Author: Blazingcatfur

Why doesn’t Mark Carney have a gender-balanced cabinet? Because it’s 2025

New prime minister Mark Carney didn’t go out of his way to be a champion for women with his cabinet choices unveiled at Rideau Hall on Friday — and that could be a deliberate effort to walk back what critics called the “woke” feminist brand of Justin Trudeau.

It might also be a reflection of how Carney has been leaning on a team heavily weighted with male advisers, as many have observed since his leadership campaign launched.

The Star is already running damage control for Carney.

A similar Conservative cabinet would be described as a new Dark Age descending upon our blighted land.

It’s fortunate for Poilievre the Liberal media continues to overplay its hand with biased reporting.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Government Owned News Media

Electric cars ‘so heavy they can smash through motorway barriers’

Heavy electric cars are more likely to smash through crash barriers, putting lives at risk, a transport trade body has warned.

The Vehicle Restraint Manufacturers Association (VRMA) has written to the Government claiming the extra weight of banks of batteries in electric cars means “out of date” safety barriers on British motorways are at risk of being breached by an impact.

The group, which represents British manufacturers of road safety equipment, says design standards for barriers are failing to keep pace with the Government’s commitment to promote electric vehicles.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Avi Benlolo: Terrorist-backed Al-Quds Day demonstrations have no place in Canada

In the heart of Toronto, a dangerous event is set to unfold once again: Al-Quds Day, an annual rally held on the last Friday of Ramadan rooted in the extremist ideology of Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which calls for the destruction of Israel. What might appear to some as a political demonstration is, in reality, an event driven by a foreign terrorist entity — the Iranian regime, a state sponsor of terrorism that bankrolls groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. This rally does not promote peace or dialogue. It is a direct attack on Jewish people, their right to self-determination, and ultimately, on Canadian values.

Mama Hezbollah attended Al Quds Day at Queen’s Park over a decade ago.

Our elites hate us. The Islamists they imported are their Storm Troopers.

Nothing will ever be done about this criminal act.

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

Three Muslims with ‘political and religious motivation’ lured Israeli DJ to Welsh farmhouse and tied him to a radiator but were caught after he freed himself by sliding along pipe

Three bungling kidnappers lured an Israeli musician to a remote cottage in Wales with financial, political and religious motives, a court heard.

Faiz Shah, 23, Mohammad Comrie, 23, and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime, 20, carefully planned the kidnap of Jewish composer Itay Kashti who described the ordeal as ‘my own personal October 7.’

Falsely claiming to be a Polydor Records executive, the three friends invited Mr Kashti to a music event which would be attended by music producers and other musicians.

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

We want to live in America’s 51st state: The Canadians pledging their loyalty to Trump

To many Canadians, talk of joining the United States is simple apostasy, but for some the idea is appealing

On the sunlit porch of a farmhouse in the Canadian province of Alberta, Don Casselman planted his feet, gripped a laminated document and began to read aloud.

“I hereby declare an oath that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all fidelity to any foreign prince,” said the former industrial electrician, facing towards a Star Spangled banner gaffer-taped to a pole.

Around his neck, Mr Casselman had thrown another American flag – and he tugged it carefully into place before pledging his loyalty to the government of the United States.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

US expels South Africa’s ambassador, saying he hates Trump

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said South Africa’s ambassador to Washington is “no longer welcome” in the United States.

Rubio, in a post to X, also accused diplomat Ebrahim Rasool of being a “race-baiting politician” who hated US President Donald Trump.

In his post, Rubio linked to an article from the conservative US media outlet Breitbart, which commented on remarks Rasool made Friday during a South African think tank’s webinar.

According to Breitbart, Rasool said that white supremacism was motivating Trump’s “disrespect” for the “current hegemonic order” of the world.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSouth Africa, USA

Two Edmonton Muslim women who joined ISIS ordered to attend deradicalization program

An Alberta judge has ordered two Edmonton women captured in Syria during the defeat of the Islamic State to take part in a deradicalization program.

At a court appearance on Friday, Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti were told they must undergo counselling with the Organization for the Prevention of Violence.

Justice Suzanne Polkosnik approved an RCMP request to impose a terrorism peace bond on the sisters-in-law, who acknowledged living in ISIS territory for four years.

That’ll cure em.

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

Ovens and bone fragments – BBC visits Mexican cartel ‘extermination’ site

The gates to the Izaguirre Ranch look much like any others you might find in the state of Jalisco. Two prancing horses on the front perhaps a nod to the surrounding cattle-grazing and sugarcane fields.

Yet what lies behind the black iron doors is allegedly evidence of some of Mexico’s worst drug cartel violence of recent times.

Following a tip-off about the possible location of a mass grave, an activist group of relatives of some of Mexico’s thousands of disappeared people went to the ranch, hoping to find some sign of their missing loved ones.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMexican drug cartels, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State

Terry Newman: Mark Carney’s cabinet-shrinking ruse

Friday morning in Ottawa, long-Liberal-wooed Mark Carney was finally sworn in as prime minister. Before the ceremony began, his X account posted: “Today, we’re building a government that meets the moment. Canadians expect action — and that’s what this team will deliver. A smaller, experienced cabinet that moves faster, secures our economy, and protects Canada’s future.”

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

Liberals used to buy Teslas. Now they’re bombing them

Elon Musk likes to boast that his Cybertrucks can withstand almost any impact. One night on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, someone decided to put that claim to the test.

The seven bullets that were fired through the window of a Tesla showroom this month hit three of Musk’s cars and made headlines across America. The authorities would later say that this was just the latest in a series of acts of vandalism against Teslas. There have been shootings at dealerships “targeted across Oregon and the nation for political reasons”, officials said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Some countries aren’t retaliating against Trump’s tariffs. Should Canada ‘turn the other cheek’?

Faced with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, some countries have, so far, responded by turning the other cheek, and not retaliating with their own duties.

Canada, however, continues to hit back in the trade war with its neighbour to the south. But it also raises the question of whether Canada absorbing the blows from U.S. tariffs, while painful, might be preferable to the overall economic damage from a full-scale trade conflict.

It’s an issue, perhaps unsurprisingly, on which economists have varying views. Some say Canada has no choice but to retaliate, even if imposing tariffs on U.S. goods will increase prices for Canadians. But others suggest those moves may have little impact on the U.S.

The people who flooded Canada with cheap foreign labour to undercut worker wages are the same people who shipped your job overseas at the first opportunity under free trade agreements.

Now these same folks, who only ever have your best interests at heart, want you to believe that all tariffs anytime not just Trump’s are Satan’s handiwork.

This is why I regard our current annexation hysteria with its accompanying ready-to-assemble Ikea flat pack patriotism loyalty oath kits with a jaundiced eye.

We need a Trump.

Why Tariffs Are Good

The claim that tariffs are inherently misguided and inevitably harmful does not stand up to scrutiny, especially when it comes to U.S. trade with China

and …

Trump Is Right About Our Trading Partners Imposing Excessive Tariffs

h/t patthedog

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Police investigate potential Islamist terror link to stabbing in Belfast

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a potential Islamist terrorist link to a stabbing in Belfast earlier this month.

Religious ideology is one of a number of potential motives being investigated, the PA news agency understands.

If it is confirmed, it would be Northern Ireland’s first Islamist terrorist incident.

Detectives are also probing whether a mental health episode or hate were motivating factors.

Islam is violence.

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

Cory Morgan: After So Many Investment Failures, Ottawa Must Change Course on EV Policy

Over 10 years ago, experts with most tribunes were assuring the world that combustion engines were on the way out and electric vehicles would soon dominate markets. Despite this optimism, Canadians didn’t embrace EVs widely, thus the call for subsidies for manufacturers and purchasers went out. The federal government answered the call and billions in tax dollars were dedicated to rebate programs, subsidies, and loan guarantees for EVs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"