South Korea bans flights as 500,000 take crucial university admission test - "More than half a million people in South Korea sat for the country's gruelling university entrance exam on Thursday as police mobilised to ensure they made it to the test sites on time and all flights were halted for half an hour... Flights at all airports, including Incheon International Airport, were banned from landing or takeoff between 1:05 p.m. (0405 GMT) and 1:40 p.m. to ensure there was no disturbance while the students sat for the listening comprehension section of the English test... Financial markets and offices opened an hour later than usual to ensure test candidates arrived on time for the nine-hour exam that is seen as crucial for success in the hyper-competitive society."
Eric Abbenante on X - "James Carville does not back down when confronted about his comments that Democrat messaging is 'too feminine': Carville: "If you start speaking like NPR, you're going to lose votes. I just don't like the term communities of color. I live in New Orleans. They got three guys on the street corner. 'Hey fellas how are things in the communities of color today?' They said 'What is this son of a bitch talking about? Jive ass bastard out of here.'" "We started on this coded language and we let it get away from us." "Guess where our young male number is going? In the toilet. Because Democrat messaging is too feminine. It just is." Jonathan Capehart asks Carville about his '"Democratic culture has too many preachy females. Too much 'Don't eat Hamburgers, don't watch football, wear a condom'. Man, shit, leave me alone." quote: Capehart: "There are a lot of people for whom saying that there are too many preachy females, might sound like you're a 20th century man in a 21st century country, that has changed." Carville: "I'm sorry. There are too many preachy females in Democratic campaign culture. We come across to people as judgmental. That's not good, at all. Look at the male number who identify as Democrats. There are actually people who don't mind losing elections because it makes them feel better and superior. If you don't win you aren't shit, you're just running around with talking points. You don't win elections by telling people their dietary habits are bad." James Carville is truly the last man standing in the Democrat party."
Majority of young Quebecers back independence: poll : r/canada - "I’m no spring chicken, and I honestly have no idea what our national identity is. Honestly I think it’s mostly just feeling morally and intellectually superior to the Americans lol. And then some vague stuff about multiculturalism that not enough people actually believe in to call our national identity lol."
"I credit this as one of the greatest failings of Trudeau over the past 10 years, but not just him. Politicians have collectively failed either to reinforce a collective identity, or to create one. I was fortunate to take a Canadian Studies class in University, and I’ll be honest that it totally changed how I view our culture, and there is one; just because it’s subtle doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Travel to and from the US enough and you’ll know what I mean. Canada FEELS different when you come back, from how people drive (everywhere has shitty drivers, but American drivers are aggressive, angry, and in a hurry), our work culture, to the way our commercials are. Culture includes things like, themes in Canadian art (paintings, novels, poetry, songs, etc.) make up part of our culture; such as “human struggle against nature” is very common. Why? Because our country emerged largely from fur traders and indigenous peoples, who set up small isolated outposts and had to survive against the wilderness. Hell, we’re actually still not all that different today, most cities are still bastions of civilization surrounded by dense wilderness that you have to drive hours to get to the next big city. Songs like the Edmon Fitzgerald, or the poem Cremation of Sam McGee, and more; all stories about humans struggling to survive against the onslaught of our environment. This has shaped who we are, a gritty self-reliance, strong small town communities, and a very strong connection to the wilds; with many people finding ways to leave the safety of the bastion to enjoy the wilds (skiing, hiking, camping, cottages, fishing, hunting, etc.) before returning to civilization like the trappers and indigenous people did. Winter of course also plays a strong role in our culture, our art, and specifically our sports. Hockey, curling, skiing, snowboarding, etc. are all things we consider ours, and part of our culture because we were shaped by the winter. Just because you can’t see our culture, doesn’t mean it’s not there; it is ๐๐จ๐ฆ "
Rolf Degen on X - "All over the world, romantic relationships initiated offline are, on average, characterised by higher satisfaction and more intense feelings of love than those that began online. The Internet has fundamentally reshaped how people meet and form romantic relationships. But how significant are these changes, and what do they mean for relationship quality? In a large-scale, cross-cultural study using nationally representative samples from 50 countries, we examined the prevalence of online partner meeting, the demographic correlates of this trend, and its association with relationship satisfaction and experienced love. Analyzing data from 6,646 partnered individuals from 50 countries, we found that 16 % of participants met their partners online, with this figure rising to 21 % among those who initiated their romantic relationships after 2010. On average, participants who met their partners online reported lower relationship satisfaction and lower intensity of experienced love compared to those who met offline, with effect sizes ranging from small to medium. One contributing factor may be lower levels of homogamy among "online couples". Prior studies have shown that individuals who meet their partners online tend to be less similar in terms of education, ethnicity, and religious background than those who meet offline. This reduced similarity can make it harder to build shared routines, gain social approval, or align values—factors that are known to foster relationship stability and satisfaction. A second possible explanation involves the overabundance of choice in online dating environments. While a larger dating pool allows for more precise matching, it can also lead to choice overload—making it harder for individuals to commit confidently to a partner. Even after a long-term relationship has formed, the availability of alternative partners may continue to affect online-initiated couples. Individuals who have successfully navigated digital dating platforms may remain aware of the vast number of potential alternatives, making them more prone to comparison and regret. Additionally, online interactions can involve deception. Our findings suggest that relationships initiated offline are, on average, characterised by higher satisfaction and more intense feelings of love."
Islamic Relief Canada spent over $67 million overseas in 2024, according to CRA filings. A good portion is funnelled to Islamic Relief Worldwide - a charity which has been involved in multiple controversies over alleged ties to terrorist organizations. : r/CanadianConservative - "Tucked into Islamic Relief Canada’s 2024 donees is a gift for $458,440 to The Canadian Muslim Vote - a non-profit that’s supposed to be “non-partisan” which is run by NDP donor Umair Ashraf. Islamic Relief then received a grant of $14 million in 2025 - right before the election. What did you fund in a roundabout way with your tax money? A trip for Liberal and NDP MPs to travel to the West Bank to “connect with Palestinians,” for one. This isn’t charity work. It’s a vote-buying scheme for progressive politicians."
Transmission of breast cancer by a single multiorgan donor to 4 transplant recipients - "We report 4 cases of breast cancer transmission to transplant recipients from a single organ donor that occurred years after donation. The diagnosis of breast cancer was occult at the time of donation. All of the recipients developed a histologically similar type of breast cancer within 16 months to 6 years after transplantation. Three out of 4 recipients died as a result of widely metastasized disease. One of the recipients survived after transplant nephrectomy followed by cessation of immunosuppression and chemotherapy. This extraordinary case points out the often fatal consequences of donor-derived breast cancer and suggests that removal of the donor organ and restoration of immunity can induce complete remission."
Teenage Boy Injected Himself With Mercury In Attempt To Become An X-Men - "During the investigation, they found that the boy had also allowed spiders to bite him in an attempt to gain powers similar to Spiderman, though this was not deemed the most pressing of matters given that he had injected mercury into multiple sites in his arm... The team stressed that the boy's hospitalization was unusual, with most cases of deliberate injection of mercury forming part of suicide attempts. "Other unusual incidences of self-injection of mercury include a 14-year-old boxer who received an injection of metallic mercury thinking that it would strengthen his sports performance and subjects who believe that mercury injections will improve sexual powers." In this case however, they believe that the boy was otherwise mentally healthy, but had made an unusual decision in order to try and gain superpowers. "Surprisingly," they note, "he had no other psychiatric problems and had a normal IQ.""
pagliacci the grinch ๐๐ on X - "my favorite pollution fact out of India is that the Ganges is so full of human shit and dead bodies that the government once tried to release a bunch of waste-eating turtles into the water to clean it up but the program failed because people kept killing and eating the turtles"
Chinese man still married to US woman with PhD 20 years after they met in massage parlour | South China Morning Post - "The story of a moderately educated man from rural China who has been married to an American woman with a PhD degree for 20 years has gone viral on mainland social media. Wu Yanju, 44, was born in a village in Yuzhou, central Henan province... Like many people with impaired vision, Wu learned the skill of massage before going to work at a massage parlour in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwestern China. Wu and his future wife Amy Thames first met in September 2004 when she had a massage at the parlour. Thames, from the United States, graduated from a university with a bachelor’s degree in education and was working as a kindergarten teacher in Xinjiang at the time. Their second encounter came some weeks later when Thames ran to the massage parlour seeking Wu’s help because she was being followed by a strange man. Wu said at first he did not understand what Thames said because he did not speak English. With the help of an electronic dictionary, he figured out her problem and made sure Thames got home safely. They became friends and soon after romantic partners... Wu said his wife, who was also born into a poor family in the US, was able to relate to him. The only challenge for her was using squat toilets, which are commonplace in rural China. The couple now lives in Shanghai. Wu runs a health management institute and Thames works as a teacher at an international school in the city. Thames furthered her study by obtaining a master’s and a doctoral degree in education from universities in the US. They have two daughters, aged 17 and 14. Both girls excel at sport, Wu proudly revealed on social media. “I like him because he is tall, handsome and has a good character,” Thames told the media. “He is self-disciplined. He does not smoke or drink alcohol and he is romantic,” she added. Wu praised his wife for being kind-hearted and devoting herself to charity. “We accept and live with each other’s flaws. We seldom quarrel. My wife makes compromises when we have disputes. She knows I am a bossy person and she cares for my feelings,” said Wu."
Andy Lee on X - "You all should probably know you’re subsidizing “Islamic sciences” with your tax money. The charity then turns around and donates to Islamic Relief. Islamic Relief then funds The Canadian Muslim Vote - a third party election machine designed to elect Muslims and progressives."
Canada needs a DOGE
Odd spot - "An electrician out shopping in Manchester, UK, was Tasered by police after he left a screwdriver sticking out of his pocket. Chris Thomas, 45, was zapped four times with a 50,000-volt taser after fixing the lights in his local pub. To add insult to injury he was also charged with carrying a weapon, although the case was later thrown out."
One of Africa’s most stable states is now in turmoil. Here’s why it matters - "For decades Tanzanians have prided themselves on their famed stability while watching neighbours in East and southern Africa tip into catastrophe: from Rwanda’s genocide and Kenya’s post-election violence in 2007-08, to conflict in eastern DRC and an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique. But not Tanzania. Western tourists have flocked to its famous safari destinations and beaches in semi-autonomous Zanzibar. But the fact that most Tanzanians were stunned by the scale of the election unrest is a sign of wider issues. Tanzania shows that even one of Africa’s most deeply entrenched examples of ‘political stability’ is increasingly vulnerable to new convergences of technology, economic inequality, and rapid population growth. A protest movement and eventual coup toppled Madagascar’s president in October. Neighbouring Uganda has elections in January, while Kenya – a lynchpin of UK engagement in Africa – faced major ‘Gen-Z’ protests in 2024 and is bracing for polls in 2027."
Damn colonialism!
Boss who killed mother while drink-driving blames ‘uncertainty about corporate takeover’ - "A drunk-driving boss who killed a mother-of-three in a crash claimed he had been heavily drinking because of the “uncertainty” around a corporate takeover of his company. Adam Boulton, 36, veered onto the wrong side of a carriageway on the A54 in Cheshire at around 5.30pm on Dec 12. He crashed head-on into a Vauxhall Corsa being driven by 52-year-old Paula Chadwick."
The 19-year-old who symbolises the hopes of France’s monarchists - "Across France today, there are a surprising number of monarchists. According to a poll conducted in 2016 by the French research group BVA, 17 per cent of the country would accept eradicating the presidency in favour of having a king... Perhaps surprisingly, the British Royal family is also hugely popular in much of France... Impressive as Eulalia is, there may be little chance the French monarchists have their way. Nearly 180 years after King Louis-Philippe I abdicated the throne, France’s Republican principles appear firmly entrenched, despite the country’s recent political crises. But, for those pining for a bygone era, her grace and charisma mean at least something of the lost glamour of the ancien regime endures."
New York Post on X - "WTC worker who ‘narrowly escaped’ Sept. 11 terror attacks beaten to death by 3 teens, one just 12 years old: cops"
Nate Fischer on X - "Some claim that the 12-year-old’s age should be a mitigating factor in his sentence. But I say that someone willing to do this at 12 is almost certain to go on to a lifetime of crime, and the sooner he is permanently removed from society, the better."
HowlingMutant on X - "This guys wife was a missionary killed in Africa, he barely escaped 9/11, and he finally met his end at the hands of black teenagers. It’s like a Final Destination movie written by a racist"
Alexander Augustine on X - "We hear endless complaints about racist kkk white people and all movies and TV spins these racism narratives, in real life a white man's wife goes to do charity in Africa only to be raped and murdered and then her husband years later is beaten and murdered for fun by "youths.""
Gen Z more pro-marriage than millennials and have less casual sex - "Today a 65-year-old is almost as likely to believe that marriage is irrelevant as someone in their early twenties... Although young people are more socially conservative on sex and marriage than 20 years ago, they are noticeably more liberal on transgender rights."
Holly Nelson on X - "Reading Plato so I can understand Aristotle so I can understand Kant so I can understand Hegel so I can understand Marx so I can argue online."
French mayor’s nativity display sparks protests - "The centre-Right mayor of Beziers, in southern France, has gone ahead with the Christmas display despite public buildings in France being banned from hosting religious iconography. Demonstrators gathered to jeer Robert Menard, the mayor, outside the town hall on Saturday. This is the eleventh year that Mr Menard has set up a nativity scene, and he has been convicted eight times over the display."
Widow of man killed by cows fights plans for bull statue near her home - "Wendy Pleasant’s husband Malcolm Flynn, 72, a retired science teacher, was killed when he was attacked by a herd of cows and bulls during a walk along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland in 2020... She accused Cumberland council, which intends to install the Limousin bull sculpture to symbolise Cumbria’s agricultural heritage, of being “uncaring”."
US fears cover-up in Air India crash - "US investigators believe the evidence points to Sumeet Sabharwal, the flight’s captain, deliberately crashing the plane, The Wall Street Journal reported. Data downloaded from the Boeing Dreamliner’s black box allegedly shows someone inside the cockpit moved the switches to cut off the engine’s fuel supply. The captain did not then attempt to raise the nose of the aircraft before the crash, the evidence reportedly shows. Some US officials fear the Indian government will seek to obstruct the findings and instead blame mechanical faults with the plane... Indian authorities are accused of failing to prioritise gathering and analysing data from the black box, although this has been disputed by a figure familiar with India’s investigation process. American investigators were banned from taking photos of the wreckage, some of which was moved before they could examine it, sources said. Two American black-box specialists who landed in New Delhi in June were warned not to accompany Indian authorities to a remote laboratory to analyse flight data and voice recorders from the cockpit."
US accidentally invades Mexico - "A group of Pentagon contractors installed signs on a beach in north-east Mexico on Monday declaring it a “restricted area” that was under the control of the US department of defence. They apparently believed they were in Texas but had accidentally travelled 12 miles south of the border to Playa Bagdad, not realising their mistake until they were intercepted by the Mexican navy."
้ดๆฃฎใฏใใ 『haruka suzumori』 ๐ฏ๐ต on X - "๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi criticizes our national broadcaster, NHK, who take money from Japanese citizens and then report left-leaning news. She has asked them to bring up the issue of hostages kidnapped by communist North Korea numerous times. NHK still refuses to do so."
Meme - Hide the Pain Harold: "I STARTED TRADING TO ESCAPE MY 9 TO 5. NOW I WORK 24/7 WATCHING A LINE GO DOWN"
Meme - Jamie Bambrick @j_bambrick: "This you?"
Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow... @KyleKulinski: "FAKE GRIEVING WIDOW GRIFTER COSTUME. INCLUDES: FAKE TEAR DROPS. SKIN-TIGHT BLACK LEATHER MOURNING PANTS" *Erika Kirk*
Secular Talk @kyleKulinski: "I'm an atheist. Morality is not subjective and the average atheist is definitely more moral than the average christian. Cope."
"The cruelty is the point" is left wing projection as usual
Did Musk turn off X location feature after finding overseas right-wing accounts? What we know | Snopes.com - "Snopes found no evidence that "Account based in" information for two-thirds of "MAGA and far-right" accounts listing overseas locations caused X to remove this information, which was still accessible at the time of this writing"
This didn't stop left wingers spreading the fake news
Samuel Pascal Redfern on X - "Presidential pardon. Trump Pardons Cheyenne Diesel Delete Mechanic Troy Lake. President Donald Trump pardoned Troy Lake on Friday. The 65-year-old Wyoming diesel mechanic spent seven months in federal prison for tweaking and removing emissions systems on ailing engines. hen he got the news, he wept. What a story out of Wyoming! “Calling to tell him tonight that he’d been pardoned by President Trump was a truly joyous moment, and I am grateful to President Trump for standing up for those wronged by the Biden administration’s weaponization against working Americans,” said Lummis in a Friday text statement sent via her senior communications adviser. That was a reference to the fact that, though the Lakes’ shop was raided by EPA investigators in 2018 under the first Trump administration, the case did not turn into a criminal prosecution until Biden’s presidency. She said she’s grateful for the pardon, and said Lake was targeted “simply for keeping diesel engines in school buses, ambulances, and fire trucks running in our tough Western weather.” This case, said Lummis “is yet another example of how federal agencies have been weaponized by Democrat administrations against hardworking Americans. I’ll continue fighting to ensure this kind of government abuse never happens again.” ( ๐ท Jimmy Orr, Cowboy State Daily)"
Hans Mahncke on X - "This story is a good reminder that Democrats and their deep state enforcers don’t limit lawfare to their political enemies. They also go after ordinary, decent people who refuse to conform to their fake orthodoxy, in this case a poor guy who ended up in jail for modifying
emissions systems so school buses and other vehicles could actually run in harsh weather."
Anarcho tyranny strikes again
Previous employer fired me - Now I have coworkers calling asking for the password to my work PC. Do I need to provide it? : r/legaladvicecanada - "It’s against company policy to provide your password to anyone. Do not do this."
"And don't forget, it's probably also against company policy to retain any company information after you leave, and that would include passwords, wouldn't it?"
"I work in a very password intensive profession. Almost everything is two factor identification ( some are 3) with passwords that need to be changed every 30- 60 days. Can't re use passwords. 8, 10, and 12 characters with #'s, special characters, upper, lower, etc. Everyone I know writes their passwords down somewhere. Most are literally on a yellow sticky on their computer. I'm sure OP can't remember his passwords."
"I used to work for the CRA and we had to change passwords every 60 days and there were 4 systems and none of the passwords could be the same as another system. One of the older systems also rejected a new password if it had too many of the same characters as the old password. I.e Icecream and then Iceland would get a rejection. All this to say; I didn’t remember passwords to save my life."
Guys over 40, how do you feel when a friend dates a much younger girl (24 or less)? : r/AskReddit - "“Some say he’s robbing the cradle, but I say she’s robbing the grave!”"
