-- "The decline of merit is the story of modern Canada. It began as a slow corrosion under Justin Trudeau, whose rise was fuelled by name recognition and emotional politics rather than achievement. It deepened under Chrystia Freeland, who turned fiscal management into performance art. And it has continued under Mark Carney, whose credentials might suggest competence but whose actions have proven the opposite." --
-- "The father located his 15-year-old daughter and her dog inside a maroon-colored pickup truck with partially nude Giovanni Rosales Espinoza. The father rescued his daughter from the truck and contacted law enforcement. Espinoza had abducted her from the street after 'threatening her with a knife.'" --What's up with Texas these days?
-- "A search is underway Saturday in Texas after a 19-year-old woman who 'normally goes for a morning walk' disappeared outside of her home on Christmas Eve, police said." --
-- "Documenting a year of farm renovations in rural Norway, this video follows the challenges of rebuilding an abandoned property. From battling harsh weather to tackling mechanical repairs and animal antics, viewers witness a continuous cycle of projects." --
-- "A targeted shooting in a busy mall parking lot in Brampton, Canada left Jaskaran Singh Dhaliwal, 25, dead and raised fresh concerns about public safety in the Peel Region. Dhaliwal worked as a bookkeeper and handled accounting duties for former Liberal Member of Parliament Raj Grewal." --It's not the first time ol' Raj has been in the spotlight.
-- "Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband’s venture capital firm quietly scrubbed key officer details — including former Obama officials — as scrutiny grows over the family’s skyrocketing wealth. Omar went from nearly broke to being worth up to $30 million in just a year." --
-- "Nineteen migrants of Haitian origin were arrested on Christmas evening in the Havelock area of Montérégie after illegally crossing the border from the United States into Canada. All the individuals who were intercepted have applied for asylum. Their cases are now in the hands of the Canada Border Services Agency." --
WHAT HAPPENED TO... 'IF IT ONLY SAVES ONE LIFE?'...
-- "Illegal alien from Mali awaiting deportation stabs 3 women on Paris Metro" --
-- "Toronto Police are investigating after Marcel Cardiff, who was in his 30s, was stabbed near Joe Shuster Way and King Street on Friday. Cardiff was transported to St. Michael’s Hospital in life-threatening condition. There was (as usual) no immediate suspect description." --
UPDATE: Another one bites the dust
No worries... it's nothing a little sweatlodge won't fix.
I'm so old, I remember Canada...
-- "Durham Regional Police say 64 people were arrested and 155 charges were laid following a month-long retail theft investigation across the region. Police say 17 were linked to LCBO thefts, resulting in 32 charges, while 38 of the total charges laid were 'breach related offences.'" --And...
-- "Caledon OPP are investigating a shooting that happened early Friday morning at a Caledon business. Caledon and Dufferin County detachments say they have investigated more than 45 extortion cases since 2023 that involve threats, and in some cases, gunfire at homes or local businesses." --
-- "Minnesota’s lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan donned a hijab to express solidarity with Somalis in a local TV appearance amid federal and congressional investigations into fraudsters in their refugee community who bilked taxpayers out of as much as $9 billion." --And...
-- "The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has cancelled MaineCare payments to Gateway Community Services after the audits found that the charity over-billed the state for $1,068,598. This same organization has been under investigation before." --
And the theft from taxpayers keeps piling up.
Hells bells... they can't even stop killing each other.
And look who's paying for all of it...
-- "The suspects collected donations intended for the civilian population of Gaza, however, it emerged that over 71% of these funds were diverted to Hamas's coffers." --
-- "When Donald Trump was kicked off social media in 2021, liberal pundit Matthew Yglesias tweeted, 'It's kinda weird that deplatforming Trump just like completely worked with no visible downside whatsoever.' Two years later, Fox News fired Tucker Carlson, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) celebrated that 'deplatforming works,' though she worried about the long-term implications." --Thinking can be so hard.
-- "Turkish authorities say they have disrupted planned attacks on Christmas and New Year's events after detaining more than 100 suspected members of the so-called Islamic State group with firearms, ammunition and 'organisational documents' seized." --
Meanwhile... back in Carney's 'New Caliphate.'
-- "After being found guilty under the Police Services Act of touching the butt of a junior female officer, Const. Usman Haroon has been busted down to a second-class constable for six months. It’s hardly a tough penalty for a cop who seems to have issues with other women on the force. A slew of other charges were withdrawn, including allegations that he placed his hand on the junior officer’s upper leg and moved her hand to his groin while they drove together in a scout car." --
-- "The victim of the fatal shooting that happened near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus on Tuesday has been identified as Shivank Avasthi, 20, of Toronto. Detectives could not confirm if Avasthi was a student at the school or not." --
Nota bene... As of Wednesday afternoon, no suspect information has been released.
UPDATE: Who Was Shivank Avasthi
-- "York Regional Police officers attended a plaza near Mable Smith and Interchange ways for a report of an assault. Two victims were walking when an unknown male approached them from behind, grabbed one of the victims and assaulted them with a sharp object before fleeing." --There are conflicting descriptions... YRP are pointedly referring to the stabber's 'light complexion.'
-- "Three male suspects are wanted following a robbery with a firearm at Dundas and Bay streets in downtown Toronto." --
-- "Durham Regional Police have arrested Nicholas Robbins, 33, and are searching for 44-year-old Michael Waterman following a fatal stabbing near Park Road and John Street in Oshawa on Tuesday morning." --
-- "Rita Loncharich, a 65-year-old woman was stabbed to death by mentally ill homeless man Antonio Moore as she shopped for Christmas gifts in a Florida Barnes & Noble. Responding officers found her just before 8 p.m. 'with a knife embedded in her back inside the store.'" --
Sorry, folks... if you're that far off the bubble, you should not be wandering the 'field of folk.' It doesn't matter what rats are running around inside these f@cker's heads... it matters what they've done.
And there's this...
-- "Vengeful Minnesota mom Paetra Ann Grandsberry, attacked an innocent teenager on a Carnival cruise, after mistaking him for a bully who’d hit her two sons." --And back in the 'Big Apple.'
-- "From stabbings on British trains to Islamist extremism, from housing collapse and economic decline to why the culture war may already be over, this is Konstantin at his most candid — no media filter, no political correctness, no safe answers." --And here's the sitdown with Joe Rogan.
-- Senior Resident Dr. Raghav Narula, who worked at the Indira Gandhi Medical College in northern India, has been suspended after shocking footage showed him repeatedly punching a patient who asked to be spoken to with respect." --
-- "New Brunswick tenant Jonathan King says he’s being pushed out of his rented bungalow as retribution for complaining about landlord Ashmin Goolab raising his rent to $1,200 a month from $727, but Goolab says she’s the victim of an unfair tenancy tribunal ruling." --
