Author: Blazingcatfur

BLIZZARD: Welcome to the new Toronto, soccer fans

BLIZZARD: Welcome to the new Toronto, soccer fans

Canada is about to embrace the world when it hosts the FIFA World Cup. Thousands of tourists are expected to descend on Toronto. I pity them.

The city used to be compared to the guy you wanted your daughter to date: Clean and safe. We may have been a tad boring, but everyone loved us. We were polite. Not anymore. Toronto’s become the filthy, dangerous place where you can’t even get on a streetcar or subway without finding someone doing drugs or sleeping off a hangover across three seats. No one cares and no one bothers to do anything about it, least of all Mayor Olivia Chow. My property taxes have gone up more than 18% since she became mayor. And the city is a dump.

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

Nottingham Attacks Inquiry: Horror Detailed, But No Real Accountability

Nottingham Attacks Inquiry: Horror Detailed, But No Real Accountability

A 14-week public inquiry into the ‘Nottingham attacks’ concluded on Friday, June 5th—leaving many questions unanswered. Speaking for families of the victims, Emma—mother of the slain Barnaby Webber—condemned a “catastrophic collapse of responsibility” and an “undoubted miscarriage of justice,” adding, “Every single agency failed,” including England’s National Health Service (NHS).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Racism", "Two Tiered Justice", "Two Tiered Policing"

Prosecutor vows ‘swift’ justice in Toledo festival shooting as search for suspects continues

Prosecutor vows ‘swift’ justice in Toledo festival shooting as search for suspects continues

A search for suspects who wounded 12 people in a shooting in Toledo entered a third day on Monday as authorities in the Ohio city continued to piece together a timeline – and a prosecutor promised “justice will be swift and strong”.

All of the victims of Saturday’s attack at a downtown cultural festival, ranging in ages from 14 to 61, were in a stable condition late on Sunday, the Toledo police department said.

Detectives have not identified any suspects or made arrests. But they said more than one person opened fire during the Old West End festival, an event combining live music with tours of historic homes.

Not very swift so far.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Shooting"

Carney government to ban social media for kids younger than 16, but will allow exemptions

Carney government to ban social media for kids younger than 16, but will allow exemptions

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is expected to table its long-awaited legislation aimed at online safety this week, including a ban on social media platforms for minors.

A government official, speaking on the condition of background, confirmed plans to present a bill in the coming days, which will usher in a path to create a new regulator and target different types of harmful content online.

Better hope you keep your social credit scores high enough to merit “Online privileges”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society"

Why America is sounding the alarm about Britain and Europe

Why America is sounding the alarm about Britain and Europe

Back in November, the State Department warned that “mass migration poses an existential threat to western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies.” In February, in his address to the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio expanded on that theme. After the Berlin Wall fell, Rubio noted, many in the West thought “the end of history” had finally arrived. Utopia was nigh. Western nations opened their borders, forsook spending on defense in order to bolster the welfare state and “outsourced” their national sovereignty. This was, Rubio warned, to ignore both human nature as well as the lessons of “over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly.” He continued:

“We opened our doors to an unprecedented wave of mass migration that threatens the cohesion of our societies, the continuity of our culture, and the future of our people. We made these mistakes together, and now, together, we owe it to our people to face those facts and to move forward, to rebuild.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEurope, UK, USA

Pierre Poilievre to launch campaign against Alberta separatism: ‘We need different government policies’

Pierre Poilievre to launch campaign against Alberta separatism: ‘We need different government policies’

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will launch his campaign against Alberta separatism on Monday, beginning with an address that will argue that national unity is not about stronger ties to Ottawa, but on fighting against it.

“Listen carefully to the concerns of those saying that they want to leave. And you will find that they do not have a problem with fellow Canadians or even with Canada. They have a problem with the federal government,” reads an excerpt from Poilievre’s remarks that his office shared with media ahead of his Calgary speech.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Conservative Party

Lebanon Finally Says It Out Loud: Lebanon Does Not Belong to Iran, Iran Is the Problem

Lebanon Finally Says It Out Loud: Lebanon Does Not Belong to Iran, Iran Is the Problem

For years, many Lebanese politicians avoided publicly confronting the obvious truth: Iran, through its proxy Hezbollah, has hijacked Lebanon’s sovereignty, transformed the country into a battlefield, and dragged its people into repeated wars with Israel.

Now, perhaps for the first time in such direct and uncompromising language, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are openly acknowledging what many Lebanese have known for decades.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inLebanon

Canada Must Take Decisive Steps to Restore Real Growth

Canada Must Take Decisive Steps to Restore Real Growth

Canada’s economic growth has been sluggish for some years now. It hasn’t been above 1 percent growth in a quarter since the beginning of 2023 and has reached negative numbers occasionally. While the economy has been flirting with being in recession, it hasn’t quite reached that point. At least, it hadn’t until now. Canada’s economy on an annualized basis shrank for the last two quarters in a row, which puts the country into a technical recession.

Tell Carney that.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

POMPOSITY OVERLOAD: Here Are the Worst Moments From Pelley’s NYT Sitdown

POMPOSITY OVERLOAD: Here Are the Worst Moments From Pelley’s NYT Sitdown

Apparently, the bravest, most important man in America, fired CBS journalist Scott Pelley, sat down for an interview with New York Times podcast host Lulu Garcia-Navarro that aired Sunday (and taped Friday). It was a tour de force in rancorous arrogance and legendary levels of main character syndrome as he denied believing his semi-public berating of 60 Minutes boss Nick Bilton and CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss would cause him to lose his job.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Media