A billboard promoting Alberta to join the U.S.A. that recently popped up on Highway 2 north of Calgary has sparked some backlash, with many drivers wondering who’s behind the giant advertisement.
Author: Blazingcatfur
WTF?
Thanks to the end of DEI, jobs such as pilots and drivers will cease to exist for those with disabilities.
Many are calling this unfair and unconstitutional. pic.twitter.com/YleMIU2K1H
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) February 21, 2025
The cruellest thing about Trump vs Zelensky? Trump’s right
And just like that, we are back in 2017. Donald Trump, the President of the United States, is posting ridiculous hyperbole on his socials and mouthing off from Mar-a-Lago, as he always has.
In the last 24 hours, however, the global political and media classes have gone back to gnashing their teeth and wailing in the way they did in Trump’s first term. It’s disgraceful! It’s sub-literate! He’s Vladimir Putin’s puppet! He’s reckless and utterly out of control! And that, of course, is the point.
How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals
Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
In the days after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Jemma Decristo, a UC Davis professor, took to social media to express support for the violent energies that had erupted in the Middle East. “HELL YEAH,” Decristo wrote on X, responding to a report that protesters had set fire to the Israeli embassy in Jordan. Reposting news of protests at the United States embassy in Lebanon, Decristo added, “[fire icon] to the US embassy. US out of everywhere. US GO HOME. US GO HOME.”
WTF?
Of all the hills to die on, the governor of Maine has chosen Men in Women's sports. Trump ain't having it. This was so brutal. pic.twitter.com/1SlIuoAP4Y
— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) February 21, 2025
h/t XC
Ruby Dhalla kicked out of Liberal leadership race: source
A Liberal Party of Canada committee has voted unanimously to disqualify former MP Ruby Dhalla from the race to be the next leader, according to a source.
That source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said a special joint committee met and voted Friday afternoon to remove Dhalla for violating the race’s rules.
She faced 12 allegations, including accepting donations from a corporation in the form of payments to campaign staff, the source said.
The unavoidable necessity to draw conclusions about Palestinian Arab society
Avoiding generalizations about groups of people is almost always wise. In doing so, we avoid the snares that can lead to prejudicial conclusions that cause us to forget that even those who differ from us in many ways have a common humanity. When people refer to opponents of any kind by saying that “they” (whoever the “they” might be) ”are all alike” and therefore bad, we know they are usually telling us far more about themselves than anything else.
And yet, as much as we might wish it not to be so, there are occasions when groups do exhibit loathsome behavior that are a clear illustration of their beliefs and values.
70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: Poll
OTTAWA — Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests.
Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll — 45 per cent — said they were strongly in favour of such tariffs, while 25 per cent said they were somewhat in favour.
U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to impose steep tariffs on imports from Canada and other countries.
Sri Lankan sex offender allowed to stay in Britain because he is gay
A convicted Sri Lankan sex offender has been allowed to remain in Britain because he is gay and would be at risk of persecution if he was returned to his home country.
The convicted paedophile, jailed in 2012 for four years for molesting three young teenage boys, has been fighting a 12-year legal battle against Home Office efforts to deport him.
Successive judges up to the Court of Appeal have disagreed over the validity of his claim that his deportation would be a breach of his Article 3 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
No assurance Canada can escape Trump tariffs, despite new border measures, minister says
Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says he has been given no assurances yet that Canada can avoid tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, despite the federal government’s latest measures to address border security and drug trafficking.
“I haven’t heard that personally, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to stop. We’re going to continue implementing,” McGuinty said in an interview with CTV’s Power Play on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Canada got reprieve for at least 30 days from Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports — except energy products, which would be subject to a 10 per cent tariff — after making new commitments to secure the shared border. Those tariffs could come into effect as soon as March 4.
How Donald Trump Deplatformed the Mainstream Media
Volume and execution, baby! The secret ingredient is saturation.
Just four years ago, ex-President Trump limped away from the White House with an anemic 34% approval rating. He was deplatformed from every major social media site; the future of MAGA was in tatters.
Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding, as an investment in ‘national security’
OTTAWA — The Liberals want Canadians to pay more for their public broadcaster, saying the country’s “national security” depends on it.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge presented her plan for “The Future of CBC/Radio-Canada” on Thursday, an apparent response to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s plan to “defund the CBC.”
NEW
The Trudeau government wants to nearly DOUBLE the CBC funding, from $1.3 billion to $2.4 billion
to "combat misinformation"
this is a FULL ADMISSION that the CBC is the Liberal lifeline and preferred propaganda tool…. paid for by YOU. pic.twitter.com/CdOc0vChGN
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) February 21, 2025
No one needs “More CBC” h/t Mauser
Vance Warns Europe Alliance Means Protecting Shared Civilisation
It will become impossible to justify massive U.S. military spending to American taxpayers if that money is used to protect European nations that increasingly act like bad guys on basic rights issues like freedom of speech and democracy, Vice President Vance has reiterated.
Stabbing At Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Details sketchy, but new reports indicate a suspect has been arrested see photo above, no perp ID at this time though a police statement indicates he is not a German speaker. Victim a Spaniard, no weapon recovered. A pile of bloodstained clothes was found and confiscated by the police according to BILD.DE.
Stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial.
One man seriously injured. Suspect detained.
Another day, another terrorist attack in Europe! pic.twitter.com/bNsFaiVeLs
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) February 21, 2025
Breaking News from Germany
A knife attacker has gone on the rampage in Berlin injuring several people next to the Holocaust memorial and a second person was arrested earlier for attempting an attack on the Israeli embassy..
Now tell me JD Vance was wrong? pic.twitter.com/sywsRdHaFv— Make Britain Great Again (@UkandNireland) February 21, 2025
Update: Police Statement – Suspect does not speak German!
Official statement from the Berlin police:
The victim was a Spanish tourist. The only detail given on the identity of the suspect is they don’t speak German. Police state they have no indication of his nationality. pic.twitter.com/wZA0kZL1UQ
— Lane Kendall (@lanedeankendall) February 21, 2025
Guardian has no Perp ID but does point out that “Earlier on Friday, an 18-year-old ethnic Chechen was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Bild reported.”
Doug Ford’s 401 tunnel vision could come with a nearly $100B price tag, expert says
Doug Ford’s plan for a tunnel under Highway 401 has gone from a surprise announcement to a full on re-election pledge.
And according to one expert’s cost estimate, it could be a near $100-billion idea, which would make it the single-most expensive Ontario election promise in the last 10 years, if not the province’s history.