Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades claims three hostages killed in Israeli airstrikes

Hamas’s armed wing claimed on Monday that three of eight Israeli hostages who were seriously injured following Israeli airstrikes had died from their wounds.

“The al-Qassam Brigades announce the killing of three of the eight Zionist detainees who we announced yesterday were seriously injured in the barbaric Zionist raids on the Gaza Strip,” the Al Qassam Brigades said on Hamas’s Telegram channel. “We will postpone announcing the names and photos of the dead for days to come until the fate of the rest of the wounded becomes clear.”

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

What does restoring affordable home ownership actually mean? One economist crunches the numbers

In recent months, politicians have been speaking with increasing urgency about housing affordability in Canada. But it’s not clear that policy makers, or the broader public, understand what restoring affordability actually means in terms of dollars and cents, according to Charles St-Arnaud, chief economist at credit union hub Alberta Central.

In a report published last week, Mr. St-Arnaud crunched the numbers on the size of adjustments that would be needed to bring affordability, specifically for the home ownership segment of the market, back in line with historical trends in seven of Canada’s largest cities.

Basically we’re fecked.

But I still don’t understand why as in other articles on the topic mass imigration’s impact on demand was not discussed.

To me that makes the article nothing but propaganda in support of Corporate Canada’s wage slave imports.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"

Biden Gives Taxpayer Dollars to Soros-Funded Groups to Interfere in Hungarian Elections

The Biden administration and leftist billionaire George Soros are tied at the hip, working in cahoots to undermine Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The U.S. Department of State entrusted Soros-funded Ökotárs Foundation and media watchdog Mérték Media Monitor to hand over $320,000 in taxpayer dollars to 15 media outlets critical of the pro-freedom Hungarian government, according to NGO and government documents. European Parliament elections take place from June 6 to June 9. Similarly, Hungary will hold local elections on June 9. Hungary-based political analyst András László and Rod Dreher spread the news in Jan. 27 posts on X.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGeorge Soros, Hungary, USA, WTF?

ArriveCAN process saw multiple failures, watchdog blasts

The government agencies behind ArriveCAN “repeatedly failed” to follow best practices in the development of the now controversial application, Canada’s auditor general says.

Auditor General Karen Hogan released a long-awaited report Monday that blasted the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and Public Services and Procurement Canada, the departments responsible for ArriveCAN.

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

Shooter at Joel Osteen’s Texas mega-church may have transitioned, ‘Free Palestine’ written on rifle

The person who opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Houston-area mega-church on Sunday has been named as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, according to the Houston Chronicle, as authorities revealed “Free Palestine” was written on the weapon used in the attack.

Moreno entered Osteen’s Lakewood Church just before 2 p.m. with a boy, believed to be about 4 or 5 years old, and opened fire into the church.

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The way you park could be making illegal alien benefit shoppers homeless say experts who really just want to ban private cars.

Could the way Canadians park vehicles be part of the housing crisis?

It’s no secret that Canada is facing a major housing shortage. But could the sheer amount of space used for parking vehicles be part of the problem?

A recent Re/Max report looking at participation in the housing market said the “vast majority” of lower-priced properties in the Greater Toronto Area are parking spaces, and that most of the 250 ‘properties’ listed for sale under the $400,000 price point are parking spaces, lockers and vacant land.

For housing advocates, it touched on a longtime frustration

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, WTF?

Times: Europe Takes Trump NATO Talk ‘Seriously But Not Literally‘

“Many European leaders concede that he basically has a point”, The Times of London said in a rare concession to Donald Trump over his NATO comments that prompted pearl-clutching outrage by some.

European leaders reacted to Donald Trump’s comments on NATO over the weekend — in which he laid out his frustration at member states refusing to pay their way and yet still expecting full protection from America’s military might and hence the U.S. taxpayer — in two ways, a report in The Times reflected.

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In the ‘game of margins,’ fetish for sexual mutilation of children & negation of parental rights could become Trudeau’s ‘Achilles heel’ in next election, say political players

When the movement of a few thousand votes nationally could decide the election outcome, gender identity could prove to be an “Achilles heel” for the Liberals in the next federal election, especially within ethnic communities that are socially conservative and that are key part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party base, say political insiders.

At the same time, a leading pollster said the controversial issue could carry risks for both leaders of the two major federal political parties.

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

Why Joe Biden may be clinging to power so he can install Michelle Obama as his replacement

There was something missing from last night’s Super Bowl Sunday that not even the appearance of Taylor Swift cheering on her football-star boyfriend could make up for.

Joe Biden skipped the traditional pre-game presidential interview, a 15-year-old White House tradition. Given that it’s a light-hearted affair with no searching questions, and goes out to some 60 million viewers on the night, any presidential candidate’s decision to pass it up with a general election round the corner seems almost inconceivable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Michael Taube: It’s Time for the West to Leave the United Nations, and Form a League of Democracies

The United Nations, like its predecessor, the League of Nations, was once regarded as a noble institution. A place where different countries could discuss and debate everything from political disputes to wars and military skirmishes. While there would obviously be points of agreement and disagreement, the main goal was to find a path to peace, security, and a safer world for all of us to live in.

That was then, and this is now.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUN, United Nations

Dutch court bans export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

The Dutch government must halt all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel due to concerns over the military offensive in Gaza, an appeals court ruled on Monday.

“It is undeniable that there is a clear risk that the exported F-35 parts are used in serious violations of international humanitarian law,” Judge Bas Boele said in the ruling.

“Israel does not take sufficient account of the consequences for the civilian population when conducting its attacks,” the court added.

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

Doug Ford Just Fine With Sexual Mutilation Of Children

What Doug Ford insiders say about Danielle Smith’s plan for transgender rights — and what it means for Ontario

The premier was shaking his head before the reporter had finished asking him the question.

“No,” said Doug Ford when queried Monday about whether the Ontario government would consider “any similar action” to the controversial moves Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is making on transgender rights.

“We have a law here, we’re leaving everything alone,” he said.

By immediately shutting down the possibility of his Progressive Conservatives following Alberta’s United Conservatives’ decision to restrict youth hormone treatments and surgeries, Ford was, as is his wont, keeping in the mainstream of public opinion in Ontario.

Lost my vote. 

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

Israeli forces rescue two hostages from Hamas captivity in Rafah

The Shin Bet, IDF and special police forces early morning on Monday rescued two hostages from Hamas in the heart of Rafah.

Around 1:00 a.m., the operation freeing two Argentinian hostages from Nir Yitzhak, Fernando Marman and Louis Norbeto Har, started with dozens of airstrikes against Hamas’s Shabura battalion so they would not understand the true goal of rescuing the hostages, ages 61 and 70.

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

Fearmongering and Intolerance in Politics Pave the Way to a Divided Canada

Having grown up in the 1960s, the attraction of the Liberal Party of Canada was that it was a big tent party. They were the party that eliminated racism in our immigration policies, the party that championed equality, fairness in the rule of law, free speech, and tolerance (as well as their leader stating, “There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation”—a very popular message in the decade of sexual liberation). They were the party that accepted everyone. That’s what attracted so many young people to the Liberals. In the 1960s and ’70s, if you were young, you were a Liberal.

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