From this morning’s testimony at the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. “US and UK military contractors” deployed “sophisticated psychological operations and disinformation tactics… against the American people.”
More: When the FBI does it… (with a shout-out to Canada).
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward schadenfreude;
A Los Angeles social justice advocate was killed on Monday when a homeless woman, who lived out of her car, broke into his home and shot him.
Michael Latt, 33, the founder of the social justice group “Lead With Love” was the victim of a “tragic act of violence” after he was found suffering from a gunshot wound before being transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
And, in a few months the lie will be completely forgotten and the narrative will shift to “Of course it was a lab leak, you crackpot. We never denied that possibility.”*
The UK minister highlighted the virus’s “novel” nature in explaining London’s difficulties combating the pandemic, saying “We were not as well prepared as we should have been ideally, that is true. Again, it’s in the nature of the fact that the virus was novel.”
“And indeed, though I think this probably goes beyond the remit of the inquiry, there is a significant body of judgment that believes that the virus itself was man made — and that presents its own set of challenges as well,” he continued.
National Post- Terry Glavin: Canadians go full European on immigration skepticism
And after all the obscene celebrations of the Hamas “resistance” operation that involved the sadistic mass murder of more than 1,200 Israelis in the Oct. 7 Simchat Torah pogrom, Canadians have had their fill of it.
The Leger poll showed that 75 per cent of respondents backed the notion that non-citizens should be deported if they publicly express hatred towards a minority group or support a terrorist organization.
Coming soon- Critical Immigration Theory
The CBC, always the last to know.
Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports, which found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model years encountered nearly 80 per cent more problems than did vehicles propelled by internal combustion engines.
Consumer Reports said EV owners most frequently reported troubles with battery and charging systems as well as flaws in how the vehicles’ body panels and interior parts fit together. The magazine and website noted that EV manufacturers are still learning to construct completely new power systems, and it suggested that as they do, the overall reliability of electric vehicles should improve.
As the stupid rich people market nears saturation…
The growth of electric vehicle sales has slowed sharply since last year. In June 2022, EV sales were growing about 90 per cent year over year. By June of this year the 12-month growth rate had slowed to about 50 per cent, and automakers have become increasingly fearful that the pace will weaken further.
Pull the string, watch her blabber.
Lies, damned lies and Statistics Canada.
Special Counsel Jack Smith hunted information on X users who liked or retweeted posts published by former President Donald Trump, according to redacted search warrants and other documents released Monday.
According to the heavily redacted document issued to then-Twitter in January, the court ordered the social media giant to forfeit a bevy of information regarding Trump’s account, including “advertising information, including advertising IDs, ad activity, and ad topic preferences,” as well as IP addresses “used to create, login, and use the account” and privacy and account settings. […]
Smith and his team went even further, seeking to acquire data on Twitter users who engaged with Trump’s tweets in the months leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. This included “all lists of Twitter users who have favorited or retweeted tweets posted by [Trump], as well as all tweets that include the username associated with [Trump’s account] (i.e. ‘mentions’ or ‘replies’).”
The unhinged among us. – Victor Davis Hanson And the Nazi roots of Hamas.
Apparently our holidays are not diverse enough. In other Christmas news.
Britain: Another history lesson with Neil Oliver. Douglas Murray on leftist journalists. Ireland: Hate laws.
Biden’s America: Official trailer for Lady Ballers. It’s not sexist to hate the Marvels. Ban the unions.
Blackie’s Canada: Conference centre cancels event. Today our Dear Leader burns jet fuel to Toronto and Hamilton. China cops in Canada.
Your morning meme. Bonus meme. A cartoon.
Investments in trendy ‘ESG’ assets collapsed by $5 trillion in just two years…
In its biannual assessment, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) said on Wednesday that investors had $30.3 trillion in sustainable assets in 2022, down from $35.3 trillion in 2020.
In the US, where Republicans have railed against ESG funds, which push for environmental, social, and governance benefits, such assets plunged from more than $17 trillion to just $8.4 trillion over the same period.
[…]A recent Bloomberg survey showed that investors expect the downturn to continue into 2024, with the negative sentiment extending to Tesla and other electric carmakers.
‘Sustainable bonds make for bad investments when they actually meet the radical left’s definition of sustainable, and when they don’t, Wall Street greenwashes them to justify the higher fees they charge for selling them,’ added Hild.
‘It’s a scam on investors either way.’
Related: Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL), together with co-counsel Boyden Gray PLLC and Lawson Huck Gonzalez PLLC, filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit against Target Corporation and its Board of Directors. The lawsuit is brought on behalf of a group of shareholders for Target’s misleading representations about its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mandates that betrayed Target’s customers and shareholders and caused investors to lose billions of dollars.
Ireland is blindly walking down a very horrible path.
Update: This article will be a must read for all historians. h/t LindaL
Continuing with yesterday’s George C. Scott theme, for today, the last day of November, we present The Last Run (1971).
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After nearly thirty years of rule by a party which embraced the motto of “nationalizing the mines, banks and monopoly industry” South Africa will soon be at the point where there is nothing left to nationalize anyway.
ArcelorMittal South Africa (ACLJ.J) shares tumbled nearly 14% on Tuesday after the company said it plans to close its long steel operations due to weak demand and persistent infrastructure problems, potentially affecting 3,500 workers.
The company said steel consumption in Africa’s most advanced economy has fallen 20% over the past 7 years, due to limited spending on infrastructure and project delays.
The country’s persistent rail logistics problems and an intensifying electricity crisis had also added costs to the business…
You wouldn’t know this from the press release.
Bank of Canada- Digital Canadian Dollar Public Consultation Report
Since when is “somewhat important” the same as “important”?