And the Rest of It

This is why people should achieve energy independence:

Russia will cut off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday in a major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and Europe over energy supplies and the war in Ukraine.

 

 

Oh?:

Finland and Sweden are preparing to simultaneously submit membership applications to NATO, and could do so as early as mid-May, Nordic media organizations reported Monday.

But ... enrichment:

It hasn’t gotten much attention outside Quebec, but Roxham Road seems to be well and truly back in business. RCMP patrolling the border in Quebec recorded more than 4,500 “asylum claims and interceptions” in the first two months of this year, CBC Montreal reported recently, which is more more than in any previously recorded two months. As of the end of December, according to Immigration and Refugee Board statistics, even after two years of very few new arrivals, there was a backlog of more than 11,500 refugee claims solely among those who crossed the border “irregularly” — the vast majority of whom came across that well-worn path from New York State.

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Foreign labour may cost Canadians jobs and wages in specific trades, the Department of Employment said yesterday. The impact of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program “may be significant” in some markets, said a department report: “Wage suppression might be occurring.”

 

 

Well, those are different because reasons:

Two Victoria residents face criminal charges and remain in custody after the northbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway in Langford was blocked during rush hour Wednesday.

“Those types of illegal demonstrations will not be tolerated and those committing these criminal acts will be arrested promptly and held accountable,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Chris Boucher, acting officer in charge of West Shore RCMP, said Friday.

“Even though we were able to manage to have traffic routed around the protesters, those individuals caused a significant traffic backlog that, without a doubt, created a lot of frustration among motorists who needed to attend medical appointments, child care services etc.”

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To Canadian national security officials, Samy Nefkha-Bahri is a supporter of “armed jihad abroad,” who had “dubious associations” and wanted to take part in “combat in Syria.”

Classified government reports obtained by Global News allege he led a group that was preparing to travel “for the purpose of participating in the activities of a terrorist group.”

But instead of arresting and charging the Montreal resident, federal officials grounded him: they denied him a passport “to prevent the commission of a terrorism offence.”

The case is one of a handful that show how Canada’s national security agencies have been dealing with those they suspect may be terrorist threats.

 

 

Stop sending kids to public schools or you are part of the problem: 

In Jan. 2018, some children in NB’s Grade 1 class began teasing a female classmate, X, because X favoured a non-stereotypically short haircut, dressed boyishly and enjoyed stereotypically boyish activities. X was apparently what we used to call a “tomboy.” Not at all gender confused, X would correct people who misgendered her. Apprised of the teasing, X’s mother expressly requested that any group discussion focus on generic messages of kindness and respect rather than gender.

The teacher, Mme B, instead chose to leverage the teasing into “teachable moments” about gender expression and identity. There were several “moments”: a book about a boy who liked dressing as a girl, prompting one pupil to tell the class that you can go to a doctor to change your body, which the teacher affirmed. She told the students, “there’s no such thing as boys and girls,” that you can be one thing on the outside and feel another way in your heart. Mme B also used a whiteboard lesson, with a horizontal line running from “girl” on one side to “boy” on the other and asked students to “place themselves.” Students, according to the complaint, were then told that “girls are not real, and boys are not real.” NB told her parents she wrote her name next to the word “girl.” At the hearing, Mme B confirmed that she did not use this opportunity to explain that there are two sexes, male and female, or to describe differences in body parts.

In another “teachable moment,” Mme B showed the children a short 2016 film, titled “He, She and They,” produced by QueerKidStuff.com. In it, Lindsay, a “queer” girl in a dress shirt and tie, her hair clipped boyishly, instructs her teddy bear on gender issues.

Teddy: “But Lindsay, I still don’t know if I am a boy or a girl.”

Lindsay: “Did you know that some people aren’t boys or girls? Some people are boys. Some people are girls. And some people are people.”  Lindsay adds that there are also “transgender” people. Trans people “do not identify with the gender doctors tell them they are when they are born.” It ends with Teddy announcing “they” as his pronoun, and Lindsay responding, “That’s really awesome, Teddy.”

“(S)ome people are people,” rather than “boys” or “girls”? Some people “do not identify with the gender doctors tell them they are when they are born”? Small wonder NB grew alarmed. She was six!

Before exposure to these mystifying theories pronounced as fact, NB had been confident in her femalehood. Her teacher’s calm certainty about gender fluidity deeply unsettled her.  Following the video, she told her parents she wasn’t sure she wanted to be a mommy, asking if she should “go to the doctor” about being a girl. She asked them why she was not “real” as a girl. She said to her parents, “The table is real. The fan is real. Even if it’s cardboard, it’s still real, isn’t it?”

 

Some people shouldn't be in classrooms with children.