- Donald Trump's threat to NATO members demanding that they pay up or risk being thrown to the wolves (or perhaps bears) has raised eyebrows, but not so much among Republican politicians (with a few exceptions). One of his former advisors is predicting that Trump will pull out of NATO entirely if he wins another term. While many are naturally spooked by this, some are suggesting that this might be a good thing - because it will force the EU to take defense seriously. At least one MEP is calling for Europe to have its own military in response.
- A man was fatally shot by Winnipeg police on Tuesday. The police had attended to apprehend him under the province's Mental Health Act, so you'd hope they'd be prepared to deal with someone who might not be in his right mind. Unfortunately they reverted to type when he became combative.
- A man was stabbed and racially abused on a Winnipeg Transit bus on Tuesday; the suspect remains at large.
- Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, who serves as parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, admitted in a conversation with a constituent that he is extremely frustrated with his government over the handling of the Gaza issue, particularly the suspension of funds for UNRWA. The conversation was apparently recorded without his knowledge. He said that that he has considered quitting his parliamentary secretary's position, but that he'd decided to stay after a staffer told him that "there needs to be a voice on the inside". Now that this has slipped out, though, one wonders if he'll have a choice.
- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is warning that rabid antifeminist and anti-LGBT* sentiment could lead to serious violence. In fact it already has, but the risk is not expected to abate any time soon.
- The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Belgium's legislation prohibiting kosher and halal slaughter of animals as cruel can stand. I guess that's one issue on which the Jewish and Muslim communities can agree, anyway...
- Apparently even Putin was shocked by the softball questions lobbed at him by Tucker Carlson in the recent interview.
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