Author: Blazingcatfur

If Ford wants to help Canada stand up to Trump, there’s only one thing for him to do

It’s time for Doug Ford to focus on being the premier of Ontario. He’ll be sad to hang up the Captain Canada cape, but the best thing he can do to help this country stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump is to make sure our most populous province is running at peak efficiency. Right now, it isn’t.

Let’s get something out of the way right off the top: I don’t blame Ford for the breakdown in trade relations between Canada and the United States. The blame for that lies entirely with Trump. He blew up the last deal, and he could ram a new one through if he wanted. He doesn’t. The commercial that has so angered the president makes for a convenient excuse. Absent that, he’d have found another one.

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

Muslim grooming gangs targeted ‘tens of thousands’ of children ‘because they are White’

Award-winning broadcaster, writer, and former politician Sir Trevor Phillips has said that Muslim grooming gangs have targeted “tens of thousands” of White children across Britain, describing the abuse as “industrial” in scale and protected by political fear.

Speaking to Times Radio, Phillips said the ongoing grooming gangs inquiry has been hindered by authorities’ reluctance to confront the link between race and sexual predation.

h/t kiki9

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

John Ivison: Canadians can’t wait much longer for Carney to accomplish something

Veteran British journalist Andrew Marr offered a dystopian view of the U.K.’s politics in this week’s New Statesman magazine. It’s an article that should probably be viewed as a cautionary tale by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government.

Marr said that Britain has become ungovernable and the postwar political establishment is collapsing, with the Conservatives and Labour parties haemorrhaging votes, while Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party soars in the polls .

“The nation’s patience has snapped,” he said, with repeated failures bringing an end to the politics of management and the emergence of the politics of outrage and disgust.

Ouch.

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Troubling claims made by Zohran Mamdani after story about Muslim aunt being too scared to ride subway after 9/11 turned out to be false

New York’s socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is battling a credibility crisis after admitting he lied about a family story tied to 9/11 – and is now facing mounting questions over a series of other controversial claims about his background, identity and finances.

On Monday, Mamdani, 34, was forced to clarify his widely publicized story about a Muslim ‘aunt’ who, he claimed, stopped riding the subway after the 2001 terror attacks because she feared harassment.

The Assemblyman, who is the favorite to become New York City mayor in next Tuesday’s election, admitted that the woman was not his aunt at all.

UPDATE: Zohran Mamdani faces criminal referrals to DOJ over alleged illegal campaign donations from foreigners

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

Trump says he won’t talk with Carney at APEC summit in South Korea

Donald Trump is playing down the chances of talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney at a South Korean summit this week after he broke off trade talks with Canada and threatened to hike punitive tariffs on Canadian imports by 10 per cent.

Both leaders are in South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and were scheduled to attend the same dinner Wednesday.

UPDATE: Carney had ‘very good’ conversation with Trump, he says

I don’t believe Carney.

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

US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats in Pacific

US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on four alleged drug boats in the Pacific, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

Mexico’s navy says it is still searching for a lone survivor approximately 400 miles (643km) from the Pacific coastal city of Acapulco.

It is the latest in a series of attacks on boats the US says have been carrying drugs in both the Pacific and Caribbean.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Opposition parties can’t afford to call Liberals’ bluff on budget vote, say pollsters

Whether or not the Liberals are bluffing when expressing doubts that next week’s federal budget will pass, no opposition party can risk trying to bring down the government, according to pollsters. But to maintain power, the Grits need to convince voters they’ve done everything to ensure the budget succeeds.

“If the Liberals are confident that walking away from the table will get them a better deal on the other end, and more power [in Parliament], then they’re going to do that,” said Abacus Data CEO David Coletto, adding that the party itself stands to gain the most from an election.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"

LILLEY: Yelling, F-bombs, threats and the breakdown of Canada-U.S. relations

Carney don’t care, he’s gonna eat!

On Monday night, as baseball fans turned their attention to the World Series, a gathering at the National Gallery in Ottawa that was supposed to celebrate the cross-border relationship turned sour.

Pete Hoekstra, Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, was seen tearing a strip off David Paterson, Ontario’s representative in Washington. It’s been described by those who witnessed it as a heated exchange, a one-way conversation, and yelling, with plenty of F-bombs.

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Two men in New York convicted in ISIS financing scheme that includes Canadian connection

Two men in New York have been convicted in a financing scheme in support of the Islamic State (ISIS), a designated terrorist organization, a case which also has a Canadian connection.

Abdullah At Taqi, 26, of Queens was convicted by a jury in Brooklyn, New York, last Friday of conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS, as well as conspiring to launder money. His co-defendant, Mohamad David Hashimi, had previously pleaded guilty to all counts of the indictment.

“A Toronto man”

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

Christian Leaders Ignore Muslim Genocide Of Nigerian Christians

St. Francis Catholic Church Nigeria

For years, Christians have been systemically persecuted in Nigeria, with Muslim terrorist groups and militias periodically raiding, raping, murdering, and enslaving Christian civilians in the northern part of the country.

According to a recent article in Catholic Vote, “[F]rom 2019 to 2023, a total of 55,910 people were killed,” and “21,621 people were abducted.” During this four-year timespan, Nigeria “saw an average of eight attacks per day involving killings and/or abductions.” This has continued to this day, with “more than 7,000 Christians killed in Nigeria during the first 220 days of 2025.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Nigeria