
The late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who served as Canada’s prime minister for more than 15 years and died more than two decades ago, remains more popular nationally than the current office holder, his son Justin, a new survey suggests.
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The late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who served as Canada’s prime minister for more than 15 years and died more than two decades ago, remains more popular nationally than the current office holder, his son Justin, a new survey suggests.

A recent viral video shows a man in San Francisco riding a bike through Walgreens, filling a garbage with merchandise, and sailing out of the store with a security guard and store employee standing helplessly by. Another viral video shows a thief jumping over a counter and then leaving on a scooter while a TV crew does a story on shoplifting. Such scenes have become so common in San Francisco that retail chains are applying new rules to their operations in the city.

Michel Faro do Prado, 44, from Praia Grande coast near São Paulo, is known as the ‘human satan’ thanks to his extensive body modifications and devilish appearance.
US Representative Cori Bush exercised her liberties as an American and member of Congress to contend that, as the nation celebrates Independence Day, it continues to occupy stolen land and deny freedom to black people.
“When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: The freedom they’re referring to is for white people,” Bush said Sunday on Twitter. “This land is stolen land, and black people still aren’t free.”

A video from Ocean City, Maryland, has captured a massive fireworks explosion on the beach. Reports say a truck packed to the brim for 4th of July celebrations was the source of the blast.
So this just happened in Ocean City, MD. pic.twitter.com/B0djA8JxF7
— Gilly Gene (@GillyOfThe412) July 4, 2021

Joey Chestnut sets record in his 14th Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest victory
So I heard ESPN’s feed went out at the #nathansfamous Hot Dog Eating Contest when @joeyjaws broke his world record! Luckily, I was there! Here you go! #NathansHotDog pic.twitter.com/vu4jzQJDIl
— Kalen Allen (@TheKalenAllen) July 4, 2021
There’s been a huge ransomware attack which experts are terming a “colossal and devastating supply chain attack.”
According to Bloomberg News, the cyberattack targeted managed-service providers (MSPs), which provide IT services to small and medium sized businesses. It’s affected a lot of companies, at least 1,000 in this country so far and growing. Experts believe thousands are affected.
A group of Georgetown University students said they were “embarrassed” to be American in shocking campus interviews ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend — but none of them could name a better country to live in.
I suppose we can simply flag this story as the latest entry in our series on how the pandemic has changed America and what the “new normal” looks like. And we’re once again looking at issues involving the restaurant industry, arguably among the hardest hit during the lockdowns.


Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby was released from prison on Wednesday after serving only two years out of a three-to-ten-year sentence.
Oddly enough, he spent his very first night of freedom practicing comedy routines, his spokesperson Andrew Wyatt told Fox News. Apparently, Cosby is chomping at the bit to get back to standup.
Remember when people were screaming “Bill Clinton is a rapist!” at his rallies for Hillary? This will be ten times worse.
Alleged drunk driver nabbed in Vaughan with girl, 5, in car

Sprinter Richardson has been banned for 30 days after failing a marijuana test, and will miss out on the 100-meter dash at the Tokyo Games.
AOC hit out at Olympic organizers for their decision on Friday, also slammed the International Swimming Federation for rejecting the use of Soul Cap, a brand of swimming caps designed for athletes with natural black hair, at the Olympics.
‘The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy,’ Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Friday.

University of Connecticut Law Professor Mathilde Cohen raised the hackles of quite a few French people last week when she told a bewildered audience at Sciences Po Paris and the University of Nanterre that eating French food is an expression of “White Privilege.”
“I would like to tell you about ‘food Whiteness’ in French culture,” Cohen begins, “By this I mean the use of food to reinforce ‘Whiteness’ as a dominant racial identity.”

Plans by Ukraine’s defence ministry to have female soldiers march in high heels instead of army boots in a parade next month have caused angry reactions.
Irina Gerashchenko, an opposition member of parliament, said it was sexism, not equality.
Ukraine is preparing to stage a military parade on 24 August to mark 30 years of independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The defence ministry say the shoes are part of regulation-dress uniform.