How To Steal From Progressives – Lawsuit alleges that top BLM leader siphoned $10 million from racial justice charity

… Bowers and his group denied all claims of financial misconduct and chastised those suing him for “falling victim to the carceral logic and social violence that fuels the legal system” in taking legal action against him.

“They would rather take the same steps of our white oppressors and utilize the criminal legal system which is propped up by white supremacy (the same system they say they want to dismantle) to solve movement disputes,” the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s board of directors said in a joint statement.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter

Festival of Brexit is a £120m Woke flop

It was meant to be a patriotic celebration of what Britain could look like after leaving the EU.

But despite being supported with £120 million in public funds, the so-called Festival of Brexit has fallen woefully short of hitting a target to attract 66 million visitors. Only 238,000 people have turned up so far.

The figures emerged yesterday as the event’s organisers were accused of using it to push “woke” causes, such as gender fluidity and “how imperialism shaped the British garden”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Denouncing The Diagolonoids

A Canadian right-wing nut is peddling a satirical meme about a diagonally-shaped North American superstate. Needless to say, much of the country’s intellectual class is terrified.

Last month, Pierre Poilievre, the populist front-runner in the race to become leader of Canada’s federal Conservative party, was photographed shaking hands with Jeremy MacKenzie, a former soldier facing weapons and harassment charges. MacKenzie is an odd duck who combines a penchant for extremist right-wing rhetoric with a predilection for ironic Internet memes. But almost no one in Canada knew his name until that now infamous handshake. As for Poilievre, he says he didn’t recognize MacKenzie, or form any particular memory of having met him—a claim that even progressive journalists have admitted is entirely credible.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", "extremists", "far right", Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Kanye: ‘What The F*** Is Kwanzaa And Who Made That Bulls*** Up?’

On Wednesday, rap icon Kanye West, who confused many of his followers when he acted in a friendly manner toward former President Trump, issued a tweet (later deleted) in which he questioned the validity of the holiday Kwanzaa.

Kwanzaa was created by black activist Maulana Karenga in 1966; in 1971 he was convicted of felonious assault and false imprisonment. He currently serves as chairman of the Africana Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach. The Kwanzaa festival is observed starting the day after Christmas for 7 days, and involves celebrating seven Swahili values; a candle is lit each day on a candleholder.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Identity Politics"

Justin Trudeau is losing support. Attacking Pierre Poilievre won’t fix it

MONTREAL—The prime minister’s negatives are on the rise. A clear majority of Canadians feel the country is headed in the wrong direction. Is the deck stacked against Justin Trudeau in his upcoming match against a new Conservative leader?

It may depend on whether the Liberals focus on what they can fix to the exclusion of what they cannot.

At the top of the latter list is the prime minister’s own brand.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inJustin Trudeau - Pissant

Star Reveals… This secret document claims to chart the Conservatives’ path to victory

OTTAWA—There is a clear, but narrow, path to victory.

That’s what Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives were told in the winter of 2020 by consultants hired to help plan for an eventual general election.

That path was laid out over 100-plus pages of analysis and behavioural modelling, a portion of which was recently obtained by the Star.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Police: Plane circling Mississippi city threatens to crash into Walmart

TUPELO, Miss. — A stolen airplane circled over north Mississippi on Saturday morning, and police said they evacuated a Walmart store after the pilot threatened to crash into it.

The Tupelo Police Department said in a Facebook post that the Walmart and a nearby convenience store had been evacuated. The plane started circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, about 5 a.m.. It was still in the air about four hours later, but had flown away from Tupelo and was circling over another community nearby.

Police said they have made contact with the pilot directly.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Sabrina Maddeaux: Poilievre’s tax plan will help the low-income workers Trudeau let down

Tax code matters are one of the more convoluted and least enthralling aspects of governance. Many politicians either generally avoid the topic or simplify it to the extreme: you either cut taxes or raise them.

Whether leaders assume a lack of interest on voters’ behalf, think they’re too dumb to grasp the details, or are in fact too dense to do so themselves, the effect is the same. Canadians miss out on lively debate and fresh ideas about a topic that greatly impacts their –– and the country’s –– economic health.

Trudeau is fucking over the poor to please the Corporate welfare class – Canada developing path to permanent residency for 500,000 undocumented workers

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Terror suspects like Shamima Begum will be treated like VICTIMS if they exploit modern slavery laws, watchdog warns amid claims Met Police covered for ‘Canadian spy’ who smuggled ISIS bride into Syria

Terror suspects like Shamima Begum could be treated like victims if they exploit modern slavery laws, the terrorism watchdog warned last night.

Explosive claims in a new book that the so-called Jihadi Bride was smuggled into Syria by a spy working for Canada – before Justin Trudeau’s nation then conspired with the UK to cover up its role – emerged this week.

It sparked calls for an inquiry into claims the Met and the government knew the alleged people smuggler was responsible for helping Begum and her two fellow schoolgirls join ISIS while also working as a double agent.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, CSIS, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

The coming confrontation over government intervention in the media

Summer is nearly at an end. Parliament is about to resume. The Conservatives are about to elect a new leader. And our politics are about to enter a period of sharper definition, with clearer differences between the two main parties. Nowhere is this more true, seemingly, than over the issue of government involvement in the media: broadcast, print and internet-based.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Government Owned News Media

Freedom Convoy organizers want donations unfrozen to fund appearance at Emergencies Act inquiry

Organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa have asked a court to unfreeze $450,000 in donations they received so they can pay for lawyers to represent them at an upcoming public inquiry into the Emergencies Act.

Money given to the convoy through crowdfunding platforms GoFundMe and GiveSendGo was put into escrow under court order, pending a proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Ottawa residents and businesses.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘I don’t consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country’: Now senile Biden walks BACK his attacks on MAGA Republicans

President Joe Biden walked back his attacks on Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters, saying on Friday he doesn’t consider ‘any Trump supporter a threat to the country.’

‘I don’t consider any Trump supporter a threat to the country,’ the president said at the White House.

It was a contrast to his remarks on Thursday night when, in a primetime address on the threat to democracy, he said Trump and his supporters were a threat to the republic.

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

‘There’s a child in that vehicle,’ officers told before fatal shooting of toddler and father, audio reveals

Audio from the deadly police shooting of a father and toddler in Kawartha Lakes, Ont., is casting new light on the moments before police opened fire and what they might have known heading into the encounter.

The recording of police radio chatter shows officers were told there was a child in the truck they were pursuing through the mostly rural community on Nov. 26, 2020, and that, according to one officer, the driver had put a gun to his own head.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Liberal incompetence + identity politics = Laith Marouf affair

Marouf espouses the very opinions that should be targeted by any anti-racism program worth its salt.

Marouf was hired because he is a racist. It is the culmination of a culture change in our civil service that has placed fellow traveler racists in positions of power. Marouf’s hate is acceptable hate and you’re kidding yourself if you believe there aren’t more just like him sucking on the public teat.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence

‘It’s Not Scary To Die For The Motherland’: As War On Ukraine Rages, Russian Children Targeted For ‘Patriotic’ Education

“One doesn’t become a patriot by just proclaiming slogans,” runs the text of an upcoming mandatory lesson for upper-level children in Russian schools. “Genuinely patriotic people are prepared to defend their motherland with a weapon in their hands.”

“Patriotic education” has been a catchphrase in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia since at least 2005. But now, with Moscow’s unprovoked war against Ukraine grinding on and Russia caught up in a tense standoff with the West, the country is redoubling its emphasis on “patriotism” in the schools. With the new school year that opened on September 1, the Education Ministry is launching mandatory weekly lessons first thing every Monday with the title Important Conversations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"