Author: Blazingcatfur

US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats

US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats

The US said it launched new strikes on southern Iran on Monday, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines.

The strikes were in “self-defence” and designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces”, US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday it had downed a US drone and fired at a fighter jet and another drone that entered Iranian airspace, state media reported. It did not specify when this happened.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

RCMP commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ after CBC-backed prank show targets Mounties

RCMP commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ after CBC-backed prank show targets Mounties

OTTAWA — The head of the RCMP says the force raised concerns directly to the CBC over a joint production that targeted RCMP veterans, saying he is “deeply concerned” for the mental health of those involved.

Mike Duheme, who has served as commissioner since 2023, says he was informed that a female member of the RCMP Veterans’ Association had volunteered to take part in a CBC documentary about life after policing only to later report that she was “subjected to a prank” during filming that took place in Vancouver back in March.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC, CBC Scandals

Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush.

Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush.

President Donald Trump’s trade war has driven Canadians from Las Vegas. Democrats think it will help them protect their Nevada battleground seats in November.

Last year, as Trump levied tariffs on Canada, visits from Canadians — who account for up to half of Las Vegas’ foreign tourism — dropped off by 17 percent. That played a large role in a 7.5 percent year-over-year decline in total tourist visits, making 2025 the worst non-pandemic year for Las Vegas since the city started tracking data in 1970. Now, as peak tourism season arrives in a battleground state where Republicans’ control of the House could be won or lost, Democrats are pushing voters to see the tourism slump as a direct impact of Trump’s levies.

h/t WR

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

CRTC’s new rules are one small step for Canadian content, one big blow for Canadian trade

CRTC’s new rules are one small step for Canadian content, one big blow for Canadian trade

When I visited the Vancouver office of OUTtv, an LGBTQ+ specialty network, in 2020, I found it across the street from a flooring company with a big, serious sign reading “BC Hardwood.” It was an unintentional reminder of the network’s less glamorous channel.

“HARDtv was a porn service,” said Brad Danks, OUTtv’s chief executive. “I couldn’t wait to get rid of it.”

Porn had been a bit of a problem. HARDtv was formed in 2005 after OUTtv, then called PrideVision, spun off its porn content in part to placate cable companies. But the main, porn-less channel still suffered in visibility, grouped with adult channels nonetheless. That exposed the real problem, that content must bow to distribution. OUTtv fought Shaw (now part of Rogers Communications Inc.) all the way to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Baroness Casey: I’ve failed grooming gang victims

Baroness Casey: I’ve failed grooming gang victims

Baroness Casey of Blackstock has said she feels personally responsible for failing grooming-gang victims.

The crossbench peer, who first investigated allegations of child sexual abuse in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, a decade ago, said she had grown increasingly frustrated at the pace of change.

Speaking at the Hay Festival on Sunday, she said: “When last year, grooming gangs hit national headlines again… I was very disappointed.

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

Canada’s Silent Brain Drain’: Young Professionals Fleeing to the US for More Opportunities, Report Finds

Canada’s Silent Brain Drain’: Young Professionals Fleeing to the US for More Opportunities, Report Finds

Canada is quietly falling victim to “brain drain,” a trend marked by the ever-increasing exodus of well-educated young professionals to other countries, particularly the United States, a new report suggests.

Canada has a strong record of educating and training globally competitive workers and entrepreneurs, but struggles to retain them because of higher personal and business taxes as well as a lack of venture capital for startups compared to the United States, according to a new report by TD Economics titled, “Canada’s Silent Brain Drain.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Paraglider escapes death after mid-air collision with plane over Alps

Paraglider escapes death after mid-air collision with plane over Alps

An Austrian woman emerged unscathed after an aircraft crashed into her paragliding chute as she soared above an Alpine valley at the weekend.

A user called Sabrina posted footage of the incident on Instagram, showing how the propeller of a light aircraft tore through her paragliding chute. The video showed the moment the aircraft passed just metres above her in a collision that sent her spinning.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

MACLEOD: Alberta can’t survive five years of globalist Carney’s centralized control

MACLEOD: Alberta can’t survive five years of globalist Carney’s centralized control

Mark Carney is not some accidental politician who wandered into Ottawa from Bay Street. He is a product of the modern global financial establishment. Former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, long-time participant at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, and a prominent voice in global climate finance and centralized economic coordination, Carney has spent nearly two decades operating inside elite international circles.

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

Europe’s Freeloading Days Are Over: America Demands Reciprocity

Europe’s Freeloading Days Are Over: America Demands Reciprocity

Since the end of World War II, the United States has spent trillions of dollars defending Europe. After defeating the Nazis, America rebuilt the European continent with the Marshall Plan and shielded it from Soviet aggression while propping up European economies through subsidies and investments.

We bailed out failing governments. We airlifted food into Berlin when it was being choked off by the Soviet Union. We sent military aid. We ultimately saved Europe from communism.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEurope, USA

SCOTUS Case Makes Freight Brokers Responsible For Crashes Caused By Commercial Immigrant Drivers

SCOTUS Case Makes Freight Brokers Responsible For Crashes Caused By Commercial Immigrant Drivers

Thirty people died in 17 semi-truck crashes caused by noncitizen commercial truck drivers in 2025, according to the Department of Transportation. That number is almost certainly an undercount. Prior to 2025, the immigration status of a commercial truck driver was mostly not recorded in crash reports, court filings, or news coverage. The national conversation focuses on the truck driver at fault for the latest accident, but rarely goes deeper. Why was this truck driver on the highways? What trucking company hired him? How are operations like this still in business?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures"

Ancient Rome’s Benefits Doom Loop

Ancient Rome’s Benefits Doom Loop

The Roman Empire grew rich off the backs of other nations. There’s no question about that. War and conquest, but also bequests, made Rome the richest state in the ancient world by the second century BC, a time when wealth was all about gold, silver, land and food production, and slaves.

Rome was also lucky. The death of Alexander in 323 BC saw his vast empire fragment into the Hellenistic kingdoms, mainly of Macedonia, the Seleukid kingdom of Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt. They enervated themselves over decades of inconclusive wars and were easy pickings for Rome. The people who lived there, exhausted by and sick of endless fighting, acquiesced easily into Roman rule. The Eastern Mediterranean grew richer than had ever been thought possible.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOur World