EU Countries Already Looking to Car Factories To Rearm Europe

EU Countries Already Looking to Car Factories To Rearm Europe

The meeting between Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte this Thursday in Brussels was not just another appointment about Ukraine. It was, in fact, a discussion about how to transform the European economy for a new stage of rearmament.

The President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of NATO met at Rutte’s private residence to prepare for the Atlantic summit in Ankara in July. But the focus of the conversation was how to increase industrial defence production in Europe and how to do it quickly. Very quickly.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEurope

Ships received radio message from Iranian Navy that Strait of Hormuz closed – report

Ships received radio message from Iranian Navy that Strait of Hormuz closed – report

Some merchant vessels received a radio message from the Iranian Navy saying the Strait of Hormuz had been shut again, shipping sources have told Reuters.

The Iranian Navy told the tankers that no ships are allowed to pass through the Strait, the sources add.

As we’ve just reported, at least one tanker says it has come under fire in the strait by IRGC gunboats.

(more…)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

‘Embassy drone threat’ closes Kensington Gardens

‘Embassy drone threat’ closes Kensington Gardens

Police are “assessing a number of discarded items” in London’s Kensington Gardens after a video was shared online in which a group claimed to have targeted the nearby Embassy of Israel with drones carrying dangerous substances.

The Metropolitan Police said the embassy had not been attacked and officers were investigating the source and authenticity of the footage.

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘Massive risk’: Chinese EVs are the first test for Canada’s new strategic partnership with China

‘Massive risk’: Chinese EVs are the first test for Canada’s new strategic partnership with China

OTTAWA — Criticism over Canada allowing Chinese electric vehicles access to Canada’s market is mounting, with industry and geopolitical analysts warning of the risks associated with increased engagement with China.

“It’s a massive risk,” said Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association.

“Canada’s auto industry depends on our integration with North America and the U.S. specifically, that’s been the foundation of the sector, going all the way back to the auto pact.”

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

The Problem With the Covid Inquiry’s Claim That the Vaccines “Saved 475,000 UK Lives”

The Problem With the Covid Inquiry’s Claim That the Vaccines “Saved 475,000 UK Lives”

The Covid Inquiry’s Module 4 report, published this week, claims that 475,000 lives were saved by vaccination in England and Scotland. A further 7,000 are attributed to Wales. These figures are presented as findings. They are not findings. They are the outputs of a WHO model.

The inquiry itself has already identified this as a problem in a different context.

In its Module 2 report, Baroness Hallett found that scenarios were wrongly treated as forecasts, that ministers failed to grasp the distinction and that the reasonable worst-case scenario was what Professor Whitty called a “slippery concept”. The inquiry recommended multiple scenario planning precisely to guard against treating a single modelled worst case as a prediction.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Surrey traffic stop leads to major fentanyl, cocaine and meth seizure; foreign student arrested

Surrey traffic stop leads to major fentanyl, cocaine and meth seizure; foreign student arrested

A proactive traffic stop in Surrey has resulted in one of the region’s latest significant drug seizures, with more than three kilograms of illicit substances taken off the street and two individuals arrested, according to the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia.

On March 24, officers with the CFSEU-BC Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) conducted the stop as part of ongoing efforts targeting organized crime and street-level trafficking networks.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity Crime", "Diversity Fatigue"

Christians, Muslims, and the Truth About ‘Interfaith Dialogue’

Christians, Muslims, and the Truth About ‘Interfaith Dialogue’

In a passionate speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095, Pope Urban II issued a call for the First Crusade to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim occupation. “Deus vult!” the cry went up from the assembled crowd. “God wills it!” And Christendom responded.

That was a different era. Today the West is no longer Christendom but a secular civilization in decline and undergoing an accelerating capitulation to Islamic imperialism. Instead of a Pope Urban II rallying the Church Militant in defense of the faith, we are saddled with a pacifist Pope Leo XIV calling for “interfaith dialogue” and “communion” between Christianity and the Islamic ideology that is, both historically and currently, an existential enemy of Western civilization.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Defence Department Says It Doesn’t Track Staff’s Antifa Involvement, Cites Lack of Clear Definition

Defence Department Says It Doesn’t Track Staff’s Antifa Involvement, Cites Lack of Clear Definition

The Department of National Defence (DND) says it does not centrally track Antifa involvement among members of the Canadian Armed Forces or its employees, saying there is no “common definition” of the movement.

In an April 13 response to an order paper question by Conservative MP Garnett Genuis, the DND said it does “in-depth screenings” to identify past records of extremism or hateful conduct but does not “centrally track involvement with Antifa in its human resources systems.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Far Left Extremist", Antifa

Meghan Markle is Dame Edna without the laughs

Meghan Markle is Dame Edna without the laughs

The InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach is a five-star hotel and doubtless very nice indeed. But the moment I heard the name of the place where Meghan Markle planned to hold her ‘girls’ weekend like no other’ – ‘a very small event for 300 women… a fireside chat with Meghan’, hosted by the podcast, Her Best Life – one great and much-missed shero came to mind: Dame Edna Everage.

Poor Harry, should have listened to Grandma and Grandpa.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Bryan Brulotte: The CBC needs reform, not reverence

Bryan Brulotte: The CBC needs reform, not reverence

The debate over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has become predictable. One side defends it as a pillar of national identity. The other calls for its outright defunding. Both positions miss the point. The CBC does not need to be preserved in its current form. Nor should it be dismantled entirely. What it requires is structural change rooted in first principles — clarity of purpose, fiscal discipline, and service to Canadians that the private market cannot or will not provide.

“Alternate link”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC