National Post- Six migrants caught illegally crossing border on foot in freezing temperatures: Manitoba RCMP
Trump has called on Canada to stem cross-border traffic in illegal migrants and drugs. He has threatened to impose tariffs to back his demands.
Aerial surveillance is part of Canada’s $1.3-billion upgrade to border security and monitoring in response to Trump.
The six were from Jordan, Sudan, Chad and Mauritania.
Sorry guys, we didn’t make the new rules. But these are the new rules.
For the week of Jan 13th, the @CNN audience in the key 25-54 demographic was roughly equal the population of Ankeny, Iowa.
THE CEO of CNN has warned the network’s future is in jeopardy if it does not adapt to the changing landscape of legacy media.
Over 200 layoffs were announced on Thursday and one of the network’s mainstays, Jim Acosta, was booted from his time slot as bosses scramble to address issues in the business.
This is also CNN: Megyn Kelly – How CNN Smeared a Navy Veteran
National Post- Ford wants an anti-Trump election. He might not get it
Does Ford really think he’ll be sitting across from Trump negotiating deals? That’s the federal government’s job, not the Ontario premier’s
Update: The Beaverton- Doug Ford announces snap election with ballots printed on backs of $200 cheques
Western Standard- NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Man’s penis freezes to ground outside Fort McMurray pub
The argument spilled into the street and a fight broke out. During the altercation, the man’s pants fell down. As he tumbled to the ground, his penis became stuck to the sidewalk due to the frigid temperatures.
EMS managed to detach the man’s penis from the ice without injury or inadvertent circumcision.
Here's the GENIUS part: They found a LOOPHOLE to make this stick.
Federal regulations generally protect career employees from being reassigned for at least 120 days after new leadership takes over.
But Pam Bondi hasn't been confirmed yet. The firings come from the ACTING AG 🤯 pic.twitter.com/rFGND2fjUf
— Rod D. Martin (@RodDMartin) January 24, 2025
I’m sure this move will get foreign investors all excited about putting money into the South African economy. The more likely outcome is that they won’t touch the place with a barge pole while current investors will be scrambling for the exits.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a controversial land expropriation bill into law.
The law, which replaces the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975, allows the government to seize land in the name of “public interest.”
Birthing persons and trans-kids hardest hit.
Confusion and anxiety is rippling through the US health-research community this week following Donald Trump taking office as the 47th US president. His administration has abruptly cancelled research-grant reviews, travel and trainings for scientists inside and outside the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest public biomedical funder. Adding to the worry: the Trump team appears to have deleted entire webpages about diversity programmes and diversity-related grants from the agency’s site.
The cancelling of meetings and travel is part of a pause in external communications issued on 21 January by the NIH’s parent organization, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Researchers who spoke to Nature say that although a short, daylong pause in communications at US agencies has occurred in the past when new administrations have started, to reorient strategy, the reach and length of the Trump team’s — it is set to last until at least 1 February — is unprecedented. Without advisory-committee meetings, the NIH cannot issue research grants, temporarily freezing 80% of the agency’s US$47-billion budget that funds research across the country and beyond.
Related savagery: Questioned by reporters in North Carolinaabout the removal of Anthony Fauci’s security detail – “He made a lot of money. He can pay for his own security.” Will you feel responsible if something happens to him? – “No.”
We're not going to make it, are we? https://t.co/pqI6tImHS1 pic.twitter.com/1KtvGoBlvK
— Katewerk (@katewerk) January 24, 2025
Woke America: Weaponized victimhood. Newsom’s National Guard. Lesbian firefighters. Mount Denali.
Blackie’s Canada: Nurse is racist for not entering an Indian reservation at night. Further proof that Poilievre is Hitler. Canada’s political chaos.
Odds And Ends: Government by hysteria. How Trump killed Davos man. Man nominated for best actress.
Including the unforeseen hazards of time travel; wipe-clean fashions; some unwelcome swelling; difficulties when boiling water; and how to build your own omni-directional bike.
All this and more.
Here’s hoping this will give you a few chuckles: Charlie Berens: Midwest Goodbye comedy special
Your best tips are always welcome!
“Democrats need to embrace Hollywood because this is where they need to come to learn how to tell a story.” – Michael Moore
Bloomberg- Heinz Maker Slams Trudeau for Floating Ketchup as Trade Target
“Kraft Heinz Canada is deeply disappointed that Prime Minister Trudeau has made misleading statements that Heinz Ketchup is not made in Canada and that it may be a potential target for countervailing tariffs,” it said.
“With the exception of the five years from 2015 to 2020, we have made Heinz Ketchup in Canada for more than 100 years.”
First a trickle…then the flood. Unfortunately, there’s no getting through this without some serious economic pain. Investor (and taxpayer) losses cannot be made whole just by redeploying resources. Plant and equipment intended for one use can rarely be seamlessly switched over to another use.
Shares of Nikola NKLA -27.78% ▼ plummeted as much as 29% on Thursday to a low of $0.76 per share amid speculation that the electric vehicle maker may be headed for bankruptcy. The rumors were fueled by a report from Electrek‘s Fred Lambert, who cited a source indicating that Nikola’s CEO, Stephen Girsky, is out and that a bankruptcy filing is already in the works.
Nikola’s troubles come after another electric vehicle company, Canoo GOEV -11.53% ▼ , filed for bankruptcy earlier in the week.