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Pierre Poilievre gets what many others do not

… But Poilievreism, or whatever we end up calling it, is not Trumpism. Not even close. If you need proof, check out last week’s Conservative leadership debate.

Moderator Tom Clark asked the candidates whether they agree with the Liberal government’s policy of increasing the annual immigration intake to more than 400,000.

“We need the work force, frankly,” Mr. Poilievre replied, “but when we bring immigrants here we need to make sure they have the freedom to own a home by getting rid of the gatekeepers that prevent housing construction and the freedom to work in their field by getting rid of the gatekeepers that prevent them from getting licences in their professions and trades. So I will get rid of the gatekeepers and give them that opportunity.”

He gets how to be another O’Toole to win the leadership – go incognito

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 23, 2022•0•Conservative Party

Ukraine war: Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin jailed for life over war crime

A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.

Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February.

He admitted shooting Mr Shelipov but said he had been acting on orders and asked forgiveness of his widow.

Multiple other alleged war crimes are being investigated by Ukraine.

Amid Russian Calls For ‘Tribunals,’ Concerns Expressed Over Fate Of Azovstal Defenders

Concerns have been expressed over the fate of Ukrainian soldiers taken prisoner by Russian forces after abandoning the Azovstal steel-mill complex in the Azov Sea port city of Mariupol.

Prominent Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia’s faction in the State Duma and chairman of the Duma’s International Affairs Committee, said on May 22 that the fate of the captured soldiers, many of whom are members of the ultra-nationalist Azov Regiment, “should be determined by a tribunal.”

Four Km?

#Ukraine: A really impressive strike from a Ukrainian Stugna-P operator – hitting a moving and partially visible Russian MT-LB APC from a distance of 4 kilometers. pic.twitter.com/hZd4t0tqkt

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 23, 2022

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 23, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Memorial marks 1 year since discovery of potential burial sites at former Kamloops residential school

It’s been one year since a B.C. First Nation confirmed the discovery of potential unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, triggering a deeper investigation of the site as well as more searches across the country.

Today, the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation is hosting a memorial to mark that discovery and honour the children whose lives were lost while being forced to attend residential school, whom they have come to refer to as Le Estcwicwe̓y̓ — The Missing.

I have the potential to care less.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 23, 2022•0•Aboriginal Issues

Arrest All Monkeys: Report all suspected monkeypox cases immediately, Ontario’s top public health official orders

Ontario’s top public health official issued an order to healthcare providers requiring them to report any possible or suspected cases of monkeypox to local authorities.

In a copy of the order, which was issued under section 77.6 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, it states that health-care providers must provide Public Health Ontario with information on any patient that meets the “case definitions” of monkeypox.

The information will be used for investigative purposes, as well as conducting case and contact management.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 23, 2022•0•WTF?

“They Consider Us Inferior and Want to Rule Us”: The Persecution of Christians, April 2022

On Good Friday, Fulani [Muslim tribe] kidnapped eight Christians. Four were released after paying a hefty ransom. One of the women released said that she was “raped several times by two leaders of the Fulani Militants.” A “militant told us, after receiving the ransom money, that they got money to kill more Christians.” — International Christian Concern, April 18, 2022, Nigeria

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 22, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians

Hillary Clinton’s sordid legacy of lies

Proving that what’s old is new again, here is how the late William Safire began his New York Times column of Jan. 8, 1996:

“Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady — a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation — is a congenital liar.

“Drip by drip, like Whitewater torture, the case is being made that she is compelled to mislead, and to ensnare her subordinates and friends in a web of deceit.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 22, 2022•0•Hillary Clinton - Grifter, Trump Derangement Syndrome

The dishonesty of how we respond to tragedies

It isn’t hard to notice that some crimes are more important than others. Or at least more politically advantageous.

It is six years since Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in her constituency by somebody who appeared to be a sort of aspiring Nazi. Back then, various campaign groups and newspapers in this country had no problems with claiming that guilt for that attack could be liberally spread around. Some said that everybody on the political right bore responsibility. Others claimed that anyone who was leading Britain’s ‘Leave’ campaign in the EU referendum shared the blame.

It was different in October last year, when Sir David Amess MP was murdered – also in his constituency. Sir David’s killer was an Islamist called Ali Harbi Ali, and there was no attempt whatsoever in the media or among parliamentarians to spread the blame around that time.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2022May 22, 2022•0•"Mass Shooting"

Riots at the Funeral Cortege of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

The real story of why Israeli police intervened.

You have all seen the videos of Israeli police appearing to be beating back, for no apparent reason, Palestinian mourners trying to hold onto, or to reach, the coffin of Shireen Abu Akleh. The videos make the police look bad, because the viewer has not been provided with any context: why are the police doing what they are doing?

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•Israeli - Islam Conflict

California’s Epic Homeless Nightmare

What’s the matter with California? “It’s suffering from San Fransickness,” which is “pathological altruism,” answers Michael Shellenberger, author of the book San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities.

Too many homeless people. Too little common sense. Too much magical thinking.

Shellenberger is running for governor, with a platform to undo the damage done by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature with an approach to homelessness that can best be described as enabling.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Progressive Paradise", California

Afghanistan: Policing faces, bodies and beards on Kabul streets

In their long white gowns, the inspectors of the Taliban’s Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue look more like food safety inspectors than “moral police”.

But they’re at the forefront of attempts to mould a new, more “Islamic” identity in Afghanistan, in keeping with the group’s hard-line views.

Their role seems broad. During their last visit to a multi-storey shopping centre in Kabul a few months back, shopkeepers remembered the inspectors checking whether products were past their expiry date, as well as instructing them to remove posters featuring women’s bodies.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•Afghanistan

Islamists Are Weaponizing Britain’s Failing Prison Service

Fears of discrimination, a failure to deal with unruly prisoners, and an unwillingness on the part of prison administrators to address religious demands have created an environment in Britain’s jails that have become “no go zones” for non-Muslims.

These stark findings come from a recently published report: Terrorism in Prisons from the independent reviewer of terrorist legislation Jonathan Hall QC.

The report states that Islamist inmates, over the course of fifteen years, have adopted an “anti-state Islamist stance” that condones violence towards non-Muslim inmates, prison staff, and the general public.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Covid was liberalism’s endgame

Liberal individualism has an innate tendency towards authoritarianism

Throughout history, there have been crises that could be resolved only by suspending the normal rule of law and constitutional principles. A “state of exception” is declared until the emergency passes — it could be a foreign invasion, an earthquake or a plague. During this period, the legislative function is typically relocated from a parliamentary body to the executive, suspending the basic charter of government, and in particular the separation of powers.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Partisans wage guerrilla war in Russian-occupied Melitopol

Partisans fighters have assassinated 100 high-ranking Russians

The bodies of the two Russian officers lay on the pavement for an hour in Melitopol city centre before the sun rose and their comrades picked up the courage to come and collect them.

A few hours later a hand grenade detonated next to the building where the Russians had set up their headquarters. A gunfight ensued in broad daylight before the attackers melted away.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

UK Council Claimed Three-Month-Old Babies Are Racially Biased: Report

A council in London previously claimed that babies as young as three months old are racially biased, a report has uncovered.

Islington Council in London has in the past published claims that babies as young as three months old can show racial bias, demanding that extremely young children should be talked to about the issue of “race”.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2022May 22, 2022•0•Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists