Magdeburg suspect prompts more questions than answers

In such polarised times, there is a strong temptation to interpret acts of violence through the lens of one’s own biases. The attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg yesterday evening, which killed five and injured over 200 more, has revealed this impulse in the starkest terms. Already, attention has been drawn from the Right to the background of the alleged perpetrator as an asylum seeker from Saudi Arabia, and from some on the Left to his support of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Importantly, the main suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi national and psychotherapist named Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, was less a “lone wolf” than a “known wolf”. Not only did Saudi authorities repeatedly warn their German counterparts that he was posting online about his desire to kill civilians, Abdulmohsen had also contacted prominent ex-Muslims such as Yasmine Mohammed and Ali Utlu. Both Mohammed and Utlu suspected he was a Saudi agent spying on ex-Muslims and dissidents, with the latter claiming today: “He acted ex-Muslim on the outside, while in direct messages he threatened ex-Muslims, especially Saudi women who had fled.”

Last night …

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

Can Trudeau prorogue? Rideau Hall is back at the centre of politics

Mary Simon’s job just got a lot more interesting.

The normally ceremonial office of governor-general could face its most challenging decision since the parliamentary crisis of late 2008, when then-governor-general Michaëlle Jean allowed then-prime minister Stephen Harper to prorogue Parliament, avoiding an imminent House of Commons defeat.

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

How Chinese espionage conquered Western capitalism

Spy networks controlled by Beijing pose a growing threat around the world – as Yang Tengbo’s links to Prince Andrew have shown

The revelation that a suspected Chinese spy may have used his relationship with Prince Andrew to try and get close to British authorities could hardly have come at a worse time for the UK government. Sir Keir Starmer has been busily attempting to defrost relations with Beijing. The discovery of an alleged China-backed agent at the heart of the British establishment has inevitably resulted in calls for heightened vigilance from China hawks.

Iain Duncan Smith, a former Conservative leader, has said the latest scandal is just “the tip of the iceberg” of China’s attempts to infiltrate the UK, adding that Starmer’s attempted rapprochement with Beijing has resulted in the his government “showing a massive amount of weakness to China.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State"

What’s Ahead for Trudeau as He Faces Internal and External Pressure

Pressure is mounting from all sides for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who faces a divided caucus, the NDP joining other opposition parties to vote no confidence, and the incoming president of the world’s superpower promising economy-crushing tariffs while dubbing him the “governor” of a 51st U.S. state.

Where can the prime minister take it from here?

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

Isis is on the rise again — a major prison break of fighters could be next

While Syrians celebrate their newfound freedom after decades of brutal rule by the Assad regime there is a sinister concern percolating just beneath the surface.

This is a moment of opportunity for so-called Islamic State (Isis) to rebuild, regroup and attack.

On Wednesday, the United States national security adviser Jake Sullivan stated: “The single biggest risk I see is that Isis comes back because Isis wants to take advantage of any vacuum or instability in Syria following a civil war.” By Friday, the US had taken action — killing Abu Yusif, one of the Isis leaders, in a “precision strike”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia"

LILLEY: Yes, thankfully, Poilievre will defund CBC

Pierre Poilievre says you can count on him to defund CBC if he is elected prime minister.

… That doesn’t mean shutting down or selling off CBC, it means telling them they will get $1 billion per year less and they can stand on their own two feet. This promise, though, is just for CBC’s English services, it doesn’t apply to CBC’s French service, Radio Canada. Poilievre said there is a common sense reason for that.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC, Conservative Party

Was Chrystia Freeland pushed, or did she seize an opportunity?

My head is still spinning at how deftly Chrystia Freeland has played her hand, nimbly exiting the Titanic just before iceberg impact and then quickly resurfacing as the saviour of the nation, with (incidentally) a suddenly improved shot at becoming prime minister.

Let me be clear: I’d be pleased with any development that would spare us the nightmare of a Pierre Poilievre victory.

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

The countdown has officially begun’: Ontario MPs meet, they agree it’s time for Trudeau to go

The majority of Ontario’s Liberal MPs have come to the consensus that the prime minister needs to go.

Saturday morning, 51 of the province’s 75 Liberal MPs met virtually on a zoom call to discuss the past week’s developments — from Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell resignation as finance minister to the growing calls for Justin Trudeau to resign.

During the hour-long meeting, no member of Parliament — including cabinet ministers — pleaded the case on camera for the prime minister to fight the next election as Liberal leader, according to seven sources on the call, who spoke to the Star on condition of anonymity.

How soon is he gone? That is the Question.

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

Tom Mulcair: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s train wreck of a final act

On Feb. 29, 1984, Pierre Trudeau famously took a walk in the snow that, he explained the next day, inspired him to announce that he was leaving politics for good.

Last February, on the 40th anniversary of that poetic moment, there was some speculation that Justin Trudeau might take his own walk in the snow and announce he was stepping down.

He was way down in the polls and Canadians had clearly started to signal a desire for change. But drama teacher Trudeau was not going to exit stage right without chewing the scenery one last time.

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

Immigration-loving Merkel’s mind-blowing new book

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel just released her autobiography with the absurd title Freedom. Right — as if she had anything to do with freeing Eastern Europe. Frau Dummkopf, as I like to call her, barely ever heard of Ronald Reagan or Konrad Adenauer or any of the real heroes of the late 20th century.

In a lot of ways, Merkel is the Joe Biden of Europe — a corrupt and incredibly stupid person who somehow managed to attain the highest post in the land. She doesn’t even have dementia for an excuse.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany

Biden Frees Men Who Scammed $5 Billion With Over 1 Million Victims

Some people lost their life savings while others lost their dreams in a $900 million fraud that was described as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and left behind 1 million victims.

Investors in ‘Zeek’ had taken out loans and mortgages on their homes expecting to get a 125% return on their investment. Victims included the parents of a leukemia patient who were trying to pay for their daughter’s hospital visits. And while some of the money was recovered, people in towns like Lexington, North Carolina, where ZeekRewards had its office, are still suffering.  Zeek’s victims were working class people who didn’t understand what they were getting into.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"President Dementia AKA Joe Biden"

A food apocalypse is coming

There is no plan to feed Britain in a crisis

In the dystopian drama The Last of Us, a fungal virus has spread through foodstuffs turning infected humans into zombies. The survivors live in ghettos, among the ruins, armed to avoid a gruesome living death. They grow their own food to avoid the infected produce. Preppers and survivalist whackos find that their hour has come. Clean food has become a precious thing.

That’s where my interest in the show kicked in, because the future of our food system is something that I’m a little obsessed with. I am haunted by the memory of those empty supermarket shelves during the Covid pandemic, which didn’t quite lead to a food panic, but sent chills through anyone thinking about food security. We learned then that our just-in-time food system wasn’t very resilient and seemed vulnerable to collapse if given a major shock. (Spoiler Alert: Covid is nowhere near the grim end of the scale for disaster planning.)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Armageddon"