Do we need to give prospective presidents an economic literacy test? There’s little doubt that, judging by this tweet, Joe Biden would get an “F.”
Author: Blazingcatfur
J.K. Rowling Targeted by Apparent ‘Pipe Bomb‘ Threat Online
A social media post by an account with a transgender flag in its name appearing to threaten or encourage the bombing of trans-critical author J.K Rowling’s home has generated significant outcry online.
Outcry and calls for police intervention have emerged after trans-critical author J.K. Rowling appeared to be threatened by a social media account with a transgender flag in its name.
Canada’s emergency rooms bear the brunt of a ‘perfect storm’
TORONTO, July 3 (Reuters) – Health authorities across Canada have cut the hours of hospital emergency departments and urgent care clinics in recent weeks, a move that in some cases may extend through the summer, due to a surge in patients and staff shortages.
The situation, clinicians say, is tied to a resurgence of viral infections such as COVID-19 among adults and children and a push by others to seek care delayed by the pandemic, and exacerbated by the high number of healthcare workers who are sick or burned out.
The US military went woke, now it can’t find recruits
The Army is at only 40% of its recruiting numbers for the fiscal year despite raising its maximum enlistment bonus from $40,000 to $50,000. It now offers new recruits up to $10,000 for showing up to basic training in 30 days. And is no longer even asking them for a high school diploma.
“We’ve never offered $50,000 to join the Army,” Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, head of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, said.
Several dead in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting
Unconfirmed Copenhagen Shooter “Noah Esbensen”
Several people are shot dead as ‘man with large rifle’ opens fire at Danish shopping mall
Vídeo del terrorista dentro del centro comercial #Copenhagen pic.twitter.com/nAhHZQKUP1
— Predator (@predatole) July 3, 2022
Better video below but still hard to tell.
New video of the shooter in #Fields #Copenhagen #Denmark
Saying “they are not real” pic.twitter.com/LcVMwoL4sl
— Ⓜ️ Dr.Galaxy🇮🇶 (@dr_mrna) July 3, 2022
Here, the Danish police arrests the shooter in #Copenhagen #Fields #Denmark pic.twitter.com/FcNvWe56J8
— Ⓜ️ Dr.Galaxy🇮🇶 (@dr_mrna) July 3, 2022
Ukraine blamed by Russia for deadly blast in border city of Belgorod
Russia has accused Ukraine over explosions which reportedly killed three people in the city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.
The regional governor said the blasts hit dozens of residential buildings and air defences had been activated.
The Kremlin said that Sunday’s attack had been a deliberate attempt by Ukrainian forces to target civilians.
Ukraine dismissed the claim, saying the Russians had lied about similar incidents in the past.
#Russia: This morning two Russian cities were woken by explosions – the Ukrainian army fired on targets in #Belgorod and #Kursk, however neither were successfully hit according to preliminary information. pic.twitter.com/AeEIDI4g7l
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 3, 2022
Fresh row as Israel to conduct forensic tests on bullet that killed Shireen Abu Aqleh
Israel has said it will conduct forensic tests on the bullet that killed the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, a day after Palestinian officials handed over the evidence to a US security coordinator for examination on what they said was the condition that Israel would not be involved.
The testing will be carried out by Israeli investigators in the presence of US observers, the Israeli military spokesperson Brig-Gen Ran Kochav told Army Radio on Sunday.
GUNTER: A handbook for schoolkids Liberals are funding is propaganda
According to the website Blacklock’s Reporter, on Wednesday the federal cabinet approved a quarter of a million dollars for a group called the Canadian Anti-Hate Network to produce propaganda for school children that seeks to demonize Conservative parties in Canada as hotbeds for white nationalists and other racists.
Like just about everyone else in Canada … Justin Trudeau the frequent focus of Saanich bank robber Instagram posts
A now-deleted Instagram feed of one of the Saanich bank shooter suspects contains posts containing anti-government, and pro-gun content.
Twenty-two-year-olds Isaac and Mathew Auchterlonie are the two suspects identified by RCMP.
They were twin brothers, who former classmates say went to Frances Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay.
h/t RM
Marjory LeBreton: The Conservatives’ existential identity crisis
Shorter Marjory: Poilievre is a stinky butt!
I have been a Conservative all of my adult life, witnessing firsthand the party’s evolutions and iterations over 60 years. Throughout that time — as I went from being a secretary at party headquarters and in John Diefenbaker’s office, through years as a war horse in battles that all seemed momentous at the time, to my grateful service in the Senate of Canada — there was always a common bond that held Conservatives together as we worked in the best interests of the party and of the country.
‘Incompetence is incalculable’: Airport frustrations sour Canadians’ summer travel plans
After years apart, Elizabeth Taliana says she booked a flight for her daughter to fly out from Toronto to Vancouver.
Her daughter only gets one week of vacation from work during the summer.
Even though she made the reservation more than two months ago, Taliana says she only learned recently that her daughter’s flight had been cancelled, a trend Canadians are becoming all too familiar with.
“I have not seen my daughter in almost six years, so this is very distressing,” Taliana told CTVNews.ca in an email.
Hispanics Will Not Join a Black/Brown Coalition
The adage “be careful of what you wish for, you may just get it” most certainly applies to recent efforts by black political leaders to expand ballot access. Their reasoning seems alluring: voting has been their ticket to progress, and the more blacks who vote, the greater the progress. A corollary is that such expansion would also help their political allies, notably Hispanics and other minorities of color, and thus build a mighty coalition. Moreover, open borders bring more Hispanics, and this will, eventually, swell yet further this alliance which, it is assumed, will be led by blacks.
The urban elite thinks they’re a victim class
They live to move in the worlds of affluence and activism
I’m Facebook friends with a woman who has been in Democratic Party politics since we attended high school together. Since then, she’s worked for power politicians, (unsuccessfully) run for office, and played a central role in the public takedown of an elected official. She has a degree from an Ivy League institution, as does her husband, who works in finance. Hers is the quintessential lifestyle of the urban elites.
Unique terror trial that changed France
It was a trial to match the scale of the crime.
More than 400 survivors and relatives of the dead came forward to bear witness to France’s worst peace-time attack.
Fourteen defendants were questioned in a courtroom specially built for their trial, about the terrorist plot that claimed 130 lives on one night in November 2015.
Nine months of hearings were interspersed with breaks, each week, to allow emotions to settle.
“There has never been a trial like this in our history,” France’s counter-terrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, said the morning after the verdict.
The Abortion Midterms May Abort the Democrats: Taking money from rich white people to kill poor black babies isn’t a winning issue.
After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Democrats lost no time in insisting, all evidence to the contrary, that abortion would swing the midterm elections for them.
Georgia shows why abortion might abort their party instead.
Stacey Abrams, after months of dodging and refusing to be pinned down on her abortion views, finally came out and said that, “my intention is going to be to pass legislation that says a woman has the right to an abortion. And that right continues until a physician determines the fetus is viable outside of the body, except in the case of protecting the woman’s life or health.”