Author: Blazingcatfur

San Diego sheriff says she won’t honor county’s ‘sanctuary’ immigration policy

The sheriff of San Diego county defied a new policy limiting county cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over California’s efforts to shield residents from Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.

On Tuesday, San Diego county supervisors voted to prohibit its sheriff’s department from working with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) on the federal agency’s enforcement of civil immigration laws, including those that allow for deportations.

California law already generally prohibits cooperation but makes exceptions for those convicted of certain violent crimes. The new policy brings San Diego in line with seven other counties in California, including Los Angeles, the nation’s largest, which recently adopted a policy that goes beyond state law.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Dog’s return only adds to mystery of Canadian man missing in wilderness

When Micaela Sawyer saw the photo of a weak, emaciated dog shuddering in the snow, she hoped desperately it was her Murphy.

The golden retriever with a dulled red coat and legs riddled with injuries, was unmistakably the dog she and her partner, Jim Barnes, had raised as a puppy, she said.

For more than 50 days, Barnes and Murphy had been the focus of an extensive search in the wilderness of western Canada after they vanished in mid-October.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

One in three Canadians say government response to COVID was overblown: poll

What surprises bioethicist Kerry Bowman isn’t that more than a third of Canadians think governments overreacted to COVID, according to a new national poll. It’s that the sentiment isn’t higher.

“I think a lot of Canadians have doubts,” said Bowman, who teaches bioethics and global health at the University of Toronto. “What we didn’t do as a nation was think about, in a mature democratic society, how far can we go with restrictions, and how far can we go, quickly, in the absence of clear evidence.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trudeau will have to ‘kiss the ring’ to achieve smoother bilateral relations with Trump: John Bolton

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to get on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s good side for the sake of a smooth bilateral relationship, he’ll likely have to be openly deferential, says former U.S. National Security Advisor, John Bolton.

“It’s always possible, if somebody kisses the ring. I mean, that’s what Trump likes,” Bolton told CTV Power Play host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Wednesday, when asked if he thinks it’s possible for Trudeau and Trump to forge a better relationship than during the former president’s first term.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, President Trump, USA

Russian ‘spy ring met with Just Stop Oil’

Russian spies met with Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters to plan a disinformation campaign against Kazakhstan, a court has heard.

Orlin Roussev, who led a spy ring from his home in Great Yarmouth, claimed that his team had met with the climate campaigners as they plotted to douse the country’s embassy in London with blood.

The Russian security services would pass on fake intelligence about the staged protest to the Kazakh intelligence agencies in order to gain favour, jurors heard.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists"

Trudeau’s dingbat feminist comments on Kamala Harris ’not helpful,’ premiers say

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments likening Kamala Harris’s election loss to an attack on women’s rights and progress earned him criticism from the country’s premiers on Wednesday.

Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation — an organization dedicated to improving gender representation in Canadian politics — Trudeau said there are regressive forces fighting against women’s progress.

This was likely a deliberate act of sabotage.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, President Trump, USA, WTF?

Justin Trudeau takes a swipe at Donald Trump ahead of first ministers’ meeting

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took an indirect dig at Donald Trump ahead of a first ministers’ meeting Wednesday on how to best handle the unpredictable incoming U.S. president-elect.

Despite urging Canadian lawmakers to back “Team Canada” and not argue against Canada’s national interest, it was Trudeau’s comments that were the first hint of public criticism of Trump — the Republican leader whose judicial and other appointments have sought to limit abortion rights in the U.S.

Seriously? Justin thinks his bizarro world Kamala comment was a winner?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S. in response to Trump’s tariffs

Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to cut off energy supply to the U.S. in response to the tariffs President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose on all Canadian imports.

“We will go to the full extent depending how far this goes. We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy, going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin,” Ford told reporters following his meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other premiers on Wednesday.

And watch Ford howl when Line 5 is cut in retaliation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Who Set the Stage for al-Assad’s Ouster? There Are Different Answers in the U.S. and Israel.

President Biden says he weakened Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, laying the groundwork for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Syrian leader would still be in power had he listened to American advice.

Bashar al-Assad had barely settled into his new quarters in Russia before the argument broke out over who can take the credit for ousting him, ending 53 years and two generations of brutal family rule over Syria.

President Biden and his aides say they set the stage, because they worked relentlessly to weaken Syria’s main backers, including Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. There was a reason, Mr. Biden argued, that none of Mr. al-Assad’s allies were able or willing to come bail him out at the very moment he needed rescue.

I don’t believe Biden. But after watching this I could change my mind.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSyria

Germany’s one million Syrians at centre of fierce debate over their future

Across Germany Syrians have been celebrating in the streets the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. But now many will be feeling less euphoric, as some politicians question their future in Germany.

There are around a million people with a Syrian passport in Germany. Most of them came from 2015-16, after Angela Merkel’s government made a decision not to close Germany’s borders to refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war.

The mood at the time was that Germany would manage. The climate now is rather different.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Syria

Mystery Drones Over New Jersey Are Hot Topic at Hearing on Capitol Hill

An FBI assistant director says they have been unable to determine who or what is behind the large drones that have been puzzling New Jersey residents and officials for months.

Members of Congress are raising concerns about the mystery drones that have been spotted flying above New Jersey in recent weeks, as the aircraft of unknown origin are flying in close proximity to a military base and the president-elect’s golf club.

During a homeland security subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, the assistant director of the FBI’s critical incident response group, Robert Wheeler, says the FBI is working on their investigation with the Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement partners. The drones started appearing above New Jersey in mid-November.

Congressional Hearing

Occam’s razor says the US is field testing new gear or conducting an experiment on the effect of disclosure on the populace.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"UFO's"