Author: Blazingcatfur

‘Yemen, Yemen, make us proud’: Anti-Israel protesters pledge support to Houthi militants

Anti-Israel demonstrators marched on Saturday and pledged their support to the Houthi rebels, a group that has targeted international shipping lines in recent months.

“Yemen, Yemen, make us proud! Turn another ship around!” protesters chanted in front of City Hall in downtown Toronto, referring to a Yemen-based outfit backed by Iran.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

British Children Getting Shorter, Fatter, and Sicker: Report

The authors of a damning report into children’s health have called on the next government to do more to tackle the soaring level of obesity in youngsters, which they say is a “ticking timebomb” for a lifetime of illness and comes at a huge cost to both the state and the individual.

The report by The Food Foundation charity, released on Wednesday, concludes that “aggressive” marketing of cheap, ultra-processed food together with diets lacking nutrition—often fuelled by poverty as well as the food industry—are behind a “significant decline” in children’s health.

They need a good fry up. h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Protest outside controversial Reclaiming Canada conference in Victoria

A noisy protest greeted Reclaiming Canada conference-goers in Victoria on Saturday after a failed attempt to get the event booted from a city-owned facility.

About 80 protesters with 1 Million Voices for Inclusion, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, showed up with flags and signs in support of queer rights and a loudspeaker blaring gay pop anthems in front of the Victoria Conference Centre on Douglas Street.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war

Full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah would be “a catastrophe”, the UN Secretary-General says. But to David Kamari, who lives under near-daily fire on the Israeli side of the border, it would be a solution.

Last month, a Hezbollah rocket fired from Lebanon landed in his front garden in the border town of Kiryat Shmona, cracking his house in several places and filling it with rubble.

He points out the gaping holes where shrapnel sliced through the walls, missing him by inches. And then to the hills above us, where Hezbollah-controlled territory begins.

Netanyahu doubles down on decline in US arms shipments despite White House comments

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his very public dispute with the White House over a slowdown in a the shipment of arms to Israel, noting that that there had a sharp decline.

“Four months ago, there was a dramatic decrease in the munitions coming to Israel from the US,” Netanyahu said during the weekly government meeting.

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

Conservative surge combined with ballot confusion could crack a Liberal stronghold in Toronto byelection

Growing political discontent in a Liberal stronghold could lead to a Conservative breakthrough in an Ontario byelection that may put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership to the test. On Monday, voters in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s will head to the polls to elect a new member of Parliament.

It’s odd but the conservative candidate is wearing an invisibility cloak, few photos, has declined interviews etc.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

At least 4 dead, 13 wounded in shooting attack on Russian synagogue, Orthodox church

Unknown gunmen fired automatic weapons at a synagogue and Orthodox church in Dagestan, Russia at 6 PM on Sunday, local time, a Russian Interior Ministry official told TASS.

Two police officers were reportedly killed alongside a security guard and priest in the attack and an additional 13 were wounded, according to Reuters.

More … Terror in Russia after gunmen open fire at two synagogues leaving six police officers dead before attacking an Orthodox Church and slitting the throat of a priest

h/t SweetPea

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Dagestan, Islam, Islam and violence

Dental groups reject Liberal claim that Conservatives are fuelling opposition to new plan — instead claiming it’s Ottawa spreading misinformation

OTTAWA—The heads of several dental groups are rejecting a Liberal minister’s framing that the federal Conservatives are to blame for oral health providers’ opposition to aspects of Ottawa’s dental care plan.

The dismissal of Health Minister Mark Holland’s comments, which were made earlier this week, are the latest source of friction between Canada’s dental associations and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government over the rollout of what’s been deemed a “historic” dental coverage program.

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

Bowman’s Folly: New York Dem Appears To Have Plagiarized From ‘CRT: An Introduction’ For Dissertation

Jamaal Bowman, the controversial New York congressman, often appeals to his work as a former school principal and his Ed.D. in education as the basis for his policy positions.

But, according to our analysis, Bowman’s primary academic work — his 2019 dissertation, “Community Schools: The Perceptions and Practices that Foster Broad-Based Collaboration among Leaders with the Community School Ecosystem” — is riddled with basic errors, failures of logic, and multiple instances of plagiarism.

h/t SweetPea

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Affirmative Action"

Senior Vancouver Police officer investigated for potential PRC data leaks

An officer from British Columbia’s Organized Crime Agency has investigated a senior Vancouver Police officer in relation to police data-base breaches and concerns that sensitive information could have been passed to Chinese officials, according to confidential sources and records examined by The Bureau.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada

Jesse Kline: How terrorists took over academia

The bodies of Israeli civilians who were slaughtered by Hamas were still warm when celebrations broke out on the streets of Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa on October 7. Almost immediately, National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), an umbrella group that co-ordinates its chapters at universities throughout North America, sprung into action, issuing a toolkit that parroted Hamas propaganda and featured images of Palestinians standing atop an Israeli tank next to the Gazan border and an illustration of a hang glider, which the terrorists were using to invade Israel.

This has always begged the question: did these groups have foreknowledge that a terror attack was imminent? Over eight months later, we’re starting to understand who has been organizing and funding the anti-Israel campaigns on university campuses. The picture being painted is not of a grassroots, student-led movement to support the Palestinian cause, but of an intentional, co-ordinated effort to build support for Iran’s global terror network among western youth and those responsible for educating future generations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

A year after mutiny, Kremlin controls Wagner remnants

Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, experts have told the BBC.

Yevgeny Prigozhin – the late leader of the paramilitary force – crossed from Ukraine on 23 June 2023 and seized the southern city of Rostov after months of increasing tensions with military leaders in Moscow.

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