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Once upon a time, linking climate change directly back to homosexuality was almost enough to get you sectioned. Remember 10 years ago, during the floods of 2014, when UKIP local councillor David Silvester was widely mocked after writing a letter to then-PM David Cameron, warning that the bad weather of the day was due to Dismal Dave’s acting “arrogantly against the Gospel” by planning to legalise gay marriage, thereby angering God Almighty and causing Him to unleash “storms, disease, pestilence and war” upon us all?

The Air Canada flight leaving Zurich, Switzerland, a year ago, had some precious cargo aboard — namely 400 kilograms of gold and nearly $2 million US in cash.

It was moved across the Atlantic Ocean on April 17, 2023, just three days after a security firm had arranged for its transport to Canada.

The gold and the money — with a combined value of at least $20 million Cdn at the time — made it to Toronto’s Pearson airport.

Often an insider is found to have been an accomplice to a gang, in this case it is alleged that one guy showed up with a fraudulent waybill and waltzed out with the treasure.

A pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Toronto on Saturday afternoon drew thousands of demonstrators and led to one arrest, and comes after a week of heightened tensions between demonstrators and police.

Toronto police confirmed one person was arrested at around 4:15 p.m. for breach of peace and was unconditionally released. Video on X appears to show the person was a counterprotester who was part of a small group that appeared to confront pro-Palestinian demonstrators, as observed by the Star.

The roughly half-dozen counterprotesters arrived less than an hour into the rally, which began at 3 p.m., and inserted themselves into the crowd before being pulled out by police officers on bikes.

Dramatic arrest of counter protester Salman Sima. #cdnpoli #Toronto #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #ProtestMania pic.twitter.com/Flq7WDdS0H

— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) April 6, 2024

An amount of land equivalent to the Isle of Wight has been added to the shorelines of 13,000 islands around the world in just the last 20 years. This fascinating fact of a 369.67 square kilometre increase has recently been discovered by a group of Chinese scientists analysing both surface and satellite records. Overall, land was lost during the 1990s, but the scientists found that in the study period of three decades to 2020 there was a net increase of 157.21 km2. The study observed considerable natural variation in both erosion and accretion. Of course, the findings blow holes in the poster scare run by alarmists suggesting that rising sea levels caused by humans using hydrocarbons will condemn many islands to disappear shortly beneath rising sea levels. By means of such flimsy scare tactics, as we have seen in many other cases, desperate attempts are made to terrify global populations to accept the insanity of the Net Zero collectivisation.

h/t DS

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.)