Seven Israelis arrested for spying for Iran, providing info on army bases

Seven Israelis were arrested on suspicion of espionage for Iran, Israel Police and Shin Bet announced Monday.

Prosecutors allege that the suspects completed some 600 missions for Iran, including gathering intelligence on sensitive military and infrastructure sites and identifying potential human targets for Iran.

The seven suspects, Jewish Israelis of Azeri origin from Haifa and Haifa’s bayside suburbs, some of whom are relatives and one of whom is an AWOL soldier, have been in custody for around 35 days. Two are minors, according to police.

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

MPs try to tell Justin Trudeau his personal magic has become a toxic touch

There was a time when many Canadians rooted for Justin Trudeau. It was the thing that won elections for the Liberals.

That was true in 2015, when he first won power promising an open, hopeful government. It was still true in 2019, despite the SNC-Lavalin affair and a blackface revelation. Many Canadians just didn’t want to think badly of him. Even in 2021, when the Liberals turned to sharp wedge politics, he had enough goodwill to eke out a win.

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

Trial to begin over chokehold death of Jordan Neely on NYC subway

A former US Marine is set to stand trial this week for putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on a New York subway train.

Daniel Penny, 25, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide.

Witnesses said Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old black man, was shouting at other subway passengers and asking for money when Mr Penny, who is white, pinned him down for several minutes, eventually killing him.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter

CBC president Catherine Tait billed for $1,000-a-night hotel to attend Paris Olympics

OTTAWA – Outgoing CBC President Catherine Tait spent $6,000 — including staying at a $1,000-per-night hotel — for just under five days at the Paris Olympics, an expense observers say is sure to raise eyebrows but is ultimately justifiable.

According to a copy of Tait’s calendar obtained via an access-to-information request, Tait was in Paris from July 25 to 29. She arrived the day before the opening ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympic Games.

She had no reason to be there. It’s not as if she was running around with a Go-Pro live streaming the events back home.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC, CBC Scandals, WTF?

Dems are so fearful, they’re now in the Trump-is-worse-than-Hitler stage as Election Day nears

We are now at the Trump-is-worse-than-Hitler stage of the Kamala Harris campaign, with just over two weeks until Election Day.

That’s the word from the Atlantic magazine, where CIA cipher Anne Applebaum wrote another hilarious anti-Trump diatribe last week titled “Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024

Trudeau’s leadership in spotlight as Parliament returns from break

The House of Commons returns on Monday from a week-long break, but it’s unlikely to be business as usual.

Members of Parliament are slated to resume debating a Conservative demand for documents about federal spending on green technology projects.

The matter of privilege has all but paralyzed House business as the Liberals try to maintain a grip on an increasingly fractious minority Parliament.

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

Harris genocide accusation ‘shocking,’ says former Israeli ambassador

Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren on Sunday called for the White House to state unequivocally that Jerusalem is not committing genocide in Gaza, after Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to equivocate on the issue.

The Democratic nominee for president appeared to suggest at a campaign event in Milwaukee that the Jewish state was committing genocide, in an incident involving an anti-Israel heckler.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Election 2024

Canadians Have Less Economic Freedom Today Than Four Decades Ago: Study

Canadians today have less freedom to decide what to buy, where to work, and whether to start a business than they did in the late 1970s, partly due to the size of government, which has grown since the pandemic, a new study suggests.

After maintaining an economic freedom score above 8 out of 10 since the late 1970s, Canada’s score reached its lowest level in four decades during the pandemic–a trend observed in many countries–at 7.86 points in 2020, according to the Fraser Institute’s economic freedom ranking. The score remained below 8 points until 2022, the last year of available data.

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

‘You are next’: online posts show Islamic State interest in attacks on US ahead of election

Internet chatter and Oklahoma arrest of alleged would-be IS attacker indicate terror group’s planning

After the FBI arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma planning an election day shooting on behalf of the Islamic State, the terrorist organization re-entered what has become one of the most chaotic news cycles leading up to a November vote.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City admitted to investigators he and a co-conspirator expected to die as IS martyrs as they opened fire on crowds on election day, according to charging documents.

Warnings about IS-sponsored or -inspired attacks in the west have intensified in recent weeks.

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