Author: Blazingcatfur

Trump taunts ‘total nut job’ Zohran Mamdani: ‘Going to have a lot of fun with him’

President Trump teased plans to “have a lot of fun” with “nut job” socialist Zohran Mamdani if he becomes mayor of the Big Apple — and called New Yorkers “crazy” for voting for him.

“I think we’re gonna have a lot of fun with him,” Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn Tuesday, “because he has to go right through this building to get his money. Don’t worry, he’s not gonna run away with anything.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Canadian Real Estate Most Affordable In Years, Still Near 90s Bubble Peak: RBC

Canadian real estate is the most affordable it’s been in three years—but that isn’t saying much. RBC data shows ownership costs have eased, though it forecasts improvements stalling soon and affordability worsening next year. Even with affordability at its best, it would only be a slight improvement over the peak of the 1990s real estate bubble—the last one to fully burst.

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

Senate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping policy bill, clearing major hurdle

Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill demanded by Donald Trump, ending weeks of negotiations over the comprehensive legislation and putting it another step closer to enactment.

But it remains unclear if changes made by the chamber will be accepted by the House of Representatives, which approved an initial draft of the legislation last month by a single vote. While Republicans control both house of Congress, factionalism in the lower chamber is particularly intense, with rightwing fiscal hardliners demanding deep spending cuts, moderates wary of dismantling safety net programs and Republicans from Democratic-led states expected to make a stand on a contentious tax provision. Any one of these groups could potentially derail the bill’s passage through a chamber where the GOP can lose no more than three votes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Would you die for Canada? Polling suggests Canadians are more willing to fight for their country

We asked, first, “What actions would you take, if any, to fight to defend Canada against a military attack and invasion or occupation by a hostile foreign power?” More than 72 per cent of respondents said they’d take at least some action given a list of alternatives, with about 26 per cent willing to volunteer for civil defence and 13 per cent willing to volunteer for military service.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Trump celebrates Canada Day

Today is Canada Day, which for 115 years was known as Dominion Day and soon will be known as Statehood Day. The American flag will have 50 stars surrounding a white maple leaf. It will be lovely—one Big Beautiful State.

On Friday, Donald Trump tweeted on Truth Social, “We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist felled by sex scandal, dies at 90

Jimmy Swaggart, an itinerant Louisiana preacher who became one of the most popular and polarizing Christian televangelists of his generation before a sex scandal — etched in public memory by his tear-streaked televised confession — consigned him to relative obscurity, died July 1. He was 90.

His death was announced in a statement by Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, which did not share additional details. His son Donnie Swaggart, a fellow pastor, said on June 15 that his father went into cardiac arrest and was hospitalized in Baton Rouge.

Mr. Swaggart was one of a handful of televangelists who rose to global prominence in the second half of the 20th century, among them Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Jerry Falwell.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPassings

There’s no one way to be a Canadian: Commie Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault

OTTAWA — Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of identity and culture, came to his new job just as the whole country was looking at itself in the mirror.

Guilbeault took on the new ministry — which replaces the old heritage ministry and takes up responsibility for Parks Canada — as U.S. President Donald Trump was ramping up a ruinous trade war and talking about annexing his country’s neighbour to the north.

Perhaps the very last person I want to hear from on Canada Day.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

‘Saving the planet’ written into King’s job description

King Charles III is officially in charge of saving the planet: his role has been redefined to include leading on “environmental sustainability”.

The monarch’s job as “Head of Nation”, which he undertakes alongside that of “Head of State”, will now include four key themes, confirmed by Buckingham Palace in an annual report.

The King and his household will work on the topics “national unity”, “community impact”, “environmental sustainability” and “cultural heritage”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Will Syrian war criminals ever face justice?

Tadamon Syria Massacre

After an alleged war criminal was set free, Syrians are questioning whether their new interim government genuinely wants justice after 14 years of civil war.

The gruesome video first made global headlines three years ago. At around six minutes long, the film clip, leaked by a former militiaman loyal to deposed Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, showed the massacre of at least 41 men.

Blindfolded, they were coaxed, pushed, or forced into a mass grave, where they fell onto the corpses of those who’d been killed before them, before being shot themselves.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Syria

White House says Canada ‘caved’ to Trump on tech tax

The White House said Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had “caved” to President Donald Trump, after Canada dropped a tax on US tech firms that prompted Trump to call off trade talks.

“It’s very simple. Prime Minister Carney and Canada caved to President Trump and the United States of America,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Did BBC’s focus on one potential Glastonbury controversy miss another?

Last year the BBC won a Bafta for its Glastonbury coverage. This year it’s being attacked for it. Or, to be more precise, for one hour of it, two at the most, if you count Kneecap’s set, which followed Bob Vylan’s on the West Holts stage on Saturday afternoon.

I had arrived early to cover the Belfast rap trio’s performance, aware that the prime minister had said it shouldn’t go ahead, that the festival organisers had stood firm against political pressure, that one of the band’s members is on bail on a terror charge, which he denies, and that the BBC had announced that morning it wouldn’t stream the show live.

I have to admit, I hadn’t heard of Bob Vylan. But I don’t imagine many others had either. Of the millions who tuned in to the BBC’s coverage over the weekend, the live streamers of the Bob Vylan set would have likely been a tiny proportion.

How long until an anti-Zionist crowd turns on even “Jews for Palestine” types?

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

Conrad Black: Canada Has Much to Be Proud Of

Upon the approach of July 1, it is always a temptation to collapse into maudlin platitudes and wave the maple leaf flag around somewhat thoughtlessly.

Regular readers will be aware of my frequent remonstrations about the failure of most Canadians to develop much awareness of our history. This is an abundant country with a neighbour that has not seriously bothered us for over 200 years, and did so at that time only because it had a legitimate grievance against the British but had no other way to take it out on them except to attack us. Because of that, it has been easy to think it has been a simple and uneventful progress through the centuries to our present condition. This severely shortchanges previous generations of Canadians and a sequence of our outstanding statesmen.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Transgender teenager’s German chess triumph prompts call for ban

A transgender teenager has caused an upset in German chess circles by winning an under-18 girls’ national tournament, prompting calls for tougher rules even in a sedentary sport that relies on brainpower.

Nora Heidemann’s victory to become German champion in the female category of the youth chess championship in Willingen this month was met with criticism from some players and from the head of the German commission for women’s chess, Nadja Jussupow.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny