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January 11, 2024

You've Got to Be Kidding Department!!!

In spite of efforts to make absolutely doubly everything idiotproof, we keep discovering newer and more creative idiots.

A passenger fell from a Boeing 777 while it was on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International Airport, sustaining injuries after opening the cabin door before takeoff on Jan. 8.
The occurrence took place during the boarding of flight AC056, an Air Canada flight destined for Dubai from Toronto, as first reported by Global News.
The passenger, who had initially boarded without issue, opened a door on the aircraft’s opposite side while the plane was still at the gate, leading to an unexpected fall onto the tarmac. The event necessitated the intervention of emergency services and authorities.
The incident caused a significant delay for the flight, nearly six hours, which was set to transport 319 passengers.

[Ok. Here is what I don't understand. How does it take 6 hours to pick the guy up, do whatever with him, and get the plane in the air? (I know, I know, It is Pearson, so what can I say?) I also wonder how come if somebody gets a boo boo on a major highway why they close it down for half a day while traffic, including emergeny vehicles, stacks up, and the cops drink coffee and stand around scratching their clueless... er... heads?]
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/air-canada-traveller-falls-from-plane-after-opening-door-before-toronto-takeoff-5563303

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October 26, 2026

If You Love This Country, When You Vote, Consider the Policies That Islamist Sharia Ideology Demands

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22938/policies-that-sharia-demands

October 23, 2026

THE GREAT RESET: I'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS. NOW CANADIANS NEED TO CONNECT THE CONSEQUENCES.

By Rich Angel | Wake Up Canada News

After years investigating Canada's gold reserves, Brookfield, Mark Carney, the World Economic Forum, our pensions, wars, digital banking and foreign ownership, I've reached a disturbing conclusion.

We're witnessing a massive transfer and concentration of economic power, and most Canadians are being shown the individual pieces instead of the entire picture.

Here's how I watched it unfold.

FIRST, THE FINANCIAL FOUNDATION.

Canada spent decades selling virtually all its official gold reserves. Our wealth became increasingly dependent on financial markets, investments and international institutions.

THEN CAME THE CRISIS YEARS.

In 2020, the World Economic Forum publicly promoted its Great Reset. Governments accelerated digital services, while the pandemic exposed how quickly emergency powers could reshape everyday life.

In 2022, the Freedom Convoy bank freezes demonstrated that access to money could be restricted through extraordinary ...

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