Germany warns over incendiary devices in freight

German security authorities on Friday warned of “unconventional incendiary devices” being sent in parcels via freight service providers.

The DPA and Reuters news agencies cited an alert from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the BfV domestic intelligence agency.

The alert, which was sent to logistics and aviation companies, described several incidents in which parcels sent by private individuals in several European countries caught fire while in transit.

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Kamala Harris’s New Arab Outreach Director Said ‘Zionists’ Are ‘Controlling’ American Politics

Kamala Harris’s newly appointed head of Arab-American outreach once accused Zionists of “controlling” American politics, echoing an anti-Semitic trope that suggests Jews nefariously manipulate global affairs.

“The Zionists have a strong voice in American politics,” Brenda Abdelall, an Egyptian-American lawyer and former Department of Homeland Security official, said in a 2002 interview with the New York Sun while attending the American Muslim Council’s annual convention. “I would say they’re controlling a lot of it.”

h/t JL

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Nando’s waitress hit with plate says police nearby did nothing

A Nando’s worker who was attacked by a customer has said that she feels “grossly let down” by the police after officers dining in the restaurant failed to take action against her attacker.

CCTV shows a man hitting the waitress with a plate as she set food on the table at the chain’s Stratford branch in east London on March 10.

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Toronto city council has finally outdone itself with this absurd new ban

Perhaps it was inevitable that Toronto, the city that has managed to bring down restrictions on all sorts of perfectly normal things, from food trucks to toboggan hills to splash pads, would eventually get to this point.

But still, the sentence is almost too perfect: No dogs in the dog park.

OK, fine, it is not quite that simple. The park in question, Ramsden Park, right across from the Rosedale subway station, has banned pooches brought to the off-leash part of the dog park by professional dog walkers. Again, to be clear: (some) dogs are banned from the dog park.

Toronto is too stupid to be allowed to vote.

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Alexander Vindman Represents Everything That’s Wrong With Our Officer Class

France just arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for his alleged failure to sufficiently limit criminal activity on Telegram. What “criminal activity” translates to in European terms is anyone’s guess. In Britain, criminal activity is liking memes or posting dissident opinions on social media. The New York Times reported that the Telegram app had been on law enforcement radar partially due to its use by “far-right extremist groups” for communicating, recruiting, and organizing. That’s Clue Number One, the only clue anyone should need to understand. Durov’s only criminal activity was refusing to censor the free exchange of ideas.

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Disney‘s ‘The Acolyte‘ Star Amandla Stenberg Not Surprised Show Canceled After ‘Vitriol, Prejudice, and Hateful Language Towards Us‘

Amandla Stenberg, who rose to prominence on the now-canceled Disney+ show The Acolyte, said vitriolic and hateful Star Wars fans were responsible for the show’s demise.

Stenberg, who has previously been critical of the Star Wars fanbase for their vocal distaste of The Acolyte, said on her Instagram story that the cast faced a rampage from fueled by “hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol.”

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Can Justin Trudeau’s Liberals seize on the U.S. Democrats’ success? Here’s where they should start

It was a bit of bad luck for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, having to hold their annual cabinet retreat on the heels of the wildly successful Democratic convention in the U.S.

The comparisons and the questions were going to be inevitable — why can’t the Trudeau Liberals do that kind of progressive political revival here in Canada?

As minister after minister explained, no one is talking about showing Trudeau the exit door, as the Democrats did with Joe Biden.

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Canada Post at ‘Critical Juncture,’ Financial Situation Unsustainable: Board Chair

The chair of Canada Post’s board says the organization’s financial situation is unsustainable.

“The board and senior management recognize that Canada Post is at a critical juncture,” said André Hudon at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

“Significant change is urgently needed to preserve Canada Post’s delivery network, which is vital because it’s the only delivery network built to serve all Canadians.”

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