Author: Blazingcatfur

Watch Out Putin! Canada’s military to adopt gender-neutral dress code

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces will soon adopt a gender-neutral dress code for service members as military commanders push for more diversity in the ranks.

Men and women in uniform are currently subject to separate dress codes that include the types of clothing they can wear as well as hair styles and other aspects of their appearance.

Maj.-Gen. Lise Bourgon, the acting chief of military personnel, says the new gender-neutral standard will give members more choices while ensuring they are still dressed safely and appropriately for their duties.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

GUNTER: A coalition government in everything but name

If you can’t stomach the idea of another three years of Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Dear Leader, thank Jagmeet Singh.

You had to know the New Democrats would endorse a deal to keep the Liberals in power and let them operate as if they were a majority government even though in last fall’s election, Justin Trudeau’s party captured the lowest percentage of the popular vote of any government in Canadian history.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Going out on a fossil fuel bender

We need energy and renewables can’t provide, so best to just lean into it

Covid rates are abating just in time for surging gas prices to eclipse the pandemic as our crisis du jour, and people from both sides of the political aisle are crying out in unison: something must be done!

The current energy crisis debate consists of a few camps: one group professes that they can’t abide fossil fuels being used at all, while another can’t imagine living without them. The third group makes up the middle of the Venn diagram, and though a paradoxical state of mind, it contains the most members.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", Green-Scam

“Dark Money” Affecting Elections in Revolutionary Ways

Dark money. The words evoke sinister plots, secret organizations and conspiracies fit for a James Bond villain. We hear about dark money in politics, dark money in the elections and dark money supporting a web of organizations dedicated to undermining the American experiment.

Dark money seems to be everywhere — and it is.

Dark money has become the most important fuel driving the debate on every single public issue. In fact, dark money is being deployed in new and revolutionary ways to affect our elections. Seemingly unlimited streams of philanthropy are pouring into organizations and mechanisms that just three years ago seemed fanciful and beyond the wildest imagination of activist strategies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oligarchy"

The three Russian cyber-attacks the West most fears

US President Joe Biden has called on private companies and organisations in the US to “lock their digital doors”, claiming that intelligence suggests Russia is planning a cyber-attack on the US.

The UK’s cyber-authorities are also supporting the White House’s calls for “increased cyber-security precautions”, though neither has given any evidence that Russia is planning a cyber-attack.

Russia has previously stated that such accusations are “Russophobic”.

However, Russia is a cyber-superpower with a serious arsenal of cyber-tools, and hackers capable of disruptive and potentially destructive cyber-attacks.

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

Toronto releases first ever Reconciliation Action Plan to repair relationship with Indigenous Peoples

Toronto has unveiled its first ever Reconciliation Action Plan which lists 28 targets to restore truth, justice and prosperity to Indigenous people in the city.

Mayor John Tory released the plan Wednesday morning which aims to guide the city’s actions to advance reconciliation through to 2032.

The 28 goals are spread through five themes, including actions to restore truth, actions to right relations and share power, actions for justice, actions to make financial reparations and actions for the Indigenous Affairs Office.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

My Hero!

My Hero!

Trudeau’s address to European Parliament focuses on the rising threats to democracies

h/t Clink

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inJustin Trudeau - Pissant, Justin Trudeau Mocked On World Stage

Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson refuses to define the word ‘woman’ because she’s ‘not a biologist’

Confused woman

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to define the word ‘woman’ during the fiery second day of her confirmation hearing conducted by the Senate’s Judiciary Committee.

The moment came during a tense exchange with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) who pressed Jackson on sex and gender issues amid the fallout of biological male swimmer Lia Thomas storming to victory in the NCAA championships against female competitors.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Labour struggle hero of Canada’s downtrodden journalists Jerry Dias pocketed 50 Grand from COVID-19 rapid test supplier, Unifor alleges

Homo vibe

TORONTO – Unifor says former national president Jerry Dias accepted $50,000 from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits that he promoted to employers of Unifor members, several of whom purchased those test kits.

After an internal investigation, Unifor national secretary-treasurer Lana Payne says he stands charged with violating the code of ethics and democratic practices of the Unifor constitution.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Virtue Signalling Class, WTF?

‘We’re going back to a USSR’: long queues return for Russian shoppers as sanctions bite

The lines for sugar in Saratov were hard not to compare to the Soviet era, part of a recent run on Russian staples that have revived fears that the Kremlin’s invasion in Ukraine will lead to a virtual slide back to the shortages or endless queues of the Soviet Union.

Bags of sugar and buckwheat began disappearing from local markets in early March, just a week after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. And when the local mayor’s office announced that it would hold special markets for people to buy the staples last week, hundreds showed up.

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

Andrew Richter: I’m not holding my breath defence spending will increase

One of the many unexpected effects of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal attack on Ukraine is that Canada’s (perennially) low defence spending is attracting renewed attention, including numerous calls for it be to increased. As long-time observers of Canadian defence policy know, convincing governments to act on this file is no simple task. Perhaps these calls will result in significant and permanent changes. But I’m not holding my breath.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada