Author: Blazingcatfur

Tariffs: The Sword of Sovereignty

Tariffs aren’t about hiding behind walls; they’re about wielding a sword, carving out space for self-reliance in a ruthless arena.

In the grand theater of 2025, where America’s economic stage is lit by the flickering glow of a manufacturing revival, tariffs have emerged as the unsung hero — or the villain du jour, depending on who’s clutching the pearls. President Trump’s latest salvo — 25 percent on Canada and Mexico, 10-20 percent on China — has reignited a debate that’s less about spreadsheets than sovereignty. For too long, we’ve played the globalist game, trading our industrial soul for cheap trinkets and hollow promises.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Jamie Sarkonak: Federal bureaucrat-activists strike again with ‘Understanding Islamophobia’ guide

The state’s job isn’t to manage the public perception of any one religious group. At least, that’s what is generally believed in Canada. But on Monday, that’s what the government did with the publication of “The Canadian Guide to Understanding and Combatting Islamophobia.”

The 60-page report, the latest creation of Amira Elghawaby, the federal appointee tasked with promoting Islam in Canada under the guise of “combatting Islamophobia,” is not just a guide to understanding a particular type of discrimination.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Forget America’s ‘Red Scare.’ Canada’s ‘Red, White, and Blue Scare’ Is Beyond Parody

“The Yanks are coming! The Yanks are coming!” The true North, strong and free, we stand on guard for thee. And don’t forget to vote for the Liberal Party.

The “Red Scare” of the 1950s wasn’t so much a “scare” as it was an excuse to politically punish liberals. During the Great Depression, a couple of million lefties “flirted” with communism as an answer to the vagaries of capitalism’s economic cycles. Misguided and hopelessly naive, they believed that the American experiment could be married to the Soviet experiment.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Sounds like a good reason to ditch an EV and virtue signal at the same time!

I was happy to own and drive a Tesla — until Elon Musk went off the deep end. Now everything’s changed

Seeing a rust spot return to the door of my reliable Chevy Cruze’s was a sign that a new car was in my future. The Chevy was a practical, unsexy car purchase that I made because it had good gas mileage and I was supporting the Oshawa General Motors plant.

An electric vehicle made the most sense. I’d recently installed solar panels and was moving to be as carbon neutral as possible. Unfortunately, my car was dying during COVID and it was almost impossible to find an EV. The only available models were Teslas and the Chevy Bolt. One of those cars had solid reviews and great battery range, and the other lukewarm reviews and was being discontinued that year. So, a Tesla Model 3 it was. Even though I thought Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk was a bit odd, I pinched my nose and placed my order.

Smug, insufferable and so Canadian.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

The Rise of Civil Terrorism

Radicals seek the demise of the West through organized criminal mayhem—here’s how to stop them.

Masked criminals attacked several Citibank locations in New York City one night last September. They brandished no guns and demanded no cash. Instead, they squeezed epoxy and cemented stickers on debit-card readers, damaged door locks, and vandalized windows with profanities and threats of future violence. Rather than keep their identities hidden, the marauders filmed their work and posted it to their enterprise’s Instagram page. “Unity of Fields,” the recently rebranded group formerly known as Palestine Action US—the new name comes from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad call for violence across the world—included a lengthy caption in the post, exhorting followers: “These actions are not hard to do. Please escalate for Palestine and humanity. We will not rest until Palestine is liberated from the river to the sea.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted interrorism, Terrorism - Domestic

Leader of Anti-Semitic Protests at Columbia University Detained by Immigration Authorities

Immigration officials have arrested the head of the group that organized anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, sending him to a detention center in New Jersey to await deportation after the State Department revoked his green card.

Graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who was a lead negotiator in the 2024 Gaza Solidarity encampment that paralyzed the school last spring, had most recently been involved with the occupation of the library at Barnard College, one of Columbia’s undergraduate colleges.

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

Why this North Vancouver RV encampment has neighbours worried: ‘This is a safety issue’

A group living in RVs on a tiny patch of land off Highway 1 in North Vancouver has neighbours concerned about road safety and sanitation.

Known as Bowser Island, the enclave was once home to pleasant, suburban houses — a beautiful fieldstone wall and spired gate testify to that — but the buildings were long ago torn down to their foundations and the sewer line decommissioned when the Upper Levels Highway was widened.

As Bowser’s name suggests, it’s very much like an island, surrounded by a moat of asphalt lanes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Live: Liberal Party’s So-Called Leadership Race

Live: Liberal Party’s So-Called Leadership Race

The show kicks off at 4 pm so I provided some reading below.

WAPO – Canada will soon have a new prime minister. Here’s what you need to know.

BBC – How Trump’s threats have changed everything about Canada’s politics

NYTimes – Canada’s Liberals to Elect a New Party Leader and Prime Minister. What to Know.

CBC – Liberals choose their leader today, after campaign defined by chaos of Trump administration

Latest – 338 Federal Seat Projections CPC: 156 LPC: 143 BQ: 28 NDP: 14 GPC: 2

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

America and Europe: Both Need to Take a Deep Breath

“The US has reversed its alliances to side with Russia against Europe!” This is the idea that many commentators in Britain, France and Germany have been hammering in for the past week.

The Washington Post went even further: “For Europe, this is a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency moment. The United States, which has guaranteed European security against Russia for 80 years, appears to have switched sides under President Donald Trump.”

Apparently sharing that analysis, the European Union organized two summits that included Great Britain as an ad hoc member.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Europe, USA

Was the money the US sent to Ukraine spent with the US military-industrial complex?

A significant portion of the money the U.S. allocated for Ukraine aid was indeed spent within the U.S., particularly with the military-industrial complex, rather than being directly transferred to Ukraine as cash. Here’s how it breaks down based on available information:

The U.S. has committed substantial aid to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, with Congress approving around $175 billion in emergency funding by mid-2024. This aid includes military, economic, and humanitarian support. However, the military component—channeled through mechanisms like the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI)—is where the connection to the U.S. military-industrial complex becomes clear.

This is a Grok answer.

Europe seeks economic salvation via rearmament.

h/t XC

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

Toronto gunman’s sentence to no jail time ‘undermines our credibility,’ appeal judge warns in scathing dissent

A judge on Ontario’s top court has called out his colleagues for upholding a sentence of no jail time for a man who fired a shot during a chaotic gunfight next to Highway 401, expressing concern the decision “undermines our credibility.”

Court of Appeal Justice William Hourigan was dissenting in the case of Terrell Burke-Whittaker, who pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded prohibited firearm after he fired in the direction of the busy highway in June 2020, during a shootout involving multiple people at a viewing for slain Toronto rapper Houdini behind a North York bar.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Justice", "Law and Order"