The Wagner Group of mercenaries could become a “hardline ideological elite” organization following months of intensive fighting in eastern Ukraine.
In a video posted to Telegram on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who heads up the paramilitary outfit, said that, after the Battle of Bakhmut ends, the Wagner force will become an “army with an ideological component.”
Authorities in the US state of Texas have advised American citizens not travel to Mexico during the spring break holidays for security reasons.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said that drug cartel violence represented a significant threat for anyone crossing into Mexico.
It comes after four Americans were kidnapped shortly after crossing the border last week.
Two of them were murdered, while two were released unharmed.
“If the U.S. doesn’t hit the brakes and continues to barrel down the wrong track,” China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on March 7, “no amount of guardrails can prevent the carriage from derailing and crashing, and there will surely be conflict and confrontation.” He also spoke of “catastrophic consequences.”
The unusually pointed warning followed that of Chinese ruler Xi Jinping of the day before. “Western countries, led by the U.S., are implementing all-round containment, encirclement, and suppression against us,” he told the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.
DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States have reached an agreement to exchange prisoners, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told state TV on Sunday, but Washington denied it as a “false” claim by Tehran.
“Regarding the issue of prisoner swaps between Iran and the U.S. we have reached an agreement in the recent days and if everything goes well on the U.S. side, I think we will witness a prisoner exchange in a short period,” Amirabdollahian said.
The heat is rising on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s actions regarding COVID and even from the safe space of CNN his composure fell over the “insanity” that he be held to account: “Prosecute me for what?”
On NBC’s Meet the Press, moderator and former Democrat Party staffer Chuck Todd accused Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of playing politics when he told an audience during a trip to Las Vegas that as governor, his state was the first in the country to establish November 10 as the day where Florida schools teach students at all grade levels about the dangers of communism. This clearly upset Todd who seemed to realize this will make children less likely to grow up and vote Democrat since that’s the party closest on the political spectrum to communism.
It was a promising investment opportunity pitched by a friend, promised in a social media advertisement or proposed by a stranger on a dating app, but it turned into a nightmare for many Canadians.
Joel from Calgary sent $16,000 to what he thought was a brokerage company based in England. Valerie from Scarborough invested $9,000 on the recommendation of a new love interest. Christopher from Stratford spent $10,000 on an investment that later he would say was “too good to be true.” Aleah from Woodbridge borrowed $75,000 from her mother’s line of credit and gave it to someone who said he would teach her how to trade a new, exciting type of currency.
I never got Bitcoin. It just never seemed real to my unsophisticated eyes.
The “Rug-Pull” trend, often “influencer” enabled, which cropped up a couple of years ago confirmed my suspicions but to me the whole Digital Currency house of cards came tumbling down with the introduction of NFT’s. If you bought one expect no sympathy.
I feel sorry for those who have been burned but I think Warren Buffet said if you can’t understand the business don’t invest in it.
In related news …
Yellen: No federal bailout for collapsed Silicon Valley Bank
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the federal government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank, but is working to help depositors who are concerned about their money.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures deposits up to $250,000, but many of the companies and wealthy people who used the bank — known for its relationships with technology startups and venture capital — had more than that amount in their account. There are fears that some workers across the country won’t receive their paychecks.
Silicon Valley Bank has gone bust owing $1.8 billion.
Without a Head of Risk Management for 9 months, the one appointed, Jay Ersapah seemed more interested in organising pride campaigns & 'Lesbian Visibility Day'. She identifies as a queer person of colour.
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— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) March 12, 2023
Famous last words? Remember “Too Big To Fail.”
In early February, I spent $171.59 to see the Rangers play the Canucks at Madison Square Garden. I had no plans to watch the hockey game. I just wanted to find out whether my guest, Tia Garcia, a personal injury lawyer, could get into the building.
We got in the security line and walked through the metal detector. Then, as Ms. Garcia turned to pick up her bag from the conveyor belt, a security guard asked her to step aside and show her driver’s license. “Am I in trouble?” she asked.
The guard told her that she would need to wait for management to come speak to her.
I am unfamiliar with the law in Canada and wonder if biometric info can still be collected willy nilly in the private sector as it was in the past.
The B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres has called for a public apology after an employee at a Vancouver hotel denied an Indigenous man access to a washroom, which they say resulted him losing control of his bladder in front of onlookers.
The general manager of the Hyatt Regency Hotel says it conducted an internal investigation after the association reported an incident last month.
20 seconds? Canada where the shakedowns never stop! Why didn’t he pee on his unceded indigenous land in the parking lot?
A black director of a “woke” California college’s Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education claims she was fired for questioning the institution’s anti-racism “orthodoxy” and what the term “anti-racism” even means.
Dr. Tabia Lee said De Anza College, a community college in Cupertino, retaliated after she objected to several campus policies aimed at inclusion.
A Muslim man recently splashed acid onto the face of a teenage Christian girl, disfiguring her permanently. Her crime? Refusing to convert and turning him down.
Antisemitism charges upend Ontario byelection race in NDP stronghold
HAMILTON — It was expected to be a smooth cruise to victory in a riding staunchly New Democrat for almost two decades under former party leader Andrea Horwath, who quit last year to become mayor of Steeltown.
But accusations of antisemitism against NDP candidate Sarah Jama — which she denies — are buffeting the campaign in Thursday’s Hamilton Centre byelection, putting the disability activist and the party’s newly minted leader Marit Stiles on the defensive.
Meghan Markle has once again been mocked by a top US comedy show as Saturday Night Live has become the latest to take a swipe at the Duchess of Sussex. Comedian Michael Che joked that Meghan was being offered “$19 an hour” to attend the Coronation as a graphic of the Duchess dressed as a maid appeared behind him. The segment has so far been lapped up by viewers.
I know, it’s hard to believe SNL could be funny.
… The root of the problem is that Canadian political parties have a rather loose definition of what constitutes a party member. Most parties allow people as young as 14 to vote in nomination and leadership contests. Neither do you need to be a full-fledged citizen — permanent residency will suffice. Candidates can go to immigrant communities to recruit new members who may not speak English or understand party policies or even agree with the party’s positions on issues. The candidates can then have donors pay for these memberships in cash.
Why should a Chinese international student who is under 18 or a non-citizen permanent resident get to help decide who will represent a Canadian political party in that riding? Raising party voting ages to at least 18 might help, as would new rules lengthening the amount of time someone must be a paid-up party member in order to cast a vote in a leadership or nomination race.
Who thought this set up was a good idea? Oh yea it was the the same evil bastards that brought us “diversity and multiculturalism.”
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Islamic State group has issued a statement claiming responsibility for killing more than 35 people and wounding dozens in eastern Congo.
In the statement, posted Friday by Aamaq, the militants’ news agency, it said it killed “Christians” with guns and knives and destroyed their property in Mukondi village in North Kivu province. It also published a photo of the houses on fire.
The announcement comes after local authorities confirmed that at least 45 people were killed last week in several attacks on different villages by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia with links to IS.
