-- "Former President Barack Obama excoriated President Trump’s shocking ban of three media outlets from White House access — but glossed over his own history of trying to block Fox News from covering him. In 2009, Obama's team attempted to block Fox News’ pool reporters from interviewing his “Executive-Pay Czar,” Kenneth Feinberg, while giving other outlets in the pool access. Obama and his administration openly questioned Fox News’ legitimacy as a news organization." --
-- "Fertility rates among American women have plummeted by almost a quarter in less than two decades and are set to fall further in the coming years, as roughly one in four births in the US are now to foreign-born mothers, according to government figures." --
-- "The Telegraph revealed in June that the central bank had dropped key figures in British history such as Churchill, Alan Turing and Jane Austen from the banknotes after being told they were 'elitist and divisive.'" --
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was already facing criticism from 9/11 victims’ families over his attendance when a television feed cut from a young man sobbing at the memorial to the Mayor and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appearing to grin and laugh as they spoke.BONUS RIFF...
The CIA knew Bin-Laden was planning to hijack aircraft at least ywo years before it happened.
-- "Censorship laws such as the Malicious Communications Act 1988, the Communications Act 2003, and the Online Safety Act 2023 have been used by both Labour and so-called Conservative governments to arrest 62,199 people for 'communication offences', including offensive jokes online." --
-- "Poland sees a pattern of escalating Russian pressure on multiple fronts. 'We are hurrying to be prepared for war since Russia is giving us and our neighbors constant signals that they want us back as their vassals, their colonial backyard,' said one diplomat." --
-- "Carney described the decision to join as responding to global demand for more Canada' and boasted that his country would be highly competitive to win the trophy. As a public broadcaster, the CBC is funded by the Canadian taxpayer. The Canadian Press reached out to the organization asking for estimates as to how much the event would cost and was denied any meaningful information." --
-- "'We should go over this disruptions thing, because if we want to ban somebody in the future, like to take them out, we have to point out specifically…' Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes is heard saying. 'I know, but the city attorney said we can't do that,' Mayor Kevin McCarty replied. 'We did it last time,' Talamantes responded. --
-- "Former President Joe Biden lost his bid Monday to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with his longtime ghostwriter that were used in special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s unlawful hoarding of classified information." --
-- "Kerri Greenidge, the author of an acclaimed book about slavery is crying racism after her writing came under scrutiny by scholars for questionable assertions and sloppy sourcing. She also seems to have lost her job as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University. Now another one of Greenidge’s books, 'Black Radical,' which also had praise heaped upon it, is now being given a closer look." --
-- "A specialized national security unit within the RCMP has opened an investigation into ideologically motivated violent extremism after Monday's midday shooting in Montreal that left three people dead, including a police officer and a bystander." --That's funny... nobody investigated Beaches mass shooter Faisal Hussain...
-- "Toronto Police discovered a cache of ammunition and conspiracy theory videos about 9/11 inside the bedroom of Danforth killer Faisal Hussain, newly unsealed police documents revealed." --Seems some lives are less important than others...
-- "Hussain’s rampage killed 18-year-old Reese Fallon and 10-year-old Julianna Kozis and injured 13 others." --
-- "In a national referendum this week, the people of Switzerland voted against a hard cap of 10 million on the population. Rural voters backed the Swiss People's Party cap, but city dwellers and business lobbies feared EU trade consequences." --
-- "'It looks like Obama wants to use it as some kind of activism center, something that continues to promote his ideas and his political views. This isn’t a presidential library. It’s a Democratic headquarters on the South Side.'" --There's a reason it looks like a Nazi-era flak tower...
-- "At least 27 people were shot, five of them fatally, Friday into Saturday evening in gun-controlled Chicago, Illinois." --And the Bee weighs in.
-- "'I can feel the hate swelling in you,' smiled Obama. 'Give in to your anger. With each passing moment, you make yourself more my servant.' 'Sir, I'm literally paid to be your butler,' responded the aide." --
-- "All that fervor returned this week at the dedication and opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. There was no controversy over whether it's ugly, whether there were local fights over its construction or the current question of whether all the minority subcontractors have been paid. There are no scandals in the warm glow of Obama Land." --
-- "Newly uncovered videos and images show Canadian-made sniper rifles in the hands of Sudanese paramilitary fighters and a Libyan militia, as well as openly advertised online by Yemeni arms dealers. Sudan and Libya are both under Canadian arms embargoes, while Yemen faces targeted sanctions." --Liberal Party continues to embrace 'Muslim values'...
-- "Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told journalists at the G20 summit in Johannesburg that month, 'Believe me, I am looking into this very seriously." But no public action has followed.'" --
-- "Today marks a very unfortunate milestone for Mark Carney. Today will be his 100th missed question period. He skipped out on 100 out of 136 question periods. That is completely unacceptable." --
So much for accountability.
Liberals insist it's a good thing...
-- "'The prime minister has a deep reverence for Parliament,' said Government House leader Steven MacKinnon." --
-- "To me, healthy masculinity would be, well, you know what? Healthiness for anyone to just, you know, love themselves; be able to care for themselves; ideally get rest when they can, you know, like, just the practical basic — drink water, like, eat a banana." --
-- "Concern is mounting that taxpayers could be left holding the bag if the Obama Presidential Center runs into financial trouble, as the foundation behind it has yet to establish a promised $470 million safety net to guard against a public bailout. Reports that contractors and subcontractors remain locked in payment disputes make the largely unfunded reserve even more problematic." --
-- "The Ontario College of Teachers is introducing a new one-year teacher training program while keeping the current on-the-job practicum requirement at 80 days. At 80 days, Ontario has one of the shortest practicum requirements in the country." --
