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Over 80 Tesla vehicles vandalized in attack at Canadian dealership

Tesla Hamilton Canada vandalized terrorism
© Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press, via Associated PressPeople spray-painted a Tesla dealership, punctured tires and scratched vehicles in apparent protest of Elon Musk, who has made repeated jabs at Canada.
Hamilton police say they are investigating a "series of mischiefs" after dozens of Tesla vehicles were damaged at a local dealership this week.

According to police, officers were called to a Tesla dealership, located at 999 Upper Wentworth Street, on Wednesday for a report of damage to some of the store's inventory.

Police arrived to discover that "upwards of 80" Tesla vehicles parked outside had sustained damage, including deep scratches and punctured tires.

Comment: In response to the increase in attacks Elon Musk states security has been increased.



Fire

'Domestic terror': AG Pam Bondi charges vandals involved in Tesla attacks

Pam Bondi attorney general tesla terrorism vandalism
© AP“Let this be a warning: If you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars,” Bondi said in a statement.
Three people accused of destroying Tesla cars and charging stations are facing up to 20 years in prison for "domestic terrorism," US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday.

"The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended," Bondi said in a statement.

"Let this be a warning: If you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars," she added.

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British press call for World War III?

Telegraph Calling for War
© The Telegraph
At this stage in this game of warmongering, the British press not only keeps saying that Russia trembles less at the thought of their nuclear power but is pushing the image that Britain is invincible. The latest is the electrical fire that shut down Heathrow Airport for 24 hours. There are openly speculating that this was an act of war by Putin. So, I supposed that justifies World War III and nuking Moscow. The Telegraph wrote:
But as the West has expelled so many Russian spies in the years since then, Putin now relies on unprofessional foreign gangsters to carry out sabotage attacks across Europe. Some are Bulgarian spies, as The Telegraph reported in late 2024. Others are British nationals, such as 20-year-old Dylan Earl, who admitted to burning down a Ukrainian-owned business in west London.

Attention

DOJ knew about - and used - notorious Homan Square "black site"

DOJ building
© Steve FernieDepartment of Justice
It wasn't just Chicago Police operating the off-the-books holding facility, the site of alleged torture and days-long unlawful detention.

Scandals don't get much more disturbing than that of Homan Square. In 2015, the Guardian revealed Chicago Police had allegedly employed torture and days-long unlawful detention at the secretive "black site"-like Homan Square facility, a nondescript warehouse located in Chicago's west-side Garfield Park neighborhood. Outraged and alarmed by these revelations, politicians and activists clamored for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate human rights abuses at the facility, which still operates today.

Despite the pleading, the DOJ elected not to investigate Homan Square, and instead conducted a broad investigation of Chicago Police Department use of force practices.The DOJ's failure to specifically examine the alleged abuses at Homan left onlookers scratching their heads. Investigating the CPD's use of force was important, of course, but why wouldn't the DOJ also investigate the Homan Square facility given the severity of the allegations?

One of the main figures pushing for a DOJ probe of Homan Square was then-Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, who sent letters to the Department asking them to investigate the facility. Asked whether he ever received an explanation as to why the DOJ didn't investigate the facility, Boykin said: "I did not, which is surprising right?"

Comment: Close one, another opens.


Syringe

NC Supreme Court ruling opens path for parents to sue schools, health clinics over Covid-19 vaccines

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© Jamie Kelter Davis/ New York TimesCovid 19 booster • Portage Park Senior Center • Chicago, Illinois • Sept. 13, 2022
Lawsuits can move forward against schools and medical clinics over Covid-19 vaccines given to children without their parents' permission, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday, overturning past rulings that had blocked the lawsuits.

The ruling was 5-2 along party lines, with all the Republicans in the majority and all the Democrats dissenting.

Chief Justice Paul Newby wrote the majority opinion, which opens with the declaration that during the Covid-19 pandemic, "we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country."

Newby cited concerns over government decisions in other states that allowed casinos to remain open even while churches had to close.

"And in our state," Newby continued, "medical workers affiliated with a public school forcibly vaccinated a 14-year-old boy despite knowing they lacked consent from both the child and his mother."

Tank

Best of the Web: Will the Ukrainian army turn its bayonets on Kiev?

Ukrainian servicemen Donetsk region
© Associated PressUkrainian servicemen walking toward their base near the frontline in the Donetsk region on Feb 4, 2023.
As I have noted many times in noting the growing weakness of the Maidan regime and Ukrainian state, the Ukrainian army can become a major force of destruction of both regime and state. Defeat after defeat, rout after rout, military catastrophe after military catastrophe is suffered by Ukraine's often courageous soldiers purely for the sake of the domestic and foreign political advantage of Ukraine's leaders. Thus, from Mariupol to Bakhmut to Avdeevka to Krinky and now to Sudzha, Kursk, Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelenskiy and his team from his television production company and 'Slugi naroda' (Servants of the People) television series-turned political party have refused to allow often surrounded and beaten Ukrainian forces to withdraw in order to save lies. At some point, Ukrainian officers and soldiers will rise up to put an end to their own slaughter.

The 'Servants of the People' and the rest of Ukraine's elite, by consistently privileging their personal political and domestic political propaganda needs over the lives of Ukraine's soldiers and simple military logic, are fomenting anger and thirst for revenge among the rank-and-file troops. Numerous videos posted by them in recent months express in the most harsh terms the frustration, anger, pain, and hatred towards Zelenskiy and his 'Servants' that many among the officer corps and troops feel. See, for example, this video of an incensed Ukrainian soldier threatening Zelenskiy and the entire eilte: "You will pay for everything."

Bad Guys

Musk decries 'crazy' Obama-era disinfo and censorship operation

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© Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images
Elon Musk has described as "crazy" a federal initiative which allegedly sought to silence US citizens under the guise of fighting foreign disinformation. The Global Engagement Center (GEC), part of the US State Department, was launched in 2016 under President Barack Obama and operated until its closure in December 2024.

The GEC is the subject of an investigation by the conservative advocacy group America First Legal (AFL) published on Thursday. The report scrutinized GEC communications with Washington's primary funding channel for political projects abroad, the US Agency for International Development (USAID); the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); and various "media censorship organizations," including Poynter and NewsGuard — both of which brand themselves as watchdogs against misinformation, the latter boasting former CIA staff among its founders and board.

According to AFL, the entities allegedly "work[ed] in lock-step to manipulate public discourse, control media narratives, and suppress free speech," based on documents obtained through litigation against the GEC.

Airplane

Travel chaos as Heathrow airport closes after blaze at electrical substation

North Hyde Electricity Substation fire
© London Fire Brigade/Reuters)Fire, which wiped out power and closed Heathrow Airport on Friday, rises at the North Hyde Electricity Substation in Hayes, Britain
Counter terror police are leading the investigation into the "unprecedented" electrical substation fire that has closed down London Heathrow, stopping more than 1,300 flights as engineers tried to restore power to the airport on Friday.

Airlines face days of disruption with hundreds of thousands of scheduled passengers already unable to fly in and out of Europe's busiest airport, after what ministers said was an "unusual and unprecedented incident".

London fire brigade was called shortly after 11pm on Thursday to a fire at an electrical substation in Hayes, west London, with power also cut to thousands of homes.

More than 70 firefighters tackled the blaze, which the brigade said at 8am was under control, with more than 20,000 litres of oil having caught fire in a transformer. Officers said that despite the acrid smell, there was no air quality danger to the public.

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Germany has dealt 'death blow to the euro' - AfD leader

Co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel.
© Getty Images / Sean GallupCo-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel.
Eurozone stability is under threat due to Berlin's military spending boost and debt brake overhaul, Alice Weidel warns

Berlin's move to overhaul its national debt rules in order to boost military spending has jeopardized the economic stability of the euro area, according to Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Her comments came shortly after the federal legislature approved the measure.

On Tuesday, the Bundestag backed an initiative allowing the federal government to unlock a record level of state borrowing for defense and infrastructure. The fiscal package was approved by 513 legislators, while 207 voted against it.

Comment:
That around 70 % or 513/720 of the German lawmakers wish to take more loans to finance the military and "climate investment", is perhaps remarkable, but given the trajectory of politics in most EU nations it is also not surprising. When the annual EU capital flight tops $300 billion, do the German politicians imagine their decision will attract more investments faster than the money are leaving?


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EU capital flight tops $300 billion - European Council president

European Council President Antonio Costa.
© Thierry Monasse/Getty ImagesEuropean Council President Antonio Costa.
Investors are pulling their money out of the bloc amid soaring energy prices and excessive red tape, according to Antonio Costa

Capital outflow from the EU has reached €300 billion ($325 billion) annually as retail and institutional investors move their money into assets outside the region, European Council President Antonio Costa has claimed in a remarks to the media published on Thursday.

Costa's comment comes as the bloc considers doubling its military aid to Ukraine year-on-year while continuing to fulfil pledges of billions of euros to Kiev.

Comment:
Energy did not become more expensive without the participation of most of the member states, and now the EU has dug a hole for itself that it will be challenging to get out of.

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