-- "British army General Richard Nugee, the Ministry of Defence’s Green Tsar, has warned that climate change could soon make it 'too hot to train' at certain times of year. But it’s not all bad news, Nugee went on to argue." --
"First, going green might make the Army more attractive to recruits who are into that sort of thing." --
"'What I can tell you so far is it appears that four people dressed in dark clothing approached on foot, and all four of them apparently opened fire on these three men,' Insp. Michael Williams said." --Apparently local hunters, farmers and skeet shooters are still on the Toronto PD bubble
-- "Police have identified the man killed when four suspects opened fire in Regent Park Saturday evening 27-year-old Thane Murray from Toronto." --RELATED: Diversity is our streng... sweet baby jebus!!!
-- OTTAWA - "The killings of Abdulrahman Al-Shammari and Dirie Olol left a “trail of carnage” across the city’s residential west end on July 24, 2017, as Crown witnesses in Alam Buoc’s double murder trial this past week described for the jury the bloody aftermath." --And...
-- "A 29-year-old Toronto man, Alaa Ali Jerjazi, has been charged in connection with a slew of alleged sexual assaults." --
-- An honor system — and only an honor system – means U.N. dignitaries won’t have to show vaccination cards or other proof of inoculation as they’ll simply attest to it by swiping their ID badges at the assembly hall. The freedom from regulation follows a precedent first set at the G7 meeting in the UK earlier this year." --And it's not just the United Nations.
LAST WORD: A Tale of Two Americas
-- "Here is where we’re probably supposed to remind you that Trudeau promised the same thing in 2015, before tying it up in a special committee for months, quietly killing it.." --
-- "One person was killed, and two others were injured in a shooting in Regent Park at Oak and Sumach streets Saturday night. Police have not released suspect information." --But, wait... there's more... Homicide #60/2021
-- "O'Neal Oppong Gyeabour, 21, is dead and another suffered minor injuries after a shooting in Toronto’s Scarborough Junction area late on Friday night." --UPDATE: 'LARGE GATHERING' IN PEEL
-- "Jastaran Sandhu, 18, of Mississauga faces a charge of first degree murder and was held in custody pending a bail hearing." --
"'He's very nice, humble, courteous and always invites people at his place. He's a very hospitable person,' Khan told CBC News." --From Faqir Ali's own website... it's a precipitous fall to Hamilton, Ontario...
"Was a successful entrepreneur in Central London, England; with also having the privilege of working with Onassis oil to broker a deal on their behalf all while running a successful real estate business."Wait a minute... are we talking about the same financial mogul?
"On September 4th, 2018, the Hamilton Small Claims Court ordered Faqir Muhammad Ali of Mississauga (date of birth: January 17th, 1958) to pay $11,908.00 in damages and legal costs to a Brampton man after failing to repay a loan."Hmmm...
“He identifies himself as a ‘Lawyer, Businessman, Spiritual Leader and Public Figure,'” the law firm said. “However, as of the date of publication of this post, Mr. Ali does not appear in the Law Society of Ontario’s directory of lawyers.
-- "Claiming they are following diversity guidance from Arts Council England, fourteen musicians with the English Touring Opera (ETO), some of whom have been performing with the company for 20 years, have been fired because of the color of their skin." --
-- "President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly brought a second convicted Afghan felon, previously deported by former President Trump’s administration, back to the United States as part of its massive resettlement operation." --Oh... it gets better.
-- "One person is dead following a late-night shooting in Toronto’s Scarborough Junction near Midland Road and Danforth Avenue. No suspect description has been released." --BONUS ROUND:
-- "One of three people shot and injured at 'a large gathering' in Mississauga on Friday night has died in hospital." --
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots across the board, and instead endorsed the extra vaccine dose only for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH:
-- "Dr. Tam warns Canadians that vaccination does not equal immunity." --
-- "The Providence Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver is pioneering a new step in harm reduction by enabling some of its patients to take home medical-grade heroin." --NEXT UP ON HARM REDUCTION AGENDA:
-- "Burnaby, BC RCMP to trade out sketchy gangbanger "Saturday Night Specials" for ultra-reliable Glocks & match-grade ammunition." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH:
-- "Toronto police are looking for two suspects after a woman in her 30s was stabbed at Dundas West Station Friday evening just before 11 p.m. Two suspects fled the scene, but their descriptions have not been released." --And there's this...
-- "The Toronto Police Service is investigating after two women reported being sexually assaulted in the city’s downtown area on Thursday. Odianne Trijuillo, 25, is wanted by Toronto police in connection with the assaults. Police believe there may be additional victims." --
-- "The US military on Friday admitted that it killed 10 civilians in a drone strike near Kabul’s airport last month — and not Islamic State bomb plotters, as originally claimed. Aid worker Zemari Ahmadi and nine members of his family, including seven children, were killed in the airstrike. " --YEAH... NOT SKETCHY AT ALL:
-- "One day after the airport attack, the US military said it killed two suspected members of the Islamic State group in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 27 via drone strike — though the Biden administration refused to reveal their names." --ASK THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLEY:
“'The procedures were correctly followed and it was a righteous strike,' Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said afterward." --LAST WORD: Maybe she's gonna 'circle back'...
-- "White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also described the strike as a success of new "over the horizon" capabilities in late August." --
-- "The myth of the Pandemic of the Unvaccinated is being dismantled brick by lying brick. An excellent new study out of Wisconsin demonstrates that (as many foresaw) the US is now well into a rapidly growing #PandemicOfTheVaccinated." --SPECIAL RULES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE:
-- "Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, suggested that the United Nations had previously deployed an “honor system” when it came to vaccines and testing for the novel coronavirus." --But that's not how it works for the man, or woman on the street.
-- "The Biden administration has a small problem at the southern border. A group of more than 10,000 Haitian refugees has gathered under a bridge waiting to be 'taken into custody' by border authorities." --Don't expect any more video updates, though...
-- "The Biden administration has taken the extraordinary step of closing the airspace around the bridge to keep the drones of the rogue news organization Fox News from showing the incredible pictures." --UPDATE: Where there's a Texan there's a way
-- "Well, the troopers with Texas DPS are kind enough to let us go up in their helicopter." --The number of refugees is now 12,000 and climbing rapidly.
-- "We must continue admitting unvaccinated immigrants into the country," Psaki said. "We must use them to replace all the workers who got fired for not being vaccinated." --
-- "Cops have identified the suspect as 18-year-old Zachary Comeau, of no fixed address. He’s described as White, about 5-foot-11, 150 pounds with brown curly hair and blue eyes. Comeau is considered armed and dangerous, and should not be approached" --Some shooters are less identifiable than others...
-- "'I won’t get into what they did or didn't see,' Det.-Sgt. Steve Bereziuk said, adding that police will not be releasing any specific details about what went on inside the home." --NEED ANOTHER ONE?
-- "A shooting at a large gathering in Mississauga near Airport and Derry roads Friday evening left three people seriously injured. Police said they don't know how many people were at the gathering or what it was for and have not released any suspect information." --Try this little journalistic experiment... every time there's a firearms-related incident in urban Ontario, try looking for a physical description of the shooters.
“'It’s very, very concerning to have this type of reckless behaviour happening in our city in broad daylight,' VPD Const. Tania Visintin said" --
“I should probably kill it 30 or 50 more times. Just to be safe.”
-- "A 16-year-old Syrian boy and three other people have been arrested in Germany over a suspected Islamist plot to attack a synagogue, officials say." --ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS:
-- "French officials announced overnight that their military forces had killed Adnan Abou Walid al-Sahrawi, the top ISIS leader in Africa." --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH:
-- "Police are now looking for Haroun Raselma, 19, of London, Ont., for manslaughter." --
-- SAN DIEGO — "Close to half of all new U.S. gun buyers since the beginning of 2019 have been women, a shift for a market long dominated by men, according to a new study. An estimated 3.5 million women became new gun owners from January 2019 through April of this year." --BONUS ROUND:
-- "It was found that new gun buyers were also more racially diverse." --
-- "A 28-year-old Somali asylum seeker has been arrested in Vienna in connection to the murder of two women, the mother of his child and an interpreter who worked for the pro-migrant Catholic charity Caritas. The two women were his former and current partners" --MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH:
-- HAMILTON ON - "Faqir Ali, 63, was abducted early Thursday morning has been located with life-threatening injuries following a shooting and home invasion that left one of his sons dead and another in critical condition, Hamilton police say." --WHO EXACTLY IS FAQIR ALI?
-- “'He identifies himself as a Lawyer, Businessman, Spiritual Leader and Public Figure,' the law firm said. “However, as of the date of publication of this post, Mr. Ali does not appear in the Law Society of Ontario’s directory of lawyers." --Just a humble servant of the people...
-- "He was apart(sic) of Paul Martin’s and Stephen Harper's campaign for Prime Minister of Canada." --Hamilton... it's a happening place.
