Author: Blazingcatfur

Israeli court orders end of nationwide strike called over handling of hostage talks

Israel’s first nationwide general strike since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, which was convened in support of a deal to free hostages held in Gaza, has ended after eight hours with a court order for workers to go back to their jobs.

The strike was organised amid widespread public anger at the government’s handling of the war in Gaza after the discovery of the bodies of six hostages at the weekend.

It was called by Israel’s largest trade union, Histadrut, from 6am on Monday, closing government and municipal offices as well as schools and many private businesses. Israel’s international airport, Ben Gurion, was reported to have shut down at 8am local time (6am BST) for two hours.

I am not sure what the strikers hoped to accomplish. A ceasefire simply tees-up renewed Hamas treachery.

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

Poilievre is going all-in on his pro-worker message with appeals to ‘ordinary people’

OTTAWA — Conservatives are doubling down on the party’s appeals to “ordinary people” this Labour Day Monday with a multi-pronged advertising campaign designed to woo workers.

A 60-second television ad celebrates “the people who rise when it is still dark” and describes a litany of problems that plague them, including crime, inflation and unaffordable housing. The ad ends on a hopeful note, with a voiceover from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre describing a “new dawn rising” where “everyone gets a fair shot at a good life.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Conservative Party

AfD ‘ruining’ Germany, Olaf Scholz warns after hard-right victory

Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, is struggling to hold his coalition government together after what he described as a “bitter” victory for the radical right in the eastern state of Thuringia.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, after a campaign spearheaded by the unapologetically ethno-nationalist Björn Höcke, won 32.8 per cent of the vote on Sunday. AfD was more than nine points ahead of its closest rival.

It was the first time a hard-right party had come first in an election at this level since the Nazi era.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany, Germany - AfD party

Canada took 4 months to send money after deciding to buy air defence system for Ukraine

Unseemly.

It initially took Canada four months to get into the queue after deciding to join a plan by the United States to buy urgently needed National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) for Ukraine.

Defence Minister Bill Blair insists the lag did not contribute to the slow pace of acquiring the high-tech defensive capability, which is still months away from being delivered.

Trudeau is always full of shit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

ANALYSIS: What the NDP Would Lose by Breaking Deal With Liberals

The NDP is facing pressure from the Conservatives to break its agreement with the Liberals and trigger an early election, and doing so would not leave many of its big agenda items on the table, a review of the deal shows.

Major pieces of legislation supported by the NDP have been adopted in the areas of dental care, child care, and energy transition, while the pharmacare bill is in the Senate after clearing the House of Commons in June.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP

Shock twist on final day of California reparations bill vote

California was never a slave state.

Protests have erupted at the California state capitol after two stalled reparations proposals for black residents were seemingly killed.

The development came during the final day of the legislative session in Sacramento Saturday, following hours of fierce lobbying.

Some two dozen protesters were seen inside and outside the building that day, airing shouts for the bills to move forward and chants for reparations ‘now’.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSlavery and Reparations

Northern border sector continuing to break records in apprehensions

Apprehensions in 10 months surpass previous 13 fiscal years combined

The busiest U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector at the northern border continues to break records in apprehensions with foreign nationals coming from 85 countries to Canada to illegally enter the U.S.

In less than 10 months, Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 15,000 foreign nationals from 85 countries who all illegally entered the U.S. through Canada, the greatest volume reported in this time period in recorded history.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canadian/U.S. border, USA

Germany to slash benefits for migrants who arrive from other EU countries to ‘bed, bread and soap’

Olaf Scholz is poised to remove benefits from refugees who arrive in Germany through other EU countries, leaving them with the bare essentials of “bed, bread, and soap.”

Following the Islamic State-inspired terror attack in Solingen last Friday, the German chancellor is said to be preparing new measures to tackle illegal migration.

According to reports from various German media outlets, Mr Scholz will cut all welfare payments for migrants previously registered in other EU countries.

Sure they will …

German State-Funded Website Teaches Migrants How To Avoid Deportation

An investigation by the German outlet Apollo News revealed the existence of an online platform funded by the German government and the European Union, one of the aims of which is to provide practical and legal advice to migrants so that they can oppose their possible deportation, in the name of a “right to remain for all” on German soil.

The site, called Handbook Germany, takes the form of an information site aimed at immigrants arriving on German soil, with an apparently harmless programme: ‘orientieren—informieren—austauschen’ (find your way around, get informed, exchange information).

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

Christopher Dummitt: Universities should drop the wokeness or brace for conservative reforms

Canadian post-secondary schools have made discrimination and ideological filtering a daily practice. It could be their downfall

This fall, as kids and parents contemplate the piles of cash they are about to fork over for this thing called a “university education,” they might be wondering if universities are getting back to normal. The past several years saw a moral panic of wokeness erupt in higher education circles in the wake of American Black Lives Matter race politics, Donald Trump and our very own alleged mass graves controversy in Kamloops.

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

Grieving Israelis Take to the Streets Demanding Cease-Fire With Terrorists Who Murdered Six Hostages in ‘Cold Blood’

Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets of Tel Aviv Sunday night after six more hostages were murdered by Hamas at Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with the terrorists to bring the remaining captives home.

The mass outpouring appeared to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war and protesters said it felt like a possible turning point, although the country is deeply divided.

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

Liberal MP won’t comment on affidavit alleging Chinese election interference in her riding

Liberal MP Leah Taylor Roy (Aurora-Oak Ridges, ON) on Monday would not comment on an affidavit alleging Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives interfered in her riding.

Taylor Roy was honoured as a “new local star” at a Chinese Canadian banquet nine days before the election was called, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government