wtf
🇯🇵 A Muslim lady from the UK explains: "Japan is overrated. I don't like it because it's not Muslim friendly. Their rice is boiled in pork water".
Actually, one of the best things about Japan is exactly that: we're not Muslim friendly. 🤷🏻♀️ Too bad for you. pic.twitter.com/6oRYQGq8ei
— 鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 (@harukaawake) April 4, 2026
If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which nearly everyone could agree.
Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies project due tomorrow. Or scanned its list of countries for Latvia, because that is the country you are representing next week in Model U.N. Even better, you wandered the earth in your imagination as you held the physical Factbook in your own hands, unfolding its maps and understanding, perhaps for the first time, that the thumbs-up gesture your friends flash each other is considered an obscene insult in parts of the Middle East, Europe and Argentina.
A pity, as a blogger I have relied on it on many occasions.
Two people have been arrested at a rally for Iran downtown on Saturday.
Officers arrested two males for assault and assault with a weapon around 2:30 p.m., according to a post from Toronto police on social media.
The “Rally for Justice” was organized by Hands Off Iran and the Muslim Community of the GTA to “build a strong, united presence against imperialist aggression and war.”
Police arrest Barry Weisleder after reviewing footage of him striking my videographer with a flagpole.
📸 Apr 4, 2026#Toronto #ProtestMania
Support independent reporting on Canada’s protest circuit and hate industry:https://t.co/nFAvuFdiNA https://t.co/Wo9NX8445J pic.twitter.com/AnvYMMD9en
— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) April 4, 2026
Protester arrested after police see him grab at my videographer’s camera.
My $0.02:
Keep your hands to yourself while protesting, particularly when standing directly in front of police.
What was previously ignored by frontline officers is now being handled swiftly.… pic.twitter.com/R7Eyq70scj
— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) April 4, 2026
Canada’s largest oil refinery is looking for new supply options as the U.S. war on Iran threatens one of its most reliable, and long-standing, sources of crude oil.
Irving Oil recently got permission from federal regulators to use a foreign-owned ship to bring crude oil from Newfoundland’s offshore fields to Saint John, in southern New Brunswick.
Saudi Arabia has been the most reliable source of crude for Irving’s Saint John refinery since it opened in 1960, but Irving told regulators last month that this is no longer certain.
Armed police guarding Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, have reportedly left a bag of guns outside his home.
An MP5 semi-automatic Heckler & Koch carbine, Glock pistol, Taser and ammunition were found on the kerb in south London on Tuesday evening.
Five officers have since been removed from front-line duties.
Conservative MP Marc Dalton says he hopes Shen Yun’s remaining Toronto performances can proceed, since police have confirmed that the bomb threats against the show are unfounded.
“These threats have been a tactic worldwide to derail this production in the past couple of years. I have tickets to attend next week in Vancouver and look forward to it,” Dalton said on social media on April 2.
Another week, another reminder that the German government’s rhetoric on migration rarely matches reality.
Friedrich Merz was clearly hoping to claw back some support from the anti-migration AfD when he said on Monday that he expected 80% of Syrians in Germany to return home within three years. The only problem is that the figure is disputed—and rapidly unravelling.
Buddy is like a 6'5 Russian dude and they still thought it was smart to attack him.that random overjoy man appeared out of nowhere pic.twitter.com/RLzlXSe0OB
— Sebastian™ (@Azariel91) April 4, 2026
NEW – Man tries to STAB random people in Toronto's main square
fortunatley no one was hurt.pic.twitter.com/nUYwrfOuH7
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) April 4, 2026
A Muslim man argued he had First Amendment rights to call a Jewish family ‘dirty people’ at a Miami Beach park, prosecutors said.
Ahmad Zeeshan, 32, was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly approached a Jewish family at Stillwater Park and shouted anti-Semitic slurs at them, NBC Miami reported.
‘Are you guys Jewish?’ he allegedly asked, according to Local 10 News. After confirmation, he allegedly yelled: ‘Get the f**k out of here, you f**king dirty people.’
He went on a date and the woman ordered the most expensive items then barely ate.
She got offended when he took home the leftovers. It’s safe to say there won’t be a second date.
Do you have strong feelings about leftovers or dates in general? pic.twitter.com/0u1xaSqCY7
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) April 4, 2026
Behold the future …
Now this is one wild story. The amount of lawsuits coming down the pipeline with stories like this is going to be astronomical. pic.twitter.com/wTUNPKkZYU
— MERICA MEMED (@Mericamemed) April 3, 2026
PBS anchor Christiane Amanpour kicked off her Thursday show by suggesting remarks President Trump made in his Wednesday address on Iran have made ordinary Iranians angry at him. However, Amanpour provided no evidence for that, and it is likely she was just parroting various regime hacks she saw on X, which is otherwise banned for ordinary Iranians.
Amanpour began by playing a clip of Trump, “American and Israeli bombs will continue pounding Iran. Here’s President Trump as he sought to reassure Americans that he does, in fact, have a plan.”
RCMP say six of their vehicles that were left at the Potlotek First Nation Thursday after officers left the scene on foot suffered damage that includes broken windows, flat tires, “urine-soaked interior surfaces” and dents.
In a news release issued Friday, RCMP said seven vehicles, including the six damaged ones, were removed from the Cape Breton community this morning. Some vehicles even had their tires removed, police said.
When it comes to Cuba, whose tourism has sunk due to a U.S. oil blockade, just over half of Canadians say to send aid even if the U.S. might not like it.
This according to a new Angus Reid poll that found 51% of Canadians want Canada to provide aid while 31% believe maintaining positive relations with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is more important.
The entirety of those polled was Justin and and his brother.
