Germany under fire for dropping Nato spending pledge

Germany’s government has been criticised for an “absurd” plan to present interest payments as defence expenses after stepping back from pledges to hit Nato spending targets.

Berlin abandoned a legally binding commitment to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence in a last-minute reversal on Wednesday, a government official told Reuters.

An objection to the clause, which had been part of a new budget financing law, was reportedly raised by the foreign ministry. The ministry is run by the Green party in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition government.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany, Germany: Not Bombed Enough?, NATO

Terry Glavin: Mélanie Joly pushes conspiracy theories about Pierre Poilievre

While our American neighbours are transfixed with the high-drama prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next year, up here in Canada our government is considering “scenarios.” And one aspect of these scenarios, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, is the “radicalization” of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

During an interview with a Montreal radio station Wednesday, Joly hinted at a “game plan” in the event that the Nov. 5, 2024 presidential election produces ominous results, about which Joly spoke ominously. One scenario might be a “difficult situation.” Whatever happens, there will be mayors involved, and premiers. People like that.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Teenage boy loses title of ‘carnival queen’ after online threats

A teenage boy who had been a nominated “carnival queen” has lost the title after a gender row.

The adolescent, known as James, had been crowned “queen” and was expected to lead the traditional Ringwood carnival parade in Hampshire next month.

This decision was shared by the carnival’s committee on Aug 6 to its Facebook page, in a post that has since been deleted.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Why Steven Guilbeault Sits on a Chinese Regime Body

With Steven Guilbeault set to be the first Canadian cabinet minister to visit China since 2018, questions have been raised about his role with a Chinese regime environmental body.

Mr. Guilbeault, in charge of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), will go to China from Aug. 26 to 31 to participate in the annual general meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Green-Scam

Who thinks having the Cat Lady review secrets is a good idea?

Elizabeth May frustrated by lack of detail in top secret documents on foreign interference

“We don’t know their motives. We don’t know who they are and they seem to think that they can be protected by their own narrative that they’re whistleblowers,” said May. “I don’t buy it.

“Every Canadian should care to ensure that our security and intelligence establishment be reliable, that the people who work there take their oath seriously.”

The CSIS Whistleblower performed an invaluable  public service in shining a light on China’s influence over a corrupt Liberal government and in revealing the extent of the rot caused by Canada’s China class. May is unfit to carry water for the unknown CSIS staffer.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, WTF?

Joe Biden Isn’t Going to Be the Democratic Nominee

The growing Joe Biden–Hunter Biden influence-peddling and corruption scandal has surprised me. Not, I should be clear, because I thought that Joseph R. Biden — the lifelong pol and Democratic Party hack — was clean as a whistle; I’m surprised the story has developed the way that it has because I have long thought that any truly damning evidence of the scandal would be buried under a mountain of indifference on the part of the mainstream press and by a Biden Department of Justice patently uninterested in looking into the facts.

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

Antifa Blamed for Machete Attack on Presumed Right-Winger

A brutal attack on a man in the city of Chemnitz, Germany, has been blamed on far-left Antifa militants by members of the populist Alternative For Germany (AfD), as German counter-terrorism police investigate the incident that left the victim without several fingers.

The attack took place this week in the Stadtpark just after 3:00 p.m., according to a report from Radio Chemnitz.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAntifa

A horrific story from Mexico tells you what Biden is bringing to America

Since the day he came into office, Biden has opened America’s southern border, an illegal act that should see him not only impeached but indicted and imprisoned. But that’s not the world in which we live. We live in a world in which millions of illegal aliens stream into America, a substantial number of whom are Mexican cartel foot soldiers. That’s why you should know about the horrible deaths that five childhood friends suffered at the hands of the cartel in Jalisco, Mexico.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMexican drug cartels, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State, USA, WTF?

Environmentalists Blocked Release of Water to Fight Maui Fires

Global warming doesn’t cause natural disasters. Environmentalists cause natural disasters.

Environmentalists claim that global warming caused by people driving to work and cooling their homes causes natural disasters. In reality, environmentalists cause natural disasters by blocking sensible policies like forestry management and dams, and then once a disaster, like fire or flooding is underway, they contrive to do what they can to block any kind of relief because they believe in worsening natural disasters to convince people of their cause and give them unlimited power to destroy our lives.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists"

The rise of pro-Western disinformation

When the US State Department launched its Iran Disinformation Project in the autumn of 2018, it was hailed as a new weapon in the war on hostile foreign propaganda. Staffed by diaspora Iranians and handed an initial $1.5 million of public funding, the online operation was designed to neutralise Iranian “lies” about the West with “real-time counter narratives and truth-telling”. Moreover, it would achieve this by amplifying the voices and actions of “courageous Iranians who reveal the regime for the evil it truly is”. This, at least, was the grand idea.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Disinformation"

White Starbucks manager who ran store where two black men were refused access to bathroom is awarded another $2.7 million – after she was previously given $25 million when a jury found she had been fired because of her race

A white Starbucks manager who was fired after two black men were refused access to a Philadelphia store bathroom was awarded $2.7million to cover the legal fees associated with her wrongful termination lawsuit.

Shannon Phillips claimed she was used as a ‘scapegoat’ by Starbucks after she was fired when the coffee chain found itself at the centre of racial controversy when two black men were arrested on the premises of a cafe in Philadelphia in 2018.

It comes after Ms Phillips won her lawsuit against the coffee giant in June and was handed $25million in punitive damages and $600,000 in compensatory damages.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Progressive Hypocrites, Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists

Survivors of Buffalo Shooting Sue Reddit, YouTube, Gun Dealers

Survivors of a 2022 mass shooting at Buffalo, New York, are suing social media giants and gun vendors in a rare pair of lawsuits that are likely to test the limits of the legal privileges afforded to both Silicon Valley and the firearms industry.

One lawsuit was filed on Wednesday at the Erie County state supreme court. It alleges that the social media giants Reddit and YouTube “transformed and addicted” the shooter, Payton Gendron, by showing him racist videos and blogs. Gendron was sentenced to life in prison earlier this year after he murdered 10 people at a Tops grocery store at Buffalo, all of whom were Black.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Shooting"

Texas Store Owner Shoots & Kills Two Armed Thugs during Failed Robbery

A pack of armed thugs’ “jugging” attempt failed miserably when a Texas store pulled his own gun and defended himself during a botched robbery attempt.

The owner of Ruiz Cash & Carry managed to gun down two out of three of the gang of armed robbers.

The Houston Police Department believes that the armed thugs killed outside of a family-owned convenience store were trying to rob the owner in a “jugging” attempt.

Jugging – A crime where a suspect observes a customer at a bank or high-end store and then follows the customer after they leave the establishment in order to steal their money or valuables.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, Gun Control, Gun Rights