Author: Blazingcatfur

Why Canada should make a bid to host the United Nations headquarters

Donald Trump’s assault on the United Nations continues. Last Wednesday, he signed an executive order pulling the United States out of 31 UN bodies or agreements, in addition to another 35 that work closely with it.

These 66 entities do crucial work promoting world order and global well-being. They include the Framework Convention on Climate Change – the only truly global effort to prevent catastrophic overheating of the planet – as well as the International Law Commission, the Peacebuilding Commission, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, offices dedicated to fighting child soldiery, violence against children, sexual violence in conflict, and so on.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, U.N., U.N. Corruption, United Nations, USA, WTF?

Olympic tensions flare as US skeleton star alleges Canadian coach rigged qualifying event

Sporting tensions between the USA and Canada have erupted once again, this time in skeleton as next month’s Winter Olympics approach.

The USA’s Katie Uhlaender, a five-time Winter Olympian in skeleton, has accused the Canadian team of depriving her of a place at the Milan-Cortina Games by manipulating a qualifying event over the weekend.

Uhlaender says that Canada deliberately pulled four of its six athletes from the race in the North American Cup in Lake Placid, New York. That meant the field was reduced to under 21 athletes and fewer qualifying points were on offer due to the lack of competition. Uhlaender believes the Canadian team did so to prevent American athletes from catching them in the standings for Olympic qualifying.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Amy Hamm: Canadian trust in institutions is at a low point — and that’s a good thing

Canadians are losing trust in major institutions, including Parliament and the school system. Good — because our institutions need an overhaul. Perhaps this country isn’t a lost cause, after all.

Statistics Canada released the “confidence in institutions” results from the Canadian Social Survey for the fourth quarter of 2024 earlier this month. Survey respondents were asked to rate their confidence in police, the justice system and courts, the school system, Parliament and Canadian media. Each institution was rated on a scale of one to five.

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

The Media Are Agents of Propaganda

Years of anti-ICE propaganda helped lead to a deadly confrontation in Minneapolis.

Last Thursday Vice President JD Vance joined a White House press briefing to discuss initiatives the Trump administration is taking to investigate the pervasive welfare fraud that has been discovered in Minnesota. He was inevitably asked questions about the death of Renee Good after she attempted to drive her SUV over an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Vance described the media coverage of the death as “disgraceful,” and followed up with this question: “You guys are meant to report the truth. How have you let yourselves become agents of propaganda?” The collective response of the “reporters” was to disregard the question, but the answer is vital to the future of the republic.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, The Media Lies, USA

Russia and China co-operating more often and more closely in the Arctic, says NORAD commander

There’s been a subtle but significant shift in what NORAD has been seeing over the last year when it comes to mostly Russian — but also Chinese — activity in the Arctic, says the top commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD).

U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot tells CBC News that air and sea incursions into the zones just outside North America have not only become more frequent, but also more co-ordinated.

“I’d say the most consequential difference in 2025 has been the volume, the simultaneous volume,” Guillot said in an exclusive interview.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Arctic, Canada, Russia

West Africa Under Jihadist Threat: Africa’s Sahel States Surrendering Sovereignty to Islamic Terrorist Groups

Al-Qaeda’s branch in Africa’s Sahel region has been laying siege to Mali’s capital city, as well as other areas of the country. The Algerian-based Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its affiliated Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (Support Group for Islam and Muslims, JNIM) are cutting a wide swath of terrorist operations across West Africa’s Sahel region. This coalition of Jihadist groups now threatens the sovereignty of Mali and several other Sahelian states.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Africa

DOBBIE: Who runs things in Canada, anyway?

Some days are just like that: gut wrenching stories that beg to be told but are buried by perpetrators or brushed off by media then land on my desk with pleas for help.

Sometimes it’s about bureaucratic bungling, delay, refusal to comply with political orders, even lying to deputy ministers and ultimately to the minister so that the politician has no clue as to what is really going on. Occasionally, the tale smells bad as in the case of a federal agency which was recently in the news over a high-profile incident that revealed their arrogance. The agency has also been systematically withdrawing lucrative products from the marketplace to the apparent benefit of insiders.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"

As couple’s trial resumes, advocate questions Children’s Aid Society’s ‘outrageous’ decisions before boy died

Becky Hamber, Brandy Cooney Killer Moms

With the trial for two women accused of killing a 12-year-old boy they were trying to adopt now in its final weeks, the public deserves to know if and how the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) has been held accountable, says Ontario’s former child advocate.

But full transparency from the CAS is very unlikely, said Irwin Elman, who was in the independent watchdog role from 2008 until the Ford government closed his office in 2019.

“The child protection system is a closed system,” said Elman, who’s not involved in the trial but has been closely following it.

No one will lose their job over this horror story.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Canadians’ pandemic drinking habits have stuck. Here’s how bad it’s gotten, according to new report

Canadians are drinking more frequently than they did before the pandemic, with a new report showing a rise in both daily alcohol consumption and weekly binge drinking since 2019.

Documented in the 2025 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Monitor eReport, released Monday, the findings suggest that habits formed during COVID-19 have not switched back to previous levels and may be contributing to higher levels of psychological distress.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?