Protest that prompted cancellation of PM’s reception under review: Toronto Police

Investigators with the Toronto Police are reviewing whether illegal activity occurred during a weekend protest that led to the cancellation of a reception hosted by the prime minister for a visiting G7 leader, the force said Sunday.

The Saturday evening event at the Art Gallery of Ontario was meant to cap off a day of meetings between Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Toronto, but it was abruptly cancelled after demonstrators shouting pro-Palestinian slogans blocked entrances to the building and prevented many attendees from getting in.

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

A Bizarre Attempt to Explain Anti-Israel Animus by Way of Anti-Christian Propaganda

The effort to promote anti-Israel sentiment in all forms has gotten to the point where activists are now regurgitating anti-Christian propaganda from the third and fourth centuries.

It’s every bit as ridiculous as it sounds.

On February 25, a mentally disturbed man self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. His dying words were “Free Palestine.”

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

CNN Appears on the Verge of an Epic Collapse

CNN has been desperately treading water for years now. The former king of cable news has been bleeding ratings for years, with Fox News typically topping all the networks night after night. CNN still fancies itself the “most trusted name in news,” yet, even former CEO Chris Licht admitted last year that that trust — assuming at one point they actually had it — is long gone and they need to restore it. He didn’t last long.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Media

A Message To The TikTok Girls Pretending To Be Underwater Welders: Start Appreciating Men

“You heard of ExxonMobil?” Hannah Pawelski asked her dad during a phone call posted on TikTok. “It’s like an oil company,” she added. When her father replied yes, Pawelski, holding back laughter, told him she “saw like a job posting, and I applied and it’s like an apprenticeship … in an offshore oil rig,” and that it “pays so much money.”

Pawelski, like many other girls participating in this latest TikTok prank, isn’t serious about working on an offshore rig, but her dad doesn’t know that. Her father understandably responded to his twentysomething daughter’s call by trying to make her understand that offshore oil rigging is not for her. “You’re in the middle of the ocean, the wind is blowing. It’s probably one of the most dangerous jobs in the world,” he told her.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Feminists"

Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether Donald Trump can hold office TOMORROW – just in time for Super Tuesday

The Supreme Court is expected to announce a decision on whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to hold presidential office on Monday.

The New York Times reported Sunday that the Court announced that it would issue at least one decision tomorrow – which suggested it would rule on Trump’s eligibility to appear on Colorado’s primary ballot.

Colorado is holding its presidential primary on Super Tuesday, along with 15 other states and one U.S. territory.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Armed gangs jailbreak 4,000 inmates in Haiti after days-long gun battle with police

Armed gangs in Haiti’s capital released roughly 4,000 inmates from the country’s largest prison after a days-long gun battle with police on Sunday.

The vast majority of the 4,000 men held in the Port-au-Prince jail successfully escaped, according to reports from local media. Many of the inmates were gang members charged in connection with the 2021 assassination of Hatian President Jovenel Moise.

Armed gangs launched their attack against the prison earlier this weekend when Prime Minister Ariel Henry left the country on a visit to Kenya, seeking assistance in the fight against domestic gangs.

Related … Kenya signs deal in attempt to rescue plan for deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti

I bet this money is already disappeared … Ottawa sets $80.5M for Kenya-led multinational security mission in Haiti

My money is on BBQ.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHaiti

Groups ‘undermining’ British values to be guilty of extremism

Ministers are to broaden the government’s definition of extremism as part of a crackdown on people and groups “undermining” Britain’s institutions and values.

Rishi Sunak has asked Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, to update the government’s definition of extremism, which was first set out more than a decade ago. It defines extremism as “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values” and is seen by the government as no longer being fit for purpose.

A new definition, which is still being finalised, is expected to cover those whose actions more broadly “undermine” the country’s institutions or values.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Col. Kemp: Arab States Want Hamas, Hezbollah ‘Destroyed’

Israel’s military operation in Gaza, led by the IDF, has been a strategic success against Hamas, significantly diminishing the terror group’s capabilities while prioritizing the minimization of civilian casualties, according to former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Col. Richard Kemp, who noted that international allies, including Arab states, tacitly support Israel’s actions, especially considering the broader context of Iran’s influence which threatens the world. In addition, he argued, Western states’ frequent accusations against Israel are merely “for the consumption of anti-Israel voters,” though doing so is both “irresponsible” and “very dangerous.”

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

Canadians Finally Fight Back Against the Trans Agenda

For the better part of a decade, Canada remained one of the only Western countries where gender ideology remained entirely unquestioned, promoted as state dogma by the Trudeau government, and passively accepted by conservative politicians skittish about social issues. Protests against radical sex education in public schools had occasionally flared but promptly fizzled. Opposition to any aspect of the LGBT agenda was condemned by progressives as fundamentally ‘unCanadian’; the silent majority of Canadians who opposed many of these changes were voiceless. Last June, that began to change.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"They really do want your children"

NYTimes Poll: Majority of Biden’s 2020 Voters Now Say He’s Too Old to Be Effective

Widespread concerns about President Biden’s age pose a deepening threat to his re-election bid, with a majority of voters who supported him in 2020 now saying he is too old to lead the country effectively, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College.

The survey pointed to a fundamental shift in how voters who backed Mr. Biden four years ago have come to see him. A striking 61 percent said they thought he was “just too old” to be an effective president.

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

It’s a Conservative stronghold — but here’s why Pierre Poilievre’s Tories will be closely watching this byelection on Monday

OTTAWA — Who wins Monday’s byelection in the riding of Durham likely won’t set off a political earthquake in Ottawa — but there could be aftershocks.

The riding, about an hour from downtown Toronto, has returned a Conservative MP consistently since Stephen Harper took over the party in 2004.

It even gave the Tories a leader — Erin O’Toole, whose resignation last year after being kicked out as leader opened the door for Monday’s vote.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Man arrested after bringing nail gun to demonstration in Thornhill where Hamas supporters harassed Synagogue

A man has been arrested after allegedly bringing a nail gun to a demonstration in Thornhill on Sunday, police say.

York Regional Police (YRP) said they attended the demonstration, taking place near several synagogues on Clarke Avenue West, at around 9 a.m.

According to those present, the demonstration was organized in protest of a real estate event hosted by the Home In Israel Real Estate Group.

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