Author: Blazingcatfur

CHARLEBOIS: Premier Ford’s trade tantrum proves costly for Canada’s economy

The United States and President Donald Trump are clearly frustrated with Canada’s handling of trade negotiations involving softwood lumber, automotive parts, oil, aluminum and steel.

Whether Ontario’s anti-tariff advertising campaign — funded by the Doug Ford government — is the direct reason Washington raised tariffs from 35% to 45% on non-Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement imports is beside the point. What matters is the escalation reflects a deteriorating diplomatic climate that will have very real consequences for Canadian agri-food exporters.

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

Which Potential Trump Successor Will Draw the Most Media Heat?

The Wall Street Journal gets it.

In Friday’s edition, Journal columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. closed his column by saying, more than accurately, this, with bold print for emphasis supplied:

I’m guessing many flyover Democrats have long seen the party’s blunder in associating itself too closely with the national media. The self-defeating Russia hoax, the shameless, unnecessary politicization of Covid—both helped Mr. Trump. Most damning was the conniving of Team Biden to push a senile, unpopular incumbent past voters a second time even at the highly probable risk of returning Mr. Trump to the White House…

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Media

Amy Hamm: Not even parents can escape the speech police at B.C. schools

Who raises our children in B.C.? Parents, or schoolteachers and administrators? The latter two seem to think it’s their right. Examples abound.

Because of her political views, B.C. mother Bryony Dixon was barred last year from hosting students with her school district’s international homestay program. She responded by filing a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT). She alleges discrimination on the basis of political belief.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

Why Are the Mental Bellyflops Denying Antifa’s Existence Again? This Might Be Why…

One of the lowest points in recent American history had to be when then-president of the United States, Joe Biden, and his director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, denied the existence of Antifa.

Let me re-word that: not too long ago, the president of the United States and his number one law enforcement agent publicly denied the existence of a group of violent commie anarchist yobbos who exist to tear down the country.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAntifa

Poll shows Chairman Chow’s support crumbling, majority want new mayor

African Velvet Touch Refugee

A year out from the next municipal election, Mayor Olivia Chow is in trouble with a majority of voters saying it’s time for her to go. A new poll of more than 800 residents — commissioned by ABC Toronto and carried out by Hamish Marshall of One Persuasion — shows even a third of those who voted for Chow want her to be replaced next October.

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

Nolte — Disney’s ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Bombs in the U.S.A.

This is now Springsteen’s legacy to many former fans. working class hero’s don’t hang with Clintons. 

As great as I found director Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, nothing about its box office failure is surprising. And it is not only a failure; it is a shocking failure for box office analysts who projected an opening as high as $25 million with a $15 million worst case.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Lawyer decries ‘double standard’ on Freedom Convoy, anti-Israel protests

On October 7, Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey handed down conditional sentences to Tamara Lich and Chris Barber for their roles in the 2022 Freedom Convoy. Both Lich and Barber were found guilty of mischief, a criminal charge. While neither faces further jail time, their conditional sentences impose a year of house arrest, followed by six months under a curfew.

A Truck protest today would be one giant Sikh traffic smash-up.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", "Two Tiered Justice", "Two Tiered Policing", Canada

China makes millions from UK asylum hotels

Chinese interests own more than £190 billion in British companies and property and Beijing is making millions a year from asylum hotels, analysis reveals.

The Sunday Times China List discloses that organisations linked to the Chinese Communist Party own three hotels block-booked for migrants, netting them at least £15 million in Home Office contracts.

They are just some of the 442 UK assets owned by private individuals and firms from China and Hong Kong, as well as state-backed organisations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Camp Of The Saints, UK, WTF?

Walking a fine line: Economists caution Canada on commitment to defence sector

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promise to boost defence could deliver massive profit gains for companies but the big question is, where will the money come from?

The Carney government recently announced plans to raise Canada’s military budget to $150 billion by 2035 to meet a new NATO target of five per cent of GDP, the country’s largest increase since the Second World War.

The current budget sits at $62.7 billion after Ottawa added $9 billion this year. Some economists are skeptical about Canada reaching its target.

I wonder. Is the media walking back Carney’s promises for him?

Deadbeats are us!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump rules out running as Vance’s VP to gain third term, but open to Bannon plan: ‘Let AOC go against Trump’

TOKYO — President Trump said Monday that he won’t run as Vice President JD Vance’s running mate to circumvent the Constitution’s two-term limit on the presidency, but said he is still interested in running again — musing about a potential 2028 face-off against New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Trump, 79, made the remarks when a reporter asked about his former chief strategist Steve Bannon’s claim that a secret plan might negate the 22nd Amendment’s term limit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Doug Ford says pat on the head from cool kids worth widespread harm Reagan ad will cause

Doug Ford has no regrets about ‘viral’ Reagan ad that angered Donald Trump

An unrepentant Premier Doug Ford says he has no regrets about Ontario’s anti-tariff advertising blitz that derailed Canada’s trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

While Ontario has paused the $75 million campaign, featuring former president Ronald Reagan, after Ford spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the premier insisted Monday it was effective.

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

Inside Syria’s jail for IS suspects as officials say attacks by group are rising

In the complex mosaic of the new Syria, the old battle against the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) continues in the Kurdish-controlled north-east. It’s a conflict that has slipped from the headlines – with bigger wars elsewhere.

But Kurdish counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC that IS cells in Syria are regrouping and increasing their attacks.

Walid Abdul-Basit Sheikh Mousa was obsessed with motorbikes and finally managed to buy one in January.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Syria

Needed: Three reasons to defend Canada and one way to start

When retired Lieutenant-General Michel Maisonneuve stood before an audience in Winnipeg earlier this year, he asked a question that continues to resonate. It boils down to this: “Can you name three reasons to maintain and defend an autonomous Canada?”

It’s the kind of question that should have evoked a chorus of patriotic replies. Yet when posed across the country, the silence that followed, by his account, was overwhelming.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Italian court approves extradition in Nord Stream case

An Italian court has approved the extradition of a Ukrainian man suspected of taking part in the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, his lawyer confirmed Monday.

The explosions destroyed three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines, which had become a contentious symbol of Germany’s dependence on Russian energy after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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

HEINRICHS: Can anything change Canada’s declining birth rate?

Make America Pregnant Again. A Financial Times article slaps that label on recent pro-family programs announced by the US government. The Trump administration is considering $5,000 cash baby bonuses for every American new mother and a National Medal of Motherhood for women having 6 or more children.

The US is not alone these days in wanting to encourage more babies. Russia and South Korea now pay baby bonuses to new mothers. Hungary’s government says it will exempt mothers of three children from paying income tax. And politicians in India are boldly telling young couples to have three children.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inDemography