Court freezes 7 properties owned by family members allegedly involved in theft of 11 million in COVID-19 relief funds

A court order is blocking any sales of seven Toronto properties owned by the family members alleged to have been involved in the theft of $11 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the Star has learned.

Sanjay Madan, epitome of Canada’s civil service

Six condominium units and a seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in North York are now subject to a court-ordered “no dealings indicator on the title,” meaning they cannot be sold or the ownership transferred.

As first revealed by the Star, the Ontario government alleges that “some or all of” Sanjay Madan, Shalini Madan, their sons Chinmaya Madan and Ujjawal Madan, and associate Vidhan Singh perpetrated “a massive fraud” to direct pandemic cash to hundreds of bank accounts.

I bet no one in the public service said a word because “racist.”

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Woman freed in Iran hostage swap was originally arrested for dating an Israeli: report

A British-Australian professor who spent 804 days in some of Iran’s most notorious jails was originally arrested for dating an Israeli, according to a report.

Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released from custody on Thursday after the Australian government secretly arranged a complicated prisoner swap also involving Thailand, the Australian paper The Age reports.

The university lecturer was stopped at Tehran airport in 2018, purportedly on false allegations she was a spy.

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Ontario reports 1,822 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths

Ontario reports 1,822 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths

Ontario is reporting 1,822 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as processed tests surpassed the province’s daily target for a second day in a row.

Provincial health officials say 29 more people died from the virus. A total of 3,624 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Ontario since January.


LILLEY: Trudeau fumbles on vaccines while telling Canadians to look toward finish line

Canadians watching Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempting to explain away why he has no answers on when we might see COVID-19 vaccines arrive relative to other countries might be forgiven for yelling out one of the internet’s favourite ripostes, “You had one job!”

Asked time and again by reporters when we might see a vaccine given the U.K. is already booking appointments and the U.S. is looking at a roll out two weeks from now, Trudeau fumbled all over the place, often attempting bad sports analogies.


Of course… Canadian COVID-19 clinical trial scrapped after China wouldn’t ship potential vaccine

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Backlash as Brennan sides with Iran’s Mullahs over killing of Iranian Nuclear Scientist

Following Iran’s announcement that the head of its nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday afternoon, Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan set off a storm after criticizing the “criminal” killing.

In response to the Iranian scientist’s death, which was labelled a “major psychological and professional blow for Iran,” Brennan was quick to publicize his condemnation.

Behold the Biden administration.

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Toronto police clarify that they have ‘numerous’ persons of interest in Sherman murder probe

The lead detective in the Barry and Honey Sherman murder investigation says police have ‘numerous’ persons of interest in the three-year-old case.

Det. Sgt. Brandon Price issued a brief update and “clarification” statement late Friday, saying he was doing so “in fairness to the friends and family of Barry and Honey Sherman.”

Price’s comments regarding “numerous” persons of interest in the murders of the billionaire philanthropists follow those of one of his detectives during a court hearing last week where the Star was seeking to unseal search warrant information, and statements by Toronto police communications officers on Thursday. In all of those statements, police said they had identified a single person of interest.

Yea, sure ya do.

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Carter Page Takes Comey, McCabe, Strzok to Court in $75M Obamagate Lawsuit

On Friday, Carter Page — the former CIA informant whom the FBI nonetheless targeted for warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — filed an explosive $75 million lawsuit against the key actors in the FISA surveillance scandal known as Spygate or Obamagate. While U.S. Attorney John Durham’s report into this matter is still forthcoming, Page appears to have decided to take matters into his own hands and pursue justice in the courts.

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Data Scientist: ‘Weird’ Spike in Incomplete Nevada Voter Registrations, Use of ‘Casinos’ as Home Addresses

An affidavit filed by Republicans in Nevada, citing a data scientist, shows an allegedly inexplicable jump in voter registrations in the state.

The scientist, Dorothy Morgan, referenced in their affidavit, said she spotted a “historically strange” increase in voter registrations missing the sex and age of the voter, as well as registrations where casinos and RV parks are provided as “their home or mailing addresses” in the Third Congressional District, which covers much of Clark County and Las Vegas.

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What the Election Will Come Down To

What the Election Will Come Down To

We need to begin with what most people almost surely know, despite the predictable disclaimers and pro forma expressions of doubt emerging all over the infoscape, namely, the 2020 election is in process of being stolen in what amounts to an insidiously deceptive coup d’état. It is fair to assume that this is common knowledge.

The circumstantial evidence is dispositive.

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Macron is right about Islamism

The political ideology that feeds terrorist violence cannot be explained away by religion or colonial history

President Macron’s hate affair with the American media continues, if a recent New York Times article is anything to go by. The president is not happy, and thinks the Anglo-Saxon press fails to understand French laïcité and the universalist model, as opposed to the Anglosphere model of multiculturalism, with its distinct roots in the British Empire. While this is undoubtedly true, the more pressing issue might be the gulf in understanding of Islamism, the target of Macron’s campaign.

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California, There It Goes

…Another wonderful family we know is leaving for good this week. Except the U-Haul they reserved months ago is suddenly unavailable. They were told there is not a single U-Haul in California right now, but they are welcome to fly to Dallas to pick one up. So they can drive it to Los Angeles, pack it, and drive it to Nashville. No prob!

The PODS and the moving trucks are all sold out, too.

Current tally of families I know who either have left, or are about to leave southern California: six. And I don’t know that many people.

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Critical race theory: a ruling-class ideology – It is embraced by today’s political and cultural elites because it serves their interests.

Critical race theory: a ruling-class ideology – It is embraced by today’s political and cultural elites because it serves their interests.

2020 has been shaped by two things. Coronavirus – and our response to it – has dominated every aspect of our lives. But something else has gripped us this year, too: anti-racism. In May, shocked by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, people all around the world emerged from lockdown to participate in Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests. In the UK, statues fell, public figures knelt in solidarity and many people blacked out their social-media posts for a day. Schools, universities and workplaces stepped up diversity training and anti-racist initiatives.

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An Illegitimate Election Plunges the Republic into a Crisis

An Illegitimate Election Plunges the Republic into a Crisis

This is how elections are conducted in Third World countries – and now in America.

However the presidential election turns out, one thing is clear, half the country will believe that the man officially sitting in the White House is an illegitimate pretender.

And that’s the way it’s been throughout this century.

The crisis of presidential legitimacy really kicked into gear in 2000. Before that people might hate the president, but the opposing political party wouldn’t insist on his illegitimacy. Afterward every president has been treated as an illegitimate criminal to be opposed and driven out.

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Did You Notice Anything Ironic About That Tweet From John Brennan on Iran?

It’s a great day. The architect of Iran’s nuclear weapons program Mohsen Fahrizade is dead. He got shot up. The world is better off. Yet, the only people who appear to be upset are the Obama folks. Take a look at what former CIA Director John Brennan tweeted.

“This was a criminal act & highly reckless. It risks lethal retaliation & a new round of regional conflict. Iranian leaders would be wise to wait for the return of responsible American leadership on the global stage & to resist the urge to respond against perceived culprits.”

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‘We’ve paid enough’: The Blue Jays might get a brand new ballpark to replace the Rogers Centre, but public funding is a touchy subject

Reports of a plan to tear down the Rogers Centre have Blue Jays fans dreaming of a more intimate, scenic, well-stocked ballpark in its place.

But the owners of the 31-year-old stadium say an overhaul of any kind will have to wait.

“Prior to the pandemic, we were exploring options for the stadium but through this year our primary focus has been keeping our customers connected and keeping our employees safe, so there is no update on the Rogers Centre to share at this time,” Rogers spokesperson Andrew Garas said Friday.

Mayor “I used to work for Ted Rogers” Tory will see to it the public pays for his friend’s scam.

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