Author: Blazingcatfur

Joe Oliver: Four critical endgames are looming that could change the world

Around the world, endgames are looming in four high-stakes political, environmental and military disputes. The results will resonate well beyond the immediate protagonists.

Here at home, a Liberal government in its death throes is engaged in cringeworthy acts of desperation. The prime minister used his officials to publicly chastise his deputy PM for failing to prettify his economic and fiscal debacles. Then, predictably, he failed to persuade Mark Carney to board a foundering vessel with no lifeboats. Unless Trudeau jumps ship early to avoid electoral obliteration, long-suffering Canadians will have to wait 15 months for liberation from: high prices, unaffordable housing, profligate spending, rising taxes, massive deficits, intrusive regulations, divisive identity politics, alienating woke ideology, regional tensions, international humiliation and the absence of moral leadership. Whenever exactly he takes over, Pierre Poilievre will face a monumental task to undo the damage.

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

Canadian Armed Forces Taxi Service ‘pre-positioning’ ahead of possible evacuation of Canadians of convenience from Lebanon

Canadian Armed Forces ‘pre-positioning’ ahead of possible evacuation from Lebanon as tensions mount

The Canadian Armed Forces is “pre-positioning” assets in case its fleet is needed to evacuate Canadians from Lebanon amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, according to government officials.

Over the weekend, a Canadian Globemaster aircraft, used in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions, was spotted on a flight tracking website landing in Beirut.

In a statement late Tuesday night, the Department of National Defence said the military is “currently pre-positioning assets in the Eastern Mediterranean region” in case evacuation planning and logistical support is needed.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

To the West’s corrupt media, Haniyeh is a “martyr”

How did Italian and other Western media describe the Hamas murderer assassinated in Tehran? And his cohort, Deif? and Meshaal? Unbelievable.

One of the lessons of the woke and politically correct line, cleverly hijacked by Islamic extremists, is that we need to use sweet terms for those good and benevolent guys from Hamas and Hezbollah.

For the BBC, Ismail Haniyeh was thus “moderate and pragmatic”. The New York Times portrayed the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Yusuf Qaradawi, as “committed to pluralism and democracy.”

In Italy things are even worse.

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

Behold, Tampon Tim

Kamala may have been forced to settle for Walz.

It was highly predictable, but once Kamala Harris announced that Minnesota governor Tim Walz (who?) was her choice for vice president, adoration and enthusiasm poured forth from all the usual quarters.

You may know that it was Walz, in one of his ubiquitous appearances on MSNBC, who called his now-GOP counterpart JD Vance “weird.”

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Kamala Harris"

Haras Rafiq: British, Canadian ‘soft’ counter-terrorism tactics have failed

Canada’s systemic reluctance to tackle extremist ideology is coming home to roost. Two weeks ago, Edmonton gas station employee Khaled Hussein was convicted on multiple charges under Britain’s Terrorism Act alongside radical British preacher Anjem Choudary. Last week, the RCMP announced the arrest of a father and son, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and Mostafa Eldidi in Richmond Hill, Ont. on charges that include conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit or at the direction of ISIS.

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

Telling Their Story: Israeli Warriors in a Political Game

“They are fighting like lions in these alleys, under constant threat. They are heroes. This is not a simple war,” recalled Lt. Col. Almog Rotem, a battalion commander in the Israel Defense Forces, about what is faced by his soldiers in the Rafah campaign, in Gaza. “This was a severe event that should never have happened but did. We’re in a grueling, challenging war…. My heart goes out to the families of the fallen; we will… complete the mission…. Not a single soldier has said, ‘I don’t want to continue.'”

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

‘It’s a lie,’ billionaire Frank Stronach says of 13 sex crime charges filed against him

Embattled billionaire Frank Stronach says he pities the women whose allegations of rape, assault and forcible confinement are the basis for the 13 sex crime charges against him.

Speaking publicly for the first time since he was arrested in June, the 91-year-old Stronach told The Fifth Estate he did “nothing wrong.”

“We have a lot of data which totally will prove those things are lies,” Stronach said in an interview in Toronto on Tuesday. He did not elaborate.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#MeToo

CBS Correspondent Reports From Inside Hezbollah Rally

The last time we heard from CBS correspondent Imtiaz Tyab, we watched him seethe over the IDF airstrike that killed Fuad Shukr, the Hezbollah military commander that was involved in the 1983 bombing of Marine Barracks Beirut that killed 241 Marines and, more recently, the drone bombing of a soccer field that killed 12 Druze children. I regret to inform you that Tyab is mad again.

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

Some easy steps on terror front

… Seventy-eight per cent of 30,746 immigration investigations in 2022-23 ended with CBSA’s determination that the individual in question was “inadmissible” to Canada. There are many reasons why you might be found “inadmissible,” including security concerns, human rights violations, criminal record, misrepresentation, health issues, a loss of refugee status, etc.  That’s not a one-off: CBSA inadmissibility findings were even higher in 2021 and 2022.

If the vast majority of CBSA investigations turn up troubling information, it’s frightening to think our immigration screeners missed a publicly available ISIS execution video where Ahmed Eldidi allegedly dismembered “a spy” in Western Iraq prior to being granted Canadian citizenship. Was this a case of bad luck, underfunding, or inadequate training at our embassy in Egypt?

No. 1 – STOP IMPORTIMNG MUSLIMS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, terrorism, Terrorism - Domestic, USA

National poll finds majority of Canadians are opposed to military conscription if war breaks out

“Women respondents across all categories are the most opposed to military conscription regardless of gender. Male respondents, on the other hand, are more likely to support conscription if it’s gender-neutral.”

As fighting in Europe and the Middle East continues, many countries are being forced to reconsider conscription of citizens.

Recent public dialogues over forced military service have erupted in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada — countries that have largely abandoned forced military service.

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

Giant Marilyn Monroe statue to be moved after years of Californian’s ire

A three-year battle over a towering Marilyn Monroe statue in the California resort town of Palm Springs appears to have been resolved through a plan which will see it moved to a different section of a small park.

The 26-foot Forever Marilyn sculpture depicting Monroe’s famous skirt scene in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch has stood in front of the Palm Springs Art Museum, within Downtown Park, since 2021.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Art"