Our fight, it is no exaggeration to say, is the civilized world’s fight. It is a fight for reason and comity in the affairs of nations, against an administration whose worldview, and behaviour, is increasingly that of an aggressive dictatorship, in all its crudeness and its thuggery.

Mr. Trump, as the Prime Minister has said, aims to “break us,” a phrase with historic echoes. He has to now, or others will follow our lead. If he succeeds, then the world will be governed by nothing but force in the end, in trade as in other matters. But if we prevail, then “broad and sunlit uplands” must surely await.

For example, the decision of most provinces to remove U.S. wine, beer and spirits from store shelves is a major irritant south of the border. A California senator recently pleaded with Canadians to reconsider and a New York state representative threatened retaliation over the bans. Why would Canadians reverse such a tactic without getting something real in return? And something real has to mean more than just a rollback to the tariff policy of last week. Similarly, giving up Canadian tariffs on U.S. vehicles – imposed in response to American tariffs on our own exports – in return for nothing would be surrender, not negotiation

It isn’t just that he has no understanding of policy, nor any knowledge of history to guide him; or that he conforms to none of the norms of custom, morality or law. It is that, even understood as a wholly self-involved, self-serving bundle of id, one whose only motive is self-aggrandizement and self-enrichment, Mr. Trump is incomprehensible. His actions make no sense even in terms of rational self-interest. It’s all just random impulses, fleeting grudges, synaptic burps, based on who spoke to him last, what he saw on TV or what he had for breakfast, for all I know.

But there’s an upside to all this. If there’s nothing we can do – if we lose no matter what – then we might as well do what we want. When nothing you can do will improve your fortunes, when the outcome is the same regardless of which option you choose, the stakes converge on zero.

The President will do what he will do. Nothing we can do will change that. So we might as well not try. There’s liberation in that

Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft’s safety.

You hear that Iran!

Warner Archive has announced its June batch of releases. They are: Last Summer (1969), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), Come Live with Me (1941), Night and Day (1946), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Strange Cargo (1940), Rose-Marie (1936), Letty Lynton (1932), and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series (1969-1970).

Scream Factory and Shout Factory have begun revealing the titles from their July slate of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. Amongst them are: Unlawful Entry (1992), Full Contact (1992), Pleasantville (1998), Dark Shadows (2012), and Lupin the 3rd: The Movie ─ The Immortal Bloodline (2025).

The state’s voters approved a map that could give Democrats four more House seats, putting the party on more even footing in the nation’s gerrymandering war.

This would upend Alberta’s long-standing way of updating the boundaries of its constituencies for provincial elections. The shift drew condemnation from the leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party, who said the ruling United Conservative Party’s attempt to seize control of the process was an assault on democracy.

The Criterion Collection has announced its July batch of releases. They are: Hud (1963), The Elephant Man (1980), The Crying Game (1992), Cruel Story of Youth (1960), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), The Love That Remains (2025), and I'll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills.

Scream Factory and Shout Factory have announced their June batch of releases. Amongst them are: Day of the Dead (1985), The Burbs (1989), The Money Pit (1986), Them! (1954), What Dreams May Come (1998), Bowfinger (1999), Slither (2006), The Flintstones (1994), and Arcane: League of Legends Season Two (2022-2023).

The Criterion Collection has announced its June batch of releases. They are: Charade (1963), Five Easy Pieces (1970), High Art (1998), Desperate Living (1977), Hairspray (1988), West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979), It Was Just an Accident (2025), Magellan (2025), and Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy (1981-1986).

Five days before the U.S. military invaded Venezuela, deposing its leader, Nicolás Maduro, from his office without congressional approval, Mullin purchased stock in RTX Corp., a defense contract company, as well as in oil companies Chevron and ConocoPhillips.

Those three companies have seen their stock prices increase since that time, going up following that military action in Venezuela and rising more after Trump launched an unauthorized war in Iran. As of Monday, Conoco’s stock was up by 30 percent, Chevron’s by 26 percent, RTX’s by around 15 percent, since the time Mullin made his stock purchases.

From Wiki: "Castle Freak is a 1995 direct-to-video horror film directed by Stuart Gordon. The film stars Jeffrey Combs as John Reilly, an American recovering alcoholic who inherits an Italian castle when a distant relative passes away. John stays at the castle with his estranged wife Susan (Barbara Crampton) and blind daughter Rebecca (Jessica Dollarhide), but a freakish monster locked away in the basement (Jonathan Fuller) escapes and commits a series of murders."

$76M allocated in 2023 to clear complaints backlog, but it has more than doubled since

$76M allocated in 2023 to clear complaints backlog, but it has more than doubled since.

Arrow Video has announced its May batch of releases. They are: Blue Thunder (1983), G.I. Samurai (1979), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Nightbreed (1990), Mona Lisa (1986), and The Dollars Trilogy (1964-2017).

Scream Factory and Shout Factory have revealed their May batch of releases. Among them are: The Haunting (1963), I Love Maria (1988), Snowpiercer: The Complete Series (2020-2024), and The Legend of Hei 2 (2025).

Warner Archive has announced its April batch of releases. They are: Private Benjamin (1980), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), Crack-Up (1946), King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Captains Courageous (1937), Arrowsmith (1931), George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984), and Monogram Matinee Volume Two.

[AI Summary]

A Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, who is investigating political interference allegations at Alberta's health authority, has been targeted by an anonymous X account, The Brokedown, which posted surreptitious photographs of her and detailed her private movements. The account also threatened to expose her sources, and a podcaster, David Wallace, shared advance details of the photographs. The targeting included spoofed phone calls made to appear as if they came from Tait's number. The incidents have been condemned by The Globe's editor-in-chief, David Walmsley, who emphasized the importance of protecting legitimate newsgathering. The Brokedown account and Wallace have also criticized Alberta MLA Peter Guthrie, who has been vocal about the government's health care procurement practices. The women photographed with Tait have received threatening messages, and a lawyer representing them believes the actions are part of a campaign to intimidate and silence potential sources.