Author: Blazingcatfur
What Kind of Access to Private Data Would Security Agencies Gain With Bill C-22?
The Liberal government is making a second attempt to establish a legal regime that would allow security agencies to more easily identify users of cellphone and internet services and access certain account data.
Law enforcement has welcomed the move as necessary to conduct investigations in the modern world, while civil liberties advocates are raising privacy concerns.
Saudi Arabia threatens strikes on Iran
Saudi Arabia has threatened to strike back at Iran after attacks on oil and gas sites across the Gulf caused prices to surge across the globe.
Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi foreign minister, warned on Thursday night that patience with Tehran was running out after an oil refinery was hit and eight Iranian ballistic missiles targeted Riyadh.
“This pressure from Iran will backfire politically and morally and certainly we reserve the right to take military actions if deemed necessary,” he said.
BOWLER: Political Judas — why MPs who ‘cross the floor’ betray voters
Ever since that fateful day 2,000 years ago when Judas Iscariot sold out his friend for 30 pieces of silver, switching sides and joining the enemy camp has had a bad name.
Indeed, the names of those who do so, like Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution and Vidkun Quisling in Nazi-occupied Norway, have become shorthand for treachery.
The Abuse of Girls by Progressive Heroes is Definitely a Thing
It has been a bad week for anyone who saw Cesar Chavez as a hero. Across several states, his murals are being painted over and his statues are being boxed up…
Toronto councillor proposes banning flying foreign flags at City Hall
A Toronto city councillor wants to “eliminate” flying the flags of other countries at City Hall.
In a motion dubbed “One Country, One Flag; Celebrating the Canadian Flag,” Don Valley East Coun. Jon Burnside also proposed banning the flying of flags requested by non-profit or charitable organizations at Toronto City Hall and other civic institutions “effective immediately.”
“The world’s a complicated place. History is complicated, and City Hall is not the place to debate that,” he told Newstalk 1010’s Moore in the Morning on Friday.
This makes way too much sense to ever be enacted.
The ‘hero’ Florida mother labelled a terrorist by Cuban regime
There were times during her incarceration in Fidel Castro’s “punishment cells” that Maritza Lugo Fernández was so physically and mentally depleted, she thought she had died and gone to hell.
She has never forgotten the screams of fellow prisoners, the brutality of their persecutors, the bodies wrapped in blankets tossed lying in jail yards, the thousands locked away, tortured or killed for standing up against communism.
Attack against Canadian Jewish community a ‘realistic possibility,’ federal report warns
A violent extremist attack against Canada’s Jewish community is a “realistic possibility” in the next six months, the federal Integrated Threat Assessment Centre warns in a report obtained by The Globe and Mail.
ITAC, which is a specialized organization in the Canadian intelligence community, also said it is unlikely that “Iranian lethal operations” in Canada would target Jewish public officials, such as MPs and cabinet ministers who support Israel. ITAC shared the report with the federal government and often shares such information with people or organizations that could be affected.
Don’t worry folks the threat has ended, the CBC found a couple more Nazis
Apparently Muslims love Jews and would never attack them according to the CBC.
h/t NeoCon
UK Muslims Prefer Iran, Russia, and China over United States
Muslims in Britain have a more favourable view of Communist China, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and the theocratic Islamist regime in Iran than the United States, a poll has found.
According to a survey by JL Partners for the Policy Exchange Think Tank, which polled a nationally representative sample of 2,223 adults in Britain, as well as 1,031 Muslims living in the UK, found a stark difference in worldview.
Adam Zivo: Liberal sanctimony won’t reopen Strait of Hormuz
It is in Canada’s interests to militarily support an end to Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Doing so would reaffirm the credibility of the West’s military alliances, and, more importantly, slow down global nuclear proliferation by showing Tehran that economic blackmail doesn’t work.
To understand why Ottawa must get involved, it is helpful to step back and remember the broader context of this war.
Outrage as giant Islamic crescent moon erected atop Arizona mountain to commemorate Ramadan is DESTROYED
A 15-foot crescent moon that was created by students to commemorate Ramadan was destroyed on top of an Arizona mountain.
The City of Tempe announced Tuesday that the symbol atop A Mountain, where other religious symbols have been displayed, was found ‘completely destroyed’ after being reinstalled just years ago.
Oh no!
Don Cherry doesn’t fit the Order of Canada profile. But we shouldn’t ignore his legacy
The Conservatives knew what they were doing – well, sort of – when they announced a petition to nominate former hockey commentator Don Cherry to the Order of Canada.
It’s a great cultural wedge issue: one that pits the millions of Canadians with fond memories of Coach’s Corner against the ostensibly smaller cohort of Canadians who still begrudge Mr. Cherry for his tactless comments that led to the segment’s cancellation in 2019. The Conservatives know that the Order of Canada, which was created back in 1967, has become something of a participation medal for a certain type of prominent Canadian – the kind who satisfies the palette of oyster-shucking Laurentian elites. Mr. Cherry, infamous for his rants about, for example, female reporters in locker rooms and immigrants not wearing poppies, upsets their stomachs. So by pushing them to accept Mr. Cherry into their club, the Conservatives put the elites on their back foot.
US military is not preparing for Cuba takeover, top general tells lawmakers
The US military is not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba or actively preparing to militarily take over the island, the top general overseeing American forces in Latin America has told lawmakers.
But Gen Francis Donovan, head of US Southern Command, said the Pentagon stands ready to address any threats to the US embassy in Havana, defend its base at Guantánamo Bay and aid US government efforts to address any mass migration from the island, if needed.
Donovan’s remarks came during a Senate hearing focused on Donald Trump’s increasing use of the US military in Latin America, where his administration has reasserted the idea that the region falls into Washington’s zone of influence.
Trump calls Nato allies ‘cowards’, saying it would be ‘easy’ for them to help open strait
We’ve just heard from US President Donald Trump, who has called Nato allies “cowards” and said it would be “easy” for them to allow ships to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Algorithmic pricing is being used in Canada. Why many want it banned
Most Canadians want the government to ban or regulate algorithmic pricing, a new poll suggests — with half of respondents saying the practice is unfair because it can result in people paying different prices for the same product.
The Abacus Data poll, which was conducted online and can’t be assigned a margin of error, polled 1,931 Canadians on algorithmic pricing.
Our elites are hard at work.
They import cheap labour to depress wages and raise the price of everything.
Now with algorithmic pricing they have a modernized stealth version of the “Company Store”.
They won’t clean up the homeless camps because they want you to know that’s where you’ll end up if you make a fuss.
Welcome to the New Canada.