Michelle Obama Tells Stephen Colbert She‘s ‘Lost‘ in Trump‘s America

Former first lady Michelle Obama joined Stephen Colbert Tuesday night and delivered a depressing diatribe about the President Donald Trump-led White House ballroom construction, calling herself “confused” and “lost” as “standards and norms” are being broken.

h/t XC

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So called ‘Canadian’ convicted in foiled NYC terror plot stabs US correctional officers in prison

A 27-year-old man from Mississauga, Ont., currently serving a US prison sentence for his role in a foiled 2016 terrorist plot, has pleaded guilty to stabbing two correctional officers with a weapon fashioned from a steel desk inside his cell.

The US Department of Justice confirmed Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy’s guilty plea in a news release Tuesday, detailing the Dec. 7, 2020, incident at United States Penitentiary Allenwood in Pennsylvania.

(Incognito)

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Russian comic fan is first jailed under Kremlin ‘Satanism’ ban

A man in St Petersburg who was arrested on his way to a comic book and fantasy festival has become the first person to be imprisoned under the Kremlin’s crackdown on supposed Satanism.

Artyom Repin was was detained on charges of possessing a goblet with a pentagram, an image of Baphomet, a goat-headed pagan deity, and a book called Satanic Rituals. He has been jailed for 12 days.

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WTF?

She told the brat to get his feet off the furniture.

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Company building Toronto’s new electric ferries faces criminal corruption charges overseas

The shipbuilder awarded $92 million to construct Toronto’s two new electric ferries will soon face trial overseas on corruption charges and sanctions violations, a legal threat experts say could imperil the company.

The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service announced in April that it was prosecuting Damen, a major international shipbuilder headquartered in the Netherlands, for bribery, forgery and money-laundering. The service also said it was investigating the company for violating Russian sanctions.


I bet these will work great mid-winter.

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Cringe: Imagine if they nominate Trudeau’s kid to rep Canada at Eurovision

Budget 2025’s plans for CBC include getting Canada into Eurovision contest

The Liberal government’s plans for CBC/Radio-Canada include looking at getting Canada into the Eurovision international song contest.

A line in the new federal budget’s section on CBC says the government is working with the public broadcaster to explore participation in the popular song contest.

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Why is Ofcom trying to censor Americans?

When Preston Byrne received a demand from Ofcom for £20,000 last month, he printed it off, put it through the shredder and turned it into bedding for his pet hamster.

The lawyer, who is representing US messageboard 4chan in its legal wrangling with Ofcom, even publicly poked fun at Britain’s communications quango, telling it that his hamster – Mr Whiskers – said the letter ‘smelled of failure’.

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Ford government faces questions about jobs fund and ‘adult entertainment venue’

Ontario’s opposition parties are questioning the province’s labour minister about the possibility money from the $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund ended up at a company tied to an “adult entertainment venue.”

Records viewed by CTV News show connections between an organization that received under $10 million in grants from the labour ministry and the operator of a new nightclub on Toronto’s exhibition grounds, though the people involved denied that provincial money was used there.

“Adult entertainment slash wedding venues? Can’t make this up!” declared Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles during Question Period on Tuesday, referring to the connection first reported by TheTrillium.ca.

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