How Liberals Rewrite Their Own History Ian Dunt's new book 'How to Be a Liberal' is part of a broader intellectual exercise to drape liberal history in comforting myths – ones which conceal its role in abetting imperialism, slavery and fascism. https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/how-liberals-rewrite-their-own-history/ Why some Egyptians are fuming over Netflix's Black Cleopatra Cairo As soon as Netflix dropped the trailer for its upcoming "docudrama" about ancient Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, drama started bubbling up online. The preview quickly drew criticism. Some Egyptians complained that the feature was appropriating their culture and rewriting their history, primarily because Cleopatra is portrayed by a Black woman in the film. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/netflix-cleopatra-black-egypt-controversy-ancient-queen/ Rewriting American History to Please Blacks Disney Plus will soon host Hamilton on its streaming platform. Hamilton is a hip-hop musical in which the Founding Fathers are black. King George III — obviously a villain — is the only white character. “Our cast looks like America looks now, and that’s certainly intentional,” composer Lin-Manuel Miranda told the New York Times in 2015. He said in another 2015 interview: “We’re telling the story of old, dead white men but we’re using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate and more accessible to a contemporary audience.” https://www.amren.com/commentary/2020/07/black-lives-matter-1619-project-american-history-slavery/ Grocery rebate rollout: Here’s who will get the one-time payment and when Canadians will receive the one-time grocery rebate as early as July 5, the federal government said Thursday. In a statement, the government said the grocery rebate will be delivered to eligible Canadians on that date, by direct deposit or cheque through the Canada Revenue Agency. The rebate will be up to $467 for eligible couples with two children, $234 for single Canadians without children, and $225 for seniors, on average. https://globalnews.ca/news/9691712/grocery-rebate-canada-date/ Trudeau Sends Billions in Foreign Aid To IMF, World Bank, African Development Bank In 2020, the Trudeau government increased Canada’s official foreign development assistance by 7.7 per cent over the previous year. The recent 2021 federal budget announced an additional $1.4 billion for international assistance over the next five years. Canada’s Foreign Aid commitments include $288 million to the Rohingya Crisis, as well as $80 million to the Venezuelan Crisis. https://capforcanada.com/trudeau-sends-billions-in-foreign-aid-to-imf-world-bank-african-development-bank/ Ron DeSantis is banning Chinese citizens from buying land in Florida, accusing China of taking up swathes of farmland: 'We don't want the CCP in the Sunshine State' https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-signs-bill-ban-china-citizens-buying-land-florida-2023-5?op=1 Convicted murderer who escaped jail now Canada's most wanted fugitive A man found guilty of orchestrating the fatal shooting of a Toronto man outside a Little Italy cafe in 2012 is currently the most wanted fugitive in Canada, and there’s a significant award for his arrest. Rabih Alkhalil tops the Bolo (Be On The Lookout) Program’s updated 25 most wanted fugitives list, revealed Tuesday afternoon at British Columbia RCMP Headquarters. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/convicted-murderer-who-escaped-jail-now-canada-s-most-wanted-fugitive-1.6113851 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_J-TsIY8Q

Lise Thibault to jail Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault burst into tears Friday when a judge asked her whether she had anything to say following a prosecutor's recommendation she receive a four-year prison sentence for fraud and breach of trust. "I never thought for one second I'd be standing before you," an emotional Thibault, 76, told Quebec court Judge Carol St-Cyr. "Since my youth, I've always helped everyone...I can't imagine that my grandchildren will have a memory of their grandmother being treated like a thief." Prosecutor Marcel Guimont said the ex-Quebec vice-regal should also reimburse a total of $430,000 to the province and the federal government. The judge will hand down his sentence Sept. 30. Thibault's legal woes started after a report by the federal and provincial auditors general in 2007 revealed she claimed more than $700,000 in alleged improper expenses during her spell in the vice-regal post between 1997 and 2007. http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/crown-wants-lise-thibault-to-spend-4-years-in-jail-1.2386175 Politician Lawyers = Dishonesty People of a certain (older) generation are likely familiar with the simple lyrics and the magnetic chords of Warren Zevon’s 1978 classic song Lawyers, Guns and Money.Those of another (younger) generation can find videos of it on YouTube or download it as a ringtone for their iPhone. Zevon was somewhat of a cult figure, known more for his strange take on life and the unusual subject matter of his songs than for pop hits. Some of his songs featured political undertones and Lawyers, Guns and Money has a ring of Graham Greene cold war intrigue to it. But there is no mistaking the title’s reference: Zevon’s trio of lawyers, guns and money represents a triumvirate of power. Lawyers’ relationship with power is a complicated and conflicted one. On the one hand, the law works to preserve the existing power structure in society. Lawyers play a critical role in this process. On the positive side, lawyers support the stability and integrity of our system of government and of our society. Onthe negative side, supporting the status quo through law has often resulted in the exclusion and continued discrimination against outsidersin Canada over the course of our history: women, religious groups, racialized minorities and other groups who are not part of the existing power structure. Both the law and the legal profession have been used as a tool of exclusion throughout Canadian history http://www.lsuc.on.ca/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=11004 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQp-rtDS34

Capitalism Is Working in the U.S. The founder of modern capitalism, Adam Smith, published The Wealth of Nations in 1776, the same year 13 colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. It remains the most referenced guide to prosperity because of its moral force: Smith said the freest markets are led by an invisible hand benefiting everyone, not just the individuals and companies motivated by their own profit. So where is capitalism succeeding in a world roiled by kleptocrats, simmering trade wars, and the xenophobia that inspired Brexit? That would be the U.S. Bloomberg-Markets-forward-guidance This story appears in the December 2018 / January 2019 issue of Bloomberg Markets. Illustration: Matt Chase for Bloomberg Markets American free enterprise is achieving the greatest growth in the developed world, posting annual gross domestic product gains since 2009. Within just eight years of the global financial crisis, the U.S. was the only non-emerging-market economy with record GDP. The nation’s growth has exceeded the Group of Eight leading industrial countries’ average every year since 2012, a trend that economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast to continue through 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/capitalism-is-working-in-the-u-s 14 NM counties adopt 2nd Amendment resolution As gun laws make their way through the state Legislature, 14 county commissions around the state – including those from Sandoval and Valencia counties – have passed resolutions declaring their county to be a “Second Amendment sanctuary county.” The sanctuary resolution says a commission supports its sheriff in any decisions not to enforce unconstitutional laws and not to use any county resources to enforce laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. It is likely to be passed in even more counties at meetings in the coming weeks. But even though its sheriff has thrown his support behind the movement, Bernalillo County doesn’t appear likely to be one of them. “I will be very surprised if any commissioner proposes that type of resolution for Bernalillo County,” said Commission Chair Maggie Hart Stebbins. “At one point or another I believe all of us have expressed support for common-sense gun safety legislation that is being considered in Santa Fe. I can speak only for myself but I believe the commissioners all support what’s being proposed in Santa Fe. https://www.abqjournal.com/1284139/14-counties-adopt-2nd-amendment-sanctuary-resolution.html Gun control is people Control People have the natural right to defend themselves from predators, foreign and domestic, private and public. That is why the Second Amendment was written, by people far wiser than most of us, whose mettle was tested far more. Contrary to some opi ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exy18XvK9jo

Today Brian Lovig Discusses Obama Supports Dictator - Diplomatic Immunity The Soviet Union did not have to fall. If Carter had won a second term and Mondale had succeeded him, the Communist dictatorship might have received the outside help it needed to survive. And we would still be living under the shadow of the Cold War. Carter couldn’t save the Soviet Union, but he did his best to save Castro, visiting Fidel and Raul in Cuba where the second worst president in American history described his meeting with Castro as a greeting among “old friends”. Raul Castro called Carter “the best of all U.S. presidents.” Obama’s dirty deal with Raul will make the worst president in American history, Castro’s new best friend. http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/obamas-bailout-for-communist-dictators/ Ottawa Police detained a Saudi Arabian diplomat for impaired driving after a vehicle was pulled over on Bank Street at 9:30pm Tuesday night. CTV Ottawa cameras captured the arrest of the diplomat. Several Ottawa police cars and RCMP responded to the incident. Related Stories Man faces four charges after Ottawa traffic stop incident: police The driver is a 32-year-old diplomat from Saudi Arabia with full immunity status. Police say they responded to public calls about an erractic driver on Riverside Drive. The driver showed signs of impairment and refused a police request to provide a breath sample. Ottawa Police say he was then released back into the care of the embassy. Read more: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/saudi-arabian-diplomat-detained-by-ottawa-police-for-impaired-driving-1.2077117#ixzz3NrzSzxNO Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault of a hotel chambermaid last Saturday has made an extraordinary story, but is not as exceptional as might be assumed. Whatever the outcome of the Strauss-Kahn case, it is certain that in the upper ranks of international organisations, there exists a culture of impunity that permits highly-placed managers to sexually assault, abuse and harass women – be they colleagues or domestic workers – and get away with it. DSK's case is unusual in that diplomatic immunity has not been asserted as a block to the pursuit of criminal charges. Most of the time, this immunity that makes international officials and civil servants of a certain standing act as though they are untouchable. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/may/21/unitednations-imf ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gvHtUjsrU