Iran calls Trump to negotiate after strike threats

Iran has called on Donald Trump’s administration to negotiate after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its use of lethal force on protesters.

The death toll in the nationwide demonstrations has risen to at least 544, human rights groups said on Monday. Mr Trump said that Iran had started to cross a line with their violent response to protesters.

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Monday morning that the protesters were “now under total control” after claiming “terrorists” had targeted both protesters and security officials.

I don’t trust the Mullahs for some reason.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Tariffs force Canadians to cut spending as costs rise

Most Canadians say tariffs are squeezing household budgets and forcing changes in day-to-day spending, according to federal polling that found rising prices and growing financial stress tied to U.S. trade policy.

Blacklock’s Reporter says survey results show 64% of Canadians have changed how they spend money because of tariffs, while 80% concluded policies under U.S. President Donald Trump have made everyday goods more expensive.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

U-Haul plows into massive crowd at Iran protest in LA — as demonstrators attack driver

A U-Haul driver allegedly plowed into a massive crowd of protesters at an anti-Iran regime rally in Los Angeles on Sunday — injuring at least two people in a chaotic scene caught on video.

Authorities responded after the U-Haul truck drove into a sea of an estimated 3,000 people at the large demonstration in Westwood around 3:40 p.m. local time, an LAPD spokesperson told The Post.

The rental truck, which had the words “NO SHAH. NO REGIME. USA: DON’T REPEAT 1953. NO MULLAH” emblazoned on one side, was swarmed by protesters as tensions quickly escalated, according to harrowing footage obtained by KABC.

h/t Patti Jo

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

Ottawa not banning X despite sexual deepfake controversy, AI minister says

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says Canada isn’t considering a ban of the social media platform X, though his office says discussions about X’s deepfake controversy are under way.

The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has drawn global criticism over sexualized deepfakes created by X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, which have proliferated in recent weeks.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture"

Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating O-1 visa requests: ‘This is the American dream now’

Content creators and influencers in the US are now increasingly dominating requests for O-1 work visas. Astoundingly, the number of O-1 visas granted each year increased by 50% between 2014 and 2024, as noted by recent reporting in the Financial Times.

These visas allow non-immigrants to work temporarily in the US. The O-1 category includes the O-1A, which is designated for individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, education, business or athletics and the O-1B, reserved for those with “extraordinary ability or achievement”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

KLEIN: Political theatre puts jobs at risk

Doug Ford’s recent comments about pulling Crown Royal off Ontario liquor store shelves because its parent company is closing a bottling plant should concern every Canadian who cares about jobs, trade, and our country’s reputation.

Crown Royal is a Manitoba-made product with a long history in this country. Threatening to punish it over a corporate decision made by its parent company is not strength. It is political theatre. And political theatre has consequences.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Germany planning ‘Arctic Sentry’ Nato mission to protect Greenland

Bismarck

Germany is planning to set up a joint Nato operation in the Arctic in an effort to dissuade Donald Trump from annexing Greenland.

The “Arctic Sentry” mission to monitor threats in the region could be modelled on Nato’s “Baltic Sentry” operation, which started last year to monitor threats and protect infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, sources told Bloomberg.

Mr Trump has threatened to forcibly take control of the mineral-rich island that is a territory of Denmark, a Nato member.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany, Greenland, USA, WTF?

Barbara Kay: If the state and police won’t protect Jews, who will?

The Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration massacre, Australia’s deadliest terrorist incident, which resulted in 15 dead and 40 wounded, continues to dominate my thoughts. One particular witness account haunts me. A mother, separated from her three-year-old daughter, found some of the few police officers present. She told a journalist: “These police officers were hiding behind a car… I tried to grab one of their guns. Then one of them grabbed me and said ‘no.’”

Here, I see encapsulated diaspora Jews’ present dilemma in the form of a plea and response: Protect us, state law enforcement agent. No? Then allow us the means to protect ourselves. Also, no.

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

MORGAN: UNDRIP must be banished from Canadian policies

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was a resolution adopted by the UN in 2007. Canada was still under sane governance at the time and was one of the few UN members that voted against it. Canada shed the pretenses of sanity in 2015 and fully endorsed UNDRIP in 2016. The nation is paying a terrible price for the endorsement today. While UNDRIP is not legally binding, its principles have contributed to the indigenous policy catastrophe Canada is enduring.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Aboriginal Fatigue"

Does Sweden really prefer rapists to a retired married couple?

SWEDEN has long been regarded by the liberal elite as a socialist utopia. The truth is that, behind the facade, the Swedish deep state is as unpleasant and brutal as some other Western countries.

My Swedish wife and I discovered this to our cost when we tried to secure residency for me, her retired British husband. What followed has shocked even the most patriotic of Swedes and has given the lie to any kind of notion that modern ‘liberal democracies’ have either heart or moral conscience.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSweden, WTF?

How the Bondi Hero Was Weaponised to Deny Islamist Antisemitism

As bullets tore through the crowded Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14th, Ahmed al-Ahmed acted with extraordinary courage. The 43 year-old Syrian born Muslim immigrant and father of two ran towards the gunfire. He tackled an ISIS-inspired shooter and wrestled away his rifle. He was shot twice. His intervention almost certainly saved lives in the massacre that left 15 dead and more than 40 wounded.

Within hours, his story went viral, dominating global headlines and social media. Donations quickly mounted to AUD 2.5 million in a GoFundMe dedicated to his heroism. World leaders praised him, from Australian Prime Minister Albanese to President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Yet the scale and intensity of the acclaim were striking – because his identity carried symbolic weight.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West