Month: January 2023

Barbara Kay: All Canadian School Boards Should Take Action to Protect Students From Antisemitism

Commentary On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, whose gas chambers claimed the lives of more than a million people, most of them Jews, was liberated. Never again, it was assumed. But, following the 2001 United Nations’ “anti-racist” conference that made “Durban” a metonym for orgiastic Jew hatred, right-thinking national and institutional leaders around…


Wave of Celebrity Deaths in China’s COVID Surge Casts Doubts Over Actual Toll

The growing number of deaths of celebrities and public figures in China has cast further doubt on the official death toll as the country battles an extreme outbreak that shows little sign of easing. Since late November, more than 330 Chinese celebrities, officials, and scholars have died, according to a tally by The Epoch Times….


Rep. Jeffries Nominates Schiff, Swalwell for Intelligence Committee Despite McCarthy’s Vows of Removal

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has nominated Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) for seats on the House Intelligence Committee, despite Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) repeated promises to keep them off that panel. In the last Congress, Schiff served as chairman of the committee. Swalwell was also a member. “I write today…


Twitter Has About 2,300 ‘Active, Working Employees,’ Says Elon Musk

Elon Musk said in a post on Twitter on Saturday that Twitter, Inc. has about 2,300 active employees. CNBC on Friday reported that Twitter’s full-time headcount has reduced to about 1,300 active, working employees, including fewer than 550 full-time engineers by title. About 75 of the company’s 1,300 employees are on leave, including about 40 engineers, CNBC…


LIVE 1/24 at 10:30 AM ET: Democrats Turn On Biden Over Classified Docs; the CCP May Be Ending

The FBI has searched the Wilmington home of President Joe Biden and seized more classified documents in the growing scandal. As this unfolds, Democrats and establishment media on the left have begun to turn on Biden. This is raising speculation on the conservative side of whether they’re intentionally trying to push Biden out. Meanwhile, data…


Will San Francisco Ever Be Able to Solve Its Homelessness Crisis? | JJ Smith

“I got fed up seeing people die and no one else cares.” Siyamak sits down with JJ Smith, a concerned resident of San Francisco, who discusses his experience with homelessness. California Insider is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://birchgold.com/california …


Film Review: ‘Missing’: A Twisty and Edgy Device-Based Crime Thriller

PG-13 | 1h 51min | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 20 January 2023 (USA) The first-cousin-once-removed genre of “found footage,” the “screenlife” storytelling technique has been around since 2000 (“Thomas in Love”) and began growing in popularity a decade later. In short, “screenlife” is a movie-telling device whereby no traditional cameras are used. In their stead are images from smartphones and all…


Using Home Equity Credit? What Not to Do

A home equity line of credit (HELOC) uses your home’s equity to finance a variable interest-rate loan. You wouldn’t have the money upfront like you would a conventional loan. Instead, you draw against your line of credit. With a HELOC, your home is your collateral. There are times a HELOC is a worthwhile mechanism. But…


Energy Saving Measure in Pakistan Goes Wrong, Leaving Millions Without Power

Large swaths of Pakistan were left without electricity on Monday, as efforts were still ongoing to restore power in the debt-laden country. The incident was the second in three months in the country of 220 million people, with the energy minister giving as cause this time a power-saving measure that went wrong. In order to…


Ford–China Battery Plant Agreement Would Have Been a ‘Trojan Horse’: Gov. Youngkin

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin called the recently rejected Ford Motor plant deal a “Trojan horse” because the agreement would have potentially allowed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to have full access to the technology via Ford’s Chinese partner, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL). Last week, Youngkin blocked the Ford Motor Company’s request to build a…