Israel mulls response to ‘non-starter’ Hamas truce proposal

The Israeli government will discuss on Wednesday the country’s official response to a draft ceasefire proposal from Hamas that Israeli officials have called a “non-starter.”

The Hamas draft document, submitted on Tuesday in response to a proposal negotiated last month in Paris, would see the phased release of the remaining 136 captives being held by the terror group, 31 of whom are dead, according to Israel. Another 20 hostages may also be deceased, according to an internal Israeli report seen by The New York Times.

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

Why an Ontario town with fewer than 6,000 people has OPP’s largest jail

Nestled between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout appears to be a typical northern Ontario town.

It’s made up of a few roads and a newly minted roundabout. A hunting shop, a coffee spot and an LCBO fill out its downtown core.

The quiet municipality is home to just under 6,000 people and a railway stop served by the VIA Rail train between Toronto and Vancouver.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAboriginal Issues

Toyota Refused To Hop On The Electric Vehicle Bandwagon, And It Paid Off Big Time

Toyota said Tuesday the company will see an annual profit of $30 billion at the end of the fiscal year in March, and it’s probably down to one big decision.

The Japanese car giant suggested that its decision to avoid going fully electric within its fleet of vehicles, and instead emphasize hybrid machines, is likely why it’ll end the fiscal year on such a high, according to Axios. Shares in Toyota rose nearly 50% in the last 12 months, while electric vehicle manufacturers struggle to deal with the fact that no one wants their stupid cars.

… Ford was forced to cut the price of the electric version of its iconic F-150 pickup truck by around $10,000 because no one wanted to buy them. Models were piling up at dealerships, despite the lower-cost, because common sense consumers know that electric vehicles (a) don’t really help the planet as they are still fueled by electricity from traditional power plants, and (b) are often junked over the most minor of damages.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Former RCMP Intelligence official Cameron Ortis sentenced to 14 years after leaking national secrets

A Ontario Superior Court judge has sentenced former RCMP intelligence officer Cameron Ortis to 14 years in jail.

Assistant crown attorney Judy Kleiwer said Ortis’s conduct was a “betrayal” of the RCMP and Canada’s Five Eyes partners that “jeopardized the safety of Canadians.”

He’s only going to serve 7, what a surprise.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Espionage, RCMP

Couple sent by Iran as sleeper agents to murder Jews in Sweden

A couple was sent by the Iranian government to Sweden as undercover agents with the goal of murdering Jewish citizens, Radio Sweden reported.

According to the investigation, the man and woman, who have been identified as Mahdi Ramezani and Fereshteh Sanaeifarid, were dispatched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). They were tasked with murdering three Jews in Sweden, including Aron Verständig, Chair of the Official Council of Swedish Jewish communities. Another target for murder was a dual Swedish-American citizen.

h/t MP

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence

Rahim Mohamed: Selina Robinson’s ouster shows NDP has no place for Jews who don’t submit

Former British Columbia post-secondary education minister Selina Robinson could not have imagined that when she called what would become Israel in 1948 a “crappy piece of land with nothing on it” in a late January Zoom panel, she’d be setting off an ugly chain of events leading to her departure from Premier David Eby’s cabinet. Her comments were hardly a lie, if impolite, but Robison had made herself a target with the NDP simply for being a Jew who supports Israel.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Anti-Semitism and the Left, Canada, NDP

Church of England Branded “Stupid” Over Migrant Conversion Claims

Forty illegal migrants being housed on the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge in Dorset are reportedly converting to Christianity. That amounts to almost one in seven of those said to be on board.

But officials fear that migrants are faking conversions simply to have their asylum claims accepted, and are considering limiting the role of the Church of England in the approvals process. Allison Pearson, columnist at The Daily Telegraph, asked “how stupid and craven is the Church of England” to believe that all of these claims are genuine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Useful Idiot Apologists, Islamization of the West, UK

Canadian universities and colleges trying to come to grips with fallout from international student scam

Graduating Class of ’24

Post secondary schools across the country are trying to come to grips with the financial impact of the federal government’s cap on international study permits, assessing short-term issues such as visa processing delays and longer-term threats to entire programs and schools.

The study permit cap, announced Jan. 22 by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, is likely to mean a loss of hundreds of millions in tuition revenue across universities and both public and private colleges.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money"

IDF finds machine gun, UN vest, and humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis home

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson has unveiled documentation of the activities of the fighters belonging to the Agoz unit operating in the west of Khan Yunis.

The report outlines a series of intense raids on Hamas terrorist infrastructures, resulting in the destruction of key targets and the elimination of numerous terrorists in close-quarters combat.

h/t MP

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GUNTER: Canadian military in shambles thanks to Liberals’ underfunding and woke policies

Over the past decade, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have lost 10 veterans for every nine new recruits they have added. Over the past three years, the decline has accelerated to 10 lost for every eight added.

No wonder our core troop strength should be 72,000, but we are currently limping by with fewer than 62,000, one of the lowest per capita rates in NATO.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Rowan Atkinson blamed for poor electric car sales by House of Lords report

Rowan Atkinson has been blamed for poor sales of electric cars in a report by the House of Lords.

Atkinson, known for Mr Bean and the Blackadder series, found himself the centre of a real-life drama on Tuesday.

The Lords’ environment and climate change committee was told that the star, 69, was partly at fault for “damaging” public perceptions of electric vehicles (EVs).

He spoke honestly that the public was being mislead about electric cars.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Lawsuit against convoy organizers moves forward

A $300-million class-action lawsuit filed against Freedom Convoy protesters, donors and organizers on behalf of downtown Ottawa residents and businesses is moving forward after a judge ruled against a motion filed by the defendants.

Superior Court Justice Calum MacLeod heard arguments in December for and against a motion brought under anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) legislation.

The legislation serves to protect people from vexatious lawsuits filed to silence opponents through legal and financial intimidation. Convoy organizers filed the motion in an attempt to have the lawsuit tossed, arguing it amounted to an attack on freedoms of expression.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

Canada Must End Reliance on Cheap Foreign Labor, Minister Says

Canada’s immigration minister is taking steps to curb the country’s dependence on temporary foreign labor and international students, prompting pushback from business groups that say there aren’t enough domestic workers available to sustain parts of the economy.

Marc Miller introduced a limit on foreign student visas last month, cutting them by 35% for this year. He will announce further changes soon to restrict students’ off-campus work hours and he’s also reviewing the country’s temporary foreign worker program, he told Bloomberg News in an interview.

They said the same thing when the Temporary Foreign Worker program was exposed under Harpe.

It’s even worse under Trudeau. They’ll announce a short term lowering of the numbers and call it problem solved.

It’s all BULLSHIT. The foreign student and temp worker programs along with asylum seekers and family reunification intake are sideshows.

Until they lower the immigration intake of 500K a year it will only get worse.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government