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… The limousine crash, which occurred on Oct. 6, 2018, killed 20 people, including 17 passengers, the driver and two bystanders, according to New York State Police. The owner of the limousine company, Shahed Hussain, was a long-time FBI informant who allegedly “lied on tax returns and immigration papers, misled FBI handlers, committed bankruptcy fraud, and racked up hotel code violations and tens of thousands in unpaid property taxes with no consequences,” according to Stefanik.
Ryerson University is changing its name to Toronto Metropolitan University following years of outcry from staff, students, the public and Indigenous communities.
The school announced the name change Tuesday afternoon following a vote by its board of governors who approved the name. It was recommended by Mohamed Lachemi, the president of the school.
… The original video was posted on April 1 and had been going viral since April 23, drawing mounting criticism online and elsewhere. One person critical of the footage posted a comment saying, “It equated Emperor Showa with Hitler.”
In response, the Ukrainian government tweeted, “Our sincere apologies for making a mistake in the previous version of the video. We had no intention to offend the friendly people of Japan.” It has accordingly taken down Emperor Showa’s photo from the footage.
Touchy Touchy! He was an ally to Hitler and Mussolini.
Canadian university advertises for tenure track research chair in its Faculty of Environment – but only women or people who identify as transgender, non-binary or two-spirit are allowed to apply
The University of Waterloo has an opening for a tenure track assistant professor specializing in science and engineering – but white men need not apply.
According to a listing from the Canadian university last month, the position is available only to women, or ‘qualified individuals who self-identify as women, transgender, non-binary, or two-spirit’ – a gender-variant derived from Native American culture.
Men, meanwhile, will not be considered, the school says – especially if they are white.
h/t RM
Teacher shows slideshow they played for students to come out as trans non-binary. Students were taught that people can be born in the wrong bodies and sometimes aren’t a boy or girl pic.twitter.com/E0a6LEbAhX
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 24, 2022
Ottawa needs more codebreakers — but spy agency says finding them isn’t easy
… Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, who is helping to oversee Ottawa’s national cybersecurity strategy, said that one of his goals is to scale up the cybersecurity workforce.
Part of that effort, he said, could involve looking abroad.
“I think we should be creating dedicated pathways to attract talent in cybersecurity,” said Mendicino.
I bet he hires from China and North Korea.
To Canadian national security officials, Samy Nefkha-Bahri is a supporter of “armed jihad abroad,” who had “dubious associations” and wanted to take part in “combat in Syria.”
Classified government reports obtained by Global News allege he led a group that was preparing to travel “for the purpose of participating in the activities of a terrorist group.”
But instead of arresting and charging the Montreal resident, federal officials grounded him: they denied him a passport “to prevent the commission of a terrorism offence.”
Conservatives humanize babies by putting a gender on them so they can stop people from having abortions. pic.twitter.com/J9W0922m01
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 24, 2022
A large organization that drives the training of U.S. librarians and their use of public funds has chosen a self-described “Marxist lesbian” as its next president amid growing concern about libraries actively connecting children to sexually explicit activities and materials.
Emily Drabinski was elected president of the American Library Association last week by the organization’s members. She will take office in July 2023.
How does anyone who publicly self-identifies as a Marxist even get hired?
A weird trend has emerged over the past few months that seems statistically unlikely. A number of factories, logistical centers, and food processing plants have caught fire or exploded, including two that had planes crash on them. More and more people have noticed and wondered about the trend on social media. Of course, this has caused the conspiracy theorists to come out in force, so one must make a sober assessment without jumping to conclusions. But man, this is weird. With all the negative pressures on our economy and supply chains, and even Joe Biden talking about global food shortages over the next several months, one has to wonder what’s going on here.
Community Solidarity Ottawa, a coalition of local labour unions, community organizations and residents, says the Rolling Thunder Ottawa motorcycle ride that is expected to roar into town on Friday and Saturday is not the bike rally in support of veterans that it claims to be, but rather little more than an extension of the “Freedom Convoy” that tied up the city’s downtown core in February.
If not mistaken, and I don’t believe I am, Community Solidarity Ottawa is nothing more than the usual bunch of commie rent-seekers.
Wynn Bruce dies after lighting himself on fire outside Supreme Court
A climate activist who lit himself on fire on Earth Day outside the United States Supreme Court Building has died, according to reports.
Wynn Bruce, 50, of Boulder, Colorado, died Saturday, a day after he set himself ablaze in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department told Fox News.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m. on the plaza in front of the court building.
The law allows businesses to decide whether to permit “trans” men in women’s restrooms — but is that enough?
An 18-year-old British man who identifies as non-binary claims he was kicked out of a luxury dress shop last week while trying on prom dresses in the fitting room. The man, Charlie Moore, said he visited the retailer alongside his girlfriend, who also identifies as non-binary.
Moore, a political activist who is the “trans rep” for the youth wing of the U.K.’s Liberal Democratic Party, blasted his claims around social media, naming the business — Monsoon in Birmingham, England — and using his political clout to inflict a firestorm of complaints on the company.
