Special forces tracked former soldier’s social media, shared private info without consent

I think this story is full of beans.

Canadian special forces collected social media posts of a veteran as well as shared his private information without permission as they tried to strip him of his right to ask for government information, according to defence department records.

Documents shared with the Ottawa Citizen show Canadian Special Operations Forces Command claimed retired corporal Daniel Abboud was trying to intimidate its elite troops by asking questions about alleged wrongdoing and making posts on various social media platforms.

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

A Tale of Two Car Ads

Jaguar Air Conditioner

Once in a while, a company decides to rebrand itself. Sometimes those rebranding efforts work; other times they don’t (I see you, new Coke).

One company that has recently undergone a rebranding effort is Jaguar. With a history spanning just over a century, the luxury car manufacturer was famous for its sporty cars that were sleek, stylish, and quintessentially British.

I would be examining short seller activity. This fiasco could not have been planned better for someone hoping to gain by Jaguar’s stock collapse.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Bad Optics"

Navy to replace official Heart of Oak march with ‘more inclusive’ music

The Royal Canadian Navy plans to replace its official march with a new composition after deciding the lyrics, which celebrate British military victories in the colonial era and sing of men but not women, are disrespectful and outdated.

Heart of Oak, which is inherited from Britain and dates back to 1759, before Canada’s Confederation, is played at Royal Canadian Navy parades and mess dinners.

I’m going to practice my Chinese.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", "RCN"

Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated veteran prosecutor Pam Bondi as his new pick for attorney general, hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.

Bondi has a long track record in law enforcement and previously served as Florida’s attorney general.

The 59-year-old is a long-time Trump ally who defended him during his first Senate impeachment trial.

H/T DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Trudeau’s Canada: Another senior member of Iran’s regime caught in Canada , CBSA says

Qasem Soleimani: US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike

Another senior member of the Iranian regime has been found living in Canada, bringing the number to 16, according to immigration officials.

The Canada Border Services Agency also said it had sent one more of the alleged officials to the Immigration and Refugee Board for a deportation hearing.

Seven deportation hearings are now underway against suspected senior Iranian regime members, in addition to two that have already resulted in deportation orders.

Happens too often to be coincidence.

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

German Hillary Laments Trump‘s Win Left Her Feeling ‘Sad‘

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is lamenting President-elect Donald Trump’s runaway win in the 2024 election race left her feeling “sad.”

In an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel published on Friday – and first reported by Reuters ahead of the release of her memoir – Merkel said his victory had tugged at her heart strings.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Trudeau gov’t wants $411 million more to cover health care as the number of replacement migrants soars

Feds want $411 million to cover refugee health care as the number of new arrivals soars

The federal government is asking Parliament to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending to cover the health-care costs of eligible refugees and asylum seekers — a budget line item that has soared in recent years as the number of these newcomers reached record highs.

The Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) is designed to cover migrants who don’t yet qualify for provincial or territorial medicare. By removing some barriers to health care, the program makes it easier for refugees — many of them fleeing conflict or persecution abroad — to get the care they need on arrival.

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

Canada’s EV gamble looks even more foolish with Trump retaking the White House

Ottawa and Queen’s Park bet your farm on electric vehicles and the hand they’re playing looks worse every day.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford teamed up to hand $57 billion in electric vehicle manufacturing subsidies to wealthy auto giants like Volkswagen, Stellantis, Honda and General Motors in recent years.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Adam Pankratz: Of course Trudeau would arrest Netanyahu, he has no principles

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded they had identified the real criminals in the Israel-Gaza war and issued arrest warrants for Israel’s leaders. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were cited as being criminally responsible for a “war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.” In this, the ICC continues the general degradation of the West’s formerly venerable institutions with their seemingly bottomless inability to distinguish right from wrong.

The Mohammedans will be emboldened by Trudeau’s aktion.

Will they make an effort to desecrate Christmas as they did last year?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Trudeau funds this with your tax dollars: UNRWA Student Calls for Jews To Be ‘Wiped From All of Palestine’ in Video

Video of 14-Year-Old Unrwa Student Calling for Jews To Be ‘Wiped From All of Palestine’ Among New ‘Trove of Evidence’ About UN Agency

Palestinian children enrolled in schools operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East are reportedly being taught to “fight back and resist” so that “Palestine will be liberated and our lands will return to us by the good grace of Allah.”

That’s a direct quote from a 14-year-old student studying at an Unrwa school at Ein Arik, who is featured in a harrowing interview released by a United Nations monitoring group, UN Watch, on Wednesday. The video is just one of the documents that UN Watch — a strident critic of the agency — has pulled out from its “massive new trove of evidence” that put on display Unrwa’s “complicity with terror.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, UNRWA

WTF?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIn denial, New Zealand, Passings, Sierra Leone, UAE, weather, WTF?

Canadian right-wing pundit says Russia never influenced her Tenet videos

A Canadian right-wing commentator who produced videos for a media outlet now accused of pushing Russian propaganda says she was never influenced to produce content for the embattled company.

Lauren Southern, a well-known personality in conservative circles, testified Thursday before the House of Commons public safety and national security committee in the wake of a U.S. indictment linking Tenet Media to the foreign influence operation.

“I’m not being influenced by anyone,” Southern told MPs during a testy hour of testimony.

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

As Ukraine Fires U.S. Missiles, Putin Sends a Chilling Message

In many ways, President Vladimir V. Putin seems to be winning.

Russian forces are pushing ahead in Ukraine. President-elect Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House. War fatigue is spreading across Europe. North Korean troops have boosted the ranks of his army.

And yet on Thursday, Mr. Putin appeared weary, threatened and newly aggrieved as he took his bellicose threats against his Western adversaries to a new level.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"