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One third of Canadians fear possible US invasion: Poll


The Cradle
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:42 UTC
Canada Invasion
© Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Nearly one in three Canadians say they fear the US could invade their country, according to a recent poll conducted by Leger and published on 14 January.

The survey, carried out between 9 and 11 January among 1,540 Canadians and 1,011 US citizens, found that 31 percent of Canadians believe a US invasion is possible, while 55 percent think Greenland is next in Trump's sights.

One in five US respondents said they believe their country could attack its northern neighbor.

Majorities on both sides of the border also predicted US intervention elsewhere, with 51 percent naming Cuba and 47 percent Panama.

Only 36 percent believed Washington would intervene in Iran.

Andrew Enns, executive vice president at Leger, said Canadians' views of the US government were not "very high to begin with" and warned that "it doesn't take much" to worsen them.

He added that the poll results may benefit Prime Minister Mark Carney, arguing that they help keep "that 'defend Canada' burning pretty strong."

Carney's rise followed a surge of anti-Trump sentiment after the US president publicly floated absorbing Canada as a "51st state." US media fanned those flames, with Fox News host Jesse Watters calling a takeover a "privilege," adding that he finds it "personally offensive" that Canadians do not want to be taken over by the US.
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Books

To combat academic fraud, scholars confront the hallowed tradition of 'publish or perish'

Vince Bielski
RealClearWire
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:32 UTC
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© Blekinge Museum, Wikimedia Commons
This is the fourth part of a series on the crisis in academic research and publishing. Read the first three parts here, here and here.

The driving ethos of academia, "publish or perish," is fighting for its life.

The requirement that scholars constantly publish or face academic ruin has been considered the primary engine of scientific discovery for decades. But a growing movement of universities and researchers is trying to banish the practice to the archives, saying it has perverted the pursuit of knowledge and eroded the public's trust in science.

Reformers at top universities in Europe and the U.S., including Cambridge, Sorbonne, and UC Berkeley, say this traditional system of advancement has led to an explosion in the growth of low-quality research, with little meaningful impact on academic fields or society. It has also sparked the spread of fraudulent research, as "paper mills" churn out fake articles for sale to academics seeking to pad their CVs.
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Gold Seal

Best of the Web: Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Brownstone Institute
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:41 UTC
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© People MagazineSocial media mercilessly excoriated People Magazine for its tasteless headline.
When Scott Adams died, People Magazine led with a line that dominated most of the media for days: "Scott Adams, Disgraced Dilbert Creator, Dies at 69." It's a message for the living: depart from saying what you are supposed to say and you will lose everything. Even in death, your life will be called worthless. This was not eulogy but rather an enforcement action to keep the opinion cartel functioning.

It was in 2015 that the famed creator of the Dilbert cartoon first started speculating that Donald Trump had what it takes to become president. The feeling of shock was palpable. No one else was saying anything like this - more specifically, no one of his status and reach as a cultural influence. In those days, the opinions of The Nation and National Review were identical: this clown cannot be president.

For my own part, I recall feeling appalled by Adams' statements. At the time, I was firmly in the Never Trump camp, without fully understanding that I was then accepting the most conventional opinion possible at the time. I further failed to understand the complex dynamic operating beneath the surface, namely that a broken system of government/media/tech had long ago stopped serving the cause of freedom and dignity and turned to full-time exploitation in surreptitious forms.
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Magnify

Time To DOGE Baltimore: Top City Leaders Admit They Can't Track Tax Dollars Flowing To Nonprofits

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:08 UTC
defund police
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's interview with Christopher Rufo last week highlighted that there is still unfinished business at DOGE, where fraud, waste, and abuse may account for as much as 10% of the total federal budget. We even joked that the scale of recent fraud uncovered in Democratic states could compel Elon Musk to return to DOGE in some capacity, as his recent X posts targeting dark-money NGOs suggest renewed interest.

After Nick Shirley's exposé on Somali fraud in Minneapolis, citizen journalists across the country began investigating where their tax dollars are going in Democratic run states. What followed has been a wave of DOGE-style efforts by citizen journalists to root out left-wing corruption, and what they are uncovering is alarming, particularly in California.

The focus is no longer limited to Minnesota and California, but extends across blue states where local left-wing leaders, posing as responsible stewards, are often little more than activists with exceptional talent to loot local, city, state, and even federal coffers.
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Gavel

Federal judge says immigration sweeps can continue for now in Minnesota

Brian Martucci
Minnesota Reformer
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:03 UTC
ice agent
© Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer
U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez said in a Wednesday hearing that there wasn't enough time to make an informed ruling on state officials' request for an injunction on "further legal violations and unlawful escalations" by federal agents reporting to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and legal representatives for the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul filed suit on Monday to stop what multiple state and local officials have called a "federal invasion."

Menendez did not outright reject Ellison and his co-plaintiffs' claims, saying only that she needed more time to fully consider the facts of the case, KSTP reported. She asked the federal government for its response to the suit by Monday and for the state to file a reply by Jan. 22. A ruling could follow soon after.

In other legal news, Chris Madel, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, told the Star Tribune that he was providing legal counsel to Jonathan Ross, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
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Wall Street

The De-Banking of Scott Ritter

Scott Ritter
Real Scott Ritter
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:26 UTC
Citizens Bank
Today my banking institution of 26 years, Citizens Bank, declared that they were ending their banking relationship with me. My accounts were zeroed out without explanation. While I may eventually see this money returned to me, the question of why this occurred remains unanswered, raising a whole host of issues related to civil liberties.

I've been de-banked.

I recently tried to use my bank-issued debit card. I've used this card consistently as my go-to method of payment for years.

It was declined.

When my wife when on the online banking app we use for mobile banking, she was shocked to find that both our checking and savings account had been zeroed out.

We literally had no money.
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People

The whining of Jacob Frey

Monica Showalter
American Thinker
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC
Jacob Frey
© ScreenshotMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
Frey complained that red states have more illegals to be rounded up. Maybe that's because, unlike his state, those states are creating jobs. What is he creating?

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey launched a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its faithful enforcement of U.S. immigration law, whining loudly that his city was being unfairly targeted because it was run by Democrats while other cities had higher numbers of illegal aliens. He was scored for it, of course, and just found a new way to embarrass his city.

According to the Washington Examiner's editorial page:
During his press conference announcing a suit brought by Minneapolis against the Department of Homeland Security, Mayor Jacob Frey questioned why thousands of immigration enforcement personnel, including agents from both Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, have been sent to his jurisdiction.

If the goal was immigration enforcement, if the goal were simply to look for people that are undocumented, Minneapolis and St. Paul would not be the place where you would go," Frey reasoned. "There are countless more people that are undocumented in Florida and Texas and Utah. Why are they in these much smaller cities in the middle of the Midwest?"

"The answer is very clear," Frey continued, answering his own question, "It is politics. Florida and Texas and Utah are Republican states. The reason that Minnesota and Minneapolis are being targeted is because you've got a Democratic governor, a Democratic attorney general, and you got Democratic mayors."
He seemed to think that was a bad thing.
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Explosion

Explosions rock Utrecht, with buildings damaged and multiple people injured

Taryn Pedler
The Daily Mail
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:17 UTC
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© JEROEN JUMELET/EPA/ShutterstockEmergency services at the scene of a large fire at a house on Visscherssteeg following a large explosion in the Dutch city of Utrecht, January 15, 2026
Explosions in the Dutch city of Utrecht have caused extensive damage to buildings, and several people have been left injured.

A major fire has since broken out following the blasts on Visscherssteeg in the city centre at around 3.30pm, prompting an emergency response from the local fire and ambulance services.

At least four people have sustained injuries due to the blasts, and a search is now underway for more possible victims.

'It's also possible that there are still people under the rubble,' city mayor Sharon Dijksma said.

Fire crews reported a 'gigantic explosion'.

Comment:


Reuters reports on the possible cause:
A gas leak triggered a powerful explosion that destroyed several houses in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Thursday, injuring four people, local authorities said.

Utrecht Mayor Sharon Dijksma told reporters that none of the injuries were life‑threatening. "The damage is immense, several buildings have collapsed," she said.

Emergency crews were continuing to search the rubble as a precaution, but there were no reports of missing persons, Dijksma added.

The explosion occurred in the densely populated centre of the fourth-largest city in the Netherlands around 3:30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT), while the owners of the house were out.


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Brick Wall

Did Google News support Walz gov. bid with six-week blockade on stories of Minnesota fraud?

Luis Cornelio
Media Research Center
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:35 UTC
google block stories fraud minnesota
© Media Research Center
For six weeks, Google News quietly worked to throttle coverage of widespread fraud allegations in Gov. Tim Walz's Minnesota, an exclusive Media Research Center analysis found.

Google News, a digital gatekeeper that shapes what millions of Americans see each day, kept its readers in the dark as the Minnesota fraud scandal intensified, publishing just four stories on the matter out of 840 in its top 20 morning editions from Nov. 28 to Jan. 9.

The scandal gained national attention in November amid reporting that a group of Somali Americans exploited a COVID-19 relief program and later became linked to broader child care fraud allegations in Minnesota.
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Stock Up

EU NatGas Spikes Most In Two Years As "Perfect Storm" Unfolds

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:43 UTC
europe cold front 2026 map
Dutch TTF natural gas futures, Europe's benchmark gas contract, are up 25% on the week and on track for their largest weekly gain since October 2023. The abrupt reversal in sentiment reflects tightening storage levels, short covering, and a burst of unusually cold weather sweeping across the continent.

"Sentiment has completely turned ... you could almost call it a perfect storm," Global Risk Management analyst Arne Lohmann Rasmussen wrote in a note.

TTF futures are set for the largest weekly gain (25%) since the week of October 13, 2023.
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