Escalating Trump row looms over Zelensky’s US visit

The Speaker of the US House Mike Johnson has demanded that Ukraine fire its ambassador to Washington, as a feud between the Republican Party and Volodymyr Zelensky escalates.

Johnson’s intervention comes after President Zelensky visited an arms factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania – the hometown of President Joe Biden in a key swing state – with several top Democrats.

In a public letter, the top Republican said the visit was “designed to help Democrats” and claimed it amounted to “election interference”.

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

Hey CBC and CTV, please ask about the costs of Trudeau’s new social programs

Parliament is back in session, with fireworks in the Commons over the New Democratic Party’s continued support for the Trudeau government. But instead of focusing on (often-contrived) political drama, the media would better serve Canadians if it critically evaluated government policy, with a keen eye on government finances and taxpayer money.

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

Thinking the ‘unthinkable’: NATO wants Canada and allies to gear up for a conventional war

CAF rearmament

NATO says it wants its members to develop national plans to bolster the capacity of their individual defence industry sectors, a concept Canada has struggled with — or avoided outright — for decades.

At the NATO leaders summit in Washington in July, alliance members agreed to come up with strategies to boost their domestic defence materiel sectors, and to share those strategies with each other. Almost entirely overshadowed at the time by debates about members’ defence spending and support for Ukraine, the new policy got little attention.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Always the oppressor never the oppressed!

“Antisemitism is a form of colonial oppression historically used to marginalize and oppress Jewish people.” AND “Antisemitism continues to impact Jewish communities as a legacy of colonialism.”

Someone needs to ask B’nai Brith who they consider to be the Apex Oppressors in Canada given they have now declared themselves part of the DEI victimhood fellowship. It can’t be the Muslims they’re fellowship brethren. Maybe the Islamists have internalized the racism and antisemitism of the oppressor class! Yea that’s the ticket!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"DEI - Code For Anti-White Racism", "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion"

I’ve voted Liberal my entire life. Trudeau has made that impossible now.

The Liberal party and I have always been close. Inseparable, really. At age 21 in 1968, and freshly eligible to vote, I cast my first ballot for one Pierre Elliott Trudeau, new Liberal leader and MP for Mount Royal. It was immensely satisfying.

The night before, I’d been on Sherbrooke Street as the Jean-Baptiste parade grew violent and Trudeau, who was there, stood defiantly as separatist hurled missiles his way. Throughout the campaign, I’d worn my Trudeau button proudly, joining enthralled crowds at appearances.

This woman likely needs detox.

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

I Don’t Care About Diddy, But I Care About Who Diddy Partied With

Diddy and Clinton: Scumbags R’US

Chances are we will never know a small fraction of the story behind P. Diddy’s arrest.

While the allegations sound awful, and I hope his victims get a measure of justice for the crimes alleged, I am not a celebrity culture guy, and Diddy interests me not at all. It may be impossible to avoid news when a celebrity is involved, but my life would be improved if I never heard another word about him.

Terabytes of video. The stuff nightmares are made of.

h/t patthedog

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Terry Newman: CTV delivers another shameful example of anti-Poilievre bias

With a federal election that could come any day now, and the Liberal government’s public favour continually waning, some, shall we say, unorthodox media practices appear to be afoot, particularly in terms of how Pierre Poilievre is being presented to Canadian viewers. The Conservatives are always complaining about progressive media bias. This is what they mean.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Disinformation", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Government Owned News Media, Conservative Party, Fake News

Inexperienced Secret Service agent stuck on helpline during Trump shooting

An inexperienced Secret Service agent was stuck on a drone helpline during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally, a Senate investigation has found.

Multiple Secret Service failures during the July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, were “foreseeable” and “preventable”, according to the bipartisan report released on Wednesday.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee inquiry found multiple failures on almost every level, including in planning, communications, security and allocation of resources.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State", Trump Derangement Syndrome

How Canadians Fell Out of Love With Justin Trudeau

Canadian politics are getting fiery.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the young scion of a Liberal family who swept the global political scene off its feet a decade ago, is now a 52-year-old leader with approval ratings worse than President Biden’s.

He is rapidly losing ground to the Conservative Party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, who, despite having vague policy plans, has deployed punchy sloganeering that has kept Mr. Trudeau on the ropes.

Another one from the Katie Telford rolodex.

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

Spain set to give great apes ‘human’ rights

In 1975 the founder of a new field of biomedical ethics came up with 15 criteria by which someone’s “humanhood” could be judged.

Among the qualities defined by Dr Joseph F Fletcher, an ordained Episcopal priest in the US and a controversial professor of ethics who espoused the virtues of euthanasia, were some minimal intelligence, self-awareness, self-control, a sense of time and concern for others.

These, he said, distinguish us from our animal ancestors.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Father-and-son immigrants wanting to stay in Canada rob man in Lively

A father and son from Romania who both applied for refugee status in Canada in early May, but robbed a Lively man in June, have been given the equivalent of five-month jail sentences.

“Gentlemen: your conduct is reprehensible,” Ontario Court Justice Julie Lefebvre told Nicolae Curca, 63, and Laurentiu Vaduva, 37, as she issued identical sentences of one day in jail on Tuesday.

The Crown and defence lawyers suggested the sentences, which take into account their pre-trial custody time.

Oh My! They face possible immigration consequences!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted by grand jury in historic federal probe

Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to a federal probe that has shaken his administration, sources told The Post.

The historic indictment is expected to be unsealed Thursday by US Attorney Damian Williams, according to the sources. The news was first reported by The New York Times.

Adams will surrender to authorities early next week, sources said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime