Ciara Watkin, 21, of Stockton-on-Tees, was found guilty of multiple charges relating to sex acts [he] performed on the 21 year-old man over a number of days in June 2022.
Trump’s Smithsonian Restoration
The Left has been wringing its hands this past week after Trump recently ordered a “comprehensive internal review” of several Smithsonian museums to ensure that the 178-year-old institution, captured by the Left, removes its relentless anti-American propaganda and provides some balance in its exhibitions and materials.
Inside a crypto heist: Hamilton youth who stole $48-million strikes again
On a summer day in 2022, a lonely, troubled youth appeared in a Hamilton courtroom to say he’s “very sorry” for stealing $48-million in cryptocurrency. “I intend to move forward only in a positive direction,” he said.
His lawyer said the 19-year-old now wanted to use his skills for good, to work in cybersecurity, “a fitting way for this case to come full circle.”
The judge sentenced the young man to a year of probation, taking into account the year he already spent in custody and the fact that he was 17 when he did the deed. The young man, who cannot be named under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act, was forbidden from dealing with crypto during his probation – not a significant deprivation, admittedly, but certainly damaging to the career of a young cybercriminal.
The Isis threat is returning to Europe
Since the final destruction of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” more than six years ago, the group has struggled to rebuild. This is especially true of its former stronghold in Iraq, where Isis operations are notably down. While the group has perpetrated a number of successful attacks in Syria, notably against a church in June, the country’s new regime under Ahmed al-Sharaa has made efforts to crack down on terrorist activity. Meanwhile, the Americans remain on the scene and conduct occasional raids against the leadership, including one this week that killed a senior Isis member.
Covid, thalidomide and a brief history of medical ridicule
THE philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer stated that all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; third, it is accepted as self-evident.
Some intellectual fun would be to identify such cycles in our own lives. Creative individuals who bring forward ideas for open debate and discussion enter this three-part sequence at its most difficult phase. Periods of ridicule can be protracted, and they require resilience and patience to navigate. The final transition to a social discourse of the entirely self-evident can be even more remarkable. Crowd-thought and mass narrative may execute an about-turn without so much as a by-your-leave. Accountability or apology for propaganda later dropped from mass circulation is rare. Some creative individuals who advance truth may never enjoy wider acceptance in their own lifetime.
Canada may play a role in future security guarantees for Ukraine, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada may play a role in security guarantees for Ukraine in the event that an agreement is reached to end its war against Russia.
Speaking at a news conference related to trade Friday, Mr. Carney says that Canada is a core member of an alliance of about 30 countries called the “coalition of the willing” that is supporting Ukraine.
He said Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Jennie Carignan, and other Canadian officials are participating in discussions with allies about what form those guarantees may take.
FBI raid on John Bolton’s home ‘linked to him sending highly sensitive classified documents using private email server’
An FBI raid on the home of ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton was reportedly linked to allegations he used a private email server to send sensitive documents to his family.
Bolton, who has since turned against Donald Trump after being fired from the White House in his first term, was home at the time of the 7:00 a.m. raid on his D.C.-area house, according to a source familiar.
Traditional Village Festivals: Another ‘Conspiracy by the Far Right’
A few months ago, an association was set up with the aim of supporting and certifying traditional festivals in French villages. The Left, which identified that the organisation had received support from Catholic billionaire Pierre-Edouard Stérin, launched a smear campaign against the project, claiming that it was a militant offensive by the far Right. Under pressure from the media, the festivals that had been awarded the label were asked to withdraw.
Danielle Smith “If you don’t wanna get shot or beaten up, don’t break into people’s houses.”
Premier Danielle Smith has reacted to an Ontario man facing charges for defending his own property, arguing that his actions were justified.
Jeremy David McDonald from Lindsay, Ontario was charged with allegedly assaulting an intruder, Michael Kyle Breen, in his apartment.
h/t SM (Incognito)
Conrad Black: B.C. Aboriginal title case underlines what’s wrong with reconciliation
The decision earlier this month by the Supreme Court of British Columbia that the Cowichan tribes hold title over federal, city, and private land in Richmond B.C. that enjoys a higher legal status than the fee simple ownership of the current proprietors is outrageous but may have some positive consequences. The decades and $7 billion that have been spent or pledged for what is called the “reconciliation” process, has finally hit a stone wall. The almost universal desire to be fair to Indigenous people and where appropriate to compensate them for inequitable treatment, has finally collided with the entrenched economic rights and interests of every owner of real property in Canada, including those of Indigenous ancestry.
Migrant protests descend into anarchy as rival groups clash
Migrant protests have descended into anarchy as a wave of demonstrations took place around the UK during a weekend of fury over asylum seeker hotels.
Today more than 30 protests were held in towns including Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Horley, Canary Wharf, Aberdeen and Perth in Scotland, and Mold in Wales.
Counter-protests, many set up by anti-fascist group Stand Up To Racism, have also turned out at many of the locations outside hotels housing asylum seekers.
This has nothing to do with racism and all to do with the illegal migration to our country where are all the women and kids in Perth their are 0 are even from Perth what conflict are these men fleeing from aged between 18-35 you won’t allow anyone to comment on your post pic.twitter.com/TDf1tSkQto
— Bobby Boucher (@smartfarts1) August 23, 2025
09/08/25 Perth migrant hotels protesters walk past shipped in communist counter protesters. pic.twitter.com/Ytvuwgfzfa
— Harekrishna #AbolishHolyrood (@DownWithTheSNP) August 22, 2025
WTF?
Brampton in about a month.
@fancypants_s https://t.co/jYH8SBbWeU
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) August 23, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly.
Unfortunately, there may not be a hockey analogy for the challenge Canada faces
Inevitably, but torturously, this unique moment in the history of this country has come to be understood primarily in hockey terms.
“His elbows have mysteriously gone missing,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said of Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday. “He’s not thrown one elbow since he took office.”
A few hours earlier, a reporter had warned the prime minister that his critics might say something like that in the wake of his decision to repeal some of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against American products — that while Carney had once spoken of Canada putting its elbows “up,” now those elbows might be said to be down.
WTF?
Snoop Dog doesn’t want to see two men kissing in kids movies. Bold move to say this publicly. pic.twitter.com/BeSi5i107U
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 22, 2025