Fox News host Laura Ingraham used a segment of her nightly show on Thursday to mock Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for appearing at the site of a train derailment in Ohio that led to a toxic spill dressed in a hard hat and a high-visibility vest.
The newscaster compared Buttigieg’s look in East Palestine to children’s cartoon character Bob the Builder, and also likened it to the construction worker’s outfit in the famed Village People music video for their 1978 song “Y.M.C.A.”
A California Democrat mega-donor who worked as a prominent real estate developer by day and directed hardcore porn movies by night has pleaded guilty to tax fraud, with authorities saying he failed to report almost $6.9 million in income on his tax returns.
Sixty-nine people were killed by police in Canada last year, a record that continues a sharply rising trend in recent years, according to new research by the Tracking Injustice project.
Lethal force by Canadian police officers has seen a “steep” rise in recent years, with 2022 being the deadliest on record, according to new research released Thursday.
The findings come from a first-of-its-kind database compiling police use of deadly force across Canada since 2000. The research is an effort to close the national data gap on officer-involved killings, which are not compiled by any government agency — despite growing calls for statistics to track racial disparities.
China is considering sending 100 kamikaze drones to Russia, it emerged as it published a peace plan to mark the anniversary of the Ukrainian invasion.
The 12-point statement, which called for a ceasefire and peace talks, is at odds with a report in German magazine Der Spiegel, which revealed a Chinese manufacturer is in talks to sell 100 drones capable of carrying 50kg worth of warheads to the Russian military.
The Canadian government spent nearly $400,000 on hotel rooms during the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, a figure that includes a luxurious $6,000-a-night river-view suite.
Canada’s delegation to the Sept. 19 funeral included Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Governor General Mary Simon, former prime ministers Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper, Olympian Mark Tewksbury and actor Sandra Oh.
The Canadian government has not disclosed who stayed in the $6,000 suite at the exclusive Corinthia London hotel which, according to the hotel’s website, includes a butler service and views of the River Thames.
Did James O’Keefe jump or get pushed out of Project Veritas, the gonzo journalism outfit he founded in 2010? Either way, the people who picked a fight with O’Keefe are obviously feeling the heat from angry supporters. On Thursday, they tried to patch things up with friends and supporters.
Opinion: The identification of wokeism as left wing fractures traditional left politics and can help the rise of the right
It’s becoming uncomfortably clear the left wing of the political spectrum in North America today is increasingly divided. It’s also confused.
The old left, which has fought many successful battles for justice for all, especially for economic fairness, is having trouble understanding an emerging movement that also thinks of itself as left-wing.
It might help the Right? The Horror!
This reminds me of when the Left protested involvement in WW II – until Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and also of Trudeau warning that exposing his government’s suspicious behavior with Communist China actually helps the ChiComs undermine our society.
Usually when Israelis travel to Cyprus from Israel it is for short vacations or business and with the expectation that they will be able to make the hop back to Tel Aviv — about a 40-minute flight — without a hitch. That, though, was not the case last week when Gal Luft, a professor and former Israeli lieutenant colonel, was arrested at Larnaca International Airport as he was preparing to board a return flight to Israel.
… The condo board spent $300,000 [to upgrade infrastructure for the entire building] and, of course, they want to recuperate that, so my share was $450. Then you need to register the charger with a lawyer. It’s part of the ownership of the parking spot so there are legal fees; that was about $350. In addition, you need to be metered for this new power. A utility company manages that in condo buildings, so they hook up a meter on that new line and charge you $10 a month service charge, plus your consumption. By the end of the day, all of these fees [including the electrician’s $5,000 bill] were around $6,000.
A good article that serves as a warning for condo owners lacking EV charging.
The other issue is insurance, especially after one of these fireworks goes up.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are more disliked in America than Prince Andrew in the aftermath of the duke’s book Spare.
Harry’s popularity in the U.S. has sunk 48 points since December and Meghan’s 40 points giving them net approval ratings of -10 for the duke and -17 for the duchess, according to polling by Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek.
Less liked than Andy? That’s impressive but well earned.
GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions reportedly rise again in 2021
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions went up by 19 million tonnes, or by 2.8%, in 2021 according to the Canadian Climate Institute, contradicting Trudeau government assurances that 2021 emissions would be lower than in 2020.
Indeed, if the institute’s numbers are accurate — the government’s official figures for 2021 won’t come out until April — this also bodes ill for former environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s prediction that Canada’s annual emissions would drop every year from 2020 to 2030
This is what Pierre Poilievre has to say about @AndersonAfDMdEP.
What a truly disgusting statement and baseless attack on a courageous woman who did more to defend freedom in Canada during covid than he did. https://t.co/oaapwEwdIJ
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) February 24, 2023
I keep thinking back to something I heard on Russian state TV three years ago.
At the time Russians were being urged to support changes to the constitution that would enable Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 16 years.
To persuade the public, the news anchor portrayed President Putin as a sea captain steering the good ship Russia through stormy waters of global unrest.
“Russia is an oasis of stability, a safe harbour,” he continued. “If it wasn’t for Putin what would have become of us?”
Watch: Russian MP could be punished for hanging noodles on his ears during Putin speech
Canada’s explosive population growth from immigration is causing rents to surge in its biggest cities. And there’s another problem: The country isn’t even properly counting the number of people who need homes.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents this year, and increase the annual target to half a million by 2025. But those often-cited numbers understate the pressure on the country’s limited supply of housing —because they don’t include a wave of foreign students, temporary workers and others with non-permanent visas.
A “peace rally” due to take place in Berlin this weekend condemning western weapons exports to Ukraine has been criticised by the leadership of the leftwing party Die Linke for failing to distance itself from far-right groups that have announced their attendance.
Police expect about 10,000 people to take part in Saturday’s rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate, which is co-organised by a renegade former leader of Die Linke, Sahra Wagenknecht.
A counter-protest supported by politicians and public intellectuals including the Nobel literature prize-winner Herta Müller has been registered in Berlin for Friday afternoon.
