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Racism should not be judged as one thing when one person does it and a different thing when another person does it.

One of the big kerfuffles in women’s sports right now is only tangentially about sports. It’s mostly about race.

It involves, also tangentially, Caitlin Clark, the sharpshooting basketball phenom for the University of Iowa who is tearing through college records like they were so many tissue-paper intramural defenses. Last week she bested Pete Maravich’s all-time scoring record of 3,667 points in a game against Ohio State. She’s currently at 3,771 points as the Hawkeyes get ready for what will almost certainly be a No. 1 seed in next week’s NCAA tournament.

Mass slaughter, torture, rape and human sacrifice were among the atrocities committed during the conflicts prompted by the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the “New World”.

To them can be added another: cannibalism committed by the Spanish invaders. Such were the deprivations suffered by the Spaniards during their conquests that they were driven to eating their enemies, a new study has suggested.

Eaton centre shooter’s appeal denied.

I can’t believe this is a real headline. pic.twitter.com/ICYwD11zlb

— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) February 10, 2024

Full Story.

A Toronto mother involved in a case of Inuit identity fraud has pleaded guilty in a Nunavut courtroom, according to her lawyer.

John Scott Cowan said Karima Manji, the mother of Amira and Nadya Gill, entered the plea Friday morning and took “full responsibility for the matters at hand.”

What a joke.

Ontario adding mandatory Black history learning to Grades 7, 8 and 10 history courses

Ontario’s education minister says that the province is introducing mandatory learning on the contributions of Black Canadians to history courses in Grades 7, 8 and 10.

Stephen Lecce says Black history is Canadian history and adding it as a mandatory part of the curriculum will ensure the next generation will better appreciate the sacrifices and commitments Black Canadians have made.

Ford gonna Ford.

h/t NeoCon!

In my post Tuesday night, I tried to explain the one-page order the D.C. Circuit federal appeals court issued in conjunction with yesterday’s 57-page opinion denying former president Trump’s immunity claim. The order involved the timing of what’s known as the issuance of the “mandate” — basically, the court’s formal decision. The mandate conveys jurisdiction back to the District Court (where Judge Tanya Chutkan is presiding), which, in turn, must apply the Circuit’s ruling.

My post addressed how the Circuit is grappling with Trump’s strategy of delay — here, by nudging him into an expeditious appeal to the Supreme Court. There is much misunderstanding about this.

The RCMP say a Montreal man is facing one count of uttering threats for allegedly threatening in an online post to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The federal police force says Paul Clarissou, 30, is to appear Wednesday at the Montreal courthouse.

The charge comes after an investigation by the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team.

WTF

A new toolkit circulated to York University teaching assistants instructs them to denounce Israel at every available opportunity, even when it has no apparent relevance to the subject being studied.

“Let us collectively divert this week’s tutorials to teaching on Palestinian liberation,” reads the 15-page document circulated by CUPE 3903, the union representing York’s contract and part-time faculty.

The document adds that tutorials should be diverted to condemnations of the “Zionist Israeli state” regardless of the course that the TA is supposed to be discussing.

h/t Neocon

Hot takes? I don’t like calling people liars without reason, but this doesn’t seem right to me at all.

On the other hand he is a “social studies” teacher.

(I’m so old I remember when CNN was a serious news network.)

The Communist Party’s incompetence has worsened a continuing demographic catastrophe in China, undermining hopes for its future.

The world faces a threat, not from a rising, powerful China, but from a China that is disaffected and in inevitable decline.

The National Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday that China’s population had decreased in 2023 by about two million people, more than twice as many as the previous year’s drop of 850,000.

More …

Panic, as China’s Population Continues to Drop

China’s government just announced its population has declined for the second straight year. Once the world’s most populous country, India officially surpassed China in 2023. Experts say the future of China’s workforce and economy are at stake.

Twitter – Iowa

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Also note I am having a computer meltdown, a serious one. doing what I can.

The King Arthur Baking Company is hosting a competition for bakeries and the winner gets a lot of dough.

It’s called “Baking Pitchfest 2024.”

Winners get mentorship from other bakers and financial support for their bakeries.

I have no problem so long as they run an identical contest for whites.

h/t XC

Two men who investigators believe fatally shot a prominent Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia are under police surveillance and are expected to be arrested by the RCMP in a matter of weeks, sources say.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was leaving a Sikh temple in Surrey on June 18 when he was shot multiple times in a gangland-style slaying. He had been reportedly warned by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that his life was in danger.