Author: Blazingcatfur

What Happens to the Conservative Party Without Pierre Poilievre? Canadians Weigh In on Potential Leadership Alternatives

Leadership hypotheticals are always speculative, but they’re not pointless. Political leadership is about more than brand management or media presence, it’s the centre of the coalition, the public face of a movement, and often the determining factor in voting behaviour.

That’s why we conducted a survey of 2,922 Canadian adults between October 24 and 29, 2025, for the Toronto Star, exploring what might happen if Pierre Poilievre were no longer leading the federal Conservative Party. Would voters be more or less inclined to support the party? Are there other Conservative figures who might perform better in an election? And what does all this say about the shape and limits of the Conservative coalition today?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Billy Bob Thornton Flames Celebrities Shoving Their Political Positions Down Audience‘s Throat: ‘Accept Your Little Award, and F**k Off‘

Actor Billy Bob Thornton is sick and tired of his fellow actors pushing their political positions onto fans at awards shows.

Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Thornton advised celebrities to just “accept your little award and fuck off.”

Thornton, 70, recalled how British comedian Rickey Gervais spent much of his time at the 2020 Golden Globes roasting the celebrities.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

BBC director-general & corporation’s news chief resign after row over Panorama’s misleading editing of Donald Trump speech

The BBC’s director-general Tim Davie has resigned amid a row over the doctoring of a Donald Trump speech for a Panorama episode.

The corporation’s CEO of News, Deborah Turness, has also resigned following criticism that the BBC documentary misled viewers.

In a statement, Mr Davie said: ‘There have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility.’

Wow how odd to see accountability.

The altered tape.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBBC, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Adam Zivo: Carney’s budget falls short on housing

The new federal budget makes it clear that Prime Minister Mark Carney is unprepared to tackle the national housing crisis. His proposed measures are half-hearted at best and fail to adequately address the overregulation throttling construction of new supply.

Canada has chronically built too little housing to meet burgeoning demand, which, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), has led to a national shortage of approximately 2.6 million units. This is the primary reason why the inflation-adjusted price of an average Canadian home has doubled since the early 2000s — there are simply too many people bidding on scarce inventory.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"

The Heritage Foundation’s Meltdown

… What are the main issues in play? The one that has gotten the most ink concerns the recent recrudescence of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on the right. The two are not synonymous, as Kevin Roberts was at pains to point out in his initial video. But the phenomena overlap and nurture each other.

Another issue, and the one I wish to focus on here, is what I think of as the play behind the play in the attack on Kevin Roberts. John Daniel Davidson, writing in The Federalist, summed up the plot of that supervening play in the subhead to a recent column: “Genuine concern about antisemitism on the right is being hijacked by neocons to attack J. D. Vance in hopes of retaking control of the GOP.”

That is the nub of the matter.

Is it too soon to say the truth about Dick Cheney?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

KLEIN: $871,000 in expenses for just seven indigenous leaders, Indigenous whistleblowers demand to see the books

If I had been the one to raise these questions, the cancel culture crowd would already be in full attack mode. But they can’t dismiss what’s happening now, because it’s not outsiders doing the talking. It’s Indigenous people themselves, standing up and demanding to know where the money has gone and why their communities are still struggling. Their voices are brave, their questions fair, and their message simple: the truth has to matter more than politics.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Aboriginal Fatigue"

Cat on a wire

Xavier, twist tie and my chair

This is Xavier’s favourite toy, yes a twist tie.

He has played with it every day for weeks always with the same goal.

He deliberately bats it under the garbage can so he has reason to reach into the unknown and pluck it out again.

Except he isn’t always successful retrieving it.

That’s when he sits watch beside the can and meows plaintively until I am forced to rescue his twist tie.

No lie I have done this 10’s of times for him.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCats. What Else?

Ostriches Executed for No Good Reason

On Friday, “professional marksmen” in Canada gunned down almost 400 ostriches. Birds that were clearly disease free; just more victims of the Canadian government’s totalitarian overreach. Deja vu- “the truckers rally.”

As most of you know, Robert and I have a soft spot for ratites, which is the family of flightless birds that lack a sternal keel (as did dinosaurs) that ostriches belong to. In fact, our pet emu is another member of that ancient lineage of birds. There are only five groups of ratites left in the world (ostriches, emus, kiwis, cassowaries, and Rheas). They have a special place in the animal kingdom. Ratites may be the closest living relatives to the dinosaurs and truly are fascinating.

h/t SC and Auntie Polly

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

How Trump could hamper Zohran Mamdani’s New York agenda

Just moments after Zohran Mamdani won his battle to become the next mayor of New York City, the rising political star zeroed in on his next fight: taking on the president of the United States.

In his victory speech on Tuesday, Mamdani turned to the cameras to directly taunt the president: “So Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up,” he said.

Minutes later, Trump responded on his social media site Truth Social: “…AND SO IT BEGINS!”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

WTF?

Hmmm …

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Chicago Mayor Urges UN To Investigate What He Says Are Human Rights Violations in America

Brandon Johnson – Loves Looting

Chicago’s mayor is urging the U.N. Human Rights Council – a body whose members include notorious abusers such as China, Cuba, Russia, and Qatar – to investigate what he describes as a “worsening human rights crisis” in America under the Trump administration.

The United States, meanwhile, on Friday became only the second country ever to refuse to cooperate with a routine review of its rights record by the council, which the Trump administration has accused of a “deep anti-American bias” and a disproportionate focus on Israel.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems

On November 4, François-Philippe Champagne described the 2025 federal budget as “generational.” In doing so, the finance minister offered a rare example of plausible political hype, without the usual hyperbole.

The challenges facing Canada are profound, and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has responded with a massive surge in military spending and a suite of significant investments in housing, infrastructure and AI — investments only partially offset by widespread cuts to other areas.

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