The Bloc Québécois is calling on the Superior Court of Quebec to order a byelection in the riding of Terrebonne, where the party lost by one vote, as Elections Canada revealed issues with five more mail-in ballots.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet announced at a news conference in Ottawa on Thursday that the party is challenging the result of the riding. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné — the party’s candidate in the riding — and Bloc MP Christine Normandin were present.
“Since Elections Canada cannot by themselves ask for the election to be repeated, we have to bring this situation in front of a judge, in a court, in order to do the election all over again,” Blanchet said.
With Allies Like Biden
Ilan Goldenberg, a former aide to President Joe Biden, told Israel’s Channel 13 that the Biden administration tried to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the October 7, 2023, terror attack by Hamas. […]
Goldenberg, who led the Biden administration’s efforts to sanction right-wing Israelis, and who later was the Jewish outreach director for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, told Channel 13 that the Biden White House had hoped to use Biden’s temporary popularity in Israel, and Netanyahu’s post-October 7 unpopularity, to force political change in Israel, especially after Hamas broke an early hostage release deal.
Goldenberg suggested that the Biden administration was even willing to consider non-democratic means of removing Netanyahu…
What Would We Do Without Researchers?
RFK Jr. CONFIRMS to Sen. Rand Paul that the FBI is investigating a breach at Fort Detrick in which PPE was intentionally slashed.
He also confirms that viruses handled included one with a ~50% fatality rate.
Paul says a bill is needed to end GOF. pic.twitter.com/U5gnsXuHmt
— Emily Kopp (@emilyakopp) May 14, 2025
Related: Birth rates down after vaccine
Khmer Noir
He seems reasonable: “We have not called for killing off the whites FOR NOW”
Down The Primrose Path
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy and close aide, Kirill Dmitriev, has praised US President Donald Trump for putting together Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul, the first such direct dialogue between the warring countries since early 2022.
Trump and his team have “made the impossible possible” by bringing Moscow and Kiev to the table. Dmitriev further wrote on X that the Istanbul meeting is happening “against all odds/fierce resistance” and that if “not derailed last-minute, this could be a historic step to peace.”
Dmitriev also specifically named Vice President J.D. Vance, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio – the latter two who are present in Istanbul – as major contributors to the mediation effort. The Kremlin had spent the opening years of the conflict blasting the Biden administration for constantly stoking the war and thwarting dialogue, taking Washington-Moscow relations to new historic lows.
Moe’s demands, breathing life into dying oil wells
Moe issues Saskatchewan’s demands, a week after Smith announces Alberta’s
Reaching for a million (or 600,000?), Part 3: Low Productivity and Reactivation Oil Well Program announced. What if you could breathe new life into an old, depleted well?
A Tale Of Two Leaders
David Solway – Mark Carney’s values.
Victor Davis Hanson – The first 100 days.
There Usually Is
Scientists at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider have successfully transformed lead into gold.
Thursday On Turtle Island
Woke America: A Black Pope? California’s high speed boondoggle.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Feds fund anti-Israel media. Carney’s cabinet of radicals.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Only White people can be racist. The West is too weak. A seal of approval. Another civil war? Not a great addition.
Your morning meme. Another meme.
New Governor, Same As The Old Governor
Holy crap. If I was working in the automotive sector in Canada & just watched this, I’d be working on my resume. When your Government starts talking like this, it’s signaling the end. pic.twitter.com/ncLuuH65OU
— Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 (@ryangerritsen) May 14, 2025
May 15, 2025: Reader Tips
We end our Naked City marathon with the last episode from the final season. From 1963, here is Barefoot on a Bed of Coals
Assuming you’re not navigating a literal bed of hot coals, feel free to share some proverbially hot coal like tips our way!
Honey, I Finished The Internet
How to Plant a Tree (h/t The Naked Luncher)
New Governor, Same As The Old Governor
This man is a radical.
Always has been.
He doesn’t belong in cabinet.
His view of Canadian identity stretches from Senneville to Pointe-aux-Trembles.
His comments on oil and gas will destroy national unity.
He’s the Minister of Canadian Identity.— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) May 14, 2025
Danielle Smith’s reaction here.
Update: @DimitrisSoudas
This was, without question, the worst day of the Carney government to date.
The Foreign Minister blamed the democratic State of Israel — not the terrorist group Hamas. The Justice Minister announced he’s working from home and will be taking meetings on Zoom, as though the justice system were a tech startup. The Heritage Minister — who has nothing to do with pipelines — publicly contradicted the Prime Minister on energy policy. What’s next? Will he put a Canadian flag on a barrel of oil and call it culture?
And then there’s the Housing Minister, who made it clear that making homes more affordable just isn’t a priority for him.
Canadian Deep Green State
Jim Warren: The Canadian Deep Green State. Do you think current bureaucrats believe in BANANAs? (build absolutely nothing anywhere)
The shark gets swallowed: Whitecap closes Veren (formerly Crescent Point) strategic combination. The company that pretty much defined Saskatchewan’s Bakken Boom, gobbling up over 30 companies (most of them in southeast Saskatchewan) is no more.
Pipeline Online Podcast: Ep. 9 E. Craig Lothian, CEO of Lex Capital.
AFN chief calls for review of natural resource deals amid talk of Alberta separation
A Carney VIP
Blacklocks Reporter – Former CBC employee mocked Pope’s funeral.
Wednesday On Turtle Island
Woke America: They hate white people. Liberal hypocrisy. Planned Parenthood. A monument.
Clown Show Carney’s Canada: An immigration ad promoting DEI views. Climate Carney burns jet fuel to Rome.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Interfaith dialogue in Indonesia. The Palestinian myth.
Your morning meme. Another meme.
May 14, 2025: Reader Tips
From 1962, here is the 10th episode of the 4th season of Naked City. Arguably the strangest title ever, but one that is a highly rated episode, enjoy A Horse Has a Big Head – Let Him Worry!
Got some good tips mid-month? Please do share!
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Sony dropped 250,000 colorful bouncy balls down the streets of San Francisco in 2005…
Google Commemorative Logos You’ll Never See
War On Meat
I just can’t unsee this video https://t.co/OffG19T9xI pic.twitter.com/ghjSyLrZnJ
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) May 12, 2025