Author: Blazingcatfur

Had a drug conviction? Join the New Orleans police force

Department gets creative with recruitment as employment figures hit historic low

The murder rate in New Orleans is the highest in the land and the man in charge of holding the thin blue line in the Big Easy now has far fewer police officers after years in which hundreds have departed.

If Superintendent Shaun Ferguson was managing a police force in the London of Arthur Conan Doyle, or Dorothy L Sayers, now would be the time to send for a gentleman with an independent income and an enthusiastic interest in violent crime.

This can only be great.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Depolicing"

Submarine Spy Couple Enters Guilty Plea, Again

After a federal judge threw out Jonathan and Diana Toebbe’s previous deal, the Maryland couple agreed to the possibility of a longer prison sentence.

The Maryland couple who tried to sell sensitive submarine nuclear propulsion secrets to a foreign country again pleaded guilty on Tuesday, accepting the prospect of longer prison sentences after a federal judge threw out their original deal as too lenient.

Under the new deal with prosecutors, Jonathan Toebbe, 43, a former Navy nuclear engineer, could serve 27 years or longer in a federal prison. Diana Toebbe, 46, his wife and a former teacher at an Annapolis, Md., private school, could serve more than a dozen years.

Funny how The Times leaves out this little tidbit – Libs Betray America: Submarine Spy Couple Radicalized by Anti-Trump #Resistance

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEspionage, Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA

Cutting CBC would give twice

Cutting government spending is almost always beneficial but new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s proposal to eliminate the CBC’s public funding is doubly so. Many other government-run institutions are so blatantly inefficient and do so badly that there is at least the silver lining that they sow public skepticism about further government expansion. The CBC is also inefficient and does badly but it is in the business of pushing stories and promoting ideas, and the ideas it promotes are those favouring government expansion. As Milton Friedman wrote, “Any institution will tend to express its own values and its own ideas … A socialist institution will teach socialist values.”

How many times have we heard conservative politicians rally the faithful with cries of “Defund The CBC?” Yet it never comes to pass. Why is that?

The CBC was once vital to maintaining the façade of democracy that kept we proles in check.

CBC became part of the permanent political class that governs us. 

But few watch it anymore if the ratings are to be believed. 

Trudeau’s handlers understood the CBC’s diminished reach and brought the rest of Canada’s media on board with subsidies’.

Will Poilievre defund or even cut back the CBC? We’ll see but I wouldn’t bet on it.

And I will want to know why he changed his mind.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Political Class, CBC

Dissident Myanmar beauty queen Han Lay granted asylum in Canada

A beauty queen from Myanmar who sought refuge in Thailand after criticising the military junta in her homeland has been granted asylum in Canada.

Han Lay, 23, made headlines around the world last year when she used a pageant speech to call for help for the people of Myanmar amid a military crackdown. She faced being sent back to her home country after Thai officials stopped her at an airport in Bangkok last week because of an issue with her passport.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Myanmar

1 in 3 Canadians believe Trudeau should stay in power as Tories edge ahead: poll

The proportion of Canadians who believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deserves to remain in power appears to be slightly lower than it was one year ago amid the federal election, a new poll suggests.

Polling done by Ipsos exclusively for Global News indicates 33 per cent of Canadians say Trudeau deserves to be re-elected, which is a drop of four per cent compared to polling done last fall.

IF AN ELECTION WAS HELD TOMORROW, THE CONSERVATIVES WOULD WIN

Among respondents, 37 per cent said they would vote Conservative in the next election, against just 30 per cent who would Liberal. Given that the Liberals won the last federal election with just 32.62 per cent of the vote, these results would be more than enough to put Poilievre in the prime minister’s office.

But it could be 2025 before we see an election. Poilievre vs. Freeland or Joly would be great fun, not to mention the Max factor. This assumes the sociopath resigns which is unlikely to happen.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Public Online Hearing for Ottawa Police Officer Kristina Neilson for Convoy donation – Thursday Sept 29th

Suspended Ottawa Constable Kristina Neilson will make her second appearance before an internal hearing on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 9:30am. The hearing will be broadcast to the public via Teams videoconferencing.

Neilson was charged with ‘discreditable conduct’ after the criminal theft of donor Identity Information* from the Christian website ‘GiveSendGo’.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society"

Federal court certifies $1.1B class action against RCMP over alleged bullying, harassment

Holy Crap! Here comes that process server!

A national class-action lawsuit against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, alleging failure to provide a workplace free from bullying, intimidation, and harassment, has been certified by the Federal Court of Canada.

The class action seeks more than $1.1 billion in damages on behalf of all current and former RCMP members and civilians, special constables and reservists who worked for the national force between Jan. 1, 1995, and the date a collective agreement becomes or became applicable to a bargaining unit to which they belong.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inRCMP

FUREY: U.K. police act as online enforcers for trans activism — could same happen in Canada?

The past couple of weeks has seen Canadians weigh in on the viral story of a purportedly transgender teacher at Oakville Trafalgar High School wearing what appears to be jumbo-sized prosthetic breasts.

People have strong opinions about what went down, to put it mildly. They’ve made their views known at a couple of protests and, of course, on social media.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

Gun Control in Tough Spot in Increasingly Well-Armed America

The dream of a gun-free America has never been more ephemeral. While calls for gun control still abound, their effectiveness is thrown into question by the reality of gun ownership. And the disconnect seems to be growing.

Polls suggest the majority of Americans don’t own a gun and support stricter gun laws. Gun ownership has stagnated for decades, according to Gallup.

In reality, however, gun sales have been breaking records in recent years, with a significant portion going to new gun owners, according to industry estimates.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights

Pierre Poilievre is building bridges he was expected to burn

Pierre Poilievre did not win the Conservative leadership by using the subtle arts of diplomacy.

But in his first couple of weeks on the job, Poilievre has been making some choices — especially on the hiring front — that seem to reveal an interest in building as many bridges as the new leader had been expected to burn.

It would be a mistake to cast these developments as proof of a kinder, gentler Poilievre, especially this early in his tenure. But he is defying many expectations — by Liberals in particular — that Poilievre would launch into his new job in pure attack mode.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

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Seeking diversity, feds add inclusive language to application process for judges

OTTAWA – The Canadian government is making changes to the questionnaire prospective judges must fill out before applying for a federal judicial appointment.

The change is intended make the questionnaire more respectful by adding inclusive language for people to “self-identify diversity characteristics.”

Critics have argued Canada’s judiciary lacks diversity.

The questionnaires are a primary tool used by judicial advisory committees across the country to review candidates for the bench and submit recommendations to the minister of Justice.

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