Randall Denley: Bonnie Crombie’s dismal little victory

New Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie is supposed to be the saviour of her party, the candidate endorsed by what’s left of the party establishment, the political all-star with name recognition and electability. Her campaign was so sure that she’d blow away her three bright, but little known, opponents that they predicted a first ballot victory.

In the end, the expected tidal wave of support was little more than a ripple. It took three ballots before Crombie was able to eke out a narrow win Saturday over MP Nate Erskine-Smith, taking 53.4 per cent of the vote.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOntario's Corrupt Political Class

Why the far left sides with Hamas

The great fault of the global left is not that it supports Hamas. For how could western left-wing movements or left-inclining charities or academic bodies truly support Hamas if they were serious about their politics?

No one outside the most reactionary quarters of Islam shares Hamas’s aim of forcing the people of the world to accept ‘the sovereignty of Islam’ or face ‘carnage, displacement and terror’ if they refuse. You cannot be a progressive and campaign for a state that executes gay men. An American left, which includes in its ranks the Queers for Palestine campaign group, cannot seriously endorse lethal homophobia in its own country. Their kind will turn a blind eye in Palestine, but not in New York or Chicago. No left-wing organisation proudly honours the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the fascist tradition Hamas embraces, although in a sign of a decay that has been building on the left for more than a generation, many will promulgate left-wing conspiracy theories which are as insane as their fascist counterparts.

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

These Experts Advocated for Lockdowns; Now They Say They Were Wrong

As the dust settles from the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout over lockdown policies becomes more pronounced, some lockdown proponents, like New York University Professor Scott Galloway, have admitted they were wrong for supporting lockdowns.

“I was on the board of my kid’s school during COVID. I wanted a harsher lockdown policy. In retrospect, I was wrong,” Mr. Galloway told Bill Maher.

“The damage to kids of keeping them out of school longer was greater than the risk. But here’s the bottom line, myself, our great people at the CDC, I’d like to think the governor, we were all operating with imperfect information, and we were doing our best.” he said, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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

US prison deaths soared by 77% during height of Covid-19 crisis, study finds

A study of US prison deaths at the height of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020 has found that mortality rates soared by 77% relative to 2019, or more than three times the increase in the general population.

The study, published by Science Advances last week, is the most comprehensive analysis of in-custody deaths since 2020. The report found that “Covid-19 was the primary driver for increases in mortality due to natural causes; some states also experienced substantial increases due to unnatural causes.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", USA, WTF?

How Hollywood ‘is turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses’

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have been accused of turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s ‘egregious’ human rights abuses by going to a film festival in the Kingdom.

The likes of Will Smith, Sharon Stone and Johnny Depp have already attended the Red Sea Film Fesival in Jeddah, which human rights groups say is being for ‘arts-washing’.

The festival, which is run by a foundation chaired by the Saudi culture minister, is said to have offered stars as much as $1million each for their appearances.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Israel Plans to Kill Hamas Leaders Around the World After War

TEL AVIV—Israel’s intelligence services are preparing to kill Hamas leaders around the world when the nation’s war in the Gaza Strip winds down, setting the stage for a yearslong campaign to hunt down militants responsible for the Oct. 7 massacres, Israeli officials said.

With orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s top spy agencies are working on plans to hunt down Hamas leaders living in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar, the small Gulf nation that has allowed the group to run a political office in Doha for a decade, the officials said.

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

Pressure grows on Harry and Meghan as William demands ‘action’ on Scobie racism allegations

Harry and Meghan are facing a mounting backlash as they continue to maintain their silence on royal racism claims made by their ‘mouthpiece’ Omid Scobie in his new book.

The couple are yet to speak on the book publicly and a meeting between King Charles and Prince William is now set to take place next week to discuss the topic.

It could have serious consequences for Harry and Meghan as William is believed to ‘want action’ after his wife Kate was named alongside Charles as the two royals who expressed ‘concern’ about Archie’s skin colour.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Barbara Kay: Silenced teacher becomes a hero of the anti-woke resistance

The most inspirational hero stories are about people who never aspired to the role, and never dreamed that heroism was their destiny.

Carolyn Burjoski, a lifetime resident of Kitchener, Ont., was, until her world flipped upside down almost two years ago, content in the ordinary life she had chosen. She loves her husband, her three daughters and three grandchildren. And for 20 years, she had found fulfillment in teaching English as a second language, most gratifyingly to children with education gaps from war-torn countries.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", "Critical Race Theory" Crackpot Communism, "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", "They really do want your children"

Can Hamas really be ‘eliminated’?

The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell offered a provocative insight into the nature of Hamas this week. Speaking at the Union of the Mediterranean Forum, Borrell said that: ‘Hamas is not merely a group of individuals but an unkillable idea and ideology.’ This view is a worrying one for Israel as it seeks, in the words of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to ‘eliminate’ Hamas. But what if Borell is right that Hamas cannot be destroyed?

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

EV Owners Waking Up to the Nightmare of Massive Repair Bills

“Sticker shock” has taken on a whole new meaning when new electric vehicle owners get their first repair bill following a simple fender bender. The Wall Street Journal reports that a San Francisco resident got in a minor accident with his electric truck. He thought that repairs would be “a couple-thousand-dollar bill from the repair shop and to be without his truck for a couple of weeks.”

Instead, the first-time EV owner was shocked to get a $22,000 bill for repairs that took 2 1/2 months.

Off on a tangent … New Class A RV Breakdown costs

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

B.C. uses new law to demand house owners explain where they got the money to buy it

Money Laundering

B.C. is seeking a court order to compel property owners to explain where $1 million came from to buy a Salt Spring Island house in 2017.

B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said the application filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday is the first in a series of so-called unexplained wealth orders he expects the province to file.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels

The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.

Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves”.

The comments were “incredibly concerning” and “verging on climate denial”, scientists said, and they were at odds with the position of the UN secretary general, António Guterres.

h/t Mauser & DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", WTF?

Liberals say it makes sense for CBC to get Google funds

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says it would be within the spirit of the government’s digital news law if CBC/Radio-Canada were to receive money from Google — but suggested its share of the $100-million fund may be capped.

In an interview on Rosemary Barton Live airing Sunday, St-Onge said the deal was “mainly and mostly about written press” but that broadcasters like CBC/Radio-Canada also had digital written news and could be included.

“I think it’s important to respect the principle that for these tech giants, public broadcaster’s news must also have value” because of the advertising benefits Google receives, she told CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC