PhD Candidate | Defence Studies Dept | Kings College London | Asia & China Team ITSS Verona. Analysing China's economic & strategic goals through the BRI. ☕️🟦
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Traveled down memory lane today. The street scene is Harbin, China in 1987, where I lived as a kid. The 2nd pic is me on the train to Harbin after our family trip to Hawaii. We took three trains starting in Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Beijing, Harbin. What a trip. What a ride. #China
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"The federal budget offers grocery rebates to lower-income Canadians. But what about the middle class? More families at the lower end of the middle class are finding that even a steady paycheque barely covers the basics.
After taxes and major expenses, the average Canadian household is projected to have 11% less left over in 2026 than it did in 2016, after adjusting for inflation. For families already struggling to make ends meet, that squeeze is only getting worse."
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🇰🇼 Kuwait breaks UN precedent in failed bid to kill Israel's consensus nomination to audit committee.
🇺🇸 @AmbUNReform fought back. ⬇️
Satloff: A state targeted by Iranian missiles might have better things to do than insult the one neighbor that could help them with air defense.
Two 👎 👎 to #Kuwait’s @UN delegation…
Before it passes without comment, let’s take a moment to call out the nasty, mean-spirited move by the Kuwaiti delegation to the UN’s Fifth Committee yesterday.
In the course of regular business, it was time to confirm the election of a candidate to an empty seat on the body that audits UN operations -- not the most controversial or high-profile committee. The candidate had already been nominated by his regional group (Western and other countries) and the election was uncontested. Standard procedure is to approve this by acclamation and move on to other business.
EXCEPT when the eminently qualified candidate happens to be from #Israel. That's when the Kuwaitis stepped in and broke all decorum and precedent by demanding a secret vote -- for the audit committee, no less!
You would think a country on which #Iranian missiles and drones have been wreaking havoc would have better things to do than insult the one regional country that might be in a position to quietly help with air defense capabilities ... but no... the Kuwaitis wanted to make a point!
So they had a vote. The result was 134 yea, zero nay, with 48 abstentions. Embarrassed by their overreach, even the Kuwaitis couldn't vote against the Israeli. To the credit of others in the room, the gambit backfired -- after all, when was the last time an Israeli candidate received 134 yea votes for anything at the UN?
But that doesn't absolve the Kuwaitis from criticism. Two thumbs down, Kuwait.
press.un.org/en/2026/gaab452…
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Philly 'Kristallnacht' protests at Jewish-owned businesses drowned out, shouted down by huge crowds trib.al/wB2X1au
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He’s a liar.
He’s literally @ElizabethHolmes
Liberal voters are buying fraud.
TWO WEEKS. TWO LIES.
LIE #1: “Deficits are lower. That’s a fact.”Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, November 8.
THE FACTS:
2025–26 deficit: $39.3 BILLION.
2026–27 projected deficit: $62.3 BILLION.
That’s the THIRD-LARGEST annual federal deficit since 2008–09. Only the two COVID years were worse.
LIE #2: “Canada is creating jobs at twice the rate of the U.S.” — Mark Carney, October 21.
THE FACTS:
Canada has LOST nearly 115,000 jobs since July. Three straight months of job losses.
In October alone:
🇨🇦 Canada: 4,700 jobs LOST.
🇺🇸 United States: 165,000 payroll jobs ADDED.
Carney has repeated the “Canada is creating jobs at twice the rate of the United States” claim at least half a dozen times this year—including as recently as here on October 21 with Doug Ford, and versions of it in August (“four times”), July, June, March, and January
Yesterday’s numbers: U.S. +861,000 payroll jobs (Jan–Oct). Canada: 45,900 fewer people employed
The claim keeps collapsing on contact with the data, yet the same media that live-tweeted every syllable of it has gone quiet. They’ll fact-check everything except the Prime Minister’s favorite talking points #cdnmedia @MarkJCarney
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The Supreme Court decided that a one year sentence for trafficking & possessing horrific images of children is cruel & unconstitutional.
It beggars belief.
With bizarre decisions like this, the Court both undermines justice itself, and public confidence in the administration of justice.
If Parliament has any sense of decency, it must restore the mandatory minimum sentence for this vile crime, and do so with the explicit protection of the Charter's Notwithstanding Clause.
thehub.ca/2025/11/03/the-sup…
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SECRETARY RUBIO: I think the president took on something that other presidents have failed to do. Sometimes, when you do the right thing, you don't know whether it's popular or not, but it's still the right thing to do. Presidents are elected to take on the hard things, sometimes difficult things, but necessary things.
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BREAKING: Iran threatens to “rain down hell” on the U.S. if the White House rejects Tehran's latest proposal.
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BREAKING: The Philly Bike Boycott has reportedly ended early because of the overwhelming number of counterprotestors who showed up.
Notice which side is fully masked to hide their identities.
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At least four dead and 88 injured after two trains collide in Egypt, authorities say bbc.in/4BOyHyT
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These are Hassan Divband, Hamid Kazemi, and Reza Zanganeh, who were arrested for taking part in the January protests.
They were executed this morning by the Islamic regime.
Alone. Innocent.
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The night of Nov. 9-10, 1938, the Nazis launched a campaign of terror against German Jews. Today, antisemites chose that anniversary to terrorize Philadelphia’s Jewish community. This blatant act of Jew hatred needs to be universally condemned, and we applaud the many who have.
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Carney has repeated the “Canada is creating jobs at twice the rate of the United States” claim at least half a dozen times this year—including as recently as here on October 21 with Doug Ford, and versions of it in August (“four times”), July, June, March, and January
Yesterday’s numbers: U.S. +861,000 payroll jobs (Jan–Oct). Canada: 45,900 fewer people employed
The claim keeps collapsing on contact with the data, yet the same media that live-tweeted every syllable of it has gone quiet. They’ll fact-check everything except the Prime Minister’s favorite talking points #cdnmedia @MarkJCarney
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It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Sahbra Anna Markus, one of the last voices who could say: I was there. I saw it. It was real.
She was born in the Warsaw Ghetto, two months after the Nazis murdered her twin brothers. What followed was a childhood no child should survive. The escape across the Bug River, stalked by soldiers and wolves. A church that promised shelter and delivered cruelty. Years in displaced persons camps outside Munich. And at seven, the radio carrying the United Nations vote for Israel’s independence, which she called the best day of her life.
Then she chose beauty. She danced. She took to Broadway. She toured the world and settled in Calgary, opened a dance school, and for thirty-five years told her story to students who needed to hear it.
In July we celebrated her 85th birthday, and noted that her life was itself an act of defiance against everything the Nazis stood for. It was.
Light outlasts darkness. Sahbra Markus was proof. May her memory be for a blessing. I will miss my friend.
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Naming your attacker would be ‘unfair,’ Toronto judge tells sex assault victim before handing down ‘very low’ sentence thestar.com/news/gta/naming-…
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BREAKING:
The Houthis have struck Aramco tower in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles were used in the latest Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
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If the media won’t hold the Liberals to account for breaking Canada’s immigration system, I will.
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New job numbers yesterday.
The grocery bill doesn’t wait for the job market to recover. From January to October 2026, the U.S. added 861,000 payroll jobs while Canada had 45,900 fewer people employed.
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Pro-Palestine activists tried to cancel Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia today with a boycott ride.
Instead? Massive lines wrapped around the block to support them.
You try to intimidate our local businesses, the community shows up in force.
You love to see it! 🇺🇸