We conservatives need to take a stand against one of our own

“We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms, which are our proud heritage … We cannot take for granted the continuance and maintenance of those rights and freedoms.”

These are not the words of some left-wing activist. They were spoken by Progressive Conservative prime minister John Diefenbaker. Long before Pierre Trudeau enshrined our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Diefenbaker was Canada’s champion of equality, passing the federal Bill of Rights in 1960.

The Star continues its 5th Columnist Pseudo-Conservative Jihad.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Portugal bans burqas: Wearing face veils for ‘gender or religious reasons’ will bring fine of up to £3,475

Portugal’s parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for ‘gender or religious’ reasons in public, and people who wear them could face a hefty fine.

The measure was proposed by the far-right Chega party and would prohibit coverings such as burqas — a full-body garment that covers a woman from head to foot — and niqabs — the full-face Islamic veil with space around the eyes — from being worn in most public places.

Face veils would still be allowed in airplanes, diplomatic premises and places of worship.

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

Against the Cult of the Dignified Death

Imagine this scenario: An elderly wife has received a terminal diagnosis. She now knows how she will die. She is afraid. She does not want to suffer, nor gradually (or quickly) lose her faculties. It feels undignified. Who wants to suffer in front of their loved ones? She lives in the state of Washington, so instead, she elects to take her own life, supported by the state.

Her husband is in shock, he grieves before she is even dead. He is overwhelmed. He looks into his wife’s eyes and cannot imagine a home, or a life, without her in it. They have an adult daughter together—a human embodiment of the love that he and his wife have shared. He confides in his daughter about his grief, and further, about his fear of living alone after his wife’s passing.

This is a true story. The daughter does not shine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

McCRAE: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is lying to us

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew recently announced a $20 million dollar grant to the University of Manitoba for the construction of a new National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba. In 2022, the federal government committed $60 million for the same project.

The University’s National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is considered a key component of reconciliation in Canada, partly because, among other functions, the NCTR staff maintain a Memorial Register of student deaths at Indian residential schools.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Residential School Mass Grave Mania"

The lure of China – What Carney hopes to gain from a Canadian reset with Beijing

Beijing’s biggest fish bazaar is a briny-smelling maze of stalls stocked with massive crabs from Russia, purple lobster from Australia and yellow croaker fish from China’s southeastern coast.

What’s increasingly hard to find at Jingshen Seafood Market, however, are products from Canada: the casualties of a punishing trade war between Ottawa and Beijing.

This lost business is becoming harder for Canada to write off as the United States under Donald Trump grows increasingly protectionist and unpredictable.

China – Too Big to Bail

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada's China Class", "Canadian Politics", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, USA

Catholic Churches Following Vatican as the Harshest and Most Consistent Critics of Trump’s Immigration Policies

A major driver behind President Trump’s re-election was the support he received from religious voters. However, the largest Christian denomination in the world has become one of the most consistent critics of the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Despite Mr. Trump’s efforts to promote religious themes and maintain support among religious voters, one of his sharpest critics has been the Catholic Church, with harsh criticism coming not just from individual leaders or organizations but from the Vatican itself.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Catholic Church, Trump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?

10 years later, Justin Trudeau’s ‘sunny ways’ are a distant memory

Somewhere this weekend, some federal Liberals may quietly mark an anniversary that many wouldn’t have predicted they would get to enjoy while still in power.

Ten years ago on Sunday, Justin Trudeau led his third-place party to a majority government, with promises of ”sunny ways” and the conviction that “better is always possible.”

Politics being politics, those feel-good slogans didn’t age all that well. Majority victories have eluded the Liberals in the subsequent decade and the most recent polls show that even with new leader Mark Carney, the party is still locked in a tight race with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Downtown Oshawa property manager struggling to stay afloat amid open drug use, vandalism

A downtown Oshawa property manager says she risks losing her family business, located opposite a non-profit agency that helps people who are homeless, amid ongoing issues on her property — including drug use, vandalism and public urination.

Lord Simcoe Place on Simcoe Street S. has been in Cindy Malachowski’s family for generations. But she says the building is bleeding tenants and has its highest vacancy rate in some 55 years.

“We had one paralegal service leave, saying, ‘We love the building, you’re a great landlord, but we watch people urinate outside our window and watch people shoot up,’” she said.

Mandatory treatment.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"

Defender of the Faith, Meet the Bishop of Rome

King Charles III’s visit next week to the Vatican marks an extraordinary moment in the history of what was once called Christendom. For the first time since Henry VIII split with the Church of

Rome five centuries ago, the pope — Leo XIV — and the defender of the faith — Charles — will bow their heads together in prayer. And at the Sistine Chapel no less, enmeshed by Michelangelo’s frescoes of creation and last judgment.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals", Catholic Church

Why Some Progressives Celebrated Charlie Kirk’s Death

Left-wing ideology holds that conservative speech causes “harm.”

A murder should unite people in shared revulsion. The killing of Charlie Kirk did not. When the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA was assassinated last month, leaders in both parties condemned the attack, and many mourned the husband and father of two. But some progressives on social media had a different reaction: they rationalized, mocked, and even celebrated the killing.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

I’m a former senior aide to Stephen Harper. Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, trustworthy Conservative Party we tried to build

The Conservative Party that was shaped by the nation-building of Sir John A. Macdonald, the moral conviction of John Diefenbaker, the bold ambition of Brian Mulroney, and the steady discipline of Stephen Harper is far greater than any one man. It is a party rooted in history, principle, and purpose, a party built to serve the country, not the ego of a single leader. No individual, no matter how loud or popular, has the right to rewrite that legacy or distort it into something it was never meant to be.

Leader Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, serious and credible Conservative Party Harper worked so hard to lead and bring to power, one of substance, maturity and integrity.

The Star is on an anti-Poilievre rag today.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe F$CKING Toronto Star

Europe Has Apparently Learned Nothing

Iran – Fattah hypersonic ballistic missile

Once again, Europe seems to have slipped into a dangerous fantasy: that engaging in polite diplomatic parleys with promises of sugar plums will tame Iran’s rapacious ambitions.

France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (E3), acting as the European Troika, declared their intention to revive the long-stalled nuclear negotiations with Iran. In a joint statement, they pledged to “reopen a path toward a comprehensive, lasting, and verifiable agreement.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business

On a dry, hot day this summer, Kathryn Barnwell, a retired English professor, marched up the road from her home in Nanaimo, B.C., to take another crack at the mayor.

Leonard Krog, a longtime friend of Barnwell’s, was standing by the entrance to a parched wooded lot, the proposed site for a data centre Krog has been backing.

“I really, really enjoin you to think about what this [data centre] could mean for your political career,” Barnwell said, barely looking him in the eye.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence"