Not Just an Invasion—but Surrender

Not Just an Invasion—but Surrender

The footage from Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish enclaves in North Africa where thousands of illegal migrants have rushed past the Spanish borders, ought to be of grave concern to all patriotic or sovereignty-minded people in Europe and beyond.

The scale and pace of this mass violation of the Spanish and, therefore, of the EU border are suggestive not of what the EU prefers to term ‘irregular migration’ or of ‘humanitarian need’ but of an invasion. Despite the pleas of local officials, the Spanish state has sat back whilst tens of thousands of Moroccan residents blatantly violate all norms and laws of national sovereignty in what appears to be a coordinated attempt to render these Spanish territories unviable as Spanish.

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Professor Arday is the gift that keeps on giving

Professor Arday is the gift that keeps on giving

Are congratulations in order for Sacha Baron Cohen? The more I read about Jason Arday, the Cambridge sociology professor and DEI poster boy caught up in a plagiarism row, the more convinced I am he’s the comedian’s greatest creation.

First, there’s the over-the-top back story. He claimed to have been totally mute until the age of 11 – having been diagnosed with autism – and unable to read or write until he was 18. Yet in spite of these disadvantages, he earned a PhD by the time he was 30 – which he managed to complete while suffering from a brain tumour!


A really good comedy could be made of this.

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Colby Cosh: Did Carney meddle in CBC affairs to secure Eurovision?

Colby Cosh: Did Carney meddle in CBC affairs to secure Eurovision?

On Tuesday the Canadian Press carried a wire story (written by NP alumna Anja Karadeglija) about Canada joining the Eurovision Song Contest. You will remember Prime Minister Mark Carney practically quaking with delight on Canada Day when he announced that Canada was going to have a 2027 entry in Eurovision, a camp-glam TV ritual that has launched dozens of music careers and that arguably serves as the continent’s nearest approximation to the Super Bowl. The PM even reached into the past to revive the old advertising slogan, “The world needs more Canada!” Why, it almost seemed as if he was using the occasion to reinforce his new European-facing, middle-powers foreign-policy orientation.

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Fifth Amendment Fauci’s Narcissism Destroyed Faith in Scientific Methodology

Fifth Amendment Fauci’s Narcissism Destroyed Faith in Scientific Methodology

If you believe in karma or that chickens always come home to roost, you have to explain why Mao and Stalin died in bed, and Hitler was able to choose his own way out. But watching Anthony Fauci on the witness stand before Congress taking the Fifth as fast as his lips could flap (more than 100 times), you could see some evidence that at least some hens become broiler chickens.

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Carney would rather concede to Trump than risk short-term economic pain

Carney would rather concede to Trump than risk short-term economic pain

Canada has been caving to U.S. President Donald Trump.

That’s not what Ottawa is saying, of course. Canadians are being told that our negotiators are playing hardball – that everything’s on the table. But then we see the results: capitulation on the digital services tax (though it was a silly regulation in the first place, to be sure), the dropping of a collection of retaliatory tariffs, the scrapping of the so-called “Netflix tax,” and free money for the U.S. from tolls from the Gordie Howe bridge. The hardball Canada has been bringing to negotiations is more of a fluffy pom-pom, tickling trade adviser Peter Navarro’s nose.

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A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

It sounds like something that James Bond would use: a gadget that self-destructs if it falls into the wrong hands. But it’s actually an open-source operating system that can be downloaded onto Android phones.

Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are bringing an obstruction charge against a U.S. citizen who gave customs officers what is known as a duress passcode, which activated software that erased the contents of his phone.

The authorities stopped Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta resident, for interrogation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States on Jan. 24 last year, according to a November grand jury indictment. The authorities seized his phone before allowing him to enter the country. A hearing on the case was held last week in federal court in Atlanta.


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Why Mark Carney is choosing to not play trade games with Donald Trump

Why Mark Carney is choosing to not play trade games with Donald Trump

“The only winning move is not to play.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney must be a fan of sci-fi movies, as this memorable line from the 1983 Oscar-nominated movie “WarGames” neatly sums up Canada’s current CUSMA negotiating stance.

It’s becoming clear that the Liberals have determined that there’s no good deal to be had with U.S. President Donald Trump. Rather than go through the motions, Carney seems to have pivoted to a completely new tactic: not playing the game. The current dynamic is surely far more appealing than the alternative: signing a revised U.S. trade agreement that’s substantially less palatable than what was achieved by either Brian Mulroney or Justin Trudeau in years gone by.

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Turkish F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets: A Grave Threat to Greece, Israel, the West

Turkish F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets: A Grave Threat to Greece, Israel, the West

Much has been written about the dangerous anti-Israel animosity spewing from Turkey’s autocratic prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his circle of ministers (see here, here and here).

On July 3, immediately prior to the important NATO summit in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made Turkey’s view even more apparent when he said that Israel is a “burden that humanity can no longer bear”. In Hitleresque fashion, he clearly implied that Israel and its population should no longer exist — meaning eliminated.

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Indian man who’d been studying in Canada sentenced in connection to multimillion-dollar fraud scheme targeting seniors

Indian man who’d been studying in Canada sentenced in connection to multimillion-dollar fraud scheme targeting seniors

An Indian man who came to Canada on a student visa has been sentenced to prison in the U.S. for his involvement in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme targeting seniors, American officials say.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin said in a press release Wednesday that a federal judge sentenced 22-year-old Roshan Shah to 48 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering.

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Fauci Said ‘I Can Explain and Validate Everything that I’ve Done’ – But, Then Didn’t

Fauci Said ‘I Can Explain and Validate Everything that I’ve Done’ – But, Then Didn’t

Former COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded The Fifth 111 times at Wednesday’s Congressional hearing – but, that’s not what promised to do when the prospect of oversight of his handling of the epidemic first surfaced.

At Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing, the former face and head of the federal government’s response to the deadly COVID-19 epidemic refused to answer even a single question about his past actions, claims and health-safety recommendations.

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First Toronto mayoral poll with Chris Alexander suggests his candidacy hurts Bradford

First Toronto mayoral poll with Chris Alexander suggests his candidacy hurts Bradford

The entry of former federal cabinet minister Chris Alexander into the Toronto mayoral race appears to have chipped away at the support for Brad Bradford, a new survey suggests.

The survey of 1,011 Torontonians was conducted by Forum Research on Wednesday, one day after Alexander confirmed that he was entering the race.

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John Cleese Drops Truth Bombs About Islamic Culture

John Cleese Drops Truth Bombs About Islamic Culture

Western civilization’s self-immolation is no joke. Comedian John Cleese of Monty Python fame just made a completely accurate but incredibly daring argument you’ll rarely find a celebrity making: not all cultures are morally equal.

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