We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors

Sunnova’s Enronish Ending;

Sunnova’s bankruptcy saga reads like a sequel to Enron’s downfall, complete with glitzy deceptions and government-fueled illusions. Back in February, dealers gathered at a lavish summit, expecting praise and payments. Instead, they were fed assurances by then-CEO John Berger, an Enron alum, that funds were secure if they kept installing solar systems. But the truth was grim: Sunnova was already teetering, months behind on reimbursements, and hiding severe liquidity issues.

Embrace Hollywood!

He was never funny.

He was the epitome of the downfall of late night comedy into what could be called late night clapter, where the applauding of conservative misfortunes replaced wit or cleverness. Under Colbert, The Late Show became an avenue for liberals to vent their frustration at conservatives through cathartic booing.

Colbert was the most likely of all the permanent late night hosts to bring on liberal guests. His show would have been a must-visit place for 2028 Democratic hopefuls. Even on this Thursday, Colbert is scheduled to have Sen. Adam Schiff on.

The future of light night is bleak. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel has mused about retiring next year and is pessimistic about the state of the industry, a sentiment shared by NBC’s Seth Meyers. The death of late night was caused by many things, including increased competition that comes from streaming platforms and YouTube, but Colbert-like liberals also played a role. You can’t just write off half the country and expect a 30+ year-old institution to survive forever.

For old times’ sake.

Keir Starmer’s Britain

Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and the shiny new arrivals are rapidly assimilating.

Well, this should right the ship: The British government said Thursday it would allow 16 year-olds to vote in general elections, a landmark change giving the U.K. one of the lowest voting ages worldwide.

More: The Afghan Migrant Scandal And Coverup Shaking Up Britain

More Pavilions At Folkfest

They promised us fancy costumes and exotic restaurants and all we got was this lousy Public Safety Minister.

One basic prerequisite for becoming public safety minister should be a lack of perceived conflicts of interest with terror organizations. Heck, it should be a requirement for candidacy as an MP, long before cabinet enters the conversation.

But no such requirement formally exists, which is why we have Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, who remains in his office despite recusing himself from all files involving two Tamil terrorist groups, and who, Canadians learned Tuesday, wrote letters of support to assist a former Tamil Tiger member’s immigration efforts.

How Come What’s Good for Kiwi Cows Isn’t Acceptable for Yankee Cows?

We’re constantly told that it’s verboten to talk about removing dairy quotas in Canada. Yet an historic agreement was just reached with New Zealand:

Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay has announced agreement between Canada and New Zealand resolving a long running dairy dispute under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) saying that it will deliver up to $157m per year in export value for New Zealand dairy exporters.

“Canada had failed to meet its obligation to New Zealand in respect of dairy access, today’s agreement means they will now do so,” Mr McClay says.

New Zealand initiated formal dispute settlement proceedings in respect of restrictive access to the Canadian market for dairy exports under the CPTPP in 2022. A dispute panel found in New Zealand’s favour however Canada failed to fully comply with the panel’s ruling. New Zealand threatened further action last year including the imposition of retaliatory tariffs against Canadian exporters.

So the apparent inflexibility of Canadian negotiators is now not the case?

Related: Danielle Smith says pulling Alberta out of supply management is worth considering (subscription required)

I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

Roger Simon;

I have been informed by Tesla that shortly, very shortly in fact, maybe even today, maybe even as I type this, I will be offered the opportunity to upload their latest software (2025.26) for my Model 3 that will include X’s own artificial intelligence Grok.

And it will be FREE! (sorry for the tasteless caps but I wanted to show the expected enthusiasm… well, partly),

I can see it all now. I’m barreling down the I-75 past Gainesville, heading toward Orlando, and suddenly feeling wicked hungry. I press the talk button…

“American-Style Pork-Barrel Politics”

Spiked- Cracks are surfacing in the EU’s cosy cartel

It is worth noting that the European Parliament is not really a democratic institution. It functions more as a Potemkin parliament – a stage-managed performance in which the dominant party blocs pretend to represent voters. Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP, the largest group in the parliament and von der Leyen’s chief backer, let the mask slip when he said last week: ‘We are the oldest group in [the European Parliament], we respect its political culture. The European Parliament is not Westminster.’ What he meant, in effect, was that he prefers a system governed by gentlemanly backroom deals, not by genuine adversarial debate, as practised in the UK House of Commons.

Unemployment Enjoyment

Elbows up? Oh, wait…scratch that….

Four of the five highest unemployment rates in the country are in this region, with Windsor leading the way at 11.2 per cent.

The auto city is followed by Peterborough at 10 per cent, Oshawa at 9.3 and Toronto at 8.7. Canadian manufacturing has shed nearly 45,000 jobs since January — the largest employment decline of any sector  — and these regions make up almost a quarter of that workforce, said Battaglia.

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