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14 illegal immigrants on terror watchlist stopped at border in 2021, former Border Patrol chief says

AUSTIN, Texas — Law enforcement intercepted 14 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border who were on the terrorist watchlist, a former top official said, more than the four stops that the Department of Homeland Security had disclosed.

U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped 14 noncitizens who were named on the terror watchlist and tried to sneak into the United States between October 2020 and August 2021, one month short of the entire fiscal year 2021, according to recently retired Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott, who disclosed the number during a panel discussion at a Texas Public Policy Foundation conference in Austin this month and in a follow-up conversation with the Washington Examiner.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA

Google sued in US over ‘deceptive’ location tracking

Google is being sued in the US over accusations it deceived people about how to control location tracking.

The legal action refers to a widely reported 2018 revelation turning off one location-tracking setting in its apps was insufficient to fully disable the feature.

It accuses Google of using so-called dark patterns, marketing techniques that deliberately confuse.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", Google, Google is Evil

German Catholic priests come out as queer, demand reform

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany on Sunday faced renewed calls for better protection of LGBTQ rights and an end to institutional discrimination against queer people.

Around 125 people, including former and current priests, teachers, church administrators and volunteers, identified themselves as gay and queer, asking the church to take into account their demands and do away with “outdated statements of church doctrine” when it comes to sexuality and gender.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Big Gay, Catholic Church, Germany

Tories gain support but O’Toole lags Trudeau, Singh as best choice for PM: Poll

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the Conservatives are back within striking distance of the Liberals after a slump in support late last year amid internal grumbling about the party’s election loss.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Canada

Harvard-Harris Poll Points to Political Realignment Against Extremist Democrats

I’m sorry, but you cannot pervert human nature, you cannot pervert people’s children, you cannot abuse people’s children, and remain a dominant political party. You just can’t.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•USA

Why the Masked and the Unmasked Have Disdain for Each Other

Among the many unbridgeable divides between Americans is a completely antithetical view of mask wearing. On one side are those who wear masks almost everywhere outside their homes and who demand that others do so, including young children in class and on outdoor playgrounds, and 2-year-olds on airplanes.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

‘Peace, freedom, no dictatorship!’: Germans protest against Covid restrictions

The university city of Cottbus held one of 2,000 rallies across Germany on Monday, stoked by the far right

On Monday evening on the dot of 7pm people emerged from dimly lit side streets and gathered on the Oberkirchplatz square in Cottbus for what has become a weekly ritual in towns and cities across Germany: a protest against coronavirus protection measures.

The demonstrations have grown in strength as cases of the Omicron variant have surged, and in recent weeks a looming decision on bringing in a vaccine mandate has become the focus of protesters’ ire. More than 2,000 rallies were held nationwide on Monday, drawing tens of thousands of participants.

In Cottbus, a university city south-east of Berlin, a familiar pattern played out. Moments after the protest started, police declared over megaphone that it was illegal – the participants did not wear masks or physically distance from each other. Groups then broke away and began the Spaziergänge, walks that snake in a variety of directions and are designed to overwhelm any police response.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Ukraine: ‘We’re not considered a big player, no matter what our government tries to tell us’

Canada has vital stake in Ukraine outcome but ‘no currency or heft’, experts say

OTTAWA — Canada shouldn’t let Washington and Moscow alone decide the future of Europe as the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine escalates, say experts.

As Vladimir Putin slowly builds toward upending the stalemate on the Ukrainian border, Royal Military College and Queen’s University professor Christian Leuprecht says Canada needs to make its voice heard.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Canada

Conservative riding association renews call for vote on O’Toole’s leadership

A Conservative Party riding association in southern Alberta has become the first in the country to formally petition the party’s national council for a leadership review.

The decision by the Foothills electoral district association (EDA) represents another Western-based challenge to Erin O’Toole’s leadership, after Saskatchewan Sen. Denise Batters’ failed petition to accelerate a leadership review.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Conservative Party

Toronto gun violence skyrockets; no politician will say why

Gun violence in Toronto has exploded in January compared to this time a year ago.

As of Sunday, Jan. 23, the number of people killed by gunfire is up 300%, the number killed or injured is up 111.1%, the number injured but not killed is up 57.1% and the number of shootings is up 13.6%.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Crime, Gun Control, Gun Rights

Ukraine urges calm, saying Russian invasion not imminent

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leaders sought to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighboring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real and prepared to accept a shipment of American military equipment Tuesday to shore up their defenses.

Russia has denied it is planning an assault, but it has massed an estimated 100,000 troops near Ukraine in recent weeks, leading the United States and its NATO allies to rush to prepare for a possible war.

Canada orders diplomats’ families to leave Ukraine

The Canadian government has ordered family members of diplomatic staff in Ukraine to leave the country, CTV News has confirmed.

Late Monday night Canada updated its travel advisory suggesting any non-essential Canadians should leave Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•Russia, Ukraine

Neil Young wants to quit Spotify over Joe Rogan’s vaccine misinformation

Neil Young has demanded that Spotify removes his music, due to vaccine misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan on the streaming service.

“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” wrote the star in a letter to his management and record label.

Rogan has been criticised for airing vaccine-sceptical views, and promoting debunked claims about treating Covid-19 with the anti-parasite drug ivermectin.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Batshit Crazy Progressive Hypocrites, WTF?

The Horror! Durham police investigating after constable posts video supporting truckers’ anti-vaccine rally

Durham Regional Police say it’s investigating after being made aware of a video posted by one of its uniformed constables supporting a protest against anti-vaccine mandates being held by truckers across the country.

Many truck drivers have carried out Canada-wide rallies to protest vaccine mandates with big rigs set to arrive in Ottawa over the weekend. Setting off from Vancouver on Sunday, the so-called “Freedom Convoy” GoFundMe page has raised more the 3.5-million-dollars from donors.

I can’t for the life of me figure out what she said that was so “wrong.”

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Ontario has mucho Covid cases … and Majority wants to stick it to unvaccinated citizens

Ontario reports 64 new COVID-19 deaths; 4,008 patients hospitalized

It’s the two-year anniversary of the first documented COVID-19 case in Canada today, and there have been more than one million documented COVID-19 infections in the province in that time, with 11,068 confirmed deaths.

626 people are in ICU with #COVID19. 85% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for COVID-19 and 15% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.

There are 3,424 new cases of COVID-19.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 25, 2022

Majority of Canadians surveyed support fines for unvaccinated citizens: Nanos

The majority of Canadians either support or somewhat support a new health contribution or fine applied to those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new survey by Nanos Research.

Results of the survey commissioned by CTV News show that 40 per cent of respondents support the idea and another 20 per cent somewhat support it. Meanwhile, 29 per cent oppose it, eight per cent somewhat oppose it and four per cent remain unsure.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Usual suspects demonize & censor honest discussion of immigration policy in high school curriculum

Anti-racism advocates call for educational reform after concerning immigration assignment

Advocacy groups are calling on a number of organizations, including the education department and school districts to undertake an anti-racism educational reform.

The recommendations from the groups come a week after CBC News posted a story about a junior high school assignment that asked students to write down why immigrants and refugees should and should not be allowed into the country, using the textbook.

University professors called the assignment racist and were concerned with the textbook’s suggestions for opposing migration: newcomers “may take jobs away from resident Canadians,” and “Some immigrants draw on social welfare programs and services,” according to the textbook.

The Horror! They strayed from the Liberal-left “narrative!”

University professors, the media and the usual cast of vote whoring politicians who seek to criminalize dissent are the problem not an honest discussion of immigration policy.

Immigration policy should benefit a nation’s citizens. In Canada it benefits the political & corporate classes at our expense.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2022January 25, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Identity Politics", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Mosaic of Diversity", "Multiculturalism", "NAZIS! NAZIS EVERYWHERE!"