Don Lemon demanded Tesla Cybertruck, $5M advance, equity in X before Elon Musk canned him: sources

Don Lemon demanded the sun, the moon and the stars from the SpaceX boss – before being unceremoniously dumped this week, The Post has learned.

The ex-CNN anchor sent over an astronomical wish list to Elon Musk during contract talks to host a show on the billionaire’s social media platform X – including a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content, according to a document reviewed by The Post.

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Photo of Jewish Liberal minister holding hands with Abbas called ‘absolutely shameful’

A photo tweeted by Global Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly Thursday night of her meeting in the West Bank with the territory’s leader has drawn outrage from Israel supporters who noticed the photo also includes the Jewish Liberal cabinet minister Ya’ara Saks holding hands with Mahmoud Abbas, known for antisemitism, Holocaust denial and supporting terror.

This is so fecked up it’s funny.

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Rahim Mohamed: Mélanie Joly visits Israel only to trivialize Hamas’s sexual violence

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, in Israel for a three-day visit this week, found time on Tuesday to deeply offend her hosts, announcing during a stopover in the West Bank that Canada would be putting up $1 million toward investigating allegations of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinian women.

“We believe Palestinian women,” Joly wrote in a tweet reiterating the funding pledge.

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Gregory Millard: Justin Trudeau can lose the next election but remain prime minister. Here’s how

The polls look dire for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre have enjoyed a lead gusting up to 20 per cent for several months. The prime minister’s personal totals are horrendous. These are 1984-type numbers — bringing to mind not George Orwell’s novel, but Brian Mulroney’s demolition of the Liberals in that year. While the next election is some time away, it’s hard to imagine a future in which the Liberals win more seats, let alone more votes, than the Conservatives. Yet we see little indication that Mr. Trudeau plans to resign.

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Canadian Standard of Living Plummets Lower, Approaching Lost Decade: NBF

Canadians were warned about building a housing-based economy, now they’re approaching a lost decade. National Bank of Canada Financial (NBF) recently wrote to institutions to warn the country’s productivity is stagnating. As a result, so is the quality of life as real gross domestic product (GDP) remains at the same level it was 7 years ago—and it’s heading in the wrong direction.

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Video shows men clashing moments before NYC subway shooting as frantic riders scramble for doors

Harrowing footage captured the violent clash between two men on a Brooklyn subway car — and the sheer panic among commuters after one of the brawlers was shot aboard the rush-hour train Thursday.

The video, shot by a passenger on a northbound A train, corroborated earlier witness accounts shared with police, showing one man provoking another before at least four gunshots rang out on the crowded train as it pulled into the A/C Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station.

H/T KIKI9

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Let them eat snake: scientists back python as sustainable meat

Dr Daniel Natusch has eaten plenty of Burmese python over the years. “At the risk of repeating a cliché, it tastes a lot like chicken,” he says.

“You run the knife along the back of the snake and you almost get a 4m-long filleted steak. Firm white meat, no bones. And then it depends on how you prepare it. I’ve had it barbecued, in curries, as biltong and, yeah, it’s great.”

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‘There are better ways:’ Toronto police issue statement after officer tells residents to leave car keys near front door amid home invasions

A bit of unconventional advice given to residents by an officer at an Etobicoke town hall last month has prompted the Toronto Police Service to clarify its position on theft prevention.(opens in a new tab)

At the community meeting, held on Feb. 27 at Etobicoke Civic Centre, Const. Marco Ricciardi advised attendees to leave the keys to their vehicles near their front doors in Faraday pouches as a way to deter break-ins motivated by car theft.

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British countryside can evoke ‘dark nationalist’ feelings in paintings, warns museum

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The Fitzwilliam Museum has suggested that paintings of the British countryside evoke dark “nationalist feelings”.

The museum, owned by the University of Cambridge, has undertaken an overhaul of its displays, in a move that its director insisted was not “woke”.

Luke Syson said last week: “I would love to think that there’s a way of telling these larger, more inclusive histories that doesn’t feel as if it requires a push-back from those who try to suggest that any interest at all in [this work is] what would now be called ‘woke’.”

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