Author: Blazingcatfur

How the Trump Rally Gunman Had an Edge Over the Countersnipers

The would-be assassin who opened fire at Donald J. Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13 was able to get a clear shot at the former president, as countersniper teams nearby failed to see him in time to thwart the shooting.

The New York Times used drone photography to build a 3-D model and recreate the lines of sight for both the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and three teams of countersnipers — two federal and one local. The analysis shows that Mr. Crooks, 20, who appears to have flown a drone to survey the site the morning of the rally, exploited one of the few blind spots within a rifle’s range of
Mr. Trump, raising questions about serious lapses in security planning for the event.

Kimberly A. Cheatle, the Secret Service director, resigned on Tuesday, a day after declining to answer lawmakers’ questions about sightlines and security breakdowns at a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Clear majority of Canadians agree with removal of anti-Israel encampments, poll finds

Most Canadians support police taking down illegal, disruptive anti-Israel encampments, according to a new national poll.

Conducted by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies, the poll found some 70 per cent of Canadians surveyed agreed officials were right to have police and private security dismantle two encampments in Montreal, one at McGill University, the other in downtown Victoria Square.

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

Lack of proportionate White representation in home invasion and car jacking gang proves success of DEI initiatives

18 arrested in string of home invasions, robberies, and carjackings in Peel Region

Police say 18 suspects arrested in connection with a string of violent home invasions, carjackings and robberies in Peel Region are connected to an “organized criminal network” operating out of Brampton and Mississauga.

During a news conference on Tuesday morning, Peel Regional Police announced the results of Project Warlock, a six-month investigation into more than a dozen home invasions, armed robberies, and carjackings in the region.

h/t MP

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Heritage Foundation: Cell phone data connected to Trump shooter’s house can be tracked to DC “in the same vicinity of an FBI office” … and that’s not all

The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project says it has tracked cell phones that had visited the home of Trump shooter Thomas Crooks in the months preceding the attempt on the former president’s life at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13.

h/t Patti Jo and XC

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Porsche scraps electric car targets as demand slumps

Porsche has abandoned its sales targets for electric vehicles amid waning demand from customers.

The German car manufacturer previously said that EVs would account for 80pc of its new vehicle sales by 2030. But bosses have now watered down that goal, saying sales will depend on uptake and how the technology develops around the world.

It comes after a slew of rival car companies watered down plans for electric models, cast doubt on customer enthusiasm for the technology and expressed support for low-carbon alternatives to petrol known as e-fuels.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Lisa MacLeod: What happened to Trump could happen here. We must address that

Donald Trump got shot.

After the usual condemnations, thoughts and prayers, it was business as usual — the left equating him with the devil, the right with a saviour. A few in-between saw him for what he was in the moment: a man, a husband and a father who is running for president of the United States and whose assassination attempt has fundamentally challenged the cornerstone of democratic values, not just in the U.S., but in every free nation, including Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Hamas and Genocide in Israel

“…Their genocidal aim, clear to the Hamas terrorists, was to murder Jews; others, such as Asians and Muslims, were also murdered. What is illuminating is how easily the civilized world, in this instance, accepted that as well as the abduction of 250 hostages. Those who slaughter and take hostages should be the subject of disgrace and condemnation. Instead, frequently, they were celebrated.”

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

Premiers send letter to soft on crime Liberals demanding bail reform after homicide

Canada’s premiers have sent a letter to the prime minister demanding a thorough review of the bail system after the homicide of a Surrey, B.C., woman.

Tori Dunn, 30, was killed in her home on June 16. Her death prompted an outpouring of grief in the Metro Vancouver suburb.

The man who has been arrested in the killing, Adam Troy Mann, was released from jail just days before the fatal assault despite a lengthy criminal history and current criminal charges for an unrelated robbery.

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

Austria: Teachers flee Vienna schools over mass migration, with 20 teachers quitting on a ‘peak day’

Teachers are quitting schools in Vienna in droves, with up to 20 teachers quitting per day due to the extremely stressful environments featuring mostly migrant children, many of whom do not speak German or very little German.

According to a study by the Austrian Statistical Office, around 70 percent of school-age children in Vienna do not speak German in their everyday life. Now, the rise of mass immigration has created growing problems in the Austrian school system, with the Vienna school system threatening to collapse.

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

Instagram and Facebook banned news — but some accounts are exploiting a ‘terrible’ loophole, Canadian publishers charge

OTTAWA—Inconsistencies in how Meta is implementing its Canadian news ban, and gaps in the Liberal law that spurred it, are creating loopholes that are hurting news businesses, some media executives say.

Chuck Lapointe, the CEO of the Narcity Media Group, says his team has spent the past several months collecting hundreds of posts from entertainment accounts on Facebook and Instagram that repackage news content from more legitimate sources — which can’t reap the benefits of posting that content themselves because of Meta’s ban.

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

Israeli parliament votes to label UNRWA relief agency a terror organisation

JERUSALEM, July 22 (Reuters) – The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organization for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to sever relations with the body.

The vote against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is the latest step in a Israeli push against the agency, which Israeli leaders have accused of collaborating with the Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza.

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