Author: Blazingcatfur

‘Quite mad and a little bit sad’: Meghan’s ‘insipid’ Netflix Christmas special is panned and compared to ‘white noise’ by critics

Meghan Markle’s Netflix Christmas special was savaged by critics today – some of whom gave the ‘quite mad and a little bit sad’ show zero or one star for its ‘numbing content’.

The Duchess of Sussex used the episode to share tips with celebrity friends on how to make crackers, as well as wrapping different types of gifts and decorating a tree.

But reviewers in The Times, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and Independent were left stunned by the 56-minute show – and not in a good way.

Martha Stewart she ain’t.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals", WTF?

Feds gave Stellantis more than $220M before Brampton decision, records show

The federal government paid Stellantis more than $220 million to help upgrade its plants in Ontario before the automaker revealed plans to move some production to the U.S., recent records show.

It’s more than double the amount the federal government disclosed when asked in October about its Stellantis spending, after the multinational announced that it will scrap plans to build the Jeep Compass at its Brampton plant and assemble it in Belvidere, Ill., instead.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Yutes charged with murder increases, despite overall decline in homicide rates: StatCan

More youth under 18 in Canada were charged with homicide in 2024 than the previous year, according to new figures from Statistics Canada — an unexpected rise that comes even as national homicide rates edged downward.

The 2024 homicide report shows 72 youths were charged with homicide last year, up from 65 in 2023. That pushes the youth accused of murder to 0.94 per 100,000 youths.

Among those cases, police recorded 13 incidents involving multiple youth accused, including five homicides with three or more youth charged.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Ellen DeGeneres Leaving UK to Return to U.S. After Fleeing From Trump

Former talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and her “wife” Portia de Rossi have had enough of the United Kingdom and reportedly plan to head back to the good old U.S. of A., just months after fleeing the country to get away from President Donald Trump. However, they claim they’re returning to California to avoid the super-chilly temperatures of the Cotswold region of Britain. In other words, America’s climate beats the dreary atmosphere of the UK, and the celebrity couple miss it so badly they’re willing to put up with a few months of President Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, Trump Derangement Syndrome

CHARLEBOIS: The failing experiment of self-checkouts at the grocery store

Self-checkouts were introduced as a multi-purpose solution to labour shortages, rising wage pressures, and consumers’ appetite for speed.

In theory, they would modernize the grocery experience while reducing operating costs. In practice, they have become a source of irritation for many Canadians — and a growing liability for retailers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Bad Technology"

USCIS freezes immigration requests from 19 countries after National Guard shooting

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services decided to freeze pending immigration requests from 19 countries that the Trump administration deems “high risk” for national security reasons after an Afghan national critically shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., last week.

In a four-page memo issued Tuesday, the immigration and naturalization agency said all benefit applications filed by foreign nationals from 19 high-risk countries, including Afghanistan, are placed on hold until further notice. All asylum applications, regardless of the applicant’s country of nationality, are also paused indefinitely.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Affordable housing is out of reach everywhere in Canada

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The dream of home ownership is alive, but not well. According to a recent Abacus poll, nearly nine in 10 young Canadians, those aged 18 to 29, aspire to own a home – but a similar share worry about the current state of housing in Canada.

Of course, those worries are justified. According to our new study, in 2023 (the latest year of comparable data), typical homes on the market were unaffordable for families earning the local median income in every major Canadian city. It’s not just Vancouver and Toronto – housing affordability has eroded nationwide.

I trust our Corporate Titans to lead us out of this morass. Therefore the answer must include importing additional cheap foreign labour in their millions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘Welcome to America!’ Captured Drug Lords Choose: Snitch or Suffer

Under pressure from the Trump administration, Mexico turned over 55 cartel leaders in a pair of cloak-and-dagger missions

MEXICO CITY—Dozens of Mexico’s most dangerous prisoners, cuffed hand and foot, boarded army jets under heavy guard this year, a rogue’s gallery of cartel leaders responsible for smuggling tons of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine to insatiable U.S. buyers.

The men were rousted from prisons, where money and corruption provided them with weapons, cocaine, booze, women and phones to run their lucrative underworld empires from behind bars, coordinating drug shipments as well as ordering killings and kidnappings, U.S. and Mexican officials said.

The prisoners had no idea of their destination.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMexican drug cartels, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State, USA

Trump may use USMCA withdrawal as a bargaining tactic, trade experts warn

Canada needs to be prepared for the risk the United States may announce its withdrawal from the trilateral USMCA trade deal as a negotiating tactic, according to a legal expert who is testifying on the agreement at public hearings in Washington this week.

Barry Appleton, a Toronto lawyer who is co-director of the Center for International Law at New York Law School, is speaking before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Wednesday as part of a scheduled review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

“The mere suggestion of USMCA termination serves as an exceedingly potent, almost extortionary, bargaining chip,” Mr. Appleton said.

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

Strangled, beaten and enslaved by my in-laws

Isolated and alone, Sara says she felt powerless when the husband she was forced to marry in Pakistan became abusive. She was 21.

“He used to light a lighter on my face to scare me, [he said] ‘I will burn you’,” she says.

She says his controlling behaviour got worse when she was brought to the UK, and moved in with his parents in 2022.

Instead of the happy married life promised by her family, she was then attacked by her husband and forced to work as a slave by her in-laws.

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

Asylum-Seeking Minors Cost Germany €12.2B Since 2015

Burgergeld – Citizens Money or Welfare in Germany

Since 2015, at least €12.2 billion has been spent on the accommodation and care of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Germany, according to exclusive figures obtained by AfD Member of Parliament René Springer. The actual sum is likely significantly higher, as several federal states have provided incomplete or missing data. Between 2015 and 2024, authorities registered nearly 190,000 unaccompanied foreign minors, known as UMAs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Germany

WARMINGTON: Anti-Israel tropes OK at City Hall, but don’t dare show Canadian flag! Oh well we get to enjoy the ̷C̷h̷r̷i̷s̷t̷m̷a̷s̷ “Glittering Tree”

It’s feels like there’s a war on Canada and its traditions in Mayor Olivia Chow’s Toronto where the casualty is our basic freedom.

There is no other conclusion when you have a man harassed for displaying a Canadian flag, or playing the national anthem, while there is zero action from authorities on people presenting propaganda against Israel.

You know where Chow and her Muslim handlers can shove that glittering tree…

Chow has got to go…

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

Cross-dressing males can no longer join Girlguiding, organisation says

The organisation that oversees girl guide groups in the UK has announced it is banning trans girls from joining.

Girlguiding said the move – which means it will not accept biological boys who identify as girls – was in response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that said sex meant biological sex in equality law.

The trustees said they had made the “difficult decision” with a “heavy heart” and there would be further announcements on what this will mean for current members.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny