Author: Blazingcatfur

Will Syrian war criminals ever face justice?

Tadamon Syria Massacre

After an alleged war criminal was set free, Syrians are questioning whether their new interim government genuinely wants justice after 14 years of civil war.

The gruesome video first made global headlines three years ago. At around six minutes long, the film clip, leaked by a former militiaman loyal to deposed Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, showed the massacre of at least 41 men.

Blindfolded, they were coaxed, pushed, or forced into a mass grave, where they fell onto the corpses of those who’d been killed before them, before being shot themselves.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Syria

White House says Canada ‘caved’ to Trump on tech tax

The White House said Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had “caved” to President Donald Trump, after Canada dropped a tax on US tech firms that prompted Trump to call off trade talks.

“It’s very simple. Prime Minister Carney and Canada caved to President Trump and the United States of America,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Did BBC’s focus on one potential Glastonbury controversy miss another?

Last year the BBC won a Bafta for its Glastonbury coverage. This year it’s being attacked for it. Or, to be more precise, for one hour of it, two at the most, if you count Kneecap’s set, which followed Bob Vylan’s on the West Holts stage on Saturday afternoon.

I had arrived early to cover the Belfast rap trio’s performance, aware that the prime minister had said it shouldn’t go ahead, that the festival organisers had stood firm against political pressure, that one of the band’s members is on bail on a terror charge, which he denies, and that the BBC had announced that morning it wouldn’t stream the show live.

I have to admit, I hadn’t heard of Bob Vylan. But I don’t imagine many others had either. Of the millions who tuned in to the BBC’s coverage over the weekend, the live streamers of the Bob Vylan set would have likely been a tiny proportion.

How long until an anti-Zionist crowd turns on even “Jews for Palestine” types?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Conrad Black: Canada Has Much to Be Proud Of

Upon the approach of July 1, it is always a temptation to collapse into maudlin platitudes and wave the maple leaf flag around somewhat thoughtlessly.

Regular readers will be aware of my frequent remonstrations about the failure of most Canadians to develop much awareness of our history. This is an abundant country with a neighbour that has not seriously bothered us for over 200 years, and did so at that time only because it had a legitimate grievance against the British but had no other way to take it out on them except to attack us. Because of that, it has been easy to think it has been a simple and uneventful progress through the centuries to our present condition. This severely shortchanges previous generations of Canadians and a sequence of our outstanding statesmen.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Transgender teenager’s German chess triumph prompts call for ban

A transgender teenager has caused an upset in German chess circles by winning an under-18 girls’ national tournament, prompting calls for tougher rules even in a sedentary sport that relies on brainpower.

Nora Heidemann’s victory to become German champion in the female category of the youth chess championship in Willingen this month was met with criticism from some players and from the head of the German commission for women’s chess, Nadja Jussupow.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

Federal report finds no proof $300M green programs created jobs or cut emissions

A federal audit has found that two climate programs launched with a promise to create jobs and lower emissions have failed to show any results after seven years and $300 million in spending.

Blacklock’s Reporter says a report from the says officials stopped collecting key performance data for the Smart Grid Program and the Emerging Renewable Power Program, making it impossible to tell whether the programs delivered any real benefit to taxpayers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Is China’s EV revolution on the ropes?

Reuters reported early this week that Chinese automakers have been inflating their sales by shipping new cars overseas disguised as used vehicles. The practice, seemingly with the tacit approval of the government — or, at least, the “encouragement” of local governments — sees zero-mile cars head directly from the assembly line to foreign markets allowing automakers, in Reuters’ words, to “to show growth and to dispose of cars that would be difficult to sell domestically.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles"

With digital tax scrapped, U.S. ambassador says he’s ‘confident we will have an agreement’

OTTAWA — With Canada’s digital services tax now scrapped, a free trade deal between Canada and the Unites States is just a question of time, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told National Post on Monday.

In an exclusive interview, Hoekstra said he’s not sure if trade talks between the North American neighbours can be resolved by July 21, a target agreed to by the two leaders when they met in mid-June in Kananaskis, Alta. But the ambassador said he’s very confident that a deal will get done.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Albanian with 50 convictions can stay in UK as crimes ‘not extreme enough’

An Albanian burglar with almost 50 convictions has been allowed to stay in the UK after a judge found his crimes were not “extreme” enough.

Zenel Beshi’s “serious and prolific” offending saw him jailed for six years in Italy for robbery, theft and false imprisonment, an immigration tribunal was told.

He failed to disclose these convictions when he arrived in Britain, however, said the Home Office. It told the tribunal that he posed a “genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat” to the UK and should be deported.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canadian Pride and Optimism on the Rise, but Still Well Below 1980s Levels

National pride is on the upswing in Canada since last year, yet fewer than half of the country’s citizens report feeling “very proud” to be Canadian, a new survey suggests.

Forty-three percent of those polled by Angus Reid this month say they are “very proud” to be Canadian, up from the 34 percent who expressed the same sentiments last December, but still significantly lower than the 78 percent recorded in 1985.

The survey said that “Canadians have rediscovered some of their national pride” following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about wanting to make Canada the 51st U.S. state as well as imposing tariffs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

A town tried to heal racial divides. It energized Confederate supporters instead.

EDENTON, N.C. — Confederate supporters arrived first, establishing a Saturday morning base near the town waterfront with “Save our history” signs and Civil War information sheets. Some sported red MAGA hats and shirts that proclaimed “America First,” or, in one case, “If you don’t like Trump then you probably won’t like me and I’m OK with that.”

The opposition showed up about two hours later carrying stark white signs with black letters: “Remove this statue.”

For the next two hours, as they’ve done nearly every Saturday for the past three years, the groups mingled with confused tourists in a seemingly unending fight over a Confederate monument at the heart of this historic town, which is nearly 60 percent Black.

I’m with the Confederacy. You should never erase history.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture"

Ban on gas-powered vehicles will exacerbate a different set of socio-environmental issues

Mark Carney’s Liberal government recently stated it will continue the proposed ban on the sale of all gas-powered cars in Canada by 2035.

Unfortunately, although Ottawa has attempted to justify its ban on gas-powered vehicles by labelling EVs as a cornerstone of any socially responsible and environmentally friendly society, it is readily apparent the myriad socio-political and environmental benefits the Carney government purports to chase are not at all a necessary consequence of EVs in any capacity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Radical Justices Panic Over Parental Rights Victory

Just what the hell is that thing? Look at the expressions on the kids faces.

The Hill reported Saturday that the three farthest-Left Supreme Court justices – all women – collectively freaked out over the recent decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor allowing parents to opt their children out of lessons pushing LGBTQetc. material.

The case stemmed from the Montgomery County, Maryland school system requiring the reading of 13 “LGBTQ+-inclusive” texts in the English and Language Arts curriculum for kids from pre-K through 12th grade. Thirteen. Is the school system requiring that many texts on topics and themes that actually further children’s education, or just on gender indoctrination?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"They really do want your children"

Trump Strikes Back at Canadian Digital Tax

Now the cards are on the table. Amid the heated phase of trade talks with the U.S., Canada is introducing a digital tax that will burden American tech giants with billions in costs. In response, President Trump broke off talks with Ottawa and announced new tariffs.

Among poker players, you know the coldly calculating player: He calculates probabilities, weighs risks, and plays his hand with sober precision. Sitting beside him is the gambler — impulsive but not reckless. He acts spectacularly, yet within a strategic framework he masters with virtuosity. Now imagine a pathological exception alongside these archetypes: a player who reveals his cards before the round even begins, only to go all-in immediately after. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney falls into this category.

Interesting read.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA