Author: Blazingcatfur

Candidates Clash Over Homeless Encampments in Toronto

Seven of Toronto’s mayoralty candidates clashed over how to deal with homeless encampments, during a debate hosted by CP24 on June 15. And one of the fiercest clashes came between Olivia Chow and Anthony Furey.

Furey, a journalist, vowed he would put families first in his drive to get rid of the encampments.

“I am going to phase out those drug injection sites that are causing so much of this disorder, lawlessness in our streets,” said Furey. “There are people involved in the drug crisis, who are going up and saying abusive things to 4-year-old children, littering needles in front of the school … And I’m the leader who’s going to say we’re going to phase out those drugs sites and replace them with treatment centres. A compassionate society doesn’t keep people on drugs.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

The less Meghan and Harry earn, the more dangerous to the monarchy they may be

The loss of a deal with Spotify might indicate that their earning power is about to fade

Not since Hollywood star Gywneth Paltrow “consciously uncoupled” from Coldplay singer Chris Martin has a separation been so deliciously dressed up. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Part Ways with Spotify” read the reports, announcing that the Duchess’s Archetypes podcast won’t be getting a second season, after all. What Meghan wants is no longer what Meghan gets, it seems.

Perhaps it was by mutual consent but, to me, “part ways” sounds suspiciously like a more gentle way of saying: “You’re fired.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Manitoba RCMP say semi-truck had right of way at time of deadly Trans-Canada Highway crash

Manitoba RCMP say they have obtained video footage of the deadly crash between a semi-truck and bus on the Trans-Canada Highway on Thursday that killed 15 people and sent 10 people to hospital, saying the semi-truck had the right of way at the time of the crash.

Superintendent Rob Lasson with the RCMP’s Major Crimes section provided an update to the investigation on Friday, saying they obtained video footage from the semi-truck trailer of the crash, which occurred shortly around noon at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Canada needs legal tools to fight residential school denialism, report says

OTTAWA – Canada should give “urgent consideration” to legal mechanisms as a way to combat residential school denialism, says a new report from the independent special interlocutor on unmarked graves.

Justice Minister David Lametti said he is open to such a solution.

Kimberly Murray made the call in an interim report released Friday, just over a year after she was appointed to an advisory role focused on how Ottawa can help Indigenous communities search for children who died and disappeared from residential schools.

Orwell would blanche.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAboriginal Issues, Canada, WTF?

Something happened in the skies over Bad Axe on June 3 — but what?

Something happened in the skies over Bad Axe on Saturday, June 3.

Just exactly what happened may never be known.

Some people said they saw two fighter jets locked in a cat-and-mouse game with a disc-shaped object. Representatives from military air bases in the Midwest said they had no knowledge of any such incident, with one stating there were no aircraft like the ones witnesses described in the region at the time.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"UFO's"

Senator Oh Arranging 5th Column of 50 Buses to Bring Protesters to Ottawa to Oppose Foreign Agent Registry on behalf of Red China

Addressing an audience in Montreal, Senator Victor Oh said he is planning to rent buses to transport up to 3,000 people to Ottawa for an upcoming demonstration against proposed legislation to create a foreign agent registry aimed at combatting foreign influence.

“We need to rent buses to [transport people] from Toronto. I plan to rent 50 buses. … Each can accommodate around 55 to 60 people, so with 50 buses, that’s 3,000 people,” Oh told his audience in Chinese at an event held at the Montreal Chinese Community United Centre (MCCUC), according to a video posted June 13 on Weixin, the Chinese version of WeChat. The video’s caption said Oh spoke “yesterday,” indicating the event was held on June 12.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

WEF report admits digital ID could be used for ‘surveillance and persecution’

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has admitted in a new report that digital IDs are exclusionary by nature and can facilitate “the identification, surveillance and persecution of individuals or groups.”

In its June 2023 Insight Report titled “Reimagining Digital ID,” the WEF described the potential risks of the widespread implementation of a digital ID.

“Perhaps the greatest risks arising from digital ID are exclusion, marginalization and oppression,” the report warns.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society", World Economic Forum

Trench Selfies: Tracking A Russian Military Unit By Frontline Social Media Photos

Earlier this spring, a Russian unit that trained at a Chechen military academy deployed to southern Ukraine, as Russia’s military girded for an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Called RUS, the volunteer unit is affiliated with Akhmat, a semi-autonomous special forces detachment that is commanded and overseen by the government of Chechnya. RUS soldiers trained at a special academy located in eastern Chechnya.

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

‘Almost still shines’: 3,000-year-old sword unearthed in Germany

A bronze sword more than 3,000 years old , which is so well-preserved that it “almost still shines”, has been unearthed in southern Germany, officials say.

The Bavarian state office for the preservation of historical monuments (BLfD) said the sword, which is believed to date back to the end of the 14th century BC — the middle of the bronze age — was found during excavations last week in Nördlingen, between Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany

Germany marks 70 years since anti-communist uprising

70 years ago an uprising of 1 million people in communist East Germany (GDR) was crushed by Soviet tanks. Today, Ukraine is fighting for its independence.

What does Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine have to do with the failed popular uprising in the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR), which took place on June 17, 1953?

Strictly speaking, nothing. But if you take a broader perspective, you will recognize similar motives at play despite the differences in historical circumstances — both on the side of the aggressors and on the side of the people fighting for their freedom and independence.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany

Study claims Christianity associated with belief in ‘conspiracy theories’

A new study, published in something called the Journal for The Scientific Study of Religion, claims that both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism are independently associated with a greater tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. More to the progressive point, that study purportedly found when people believed in both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism, their distrust of government officials increased significantly. Egads!

In other words, they were more astute and less naive.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

‘Shells, drones — the Russians are throwing everything at us’

Ukraine’s counteroffensive progress in battle is coming at a price

It took only moments after the Ukrainian flag was hoisted over Blahodatne for the Russian shelling to erupt again. Soldiers dashed for cover behind wrecked buildings, in ditches and inside their prized American armoured MaxxPro vehicles as the fire rained down.

“They are throwing everything at us,” said Stepan, a former bus driver. “Shells, mortars, missiles, rockets and drones. They haven’t stopped.”

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

Oscars voters rip into ‘ridiculous’ new diversity rules for Best Picture

If it were released today, “The Godfather” would possibly have no chance of winning a Best Picture Oscar.

That’s because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is beholden to new inclusivity standards.

Starting with the March 2024 awards, movies will not be considered for a Best Picture nomination unless they feature a lead or significant supporting character from an “underrepresented racial or ethnic group,” have a main storyline that focuses on an underrepresented group, or at least 30% of the cast comes from two or more underrepresented groups (women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ or the disabled).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", Hollywood, WTF?