Author: Blazingcatfur

Elon Musk as Public Accountant

As Elon Musk pursues his “draining the swamp” in Washington, D.C., his plan to reduce the size of the US federal government may have a number of unintended consequences.

To be sure, few people might disagree with ending payments to millions of people who continue drawing their Social Security benefits years after having died and been buried.

Even fewer might approve of channeling millions of dollars in aid to NGOs in such emerging economic giants like India and Indonesia, not to mention sinkholes such as Afghanistan or active anti-American states like South Africa.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State"

Motion to ban pride flags coming to catholic school board meeting

An update to what flags the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) flies could be coming.

A meeting on Monday, March 24 looks to discuss a motion brought forward by Trustee Conrad Stanley that aims to ban rainbow, pride flags, and other political symbols.

Inside the motion it cites “ongoing complaints, protests and delegations” from Waterloo Catholic parents, constituents and rate payers as one of the reasons. Adding that the “international identity-based flags like the rainbow, pride and progress flags remains divisive and unpopular.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"They really do want your children"

‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

Kim Philby & George Blake, Moscow

Secret surveillance of Britain’s ­notorious double agent, Kim Philby, made public for the first time in archived documents, reveals how keenly the Security Service wanted to confirm or disprove early suspicions of his high-level treachery.

In daily bulletins submitted to MI5 in November 1951, undercover operatives describe how Philby, codenamed Peach, moved about London.

They said he gave “no outward sign of being either nervous or on the alert, but your well trained man should not do so; every movement is natural – again as it should be”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCold War

Mike Myers Joins Canadian Election Campaign Alongside Mark Carney With Anti-Trump ‘Never 51’ Jersey

Carney and no longer commercially viable talent play patriot

Canadian-born actor Mike Myers has injected himself into the looming Canada election by appearing in a rinkside video with recently anointed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to embrace the Maple Leaf flag and declare his allegiance to the Liberal leader.

Variety reports the video pairing the two was launched Saturday and begins with former Bank of Canada and former Bank of England boss Carney watching a hockey game in a Team Canada jersey.

Hypocrisy is the default setting of smug Canadians.

h/t Mauser

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

Will The Media Investigate Who’s Behind The Tesla Terror?

History records this of the famous Nixon Watergate scandal.

In the summer of 1972, as an American presidential election featuring incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon and Democrat Senator George McGovern swirled, two young, green Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein by name, learned of a break-in at Washington’s Watergate Hotel and office complex. A break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State"

Are drug cartels operating in Toronto? This is what we know

It was at a news conference back in January that Toronto police gave members of the public a glimpse at an investigation involving what they described as “violent” Mexican organized crime group known as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

The group, police said, was linked to the largest cocaine bust in the service’s history. Investigators confirmed that more than half of the $83 million worth of cocaine that was seized as part of the drug squad probe was found in a transport truck that travelled from Mexico, through the United States, and into Canada. Two of the six suspects arrested in the case were Mexican nationals.

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

Canada, May I Introduce You to Ukraine?

I had a conversation last week with a Canadian journalist about the culture war on American campuses. After we finished talking about that, she had one final question for me.

“What the hell is Trump thinking about Canada?”

She wasn’t just asking about President Trump’s tariff threats. She was also asking about Trump’s obsession with referring to Canada as the 51st state. The tariffs were somewhat understandable, even if terribly misguided. They are, after all, one of Trump’s few consistent policy obsessions. He likes tariffs perhaps even more than he likes walls.

The New York Times David French is very very high.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

‘Change is coming’: Poilievre launches campaign with a pitch to heal a ‘divided country’

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre launched his campaign on Sunday at the Museum of History across the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill, arguing that his party is in the race to “make a change” from the Liberal status quo.

Poilievre beat Prime Minister Mark Carney to the punch, speaking half an hour before Carney was scheduled to ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament and send Canadians to the polls next month.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2025

Yes, Disney Cares That It’s $250 Million ‘Snow White’ Is Tanking at the Box Office

The Walt Disney Company, the most financially successful entertainment conglomerate in history, laid an egg with its latest blockbuster live-action/animated hybrid “Snow White.” It’s not the first time that Disney produced a clunker. In a business that is essentially “hit or miss,” and where misses are far more common than hits, Disney’s formulaic approach to the business of making movies failed them.

A good compilation of the real – not insider/influencer reviews after Disney ended the review embargo.

Snow White Opens With a Soft $3.5 Million In Its Opening Day Premiere

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

What’s the German word for Schadenfreude? Toronto Tesla owners grapple with politics of Musk and Trump amid thorny trade war

When Deborah Wilson first bought her Tesla Model Y in 2022, she loved it.

A resident of Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood and a busy mother of two, she found it nimble and fun to drive. Plus, it was an environmentally sound purchase and saved her money on gas at a time when every trip to the pump was pricey.

But since then, she’s become increasingly self-conscious driving it around town amid U.S. President Donald Trump‘s threat of annexation and close relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has stirred up significant controversy of his own.

People are at risk of mockery on the school run!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Carney Calls Election April 28

Carney Calls Election April 28

Canada election: Carney expected to trigger snap federal vote

Abacus Data Poll: As the Election Kicks Off, the Conservatives lead the Liberals by 3 as the NDP sinks further

Carney Advisor – Wisemans’s swift firing from BlackRock shows the days of giving executives an ethical pass are over

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Brimming with weapons, Ukraine is a gunrunner’s paradise in waiting

Georgiy Uchaykin slipped the knife from his pocket and slashed the freezing air of the shooting range in downtown Kyiv. One cutting arc, then another stab.

“Look,” said the 56-year-old chairman of the Ukrainian Gun Owners Association (UGOA). “When men come at you with a knife you don’t have much time. They move quickly.” He pointed the knife towards me. “That’s why gun owners train themselves to draw and shoot within one and a half seconds.”

Uchaykin, a bald, heavy-set man wearing jeans and T-shirt, grinned. “You can’t overstate the importance of guns.” He said he had started teaching his grandson to shoot when the boy turned seven.

Link fixed

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

‘No Canadian dream’: Meet some who want to join a 51st U.S. state

EDMONTON – Jordon Kosikowie has been thinking a lot about what would happen if Alberta joined the United States.

The 35-year-old works in the oil and gas industry in the Edmonton area and says life has been hard in recent years. So he’s open to the idea if it brings more prosperity.

“If there’s an opportunity for me to put more money into my pocket, why not converse about it?” said Kosikowie, who runs a Facebook group for Albertans who want to be a part of a 51st U.S. state. The group has grown to 1,000 members since it was created a few months ago.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

How F-35s became the new Tesla

They are the most advanced fighter jets in the world, capable of flying at 1,200mph while staying virtually invisible to enemy radar, equipped with unrivalled surveillance capabilities and a devastating array of missiles.

Every year roughly 150 new state-of-the-art planes, which have quickly become the backbone of modern Western air forces, rise from a base in Fort Worth, Texas, for delivery around the world.

But serious doubts about the programme that brings billions of dollars into the US have emerged in recent weeks due to one burning question – can allies rely on America any more?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome