 29 per cent of the vote, after a campaign dominated by economic stagnation, migration pressures and growing uncertainty over how best to secure the future of Ukraine.
The far-Right Alternative for Germany party, which had high-profile backers including Elon Musk, has come second place with 19.5 per cent. It marks the strongest result for a far-Right party since the Second World War.
BOBBY ORR: The Great One is a great Canadian who deserves our respect not criticism
The recent Four Nations Face-Off in hockey was, by any standard, an unbelievable success for the game of hockey.
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The exposure it produced for our great game is a credit to all those individuals involved in its creation and implementation. Hats off to all the players who were so committed to their respective homelands and the game of hockey in general.
These were not mere exhibition games – these were games with great meaning. Congratulations one and all.
The people making a show of their patriotism for the most part are the same ones who shit all over Canada for the last ten years by supporting Trudeau and his useful idiot Singh.
No loyalty oaths here, no pseudo-patriots welcome.
List weekly accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers
US government workers received an email on Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign – the latest development in the Trump administration’s efforts to scale back the federal workforce.
The email came after Trump’s billionaire confidante Elon Musk posted on X that employees would “shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week”.
“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” he wrote.
Colby Cosh: A CBC head tax — the next big Liberal idea that no one asked for
On Thursday morning, the federal heritage minister, Pascale St-Onge, gave forth the outlines of her plan to reform the CBC and adapt it to the future. You might think such an exercise would involve asking questions about the CBC’s prior performance, or whether a state broadcaster is really necessary in the 21st century, or exactly what parts of it are essential.
Australian Defence Force officer stripped of security clearance over loyalty to Israel
An officer in the Australian Army has been stripped of his security clearance because Asio believes he is more loyal to Israel than Australia, and at risk of being exploited by the Mossad.
The man told Asio interviewers he did not view Israel as a foreign government and that he would share classified information with the Israel Defense Forces if they asked for it.
Asio said the officer, who is Jewish and served 19 years in the Australian military, withheld information from Australian officials about training courses he had undertaken in Israel – where he is not a citizen – which included self-defence, security and firearms training.
Petition asking PM to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship garners support
OTTAWA — Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
Zelensky offers to step down as president in exchange for peace
Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to “immediately” step down as president of Ukraine in exchange for peace or the country being granted Nato membership.
On Sunday, the Ukrainian president told a press conference in Kyiv: “If there is peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I am ready…I can exchange it for Nato.”
Mr Zelensky added that he was focused on Ukraine’s security now, not in 20 years’ time, saying that it is not his “dream” to remain president for a decade.
Veterans demand apology for memorial blunder
…Unveiled in 2022, the memorial listed 67 individuals as having “paid the ultimate sacrifice.” However, it was only on December 4 that Veterans Affairs acknowledged some of those named were still alive, had died of natural causes, or never saw combat.
Prince Andrew’s finances: my four-year quest to uncover the truth
Having spent the last four years researching a biography of the Duke of York, I have always maintained that the real issue surrounding him is financial and not sexual. Extensive column inches have been devoted to his association with Jeffrey Epstein and the claims of Virginia Giuffre. But far less attention is paid to how the duke has been able to finance his extravagant lifestyle.
This has become an even more pressing question with the debate on whether he can afford to stay in Royal Lodge and recent revelations about his business activities. Yet getting anywhere close to the bottom of Prince Andrew’s finances, as I have been trying to do for some time, is a fraught and fiendishly complex business.
GOLDSTEIN: Hiking carbon taxes during tariff war is economic madness
Increasing Canada’s national carbon tax (aka the consumer fuel charge) as scheduled on April 1 by almost 19% to $95 per tonne of industrial greenhouse gas emissions from the current $80 per tonne, when we may be in a full-scale tariff war with the U.S. by then, is economic insanity.
That worked out great in LA!
Firemen are too male and too white, say chiefs
Britain’s fire service is too male and too white, a report has claimed.
The report, which was commissioned by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), found that the fire service was “institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic”.
It said firemen in Britain were not “diverse” enough because the service’s proportion of women and ethnic minorities is less than in wider society.
“My response to people who say you couldn’t carry my husband out of a fire is he got himself in the wrong place if he needs me to carry him out of a fire”
This woman is the Assistant Fire Chief for the city of Los Angeles. Unbelievable.
— Mel (@Villgecrazylady) January 9, 2025
JUST IN: LA Mayor Karen Bass says the "buck stops" with her moments after she completely threw Fire Chief Kristin Crowley under the bus.
LA deserves better than this clown.
On Friday, Bass put the blame on Crowley and fired her from her position.
The comment from Bass came… pic.twitter.com/Y9r0hdJANX
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 21, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates divided on question of cuts to key public service vote bloc
OTTAWA – Liberal leadership candidates have contrasting plans for Canada’s federal public service — with presumed front-runner Mark Carney taking the most aggressive stance so far.
Carney recently vowed to cap the size of the public service and rein in government spending.
While he hasn’t said where this cap would be set or how much he would reduce spending, Carney told a press conference on Wednesday he would review program budgets and use new technology like artificial intelligence to improve efficiency.
The public service runs in the millions.
They are well financed and organized. No Liberal is going to risk their vote.