Ranking the Liberal contenders for Justin Trudeau’s throne

Justin Trudeau, abandoned by allies, besieged on all sides, is still, as of this writing, both the leader of the Liberal Party and the prime minister of Canada. But when pundits and political insiders gather in the smoky backrooms (ed note: do vapes emit smoke?) of Ottawa and Toronto this Christmas season they will all be asking each other one question: Who is going to take his job?

In the long term, the answer is still likely Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader who holds a commanding lead in national polls. But if Trudeau does step down, a Liberal will have to take his place, at least temporarily.

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

Germany’s bizarre terrorist sent me angry messages – but what were his motives?

… Many see the perpetrator as a violent foreigner regardless of whether he left his faith, with one friend telling me: “Germany didn’t have these kind of attacks done by foreigners before Merkel opened borders in 2015.”

That message is one the Left have struggled to counter.

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

SIMS: Three good reasons to defund the CBC

Earlier this month, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was summoned to testify to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, regarding its case to defund the CBC.

As CTF Alberta Director and former longtime member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, I showed up. And when I did, accompanied by investigative reporter Ryan Thorpe, I gave three reasons for defunding.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC

From Syria with hate

About two weeks ago, seemingly out of the blue, an army of Sunni Islamists and fellow travellers spilled out of Syria’s Idlib region. Their offensive met with little resistance – the ‘official’ Syrian Army (whose soldiers are majority Sunni, too) simply disintegrated. The regime of Bashar Al-Assad fell like a house of cards, with a speed nobody (including yours truly) foresaw.

If anything, this shows how poor our understanding of the Middle East is: even people from the region, who are carefully following events, struggle to predict them; let alone the hapless West.

When has a Jihadi takeover ever been a blessing?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Syria

Canada Launches Facial Recognition App to Keep Tabs on Individuals Awaiting Deportation

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has developed a mobile application with facial recognition capabilities to keep track of those who are required to report to border agents, including those awaiting deportation.

Along with facial recognition, the app also provides GPS locations of users to the CBSA, according to the agency’s website. The app, dubbed ReportIn, is part of the CBSA’s Alternatives to Detention program, which allows individuals to be released from detention under certain conditions.

This will be abused count on it. Assuming it works.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society"

DND warns availability of Canadian military equipment is dropping

The percentage of navy and army equipment that is supposed to be ready for training and operations has continued to decline, warns a new report from the Department of National Defence.

A lack of money and staff as well as aging equipment were the cause of the problems, according the Departmental Results Report 2023-2024. “There is a risk that DND/CAF may have difficulty maintaining its materiel capabilities at the right level to support operations,” the report, released Dec. 17, pointed out.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

The ‘Trump-lite’ Canadian who plans to take down Justin Trudeau

Pierre Poilievre has gained supporters for his populist rhetoric and Conservative policies — freedom, small government, border control and low taxes

At the WoodSource timber yard outside Manotick, a suburb of Canada’s capital where roaring sawmills churn out lumber, staff and customers long to see the back of Justin Trudeau.

“We’re all feeling it. Something’s got to give — I can’t afford groceries, I can’t afford gas,” said Philip Scott, 27, a warehouse manager who is married with two small children.

Many young and working-class Canadians have long blamed the prime minister for soaring inflation and perceived political chaos.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Government memo challenges claims of Russian bot influence in Canadian media

Canadians’ growing distrust of traditional media — not foreign interference— is driving the rise of alternative and far-right news sources, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs memo.

Blacklock’s Reporter says analysts from the department’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) office debunked allegations that Russian bots were amplifying dissent through conservative media in Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Russia! Russia! Russia!"

“Police Made No Effort to Find Her”

The Muslim Rape and Forced Conversion of Christian Girls

Pakistan: On Nov. 7, a Muslim man brutally raped a teenage Christian girl. The Muslim, Ansar Shah, initially went up to Eman Khuram, 18, as she was walking home late in the evening (as the eldest daughter, since the family’s father had abandoned them, she had been working long hours every day). He told her that he had kidnapped her younger brother, and unless she got on his motorcycle and rode with him, he would kill the boy. Terrified, she complied. He drove her around for 30 minutes, during which time he continued issuing threats, until he finally stopped at a secluded brick factory.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians

Inside the Monthlong White House Effort to Quell New Jersey Drone Frenzy

Biden called the Pentagon four times seeking information and was told the military had found nothing unusual

WASHINGTON—President Biden’s first call to the Pentagon about the drones over New Jersey came on Dec. 12, nearly a month after the initial reports of mysterious flying objects in the night sky, U.S. officials said.

In the days that followed, Biden called Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin again. And again. And again, seeking updates.

By then, the drone frenzy had escalated into a major headache for the White House, fueled by rumors about an Iranian mother ship off the coast, by videos of unknown aircraft hovering over suburban towns—and by little information from Washington except assurances that there was nothing unusual.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"UFO's"

Donald Trump’s cultural renaissance – He will lead by example

It is certainly possible to hope that the inauguration of Donald J. Trump will be greeted by a resurgence of the American spirit, from new inventions to a revival of entrepreneurial drive and the renewal of American industry and crafts. Trump may well be right that the mere threat of tariffs may reverse the flow of blue-collar jobs abroad while helping ensure the safety and integrity of vital supply chains that are essential to 21st-century industrial production.

He is certainly right that restoring competitive balance between America and its trade partners abroad, and between monopolistic corporations and small producers at home, is essential to growing and maintaining healthy communities where Americans can work and raise children, who in turn might better their communities. It is hard to argue with the idea that reforming the country’s disastrous attempts at trade and industrial policy while getting poisons out of its food, water and air are necessary steps towards a better American future.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump, USA

Islamism still haunts us

Europe hasn’t woken up to the barbarism in our midst.

The Magdeburg attack is depraved and puzzling in almost equal measure.

When a black BMW ploughed into a Christmas market in the German city on Friday night, brutally killing (at time of writing) four women and a nine-year-old boy and injuring at least 200 more, many, understandably, assumed this was Islamist terrorism imposing its nihilistic writ on Europeans once again.

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

Police arrest 27-year-old sex offender who allegedly posed as a teenage girl to register for high school in Albany

A convicted sex offender who was trying to register as a high-school student was arrested in Albany last Friday, police said.

Makayla Craig, 27, is accused of computer crimes, second-degree forgery and false swearing for posing as a 15-year-old girl to enroll as a high-school student, the Albany Police Department said in a statement.

Employees at Families and Communities Together, the health and social service program for the Greater Albany Public School District, reported Craig after they noted that Craig appeared to be an adult, police said.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down

Government offices in Iran are closed or operating at reduced hours. Schools and colleges have moved to online only. Highways and shopping malls have descended into darkness, and industrial plants have been denied power, bringing manufacturing to a near halt.

Although Iran has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world, it is in a full-blown energy crisis that can be attributed to years of sanctions, mismanagement, aging infrastructure, wasteful consumption — and targeted attacks by Israel.

“We are facing very dire imbalances in gas, electricity, energy, water, money and environment,” said President Masoud Pezeshkian in a live televised address to the nation this month. “All of them are at a level that could turn into a crisis.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

TERRAZZANO: Trudeau drives through budget guardrail, sends finances off cliff

Watching Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handle the budget is kind of like driving with that buddy who can’t keep his eyes on the road, talks with his hands and knows the autobody shop guy by name.

It’s terrifying.

The Trudeau government repeatedly promised to keep the 2023 deficit within its fiscal guardrail “at or below $40.1 billion.”

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