Almost 14,000 seek compensation, saying Covid vaccines left them disabled

Nearly 14,000 people in Britain have applied for payments from the government for alleged harm caused by Covid vaccines, new figures show.

Freedom of Information requests made by The Telegraph show that payments have already been awarded for conditions including stroke, heart attack, dangerous blood clots, inflammation of the spinal cord, excessive swelling of the vaccinated limb and facial paralysis.

Around 97 per cent of claims awarded relate to the AstraZeneca jab, with just a handful of payments made for damage from Pfizer or Moderna.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Canada’s human-rights chief cannot be seen as biased. This is actually very simple

Though the public furor over the appointment of Birju Dattani as Canada’s next human-rights commissioner centred around his comments about Israel, his resignation on Monday was prompted by a simple lack of disclosure.

Mr. Dattani has used both “Birju” and “Mujahid” as a first name in the past. According to a third-party investigation commissioned to look into his appointment, he adopted the name “Mujahid” when he “embraced a Muslim identity” at 19 years old, though he continued to use both names in public appearances.

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

California thieves strike three 7-Eleven stores in under 20 minutes hours after Newsom signed ‘landmark’ package to curb smash-and-grab crime

A California bike mob ransacked three separate 7-Eleven stores in under 20 minutes just hours after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a “landmark” package to crack down on retail thefts.

Approximately 20 bicycling riding thieves targeted the Hollywood area convenience stores two miles apart on Friday night, according to NBC Los Angeles, citing the LAPD.

The brazen bunch broke into each store and stole food and drink items beginning with the 7-Eleven located at 7040 West Sunset Boulevard just after 8 p.m.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Progressive Paradise"

Bot campaign backing Pierre Poilievre looks the work of an amateur, experts say

Academics who study social media say a suspected bot campaign associated with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent speaking event in northern Ontario likely was the work of an amateur.

A rapid analysis conducted by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Social Media Lab (SML) concluded the bot campaign does not have the fingerprints of a sophisticated actor, but didn’t say who might have been behind it.

In July, the social media platform X was inundated with posts following Poilievre’s tour of Northern Ontario.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Church of England dropping word ‘church’ to be more ‘modern’

The Church of England is increasingly dropping the word “church” in favour of “relevant and modern-sounding” descriptions such as “community”, a new study suggests.

The Anglican church appears to be increasingly avoiding the word “church” when discussing the creation of new worshipping communities and congregations, a report has found.

The Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research looked at the language used by 11 dioceses to describe new churches.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

HANNAFORD: Canadians should take note, English rioters may have a point

“The Government of Canada will — wrongly — take British riots as validation of their vicious suite of legislation to control how we use the internet here.”

The recent spate of rioting in Great Britain appears to have subsided. However as the smoke clears, two things are left to talk about.

First, could this kind of rioting happen in Canada? Answer, probably not and if it did, it wouldn’t be for quite the same reasons. But the kind of free-speech crackdown employed by Westminster is exactly what Canadians can expect the next time we want to talk about government overreach in — let’s say a pandemic response.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", "Surveillance Society"

Two-tier policing risks turning white British people into another ‘community group’

Engaging with minorities through group ‘leaders’ has perverted policing. Let’s not make that error again

On holiday during the recent riots, I got the over-lurid impression one tends to collect of events at home when abroad. Britain was burning, it seemed. The “far-Right” was taking over. Elon Musk said that civil war was “inevitable”.

Now I am back, it does not feel like that. It is true the trouble was widespread. Some of it – especially the attempt to set fire to an asylum hotel and the many assaults on police officers – was truly nasty.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Anti-White Racism", "Identity Politics", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Mass Immigration is Class War", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy"

Trudeau promises a stern finger wagging at companies caught abusing the Foreign Worker Scam

Trudeau mulls name-and-shame policy to curb foreign worker abuse

(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is mulling a change to help crack down on abuses of temporary foreign workers — publicly naming individual business managers or owners who violate Canada’s labor rules.

The measure would be part of a broader set of reforms to clean up the country’s migrant labor system, according to people familiar with the matter, speaking on condition they not be identified.

The government is facing heavy criticism for a policy that has made it much easier for companies to bring in temporary foreign workers, or TFWs, and for lax enforcement of rules intended to protect them. Trudeau’s administration, responding to concerns about labor shortages, increased the limits on low-wage TFWs in 2022, allowing firms to hire up to 20% of their staff through that program — with a 30% limit in certain sectors, such as construction.

So Trudeau will let them continue to flood the nation with wage depressing foreigners but promises a stern finger wagging. 

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

Reid: Christians For Harris Are Akin To Those Who ‘Led The Civil Rights Movement’

MSNBC’s Joy Reid is terrified of religion intersecting with politics and is constantly worrying on The ReidOut about the threat of “Christian Nationalism.” On Wednesday, though, she found an exception for Kamala Harris supporters who mix religion and politics because they are like the “Christian pastors who led the civil rights movement.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

WTF?

h/t Mauser

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Dean Ridings: The price we pay for ‘Googling it’

Not that many years ago, the best way to find out about businesses in town was through your local newspaper. Your local newspaper is still a great source of advertising information, but if you’re looking for something, chances are you’re going to start by “Googling it.” Have you ever wondered why that’s become our go-to move? Well, a recent court ruling has shed some light on this, and it’s not a pretty picture.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGoogle, The Media

Germany: New sabotage warning issued for water supply

German authorities told residents of a town in the west of the country to avoid using or consuming water from the taps on Thursday afternoon amid fears that the water supply had been tampered with.

The warning came after a hole was found in the fence around the supply, which also feeds a nearby military base. The warning was partially lifted on Monday, but residents were told to boil tap water before drinking it.

The incident in the town of Mechernich, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was discovered after another suspected case of sabotage was reported close to a military base at Cologne airport, not far from the town of Mechernich.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany, terrorism, WTF?

Friction among regional spies, shadowy CSIS HQ unit a challenge for new intelligence boss

… The reports found officers inside one CSIS regional office would investigate and collect information about alleged PRC interference and share it with a secret special unit at CSIS headquarters “dedicated” to investigating Chinese foreign interference.

There, in theory, members of the special CSIS HQ unit would analyze it and share it across government agencies. Instead, the intelligence often did not get to the people who needed to know. Sometimes, it never even left the service’s own offices.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCSIS