Author: Blazingcatfur

‘It was like the Stasi has come to my door’: Woke Exeter University bangs on student’s door and threatens him with expulsion after he is overheard saying… ‘veganism is wrong’

A philosophy student overheard through the wall of his room saying ‘veganism is wrong’ and ‘gender fluidity is stupid’ was threatened with expulsion by his university, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Robert Ivinson said he was disciplined after a student next door in halls of residence at Exeter University heard the comments then complained he had been offensive and ‘transphobic’.

Mr Ivinson, who expressed the views in a phone call to a friend, was hauled before university officials and put on a ‘behavioural contract’ for the rest of his studies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society", WTF?

GUNTER: The never-ending incompetence of the Trudeau Liberals

The fancy stats used by economists and business analysts are discouraging enough.

Since the Liberals came to office in 2015, business investment per worker is down, productivity is down, per capita Gross Domestic Product has fallen for six consecutive quarters, living standards have fallen (especially relative to those in the U.S.) and Tuesday’s Liberal budget unleashed a capital gains tax grab that will scare away as much as $20 billion more in investment and new jobs.

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

US House passes vital $61bn aid for Ukraine

Ukraine’s efforts to drive back Russian troops received a massive boost as the US House of Representatives approved $60.8 billion in military support.

Eight months after President Biden first requested more money for Kyiv, the House voted 311-112 to back the bill, part of a funding package that also includes aid for Israel, Gaza and Taiwan.

There were cheers as the vote passed, with Democrats waving Ukrainian flags, in violation of House rules and chanting: “Ukraine! Ukraine!”

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

Liberals set internal goal to narrow polling gap by five points come July: sources

Trailing badly in the polls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has set an internal goal of narrowing the Conservative Party’s double-digit lead by five points every six months.

According to two sources with direct knowledge of the strategy, the Liberals are taking an incremental approach to climbing out of their deep hole in popularity. By July, the sources said, the Prime Minister’s Office is expecting to see the first material change in polling.

Who believes that a hated punk like Justin could pull that off?

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

Conrad Black: The nadir of our once great nation

It was my privilege last week to meet with a western Canadian group of public-spirited and accomplished individuals who are so concerned by what they see as the general decline of Canada, they believe that a radical change of policy direction is all that will prevent us from becoming a failed state. It was a spirited session, replete with entertaining, if somewhat bibulous but friendly interruptions. In preparation, I had done some updated research and concluded that their concerns were more justified than I had thought even a few months ago, when I last wrote about this subject in this column.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Jewish Canadians can’t be responsible for Israeli government’s actions, MPs unanimously vote

OTTAWA—As police link a rise in antisemitic attacks to Israel’s war with Hamas, MPs this week sought to send a message: Canadian Jews cannot be held responsible for the actions of the Israeli government.

It was a quiet moment of agreement that nearly went unnoticed and came after months of tension among MPs over the Liberal government’s policy response to the war.

But the fact there was agreement, some said, shows there does exist cross-partisan consensus to address the dangerous spillover of the conflict into Canadian streets.

Useless virtue signaling. So what about Zionists?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada

What the Elites Think of Trump Supporters

Today’s ruling class wants to maintain its power and privilege indefinitely.

Every now and then, liberal elites bluntly say what they think about Americans who support former President Donald Trump. Barack Obama accused them of “cling[ing]” to their religion and guns. Hillary Clinton placed them in a “basket of deplorables” (“racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic”) and advocated their “formal deprogramming.” President Joe Biden has called them a “threat” to democracy. Keith Olbermann said that Trump supporters “must be removed from our society.” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough claimed that Trump supporters “hate America.” David Frum simply called them “jerks.” In the New Republic, Brynn Tannehill wrote that Trump supporters “love fascism.” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says that Trump Republicans “fit the definition of fascism.” Sportscaster Bob Costas branded Trump supporters as a “toxic cult.” Most recently, former NBC television host Katie Couric described Trump supporters as “anti-intellectual.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Larry Sanger Speaks Out – The Wikipedia co-founder discusses Katherine Maher and the corruption of the Internet.

Larry Sanger remembers the promise of the web. He co-founded Wikipedia in 2001, with the hope that it could sustain a “free and open” Internet—a place where information, dissent, and creativity could thrive. At Wikipedia, he proposed a system of rules that encouraged users to “avoid bias” and maintain a “neutral point of view.”

That Internet is gone.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWikipedia