Author: Blazingcatfur

Ukraine’s Crimea attacks seen as key to counter-offensive against Russia

This week saw spectacular Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean Peninsula, hitting Russian warships and missiles.

Estimates of the damage done ran into billions of pounds and raised the question: is Ukraine getting ready to retake Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014?

Crimea is a Russian fortress, so it is important not to get carried away.

“The strategy has two main goals,” says Oleksandr Musiienko, from Kyiv’s Centre for Military and Legal Studies.

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

Armed man arrested at RFK, Jr. campaign event in Los Angeles

An armed man was arrested at a campaign event for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday. He was detained as he approached the candidate by Kennedy’s private security team.

The arrest came before Kennedy delivered his speech to the Hispanic community at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles Friday night. September is Hispanic Heritage Month.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

Will voter fatigue and inflation be Trudeau’s undoing?

Eight and a half years ago, in January 2015, the Liberal Party’s 36-member caucus gathered in London, Ont. ahead of a new sitting of Parliament.

There was some reason at the time to believe their leader, Justin Trudeau, would be the next prime minister of Canada. But some of the original shine had come off Trudeau by then. And it would get worse for the Liberals before it got better.

“One of the issues we’ve got going for us, ironically, is all of these attacks and criticisms are putting him through tests that the public will watch him pass,” an adviser to Trudeau said at the time. “It’s an arc. It has a story to it.”

In theory the mass immigration & housing crisis’ alone should kill off Trudeau.

But all he needs is for his committed base to show up and a good showing by the NDP to squeak through with a minority government as happened last go round.

My theory and I do have one concerns home equity. Trudeau will bleed out support with each underwater mortgage.

If he keeps the mass immigration floodgates open we’ll never see enough homes to meet demand. Home prices will at worst stabilize at or near current levels and likely increase under this scenario. That will make a lot of home owners happy that their investment is protected.

Lots of homeowners reside in urban centers like Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Cities filled with homeowners who also happen to be Liberal and NDP supporters. Civil servants, teachers and other such unionistas. Cities also filled with GST cut enriched developers and real estate investors. In short the Liberal left base and their corporate cronies.

Junior won’t care if he doesn’t pick up a vote west of Toronto so long as he holds on to power.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse

The media personality Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse during a seven-year period at the height of his fame.

The allegations were the result of a joint investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.

The actor and comedian had already moved to deny what he called “very serious criminal allegations” on Friday night. In a video posted online, Brand said he had received correspondence from a media company and a newspaper detailing the claims; this is standard practice for journalists preparing to report serious allegations about a named entity.

This is the Original Times Expose – Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#MeToo

WARMINGTON: This could be police across Canada’s biggest challenge since Freedom Convoy

OTTAWA — It could shape up to be something the nation’s capital has not faced since the Freedom Convoy.

Needless to say there is a lot of interest in next Wednesday’s planned rally at Parliament Hill and also at city halls across the country starting at 9 a.m. The organizers are calling it the “1 Million March for Children“, and just in case a lot of people participate, police are getting ready.

Canada has to step up if they wish to equal European levels of protest … Spate of School Burnings in Belgium After Sex Ed Made Mandatory

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"They really do want your children"

Trudeau gov’t calls for meeting with CEOs of Canada’s biggest grocery chains to talk food prices and look like they’re doin somethin

The federal government says it expects the heads of five of Canada’s biggest grocery chains to attend a meeting in Ottawa on Monday to discuss ways to stabilize food prices.

The office of Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne told CBC News it asked the CEOs of Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro, Costco and Walmart to attend in person.

Champagne’s office said it sent out the invitation Thursday afternoon as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was delivering his affordability announcement in London, Ont. at the Liberals’ national caucus retreat.

Taxes have a funny way of being passed down to the consumer but with Frankie Champagne on the case that means the Grocery Barons should walk away with a few billion each.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Colby Cosh: Ontario math case is mirror-image racism disguised as racial sensitivity

The Canadian Constitution Foundation announced in a press release on Thursday that it has been granted intervenor status in an appeal, approved a year ago but not yet scheduled, that will concern Ontario’s famous racist math test for teacher candidates. In 2018, as you might recall, the Ontario government, concerned about sluggish student math performance, introduced a new math proficiency test (MPT) that teachers would have to pass before being admitted to the profession.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Progressive Racists

Bud Light could lose retail shelf space as Dylan Mulvaney boycott persists: experts

Bud Light, which has been displaced as the nation’s top-selling beer following the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco, is in danger of falling farther behind its rivals when retailers reset shelf space this fall.

Wholesalers, industry experts, and a former Anheuser-Busch executive told ABC News on Friday that Bud Light could lose refrigerator space at retailers such as Walmart and 7-Eleven.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Corporate Social Justice Warriors"

GST removal on rental builds won’t lower prices any time soon, experts say

The federal government’s removal of GST for rentals in Canada is a welcome step to create more housing affordability but its impact on rents likely won’t be felt any time soon, experts told Global News.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the immediate removal of the five per cent tax for those projects on Thursday. The idea was first put forward as a 2015 campaign pledge by the Liberals but it had never come into fruition until now.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"

Overcrowded schools see kids sharing desks, learning in staff rooms and hallways

As the reality of unprecedented enrolment growth hits schools this month, students and teachers are facing overcrowded classrooms and learning spaces spilling into hallways, libraries, gyms and staff rooms.

The province has argued it is funding for growth, even as more than 7,000 new students arrive at Calgary’s public schools this fall, on top of last year’s 5,000.

h/t XC

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