Majority of students hide Jewish identity, pro-Israel views, Hillel Ontario poll finds

A new poll by Hillel Ontario found that a significant majority of Jewish students had refrained from expressing their pro-Israel believes in public for fear of being criticized and slightly more than half had downplayed their Jewishness in social settings.

Hillel Ontario, which describes itself as the largest regional Hillel in the world with a combined Jewish student population of 14,000 across nine universities, released the findings from the “student pulse check survey” after polling nearly 500 Jewish students between November 2022 and January 2023.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAnti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism and the Left

‘I am deeply sorry’: Tory resigns as mayor of Toronto after having relationship with staffer

John Tory is stepping down as mayor of Toronto after having a relationship with a member of his office staff during the pandemic.

Tory announced his resignation during a surprise news conference on Friday evening as he confirmed the relationship, which he said: “did not meet the standards to which I hold myself as mayor and as a family man.”

“I am deeply sorry, and I apologize unreservedly to the people of Toronto,” Tory said.

h/t SDMatt & XC

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city", WTF?

Large amount of cash found in Honey and Barry Sherman’s wallets ruled out a break-in

Barry Sherman had $372 in his wallet when he died. Honey Sherman’s wallet was stuffed with $7,500, possibly from a visit to an ATM shortly before she was killed.

Sources say cash discovered at the crime scene explains why a homicide detective went to great lengths to calm fears in the neighbourhood shortly after the bodies were found. It was unlikely their deaths were a break-in gone wrong.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

The farmers fighting back against the irrational elites

Now French farmers have joined the tractor revolt against the laptop classes.

Nothing speaks to the madness of the modern elites better than their war on farming. Consider France. One day President Macron is telling the world to get serious about ‘food security’. Post-Covid and with war raging in Ukraine, we must make sure food keeps being made and transported around the world, the French government says. Yet, at the same time, that same government, without missing a beat, is bringing in pesticide bans that could devastate sections of France’s own agriculture industry. Which could even lead to the closure of farms. Behold the schizophrenia of the 21st-century establishment.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"The Great Reset", Green-Scam

Hijab protests sow doubt and confusion among Iran’s revolutionary guards

Forces in the Iranian revolutionary guards are beginning to feel “doubt and confusion” after almost five months of anti-regime demonstrations, senior officers have admitted.

Compounding this sense of frustration is their pay. The salaries of IRGC soldiers are a quarter of their counterparts in Lebanon’s Hezbollah forces, Iran’s most powerful Middle East proxy, according to sources.

The 125,000-strong IRGC has carried out a brutal crackdown against protesters across the country, killing at least 528 civilians and imprisoning tens of thousands more, rights groups say. Seventy IRGC soldiers are believed to have died.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Amsterdam not ‘Valhalla for paid sex and drugs’ as red light district bans cannabis

Smoking cannabis outside in Amsterdam’s red light district will soon be made illegal, and brothels forced to close earlier, under rules to save residents from “glassy-eyed tourist zombies”.

The new regulations are set to come into force in mid-May and aim to make city centre living more bearable for long-suffering locals.

A city spokeswoman said: “The atmosphere becomes dire, particularly at night. This comes at the expense of a good night’s sleep for residents and the liveability and safety of the whole neighbourhood.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Good Intentions Paving Company"

Roger Waters: Propaganda tool for Moscow?

The 79-year-old former member of the British avant-garde rock band Pink Floyd addressed the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday via video link.

Invited by Moscow to give the speech, Roger Waters repeated that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “provoked,” claiming that he represented a “voiceless majority” with his opinion.

He did condemn “in the strongest possible terms” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but added, that it “was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateur in the strongest possible terms.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Social Justice"

Pakistani Taliban: The Most Powerful Anti-State Actor in the Country

Commander Noor Wali Mehsud, the head of Pakistan’s most formidable terrorist network, Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, recently threatened to assassinate Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the leaders of Pakistan’s coalition government.

Sharif heads the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), the larger party in the coalition. Zardari runs the smaller partner, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPakistan, Pakistan - Islamic Failed State

San Francisco Mulls Creating a Red-Light District

I moved to San Francisco almost right out of college for a sort of internship. I lived there for as long as my wallet could stand it. For a fresh-faced college boy, San Francisco even then was a bit of an eye-opener. Of course, that was before the jump in homelessness and crime. I’m sure it’s much more interesting if less enjoyable now than it was back then.

Yea that oughta help.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Progressive Paradise"

Pentagon Shot Down Object Over Alaska, U.S. Officials Say

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon shot down an unidentified object over frozen waters around Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials, less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet brought down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.

John Kirby, a White House spokesman, confirmed the incident at a news conference on Friday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA