We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Buses

Alternative Subsidy 6 Comments

When leading U.S. electric transit bus manufacturer Proterra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2023, it sparked widespread public scrutiny of the hundreds of millions in government funding the company had received over its 19-year history. For taxpayers, transit agencies, and policymakers, the collapse raised urgent questions: Where did all the public funding go? What claims do government entities have in the bankruptcy proceedings? And what does this mean for future public investments in zero-emission transportation? This guide breaks down every key detail of Proterra’s government funding sources, related bankruptcy claims, and broader implications for public EV programs.

h/t to Roaddog: Joe Biden found an electric bus to love that is as frail as he.

Tommy Douglas, Not Dead Enough

Tommy Douglas: Not Dead Enough 39 Comments

Well, at least it was free.

Hanke’s partner, Morgan Kirby, told media gathered at C.P. Seeley Park that Hanke broke her ankle in three places when she slipped while retrieving a package from her front step on Aug. 12.

Kirby said she was sent home from Royal University Hospital and scheduled for surgery three days later, but she was then sent home again because there was no record of the scheduled surgery when she arrived for it.

She died five days later while waiting for a new date for the operation, he said.

“No one’s shocked, and that’s the scary part,” Kirby said. “We should be shocked right now. We should be floored. And we’re not.

“Because we all have heard this happen way too many times. It keeps happening. It keeps happening. It can’t happen.”

The family was told Hanke died from blood clots that travelled from the ankle into her lungs.

More root causes.

Only 43lbs Of Fentanyl

There Goes The Narrative 11 Comments

As evidence mounts of Chinese, Mexican cartel and Iranian-linked penetration of Canada’s official institutions and its big banks — a dimension still largely unexamined outside testimony in the Cameron Ortis case, in which the RCMP’s intelligence director was convicted of leaking Five Eyes secrets to large-scale Toronto money launderers tied to terror and Iran — a Canadian judge has decided citizens must see the alleged police corruption that York Regional Police merely stumbled upon while investigating a plot to murder a senior jail official.

The conspiracy, allegedly directed from a jail cell, linked an accused Toronto fentanyl trafficker, a Toronto police officer accused of dealing drugs, and Gurpreet Singh, an alleged cocaine distributor for Ryan Wedding. Singh was being held in Toronto while fighting extradition to face trial with Wedding in the United States. According to separate police filings, he had also been held captive in 2024 by cartel members in Sinaloa, purportedly over a $600,000 drug debt.

Toronto Const. Timothy Barnhardt, who is accused of drug trafficking, allegedly exploited sensitive databases to sell the addresses of people targeted for murder and other violence by Toronto criminal networks linked to Wedding. The former Canadian Olympian has become a significant player for Latin American cartels, according to the U.S. government.

“The importance of public scrutiny in this case cannot be overstated,” Ontario Superior Court Justice Laura Bird wrote in reasons released September 16. “What is, perhaps, most concerning about the allegations of widespread police corruption in this case is the fact that the York Regional Police only stumbled upon it in the course of their investigation into the conspiracy to murder the correctional officer. They conducted a search to determine who may have recently queried the victim’s address and learned that Mr. Barnhardt had. There is no evidence that anyone was suspicious of Mr. Barnhardt or his associates until that moment.”

“That is something that should be of tremendous concern to the public,” she continued, “because it demonstrates that a trusted public official can engage in widespread illegal conduct and go undetected.”

Read the whole thing.

Transgender Is A Stalking Horse For The Normalization Of Pedophilia

Children R Our Future Groomers 3 Comments

Ontario’s school-to-gender clinic pipeline

While school boards are directing teachers to keep student social and medical gender transitions secret from parents, one of [Ontario’s] largest children’s hospitals is simultaneously recognizing those same teachers as referral sources for its gender clinic.

Those are among the findings compiled in a new report examining how school policies, outside organizations, and medical services intersect to create a “school-to-medical transition pipeline,” according to the author. […]

Todor’s report also examined relationships between schools and these “outside organizations.”

One such example is board material describing OK2BME as a valued community partner for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. The organization has published material teaching minors how to access gender-related medical interventions.

Another group, Get REAL, works with schools and provides binders, gaffs, and packers to minors as a form of “harm reduction.” They call these prosthetic genitals “gender joy gear” and say that teens 13–18 need parental consent first.

Todor’s report is here.

Art Of The Deal

47 Art Of The Deal There Goes The Narrative 9 Comments

Expect to see lots of this.

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It’s Probably Nothing

Claws of the Panda 10 Comments

Politico;

Sensitive F-35 fighter jet technology was unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong this summer, sparking an inquiry on Capitol Hill and raising the possibility that China could have access to key components of the highly classified weapon system.

A shipment of F-35 parts bound for the United States for repairs was rerouted as it transited the Pacific Ocean from Australia, according to three people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. The Pentagon confirmed the disappearance of some components.

The parts, which an intermediary was transporting on behalf of F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin, instead wound up in Hong Kong. It’s not clear why the equipment was rerouted or who has possession of it now.

The incident, which has not been previously reported, triggered an ongoing series of briefings for congressional staff on key national security committees. State Department and Pentagon officials first briefed staff in June, according to the people, and multiple additional briefings are expected in the coming weeks.

The shipment included one of the jet’s canopies, which covers the cockpit and contains stealth technology that only the U.S. and its allies have access to, according to two of the people. An adversary could study the parts and potentially reverse-engineer the prized technology if it had one of the canopies.

Somebody out there has a life sentence in their future.

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