Author: Blazingcatfur

Canada’s 1st female defence chief ‘can’t believe’ U.S. senator would question a woman’s role in combat

CAF Tampon Brigade

The first woman to command Canada’s military called out a U.S. senator on Saturday for questioning the role of women in combat.

Gen. Jennie Carignan responded to comments made by Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate foreign relations committee, who was asked on Friday whether president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, should retract comments that he believes men and women should not serve together in combat units.

“I think it’s delusional for anybody to not agree that women in combat creates certain unique situations that have to be dealt with. I think the jury’s still out on how to do that,” Risch said during a panel session at the Halifax International Security Forum on Friday.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", USA

Chinese phone hackers ‘had access to every call in the US’

A Chinese hacking operation that tapped into the US phone network was far more extensive than first reported and could have listened into virtually any mobile phone conversation in the country, according to accounts.

The Salt Typhoon hackers group, named by the Microsoft engineers who first encountered it in the summer, was initially reported to have targeted the phones of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance, as well as Kamala Harris’s campaign workers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA

CHARLEBOIS: Is the GST holiday an inflation trap?

The recent announcement of a temporary GST/HST holiday on select food purchases, running from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15, has drawn significant attention.

While the move has been framed as a helpful measure for Canadians during the holidays and the challenging winter months, it is critical to unpack its implications. Beyond the political spin, the economic reality of this measure deserves closer scrutiny.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘Switches’ are turning handguns into machine guns on GTA streets

Toronto police have seized more devices that illegally transform semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns this year than ever before, according to new data shared with CBC News.

A Toronto Police Service spokesperson said the agency has seized 109 firearm auto switches — also known as auto sears — so far this year, compared to 29 in all of 2023 and 32 in 2022.

The small metal or plastic device, roughly the size of a quarter, allows a firearm to shoot “900 to 1,200 rounds a minute,” said Toronto police senior firearm officer Matthew Passmore.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Infographic Shows Reach Of Russia’s New Hypersonic Missile: ‘London In 20 Minutes’

Soon after warning that Russia’s newly deployed ‘Oreshnik’ nuclear capable hypersonic missile is able to reach any European capital, at a top speed of Mach 10+ —which is significantly faster than a bullet—Russian state media issued the below ominous infographic.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

At least 350 gangs in Canada are trafficking fentanyl

Canada has become a significant producer and exporter of fentanyl, with more than 350 organized crime groups involved in its illegal production and distribution, according to a confidential federal memo.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the document, prepared for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a January meeting with British Columbia Premier David Eby, highlights the alarming growth of domestic fentanyl production using precursor chemicals primarily sourced from China.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inDrugs

MANDEL: Doc who had sex with patient, once acquitted of gang rape, reinstated

Sugan Kayliasanathan – Rapist

Well, look who gets to be a doctor again.

Six years ago, disgraced Dr. Sugan Kayliasanathan (known in previous reports as Suganthan) was stripped of his license to practise medicine after a disciplinary committee found he’d had sex with a patient.

Now, he’s been found to have undergone “extensive and successful rehabilitation” and has been reinstated, though he’ll be under at least three months of “moderate supervision.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canada’s Plan for U.S. Trade Talks: Throw Mexico Under the Bus

Canadian leaders are signaling that they are willing to throw Mexico aside in a bid to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration as they prepare for tough trade talks.

With a scheduled review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement beginning next year, Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his finance minister, have said they are ready to make a new deal with President-elect Donald Trump alone, cutting Mexico out.

Canadian leaders say they are worried that Mexico has become a backdoor to the North American free-trade zone for Chinese products, much of which would otherwise face steep tariffs in both Canada and the U.S. Trudeau said he raised these concerns with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Brazil.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Mexico, USA

The Left Seethes At Trump’s Triumph As A Cultural Icon

President-elect Donald Trump went from a former commander-in-chief with a polarizing exit to a cultural icon whose re-election over a mugshot and two assassination attempts defined one of the greatest American comebacks of all time. Enter the “Trump dance” as a nationwide celebration of the ex-president’s triumph over four years of dystopian rule by a condescending administration.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Pam Bondi said ‘prosecutors will be prosecuted.’ She’s Trump’s AG pick.

Again and again, when Donald Trump has faced scandal and scrutiny, Pam Bondi was there to defend him.

Bondi said the Justice Department’s special counsel investigation into whether Trump associates coordinated with Russian interference in the 2016 election needed to be dissolved. She declared that the 45th president’s first impeachment in 2019 was a “sham.” And when Trump was indicted four times after leaving office, Bondi was blunt about who deserved legal scrutiny — and it wasn’t the former president.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump