Author: Blazingcatfur

‘Just in Time’ Defense Modernization: Will the United States Miss the Boat?

The US election in November 2024 may well determine the future direction of US national security strategy. In the past year, there has been a steady stream of thoughtful reports about what America’s national security strategy should be. This is a discussion that will hopefully be taken up by the various campaigns of those seeking the presidency.

Four reports are particularly worth attention. They all assess in various detail the current and projected US nuclear posture as well as the nuclear threats the United States faces, especially compared to the situation of a decade and a half ago.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

RCMP interviewing potential witnesses linked to Doug Ford’s government in Greenbelt criminal probe

RCMP detectives are interviewing witnesses linked to Premier Doug Ford’s government about the $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal, the Star has learned.

Progressive Conservative insiders said current and former political aides have begun sitting down with the Mounties to discuss Ford’s controversial 2022 decision to open up 7,400 acres of the two-million-acre Greenbelt to housing development.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOntario

YouTube Bans Steven Crowder Until This Convenient Date. Hint: Not Until 2024 Election

Comedian and podcast host Steven Crowder says that YouTube “essentially” banned him until election day.

Crowder’s channel received strikes on no fewer than eight videos, including one posted in 2023, he announced in videos posted Monday on X. Google-owned YouTube reportedly accused Crowder of committing “harassment and cyberbullying” and “hate speech.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inYouTube, YouTube Is Evil

Canada unexpectedly loses 2,800 jobs in July … Trudeau vows to double down on migrant import & civil service hiring to shore up vote bank and juice next months numbers

OTTAWA – Canada’s economy shed a net 2,800 jobs in July, as gains in full-time work were offset by part-time job losses, while the unemployment rate remained at a 30-month high of 6.4 per cent, data showed on Friday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a net gain of 22,500 jobs and the unemployment rate to rise to 6.5 per cent from 6.4 per cent in June. An increase in the unemployment rate was expected due to rapid population growth which the labor market was not able to absorb.

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

Leafy west coast neighborhood descends into chaos as residents clash with sprawling homeless camp: ‘Like a war zone’

A neighborhood in Portland has spiraled into chaos as the locals clash with those living in a homeless encampment.

Residents in the city’s southeast say the area has become like a ‘war zone’ as tensions continue to rise between locals and the homeless who have lined the streets with tarps and tents.

Lacey, a woman living in the encampment, told KGW8 that someone hit her dog with a car, leaving him with a broken leg and an open gash.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"

Ottawa’s Jewish community ‘blindsided’ by Pride group’s pro-Palestinian statement

A prominent member of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa feels “targeted and unwelcome” and fears for his safety due to pro-Palestinian messaging by Capital Pride in advance of its Aug. 25 parade.

On Tuesday, Capital Pride posted a political statement on Instagram related to the ongoing war in Gaza. “By portraying itself as a protector of the rights of queer and trans people in the Middle East, Israel seeks to draw attention away from its abhorrent human rights abuses against Palestinians,” the statement said.

Madness.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", WTF?

Labour to ‘Define’ Islamophobia So It Can More Easily Continue Its War on Native Brits

It’s kind of wild to feel more worried about your kid’s well-being when he’s stationed in England than when he was in Bagram or Djibouti.

At least in either of those two places, he could still say anything he wanted, defend himself immediately, and shoot back if he had to.

But being in the south of supposedly civilized England right now?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy"

Harry and Meghan’s brief Vancouver visit cost $44K in police overtime

Vancouver police logged more than $44,000 on overtime during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s brief February visit to British Columbia.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in Vancouver(opens in a new tab) and Whistler(opens in a new tab) for three days between Feb. 14 and 16 to promote the Invictus Games, which will be held in British Columbia again in February 2025. Harry founded the multi-sport event for wounded, injured and sick armed forces personnel and veterans in 2014.

Why?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Free speech is not a numbers game

As far as breaches of the peace go, Dominic Cardy’s effort last week looked pretty tame. The former New Brunswick cabinet minister and current independent MLA was in Toronto with his wife when he noticed the ruckus from hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters thronging the city’s Yonge and Dundas intersection.

Mr. Cardy said in an interview that he then decided to exercise his own right to free expression by launching a one-man counterprotest, striding into the crowd and shouting “Free Palestine, from Hamas.”

And for that, he was arrested for breach of the peace by police, handcuffed, jailed for two hours and then released.

We have an antisemitism Czar. Her name is Deb. Deb is concerned at the silence she is hearing. Over the years I attended many pro-Israel protests and it resulted in myself and allies being labeled Islamophobes and racists by members of the Jewish community and other of our so called leaders in government and the press. Some of those accusers made careers virtue signaling their anti-racism and became proponents of DEI and CRT. The White working class was demonized as innately racist and deserving of  humiliating re-education efforts.

This demonization was supported by our elites who used it to silence dissent and steamroll the mass immigration of incompatible cultures as they reworked Canada’s demographic into the malevolent multicultural nightmare we find ourselves facing today.

On Oct 7 our accusers were among those who sent out cries for help. Now Deb wonders where everybody is.

Deb needs to watch this.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism and the Left, Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Tony Abbott: Canada’s military neglect has made it an Anglosphere outsider

When Australia, Britain and the United States recently came together in a trilateral defence and security agreement, there was one conspicuous absentee: Canada, the country that had had the world’s third-largest navy and fourth-largest air force at the end of the Second World War; and which, as a Five Eyes and NATO partner, could normally be expected to participate in any big security arrangement within the Anglosphere. Canada’s absence was especially striking given that the AUKUS agreement was about ending “foreign country” defence procurement distinctions as well as about providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Despite being the world’s 10th largest economy, right now, with just 1.37 per cent of GDP currently spent on defence, Canada is a mere 27th in terms of “global firepower.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Russian drives past trail of destruction after Ukrainian missile strike

A Ukrainian rocket attack left a trail of dead Russian soldiers and burnt-out military vehicles in “one of the bloodiest strikes of the war”.

Night-time footage emerged early on Friday showing what appeared to be a line of military trucks ablaze on a road in the Kursk region of Russia.

A separate video, shared on Russian social media, appeared to have been taken by someone driving past the aftermath of the apparent strike.

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