New Nation, Same As The Old Nation

It’s pretty much a slam dunk that Carney will have a majority after the April 13th by-elections, considering that two of the seats are in very safe Liberal territory. If so, how long will it be until he reverses course on his Conservative Lite approach to governance? Consumer carbon taxes, anyone? How about “Investments” in EVs and high speed rail?

If the Liberals win two of the three byelections, they will hold 173 seats, or 174 seats if they win all three byelections, which would let them pass legislation without needing to rely on the Speaker or on any other parties to support them.

 

“The timing is extraordinary.”

Shanaka Anslem Perera;

While China was busy shipping missile chemicals to Iran and collecting yuan tolls at Hormuz, someone was inside its most sensitive supercomputer stealing everything.

CNN reports that a hacker group calling itself FlamingChina breached the China National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and exfiltrated up to 10 petabytes of classified defence data. The samples posted on dark web forums include bomb and missile designs, animated explosion simulations, structural integrity tests, renderings of the J-20 stealth fighter, sixth-generation aircraft concepts, nuclear submarine schematics, hypersonic weapons systems, and target analyses for American assets including HIMARS launchers and carrier strike groups.

Ten petabytes. For context, the entire printed collection of the US Library of Congress is approximately 10 terabytes. This breach is one thousand times that volume. It is being sold for cryptocurrency on Breach Forums. Cybersecurity experts who reviewed the previews told CNN the data appears genuine, matching known output patterns from the NSCC Tianjin facility, which serves over 6,000 clients including defence agencies and aviation firms across China.

I Want A New Country

Another Liberal who ran as a Conservative outs themselves.

Marilyn Gladu has crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party of Canada, becoming the latest opposition member to enter Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing caucus.

In a statement released by the Liberals on Wednesday, the longtime Conservative MP said her decision followed a year of economic uncertainty and feedback from constituents calling for “serious leadership” and a plan to strengthen Canada’s economy.

Gladu, who has represented the southwestern Ontario riding for more than a decade, said joining the government would better position her to advocate for local priorities and contribute to national economic goals, including job creation, trade diversification and housing construction.

Because the solution to “economic uncertainty” is to join forces with Team Uncertainty.

Gladu framed the move as a return to her riding’s historical role as a “bellwether” constituency, noting that Sarnia—Lambton had typically elected government MPs for decades prior to her tenure in opposition.

And there’s no comfy fur waiting for members in opposition.

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

Trouble in LLM Land;

“We have been advised that the shooter was in constant communication with ChatGPT leading up to the shooting. We also have reason to believe that ChatGPT may have advised the shooter how to commit these heinous crimes. We will therefore file suit against ChatGPT, and its ownership structure, very soon, and will seek to hold them accountable for the untimely and senseless death of our client, Mr. Morales.”

Via Katie Millier: This is now the 20th death tied to ChatGPT via court records.

Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America:    Keep the oil.    Victor Davis Hanson – The left is baffled.

Conman Carney’s Canada:    The Liberals want to educate us.    A Liberal candidate.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:    Migrant claims rape is sex.    Charles the first of Persia.    Paul Joseph Watson – Look at how they gaslight you.    Dress rehearsal for net-zero.    Marriage in Italy.

Your morning meme.          Another meme.

I, Napoleon

Congratulations you freak, you just became world famous. The Department of Education needs to step in and bring this laughing stock of an institution to heel.

Iran in Context

Related: How much prison time did Bill Clinton serve for bombing Serbia’s power plants for 78 days?

Update: Let’s hope this proves to be true.

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