It’s Ramadan in Germanistan

I don’t think they can be saved, the German Catholic idiots, they have delved so deeply into masochism.

In the first century, the historian Sallust wrote of the Roman Republic: “Decadence and arrogance are the natural dividends of prosperity.”

These are also Western dividends and Ayaan Hirsi Ali is right when, in her lectio this week named for Russell Kirk, she attacks the “suicidal degeneration of the West”.

They want to make everything collapse, without caring about the avalanche that will inevitably overwhelm them too, she asserted.


Meanwhile in Jolly Old England …

Ramadan lights on display in central London over Easter

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Molly the magpie: Australia debates seizure of Insta-famous bird

An Australian state premier has backed a campaign to return an Instagram-famous magpie to its human carers after it was seized by wildlife authorities.

The bird, dubbed Molly, was rescued as a chick by a Queensland couple and formed an unlikely bond with their bull terrier, Peggy.

More than two million people follow a “Peggy and Molly” profile online.

Queensland’s leader Steven Miles says Molly should be reunited with the family, contradicting state officials.

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UAE residents who migrated to Canada, US now moving back to Dubai: Experts

The UAE is witnessing a reverse migration trend: More former residents, who relocated to Canada and the US for greener pastures, are returning to the country, industry experts said.

Property developers in Dubai have seen increased investments from such new Canadian and US nationals who used to live in the UAE. They are now buying homes in the emirate to move away from the high taxes, rising cost of living and fewer opportunities in the countries they initially migrated to.

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Jussie Smollett Hate Hoax Conviction Appeal to Be Heard by Illinois Supreme Court

Former Empire star Jussie Smollett is taking the appeal of his criminal conviction all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court.

The state’s high court has agreed to hear Smollett’s appeal of his conviction for staging a hate crime in 2019 to garner media attention, according to the Chicago Tribune.

A lower appellate court had already upheld his convictions for his report of a hate crime.

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Tenants’ rent should count toward their credit score, the federal government says — but it won’t force the move

The federal government is calling on banks, credit bureaus, landlords and financial technology firms to include rent payments in credit scores in a bid to help Canadians secure better mortgage rates. But officials say they won’t yet enforce the practice, and one critic expects the move will have little impact on affordability.

… It’s a move that David Hulchanski, a housing expert at the University of Toronto, sees as relatively toothless. Along with the voluntary nature of implementation, he noted that credit scores were less pervasive of a barrier to homeownership than the sheer cost of homes today compared with income levels.

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Ontario school boards sue social media giants for $4.5B

Four major Ontario school boards are taking some of the largest social media companies to court over their products, alleging the way they’re designed has negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn and disrupted the way schools operate.

The public district school boards of Toronto, Peel and Ottawa-Carleton, along with Toronto’s Catholic counterpart, are looking for about $4.5 billion in damages from Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc. and ByteDance Ltd., which operate the platforms Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok respectively, according to separate but similar statements of claim filed Wednesday.

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Blessed are not the Cheesemakers … Hot cross bun flavoured cheese is an attack on symbolism of Easter, Christians warn

A hot cross bun flavoured cheese has “lost the symbolism” of Easter, Christians have warned.

Morrisons has launched a new cheddar for the religious holiday, which is flavoured with traditional bun ingredients of cinnamon, blueberries and raisins.

The Hot Cross Bun Cheese, which is being sold for £1.25 per 100g at the supermarket’s deli counters, has provoked bemusement among the Christian community.

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Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities.

Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 people last week, includes several contributions from a person who publishes under the name Sulaiman Dawood al-Kanadie.

The last part of the handle means “the Canadian” in Arabic and has been used by several high-profile ISIS members from Canada in the past.

I’d start with the Liberal Party.

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