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#71

News / Re: Canada's Medical Decline

Last post by Dietl - Sep 23, 2026, 07:49 AM

An 83-year-old grandmother in Ontario died thanks to Medical Assistance in Dying, better known as MAiD. But her family says she changed her mind, cried, prayed, and begged not to get the injection.

Her granddaughter says Brigitte Stegemann was very confused that morning, had failed a cognitive assessment, and never clearly consented to what was about to happen.

The medical professionals apparently saw it differently... and now police are investigating.

https://revolver.news/2026/09/report-canadian-grandmother-euthanized-while-carrying-and-begging-for-her-life/

#72

News / AfD is Germany’s new ‘people’...

Last post by fluxmaster - Sep 22, 2026, 09:16 AM

[After seeing it, I can understand why Israel finds it so threatening. Its subjects described factory-scale targeting, enabled by artificial intelligence, in which little effort was made to avoid enormous numbers of civilian casualties. The Israeli military made a series of choices that ensured Gaza would become a killing field]

#73

News / Why Israel Fears This Searing ...

Last post by Dietl - Sep 22, 2026, 08:04 AM

After seeing it, I can understand why Israel finds it so threatening. Its subjects described factory-scale targeting, enabled by artificial intelligence, in which little effort was made to avoid enormous numbers of civilian casualties. The Israeli military made a series of choices that ensured Gaza would become a killing field

Israel is treating the new documentary "NAZA," by the Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, less like bad publicity than a national security crisis.

Eyal Zamir, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, pledged to use "every tool at our disposal" against the documentary, which features anonymous interviews with 24 intelligence officers and soldiers, most involved in remote strikes in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for legislation that would let the state strip Abraham and Szor of their citizenship.

Israel's culture minister has asked the Interior Ministry to investigate them for treason. Activists and staff members from the far-right party of Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir protested outside Szor's parents' house, where a speaker called for Abraham and Szor to be executed and their families' homes demolished, as often happens to the homes of Palestinians*.

https://israelpalestinenews.org/why-israel-fears-this-searing-new-documentary/

[Caucasian (White): 95.6% of respondents]

#74

News / Re: Canada's Medical Decline

Last post by Phoenix - Sep 22, 2026, 08:02 AM

REVEALED: More Canadians die from MAID each year than Americans do from gun homicides 

Wonder what proportion of those suicides are White?

Google AI's response:
According to the Sixth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, the vast majority of recipients who answered the voluntary demographic questions identified as Caucasian.

Racial and Ethnic Breakdown

Caucasian (White): 95.6% of respondents

East Asian: 1.6% of respondents.  Other racial, ethnic, or cultural identities made up the remaining small fraction of respondents.

[REVEALED: More Canadians die from MAID each year than Americans do from gun homicides]

#75

News / Re: Canada's Medical Decline

Last post by Dietl - Sep 22, 2026, 07:54 AM

Interesting little data point:

REVEALED: More Canadians die from MAID each year than Americans do from gun homicides

Canada's medical assistance in dying (MAID) program accounted for more deaths than gun homicides in the United States in 2024. This is despite the US having roughly eight times the population as Canada.

https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-more-canadians-die-from-maid-each-year-than-americans-do-from-gun-homicides

[Putin's Party Secures Record Number of Seats in First Legislative Elections since Ukraine Invasion]

#76

News / Putin's Party Secures Record N...

Last post by Dietl - Sep 22, 2026, 07:50 AM

Putin's Party Secures Record Number of Seats in First Legislative Elections since Ukraine Invasion

The result gives the ruling party nearly 80 percent of the chamber and preserves its constitutional majority, allowing it to pass legislation and propose constitutional amendments without support from other parties. The Communist Party received 13.81 percent, followed by the LDPR with 8.98 percent and New People with 7.96 percent, while Just Russia narrowly cleared the 5 percent threshold needed to enter parliament. Notably, all four opposition parties have generally supported the Kremlin on major issues in recent years. The anti-war Yabloko party failed to break through at the national level, although many of its candidates were barred from running by the Kremlin. However, in the Novgorod regional parliament, Yabloko appeared to have passed the five percent threshold for representation with nearly 97 percent of votes counted. As the three-day election was the first parliamentary vote since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, and Putin had presented it as a test of domestic support for the war.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/09/21/putins-party-secures-record-number-of-seats-in-first-legislative-elections-since-ukraine-invasion/

[One in Two Young Female Voters Backed Radical Socialist Die Linke Party in Berlin Elections]

#77

News / Re: Merz calls regional electi...

Last post by Dietl - Sep 22, 2026, 07:32 AM

A poll was recently posted on this board regarding a suggestion to strike women from the voting rolls following the Clancy trial.  Perhaps this article lends a little more incentive for the move:

One in Two Young Female Voters Backed Radical Socialist Die Linke Party in Berlin Elections

Young women voters were a driving force behind the victory in Berlin on Sunday for the far-left Die Linke party, the descendant of East Germany's former communist ruling party.

The far-left party, a reformulation of the Socialist Unity Party, which once ruled with an iron fist for four decades over the Soviet satellite state of East Germany, took in 25.7 per cent of the vote, up from 12.2 in 2023. In comparison, just 18.8 per cent backed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), down from 28.2 per cent three years ago.

...and darn. It wasn't those damned boomers:

Die Linke was bolstered largely by the youth vote, with exit polls finding that the party won 43 per cent of the under-25 vote in Berlin, up 25 points from the last election. The party performed even better among the 25 to 34-year-old age bracket, winning 49 per cent of the vote, Tagesschau reports. They also dominated among first-time voters at 39 per cent, with the Greens coming in a distant second at 14 per cent.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/21/one-in-two-young-female-voters-backed-radical-socialist-die-linke-party-in-berlin-elections/

[German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday described his CDU party's heavy losses in two regional elections as a "disaster", but vowed to push ahead with a reform drive. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took first place in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, exit polls showed, and also gained in strength in another election in Berlin.]

#78

News / Germany’s Merz admits ‘disaste...

Last post by fluxmaster - Sep 20, 2026, 05:08 PM

Germany's Merz admits 'disaster' in state elections, vows to press ahead with reforms

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday described his CDU party's heavy losses in two regional elections as a "disaster", but vowed to push ahead with a reform drive. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took first place in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, exit polls showed, and also gained in strength in another election in Berlin.

Cover image: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's televised address seen from a TV studio in Schwerin on September 20, 2026. © Marcus Brandt, AFP

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he plans to stay in office after his party's losses in two state elections on Sunday, and again doubled down on the government's plans for potentially painful reforms to Europe's biggest economy.

Exit polls indicated that Germany's far-right AfD party was set to win 37% in ⁠the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, ahead of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on 35.5% and far ‌in front of Merz's conservatives, who got 5.5% and barely ⁠crossed the threshold to enter the state parliament, according to exit polls on ARD public television.

#79

News / German elections: Left-wing Di...

Last post by fluxmaster - Sep 20, 2026, 02:30 PM

German elections: Left-wing Die Linke wins in Berlin. The AfD gains ground, while Merz's CDU collapses.

Initial results from the latest election in Germany are in. In Berlin, initial data indicates a victory for the far-left Die Linke party with over 25%, followed by the CDU at 20%, and the Greens in third place with around 15%, neck and neck with the far-right AfD. The latter is ahead of the 2023 polls, when it had 9%, but down from the polls.

AfD won with 37% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ahead of the SPD at 35.5%, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU stopped at 5.5%, just above the threshold.

"Dear Berliners, today we are changing our city. We have made history today in Berlin," said Elif Eralp, a candidate for the left-wing Left Party in the capital. "The message of love and justice has triumphed over hatred," she added.

#80

News / Merz calls regional election ‘...

Last post by fluxmaster - Sep 20, 2026, 12:58 PM

Merz calls regional election 'disaster' as German far right heads for 2nd win

AfD party co-leader Tino Chrupalla reacts to preliminary results in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state elections following the closure of polling stations on September 20, 2026 in Schwerin, Germany. | Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Germany's increasingly embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz conceded that a key regional election on Sunday was a "disaster" as exit polls suggested the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was on course for its second win in two weeks.

He pushed back, however, against increasing speculation that he would have to step down and vowed to push through his reform agenda as chancellor with "backbone, steadfastness, and patience."

An exit poll on the ARD broadcaster put the AfD's vote in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 37% — just ahead of the center-left Social Democratic Party on 35.5%. The AfD's national co-leader, Tino Chrupalla, called the initial Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania result a "sensation."