-- "Violent crimes involving a firearm in Canada are increasing, a new report by Statistics Canada suggests." --'Firearms and Violent Crime in Canada, 2022'
-- "The report pokes a hole in the Liberal government’s claim that cracking down on legal gun ownership helps tackle crime. Homicide accused had a license in only 13% (16 out of 119 homicides) involving handguns and 12% (7 out of 59) involving rifles or shotguns." --
-- "Councilwoman Tasha Diaz, the Democratic majority leader of the Yonkers City Council allegedly railed that she wanted to 'slice this bitch’s throat' after a Councilwoman Corazon Pineda-Isaac voted unsuccessfully to remove her from the post earlier this month, according to a complaint." --Is New York city even worth saving?
-- "'The city is refusing to cooperate with federal detainer and deportation requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement,' Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis." --
-- "Abdush K. Sharif, 36, the son of the Newark Imam who was fatally shot outside Masjid Muhammed-Newark Mosque earlier this month has been arrested on gun charges — though officials have not indicated whether the rap is related to the deadly shooting. Law enforcement sources previously identified the Imam’s son as the focus of the investigation." --
-- "In the summer of 2004 Theresa Amato, Campaign Manager of Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader, took out a notebook in preparation for an important phone conference. Her candidate, Nader, had already been subject to an extraordinary — and extraordinarily underreported — campaign of litigious harassment at the hands of John Kerry and the Democratic Party." --I know... let's be more like Pakistan.
-- "Toronto Police are looking to identify four men in an alleged break-and-enter attempt that happened early Tuesday morning at Queen Street and Victoria Park Ave in the east end." --Of course, there are easier ways to make a living...
-- "The City of Sudbury says it was scammed out of more than $1.5 million dollars last month when it was duped into wiring cash to a bank account set up by fraudsters at the Scarborough Town Centre." --
-- "The Diaper Spa, a bed and breakfast catering to so-called Adult Baby/Diaper Lovers in the small New Hampshire town of Atkinson, has drawn criticism and backlash from the community. Owner Colleen Ann Murphy created the business, which is categorized by the state as a health care and social assistance business, in December 2023." --
-- "Kata’ib Hezbollah, the Iraq-based terrorist group believed to be responsible for the fatal attack on U.S. troops in Jordan announced that it is suspending military activity in the region." --
-- "Again, Tait is splitting hairs and defending bonuses for herself and her army of vice-presidents at a time when CBC is failing. 'The viewership of the CBC is cut in half since you took leadership in 2018. It’s come down by half. So it’s interesting to me that you’re giving bonuses or performance awards, when in fact the CBC is performing the poorest it’s ever performed,' said Conservative MP Rachael Thomas." --
A Freedom of Information request showed $16 million were paid in bonuses in 2022.
Let's drill down a little...
-- "According to the report, the richest 20 per cent of Canadians accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the country’s total wealth in the third quarter of 2023." --It’s Good To Be King.
-- "Luis Miguel Eucebio-Severino, 29, a Dominican national, wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for first-degree murder for the death of Roberto Lowndes, 36, of Kleinburg, Ont., was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents after he was found hiding in woods in New York state, about three kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border." --Meanwhile back at the ranch...
-- "Vaughan resident Thomas Aposotolopoulos, 19, has been charged in connection with three carjackings in York Region. Police say they seized a loaded firearm, as well as an unspecified quantity of Canadian currency and drugs." --And...
-- "Aaron Chomenchuck, 43, is wanted by Toronto Police for allegedly stabbing someone with a syringe around 3 p.m. on Tuesday near Yonge-Dundas Square." --And...
-- Toronto Police have a suspect in custody following a stabbing in at Sherbourne and Dundas streets in Cabbagetown that left a man with serious injuries. No further details have released." --THOSE DARNED CANADIANS...
-- "Montreal man Roberto Scoppa, 55, and four other Canadians, Guramrit Sidhu, Ivan Gravel Gonzalez, Ayush Sharma and Subham Kumar, are among 19 people indicted for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and other narcotics from Mexico to the United States and Canada, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday." --
-- "Syphilis cases have soared to their highest level in more than seven decades, according to disturbing new data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A staggering 207,000 syphilis cases were reported in the US in 2022 — an 80% increase since 2018." --
-- "'I think our results indicate that we don't currently have a good defense against deception in AI systems — either via model poisoning or emergent deception — other than hoping it won't happen,' Evan Hubinger, an artificial general intelligence safety research scientist at Anthropic, an AI research company said." --
-- "Trans influencer Ali C. Lopez who became viral meme says declining masculinity getting 'out of control' Men are 'expecting princess treatment.'" --
-- "The State Department issued a stark travel warning for another Caribbean nation Tuesday — cautioning that Jamaica has been rocked by 65 murders this month. The crimes have become so pervasive that tourists aren’t even safe in the shelter of their resorts, the embassy said." --Not that New York City should be feeling especially superior.
-- "According to a translation of her comments featured in a viral clip posted to X with more than 4.3 million views as of Tuesday morning, the pro-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Omar describes herself as 'Somalian first' and 'Muslim second,' saying that 'the U.S. government will only do what Somalians in the U.S. tell them to do.'" --In other treasonous 'Squad' news...
-- "Rep. Cori Bush, a member of the far-left 'Squad' in Congress, is reportedly under investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly misusing government funds." --And then, there's Jamaal Bowman...
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) espoused conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks while serving as a public high school principal, it was revealed this week.
-- "Eight people, Mohammad Siddiqui, 41, of Mississauga, Muhammad Fayaz, 40, of Markham, Faramroze Havewalla, 39, of Toronto and Asad Mayo, 27, of Mississauga, Amin Hadj-Kaddour, 22, of Mississauga, Kurushan Reancy, 28, of Mississauga, Brandon Bunbury, 29, of Mississauga, and Thevarajah Thuschianthan, 37, of Georgina, face charges after a rash of carjackings in Mississauga, Brampton and across the GTA." --
Sadly... Toronto media forgot to include the names of the people who were arrested.
You're welcome, CityPulse et al.
Multi-generational crime families...
-- "Five teenagers, including three girls, have been charged in an armed carjacking robbery in Brampton, Peel Regional Police said. The five accused were not identified by means of the Youth Criminal Justice Act." --
-- "Justin Trudeau is sending another $40 million in aid to organizations that are helping Palestinians in Gaza after pausing funding to the UN’s relief agency in the region. Canada has committed $100 million to humanitarian aid in Gaza so far." --Teach your children well...
-- "A new toolkit circulated to York University teaching assistants by CUPE 3903 instructs them to denounce Israel at every available opportunity, even when it has no apparent relevance to the subject being studied." --
-- "A Georgetown man, 32-year-old Viktor Semchyk is facing several charges, including human trafficking, for his alleged involvement in the sex trade, Peel Regional Police said." --
-- "York Regional Police are investigating multiple drive-by shootings at movie theatres that are believed to be linked to similar incidents in Toronto and Peel Region. Multiple suspects are connected to both shootings in York Region and similar shootings at movie theatres in Toronto and Peel Region on the same night." --Apparently, this is an ongoing problem...
-- "According to investigators, patrons watching an Indian Hindi-language film began coughing after two suspects allegedly sprayed an 'unknown, aerosol-based, irritating' substance inside the theatre." --Import the third world... become the third world.
-- "The use of weapons better known to medieval England in London continues, with a man carrying a crossbow shot dead by police in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The crossbow incident is one of many uses of weapons in London’s ongoing crime crisis, in a city where British law forbids firearms in almost all circumstances but criminals find a way nevertheless." --How bad is it?
-- "As reported last month, 2023 saw knife crime surge, with over 40 incidents logged by police per day. Gun crime also rose six per cent over the previous year." --
-- "A group of armed Israeli forces disguised as women and medical workers killed three Palestinian terrorists inside a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The joint IDF, ISA, and Israel Police counterterrorism operation saw Israeli forces kill Mohammed Jalamneh, 27, who it said was planning an imminent attack and was using the hospital as a hiding place." --In other 'fighting terrorism' news...
-- "The IDF said that the flooding tool is one of many for fighting Hamas's tunnels, including also explosives, robots, air strikes, and sending in soldiers." --
-- "Peel Regional Police arrested Mississauga woman Fazileh Aqeel, 58, who allegedly ran a medical supply scam for over six years, scamming victims of more than $500,000." --
-- "White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre triggered outrage Monday after saying three US troops killed by a weekend drone strike in Jordan had 'died fighting on behalf of the administration' rather than America. More than 40 other soldiers were wounded in the early Sunday drone attack targeting Tower 22." --It gets better...
-- "Media Research Center, a watchdog group, wrote: 'Wrong, Karine. Our service members signed up to serve their Country; they died because of your administration.'" --Joe Biden's military is an upside-down world.
-- "A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden. Evergrande Group is one of the biggest of a series of Chinese developers that have collapsed since 2020." --
-- "Israeli Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus brought journalists inside a tunnel shaft he said stretched underneath the mosque and the cemetery. Journalists walked down a long concrete tunnel that branched in multiple directions and arrived at a small collection of rooms soldiers alleged were used by Hamas militants as a Command and Control center." --I guess some spaces are less sacred than others.
-- "Ugandan State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem is facing criticism after calling those who have died of hunger in his country 'idiots'. Mr Oryem argued that given Uganda's favourable climate and fertile land, people should be able to grow food for themselves. In 2022, more than 2,200 people died of starvation and related illnesses in north-east Uganda." --
-- "According to the Le Figaro newspaper, farmers successfully enacted blockades on eight major highways, with tractors lined up for tens of kilometres around the ring road surrounding Paris. In total 16 highways and 30 administrative departments around the city were impacted by the demonstrations on Monday, while separate farmer uprisings continued in at least 40 other locations throughout the country." --
-- "A Toronto man, 21-year-old Josiah Madurie has been arrested and charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of wearing a disguise, two counts of breach of recognizance and possession of stolen property. Other suspects are wanted in connection to smash-and-grab style robberies at two malls in Mississauga and Brampton, Peel Regional Police said." --We are all Torontonians now.
-- "Illia Ayo, 21, the man charged as an accomplice in the failed Brampton dog-walking assassination attempt, allegedly murdered Alexander Mills-Smith, the man cops say was the suspected triggerman." --
-- "Toronto Police have released surveillance images of two suspects who allegedly robbed a teenage girl on the Bloor-Danforth Subway Line last week. They’re both wanted on charges of robbery, assault with a weapon, and theft under $5,000." --
-- "At least 10 of the 12 fired last week by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency were active members of Hamas, while another was affiliated with the Islamic Jihad." --It's way past time to take a hard look at Muslim immigration to the west.
-- "The Edmonton Police Service have issued a safety alert for Laverne Waskahat, 47, a transgender Native American convicted pedophile who was recently released from custody after being arrested for breaking parole agreements." --Always the folks with the way-cool names...
-- "Radcliffe Sweeting, 24, and Mataya Smith, 21, both of Toronto are facing firearms charges after a bust on Saturday in St. James Town." --
-- "On Saturday, during a speech in South Carolina, President Biden, 81, had yet another embarrassing gaffe declaring that former president Donald J. Trump is the current 'sitting president.'" --
-- "When he was Prime Minister, Stephen Harper cut Canada’s funding to the United Nations Relief & Works Agency. Trudeau restored the funding when he became Prime Minister. He did so despite warnings that the money could be used to finance terror." --
Scratch an unapologetic lefty.
I mean... what the fucking fuck?
-- "William Lucky, 32, a Correction Officer at a New Haven prison, charged with gunning down an unarmed motorist during a senseless road rage incident CLAIMS HE ACTED IN SELF DEFENCE. Lucky pulled out a 9 mm Glock and opened fire, striking Scott Kracke, 48, of Middlefield, in the head and torso — then standing over him and firing 'several more rounds in rapid succession.' Lucky then sped away from the scene." --
-- "Toronto Police’s Bomb Squad and K9 units have been called in after an Automated Teller Machine at St. Clair Avenue and O’Connor Drive was damaged in East York. A 'loud noise' was heard in the area of the bank machine at the time of the incident." --Maybe we need a 'Grenade Amnesty' like Sweden.
-- "The release of the figures comes as the Congressional Budget Office estimates the volume of foreign nationals arriving through the border under Biden’s Catch and Release network. Since January 2021, the CBO suggests that about 6.2 million foreign nationals have been welcomed to the United States. Prior estimates stated that Biden’s DHS was releasing about 5,000 foreign nationals into the United States interior every day." --
Meanwhile... in other diversity/stength' news.
You have to ask yourself... how many didn't get caught?
-- "Three US service members were killed and at least 25 others were wounded in a kamikaze drone attack on an outpost in Jordan near the Syrian border on Saturday night. The drone apparently struck the living quarters of the base. Hamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri responded to the attack on Sunday saying 'the killing of three American soldiers is a message to the American administration.'" --
It was bound to happen eventually, as President Biden was warned repeatedly.
In other 'Religion of Peace' news.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST:
-- "Then-President Donald Trump ordered a strike that killed Iran’s top military official Qasem Soleimani in 2020 after a string of attacks from Iran." --
-- "A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at College Street and Augusta Avenue in downtown Toronto Sunday morning." --And...
-- "A woman in her 50’s is in serious condition after being stabbed in a high-rise building at Front Street West and John Street, police say." --
-- "Illia Ayo, 21, has been charged with attempted murder using a firearm in connection with an attack along a Brampton trail last year that saw a man walking his dog struck by gunfire, chased and almost shot again." --
Not that Moss Park is that far behind.
And...
-- "A shooting at Wentworth and Cedar streets in Oshawa has left one man seriously injured, Durham Regional Police say." --
-- "Fenil Patel, accused by police in India of helping smuggle a family of four through Canada just before they froze to death on the Manitoba border with the United States has been found living freely in a suburb outside Toronto." --Meanwhile in other diversity/strength news.
-- "Gatineau developer Samir Chowieri was convicted of conspiracy to traffic drugs in 1981 and sentenced in the Hull courthouse to two years in prison. In 2002, “Mr. Chowieri was also found guilty of tax evasion. More recently, Chowieri has been in the news because of the performance of a long-term care home Katasa owned. During the pandemic, 47 out of 134 residents died at Dorval’s Résidence Herron (which is now closed)." --UPDATE: The best disinfectant is sunshine...
-- "Developer Katasa Group is withdrawing a $300,000 donation to the City of Ottawa that stoked divisions on council." --Those votes ain't gonna buy themselves...
-- "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office announced Toronto entrepreneur Mohammad Al Zaibak is the latest addition to Canada's Senate." --
WASHINGTON -- "The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn't graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals." --
-- "At long last, this young, ignorant, smarter-than-thou, know-it-all, effete, smug way of delivering news and lifestyle content has run its course. People are sick of the attitude, sick of being lied to, sick of being told how to live, how to speak, what to believe, and what does and does not make you virtuous." --
-- "The U.S. embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe for tourists amidst 18 murders — 'primarily' motivated by gang violence — in January alone." --
-- "Steve Bannon, a former chief White House strategist for Trump, who remains close to the former president, has also pushed the idea and said in August that a Trump-Kennedy ticket would produce a 'massive landslide.'" --
-- "Meanwhile, as Mayor Johnson is proclaiming that 'we need a cease-fire' in Gaza, his city continues to drown in the blood of the city’s black and Hispanic citizens as gang warfare and drug dealers continue their weekly shooting sprees." --
You know... like this.
Chicago's not going on my vacation list anytime soon.
-- "All the working men around Biden knew he put the hardhat on backwards and didn’t tell him. None of Biden’s staff realized because they all have Women’s Studies degrees. The greatest troll job ever!" --
-- "The story begins in 2022, when news media outlets claimed that the truckers’ Freedom Convoy protest was a racist, fascist, or far-right movement. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the convoy 'a small fringe minority with unacceptable views' and accused Conservative Members of Parliament of supporting hate." --
-- "Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that killed more than 1,300 Israelis, the Toronto Police Service has spent an eye-popping $7.5 million in salaries alone policing the endless 'unplanned events.'" --
-- "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has fired a dozen staffers over claims they took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel. The U.S. immediately suspended funding to the agency in the wake of the allegations surfacing, the State Department said Friday. the agency said Friday." --
-- "Kenneth Smith made some bad decisions 35 years ago, and his debt was paid tonight," Sennett said, adding, "I guess I'll end by saying that Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett got her justice tonight." --No more tears for stone-cold killers...
-- "Brian Laundrie called his parents up to 20 times in two days after he killed his girlfriend Gabby Petito, it has emerged." --Meanwhile back at the ranch...
-- "Dying with Dignity Canada would like to see MAiD available to minors – children aged 12 years and up." --
-- "Toronto Police have arrested 19-year-old Jermaine Goode from Markham and a 16-year-old boy, in connection with the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Joshua Bernard-Reis in Scarborough last year.They are facing charges of first-degree murder." --And...
-- "A traffic stop this week led to the seizure of a loaded weapon and 19-year-old Brampton man Kobe Stewart-Brooks being charged with a slew of firearms offences." --And...
-- "South Simcoe police said they arrested 25-year-old Yusuf Kontos wanted in connection to a 2022 murder investigation." --
In the video, Bezhani Sarvar, who is believed to have come to Canada in 2012 from Afghanistan, is taped suggesting people fight against 'this corruption, into this genocide that’s going on in Gaza and throughout the world” and 'inshallah, we will rise against you guys, and we’ll put you on trial.' In this week’s case, no one was hurt or killed so there appears to be little interest in it.Celebrating rape & murder... it's a Muslim thing...
-- "A new restaurant in Jordan is named 'October 7,' apparently celebrating Palestinian terror group Hamas’s massacre of 1,200 people in a brutal rampage through southern Israel on that day." --Meanwhile back at the ranch...
TINLEY PARK, Ill. -- "Maher Kassem, 63, allegedly shot his wife seven times before stepping over her body and shooting three of his daughters twice. His 19-year-old son was unharmed and has been named as a witness in the case." --
-- "Smith is one of two men convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett. Prosecutors said he and the other man were each paid $1,000 to kill Sennett on behalf of her pastor husband, who was deeply in debt and wanted to collect on insurance." --
-- "Why, oh why, have the parents not withdrawn their kids from that perverted situation in that place?? Sorry, but I do question their integrity!! In their position, I'd definitely boycott that place." --
-- "The province is approaching the one-year mark in its three-year pilot project with decriminalization of possession of 2.5 grams or less of hard drugs. The experiment so far has been rocky, with local mayors raising the alarm about rampant open drug use." --Hey, Justin... do the math.
-- "A woman is in hospital after being found with gunshot wounds at a hotel near Ebenezer and The Gore roads in Brampton overnight. There is no suspect information so far, police said." --And...
-- "Waterloo regional police say they’re currently at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Idlewood area of Kitchener, Ont." --
-- "The former first lady and two-time failed presidential candidate used the opportunity to promote her own personal brand by proposing a 'Hillary Barbie” doll.' --
-- "Toronto resident Benny Ning Zhang, 45, was arrested. He is facing eight charges, including robbery, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, threatening death, and extortion. Investigators believe there may be more victims." --
-- "At the City of Toronto, homelessness is an industry with 1,255 city employees now on staff and a host of community groups ready to serve the homeless and refugees – often giving them a handout instead of a hand up. The employee numbers have surged from 826 in 2018, a 51% increase, and 904 in 2019, a 38% increase." --It gets better...
-- "The Trudeau government has increased the size of the federal public service by 37.9%, or almost 100,000 additional employees, since coming to power in 2015, according to a new study by the Montreal Economic Institute." --
-- "Heavily armed Bezhani Sarvar. 28, is facing several firearms and arson charges after shots were fired and a Molotov cocktail exploded inside Edmonton City Hall Tuesday morning. Police Chief Dale McFee also said it was too early to say if the suspect was known to police or had been to city hall before." --
-- "Jagmeet Singh continues his run as one of the least effective politicians in Canadian history. Not only does Singh seem completely unable to improve the political fortunes of his party, he seems unaware of the fact that he’s failing." --The smartest guy he knows...
-- "NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says 16-year-olds should be able to vote because of climate change. 'We believe it will be a step to strengthen democracy.'" --
-- "Benjamin says the battle-rap community is buzzing over the fact that their art form will be in the spotlight as the grand finale of the NAC’s inaugural Hip Hop Theatre Festival, which starts Jan. 31 and runs to Feb. 10." --
Get in on the exciting world of 'Battle-Rap.'
Keep that affirmative action pork coming!
-- During the first nine months of this fiscal year, the RCMP spent $2.5 million on security for MPs. If spending continues at the same pace, the cost of MPs' security for this fiscal year could hit $3.4 million — almost double what it cost a year earlier." --Justin's friends... your tax dollars...
-- "Liberal government has invoked a shroud of secrecy around a controversial warship project estimated now to cost around $80 billion." --The takeaway...
-- "Nobody said governing was easy, but nobody told Canadians it would be this indecisive and shady." --