States Are Using This Absurd Metric to Hand Out Aid Based on Race

In 2021, states had to choose how to distribute a scarce number of Covid-19 vaccines. One approach was to do so based on individuals’ risk of death from the virus. Another was to do so geographically, based on “equity.” More than two dozen states did this, using something called the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)—a race-based formula created by the federal government.

The index, originating with the Centers for Disease Control in 2011, supposedly measures each county’s likelihood of suffering adverse consequences from natural disasters or other emergencies. In theory, the SVI allows relief workers effectively to triage scarce resources. In practice, it enables federal agencies and state governments to justify denying aid to neighborhoods because of race.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Anti-White Racism", WTF?

Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62 million for medication reviews. Former store owner says program is being ‘abused’

Shoppers Drug Mart billed almost $62 million to the provincial government for medication reviews over a 14-month period, data obtained by the Star shows, raising concerns the pharmacy chain is abusing the Ontario Drug Benefit program and providing little benefit to patients.

The reviews, performed through the MedsCheck program, are provincially funded consultations between pharmacists and patients intended to make sure doses are being followed and patient concerns are being addressed.

Always trust our corporate class is my motto. They were right about the blessings of mass immigration weren’t they?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Iranian Regime’s Trojan Horse “Civilian Use” Lie on Nuclear Weapons

For more than two decades, the Iranian regime has played a dangerous and calculated game of deception with the West by skillfully masking its nuclear ambitions under the pretense of “civilian use.” This is not a new tactic — it’s a time-tested playbook used by rogue regimes to buy time, mislead international watchdogs, and continue marching in the shadows toward nuclear weapons and the missiles to them.

Tehran has manipulated global diplomacy by leveraging Western naivety and its obsession with appeasement and the search for “peace” to keep all the core elements of its nuclear program intact.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity

Pardon my sacrilege.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities of Pope Francis.

But in a sign he was making the papacy very much his own, Leo made his first outing since his election to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna and is of particular significance to his Augustinian order and his namesake, Pope Leo XIII.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCatholic Church

Poilievre rejects severance offered to defeated MPs after losing Ontario riding

Federal Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is rejecting a severance package estimated at about $150,000 that he was entitled to receive after losing his Ottawa-area riding, a party official says.

Under the rules of the House of Commons, Mr. Poilievre is eligible for severance worth $154,850, according to the calculations of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Celebrities: Trump Will Destroy the World!

The era of the movie star ended some time ago, assuming your last name isn’t Cruise.

More recently, Americans began tuning out their celebrity betters on the political front.

The 2024 election saw a galaxy of stars support Vice President Kamala Harris. For every Trump-backing Zachary Levi or Hulk Hogan there were dozens of A-listers backing a leader who feared talking to Joe Rogan.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the scamdemic

The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy — facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that were barely used.

Early on in the pandemic, as the federal government moved at breakneck speed to respond to a global health crisis, it issued rush orders for these Mobile Health Units.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

LILLEY: Unemployment is up, economy tanking, it’s not about Trump

Canada’s jobless numbers could have been worse in April – in fact, Statistics Canada is pretty clear they would have been worse if not for the election.

The month jobs report was released Friday showing unemployment rising to 6.9%, up from 6.7% in February.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Explosions in Kashmir hours after India and Pakistan agree ceasefire

The ceasefire between India and Pakistan appeared to have been violated, mere hours after both sides agreed to pause hostilities.

Multiple blasts were heard in Srinagar and several other parts of Kashmir on Saturday. It was initially unclear where the explosions came from or where they were being directed.

Security officials in Pakistan accused India of violating the ceasefire after explosions were heard in Peshawar and Karachi and projectiles were spotted in the Gujrat area of Punjab

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIndia, Pakistan

‘I had started saying goodbye’: Why some Canadians go abroad for medical care

Allyson Vandenberg of Toronto was rejected for back surgery before even stepping into a doctor’s office, at a point when her pain had become unbearable, she said.

“One doctor agreed to see me — with an eight-month wait — then rejected me before even entering the room,” she wrote in an email to CTVNews.ca. In severe pain, she began considering medical assistance in dying.

“I had started saying goodbye,” she said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Healthcare Crisis", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy"

Maga says Pope Leo may be American, but he’s not ‘America first’

Catholicism has rarely been more prominent in US politics as the Trump administration openly embraces advisers and officials who proudly say faith has shaped their views.

But any jubilation on the American Make America Great Again right about the new Pope this week quickly dissipated as key voices from Donald Trump’s Maga movement came to a disappointed conclusion: the first American Pope does not appear to be “America first”.

Little is known about the political leanings of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCatholic Church