Author: Blazingcatfur

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"

How Soros Is Preparing for a Battle With the Trump Administration

Soon after a Justice Department official instructed attorneys to probe George Soros’s philanthropic empire last month, Soros’s son Alex joked to a friend “that the Stalinists had a saying for this.”

“‘Give me the man, and I will give you the case against him,’” Alex Soros recounted to former Ithaca, N.Y., Mayor Svante Myrick.

Threats from the Trump administration are mounting toward the two Soroses and other Democratic megadonors, as the president has accused them of supporting violent protests and engaging in unlawful activity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGeorge Soros

Slogans, flags and 500 BeaverTails: Inside Carney’s spending for his Liberal leadership bid

Mark Carney was the front-runner heading into this year’s Liberal leadership contest, but receipts for his $3.8-million campaign give a glimpse of exactly what it took to get across the line.

Invoices submitted to Elections Canada also show that even as his leadership campaign was winding down, he was getting ready for the next one, a general election he’d call only weeks later.

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

What’s Behind Gun Violence Archive’s Numbers

The Gun Violence Archive is the preferred source for information among almost every media outlet I seem to come across. There are a handful of exceptions, but those are generally outlets that have their own tracking efforts.

Interestingly, every single one of those tends to have a far lower number of things like mass shootings than the Gun Violence Archive has.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights

Canadians warming slightly toward China amid economic concerns

After years of strained relations, Canadians are showing a modest shift in their views of China, according to new research from the Angus Reid Institute and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

While favourability remains low, more Canadians are signalling interest in focusing on economic engagement with the Asian powerhouse.

It’s not exactly a Love-In.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

This Photo Should End Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor of New York City has always been a political red flag, but his latest move makes it clear that this isn’t just about misguided socialist politics; it’s a full-blown ideological danger. The city that once prided itself on resilience is now flirting with political self-destruction. Mamdani, the self-described democratic socialist, doesn’t just advocate for the usual left-wing laundry list — that’s bad enough — but now a photo op is revealing something far more sinister than bad economic and social policies

Related …

h/t Auntie Polly

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