Elon Musk almost needed SFPD wellness check after ‘breakdown,’ getting booed at Dave Chappelle show
‘He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset’ that Twitter employees feared he would hurt himself, the author of a new book says about the billionaire.
Donald Trump is not joking about making Canada the 51st state, Justin Trudeau warns in hot mic comments
Donald Trump has securing Canada’s resource wealth on his mind, and “one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing.”
Mark Carney likes to talk green, but he’s just another agent of the status quo | openDemocracy
The former Bank of England governor is finance adviser at COP26 and rumoured to be running for Canadian prime minister. But his new book is just a flutter of platitudes
Fascism’s 'Legal Phase' Has Begun - PopularResistance.Org
When Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on January 19, 2022, they removed the last safety net preventing the U.S.’s plummet toward authoritarianism. As a result, we are at this moment in a state of free-fall, the culmination of a state-level Legislative And Enforcement Landscape that directly mirrors Jim Crow — or as fascism scholar Jason Stanley recently put it, “America is now in fascism’s legal phase.” Although we do have ways of fighting back, the situation is dire. We often hear that the U.S.’s founding documents, courts and institutions make it immune to despotism, but this claim is simply false and erases our country’s troubling history with white supremacy — one the GOP is poised to reinvigorate.
I Was Wrong About Jordan Peterson (And Vox Was Right)
A while back, I wrote a post defending Jordan Peterson against Vox Day’s criticisms. My claim was that while Jordan Peterson’s value is somewhat exaggerated by many of his followers, fo…
You know who LOVES Jordan Peterson? NAZIS, that’s who. Hmm… Why do you think that is? I’ll get back to that shortly. Now, undoubtedly some of you are thinking to yourself right no…
The rise of the far-right in Canada a reflection of government inaction
The Liberals held a snap election in the middle of a pandemic, rolling the dice to gain a majority government, and they lost. While the Liberals held on to their minority government status, they only gained two additional seats. At an approximate cost of $610 million dollars — which does not include the costs borne by […]
Libraries in Canada hit by wave of hate, threats, as right-wing groups protest all-age drag events | CBC News
Family-friendly drag events across Canada, many hosted by municipal libraries, have been targeted by a deluge of hateful comments and threats this Pride month, prompting multiple police investigations and renewed concerns about the safety of the LGBTQ community.