US mostly dodged disaster this time. But what if Net Zero mandates aren’t adjusted or ended?
Winter Storm Fern (January 23-27) dumped heavy snow and ice on more than 240 million Americans across 40 states and 2,300 miles, beginning in Arizona and wrapping up in Maine.
Scores died, including 20 in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani refused to close homeless camps or compel “unhoused residents” to move indoors, instead letting them rely on the “warmth of collectivism.”
When news broke last week of the Toronto Police Service corruption that “facilitated shootings, extortions and a conspiracy to commit murder,” it felt like an escalation of the long and sometimes fraught relationship between the city and its police force.
A difficult time two years ago came to mind. Then, as now, it was municipal budget season and the police were asking for another substantial increase. As public debate swirled with a new mayor in power, the police mounted a bully campaign that the Star’s editorial board called ”emotional blackmail.” Chief Myron Demkiw insinuated calamity would ensue if they didn’t get what they demanded.
It has been one year since Vice President JD Vance laid a smackdown on European nations over the issue of free speech. You may remember that last year, when Vance spoke at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), he castigated the countries in attendance for their interpretation of freedom of speech, among other things.
WASHINGTON – United States lawmakers expressed support for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade during a Thursday committee hearing after President Donald Trump floated the idea of ending the critical continental trade pact.
Republican Sen. Mike Crapo, from Idaho, told the Senate finance committee that the trade agreement, better known in Canada as CUSMA, has protected American jobs, strengthened manufacturing and helped to expand the economy.
An upcoming movie by director Doug Liman and set to star Pete Davidson and Casey Affleck has published a notice that artificial intelligence will be used to “adjust” actor performances and to create set locations and backgrounds.
The film, Killing Satoshi, will follow the story of an investigative reporter who jumps into the secretive world of cryptocurrency and seeks to uncover the real identity of Bitcoin’s mysterious founder, who is only known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
It’s happening so fast no one will notice in 5 years.
Hollywood gatekeeping is dying.
Very soon, blockbuster-level films will come from tiny teams of obsessed hobby directors armed with AI, taste, and zero permission.
Big budgets won’t matter.
Gatekeepers won’t matter. pic.twitter.com/g1FP8D0Ifc— VraserX e/acc (@VraserX) February 15, 2026
Live actor movies will continue to exist but maybe as a niche like Opera.
For all the fear over the U.S. trade war and President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty, this country’s biggest pension funds remain heavily invested in the U.S.
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP), the largest pension fund in the country, announced this week that it has grown to a record $780.7 billion in assets, with 47 per cent invested in the U.S., compared to only 13 per cent in Canada.
That level of U.S. ownership hasn’t budged in the year since Trump retook office, according to third-quarter results released on Friday.
But it gets better … kidding
— Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) February 13, 2026
h/t handy n handsome
UK and Canadian nationals will be able to travel to mainland China for up to 30 days without a visa from 17 February.
China’s foreign ministry said visa-free entry would be permitted for tourism, business or visits to family and friends, with the policy set to stay in effect initially until 31 December.
Matt Jacobs, the father of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Emmett Jacobs, and two surviving children living at Jennifer Strang’s home, has released a statement after the horrific events in the northeastern B.C. community Tuesday.
“The pain I have been feeling from this tragedy is unbearable. I can’t even imagine to explain how lost I feel. I lost my little boy, a man’s pride and joy. Jennifer and I had our differences but she did not deserve this, none of them did. I couldn’t even begin to comprehend the news I had heard on Feb. 10,” the statement reads.
Ukraine wants security guarantees for a minimum of 20 years from the US before it can sign a peace deal with dignity, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with Russia and the US scheduled for next week.
Speaking in Munich on Saturday, he also called for a clear date for Ukraine to be allowed to join the EU. Some EU officials have put the date as early as 2027.
Speaking to the annual Munich security summit, Ukraine’s president said he hoped “the trilateral meetings next week will be serious, substantive, helpful for all of us but, honestly, sometimes it feels like the sides are talking about completely different things”.
I wrote the following in my book Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada:
“An economic slump in the U.S. was going to affect Canada’s financial health, and so trade diversification again became a driving consideration. But instead of diversifying trade with like-minded democracies, Canada went begging at the doorstep of the Communist state that had been engaged in foreign interference and espionage against Canada and the U.S. for the past 30 years.”
Video released by the German Bundeswehr as a call for Germans to join the army.
Interesting that the only time that they use all White native people in commercials in Europe is to recruit them for the army to fight their wars. pic.twitter.com/slqVlgNJPe
— Lozzy B (@TruthFairy131) February 14, 2026
Denmark could face legal action over an agreement that gives the US sweeping powers on Danish soil, over claims it is “unconstitutional” and could pose problems in talks with Washington over Greenland.
The agreement, which was signed under the Biden administration in 2023 and was passed by the Danish parliament last year, gives the US “unhindered access” to its airbases and powers over its civilians.
Since then, Donald Trump has made threats to invade Greenland, part of the kingdom of Denmark, resulting in a diplomatic crisis between the longtime allies and a deployment of soldiers to Greenland by a number of European countries.
Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.
“The agreement strengthens our collective security, supports the development of key defence capabilities, and gives Canadian industry access to European defence markets while contributing to European and Ukrainian security,” McGuinty said in a statement sent to CBC News.
Canada joined in late 2025 with an upfront participation contribution of about €7.5 million (in 2026) plus an administrative fee of €2.5 million, totaling around €10 million for preferential access.
Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’
MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to European allies. He struck a less aggressive tone than Vice President JD Vance did in lecturing them at the same gathering last year but maintained a firm tone on Washington’s intent to reshape the trans-Atlantic alliance and push its policy priorities.
Rubio’s full remarks at Munich Security Conference
Ok, let’s take a break from Star Wars for a bit and dive into something lighter, like the Islamification of Europe. A little trip into the near future, no IP violations this time… unless you count Keir Starmer’s face as a human being, God have mercy on your soul.
Made with Grok… pic.twitter.com/mtMPg11oYR
— Sith Daddy Vlogs (@sithdaddyvlogs) February 15, 2026
Pic – The Chapel of the Martyrs of the Cathedral of Otranto
If you want to understand why Justin Trudeau’s climate change policies were more about virtue signalling than actual virtue, look at his life post politics.
Between purchasing a $4.26-million mansion in Montreal’s pricey Outremont borough – an affluent residential area known for its stately Victorian homes – and gallivanting around the world with Katy Perry, Trudeau has become a living postcard of a life of excess consumption that climate change fanatics routinely condemn.
