From the pro-life side, the entire issue of abortion is about “when does an unborn child get their rights as a human being?” And on Thursday’s edition of The View, Whoopi Goldberg proved that the anti-life side of the debate not only refuses to engage in that part of the question, but flat-out doesn’t care what the factual answer is.
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Child sex abuse center hires professor who faced backlash over pedophile comments
An academic who resigned from a Virginia university after saying it wasn’t necessarily immoral for adults to be sexually attracted to kids has been hired by a Johns Hopkins University center aimed at preventing child sexual abuse.
Trudeau is turning Canada into the world’s most comfortable prison state
In an editorial for the Epoch Times, Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon describe Canada as the world’s largest prison and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “the world’s foremost jailer.” In a country of 38 million, they write, reprising a Justice Centre bulletin, 6 million unvaccinated citizens are forbidden to travel by train, ship or plane and are effectively prevented from leaving the country, which is to say that a cohort of over 15 percent are prisoners in their own land.
Thousands Attend ‘March for Life’ Anti-Abortion Rally in Ottawa
Thousands of people gathered on Parliament Hill for the annual March for Life anti-abortion rally on May 12, with supporters calling for upholding the right to life for every human being from conception to natural death.
Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), the organizer of the National March for Life rally, said in a news release that the purpose of the event is to fight “government-sanctioned abortion-on-demand and euthanasia.”
Ilhan Omar Lets Her Anti-Semitism Slip Again
Shireen Abu Akleh, a reporter for Al Jazeera, was killed by a bullet Wednesday as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) hunted for jihad terrorists in Jenin. That much is certain. But who actually fired the bullet is a matter of significant dispute. The Palestinians claim that the IDF shot Abu Akleh in cold blood; however, Palestinians were firing guns in the area at the time as well. Palestinian leaders have rebuffed Israeli requests for a joint investigation and even refused to allow Israeli officials to examine the bullet that killed Abu Akleh, despite the fact that such an examination would likely definitively establish who is responsible for her death.
First Russian soldier goes on trial in Ukraine for war crimes
A Russian soldier has appeared in court accused of murdering an unarmed man on a bicycle, at the start of the first war crime trial in Ukraine since Vladimir Putin invaded the country.
Vadim Shysimarin, a commander of the Kantemirovskaya tank division, arrived at Kyiv’s small district court No 3 in a grey and blue tracksuit and handcuffs for a preliminary hearing.
The 21-year-old is charged with premeditated murder of a 62-year-old man who was not named in court. Shysimarin is being held in Ukrainian custody. The case is scheduled to resume on Wednesday.
Netflix Goes Scorched Earth on Woke Employees
When you go woke, you run the risk of going broke, and apparently, Netflix is pulling the ripcord before the streaming giant good and fully faceplants.
Following a financial report that saw its stock price plummet 37 percent in late April, Netflix is now moving to adjust its culture and reengage its frustrated audience. A new “culture memo” dealing with “artistic expression” has been sent out, and it’s clearly a shot at the woke staffers who have been sandbagging the company.
Rex Murphy: If Liberals are ‘rigging the system,’ why are you supporting them, Jagmeet Singh?
“It is disgraceful the way Big Oil is gouging Canadians at the pumps.
“Gas prices are up and Big Oil CEOs are bragging about record profits.
“Liberals and Conservatives have rigged the system.
“When you pay more – their well-connected friends make more.”
It would have been a strange tweet at any time, but from a (effectively) co-prime minister it strove for the bizarre.
Germany: Knife attack on train leaves 5 wounded – Muslim suspect a known wolf prone to ‘religious radicalization’
Several people are being treated in hospital after being injured during an attack on a train in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), officials said on Friday.
Herbert Reul, the NRW state interior minister, said six people were wounded, including the suspected attacker. Reul said the suspect struck passengers “indiscriminately and arbitrarily.”
Reul also said that “based on everything that we know so far,” investigators believed the perpetrator’s intent was to harm as many people as possible.
‘Anger that I haven’t seen before’: Singh harassment incident puts renewed spotlight on politicians’ security
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s recent encounter with protesters at an Ontario election campaign stop, where he was verbally harassed, is casting a renewed spotlight on politicians’ security, with Singh telling CTV News that he’s witnessing a level of anger he hasn’t seen before.
“What I’m noticing is true is that there is more of a polarization and an aggression and an anger that I haven’t seen before,” he said while visiting a pro-choice counter protest to the March for Life demonstrations on Parliament Hill on Thursday.
Singh received a barrage of insults earlier in the week as he exited a rally for Ontario NDP candidate Jen Deck, who’s running in the Peterborough – Kawartha riding.
Politicians verbally assaulted in Public! Why it’s an insurrection! Jail the peasantry!
Reap what you sow commie.
Calling men ‘bald’ at work now considered sexual harassment in the UK
Insulting a man for being bald in the workplace amounts to sex harassment in the UK, a panel of balding judges have ruled, according to a report Thursday.
Hair loss is far more common among men than women, so using the term is “inherently related to sex” — and equivalent to commenting on the size of a woman’s breasts, the employment tribunal said, according to the UK Telegraph.
Ukraine has repelled Russia’s attempt to cross Donbas River, UK confirms
Ukrainian forces have repelled a Russian attempt to cross a strategically significant river west of Severodonetsk in the Donbas, incurring heavy losses in the process, according to British defence intelligence.
The British said Russia had lost “significant armoured manoeuvre elements” from a battalion tactical group – a formation with about 800 personnel at full strength – as well as pontoon bridging equipment.
Severodonetsk is the easternmost town held by Ukrainian forces in the Donbas, and the effort to cross the Siversky Donets River to its west was likely to have been intended to be a fresh attempt by the Russians to cut off the defending forces.
It is quite possible that there are more losses seen in this video- but unfortunately resolution is limited. The bridges themselves are sunk/damaged too.
This must be regarded as a very serious blow. pic.twitter.com/8UZRuyvvGv
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 11, 2022
In case that wasn't enough, there was also drone footage posted of a wider area.
Though we cannot classify all vehicles as destroyed or abandoned, there is approx. 7x BMP/MT-LB and 7x T-72B more seen- again, we have tried to avoid what we have previously posted. A huge loss. pic.twitter.com/cKpclC8Ll2
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 12, 2022
Threat of violent extremism increasing due to misinformation reports Liberal Party broadcaster that spread blatant lies about Freedom Convoy
Threat of violent extremism rising in Canada, MPs told.
The threat of violent extremism has increased in Canada during the pandemic — fuelled by misinformation and resulting in threats to politicians and public servants — top security and policing officials told members of Parliament on Thursday.
But while police and intelligence agencies are taking steps to detect extremists and prevent them from carrying out attacks, the government must also work proactively to counter the extremism in the first place, they added.
It should be law that all CBC articles come with a “paid content stamp”
Related – Democrats warn potential Trump return to Twitter could foment more violence
Democrats on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms this week over the possibility that Donald Trump could return to Twitter, warning that providing the former president with such a powerful megaphone could lead to violence on par with last year’s Capitol riot.
Trump was banned “permanently” from Twitter on Jan. 8, 2021, just two days after a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol in a failed effort to overturn President Biden’s election win.
Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musksaid Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition.
In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2 citing a financial filing from Twitter that estimated false or spam accounts made up fewer than 5% of the company’s “monetizable daily active users” in the first quarter.
Only 5% Fake Accounts? Doubtful.
Nigerian student beaten, burned to death over ‘blasphemous’ text messages
KANO, Nigeria, May 12 (Reuters) – A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of posting “blasphemous” statements in a student Whatsapp group, two witnesses said.
The school, located in Nigeria’s northwesternmost state of Sokoto, was immediately closed down following the attack. Nigeria is divided into a largely Christian south and mostly Muslim north. Incidents such as this are very rare.