Now is the time to fight fire with fire.

Here we are, a few decades of “mea culpa” following the Holocaust-oh, this will never happen again – oops-it is. It isn’t the Nazis or the white supremacists this time, although they are participating: Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson – it’s the Muslims. And unlike Germany with 40 million people, there are 2 billion Muslims. How the world cheers them on, including leaders from the West – Canada, France, Great Britain, Australia. The Palestinian Arab terrorist group Hamas has celebrated the Western countries for their decisions.

But there is one exception.

One leader, and he is hated by so many. That leader: Donald J Trump: President of the United States of America.

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

How America Can Power the AI Revolution

To build the energy systems needed to fuel growth, the U.S. will need to weigh choices and tradeoffs.

The adage “knowledge is power” could be recast: knowledge consumes power. Throughout history, the advance of knowledge has led to the invention of new products and services. These innovations inevitably increase energy consumption. With the invention of useful artificial intelligence (AI), we have another example of that truth.

AI-focused data centers, more than any other single factor, are driving growth in regional and national electricity demands at a rate not seen in a half-century. The boom has caused the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to more than triple its formerly tepid forecast for growth in U.S. power demand by 2030. The lower end of its growth estimate would be equivalent to adding about five times New York City’s peak power usage.

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

I loved Toronto. I miss it every day. But I am relieved beyond measure that I left

So I’m homeless and unemployed and it feels alright.

Why, you might ask? Because I’ve left Toronto. I have only the vaguest idea of where I’m going at the moment — I’ve been bouncing between various couches in several cities and provinces and the spare room at my mother’s place in rural New Brunswick for several months — but it’s a done deal. I’m not coming back this time. It hurts to leave the town I’ve called home for 27 years and all the deep personal and professional connections I’ve forged there. Make no mistake, though; I’ll live longer because of it. Toronto was killing me.

A lot of memories reside amidst the decline.

I find myself wondering what it will be like to pack up and leave TO.

My reasons are familiar to readers, this Star piece is more a personal lifestyle lament that ignores the real reasons for the decay of Toronto into 3rd World status. 

 

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

Will Trump Let Putin Win?

The most vital fact that US President Donald J. Trump needs to take on board is that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no earthly chance of winning his war in Ukraine — unless, that is, Trump gifts the Russian despot a victory.

China will be among a collection of hostile states, which also includes Iran and North Korea, that will be taking a close interest in the outcome of the diplomatic initiative Trump began with Putin following their face-to-face meeting in Alaska earlier this month, to end the Ukraine conflict.

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

Police unseal old theory in Barry and Honey Sherman murder probe but say releasing more would hurt case

Toronto police have released only a few new details on the Barry and Honey Sherman murder investigation despite an Ontario judge’s strong suggestion that “shaking the tree” might help solve the nearly eight-year old case.

Following a Toronto Star application for increased transparency, police on Monday agreed to unseal minor references to Sherman cousin Kerry Winter and Sherman’s friend and business associate Frank D’Angelo. The references are contained in more than 3,400 investigative pages police have filed in court. About 40 per cent of the documents are still under seal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Worse than Antifa: Inside the new breed of ultra-extremist groups dedicated to chaos, violence — and even alleged murder

Scram-tifa?

The far-left radical movement known as Antifa has been getting its own taste of cancel culture.

Just look at what happened on Aug. 19 in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. Masked, fist-clenched agitators belonging to the anarchist collective turned up to sow chaos — but locals banded together to confront the troublemakers, telling them to get lost.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAntifa

LILLEY: Time for Carney to dump our ambassador in Washington

As Mark Carney visited Germany and Latvia on Tuesday, his point man on Canada-U.S. relations was in Washington trying to mend fences.

It’s a tall task even after last week’s decision to put the elbows down and rescind Canada’s counter-tariffs on American goods outside of the steel, aluminum and auto sectors. Carney still needs to change up his team.

Specifically, as I’ve said before, Ambassador Kirsten Hillman has to be replaced because source after source continues to describe her as an impediment.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

QUESNEL: Activist and NDP candidate tests Canadian tolerance of genocide revision

Yves Engler, a Montreal-based writer and activist, exemplifies troubling tendencies toward moral inversion and selective memory in discussions of genocides. As he gains prominence — particularly through his bid for the federal NDP leadership — it is essential to scrutinize his approach to historical atrocities and understand what this reveals about his ethics.

I hope he wins and then declares himself NDP Party Overlord for life.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP

President Trump: Charge Soros under RICO for US unrest ties

President Donald Trump issued a scathing statement on Wednesday, calling for legal action against billionaire George Soros and his son, Alexander, citing their alleged role in supporting violent protests across the United States.

“George Soros, and his wonderful radical left son, should be charged with RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) because of their support of violent protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America,” Trump wrote in a social media post. He accused Soros and his associates of contributing to national unrest, saying, “Soros and his group of psychopaths have caused great damage to our country!”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGeorge Soros, President Trump

Ford to maintain U.S. booze ban in Ontario until tariffs removed or new trade deal reached

Doug Ford’s Basement

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will maintain his ban on American booze despite Canada dropping some retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade war with the United States.

Ford says he will drop the ban on selling U.S. alcohol at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario when U.S. President Donald Trump removes tariffs placed on Canadian goods or when the two countries strike a new free trade deal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

The awful spectacle of la belle France dissolving makes me fear for Britain

What has happened to my beloved France, the country where I spent my childhood summers, studied and worked in my 20s? Once the embodiment of European confidence and cultural supremacy, the land of Voltaire, Bastiat and de Tocqueville is now trapped in an accelerating spiral of decline.

British tourists – some nine million a year – might experience la France profonde, the warm baguettes, contented cows, the exquisite parking. But beneath the idyll lies the reality of a country at war with itself, its government fighting crises on economic, political and social fronts.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inFrance