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Dissecting The Washington Post’s “Analysis” Of Ukraine’s Failed Counter Offensive — Part 1

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/dissecting-washington-posts-analysis-ukraines-failed-counter-offensive/

The blame game about who lost Ukraine is starting. We know this thanks to the Washington Post, which managed to do some real reporting by publishing a two-part series on Ukraine’s failed counter-offensive. Yep, kudos on that. The bad news? The analysis is shallow and repeats many of the false claims made by Ukrainian officials. That’s why I am here. To help you sort out the bullshit. Put on your hip waders. The bottomline is simple — the war is lost and the task of assigning blame is at hand.

The Washington Post pieces are:

Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine

and

In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls

Let’s start with the “Miscalculations” piece. There is some misdirection and bullshit in this piece that you need to take into account. Continue…

Panic in Brussels: France’s Macron and Other European Leaders Scramble To Try To Make Hungarian PM Orbán Remove His Opposition to Ukraine EU Accession Talks

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/panic-brussels-frances-macron-other-european-leaders-scramble/

One week before a very consequential European Union summit, various leaders are in ‘panic mode.’

The meeting is expected to discuss opening EU accession talks with Ukraine.

But the reason for the discomfort is conservative champion Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian prime minister has shown an entrenched position on Ukraine, and EU diplomats and officials struggle to see what in this world, or who can change his mind.

Even self-appointed ‘master negotiator’ French President Emmanuel Macron is always ready to fail in yet another diplomatic challenge.

Politico reported: Continue…

Russia Confirms Presidential Elections for March 2024 – Unlike Ukraine’s Zelensky Who Cancelled Vote Because of the War, Putin Is Set To Win His Fifth Term in Office

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/russia-confirms-presidential-elections-march-2024-unlike-ukraines/

Elections in Russia, but not Ukraine?

While the mighty ‘defender of democracy’, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has banned all opposition parties before cancelling next year’s elections, the veritable ‘boogie man’ of democratic societies, Rssian President Vladimir Putin, has confirmed elections for next year.

Russian lawmakers set the date of the country’s 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Putin a step closer to his fifth term in office.

War or no war, the members of upper house of parliament voted unanimously to approve a decree setting this date.

Associated Press reported: Continue…

WATCH: Dozens of Reported Hamas Savages Surrender to Israeli Soldiers in Humiliating Fashion

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/watch-dozens-reported-hamas-savages-surrender-israeli-soldiers/

Several clips emerged from the Gaza Strip Thursday showing how the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) rounded up dozens of reported Hamas terrorists and forced them to surrender in humiliating fashion.

The Times of Israel reported that the savages turned themselves in after being pushed back by the advancing Israel Defense Forces near Jabaliya.

Multiple Israeli outlets report the men captured are Hamas fighters of the Shejaya battalion. Palestinian media, for what little they are worth, are issuing denials. Continue…

Religious Leaders Join UN, WEF To Push the Global Climate Agenda

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/religious-leaders-join-un-wef-push-global-climate-agenda

Deep in a Cambodian old-growth forest, Buddhist "ecology monks" wrap trees in saffron clerical robes before ordaining the trees into the Buddhist faith.

The practice is an example of "forest activism" that spread to Cambodia after Thai monks in the 1990s began ordaining trees as they would a new monk.

Ordained trees become sacred and protected from illegal logging because harming an ordained monk is taboo in the Buddhist religion.

The recognition that religion can be a powerful tool when applied to selling the global warming narrative has been gaining traction at the United Nations and the World Economic Forum (WEF), where faith has traditionally been kept at arm's length.

The globalist agencies are now welcoming help from religious leaders fighting climate change, one of the 17 U.N. sustainable development goals for 2030.

But some religious leaders are alarmed by their colleagues' involvement in the climate debate.

"I think this is a dangerous agenda, and it keeps the church from doing what its primary calling is, and that is to win people to faith in Jesus Christ," Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, told The Epoch Times.

"We ought to be much more concerned about what God thinks."

The U.N. predicts doom if urgent action isn't taken to save the earth from the calamity of rising oceans and extreme weather caused by global warming, although scientific evidence remains controversial.

The U.N.'s 2030 climate goal calls for "deep, rapid, and sustained" reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent, and the U.N. is aiming for net zero emissions by 2050. It predicts that global temperatures will rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2035. Continue…

The CIA Sure Looks Busy

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/cia-sure-looks-busy

The rise of generative AI applications like ChatGPT, Midjourney or Bard already leads to increased demand in the world's data center network due to its sometimes hefty requirements for the underlying large language models.

This computing demand will only increase in the upcoming years, necessitating the building of new data centers and expanding the capacities of existing ones.

As Statista's Florian Zandt shows in the following chart, based on 2022 data collected by commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield, the race between the global superpowers China and the United States also extends to data centers.

The highest concentration of data center power capacity in the world can be found in Northern Virginia, particularly the counties of Loudoun and Prince William.

According to an interview with the vice chairman of real estate service provider CBRE, Rob Faktorow, with radio broadcaster WTOP in 2022, the main reasons are tax incentives, superior connectivity and infrastructure well suited to the resource needs of big server farms.

“It is true Northern Virginia is the data center capital of the world, the largest market in the world, by three times,” said Faktorow.

“It encompasses almost 50% of the data centers in the United States.”

We couldn't help but notice that both those Northern Virginia counties border The CIA's 'Langley' HQ in Fairfax County. Continue…

Japan's First-Ever Conviction For Illegal Organ Trafficking Shines Light On Forced Organ Harvesting

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/japans-first-ever-conviction-illegal-organ-trafficking-shines-light-forced-organ

In a landmark ruling, a Japanese court has convicted a non-profit executive of facilitating illegal overseas organ transplants for Japanese citizens.

On Nov. 28, the Tokyo District Court sentenced 63-year-old Hiromichi Kikuchi, chairman of the Association for Patients of Intractable Diseases, a non-profit organization. Kikuchi received an eight-month prison term and a fine of 1 million yen (around $6,800) for arranging organ transplants abroad for two Japanese citizens without government approval. His organization, which has been working with transplant patients for over fifteen years, is now under scrutiny.

The case, the first of its kind in Japan, has prompted widespread media coverage and heightened concerns over illegal organ transplants.

Mr. Kikuchi's conviction shows Japan's efforts to crack down on organ trafficking and forced organ harvesting. The transplants that led to his arrest took place in Belarus in 2022. However, the case has drawn attention to the grim reality of forced organ harvesting in China, as Mr. Kikuchi admitted that the vast majority of the transplants he has orchestrated since 2007 involved organs from China.

This verdict has sparked intense public debate in Japan, where organ harvesting is already a hotly contested topic because of widespread ethical reservations about the source of organs for transplant.

Forced Organ Harvesting

For years, investigations and reports have highlighted the practice of forced organ harvesting in China's major hospitals, with substantial evidence supporting the claims.

On June 25, 2022, The Epoch Times Japanese edition published an exclusive interview with Ushio Sugawara, a former member of Japan's largest "Yakuza" crime syndicate, Yamaguchi-gumi.

Mr. Sugawara, who left the underworld in 2015 to become an economic commentator, recalled an incident from 2007. At that time, he was involved in a liver transplant for a friend's brother, arranged through an intermediary, and costing about $220,000. The liver transplant took place at Beijing's Armed Police General Hospital.

After arriving in China, Mr. Sugawara visited his friend's brother at the hospital the day before the scheduled surgery.

He described seeing the donor, a 21-year-old Falun Gong practitioner labeled a "terrorist" and sentenced to death, unconscious and medicated, with bandages on his hands and feet. The hospital staff explained that the severing of tendons in the donor's hands and feet was to prevent escape and ensure the quality of the organs.

The transplant ultimately failed, resulting in the deaths of both the recipient and the donor.

After the report on forced organ harvesting practices by The Epoch Times Japan, several prominent Japanese media outlets, including Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, launched investigations into Japanese intermediaries in overseas organ transplants and found evidence against the Association for Patients of Intractable Diseases and Mr. Kikuchi. Continue…

Starlink Completes "Successful" Military Test Deep In Arctic

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/starlink-completes-successful-military-test-deep-arctic

The one thing progressive corporate media and the radical left in the White House cannot stand is Elon Musk deepening his ties with the Department of Defense from rocket launches to providing the military with high-speed internet beamed from low-Earth orbit.

According to Bloomberg, Musk's satellite internet service called "Starlink" successfully completed a nine-month pilot test in the harsh, snowy environment in the Arctic.

Brian Beal, principal engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Integrated Capabilities Directorate, stated that StarLink was a "reliable and high-performance communications system in the Arctic, including on-the-move applications."

Beal said the test ended in June and evaluated Starlink's usefulness for high-speed internet in remote areas that can be set up in minutes.

"We tested in some very high winds and very cold temperatures," he said, adding, "That all went smoothly though. Once we got the terminals mounted securely to withstand high winds, they worked great with no issues." Continue…

FDA Approved, Controversial Lab-Grown Meat Becomes A Reality

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/fda-approved-controversial-lab-grown-meat-becomes-reality

In an effort to protect its farming industry, its economy, and the health of its citizens, Italy recently became the first country to officially ban cultivated meat.

Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, is created in a lab through a five-step process in which stem cells from an animal are replicated and grown in a series of bioreactors before being blended with additives to create a more realistic texture. The meat cells are then drained in a centrifuge, formed, and packaged for distribution, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

In a Nov. 16 Facebook post, Italian Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida said, “In defense of health, of the Italian production system, of thousands of jobs, of our culture and tradition, with the law approved today, Italy is the first nation in the world to be safe from the social and economic risks of synthetic food," according to an English translation.

The bill passed the Italian Senate by a measure of 159–53 and was supported by the country's agricultural groups, which worked to protect Italy's $10.1 billion meat-processing industry.

Efforts in the United States to block lab-grown meat, or to ensure that consumers know what they're buying, include a 2018 law in Missouri that prohibits plant-based and lab-grown food from being labeled as “meat.”

"​​This act also prohibits misrepresenting a product as meat that is not derived from harvested production livestock or poultry," the law states. Continue…

2 Sides Of The Same Coin: Sendai Framework And International Health Regulations

https://canucklaw.ca/2-sides-of-the-same-coin-sendai/

This topic isn’t revolutionary. However, it’s interesting how different pieces of legislation (supposedly brought for completely different areas of life) can serve much the same purpose. Laws that seemingly have no connection to each other can end up having very similar results.

Let’s look at a few of them.

For emergency and disaster management:

-U.N. Sustainable Development Agenda (Agenda 21) signed in 1992

–Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World signed in 1994

–Hyogo Framework for Action signed, goes from 2005 to 2015

-U.N. Sustainable Development Agenda (Agenda 2030) signed in 2015

–Sendai Framework signed, goes from 2015 to 2030.

For public health management:

–W.H.O. Constitution signed in 1946

-W.H.O. International Sanitary Regulations signed in 1951

-W.H.O. International Health Regulations (First Edition) signed in 1969

-W.H.O. International Health Regulations (Second Edition) signed in 1995

–W.H.O. International Health Regulations (Third Edition) signed in 2005

Now, what can these things have in common? Quite simply, they are pretexts for removing rights and property from people, under the cloak of being an emergency. True, the nature of it will vary, but the results are the same. Continue…

Letter to the Amnesty-Demanders

https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-the-amnesty-demanders

Why We Will Never Forget—Nor Let You

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”

—Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter & Forgetting: A Novel (Kindle, paperback, hardcover, audiobook)

You want to know why so many people erupt when you say you “didn’t know,” you “were doing [your] best,” and “mistakes were made” so we should forget about it and move on?

Because WE knew, and when we told you, you called us selfish immoral science-denying far-right-wing–extremist anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists.

But we were the ones following the science, and you were the ones following the television. We’re batting a thousand, and your “experts” are batting zero.

We were like the bystanders in The Birds frantically trying to warn the man standing in the puddle of gas not to throw down his match, only to be persistently ignored until he self-immolates. Continue…

Higher permit fees, fewer work hours incoming for international students

https://tnc.news/2023/12/08/higher-fees-fewer-work-hours-international-students/

The federal government announced that the number of future study permits being issued will be “significantly” limited in the wake of massive fraud in Canada’s international student program.

“Enough is enough,” said Immigration Minister Marc Miller during a press conference on Thursday.

Miller announced that the government would increase the financial commitment required of incoming international students as well as restrict their number of permissible work hours each week.

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, applicants will have to pay $20,635 for their cost-of-living study permit, up from the initial $10,000 financial requirement. That fee does not include their tuition or travel costs.

The raised cost-of-living permit is designed to ensure better housing for international students once they arrive in Canada and will be adjusted yearly.

Miller claims that the new measures will dial back the current business model of post-secondary education institutions, which he likened to “puppy mills.”

“The fraud and abuse needs to end,” said Miller.

Since 2013, the number of study permit holders has tripled, from 300,000 to 900,000. Continue…

Pornographers appear before commission to discuss Canadian content

https://tnc.news/2023/12/08/pornographers-appear-before-commission/

Two representatives from Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), the firm that owns Pornhub, Youporn and many other pornographic websites, testified in front of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on December 7.

The private equity firm acquired Aylo (formerly known as Mindgeek) in March 2023.

Mindgeek, the parent company of Pornhub and the like, rebranded to Aylo amid a series of lawsuits from individuals alleging the company’s former owners profited off of revenge porn, rape, and child sex trafficking uploaded to the site without checks and balances.

Lawyer and rabbi Solomon Friedman, as well as law student and pornographer Kate Sinclaire, argued to the commission on behalf of Ethical Capital Partners that internet pornography platforms should be exempt from promoting and funding Canadian Content (CanCon) under the Online Streaming Act.

Sinclaire said she has worked as a producer and director in the adult industry in Canada for approximately 15 years.

“I have, in short, to put it in a straightforward way, been making adult CanCon for a fair portion of my life,” she said.

Friedman and Sinclaire argued that if adult sites are subject to regulation, then pornographers should be able to access government funding. Continue…

Alberta NDP proposed rent control bill could cause more harm than good, say critics

https://tnc.news/2023/12/08/alberta-ndp-proposed-rent-control-bill/

Alberta NDP is proposing a temporary cap on rent increases for what they claim will protect tenants from soaring housing costs, but critics are warning the policy could have disastrous consequences.

The Alberta NDP’s introduction of Bill 205, The Alberta Housing Security Amendment Act, seeks to cap rent increases altogether.

NDP housing critic Janis Irwin told reporters that this bill is an emergency measure to provide immediate relief amid concerns from renters, including some facing up to 50% rent increases.

“This is forcing families to stretch their household budgets to the breaking point,” said Irwin. The bill proposes capping rent increases at 2% for two years and then tying them to the Consumer Price Index for a maximum of 5% for the following two years.

Neil Sharma, a reporter who has covered the housing market for over a decade, said that a rental cap could only do so much given the immense housing demand driven by immigration.

Sharma, who lives in Toronto, not Alberta, said that renters in Ontario are also spending over 50% of their monthly income on rent..

Sharma said that unless immigration is addressed, the demand for housing and basic necessities will continue going up.

Jen Lamoureux, a mortgage broker and landlord for over 11 years, listed some concerns for renters as a result of the proposed policy. Continue…

Taxpayers to pay $200 million extra for carbon tax administration fees

https://tnc.news/2023/12/08/taxpayers-200-million-carbon-tax-admin-fees/

Canadian taxpayers will have to dish out $200 million extra in hidden administration fees for the carbon tax as of its inception in 2019.

The costs were revealed by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) after obtaining government records based on an article by Blacklock’s Reporter on the issue.

The Trudeau government assigned 465 full-time employees to administer the carbon tax rebate scheme, costing Canadian taxpayers $82.6 million last year alone.

“The carbon tax is a double whammy for taxpayers,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “First, it makes our gas, heating and groceries more expensive. And then we’re forced to pay higher taxes to fund Trudeau’s battalion of carbon tax bureaucrats.”

Conservative MP for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie, Chris Warkentin, requested order paper questions to release the details of what the cost was regarding the administration of federal carbon tax.

In 2022, carbon tax administration costs came to $82.6 million and totalled $116.5 million between 2019 and 2021. Continue…

Canadian military bases mandate menstruation kits in men’s bathrooms

https://tnc.news/2023/12/08/can-military-mandate-menstruation-kits-mens-bathrooms/

In a move to align with the Liberal government’s commitment to “inclusivity,” Canadian military bases are required to provide menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in men’s washrooms by December 15.

This directive, issued by Employment and Social Development Canada, extends to all federally regulated workplaces and military installations.

True North has independently verified the implementation of this policy in at least one Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) military base, where menstruation kits are now available in men’s washrooms. Continue…

Dec. 8 - How to Eradicate Antisemitism

https://henrymakow.com/2023/12/dec-8—how-to-eradicate-antis.html

GOLDSTEIN: U.S. House of Representatives says anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism

https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-u-s-house-of-representatives-says-anti-zionism-is-anti-semitism/wcm/28da8f9c-ba2d-407e-96d0-48d452a376a6

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WATCH: Israeli Soldiers Sing "I'm Coming to Occupy Gaza" and "Wipe off the Seed of Amalek"

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64166

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Michael Hoffman– The missing link to comprehending Israeli mass murder and racism

https://michaelhoffman.substack.com/p/the-missing-link-to-comprehending?

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The Biden administration is openly threatening Americans over Ukraine. In a classified briefing in the House yesterday, defense secretary Lloyd Austin informed members that if they don't appropriate more money for Zelensky, "we'll send your uncles, cousins and sons to fight Russia." Pay the oligarchs or we'll kill your kids.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1732856685591458056

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Putin, Raisi discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict, bilateral partnership – Kremlin

https://tass.com/politics/1718033

The Iranian president pointed out that "an act of genocide and crimes against humanity" were taking place in the Gaza Strip.

https://tass.com/world/1717727

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Feminism was supposed to empower women?

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/womens-group-president-female-athletes/?

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Censored - The Study That Shows a Staggering 17 Million Deaths After Covid Vaccine Rollout.

https://expose-news.com/2023/12/08/censored-the-study-that-shows-a-staggering-17-million-deaths-after-covid-vaccine-rollout/

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Harassed, isolated and abandoned: Jewish teachers 'scared for life' at Ontario school board

https://nationalpost.com/news/jewish-teachers-scared-for-life-peel-school-board

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Erdogan warns Israel of 'very heavy price' if Hamas members harmed on Turkish soil

https://www.timesofisrael.com/erdogan-warns-israel-of-very-heavy-price-if-hamas-members-harmed-on-turkish-soil/

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Amid Israel-Hamas war, students say antisemitism is 'new normal' at Columbia University

https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-israel-hamas-war-students-say-antisemitism-is-new-normal-at-columbia-university/

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Horrors In Gaza & Israel's Sloppy Propaganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kviD4vTFjlM&t=8s

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Report: Half a million Israelis have fled occupied territories since Oct. 7

https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=277510

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Nakba 2023: Israel's Plan to 'Thin Out' Gaza Population & Suppress West Bank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubQCZZm4wfo

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Calgary mayor will not attend annual menorah lighting, says event has pivoted to become political

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/menorah-lighting-mayor-gondek-not-attend-1.7051684

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Was Apotex Owner Barry Sherman (a Jew) Murdered For Interfering In Big Pharma Profits?

https://capforcanada.com/was-apotex-owner-barry-sherman-murdered-for-interfering-in-big-pharma-profits/

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British Columbia doctor fired for refusing COVID shot loses appeal to return to work

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/british-columbia-doctor-fired-for-refusing-covid-shot-loses-appeal-to-return-to-work/

The board ruled that Dr. Theresa Szezepaniak had the right to deny the experimental vaccine but is not immune 'from the consequences of her decision.'

A British Columbia doctor has lost an appeal to keep working after being suspended for not receiving the experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

On November 20, the British Columbia Hospital Appeal Board ruled that Dr. Theresa Szezepaniak’s hospital privileges must remain suspended as she refuses the COVID vaccine mandated by the province to work in health care settings.

“This Panel acknowledges that the Appellant has the right to make decisions impacting her bodily integrity and accepts that she strongly and sincerely believes in her views,” the decision said. “That does not mean, however, that she is immune from the consequences of her decision.”

“Hospital privileges” is a health care term referring to authority which a hospital gives to a doctor or nurse to treat patients at that hospital.

According to the ruling, Szezepaniak will remain suspended “until such time as the Appellant is eligible to fulfill her service obligations,” meaning until she receives the COVID vaccine, or the province lifts the mandate.

The ruling further states that Szezepaniak’s privileges should be canceled if she is not eligible to work by the time of her annual review.

In March 2020, Szezepaniak, a doctor in the province for over 20 years, took a position at the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kelowna.

On October 25, 2021, the health orders mandated that staff members receive the COVID vaccine to work in healthcare settings “unless they had received a COVID-19 vaccine or had been granted an exemption from the PHO.”

As a result, Szezepaniak was unable to work at RIH as of October 26 and filed for an exemption from the shot based on the argument that it violated her rights and freedoms. She supported her appeal with “numerous requests for information related to disclosure of scientific evidence regarding the vaccines and how Charter requirements were being met.”

Despite her evidence, Szezepaniak’s exemption was denied, and she was terminated from her position by the Interior Health Authority on November 19, 2021. Continue…

Sabotage of the Kiev-Moscow March 2022 Peace Agreement in Istanbul. The End Game is the Destruction and Privatization of Ukraine

https://www.globalresearch.ca/is-peace-on-the-horizon-russia-wraps-up-military-operation-in-ukraine/5776082

Ukrainian negotiators would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals would require a referendum in Ukraine.

Sabotage of the Kiev-Moscow March 2022

Peace Agreement in Istanbul

The End Game is the Destruction

and Privatization of Ukraine

Introduction

My first reaction in early March 2022, following Russia’s “Special Operation” initiated on February 24, 2022, was that

The War in Ukraine had “Ended before it Began”.

The Russians literally destroyed Ukraine’s Air Force and Navy at the very outset in February-March 2022.

Also Russia gained strategic control over a large part of the Black Sea and total control of the Sea of Azov.

Anyone who has a minimal understanding of military strategies, knows that you cannot wage a conventional ground war without a Navy and an Air Force.

U.S. military strategists were no doubt fully aware at the very outset that Ukraine could not under any circumstances “win the war”.

Peace negotiations were carried out in early March in Istanbul. A draft agreement was signed. It was immediately the object of sabotage by Washington.

1. The NeoCons in Washington. Peace is Not An Option

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Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry: Imposition of “Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits”

https://www.globalresearch.ca/canada-limiting-oil-gas-industry-emission/5842644

Canada has announced a plan to use a cap-and-trade system to impose greenhouse gas emission limits on its oil and gas industry. Under the “draft framework,” Canada will issue emissions allowances to oil and gas producers, which will be capped at levels between 35% and 38% below 2019 levels, beginning in 2030. The government will then continue to lower allowances in stages until the industry reaches net zero by 2050.

Ottawa plans to finish drafting regulations by next year, with a final plan in place by 2026. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault called the plan “ambitious” but “practical.” “It considers the global demand for oil and gas, and the importance of the sector in Canada’s economy, and sets a limit that is strict, but achievable,” Guilbeault said.

This is all part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan for Canada to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, which he announced during his election in 2021.

Critics state that the timeframe is simply not achievable for the world’s fourth-largest oil producer and fifth-largest natural gas producer. Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson admitted that the government is uncertain how they will implement these measures without shutting down production entirely. A failed execution “would essentially make us poorer in Canada and make our American friends or folks in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere richer,” he stated.

Globalists everywhere are making lofty pledges on the heels of the COP28 summit.

The only rush comes when attempting to meet these arbitrary targets.

The only reason governments are targeting 2030 and 2050 is because they were directed to do so by Klaus Schwab and the globalists at the World Economic Forum.

Schwab and Guterres. UN-WEF 2030 Partnership

It will be interesting to see the final plans for this idea that sacrifices Canada’s economic health for the climate change psyops.

US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire appeal

https://www.rt.com/news/588774-gaza-un-usa/

Washington has vetoed a resolution demanding a humanitarian cessation of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war

The US has cast the lone dissenting vote against a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would have demanded a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war amid rising civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip.

Thirteen member states voted in favor of the resolution, which was put forward by the United Arab Emirates, on Friday in New York. The UK abstained, leaving Washington diplomatically isolated in blocking the measure.

“What is the message we are sending Palestinians if we cannot unite behind a call to halt the relentless bombardment of Gaza?” Deputy UAE UN Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab asked members of the council. “Indeed, what is the message we are sending civilians across the world who may find themselves in similar situations?”

Friday’s vote came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99, a rarely used provision in the UN charter, to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. He said that with the war raging on for two months and counting, the humanitarian support net in Gaza faces a “severe risk of collapse.” Continue…

Who benefits from blaming India for murder plots in the US and Canada?

https://www.rt.com/india/588697-india-us-khalistan-murder-plot/

Washington’s allegations of New Delhi’s involvement in the assassination attempt against Sikh extremists has become a serious diplomatic issue

The governments of the US and India are under tremendous diplomatic pressure after Washington accused New Delhi of orchestrating a plot to murder US-based Khalistan movement leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Designated by the Indian government as a terrorist, Pannun is a lawyer in New York, who in 2007 founded Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), an organization that is banned in India, as it advocates for a separate homeland for Sikhs – Khalistan – that would be carved out of the state of Punjab and some neighbouring areas.

The plot was foiled by the US FBI. Last week, the US Department of Justice charged Indian national and drug smuggler Nikhil Gupta of plotting to kill Pannun, who is not directly named in the indictment, at the behest of an Indian official.

The US is taking the case very seriously and has in recent months pressed the Indian government to investigate the matter on its end.

India has set up a high level committee to look into the case. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has stated more than once that if India was provided with specific information, it would act on it, adding that it is not the Indian government’s policy to undertake actions such as this.

Pannun’s saga is unfolding against the backdrop of a similar case – which is, unsurprisingly, mentioned in the FBI investigation.

Canadian-based Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was also on India’s terrorism list, was murdered in June this year by unknown assailants. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged in September that Nijjar’s murder had potential links to the Indian government.

Trudeau believed that the allegations were credible and chose to make his sensational accusation on the floor of the Canadian parliament in September, which led to an unprecedented diplomatic spat between the two countries. Continue…

Ottawa police settle complaint against detective's investigation of COVID vaccine deaths

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/ottawa-police-settle-complaint-against-detectives-investigation-of-covid-vaccine-deaths/50895

The Ottawa Police Services Board settled a lawsuit December 7 involving an officer accused of invading a grieving family's privacy by trying to determine the vaccination status of a recently deceased infant's mother.

Const. Helen Grus, a detective with the Ottawa Police Service's sexual assault and child abuse unit, was accused of discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act for allegedly accessing records related to infant and child deaths for no investigative purpose.

Grus is alleged to have contacted a deceased baby's father on January 30 2022, to ask about the mother's COVID-19 vaccination status. She was suspended with pay on February 4. Police disciplinary proceedings against her are expected to resume in January.

In a media release Thursday, lawyer Lawrence Greenspon said a family wishing to remain anonymous has settled a civil claim against the police board in "relation to the invasion of privacy of their deceased child's records by Constable Helen Grus."

Grus is accused under the Police Services Act of improperly accessing records related to nine infant deaths in Ottawa for the purpose of trying to find out if the parents of the deceased children had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Greenspon was a lawyer for Tamara Lich in her recent trial for involvement in the February 2022 Ottawa trucker convoy.

The police board did not admit any liability in the settlement and the amount has not been disclosed.

The anonymous family is quoted in the media release saying the "blatant disregard shown for the families involved shows just how far some people are willing to go to push their own agendas.

"Targeting grieving families who have experienced the worst tragedy any parent can face in this lifetime is truly abhorrent and should be condemned in the strongest way possible."

Retired Toronto police officer and independent journalist Donald Best remains a staunch defender of Grus and says maintstream media's reporting on Grus’ case is full of “lies, defamation, [and] hypocrisy.”

The settlement came just one day before a Divisional Court Judicial Review application filed by Grus’ defense lawyers was to be heard in court and Best alleged the timing was designed to put Grus in a bad light.

According to Best, court evidence showed both that Grus did not access the vaccination records and that she had nothing to do with any public release of the investigation. Continue…

Negotiations for Turkey to Approve Sweden’s Bid to NATO Membership Devolve Into Ugly Bargaining – Conflict in Middle East May Further Complicate Things

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/negotiations-turkey-approve-swedens-bid-nato-membership-devolve/

The long soap opera of Sweden’s accession is ongoing, and in many ways, it has devolved into an unashamed bargain season over Turkey’s defense needs that are currently overlooked by its ‘partners’ in NATO.

Many times Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pictured as ‘blackmailing’ the West, as holding Sweden’s membership ‘hostage’ – but it does seem to be a mutual give-and-take political exercise that – ugly as it is to behold – is not that unusual.

Erdogan expects Washington to ‘simultaneously’ approve the sale of F-16 jets to Ankara in exchange for their ratifying Sweden’s stalled bid to join the NATO alliance.

Erdogan believes he did his ‘duty’ by referring Sweden’s NATO accession decision to the Turkish parliament, and expects US Congress to similarly approve Turkey’s request to buy billions of dollars worth of F-16 fighters.

Financial Times reported: Continue…

New Mexico Complaints Against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg Reveal Disturbing Development — Shows Sex Predators Used “PIZZA” to Hide Their Criminal Activities on Facebook and Instagram (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/new-mexico-complaints-reveal-disturbing-developments-shows-sex/

In a chilling revelation, New Mexico authorities have uncovered a series of communications among sex predators operating within the state, utilizing the seemingly innocuous term “PIZZA” as a code word to obscure their illicit activities.

The Gateway Pundit reported that the New Mexico Democrat Attorney General Raúl Torrez took decisive action against tech giant Meta Platforms, Inc., its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and associated entities, including Instagram, LLC, and Facebook Holdings, LLC.

The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, represents a bold effort to curb the exploitation of children on social media platforms.

“Our investigation into Meta’s social media platforms demonstrates that they are not safe spaces for children but rather prime locations for predators to trade child pornography and solicit minors for sex,” Attorney General Torrez said in a statement.

“As a career prosecutor who specialized in internet crimes against children, I am committed to using every available tool to put an end to these horrific practices and I will hold companies — and their executives — accountable whenever they put profits ahead of children’s safety,” he added.

During the past several months, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office launched an undercover operation posing as minors under 14 on Meta’s platforms. This sting operation led to disturbing findings, where it was discovered that: Continue…

Dissecting The Washington Post’s “Analysis” Of Ukraine’s Failed Counter Offensive — Part 2

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/dissecting-washington-posts-analysis-ukraines-failed-counter-offensive-2/

This two-part series in the Washington Post is a must-read because of what it tells the reader about the abysmal performance of the White House and the Department of Defense. I found it genuinely shocking. I knew that Biden, Austin and Milley were bad. I just did not appreciate how bad. On a scale of 1 to 10, with a 10 marking the biggest fuck up in history, these guys rate an 11.

Part two, In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls, pushes the false narrative that what is happening on the ground in Ukraine is a “stalemate.” No. What is going on is a major ass kicking by Russia. Here is the definition of a stalemate in chess, which also applies to war:

A stalemate is a special type of draw in the game of chess that occurs when the chess player who has to move cannot make any legal moves to a safe square but is also not in check. Stalemate typically ends the game with a draw—a scenario in which there is no way for either player to win the game.

No way for Russia to win? Think again. By decimating Ukraine’s army that is precisely a path to victory.

Part 2 describes in detail how the U.S. designed plan of attack fell apart during the first week of the counter offensive. Continue…

NATO Aspirant Sweden Signs Deal To Let US Military Use All Its Bases

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nato-aspirant-sweden-signs-deal-let-us-military-use-all-its-bases

Sweden is not even in NATO yet—amid the continuing holdup and objections from Turkey and Hungary—but that didn't stop the US and Sweden this week from brokering a deal to let American troops have wide use of Swedish military bases for the first time.

The newly inked Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) this week signals Stockholm finally and fully abandoning its its centuries-old policy of neutrality, given the Pentagon has confirmed that US forces can now "operate in Sweden, including the legal status of US military personnel, access to deployment areas (and) prepositioning of military materiel."

Defense Lloyd Austin and Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson held a signing ceremony on Tuesday, and hailed that the deal will "create better conditions for Sweden to be able to receive support from the United States in the event of a war or crisis."

At a moment Sweden is still waiting anxiously for its accession into NATO to be announced, the US State Department has said the DCA with Sweden will "apply seamlessly before and after Sweden’s accession to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)." Continue…

French Farmers Dump Manure On Govt Buildings To Protest Climate Hysteria

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/french-farmers-dump-manure-govt-buildings-protest-climate-hysteria

French farmers are dumping vast quantities of manure on government buildings to protest against excessive environmental regulations that threaten their way of life.

The farmers are protesting against excessive regulations and climate hysteria technocracy that threatens to ruin their livelihoods, as well as an EU ban on glyphosate.

Roads were also blockaded and vehicles set ablaze.

Hundreds of farmers also blocked roads near council buildings around Saint-Brieuc.

Farmers carrying signs that said “France, do you still want your farmers?” and “Without support, France is starving” sprayed manure on the offices of Brittany Regional Council in Rennes.

There have also been clashes with police.

One organization leading the protests said the demonstrations will “remain complete as long as the government does not provide French agriculture with all the means allowing it to be fully involved in the food, energy and environmental issues of the future.”

The Netherlands has been rocked by similar protests in recent years against limits on nitrogen emissions that would have led to the shut down of thousands of farms.

That played a huge role in populist Geert Wilders soaring to victory in last month’s election.

Escobar: How Kiev Wanted To Expand The War To Belarus

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-how-kiev-wanted-expand-war-belarus

Well, Kiev – literally – never sleeps.

This document – attached, and verified at the highest level, is a report on several recon operations on the Ukraine-Belarus border conducted four months ago.

Several Ukrainian Special Ops groups had been engaged in deep recon previous to a possible Hail Mary-style plan: launching an offensive against the territory of Belarus, thus expanding the U.S. proxy war on Russia “multilaterally”.

It’s not clear if this was a Kiev idea; a plan dictated by the NATO masters; or a mix of the two. Minsk, of course, was not exactly observing from a distance.

Now let’s get to the meat of the matter. Continue…

'Shadow Fleet' Tanker Runs Aground Near Singapore

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/shadow-fleet-tanker-runs-aground-near-singapore

A petroleum tanker, part of a global "shadow fleet" of vessels, hauled upwards of a million barrels of Venezuelan oil and ran aground near Singapore. Blomberg reported that this incident occurred shortly after the tanker falsified its location to avoid detection.

The 23- year-old oil tanker, "Liberty," was sailing under the Cameroon flag and ran aground on Sunday. An Indonesian navy spokesman said an investigation into Liberty is underway.

Satellite research from TankerTrackers said the vessel was 'spoofing' its location in October, making it appear as if the ship was off the coast of West Africa while actually filling up on sanctioned oil in Venezuela. Continue…

Russia's Flagship Crude Oil Falls Below The $60 Price-Cap, But…

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/russias-flagship-crude-oil-falls-below-60-price-cap

The price of Russia’s flagship crude, Urals, has dropped below the $60 per barrel price cap for the first time in months amid plunging international benchmarks.

The price of Urals crude loaded from Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Primorsk fell to $56.15 a barrel, while the price of Urals at the Novorossiysk port in the Black Sea slumped to $56.55, Bloomberg reported on Thursday citing data from Argus Media.

The data is used to inform G-7 policy on the price cap.

Brent Crude prices fell below $75 per barrel on Wednesday, settling at the lowest level since June, amid rising U.S. oil production and inventories, concerns about the Chinese economy, and underwhelming OPEC+ cuts.

Urals crude has been trading above the price cap since July, and reports have emerged that the West is considering toughening up the sanction enforcement on evaders of the price cap on Russian oil, almost none of which has recently traded below the ceiling of $60 per barrel.

The recent rout in the oil market has driven Urals below the price cap, for now.

The average price of Urals dropped in November from October but was still way above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, data from Russia’s Finance Ministry showed last week.

The average price of the Urals grade was $72.84 per barrel last month, down from $81.52 a barrel in October, but higher than the $66.47 average price in November 2022, according to the data.

Despite the Urals prices holding above the price cap, Russia’s largest oil and gas exporters saw their total revenues plunge by 41% between January and September compared to the same period last year, due to lower commodity prices and lower exports, Russia’s central bank said in a financial stability review on Thursday.

Over the first nine months of the year, the share of Chinese yuan in payments for Russia’s oil and gas exports jumped from 13% in January to 35% in September. The share of the exports in Russian rubles remains significant – at 39% in September 2023, the Bank of Russia said.

But…

As the price of Russia’s flagship crude fell below the $60 per barrel price cap and international benchmarks slumped, India expects to increase its purchases of Russian oil, an anonymous senior government official in India told Reuters on Friday.

The Indian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there would not be any impact on India's intake of Russian oil due to Western sanctions on ships as enough vessels were available in the market.

Canada pledges to triple nuclear power production by 2050 at COP28

https://tnc.news/2023/12/09/canada-nuclear-power-cop28/

The Canadian government announced plans to substantially increase its production of nuclear energy by signing a pledge to triple its nuclear capacity by 2050, along with 22 other countries at COP28.

“This is very significant. Canada is joining 22 countries in signing a pledge to triple its nuclear capacity by 2050,” said Chris Keefer, co-founder of Canadians for Nuclear Energy.

COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in the United Arab Emirates, which began on Nov. 30 and will continue until Dec. 12.

Canada had previously left nuclear energy out of its 2022 Green Bond program, which is aimed at supporting clean energy projects, however, it’s now planning on using the source as its primary energy source towards reaching its 2050 Net Zero emissions targets.

“This represents, I’ll call it a U-turn, in Canadian policy. We’ve gone in the last two years from a very lukewarm approach to nuclear to a very warm embrace,” said Keefer. Continue…

Thousands of tons of dead fish wash ashore in Japan - three months after the nation released treated Fukushima radioactive water into the sea

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12842105/Thousands-tons-dead-fish-wash-ashore-Japan-three-months-nation-released-treated-Fukushima-radioactive-water-sea.html

Thousands of tons of dead fish have washed up on a beach in northern Japan, prompting speculation that the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant has wrought havoc on local ecosystems.

The sardines and some mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating an unsettling sliver blanket that covered almost a mile of shoreline.

Officials could not come up with an explanation for the phenomenon, but Takashi Fujioka, a Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute researcher, posited a number of theories as to why the fish could have died en-masse. Continue…

Trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber adjourned until 2024

https://tnc.news/2023/12/09/lich-barber-adjourned-2024/

The trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two organizers in the Freedom Convoy protest, have had their trial adjourned following over 30 days of evidence and arguments.

The trial is expected to resume next month.

First beginning in September, the trial was initially scheduled to finish by Oct. 13, however it will now continue well into 2024.

Both Lich and Barber are accused of mischief, intimidation and several other charges in relation to counseling others to break the law.

The protest, which took place for several weeks in February 2022, saw massive crowds of people from all across Canada demonstrating against Covid-19 mandates.

A number of Ottawa residents have also testified in the trial about their experiences during that time.

Defence lawyers for Lich and Barber maintain that their clients did not engage in any form of counseling of others to commit acts of mischief.

They allege that in all video evidence presented of the two defendants, they’re only shown to be asking protesters to remain peaceful, respectful to law enforcement and to the residents of Ottawa.The trial is expected to resume on Jan. 4, however no additional dates have been scheduled, according to CP24.

Albertans divided on proposed pension plan: engagement panel

https://tnc.news/2023/12/09/albertans-divided-pension-plan/

Following a series of telephone town hall meetings, the Alberta Pension Plan Engagement Panel, led by former provincial treasurer Jim Dinning, reports that approximately half of the participants oppose the proposed Alberta Pension Plan.

Initially planned for December, the panel postponed in-person engagements until the release of the federal report. This decision aims to ensure that further public engagement is grounded on comprehensive and precise information.

In a recent update by Dinning alongside Finance Minister Nate Horner, the panel revealed that over 76,000 Albertans participated in the telephone town halls and more than 94,000 completed an online survey.

Dinning summarized the public response, stating, “It’s fair to say that we heard from many Albertans who oppose the idea of exiting the Canadian Pension Plan and moving to an Alberta plan, many of them passionate.”

Some Albertans were mailing back their APP flyers, with “no to the APP” and “hands off my CPP” written across some of them, with several containing personal notes, as previously reported by The Edmonton Journal.

However, Dinning noted that others were “entirely in favour” of a provincial pension plan. Continue…

BREAKING: Syrian national Ibrahim Ali convicted of first-degree murder in death of 13-year-old B.C. girl

https://www.rebelnews.com/breaking_syrian_national_ibrahim_ali_convicted_of_first-degree_murder_in_death_of_13-year-old_b_c_girl

Ibrahim Ali has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C. girl — mere months after he arrived in Canada as a single, military-aged refugee from Syria.

Justice has finally been served for the family of a 13-year-old, Burnaby, B.C. girl found dead following a gruesome sexual assault.

On December 8, the jury, who began their deliberations Thursday evening, unanimously agreed that Ibrahim Ali attacked then sexually assaulted the child on July 24, 2017.

They found him guilty of first-degree murder.

The details of his sentencing are not yet known as of writing. However, Justice L. Bernard, who presided over the case, gave the jury a lengthy set of instructions on December 7 to clarify their duty and how they needed to assess the evidence.

Ali, a single, 28-year-old Syrian refugee when he murdered the young teen, became a permanent resident before his arrest on September 7, 2018.

This is a developing story.

BREAKING: Alex Jones to be reinstated to X

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-alex-jones-to-be-reinstated-to-x

"The people have spoken," Alx wrote. "It’s time to reinstate @RealAlexJones Vox Populi, Vox Dei."

Elon Musk said he's considering reinstating Alex Jones on Twitter. He said he'd run a poll and perhaps let the people decide. While waiting for that poll to commence, Alx decided to get one going himself.

The positive response was astounding. Of the 58,901 who participated in the poll, 92 percent of those surveyed said that yes, Jones should be reinstated.

"The people have spoken," Alx wrote. "It’s time to reinstate @RealAlexJones Vox Populi, Vox Dei."

"Ok," Musk replied. Continue…

12-Year-Olds Charged After Woman Beaten Unconscious at Public Transit Station

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/12-year-olds-charged-after-woman-beaten-unconscious-at-public-transit-station-5544053

Two 12-year-old girls have been charged after what police describe as a “violent assault” left a woman unconscious at an Edmonton train station.

Edmonton Police say the incident happened on Nov. 26 at 8:30 p.m. at the Coliseum LRT station.

“It was reported to police that a 55-year-old woman was sitting on a bench waiting for the LRT when she was approached by two female youth who began berating her, subsequently assaulted her to the point of unconsciousness,” a police media release said.

The girls ran from the area, but were located by police a short distance away, the release says. They have both been charged with aggravated assault.

Police say the woman was in critical condition and remains in hospital with “significant head and facial injuries.”

“We understand there were witnesses on the platform at the time of the assault who we are looking to speak with,” says Staff Sgt. Ian Brooks. “We encourage those witnesses to contact police at their earliest convenience.”

Violent Crimes by Youth on the Rise

The number of violent crimes committed by those under 18 has been increasing, according to Statistics Canada. Continue…

2 More Churches Burned in Alberta, RCMP Suspect Arson

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/2-more-churches-burned-in-alberta-rcmp-suspect-arson-5544170

The RCMP in Alberta says they suspect arson is the cause of two fires that destroyed two churches in a community northwest of Edmonton.

Barrhead RCMP responded to the first fire at The Glenreagh Church on Range Road 40 at 7:52 p.m. Dec. 7, according to an RCMP news release. At 9 p.m., they were called to a second fire at The United Church on Range Road 54.

“RCMP and the Barrhead Fire Services continue to investigate the cause of the fires and both are being treated as arson,” the release said.

The fires were put out quickly and there were no injuries reported, RCMP said. However, both churches were “extremely damaged.”

An initial investigation by the fire examiner led officials to believe the fires were intentional, the release said.

An older model two-tonne truck was seen at the scene of The Glenreagh Church and is believed to be connected to the fires, according to the RCMP. Continue…

BREAKING: Elon Musk Reinstates Alex Jones on Social Media Platform X

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/breaking-elon-musk-reinstates-alex-jones-social-media/

Elon Musk, the visionary owner of pioneering social media Platform X, has restored the account of broadcaster Alex Jones. Recommitting to his promise to protect free speech, Musk’s bold action sparks hope for a more communicative and undiscriminating internet.

This was the final tweet Alex Jones posted before his suspension from the woke Twitter previously overseen by far-left Jack Dorsey.

Media analyst Mark Dice provided an in-depth account of the rationale for Jones’ suspension, in which Elon Musk agreed. Continue…

Teens More Likely to be Mentally Healthy if They Have Conservative Parents, Study Says

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/teens-more-likely-be-mentally-healthy-if-they/

‘Liberal parents score the lowest’My colleagues and I at Gallup launched a study this summer to understand the causes. We surveyed 6,643 parents, including 2,956 who live with an adolescent, and we surveyed an additional 1,580 of those adolescents. We asked about mental health, visits to doctors, parenting practices, family relationships, activities, personality traits, attitudes toward marriage, and other topics, including excessive social media use, as discussed in prior work. I present the results in a new Institute for Family Studies and Gallup research brief.

The findings are clear. The most important factor in the mental health of adolescent children is the quality of the relationship with their caregivers. This, in turn, is strongly related to parenting practices—with the best results coming from warm, responsive, and rule-bound, disciplined parenting. The data also reveal the characteristics of parents who engage in best-practices and enjoy the highest quality relationships. Continue…

A new study reveals what would be a big ho-hum for conservatives, but might be revelatory for others: that teens with conservative parents are likely to be more health mentally.

The comes from the Institute for Family Studies and Gallup, and a report authored by Jonathan Rothwell found:

As Threat of Invasion From Venezuela Escalates, the US Runs Military Drills With Allied Guyanese Armed Forces

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/as-threat-invasion-venezuela-escalates-us-runs-military/

While the world is shaken right now by no less than 55 military conflicts – a record since the Second World War – the western hemisphere, an area of primary US influence, is also now bracing itself for the prospect of war.

Not many people know much about Guyana, a former British and Dutch colony located on the northeastern coast of South America, eight across the equator line in the Northern Hemisphere.

The dispute with socialist-run Venezuela deals with the Essequibo region, which Guyana insists has frontiers determined by an international arbitration panel in 1899.

Venezuela, on the other hand, claims the Essequibo River to the region’s east forms its natural border recognized as far back as 1777.

The dispute was reignited in 2015 when massive oil reserves were found in the region’s territorial waters.

CBS News reported: Continue…

Here We Go: Nebraska Begins Mass Collection of Digital Health Data on All its Citizens

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/here-we-go-nebraska-begins-mass-collection-digital/

In an unprecedented move that has chilling implications for personal privacy, the State of Nebraska has begun the mass collection of digital health data on all its citizens, Reclaim The Net reported.

This initiative, part of a state Health Information Technology (HIT) Board’s mandate, consolidates health records in a way that has never been done before, raising alarm over the state’s direction toward a possible national digital ID system and the specter of surveillance that could follow.

The Nebraska Legislature made a law (LB 411) that says all healthcare facilities must share their health records in this system to help patients and improve how healthcare works together.

But, if a facility finds it too hard or impossible to do this because of tech issues, they need to fill out a waiver to explain their situation. The Health Information Technology Board will look at their reasons and decide if they can be excused from joining this system.

Centralized under the auspices of CyncHealth, the health data of over five million patients from 1,100 healthcare institutions are being compiled into a single, sprawling digital database. Continue…

‘I Am the Science’ Anthony Fauci Explains Why He No Longer Practice the Catholic Faith (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/i-am-science-anthony-fauci-explains-why-he/

In a BBC interview conducted by Katy Kay at the grounds of Georgetown University, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and current Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University, has shared his personal perspective on faith and his decision to step away from traditional religious practice.

In a clip shared on social media, Dr. Fauci pointed out Dahlgren Chapel, a significant landmark in his life where he and his wife Christine were married, prompting Kay to delve deeper into his current relationship with the church. Continue…

America Last: Joe Biden Announces Additional $175 Million Security Assistance to Ukraine

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/america-last-joe-biden-announces-additional-175-million/

On Wednesday, the Biden regime recently announced additional U.S. security assistance for Ukraine.

This latest package, valued at $175 million, is aimed at supporting Ukraine in its ongoing defense against Russian aggression. The assistance includes a variety of military equipment and support, such as air defense munitions, artillery ammunition, and anti-armor missiles.

With limited resources available, the Biden regime has signaled that without further action from Congress, this could be one of the last security assistance packages provided to Ukraine.

According to the press release: Continue…

Shattered Dream: Rising Cost of Living and Housing Crisis Are Driving Immigrants To Leave Canada in Growing Numbers

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/shattered-dream-rising-cost-living-housing-crisis-are/

We live now in times when most Western developed countries are dealing with the consequences of unchecked mass migration, and the impact in their societies.

But now, in Canada, the opposite situation is starting to unfold – and it’s also a problem scenario.

The battle for survival for many Canadian immigrants is becoming so hard, due to the high cost of living and rental shortages, that emigration numbers are rising at an alarming pace.

Immigration is widely credited with helping to fuel economic growth, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used it as a strategy to face Canada’s big challenge of an aging population with slowing population growth numbers.

As a result, Canada’s population grew at the fastest rate in more than six decades, this year.

Reuters reported: Continue…

Here We Go: CDC Issues Health Alert Over Deadly, Fast-Spreading Strain of Monkeypox

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/here-we-go-cdc-issues-health-alert-deadly/

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Thursday to inform clinicians and health departments nationwide about the emergence and spread of a deadly subtype of the monkeypox virus, known as Clade I, predominantly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

This health advisory, part of the CDC’s Health Alert Network (HAN), underscores the necessity for heightened vigilance, particularly among travelers returning from the DRC. Clade I, distinguished as a distinct genetic grouping of the monkeypox virus, has not been reported in the United States to date, according to the health alert.

There is currently an outbreak of deadly monkeypox in 22 out of 26 provinces, including urban areas in Congo. Continue…

UNfortunately Predictable: United Nations Declares UNRWA Terrorism Story "Misinformation"

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/unfortunately-predictable-united-nations-declares-unrwa-terrorism-story-misinformation

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has issued a warning that a story about its staff holding hostages in Gaza is possible “misinformation” and should be removed from the media.

As Jonathan Turley details below, the UN has long supported censorship and we previously discussed how figures like World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for such action to combat what he called the “infodemic” - a claim made as his own organization came under fire for its actions vis-a-vis China on the pandemic.

Now UNRWA is raising possible defamation of the group. Indeed, the latest statement reads like a notice letter in a defamation case, but how serious is it?

This controversy began with the report on Israeli Channel 13 that a UNRWA teacher held an Israeli hostage in an attic for 50 days:

“A teacher with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reportedly held an Israeli hostage taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7 in an attic.

The teacher, a father of 10 children, kept the hostage for almost 50 days, barely provided food, and neglected the hostage’s medical needs, Israeli Channel 13’s Almog Boker reported Wednesday.

A Gazan doctor also held another hostage, according to Boker.”

The Times of Israel has also reported that Israeli forces have found boxes bearing the UNRWA logo at terrorist sites and found rockets underneath boxes with UNRWA markings in a residential home. The allegations have led to a call from one U.S. Senator for an investigation. ;;Continue…''

Top Defense Official: US Can Handle Middle East, Russia & China Operations All At Once

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/top-defense-official-us-can-handle-middle-east-russia-china-operations-all-once

It might be difficult for most any American, especially in the younger generation, to remember a time when America was not deeply involved in a raging foreign conflict - whether directly or via proxies. At this very moment the US is shipping heavy weapons and sinking billions in aid into to no less than two major wars which have the potential to erupt into broader regional or even world conflagrations involving clashing large powers: namely, the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Gaza conflicts.

While much of the public might rightly think the United States has once again overextended itself, one top defense official has shrugged it off and essentially said… no problem. At an Atlantic Council event held days ago Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Christopher Grady said that the Pentagon stands ready to handle missions connected to three potential proxy wars in defense if its interests if it comes to that. Continue…

"Historic!" - EU Policymakers Complete World's First AI Regulatory Framework

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/historic-eu-policymakers-complete-worlds-first-ai-regulatory-framework

Concerns over the potential misuse of AI have prompted the U.S., U.K., China and the G7 to speed up regulation of the technology, but Europe is already ahead

European Union policymakers agreed Friday on a comprehensive regulation for artificial intelligence, the AI Act.

This makes the EU the first governing body to pass AI legislation of the sort.

The deal was struck following a nearly 24-hour debate on Dec. 8 and 15 hours of negotiations after that.

As CoinTelegraph's Amaka Nwaokocha reports, the agreement covers the governmental use of AI in biometric surveillance, how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT, and the transparency rules to follow before market entry.

This covers technical documents, adherence to European Union copyright and sharing training content summaries.

The agreement stipulates that AI models with significant impact and systemic risks must evaluate and address those risks, perform adversarial testing for system resilience, report incidents to the European Commission, ensure cybersecurity and disclose energy efficiency.

“Correct implementation will be essential - the Parliament will keep a close eye on supporting new business ideas with sandboxes and effective rules for the most powerful models.”

After the deal was made, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton posted on X: Continue…

"No NATO" For Ukraine, Ukrainian Politician Says

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/no-nato-ukraine-ukrainian-politician-says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressuring European diplomats to cease any talks about Ukraine joining NATO, according to a member of Rada (the Ukrainian parliament), Oleksiy Goncharenko.

This is no minor politician.

The son of a former Odessa mayor, he is a member of the Ukrainian Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The allegations were publicly made in a series of texts posted in his Telegram channel (in Ukrainian). He wrote:

“Unfortunately, there will be no NATO [for Ukraine]. Forget about it - it won't happen.”

Goncharenko claims that “several sources” in Washington told him the topic of Ukraine’s accession to the Atlantic Alliance “annoys the US elite” and even “after war” the country should not expect it.

The politician also commented on the ongoing friction between the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny. According to Goncharenko, Washington is “not happy” about it. In addition, he says, one should expect the next aid package to Ukraine to be the last one: “In a year, at the end of 2024, we will not be given any more money… Most likely, we will switch to a credit form of cooperation. They’ll give a loan. Not a grant that won’t need to be repaid.”

Could such allegations be a fabrication created for propaganda purposes? There is no reason to think so and the logic of it in this case would be far from clear. In fact, Goncharenko’s claims make perfect sense in light of what we already know by now. Continue…

Guess What Industry Dominates 2023's Top TV Advertisers

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/guess-what-industry-dominates-2023s-top-tv-advertisers

In 2023, advertising spend is projected to reach $61.3 billion on U.S. broadcast and cable TV.

Despite declining viewership, traditional TV has been found to be an optimal platform for storytelling ads. Additionally, advertisers can target viewer segments on traditional TV—similar to digital marketing channels.

Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld shows the top advertisers on traditional TV outlets in the chart below, based on data from Nielsen. Continue…

Canada faces longest healthcare wait times ever recorded, research shows

https://tnc.news/2023/12/10/canada-faces-longest-healthcare-wait-times/

Canadians are waiting longer than ever to see a healthcare specialist and receive treatment in 2023, according to a recent Fraser Institute report.

The Fraser Institute polled physicians from 12 specialties and ten provinces for almost three decades.

This year, the data collected from January to June consisted of 1,269 physicians responses. The report, titled Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2023 Report, showed the results of this year’s survey.

A median wait time of 27.7 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and receipt of treatment was reported in 2023. This is longer than the 27.4 weeks reported in 2022. This year’s wait time is the longest recorded in the survey’s history and is 198% longer than the 9.3-week wait time documented in 1993.

The 27.7-week total was broken down into two segments – a referral by a general practitioner to consultation with a specialist takes 14.6 weeks, followed by consultation with a specialist and receiving treatment, which takes 13.1 weeks.

The report also revealed that the differences in wait times across provinces are substantial. Ontario reported the shortest total wait time of 21.6 weeks. Nova Scotia reported the longest wait time of 56.7 weeks, almost triple Ontario’s. Continue…

Canadians will see less in their paycheques in 2024 due to new tax hikes

https://tnc.news/2023/12/10/new-tax-hikes-2024/

Canadians are about to take home less from each paycheque starting in January, as income taxes are set to increase.

Federal Employment Insurance (EI) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) will have changes made to them in 2024 that will lessen the amount of how much Canadians will ultimately take home.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) provided a breakdown of what the new year will look like for both employees and employers.

Beginning on Jan. 1, the EI premium rate will go from $1.63 to $1.66 per $100 earned for employees and from $2.28 to $2,32 for every $100 earned by employers.

Additionally, the rate for Maximum Insurable Earnings (MIE) will be increased from $61,500 to $63,200.

The MIE is the maximum threshold that employees have to pay into EI, meaning that the annual maximum for EI will increase for employers to $1,468.77 per employee, a $65.34 difference compared to last year.

CPP contributions, which have an annual ceiling of 5.95%, will have its maximum contribution raised from $3,754.45 to $3,867.50. Continue…

Canada-U.S. border a human smuggling hotspot: RCMP

https://tnc.news/2023/12/10/canada-us-border-human-smuggling/

The RCMP is warning of a surge in human smuggling activities across the border with the United States, particularly in the areas of Ontario and Quebec that border New York and Vermont.

According to Chief Supt. Mathieu Bertrand, who oversees border policing, criminal groups are exploiting the “vulnerability” of people who want to enter the U.S. illegally and charging them thousands of dollars for the risky journey.

The U.S. Border Patrol reported a 550 per cent increase in the number of people apprehended after crossing illegally from Canada in the Swanton Sector, which covers 295 miles of land and water boundaries.

Between October 2022 and September 2023, agents arrested 6,925 people from 79 different countries, mostly from Mexico and India.

Just in the last weekend of November, 71 people were detained in this region.

The RCMP said it is working with its U.S. counterparts and other law enforcement agencies to disrupt and dismantle the smuggling networks.

Despite this, the RCMP faces challenges in preventing people from reaching the border. U.S. court documents show that smugglers charge between $3,000 and $6,000 US per person and use vehicles, boats and trails to evade detection. Continue…

OP-ED: Reforming health care will save lives

https://tnc.news/2023/12/10/lucyk-reforming-healthcare/

Should we be proud of a health care system where governments are abandoning patients to die? Obviously not.

The Canadian health care crisis has been steadily getting worse over the past decades. Covid didn’t help the situation, but our country has had a problem with wait times since well before the pandemic.

New SecondStreet.org research highlights one of the most tragic consequences of a poorly-run health care system – death.

The fifth annual Died on a Waiting List report uncovered data from across the country through freedom of information requests on cases where surgeries and diagnostic scans were canceled due to patients having died. Sadly, it’s no surprise that the numbers have risen once again.

Over 17,000 Canadians died while waiting for surgery or a diagnostic scan in 2022-23. Since many provinces and health bodies didn’t provide complete data, we estimate the true total to be nearly double that figure. These numbers are up substantially – data suggest a 64% increase since 2018.

It’s important to distinguish the two types of deaths on waitlists. First, there are those who die while waiting for procedures that could have saved their lives – things like heart or brain surgery. Second, there are those who die while waiting for scans or surgeries that would have improved their quality of life, like a hip operation.

Critics might be tempted to dismiss the second type of case, but would you like to spend the final years of your life with a bad knee, unable to walk around and play with your grandchildren? Or with cloudy vision from cataracts, unable to even step outside on a bright day without being blinded?

You’d have to be rather dishonest to answer ‘yes.’ Continue…

Canadians spent $769 million to accommodate refugees and illegal immigrants this year

https://www.rebelnews.com/canadians_spent_769_million_to_accommodate_refugees_and_illegal_immigrants_this_year

Of the 105,315 illegal immigrants who entered Canada at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Québec via Roxham Road, their meals and accommodation cost $127.5 million over a five-year period.

Illegal immigrants and refugee applicants billed taxpayers a pretty penny this year for food and hotel accommodations. Courtesy of the Department of Immigration, Canadians are $769 million in the red.

“There are two mechanisms of funding,” clarified Nathalie Manseau, chief financial officer for Immigration Canada. In testimony to the Senate national finance committee, she said the $769 million expenditure represented their combined cost.

“The first one is the interim lodging sites which are the hotels,” said Manseau. “The anticipated expenditure for this fiscal year is $557 million.”

Lengths of hotel stays ranged “from a few weeks to a few months,” said another official. Continue…

REFLECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

Think Peter P (WHO NEVER GOT A PIPELINE BUILT IN HIS 20 YEARS IN PARLIAMENT) is really working for you?

How did his WIFE know to invest in PCR tests in 2018?

Dec 10 - Gonzalo Lira Jailed After Criticizing Biden

https://henrymakow.com/2023/12/dec-10—gonzalo-lira-was-jail.html

Musk seeks explanation from Zelenskyy over pro-Russian blogger detention

https://news.yahoo.com/musk-seeks-explanation-zelenskyy-over-133200708.html

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Medvedev predicts 'rivers of blood' & warns globe hasn't been closer to nuclear WW3 since Cuban Missile Crisis

https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=277558

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Netanyahu tells Putin: Your cooperation with Iran is dangerous

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-777415

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Zionist media dumps on Calgary Mayor for not attending Chanukah service

https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/morgan-calgarys-mayor-gondek-is-a-disgrace/50905

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Ottawa cops compensate family who were asked about vax status of deceased

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-police-board-settles-with-family-over-invasion-of-privacy-1.7052010

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Brother Nathaniel- The Jewish Murder machine

https://www.realjewnews.com/?p=1617

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The inventor of water powered death murdered

https://youtube.com/shorts/d8y25XgM418?si=av6nfzrygBGxbNwd

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Druthers- Dec issue -Canadian grass roots efforts

https://druthers.ca/wp-content/uploads/druthers-december-2023-resized.pdf

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More than 5,000 Israeli soldiers have been injured in Gaza since the conflict began on Oct. 7, with more than 2,000 officially recognized by the Ministry of Defence as disabled, an Israeli newspaper revealed on Saturday, adding that more than 58% of those injured suffered serious harm to their hands and feet, necessitating amputations.

https://alethonews.com/2023/12/09/over-5000-israeli-soldiers-injured-since-oct-7-with-58-seriously-israeli-media/

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Funeral Director JOHN O'LOONEY: "THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY REAL SATANISTS - THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED"

https://www.bitchute.com/video/7YhkjbrXt6FP/

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mRNA Nanoparticle Bioweapon in Action: "From the Inside Out My Body Was Just Falling Apart…"

https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/mrna-nanoparticle-bioweapon-in-action?

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MDs suffering vaccine injuries

https://www.medscape.com/sites/public/covid-19/vaccine-insights/how-concerned-are-you-about-vaccine-related-adverse-events?

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Flat

https://www.truth11.com/flat/

Yes I am going there: Flat earth or a spinning globe; what the truth means and why it matters.

As a journalist I had originally dismissed the flat earth concept to be a psy op to discredit the truth movement and wrote an article that mentioned this as the potential reason for the concept.

I did not think much about it further and continued reporting on every aspect of the truth I can find, without going back to the flat earth concept.

Years went by more and more I came across this subject, so I decided to take a much closer look.

Many articles, documentaries, videos and 11,000 + memes later, plus my own flight tests, I found myself looking at the world in a very different way.

Here I will share what I have learned and what this means if true.

I will discuss certain key concepts of flat vs globe and explore what knowing the truth means.

This truth gives you a decoder ring for propaganda, a new big picture view and two new frontiers of the unknown. Continue…

The Pentagon’s Rush To Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going To Kill Us All

https://www.activistpost.com/2023/12/the-pentagons-rush-to-deploy-ai-enabled-weapons-is-going-to-kill-us-all.html?ref=truth11.com

While experts warn about the risk of human extinction, the Department of Defense plows full speed ahead…

The recent boardroom drama over the leadership of OpenAI—the San Francisco–based tech startup behind the immensely popular ChatGPT computer program—has been described as a corporate power struggle, an ego-driven personality clash, and a strategic dispute over the release of more capable ChatGPT variants. It was all that and more, but at heart represented an unusually bitter fight between those company officials who favor unrestricted research on advanced forms of artificial intelligence (AI) and those who, fearing the potentially catastrophic outcomes of such endeavors, sought to slow the pace of AI development.

At approximately the same time as this epochal battle was getting under way, a similar struggle was unfolding at the United Nations in New York and government offices in Washington, D.C., over the development of autonomous weapons systems—drone ships, planes, and tanks operated by AI rather than humans. In this contest, a broad coalition of diplomats and human rights activists have sought to impose a legally binding ban on such devices—called “killer robots” by opponents—while officials at the Departments of State and Defense have argued for their rapid development. Continue…

Israel-Palestine War: The Big Picture. Peter Koenig

https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-palestine-war-where-aiming/5841807

This Interview with Mike Adams, Brighteon Broadcast News (BBN) on the Israel-Palestine Conflict and Beyond is followed by a loose transcript of the key points of the interview.

Some “experts” say with full conviction Hamas is winning this war.

They base it on Hamas having achieved a ceasefire which they consider is already a “win”. And then they said getting Israel to accept a 2-day extension is a further sign of Hamas upper-hand.

That is just wishful thinking. An illusion at best. It would be desirable. But, with Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) armed to the teeth with western — mostly US — state-of-the-art weapons, plus top secret service advice from Mossad, CIA and UK’s MI6 (Military Intelligence, section six), such ideas are way detached from reality.

Background

First, in this, like in most other wars, there is no winner. There are only losers.

Second, instead of dividing the world in pro or con the one or the other warrying party, the typical “divide to conquer” propaganda, we should all vouch for PEACE.

Having said this, it is undeniable that Palestine has lived through some kind of a “Holocaust” for the last 75 years, since the creation of Israel in 1948 – sponsored by the UK, in connivance with the then brand-new UN, backed by the US.

The UN, created in 1945, had only 51 member countries, and was then already under full control of the “top winner” of WWII, the USA.

The Israeli crackdown on Palestine became even more severe when, on June 5, 1967, Israel launched an attack against Egyptian forces in response to Egypt’s closing of the Suez Canal for Israeli shipping. Jordan and Syria joined the conflict.

By June 11, Israel defeated all three and occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The United States pressed for a ceasefire to prevent the risk of a Soviet intervention. See this.

This was the beginning of Palestine’s – especially Gaza’s – colonization.

The next step and further repression of Palestine followed the Yom Kippur War in October 1973 – against Egypt and Syria. It lasted a mere 20 days.

From then forward, the oppression mounted year by year to the point where in January 2006, Hamas won democratic elections in Palestine with 74 of the 132 seats, while Fatah, the then ruling party trailed with 45.

Fatah was the former Palestine Liberation Movement founded and led by Yasser Arafat until his death (by poisoning) in 2004.

When in 2007 Hamas also took over the reins in Gaza, Israel no longer adhered to the earlier agreed ever shakier ceasefire.

Israel then closed the border to Gaza, making Gaza the world’s largest open prison with then close to 2 million inhabitants which grew by 2023 to about 2.3 million.

Up to today, for the last almost 17 years, the border has remained hermetically sealed, surveilled electronically and by hundreds of border guards. Some Israeli guards say that not even a rat could escape undetected.

Living in Gaza was and is hell. Continue…

PHOTOS: Libertarian Javier Milei Inaugurated President of Argentina

https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/12/10/photos-libertarian-javier-milei-inaugurated-president-of-argentina/

Libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated president of Argentina on Sunday, flanked by a host of heads of state – including Spanish King Felipe VI and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – and surrounded by thousands of supporters in Buenos Aires.

Milei’s inauguration concludes a dramatic, and rapid, ascent to political power for the economist and television commentator, who formed his political party, Liberty Advances, in 2021. Liberty Advances won its first seats in the Argentine Congress that year on an anti-socialist, small-government platform. Milei’s first and only public office before becoming president was to serve in the Argentine Congress for two years. He is the nation’s first libertarian president and vanquished both the deeply entrenched leftist Peronist elite previously in power and the establishment “center-right” coalition that controlled the opposition for nearly two decades.

Milei won Argentina’s presidential election on November 19 against Sergio Massa, the socialist now-former Economy Minister whose government presided over an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to triple-digit inflation, fueling soaring poverty rates, unemployment, and emigration of skilled youth. Campaigning on the slogan “¡viva la libertad, carajo!” – which roughly translates to “long live liberty, damn it!” – Milei asked voters to choose “courage” to overthrow “the same people as always,” the established politicians in the orbit of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner whose tenure was marked by lavish government spending, the reduction in civil liberties during the coronavirus pandemic, and a foreign policy prizing relations with rogue states such as China and Iran. Continue…

Soros Son Meets Zelensky as Globalists Circle Wagons Around Ukraine

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/12/10/soros-son-flies-to-kyiv-as-globalists-circle-the-wagons-around-ukraine/

The scion of the globalist George Soros Open Society Foundations network of international influence schemes, travelled to Kyiv this weekend to reaffirm his support for the Zelensky government as the largest independent financier of Ukraine.

While there is growing weariness in the West of the war in Ukraine as it approaches two years since the Russian invasion was launched, with hundreds of thousands of casualties and hundreds of billions spent for what at best could be described as a stalemate, it appears that globalist agenda setters are intent on doubling down on their support for Ukraine.

Alexander Soros, 38, who took over as the head of operations for his father’s Open Society Foundations earlier this year, travelled to Kyiv on Saturday, meeting with First Lady Olena Zelenska and later joining President Zelensky to speak at a meeting concerning the thousands of Ukrainian children currently in Russian occupied territory.

During his trip, the Soros heir committed $1 million to First Lady Zelenska’s charity and announced a partnership with the Open Society Foundations.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Soros influence empire has deeply embedded itself within Ukraine, establishing the International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) in Kyiv in 1990.

The Soros network claims that the IRF has been the “largest independent funder of Ukraine’s vibrant array of civil society and citizen’s groups for more than three decades.”

Over the past decade, the Open Society has sent over $230 million in grants to various organisations in the country, focussing heavily on the education system and media, including helping launch the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine in 2015.

“The foundation has supported the development of independent media outlets in Ukraine and has supported a range of fact-checking initiatives and other efforts to counter disinformation and promote informed public debate,” Open Society said last month. Continue…

Zelensky to meet Biden

https://www.rt.com/russia/588848-zelensky-biden-meet/

The two leaders will discuss joint military projects, the Ukrainian president's office announced

Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky will pay a visit to the US on December 12, his office has announced. He is set to meet with his American counterpart Joe Biden who extended the invitation, according to the White House.

“Among the key topics at the talks in Washington will be the continuation of defense cooperation between Ukraine and the United States, in particular, joint projects for the production of weapons and air defense systems, as well as coordination of efforts of the two states next year,” the announcement on Sunday said.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed Zelensky’s visit in a statement, saying that the meeting is intended “to underscore the United States’ unshakeable commitment to supporting the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against Russia’s brutal invasion.” The “urgent needs” of the country will be discussed “as Russia ramps up its missile and drone strikes,” the White House said.

On Sunday, Zelensky visited Argentina to congratulate newly elected libertarian president Javier Milei on his inauguration. It marked the first time the Ukrainian has visited Latin America since the war with Russia began in 2022. He also used Milei’s inauguration as an opportunity to chat with another guest at the event, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who may be standing in the way of an EU aid package for Kiev. Continue…

CORBELLA: Alberta man wants to be charged criminally after CRA destroyed his life

https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/corbella-alberta-man-wants-to-be-charged-criminally-after-cra-destroyed-his-life/50910

The only thing Calgary engineer and high-tech inventor David Elderfield wants for Christmas is to be charged criminally by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Sounds nuts, right? But Elderfield is neither crazy nor suffering from some bizarre case of masochism. Rather, defending himself before a transparent criminal court would be a relief, compared to remaining trapped inside the bureaucratic black hole of unaccountability, indifference and "ongoing torture" created by the CRA.

Following an extensive investigation into his case, it's easy to understand Elderfield's strange wish.

In short, the CRA seized his intellectual property, destroyed his business and his reputation.

Elderfield, now 61 years old, was president and CEO of WayFare Identifiers Inc. (WFI) which had already made enormous technological leaps with unique sensor technology that could better secure our borders, airports and ports in a post-9/11 world.

Testing was in place at the Prince Rupert Port, a UK port, and was approved for BC-Alaska border crossings when the CRA initiated actions against WFI.

The CRA allegedly violated Elderfield's privacy and other edicts in the Canadian government's Taxpayer Bill of Rights through its handling of his file. As he attempted to seek restitution and closure, he was met with a vicious circle of buck passing from one government department or office to the next.

The case falls outside of their jurisdiction, these offices have stated, including the Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsman (OTO), the Department of Justice, Revenue Canada, the Prime Minister's Office, and others.

Now, after denying him any service for six years, the OTO finally has run a year-long investigation and found the WayFare team has been due an apology from the CRA for more than 15 years. An apology is the greatest penalty the OTO can request of their peers at the CRA.

Without any real explanation, the CRA has simply refused to apologize, so the OTO has just shrugged and closed the file. Just another example of government pretending to establish checks and balances on powerful state players when really just creating costly toothless tigers.

Elderfield’s story is a maddening, stomach-churning cautionary tale to all Canadians of how the CRA — a bureaucracy of almost 60,000 employees — can destroy lives with no accountability.

"I asked the CRA to charge me criminally so I could defend myself in an open court, with an impartial judge, with rules of disclosure and witnesses testifying under oath," says Elderfield. "The CRA won't even release my files to me under the freedom of information act … I've only received 22 pages out of 900 and those only arrived after seven years of repeated access to information requests from legal professionals had been ignored. It's abuse of power and smells of corruption." Continue…

Because the Devil or Gov, does like competition

The Choice To Know Will Be Yours

The Choice To Know WAS Yours

And so many didn't even ask any Q uestion

Do you believe in coincidences?

Locked Out: Hungarian, Slovakian and Polish Truckers Are Blocking Border Checkpoints With Ukraine – Protests Over Kiev’s Haulers Privileges Are Hurting Military Campaign

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/locked-hungarian-slovakian-polish-truckers-are-blocking-border/

After Black Sea ports were blocked by Russia, the land exits faced disruptive protests by neighbor truckers.

Hungarian freight carriers, starting December 11, begin an official demonstration and block a checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, according to the Association of Hungarian Road Carriers.

Yahoo reported:

“Truckers from Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia argue they are being unfairly treated by existing EU policies because their Ukrainian counterparts do not have to purchase expensive permits.

Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian drivers had to apply for permits to enter EU countries. But Brussels suspended transport permits last year until June 2024 as part of the Solidarity Lanes Initiative to help Ukraine’s struggling export industry after Russia blocked Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. The protesters are demanding the EU reinstate permits for Ukrainian drivers.”

The development comes right after Truckers in Slovakia joined the Polish counterparts, who pioneered staging blockades at the border with Ukraine.

The spreading of the blockades in a protest over competition creates a situation that Kiev says has disrupted crucial humanitarian aid imports.

Bloomberg reported: Continue…

UK Dream Team? To Avoid a Labour Massacre in Next Elections, Rebel Tories Want Boris Johnson Back as PM, Partnering up With Brexit’s Nigel Farage

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/uk-dream-team-avoid-labour-massacre-next-elections/

But Farage may end up as PM himself, with his new high profile after TV show.

Facing obliteration in the polls in the next general election next year, Conservatives in the UK have been looking for some way to overcome the massive lead that that opposition Labour party enjoys right now.

To this end, rebel Tories have been plotting to replace unpopular Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and their latest proposed solution sounds crazy: Boris Johnson!

Wild-haired Johnson could return as Prime Minister under these astonishing plans – and a ‘dream ticket’ leadership tie-up with Brexit leader Nigel Farage is even being considered.

The plot comes as Sunak faces a crunch vote on his flagship plan of sending migrants awaiting asylum to Rwanda.

Tory whips using both ‘the carrot and the stick’ to try to quell the revolt.

Daily Mail reported: Continue…

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson is launching his own video network with multiple shows.

https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1734244354611437969

Meet Jeremy Godfrey — Head of Ireland’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ — Responsible for Social Media Censorship and Policing Free Speech

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/meet-jeremy-godfrey-head-irelands-ministry-truth-responsible/

Jeremy Godfrey has been appointed as the executive chairperson of Coimisiún na Meán (Media Commission), a body responsible for social media censorship and policing free speech in Ireland.

This appointment comes as part of Ireland’s efforts to enforce the Orwellian EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) of 2023, which requires online platforms with over 45 million active monthly users to focus on “moderating harmful and abusive content.​”

According to Politico.eu, Jeremy Godfrey will soon have the authority to impose fines on social media platforms that permit ‘hate speech’ and ‘cyber bullying.’

The news outlet reported: Continue…

David Icke: Elon Musk Is The New ‘Mainstream Alternative Media God’

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/david-icke-elon-musk-is-new-mainstream-alternative/

Proponents of the First Amendment and free speech revere Elon Musk as a hero for permitting prominent conservatives to use X/Twitter amid an atmosphere of sweeping censorship and unprecedented lawfare waged by the Deep State to crush dissent.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Musk reinstated Alex Jones’ X account early Sunday morning after a 7-year ban from the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

On Saturday, the billionaire, who is also the CEO of Neuralink, Tesla Motors and Space X, published a poll asking users whether Jones’ account should be reinstated. Nearly two million X users responded with over 70 percent voting in favor of Jones’ return.

“The people have spoken and so it shall be,” Musk wrote in a response to the poll.

Hours later, the Infowars founder’s account was reactivated.

Musk, a self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” announced Jones is welcomed back to the platform but affirmed there are still parameters on speech, warning, “He cannot break the law.”

Jones subsequently retweeted a video promoting the Alex Jones game in his first post on the platform since Sept. 6, 2018.

Musk’s decision to restore Jones’ account came two days after the Infowars founder joined former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an extensive interview addressing a wide range of issues, including 9/11, “deplatforming,” “depopulation” and the New World Order.

While discussing the globalist effort to dramatically reduce the world’s population, Jones revered Musk as a “hero.” Continue…

UN Climate Karens Melt Down After COP28 Summit Ditches Fossil Fuel 'Phase-Out' Language

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/un-climate-karens-melt-down-after-cop28-summit-ditches-fossil-fuel-phase-out-language

Last week, Sultan al Jaber, the president of the UN's COP28 climate summit, insisted that there is "no science" behind calls to phase-out fossil fuels, before getting in a hilarious eco-fight with three leading women from the conference over climate change and gender.

“You’re asking for a phase-out of fossil fuel," al-Jaber said.

"Please, help me, show me for a phase-out of fossil fuel that will allow for sustainable socio-economic development, unless you want to take the world back into caves.”

Responding to the remark, U.N. Environment Program Executive Director Inger Andersen said she lives in Kenya with solar power and clean electricity from the local utility.

“I'm not living in a cave," she added.

"That's all I can say.”

The remarks from al Jaber draw criticism from scientists and are in contrast with the view of Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who said at the climate summit on Friday,

“The science is clear: The 1.5C limit is only possible if we ultimately stop burning all fossil fuels. Not reduce, not abate. Phase out, with a clear timeframe.”

Fast forward to Monday, with the Financial Times reporting that a draft agreement from the summit has dropped all references to the phaseout of fossil fuels, following opposition from oil and gas-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia.

The document — which will have to be agreed by almost 200 countries at the summit in Dubai — sets out an optional range of actions that countries “could” take to cut emissions to net zero by 2050.

This includes reducing “consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner so as to achieve net zero [carbon emissions] by, before, or around 2050 in keeping with the science”. -FT

The climate Karens, however, want the text to go further by committing to a phase out of fossil fuels - which any honest idiot could tell you would have extreme repercussions in terms of both energy price inflation (which of course hurts the poor the most), and the logistics of shifting developed nations onto unreliable primary energy sources. Continue…

Israeli Troop Deaths Surpass 100 in Gaza, Thousands Wounded As Hospitals Deal With 'Tsunami Of Trauma'

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-troop-deaths-surpass-100-gaza-thousands-wounded-hospitals-deal-tsunami-trauma

Shortly after weekend reports of Israeli tanks having reached the center of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday issued a new casualty count of its soldiers slain since the ground offensive began.

Seven new deaths were announced, which includes six killed Sunday while fighting in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing the official IDF death toll to 104. Also on Sunday the IDF for the first time issued an official tally of troops wounded in action, saying that 1,593 Israeli soldiers have been wounded since Oct.7.

However, Haaretz alongside other publications have speculated that the real casualty figure is much higher, with Haaretz in particular reporting that accessible hospital data points to much higher than published troop casualties (possibly double) from the Gaza operations. Continue…

"Get Tough On Immigration Or Risk Radicals Taking Charge", Warns Merkel's Former Health Minister

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/get-tough-immigration-or-risk-radicals-taking-charge-warns-merkels-former-health

Germany is facing an unprecedented influx of illegal immigration from predominantly Islamic nations that hate Western culture, and mainstream parties must solve the problem before voters trust more radical groups to take control, a former German minister has warned. Continue…

USA Is Not #1! These Are The Top-Performing Countries For Education

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usa-not-1-these-are-top-performing-countries-education

Singapore has topped the latest world education ranking informally known as PISA, the Program for International Student Assessment, run by the OECD. The city-state’s pupils excelled in the core areas of math, science and reading, securing a high score of 560 points with students ahead of their peers on average by almost three to five years. As the following chart shows, several other countries and places in Asia feature high on the list, with Macau, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea rounding off the top 5.

Students in 81 countries and economies completed a series of tests to gauge and compare national averages in education in 2022.

Usually carried out every three years, these results have been hotly anticipated, since there was a delay in testing due to the Covid pandemic.

As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the following chart, Estonia scored the highest of any European nation with a score of 516, showing particular excellency in science (526), while Ireland placed in rank nine, with students doing especially well in the reading exam (516).

Canada received the highest marks for North America, as the United States trailed behind in rank 18 with an overall score of 489. Continue…

Watch Live: SpaceX Launches Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Into Orbit

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/watch-live-spacex-launches-mysterious-x-37b-spaceplane-orbit

The US Space Force's Boeing X-37B unmanned, reusable space plane will be launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Sunday evening.

The mysterious spaceplane is built by Boeing and operated by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and the Space Force. Its last mission ended a little over a year ago after spending 2.5 years in low-Earth orbit.

"The X-37B continues to equip the United States with the knowledge to enhance current and future space operations," Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said in a statement.

Saltzman continued: "X-37B Mission 7 demonstrates the USSF's commitment to innovation and defining the art-of-the-possible in the space domain."

With each successive top-secret mission, the X-37B spends long and longer time in orbit:

OTV-1: launched on Apr. 22, 2010 and landed on Dec. 3, 2010, spending over 224 days in orbit.

OTV-2: launched on Mar. 5, 2011 and landed on Jun. 16, 2012, spending over 468 days in orbit.

OTV-3: launched on Dec. 11, 2012 and landed on Oct. 17, 2014, spending over 674 days in orbit.

OTV-4: launched on May 20, 2015 and landed on May 7, 2015, spending nearly 718 days in orbit.

OTV-5: launched on Sept. 7, 2017 and landed on Oct. 27, 2019, spending nearly 780 days in orbit.

OTV-6: launched on May 17, 2020 and landed on Nov. 12, 2022, spending over 908 days in orbit.

The liftoff window begins at 8:14 p.m. EST (0114 GMT) at Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Democrats are furious with all of Elon Musk's space accomplishments.

Even Jeff Bezos had to hire Musk for rocket launches.

Biden Wants To Seize Patents Of Pricey Drugs And Use Government To Make Them Cheaper

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-wants-seize-patents-pricey-drugs-and-use-government-make-them-cheaper

The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that would allow federal authorities to seize the patents of costly drugs that were developed using taxpayer dollars and to let third parties use those patents to make the drugs available more cheaply.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, on Dec. 7 published a set of draft guidelines for government agencies to evaluate when it might be appropriate to invoke what are known as "march-in" rights under the legal framework of the Bayh-Dole Act.

The Bayh-Dole Act, which is shorthand for the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980, grants the government the authority to suspend the patents of products of inventions that were developed with federal funding if those products or inventions are not made available to the public.

The new proposed guidelines, which were reviewed by The Epoch Times, seek to modify the Bayh-Dole Act in such a way as to make high price alone (of a product or invention developed using taxpayer dollars) a sufficient condition to trigger the government's exercise of the act's march-in provisions.

The march-in provisions—which the government has been asked to invoke in the past but never has—would let authorities seize the patents of drugs deemed too expensive (when offered for sale by the original patent holder) and grant licenses to third parties to produce those drugs to sell more cheaply.

"We'll make it clear that when drug companies won't sell taxpayer funded drugs at reasonable prices, we will be prepared to allow other companies to provide those drugs for less," White House adviser Lael Brainard said on a call with reporters.

The draft will be published in the Federal Register on Dec. 8 and is being subjected to a 60-day public comment period.

President Joe Biden hailed the draft proposal as a way to rein in "Big Pharma price gouging," while the main pharmaceutical industry trade group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, said it would be a loss to American patients by causing government-funded research to sit "on a shelf, not benefiting anyone." Continue…

7 Serious Concerns As Transhumanism Threatens Our Humanity And The Human Race

https://www.activistpost.com/2023/12/7-serious-concerns-as-transhumanism-threatens-our-humanity-and-the-human-race.html

Transhumanism in relation to artificial intelligence has been regarded by some people as an upgrade to Homo sapiens mark 2.

Avid proponents have claimed that the new so-called Homo sapiens mark 2 will be such an improvement over Homo sapiens mark 1 it will lead to having superhuman qualities. Some of those qualities they say are beyond our current imagination!

However, it could be argued that these proponents are so disinterested in the current human form that they have wilfully ignored the many wonderful attributes we presently hold.

Because of these wonderful attributes that we humans already hold, is transhumanism an overlooked idealism that comes with serious concerns? Is transhumanism a trapping and in its development will take our human race in the catastrophically wrong direction?

Consider the following 7 gravely serious concerns: why transhumanism could be a massive threat to our humanity and the human race. Consider the actions needed to stop transhumanism. Continue…

NOT BABYLON BEE: Canada Tackles Methane Emissions From COW BURPS with Credit Plan

https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/not-babylon-bee-canada-tackles-methane

Welcome to Insanity

No, it is not satire.

According to Bloomberg, Canada will tackle a Climate Hoax with “a plan to reduce emissions from cattle through a credit trading system”.

Farmers who manage to reduce emissions from COW BURPS will earn credits “that can be sold to other businesses to meet their own emission targets. “

Makes total sense 🤡

Thanks to Kill Bates, there are cow masks farmers can use to help them achieve these noble goals.

Liberals unveil dental insurance for seniors and children

https://tnc.news/2023/12/11/liberals-dental-insurance-seniors-children/

A new federal dental insurance plan is expected to be launched today by a number of government ministers, which will provide direct benefits to eligible Canadians, however the first claims won’t be processed until May 2024.

The new program is a crucial matter in securing the Liberals’ supply-and-confidence deal with the NDP, which the Liberal’s are relying on to maintain their minority government until 2025.

“As minister of health, I’m deeply proud that Canada has one of the best health systems in the world,” said Minister of Health Mark Holland, during Monday’s press conference at Algonquin College. “But we know we can do better, we know we can have the best health care system in the world. “Today is a monumental step in that direction.”

“Up to nine million Canadians today do not have dental insurance. This action today will help to get them the access they need to oral healthcare. Oral healthcare they need and deserve,” added Holland.

The Liberals assured the NDP that they would launch a dental insurance plan for seniors, people with disabilities and children under the age of 18 by next year.

The program will start being phased in slowly over the next year, said government officials during a briefing with the Canadian Press, prior to the announcement on Monday. Continue…

Northwest Territories premier requests full exemption from carbon tax

https://tnc.news/2023/12/11/nwt-premier-requests-exemption-carbon-tax/

The Northwest Territories’ newly elected premier, R.J. Simpson, is the latest premier to demand a blanket exemption from Ottawa’s carbon tax.

“I mean, ideally, a complete exemption for the territory is what we would hope for,” said Simpson in a Sunday interview with CBC’s Rosemary Barton. “The costs are already high — higher costs are not the solution up here.”

Federal carbon pricing requires provinces and territories to set up their own collection system if they don’t want to use the system already in place by the Trudeau government.

Simpson’s government chose to create its own carbon pricing system, meaning if it wishes to make an exemption on home oil heating, it will be required to create its own processes regarding changes.

Initially, the territory had revised its process to stop issuing rebates on home heating fuels in April, however the territory’s legislature dissolved in October for an election.

During that same time period, the federal government announced that it would grant an exemption on home heating oil, while the legislature was out.

Following Simpsons’ election win, he stated that the carbon tax simply “doesn’t work” for the people of his territory. Continue…

Expert panel will examine CBC's future, says Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge

https://www.rebelnews.com/expert_panel_will_examine_cbcs_future_says_heritage_minister_pascale_st_onge

The Liberals have modernized the Broadcasting Act, 'and the next step is really CBC/Radio-Canada,' St-Onge said.

The Trudeau Liberals are setting up an expert panel to plan the future of CBC/Radio-Canada and to ensure the public broadcaster is 'sustainable' moving forward.

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge made the announcement during a Sunday interview with Radio-Canada. Last week, it was revealed the public broadcaster would be laying off 600 employees due to a $125 million shortfall in its budget after the Liberal budget sought 3.3% cuts across Crown corporations and federal departments.

“It's part of my mandate letter to think about the future of the public broadcaster. We have modernized the Broadcasting Act, and the next step is really CBC/Radio-Canada,” the minister told the outlet. A further announcement on how the government will work with the expert panel is coming in the future, St-Onge said.

Among the panel's considerations will be whether CBC should withdraw completely from the advertising market, where revenues have diminished in recent years.

While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has campaigned on cutting the Crown corporation altogether, St-Onge maintained the government's commitment, noting the Liberals “will continue to work to ensure that it has a strong public broadcaster from one end of the country to the other. We have always been convinced of the importance of the public broadcaster to democratic life.”

CBC President Catherine Tait will appear before the House of Commons heritage committee to discuss the broadcaster's cuts in the new year. No date has been scheduled for the hearing, though the committee hopes to hear from Tate at its first session in January.

Indian government officials interfered in Conservative Party's leadership race: report

https://www.rebelnews.com/indian_government_agents_foreign_interference_conservative_party_canada

A CSIS intelligence assessment from October 2022 detailed efforts from foreign governments, including India and China, to influence Canadian elections.

In 2022, Indian government agents reportedly interfered with the Conservative Party's leadership race and bragged about funding "a number of politicians at all levels of government," according to CSIS.

The Bureau recently reported on an intelligence assessment by the Canadian intelligence agency from October 2022, detailing interference operations in Canadian elections by states including China and India.

While Chinese operations have received more attention and pose a greater threat, the report underlines that some of the same tactics are being used by the Indian government.

According to the CSIS report, “A body of CSIS reporting since 2020 indicates that a Canadian GoI [Government of India] proxy agent continues to claim that they are providing electoral support – including significant amounts of money – to a number of politicians at all levels of government.”

CSIS states that the unnamed government agent is a "gatekeeper" for community support of the kind that electoral candidates rely on in electoral districts with high numbers of South Asian voters.

The report also suggests that the Indian government tried to influence the outcome of the Conservatives' leadership race. "Recent CSIS reporting indicates that a proxy agent claims the Government of India is providing support to an elected Canadian politician’s campaign for the leadership of a political party in Canada, by securing party memberships for that campaign," it reads. The elected official wasn't identified. Continue…

National Governments Are All Following a Genocide Agenda

https://www.truth11.com/untitled-1354/

No thoughtful self-respecting human being can deny that within the political institutions responsible for administrating human affairs today, there are only a tiny fraction of individuals who put responsibility for caring for fellow humans and our planet, at the top of their agenda – if at all.

‘Democracy’ is what many still believe to be the best solution for citizen governance, these same people also hold that the politicians elected via national voting systems are ‘servants of the people’, since constitutionally that is what is indicated. Members of parliament entrusted with responsibility for accounting to those who elect them.

However, is spite of the fact that the general mass of the populace cling to the dream of a world in which democracy means a form of governance being ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’, upon inspection the reality is precisely the opposite.

Those beguiling men and women who portray themselves as saviours and saints of their communities prior to their election, shape shift into self serving parasites to the program of the globalist shadow government as soon as they become elected into office.

And what does the electorate do about this? Continue…

Russian Arctic investment booming – official

https://www.rt.com/business/588661-russia-arctic-investment-growth/

Hundreds of projects are expected to be implemented in the region

The launch of a special economic zone with a wide range of tax breaks and other business incentives in the Russian Arctic has helped to attract significant investment, First Deputy Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, Gadzhimagomed Guseynov, has said.

According to the official, who was addressing a conference dedicated to development of the region last week, over 760 projects with total investments of 1.75 trillion rubles ($18.4 billion) could be realized due to the mechanisms of state support approved in 2020.

This would help in creating around 40,000 jobs, with more than 13,000 positions having been already set up, he said. Continue…

Freedom truckers being 'punished' with lengthy trial, delays, says defendant Tamara Lich

https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-government-punishing-freedom-truckers-with-lengthy-trial-delays-says-defendant-tamara-lich

"I don't know why it's taking so long but it's true what they say in the Canadian legal system: the punishment is the process."

Freedom Convoy personality Tamara Lich said Friday that her joint trial with Chris Barber has again recessed and she doesn’t expect the defense to begin summarizing its case until “hopefully 10 days in mid-March” 2024. That means a verdict shouldn’t be expected until at least the summer.

One should bear in mind that this trial began on the Tuesday after the Labor Day long weekend in September.

The pair are charged with mischief, counseling others to commit mischief, intimidation, and obstructing police as members of the Freedom Convoy that polarized residents of Ottawa in 2022 and arguably began to roll back Covid mandates.

“I don't know why it's taking so long but it's true what they say in the Canadian legal system: the punishment is the process,” Lich told The Post Millennial in an exclusive interview.

The Alberta woman said the punishment is also meant for any Canadian who decides to protest policies that are being promoted by governments that would prefer to ignore criticism of their narrative – especially when it involves Covid-19 mandates. Lich was at the center of the January to February 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against those mandates that brought down the full force of the federal government when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, 2022.

Lich says the legal battle has left her undeterred and she is committed to fighting for justice.

“Unfortunately for them, they picked on the wrong woman because I am not going to back down and they do not scare me and they do not intimidate me and so they have no power over me. But what they're trying to do is scare everybody else – right? Well, don't do this.”

But the activist says that’s not what Canada is all about and that’s what the Freedom Convoy showed the world.

“But, I mean, we're Canadians: some of the most positive people on the planet.”

“You know when we started organizing this we had no idea how it was going to take off and no idea that it would go global. You know that was a shock to us but it really did it and resonated all around the world.”

Lich thanks The Democracy Fund for assisting her with her legal fees,”but all the cost of us traveling back and forth staying there, eating there, all comes out of our pocket. So, you know, it is ‘lawfare,’ they want to deplete your resources and demoralize you and intimidate you and unfortunately for them in my case, it's not going to work.” Continue…

Let Food Be Thy Medicine

https://drtrozzi.org/2023/12/10/let-food-be-thy-medicine/

Dr Tess Lawrie, Christof Plothe DO, and Matthew Anderson

The advice of the Godfather of Medicine is eternally valid. I mean the Godfather of real medicine, honest medicine, before-the-Rockefellers-and-without-them medicine: Hippocrates.

Pharmaceutical drugs are almost all poisons, by definition. Nutrients are not. They are the opposite. Food contains the keys, the molecules needed to maintain healthy functions of all our cellular processes. Continue…

Canada’s Original Covid Hero Adam Skelly and New Year’s Eve

https://drtrozzi.org/2023/12/11/canadas-original-covid-hero-adam-skelly-and-new-years-eve/

Before “vax passes” and the Canadian Truckers’ convoy, there was Adamson’s BBQ.

Before “vax passes”, and before the Canadian Truckers’ convoy, there was Adamson’s BBQ. One Canadian man, Adam Skelly, stood against the tyranny. He said “No!” and took on the fight for all of our rights.

Currently the WHO and their accomplices are plotting more viruses, lockdowns, and forced injections. Meanwhile, Skelly and his team are fighting in the Canadian courts to defend our fundamental rights and freedoms.

I’ll be attending and speaking at the Adam Skelly BBQ Rebellion New Year’s Eve Fundraiser in Toronto. Please join us if you can. There is a simultaneous event in Windsor Ontario. Continue…

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The Choice To Know WAS Yours

And so many didn't even ask any Q uestion

SLASH AND BURN: Javier Milei Cuts Almost a Dozen Government Ministries on His First Day in Office

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/slash-burn-javier-milei-cuts-almost-dozen-government/

Argentina’s new President Javier Milei promised the people of his country that if elected, he would slash the size of their government and so far, he is delivering.

On his first day in office, he cut the number of government ministries from 21 to 9 and he is probably not even finished yet.

The departments he cut are largely the ones based on progressive ideas like social justice. He is clearly serious about radical reform for Argentina.

RedState reports:

Javier Milei Takes Office in Argentina, and His First Move Immediately Triggers All the Right People Continue…

New Obama Produced Apocalypse Film Warns ‘White People Should Not Be Trusted’ (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/new-obama-produced-apocalypse-film-warns-white-people/

etflix’s new cyber apocalypse film, “Leave the World Behind,” warns that white people should not be trusted if the world faces an apocalypse disaster.

The new film was co-produced by Barack and Michelle Obama and stars Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon.

The movie’s plot follows a white family vacationing in a rented house on Long Island.

At the beginning of the movie, the vacation home’s owner, G.H. Scott, and his daughter, Ruth, arrive at their home after a major cyber attack occurs across the United States.

During one scene, G.H. and his daughter Ruth are seen together about to sleep, and his daughter states, “If the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out easily to anyone, especially white people.”

WATCH: Continue…

Netanyahu: “First We Will Win in the South and Then We Will Deal With the North”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/netanyahu-first-we-will-south-then-we-will/

Dozens of Hamas terrorists have been killed in Israel Air Force strikes over the past 24 hours, the IDF reported, including armed terrorists exiting a medical clinic. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority will run Gaza when Operation “Swords of Iron” is completed. Continue…

Man Who Allegedly Killed 6 Had Previously Been Bailed Out by Soros-Backed Group

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/man-allegedly-killed-6-previously-bailed-soros-backed/

The money of billionaire philanthropist George Soros continues to be found in the darkest of places.

KSAT-TV in San Antonio first revealed a man charged with killing six people in a series of deadly shootings last week was previously bailed out of jail by the Texas Organizing Project.

The organization, which claims its purpose is to advocate for bail reform, has received more than $1.2 million from one of Soros’ liberal nonprofits, Fox News reported Thursday.

“The Open Society Policy Center, the advocacy nonprofit in the Soros-funded Open Society Foundations network, provided $700,000 to the Texas Organizing Project in 2019 for organizational support,” the outlet reported. “Later, in 2021, the policy center gave the group $565,000 to ‘support policy advocacy on democracy reform and government accountability in Texas,’ according to its grant database.” Continue…

Ukraine's Largest Mobile Network Hit By Major Cyberattack Blamed On Russia

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraines-largest-mobile-network-hit-major-cyberattack-blamed-russia

Ukraine has accused Russia of being behind a major cyberattack against the country's main mobile network Kyivstar, which has left masses of customers without phone or internet access. The outage has reportedly even left one city, Sumy, without its mobile air raid sirens, crucial for warning residents of inbound Russian drones or missiles.

Kyivstar says it was targeted in a "powerful hacker attack" which Ukraine's security services are currently investigating. The network is responsible for about 24 million mobile customers and supplying internet access to some one million homes. Businesses too have been impacted. Continue…

Rumble Hit With "Unprecedented" Cyber Attack After Posting J6 Security Cam Footage

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/rumble-hit-unprecedented-cyber-attack-after-posting-j6-security-cam-footage

Free speech video hosting platform Rumble was hit with an “unprecedented” cyber attack shortly after new security camera footage from January 6 was posted on the platform.

Last week it was revealed that the GOP-controlled Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight had created a new Rumble channel to post hours of security footage from Capitol Police taken on January 6, 2021.

“The first few videos were posted to the Rumble channel on Dec. 5. By the next day, the collection grew to 135 clips—each about 10 minutes long. The channel had nearly 700 followers on Dec. 7,” reported the Epoch Times.

Apparently, that upset some people.

Shortly after, Rumble was hit by a massive and seemingly organized attack that left people unable to upload or watch content.

“I can confirm that this attack has been unprecedented and has been happening since this weekend,” Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski posted on X.

“I also suspect it is political, coming from activists and/or organizations who want to censor our creators, and related to J6 videos being posted on Rumble,” he added.

Rumble was only able to completely restore services last night.

“A major thank you to our cyber security partners and our entire team. This was a massive learning experience that will only make us stronger,” said the company.

“A big thank you to all users and creators who have been incredibly patient with us during this time.”

Censorship takes another L.

Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/houthi-rebels-hit-norwegian-flagged-tanker-anti-ship-cruise-missile-key-maritime

An anti-ship cruise missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea near a key maritime chokepoint known as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where nearly 10% of all crude traded at sea passes through.

Reuters quoted Houthi military spokesperson Yehia Sarea, who said the tanker - named "Strinda" - was targeted because it was headed to an Israeli terminal, and the crew ignored all warnings.

However, Strinda's owner, Norway's Mowinckel Chemical Tankers, said the vessel was bound for the Suez Canal and then on to Italy with a cargo containing vegetable oil and biofuels. Continue…

Ford's "Test For EV Adoption" Fails: Carmaker Slashes Production Plans For Electric F-150 In Half

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/fords-test-ev-adoption-fails-carmaker-slashes-production-plans-electric-f-150-half

Less than a week after Elon Musk unveiled his apocalypse-surviving, Porsche-out-accelerating, bulletproof CyberTruck, Ford's EV effort is crashing on the Biden-administration ignited fire of unaffordability and high costs.

Having signaled in October during its Q3 earnings call plans to “adjust” production of its all-electric vehicles and delay about $12 billion in investments due to softening demand for higher-priced premium electric vehicles; a memo to suppliers - which was viewed and reported first tonight by Automotive News - indicated plans beginning in January to produce an average of about 1,600 Lightning trucks a week at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford had planned for an annual production capacity of 150,000 Lightnings a year, or about 3,200 a week.

That means its production target for 2024 has been halved. Continue…

Is This The End For Zelenskyy?

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/end-zelenskyy

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Western public has been sold the story of a Ukrainian front united in its unwavering commitment to a total military victory over Russia. Over the past few weeks, however, this narrative has started to crumble.

Despite the failure of Ukraine’s Nato-backed counteroffensive, which is now universally accepted, Zelenskyy continues to stick to the maximalist victory-at-all-costs narrative — that Ukraine must go on fighting until it retakes every inch of lost territory, including Crimea, and that Putin should not be negotiated with. This is understandable: he has staked everything on achieving that objective — anything less would probably mean the end of his political career.

But Zelenskyy’s position is looking increasingly isolated. As Simon Shuster wrote in Time magazine, “Zelenskyy’s associates themselves are extremely skeptical about the [current] policy”, describing the president’s belief in Ukraine’s ultimate victory over Russia as “immovable, verging on the messianic”. Continue…

Canadian Human Rights Commission Labels Christmas Celebration “Discrimination Grounded In Colonialism”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/canadian-human-rights-commission-labels-christmas-celebration-discrimination-grounded

The cancerous spread of woke ideology into every facet of society and government is more obvious in some places compared to others, but every so often the movement crosses a line and sparks considerable opposition. In the US, the social justice movement seems to have hit a few snags; numerous companies adopting and promoting ESG related propaganda have been pummeled with successful boycotts, losing billions in profits and in stock value. Overall public sentiment is quickly turning against major universities as a root source of woke beliefs. And, government officials pandering to the extreme left are confronted with increasing vitriol from the populace.

It would seem that Canadians are also hitting their limit these days when it comes to the far-left, and it took a thinly veiled attack on Christmas to do it.

Part of the ongoing invasion of the woke movement involves regular attempts to undermine Christian holidays as “problematic” and archaic. Leftists argue that increasing diversity (mostly through open border policies or illegal immigration) requires increasing inclusion at the national level. Meaning, it is not for immigrants to adapt to the west, the west must adapt to them. National celebrations like Christmas are therefore a representation of “discrimination” because they are being given preference over minority holidays.

This was the message given by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) in a paper published under the radar in October. The treatise on “Religious Intolerance” was then condemned in a motion unanimously adopted on Nov. 30 by the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the Canadian Parliament. The paper cited Christianity’s two biggest holy days (Christmas and Easter) as examples of “present-day systemic religious discrimination” linked to colonialism because they are statutory holidays in Canada.

The CHRC was established by the Canadian government in 1977 and claims to be an “independent” watchdog. It is empowered under the Canadian Human Rights Act to investigate and to settle complaints of discrimination in employment and in the provision of services within federal jurisdiction. The group is similar to the ACLU in that its momentum is ever to the deepest reaches of the political left. Their ideological positions carry weight in the higher echelons of government; for example, their paper attacking Christmas has since been avidly defended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Continue…

Raytheon's Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Defeats Ballistic Missile in Test Over Pacific

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/raytheons-exoatmospheric-kill-vehicle-defeats-ballistic-missile-test-over-pacific

Raytheon has successfully tested its "Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle," designed to defend the US by intercepting and neutralizing long-range ballistic missiles in low-Earth orbit.

The kinetic-force weapon successfully destroyed an intermediate-range ballistic missile during a test in the Pacific region by the US Missile Defense Agency and the US Northern Command on Monday.

"This test demonstrates that the US ballistic missile defense system is operational, reliable, and ready to protect the country," said Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon.

Kremer continued, "Raytheon kill vehicles have now successfully completed nearly 50 space intercepts, which underscores our expertise and ability to design and develop these systems to defeat the evolving threat."

Also known as "EKV," the weapon is an intercept component of the Ground-Based Interceptor and part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System. It uses multi-color sensors, advanced computers, and rocket motors that help it maneuver in space to neutralize the threat.

Raytheon said it is currently developing advanced ballistic missile interceptors and kill vehicles that will protect the US and allies with "more robust missile defense capability against current and future threats."

There was no word if EKV could defend the US and its allies from Russian and Chinese hypersonic threats.

The US lags behind in the hypersonic race while other superpowers rapidly add these new weapons to the modern battlefield.

Canadian Medical Association Journal recognizes people who are ‘greysexual’

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The latest sexual orientation to be recognized by the Canadian Medical Association Journal is ‘greysexuality,’ a relatively new subset of asexuality.

Originally published on Dec. 4, the paper featured in Canada’s top medical journal discussed greysexuality as defined as someone who is “experiencing sexual attraction rarely or under specific circumstances.”

Demisexual and greysexual people can still “engage in sex and experience romantic attraction,” according to the article, which was co-authored by Stella A. Schneckenburger, Michelle W.Y. Tam and Lori E. Ross

The term was part of an article on asexuality, which is an umbrella term for those who only form a sexual attraction to someone after their emotional needs are met or for those who are greysexual.

It was referenced from another article in the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, according to the National Post.

Furthermore, the article outlines the struggles of asexual people, with researchers writing that they can experience mental stress and a sense of stigma from discrimination.

“Asexual people also have unique physical and sexual health needs, such as navigating arousal without attraction and learning to set boundaries in relationships,” writes the article. Continue…

Indian official ordered “sophisticated crackdown” prior to Sikh activist’s murder: report

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A leaked memorandum from the Indian government instructed consulates in North America to launch a “sophisticated crackdown scheme” against Sikh diaspora organizations in Western countries in April 2023, according to a report.

The memo was obtained from India’s Ministry of External Affairs by The Intercept and lists several Sikh dissidents who were under investigation by India’s government, including Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

“Concrete measures shall be adopted to hold the suspects accountable,” reads the memo.

In June, Nijjar was murdered in Surrey, B.C., only two months after being named as a target in the document.

Titled “Action Points on Khalistan Extremism,” the memo blamed Sikh activists for engaging in “anti-India propaganda,” as well as acts of “arson and vandalization.”

The document instructs officials at its consulate to confront the groups Sikhs for Justice, Babbar Khalsa International, Sikh Youth of America, Sikh Coordination Committee East Coast, World Sikh Parliament, and Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar America.

Nijjar is listed as one of the “suspects” affiliated in one of these groups, as well as a leader of one of the other listed groups, Sikhs for Justice, who was the target of an assassination attempt foiled by U.S. agents last week, involving Nikhil Gupta and potentially targeted Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

After it was leaked to the press the Indian government responded by saying, “there is no such memo.”

“We strongly assert that such reports are fake and completely fabricated,” wrote Indian spokesperson Shri Arindam Bagchi. “This is part of a sustained disinformation campaign against India.” Continue…

Canada signs joint statement calling for “sustainable ceasefire” in Israel

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Canada, New Zealand, and Australia issued a joint statement calling on “Israel must respect humanitarian law” and backing support for a “sustainable ceasefire.”

This statement comes hours after U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel was beginning to lose support around the world.

The leaders unequivocally condemned the terror attacks by Hamas on October 7, which resulted in significant loss of life and included heinous acts of violence., while affording Israel’s right to exist and defend itself.

However, the statement also argued that the price of defeating Hamas cannot be the continuous suffering of all Palestinian civilians.

“We are alarmed at the diminishing safe space for civilians in Gaza,” read the statement.

At the same time, the three countries condemned Hamas’ unacceptable treatment of hostages and called for the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages.

The countries noted that the recent pause in hostilities allowed for the release of more than 100 hostages. Continue…

Several companies pull ads from X after over presence of “offensive” content

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Several Canadian companies have decided to pull their advertising from X, after discovering that their ads were appearing in the feeds of certain “offensive” accounts.

An investigation by CBC News found about two dozen social media accounts that were linked to white supremacists and others the network branded as “extremist” who had advertising from Samsung Canada, CF Montréal and Pathways Alliance in their feeds.

The Tech Transparency Project, a watchdog group, found that Samsung ads were circulating through feeds that they had previously flagged for spreading antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric.

Samsung ads were also found in the feeds of Libs of TikTok, an account that LGBTQ advocates have alleged is hateful towards transgender people.

Carl Benjamin, also known as Sargon of Akkad, was found to have ads appear in his feed from Pathways Alliance, which represents Cenovus Energy and Suncor. Benjamin has been accused of making racist and misogynist comments in the past.

Pathways Alliance ads were also appearing in the feed of a far-right fitness group.

B’nai Brith, a Jewish advocacy group, had its ads appearing in Richard Spencer’s feed, a white-nationalist who led the 2017 alt-right march infamous for members chanting “Jews will not replace us.”

CEO of B’nai Brith Canada Michael Mostyn said his organization has no plans to stop advertising on X, despite what antisemitism may appear on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Continue…

Liberal MP office vandalized with red paint by far-left anti-Israel activists

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'FILOMENA, STOP ENABLING ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE,' posted the pro-Hamas group on social media, boasting about the vandalism committed against the Hamilton Liberal MP with red paint, chalk, and posters featuring anti-Israel messaging on the windows.

Early Monday morning in Hamilton, Ontario, the office of Liberal Member of Parliament Filomena Tassi was vandalized. This act was in response to her not signing the ceasefire letter endorsed by 23 other Liberal MPs. The letter calls on Israel to halt its military operation aimed at finding the hostages held by Hamas after the October 7 massacre perpetrated by the terrorist group.

"We call on Filomena Tassi to add her voice to the ceasefire letter," stated in a social media post on Instagram by a pro-Hamas activist page, which showcased the vandalism against the federal member of parliament's office.

Red painted handprints covered the glass windows of the empty office, with a "genocide enabler" poster paper taped to the front door. The public sidewalk and steps leading up to the office featured anti-Israel messaging.

“…and demand she facilitate an end to Israel’s decades-long occupation” the post continues, bragging about the defacement. Continue…