Author: Blazingcatfur

Conservatives extend summer lead over Liberals, NDP sees bump in Nanos ballot tracking

With the fall sitting of Parliament now underway, the latest Nanos ballot tracking(opens in a new tab) shows the federal Conservatives continue to hold onto the lead they’ve had all summer while the Liberals remain stalled, and the NDP has managed to gain a bit of steam in third place.

“The Conservatives are up six points. (Poilievre is) six points up on the Preferred Prime Minister tracking. The Liberals are back on their heels,” said Nanos. While the Conservative advantage on the ballot question has lessened slightly since Aug. 4 when they were nine points ahead of the Liberals, “still, six points is enough to win an election.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘Never submit to evil,’ Zelenskyy urges in speech as Trudeau vows $650M more

“Slava Ukraini,” a voice shouted as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered the chamber of the House of Commons to give his historic address to Canadians.

Zelenskyy appeared to wipe a tear away as he was met with a minute-long standing ovation before Trudeau gave his welcome speech emphasizing the “pivotal” moment facing the world, and pledging $650 million in new funding to support Ukraine over three years.

More at CBC – Russia’s violence ‘must not go unpunished,’ Zelenskyy tells Canadian parliamentarians

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

The real reasons Canada’s relationship with India is broken

… By 2017, when I worked in government, India did not take Mr. Trudeau or Canada seriously. They viewed Canada as a bit player in world affairs, America’s loud-mouthed neighbour. In Ottawa, at least in my experience, officials did not respect India, either – to our peril. Canada’s political establishment is old and white, and infused with an ignorant Eurocentrism that still affects foreign policy priorities. Western Europe and the United States were our focus, and some ministers could hardly see beyond London or Berlin. There’s a reason why, along with India, relations with China, with Latin American countries, with much of Africa have deteriorated. It was a great abdication of our long-term priorities, given where we have ended up.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, India

The enormity of the migrant crisis will upend European politics

When hundreds of mostly African migrants escaped from the transfer centre in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, last weekend and began roaming the town’s bakeries and shops begging for food, the mayor took to social media to explain. There were 2,000 migrants squeezed into a facility meant for 250, he told terrified locals. The conditions were inhumane. The repeated attempts to escape were inevitable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints

The EV Jobs Myth

Dead EV Batteries

A transition to an all-electric-car future won’t mean less labor but more—much of it overseas.

Many claim that the United Auto Workers strike is, at core, a reaction to an “inevitable” transition to an all-electric-car future. They say that this future involves fewer jobs because electric vehicles (EVs) are supposedly simpler machines that therefore require far less labor to build. None of this is true.

But before we puncture this myth, let’s first note that the strike, like so much in life and politics, is about money. The UAW wants a 40 percent pay hike—and you can see why, given the staggering amounts of money sloshing around the auto industry. Automakers are enjoying record profits, much of which, rather than going toward wage increases, is being used to offset the billions of dollars in losses from building EVs. And that’s the least of it—the really big money gusher is coming from the government in the form of direct and indirect subsidies for EVs and the associated infrastructures.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

9/11 defendant unfit to stand trial, US judge rules

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the five defendants charged over the 9/11 attacks is not fit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.

The defendant Ramzi bin al-Shibh has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, associated psychotic features and a delusional disorder.

His lawyer has long claimed his client was “tortured by the CIA”.

Al-Shibh was scheduled to face pretrial proceedings on Friday.

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

Turkey: An Air Force Without Wings

Turkey, once NATO’s staunch southeastern flank sentinel against the Soviet Union, still operates the alliance’s second-largest military. These days, NATO’s second-largest military has a problem with its aerial firepower.

Turks are proud that their Air Force (TuAF) is the world’s ninth-largest. But it is not necessarily the ninth-strongest. According to the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft, TuAF is not among the world’s top 15 militaries listed. Turkey has 110 attack helicopters and 205 fighter/interceptor aircraft, according to Global Firepower. But its fleet of 1,065 military aircraft includes no dedicated attack aircraft.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTurkey

B.C. RCMP officer was getting chest compressions, another had leg wound: witness

COQUITLAM, B.C. – At least two RCMP officers have been injured in what is being described as a critical incident in the Metro Vancouver city of Coquitlam.

Carley Hodges said Friday near the scene that she saw one officer being taken out of a building on a stretcher while getting chest compressions.

Update: Mountie killed, another hurt in Coquitlam City Centre shooting

h/t PMS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Before son, there was the father: Why Trudeaus have difficult relationship with India

Canada-India rift deepens

Before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, there was Pierre Elliott Trudeau, his father and Canada’s 15th PM.

With his embracing of the Khalistani elements in Canada, Justin Trudeau ensured that ties with India nosedived. The trigger for the plunging relations was his unsubstantiated claims that India was behind the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

And before Justin Trudeau’s visit to India, first in 2018 and then in 2023 for the G20 Summit, came his father’s.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, India, Khalistan

Eagle Pass mayor lays the blame for illegal crossing influx on Joe Biden

Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. said he believes “100%” that President Joe Biden is at fault for the recent increase in immigrants in his border town.

The city is on the banks of the Rio Grande and recently issued an emergency declaration over the 4,000 foreign nationals that illegally crossed the river between ports of entry and under the international bridge. It is set to expire in seven days from Thursday. Salinas was asked during an interview if he faulted Biden for the sudden increase.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", USA

Sabrina Maddeaux: Trudeau Liberals shrugged for years as foreign interference multiplied

As Canadians wait to learn more about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s explosive reveal of “credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen,” questions continue to compound. The clearest thing right now is we need to know more about Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder and, based on how peer governments handled similar cases, there’s solid precedent for transparency about the evidence.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, India, Khalistan