Author: Blazingcatfur
Anger privilege
If you want to know who has privilege in a society and who doesn’t, follow the anger. There are people in this country (and in Israel, ed.) who can safely express their anger. And those who can’t.
If you were angry that Trump (or Bibi) won, your anger was socially acceptable in certain circles. If you were angry that Biden took over, it wasn’t.
Not all anger is created equal. Some anger is privileged rage.
Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis
The Japanese government has begun to consult young people about their interest in marriage – or lack thereof – as Japan continues to struggle with a demographic crisis that is expected to result in a sharp population decline over the next decades.
The Children and Families Agency, launched in April 2023, held its first working group meeting on Friday to support young people in their efforts to find partners through dating, matchmaking and other means. Attenders included those considering marriage in the future and experts versed in the challenges facing younger people.
Jewish union members condemn PSAC after negotiator praised October 7
On the day of the invasion, Hassan Husseini reacted to a social media post by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) that denounced Canadians celebrating the atrocities by responding: “It is called liberation of stolen land, stupid!!!”
European Union Is Funding Iranian Aggression
The Iranian regime, largely thanks to the backing of a powerful ally, the European Union, has managed to sustain and even increase its revenue streams.
The continued funding of Iran’s regime by the EU is crucial in bolstering Iran’s ability to attack its neighbors and US troops in the region, both directly and through its proxies — Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Houthis — and to accelerate enriching uranium to complete its nuclear weapons program.
Will leave a mark …
Two days ago the Houthis sent a drone to Tel Aviv. It killed one & injured 10 others.
The Houthi port is utterly destroyed by the Israeli Airforce in retaliation. pic.twitter.com/Fxs9o39iHW
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) July 20, 2024
CSIS names first woman as interim leader
Vanessa Lloyd has been named the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s interim director for six months or until a permanent director is appointed.
The first woman to ever lead CSIS, Lloyd joined the spy agency as an intelligence officer in 1998.
h/t DS
Comedy Shows Smear Republicans As Racist Cultists During RNC
It was a week of ridiculing Republicans for the men of late night comedy. From Monday to Thursday, the comedians attacked Republicans as racist, cult-like drones and told more jokes about VP-nominee JD Vance in one week than they have about current VP Kamala Harris all year.
For the purposes of this study, analysts examined 19 episodes of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, and ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Anthony Anderson throughout all four nights of the RNC.
CHARLEBOIS: New grocer code rewrites rules in Canadian market
“… To many, the Grocer Code of Conduct remains an enigma. Fundamentally, this code aims to enhance competition in the Canadian market by imposing accountability across the food industry, particularly targeting practices that have traditionally occurred out of public view. Under this new regime, various opaque practices, such as the exorbitant fees charged to suppliers by retailers, will be subjected to scrutiny and regulation.”
Jan. 6th Was a Drop in the Bucket Compared to All the Left’s Violence
So, how long did it last? How long, after the attempted assassination of the former president and current front-runner, did all the “turn down the temperature” and “scale back the rhetoric” we heard from the mainstream media endure? How long did the cooling period last after their grudging concession that while they can’t stand Trump, maybe they went overboard with the constant shrieking about the end of Our Democracy™ and the rise of yet another Worse-Than-Hitler president?
There’s a price to pay for being unready for war. Will Canada have to pay it again?
A little more than 18 years ago, amid the dust and hard heat of Kandahar Airfield, the weary look on Col. Ian Hope’s face spoke more loudly than his words.
It was the spring of 2006 and the Canadian contingent in Afghanistan had just been through several brutal weeks. More than half a dozen Canadian soldiers had been killed in roadside bombings. As it turned out, it was the beginning of a bloody, unrelenting wave of casualties that would rend the heart of a nation and seize the political agenda in ways the Conservative government of the day never expected.
Donald Trump Speaks With Zelensky, Vows to End Russian War in Ukraine
Former President Donald Trump said Friday he had spoken by telephone with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and vowed to end the war with Russia.
In a statement posted on Truth Social on Friday, Mr Trump said that he had a “very good phone call” with President Zelensky, in which the Ukrainian leader congratulated the former president for once again becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States and condemned the “heinous assassination attempt” on his life last Saturday.
Do not remain calm. A second Trump presidency really will be that bad
No, it is not going to be okay.
With a second Donald Trump presidency seeming more and more likely – as the Democratic campaign implodes, as public opinion in key states rallies, as Trump-friendly judges remove each legal obstacle to his return to power – there has been a corresponding rise in the number of commentary pieces suggesting that the prospect, if not exactly welcome, is nothing to get too worked up about.
Report: Biden won’t give Netanyahu ‘satisfaction’ of quitting before PM’s trip to DC
Joe Biden’s advisers believe the United States president does not want to bow out of the November election before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week, as Biden is unwilling to give Netanyahu “the satisfaction” given the two leaders’ tensions over the war in Gaza, The New York Times reported on Friday.
The report, citing several unnamed people close to Biden, came after the Axios news site on Friday cited top Democrats as saying Biden had resigned himself to the pressure on him to quit, and could bow out as soon as this weekend.
Joe Oliver: Bad policies, not poor messaging, will sink the Liberals
Last week, columnist Kimberley Strassel wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Democratic Party’s central problem is, not Joe Biden’s deteriorating cognition, but its policies. The very same day, our own Prime Minister’s Office criticized Deputy PM and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland for poor economic messaging, a stunning public rebuke of the second most important person in the government and one of her boss’ most vocal loyalists. Apparently, Liberals’ fiscal ineptitude was not a major contributor to their staggering by-election loss in the formerly safe riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s.