European Leaders: In Urgent Need of Deradicalization

European Leaders: In Urgent Need of Deradicalization

After World War II, many of Europe’s “elites,” notably in Germany and Austria, were in grave need of denazification. We have now arrived at a time when European leaders and “elites” are, once again, in desperate need of deradicalization — from being “pro-Hamas.”

Sometimes the sentiment is presented as “pro-Palestine,” but it really has nothing to do with Palestinians and everything to do with hating Jews. If these protestors were actually pro-Palestinian, they would be demanding freedom of speech, equal justice under the law, better educational opportunities and better governance, where Palestinian leaders were less corrupt and did not shoot at their own people to prevent them from taking aid, or plant weapons depots among them to increase their own citizens’ casualty rates.

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Montreal police take down high-powered surveillance camera after Radio-Canada story

Montreal police take down high-powered surveillance camera after Radio-Canada story

Montreal police are quietly growing their network of AI-powered tools to track vehicles and people across the city, raising questions about public transparency and privacy rights.

A high-powered camera able to scan and identify vehicles was spotted earlier this week by a Radio-Canada reporter, on a lamp post along Henri-Bourassa Boulevard in Montreal’s Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood.


Car based scanners capable of running license plate searches at a high rate has been in use for some time If I recall correctly.

This Canadian version of a Flock style system means we the criminal public can be surveilled 24/7.

I wonder what Toronto’s police use?

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‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos

‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos

You are on a short break in Porto and post some pictures of your family on Instagram or Facebook. With a small section of the Douro river in the background, you think it could have been taken anywhere.

A few days later, you get a text saying that your card was compromised. “We detected unusual activity while you were travelling in Porto – please verify immediately,” says the message.

You click on the link to confirm your bank details. Since you have not put any details of your trip on any of your social networks – bar the indistinct pictures – you don’t suspect there is anything suspicious about the messages.

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This Might Be the Most Brutal Diagnosis of AOC You’ll Ever Hear

This Might Be the Most Brutal Diagnosis of AOC You’ll Ever Hear

Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News’s The Five this week and gave a blunt yet extremely fair assessment of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.): she’s not actually doing her job.

“AOC stands for Always On Camera,” Conway said. “She is a performer, not a reformer. She went to Washington to legislate; that’s her job. She’s a pontificator, not a legislator.”


Probably a good thing.

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Bourbon ban is Canada’s Strait of Hormuz

Bourbon ban is Canada’s Strait of Hormuz

Lawson Whiting, the Brown-Forman CEO and the man behind Jack Daniel’s, called Canada pulling American liquor off our shelves “worse than a tariff … because it’s literally taking your sales away.”

Whiting was quoted in March 2025 when eight provinces cleared their shelves of U.S. booze. Only Alberta and Saskatchewan blinked. A year and a half on, U.S. alcohol exports to Canada have fallen off dramatically — down 81 per cent. The ban has become, improbably, something that gets under Donald Trump’s skin, from a country the U.S. supposedly needs nothing from.

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This Is Objectively Hilarious

This Is Objectively Hilarious

I am convinced that James O’Keefe was actually destined to be a Gonzo Journalist, along the lines of Hunter Thompson.

Unfortunately for the world of Gonzo journalism, O’Keefe came along too late to get away with spending his life whacked out on dangerous drugs, driving at 130 miles an hour while trashed out of his mind, and he doesn’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore. So instead, James is doing his version of investigative journalism, which is pretty much as amusing, without the need for drugs.

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Poilievre urges Carney to keep fuel excise tax suspended until Canada Day

Poilievre urges Carney to keep fuel excise tax suspended until Canada Day

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is reiterating his call for Prime Minister Mark Carney to extend a pause on Canada’s fuel excise tax, which is set to return on Labour Day.

Ottawa temporarily removed the tax from retail gas sales in April, a measure that will expire on Sept. 7. In a letter to Carney on Sunday, Poilievre argued the tax should remain paused until at least Canada Day 2027.

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The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center

The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center

MAYSVILLE, Ky.—The offer arrived out of nowhere just over one year ago.

An unknown company was scooping up Kentucky farmland, and few plots were more valuable than those owned by Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston.

The money would be life-changing. From Bare’s farm, the company wanted 463 acres at $48,000 apiece. From Huddleston’s nearby piece of property, it sought 71 at $60,000 per acre.

Together mother and daughter would collect $26.48 million. All they had to do was sign.

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Douglas Todd: How Norway’s amazing road tunnels get built, compared to B.C.

Douglas Todd: How Norway’s amazing road tunnels get built, compared to B.C.

Norway, a land with more than 1,200 different road tunnels, has a world reputation for getting its projects done much faster, and at lower cost, than other jurisdictions — and that includes British Columbia.

Norway is a country of mountains, evergreen trees and ocean inlets, much like the west coast of Canada. The populations of B.C. and Norway are identical, at 5.6 million each.

(Incognito)

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‘Massive’ Ukrainian drone attack on Russia kills at least six, says Moscow

‘Massive’ Ukrainian drone attack on Russia kills at least six, says Moscow

Ukraine has launched one of its largest drone attacks since the start of the war, causing a fire at a distribution warehouse near Moscow and killing at least six people overnight, according to Russian authorities.

Russia’s defence ministry said it had shot down 822 drones, while the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, reported that 600 drones were launched towards the capital’s region, of which 201 were destroyed.

It was the biggest air raid on the Russian capital in two years, the mayor told the Tass news agency, although the rapid recent expansion of Ukraine’s drone’s capability could mean it was the largest attack wave since the start of the war in 2022.

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How Iowans feel about Trump’s tariffs, Canada’s treatment as Republicans vie for support

How Iowans feel about Trump’s tariffs, Canada’s treatment as Republicans vie for support

This weekend, hundreds of thousands of people are attending the Iowa State Fair — a major attraction featuring several days of entertainment, a rodeo and even a life-size butter cow that’s been carved every year since 1911.

Much like the Calgary Stampede in Canada, the Iowa State Fair is a crucial stop for politicians to meet voters, making it a hotbed for political debates — especially when U.S. midterms are coming up.

And this year, one of the topics on Iowans’ minds is U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.


Pork chops on a stick, that’s all anyone should care about.

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Europe’s tallest Virgin Mary statue unveiled in rural Poland

Europe’s tallest Virgin Mary statue unveiled in rural Poland

A statue of the Virgin Mary believed to be Europe’s tallest has been formally unveiled in a small Polish village.

The 55.6-metre (182ft) concrete figure is roughly two double-decker buses longer than Rio de Janeiro’s smaller – if more prominently placed – Christ the Redeemer monument, though it still pales in comparison to a 98m Virgin Mary erected in the Philippines.

The ecclesiastical sculpture in rural Konotopie was consecrated by a local bishop in a ceremony on Saturday, a day chosen to coincide with the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.


Not sure any other Euro state would have allowed this out of fear they might anger their Muslim settlers.

Poland has kept the Muslims out for the most part.

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