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WTF? ‘The war in Ukraine threatens to distract us from the climate crisis’ says CBC LPC propagandist

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not change the fact of climate change – a reality brought home again by another stark report from the UN’s climate change panel two weeks ago.

But the ramifications of this war are being used to raise new questions about Canadian climate and energy policy.

With gas prices surging a week after Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown wrote to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to suggest that she delay the annual increase in the federal carbon tax, slated to take effect on April 1. “Now is the wrong time for any new burden,” he said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Government Owned News Media, CBC, WTF?

Whistleblower: FBI Is Just Now Asking Basic Questions About Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs — A Year Into Its Investigation

A senior FBI special agent has sounded the alarm on the bureau’s investigation into the pipe bombs that were placed outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee buildings the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, suggesting that the investigation has been a low priority and made no real progress.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Sign of the end times: Justin Trudeau And Kamala Harris To Meet & Discuss Ukraine Crisis

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Poland, where most of an estimated two million Ukrainians have fled the Russian war on their country.

Trudeau is planning to visit a temporary shelter for refugees as part of his day in Warsaw, Poland.

… Trudeau is also expected to meet with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris in Poland this evening to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

Almost praying for nuclear war!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, USA, WTF?

Police task force seized crypto connected to trucker protest, fundraiser says in court documents

A police task force has seized some of the cryptocurrency from a donation drive in support of the Ottawa trucker protests, one of the proponents of the fundraiser revealed in court documents filed on Tuesday.

Nicholas St. Louis, an Ottawa man who previously described himself as the “bitcoin team lead” for the protests, said in an affidavit that police executed a search warrant on him on Feb. 28. He said the warrant had been sealed by a court.

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

White House says no plans to restart Keystone XL pipeline amid soaring gas prices

The Biden administration will not resume construction on the Keystone XL pipeline, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.

“There are no plans for that,” Ms. Psaki said of restarting construction. “It would not address any of the problems that we are currently having.”

The pipeline would have brought as much as 700,000 barrels of oil per day into the U.S. from Canada. Republicans and some Canadian officials have called to restart construction on the halted project as the U.S. seeks to boost its oil supply and gas prices push toward $5.

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Russian POW viral videos may break international law. What about sharing them?

Videos circulating on social media of captured Russian soldiers calling their families and denouncing the invasion of Ukraine may be contributing to the violation of international law about how prisoners of war should be treated.

“You may not publish pictures of prisoners of war where they can be recognized,” said Marco Sassoli, a professor of international law at the University of Geneva and a special advisor on international humanitarian law to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. “And obviously [in these cases], they can be recognized.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", WTF?

‘We mustn’t despair’: Restoring faith in democracy key amid Russian threat, says Trudeau

Countering the threat that Russian President Vladimir Putin poses to democracies around the world will require those countries to confront floundering faith in public institutions among their citizens, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.

“Vladimir Putin is undoubtedly a threat to Ukrainians, and to people outside their borders. Even as we are clear-eyed about the challenges he presents, we mustn’t despair,” Trudeau said in a keynote address to the Munich Security Conference in Berlin, Germany.

“Democracy is always stronger than authoritarianism,” he added, before noting: “If we’re going to be honest with each other, democracy hasn’t exactly been at its best.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Justin Trudeau - Pissant, WTF?

Lying Punk Trudeau defends Canada’s military spending below NATO target

 

… “The Americans and the Brits have sent much more sophisticated pieces of anti-air or anti-armour equipment than we have,” he said. “You could do more damage, more accurately, to more sophisticated pieces of Russian gear if you’ve got the better weapons.”

Mr. Perry said Canada would also rank better among its NATO allies if it spent the money it has budgeted for defence, but the most recent numbers show the government underspending by about $3-billion. He said that’s in large part because of lengthy delays in buying new fighter jets and the slow progress in Canada’s ship-building program.

Canada’s underspending on defence is a “much bigger” issue now than it was before Russia invaded Ukraine, he said. “We’re seeing the impact of not meeting that” target.

“If you don’t actually spend money on this stuff, and buy things on schedule … then your options when you face a massive crisis, like the one we’re looking at right now in Ukraine, are drastically limited.”

According to NATO’s 2021 numbers, the Dutch spent slightly more on defence than Canada at 1.45 per cent of GDP. Mr. Rutte told reporters on Monday that his government in January decided to “ramp up defence spending by billions of euros” to bring the country close to the target.

Go incognito

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

Russia trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine, says Pentagon

Russia has been trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine to bolster Moscow’s flagging invasion, according to the Pentagon.

A senior US defence official said it was unclear how many Syrians Vladimir Putin is seeking to recruit, but said “we find it noteworthy that he believes he needs to rely on foreign fighters”. The official added there was no evidence of Syrian fighters having arrived in Ukraine so far.

The Russian recruitment effort was first reported by a Syrian news website, DeirEzzor24, which said Moscow was seeking volunteers to act as guards on six-month contracts, for between $200 and $300 a month. The same report said the Russian mercenary firm Wagner had been equipping its Syrian operatives, who had served in the Libyan war on the side of the general, Khalifa Haftar, to transfer to Ukraine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", WTF?

Kamala Harris Attacks Truckers for Pollution as ‘People‘s Convoy‘ Protesters Hit D.C.

Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the levels of pollution caused by heavy trucks on the same day a group of patriotic truckers circled Washington, DC.

“Pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses has made the air poisonous to breathe and this pollution is also, of course, accelerating the climate crises,” Harris said during a speech near the White House on Monday. “Threatening the future not just of our communities, but of the entire world.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?