Author: Blazingcatfur

Trump and Xi conclude ‘very successful’ talks but no deals confirmed

Trump and Xi conclude ‘very successful’ talks but no deals confirmed

US President Donald Trump left Beijing after a two-day summit saying he had struck “fantastic trade deals, great for both countries”, but few details have emerged on what the two superpowers agreed.

Trump arrived for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday, accompanied by several CEOs: a high-profile business delegation spanning agriculture, aviation, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Trade was near the top of the agenda despite recent tensions over the Iran war, and businesses hoped for key deals as well as an extension of the tariff truce that is due to expire in November.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA

Canadian, U.S. fascist fight clubs joining forces south of the border, CBC investigation finds

Canadian, U.S. fascist fight clubs joining forces south of the border, CBC investigation finds

Members of Canada’s biggest white nationalist group trained this spring with U.S. counterparts south of the border and met with the founder of a global movement of fascist fight clubs, a CBC visual investigation has found.

One expert called it a “very significant” signal of closer co-ordination between white supremacist groups on both sides of the border.

This is the latest CBC Expose of Canadian White People with objectionable views who haven’t actually broken any laws.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"NAZIS! NAZIS EVERYWHERE!", CBC

Met Police call up armoured cars as London braces for a day of pro-Palestine and Tommy Robinson-led protests

Met Police call up armoured cars as London braces for a day of pro-Palestine and Tommy Robinson-led protests

Scotland Yard is set to use armoured vehicles for the first time in 15 years in a £4.5million operation to police protests this weekend.

In a package of measures billed as the toughest ever, 4,000 officers will be deployed to deal with the Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom rally and a pro-Palestine gathering to mark Nakba Day.

A total of more than 80,000 people are expected to attend the two demonstrations on Saturday when London will also host the FA Cup Final.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUK

A visit with Occam’s Razor

A visit with Occam’s Razor

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOur World

Pope Leo’s honour for Iranian envoy reveals history of Vatican diplomacy

Pope Leo’s honour for Iranian envoy reveals history of Vatican diplomacy

In a Vatican ceremony this week 13 ambassadors to the Holy See received a prestigious honorific distinction. News that the recipients included Iran’s Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari caused eyebrows to be raised.

After the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) brutally clamped down on protests this year, killing 30,0000 people according to some estimates, an Iranian official might seem like an unlikely recipient of the Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, which Iranian media claimed was awarded for efforts to “promote peace”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCatholic Church, Iran

Frankenstein is transphobic, claims non-binary director

Frankenstein is transphobic, claims non-binary director

Frankenstein is transphobic because it is about “a constructed body”, a non-binary filmmaker has claimed.

Jane Schoenbrun, an American director who describes herself as trans and queer, said the Frankenstein adaptations, based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel, are an example of older horror films featuring a “trans monster”.

“This image of the trans monster kept coming up, whether that be Norman Bates or Buffalo Bill or Frankenstein as a constructed body, and there was this lineage of trans people having really complicated feelings about those movies,” Schoenbrun told The Hollywood Reporter.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

WTF?

WTF?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Sobeys, Loblaw under fire for maple washing, as Sobeys ditches maple leaf symbol in stores

Sobeys, Loblaw under fire for maple washing, as Sobeys ditches maple leaf symbol in stores

More than a year after the Buy Canadian movement took root, grocery giants Loblaw and Sobeys are facing increased scrutiny over “maple washing” — the practice of promoting imported goods as homegrown.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) slapped two Loblaw-owned stores in January with $10,000 fines each for maple washing, and one month later, two other Loblaw-owned stores got formal warnings for the same violation, CBC News has learned.

10K fines? The cost of doing business is all.

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

GUNTER: Worried as Carney’s Canada gets closer to China

GUNTER: Worried as Carney’s Canada gets closer to China

Since February, there have been two significant reports documenting the extent to which Chinese Community Party (CCP) agents have infiltrated Canadian institutions and community organizations in an effort to woo or strong-arm Chinese Canadians into helping spread Chinese government policies and goals.

The most disturbing aspect of both reports is the willingness of Canada’s Liberal government to turn a blind eye to this level of infiltration and the effects it has on Canadian elections and democratic institutions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - China's 24th Province", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

In defense of white flight

In defense of white flight

The term “white flight” has a strong negative connotation in polite society. It is a term often used to tar the motives of my father’s generation who, after returning from service in WWII, chose to live in the suburbs rather than return to the confines of the cities in which they had grown up. Their motives were many; however, as white flight continued throughout the ‘50s and ‘60s, there is no question that it was driven by the knowledge that city neighborhoods that were formerly inhabitable were falling into disarray with the influx of blacks that had moved there. To say otherwise, flies in the face of what was observed at the time and exists today in tangible form in cities like Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Newark, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, to name a few.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"White Flight"

Canadian Millennials living with parents into adulthood double the rate of Boomers at same age

Canadian Millennials living with parents into adulthood double the rate of Boomers at same age

A new Statistics Canada study has confirmed what housing researchers and young Canadians have argued for years: the generational ladder to homeownership has not just gotten harder to climb for many Millennials, but for an increasing number, it has been pulled up entirely.

Released last week, the study draws on Census of Population data from 1991, 2006, and 2021 to compare how Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials each fared in the housing market between ages 25 and 39. The study found Millennials more likely to live with parents, less likely to own, and, when they do own, far less likely to own the kind of home previous generations took for granted.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOur World

Can European democracy be bought? Ask the rich men of Qatar

Can European democracy be bought? Ask the rich men of Qatar

Shame, not guilt, is the currency of scandal. In 2022, on anti-corruption day no less, Belgian police uncovered €1.5m of cash crammed into the suitcases of various senior EU officials. The money was thought to be payment for various political favours. The case is still sub-judice, but the accusation is that, for a rather venal sum, European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili and Pier Antonio Panzeri may have closed down a debate about Qatar’s Human Rights record.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEuropean Union, Qatar, Qatar - funding terror

85-year-old Hockey Scout Is Pilloried for Calling a Reporter “good-looking”

85-year-old Hockey Scout Is Pilloried for Calling a Reporter “good-looking”

The story is now a common one: an older man disgraced and punished for a “sexist” offence. In an instant, his reputation is shattered. Previously respected in his work, he becomes a target of contempt and hatred. Few defend him in his hour of need, and abundant sympathy is expressed for his alleged victim(s), whose harms are often imaginary.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Feminists, WTF?