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New NATO Strategy Contends with ‘Rise of China’ for First Time

The next strategic guidance published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will aim to contend with expanding Chinese influence abroad. It will be the first time that the alliance makes China a strategic priority. Experts say that firm, principled engagement will be necessary.

The 2022 Strategic Concept will only be the fourth unclassified strategy released by NATO. The last was released in 2010. It is set to be adopted in June of this year at the Madrid Summit.

Canada was left out of AUKUS, likely because under the Liberal Party we are considered a stooge of Communist China. NATO has members whose self-interest will trump treaty obligations, look no further than Germany and Canada declining to send arms to the Ukraine as precedence. Count on Germany and Canada to line up with NATO’s China appeasers.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", NATO

Syrian Kurdish forces backed by US troops fight to regain control of ISIS prison

Fighting at a prison in the northern Syrian city of al-Hasaka entered a fourth day on Sunday as the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued to battle fighters from the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group after a breakout at the facility.

The Kurdish forces said the militants attacked the prison once more on Sunday and tried to break the security cordon around it. In a statement, the SDF said the attack had been repelled and the IS fighters driven back into a residential area. Another attack by IS militants coming from outside the city was also thwarted, a spokesman said.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence

The word ‘maternity’ is facing a ban at Britain’s ‘wokest’ university

Britain’s ‘wokest’ university is facing claims that its staff objected to the use of the word ‘maternity’ and allowed men identifying as women to use its campus swimming pool.

The allegations against Bristol University emerged as PhD student Raquel Rosario-Sanchez prepared for an imminent sex discrimination and negligence case against the institution.

She claims its bosses failed to tackle transgender activists who subjected her to a two-year hate campaign for attending feminist meetings that opposed allowing men who identify as women into female-only spaces such as toilets and domestic violence refuges.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"Peak Woke", WTF?

Ukrainian communities watch, wonder how far Canada will go to protect their ancestral homeland

A danger lurks near Ukraine these days, though an uninformed observer might be forgiven for not noticing.

In the streets of Lviv, in the country’s west, people are going about their daily business, even as a standoff between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and western allies threatens to bring war to their doorstep, says Christine Eliashevsky.

“Many Ukrainians are probably anxious, but they will not admit it, because they have been through so many ups and downs in 30 years of independence,” Eliashevsky told the Star from her home in Lviv.

My bet is Trudeau will be very German about this.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Ukraine

Joly has ‘open invitation’ to vacation in Moscow: ambassador

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has an “open invitation” to visit Moscow to meet with Russian officials, an offer first extended in December, says Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov.

In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Stepanov said the Russian government would welcome the meeting.

“Your excellency Joly had the chance to chat with [Foreign] Minister [Sergei] Lavrov on the margins of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting last December in Stockholm and expressed her interest to come to Moscow for consultations at some point and my minister extended the official invitation,” he said.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Canada, Russia

Who’s boycotting the Winter Olympics?

As the world gears up for the most political Olympic Games in a generation, the West has struggled to find a common position on the host nation.

The Games begin in Beijing on February 4, with China under fire over human rights abuse accusations, including the repression of the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region and the uncertain situation of tennis star Peng Shuai, who accused a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

Is Putin Bluffing in Ukraine?

The public has been so busy waiting for the war in Ukraine to start that it hasn’t noticed how much of it has already happened since it started in 2014, when the near-success of the Ukrainian government counteroffensive against Russian-backed militias forced Moscow to commit conventional forces to save the effort. Although “Ukraine, Russia, the DPR, and the LPR signed an agreement to establish a ceasefire, called the Minsk Protocol, on 5 September 2014,” the brigades had entered the stage.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Russia, Ukraine

UK govt seeks to spike ‘highly sensitive’ BBC spy story – reports

The UK government is reportedly seeking a gagging order to prevent the BBC airing a news segment that apparently identifies a spy working overseas. A secret High Court hearing is expected to be convened next week to listen to arguments on the “highly sensitive case,” according to The Telegraph.

While the broadcaster insists the story is “overwhelmingly in the public interest,” Attorney General Suella Braverman is expected to claim that airing it would present a “risk to people’s lives” and would impact overseas British intelligence activities, the paper reported on Friday.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Espionage

‘You are alone’: The increasingly lonely road of the unvaccinated

Greg Bates was driving between Calgary and Hamilton, a long-haul domestic route that would soon be the only kind of trucking he’s allowed to do.

The man from Olds, Alta., has been driving trucks for 15 years, most recently splitting his time between domestic trips and runs down to U.S. destinations. The U.S. trips can be more lucrative (and American highways often have better bathrooms and restaurants en route, in Bates’ opinion) but they’re now off-limits.

Bates is one of thousands of truckers who haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine, and so won’t be eligible to drive into Canada from the U.S., without going into quarantine.

HMA

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

The Economist: Gun Owner Diversity is ‘Bad for Gun-Control Advocates‘

The Economist pointed to the growing diversity of gun owners in America and noted that it is “bad for gun-control advocates.”

According to The Economist, a study by of Northeastern University shows that of the millions of first time buyers between January 2019 and April 2021, “half were female, a fifth black and a fifth Hispanic.”

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Gun Control, Gun Rights

University places Trigger warning on George Orwell’s 1984 as some students may find ‘offensive and upsetting’

As one of the greatest works in Britain’s literary canon, Nineteen Eighty-Four sounds a chilling warning about the dangers of censorship.

Now staff at the University of Northampton have issued a trigger warning for George Orwell’s novel on the grounds that it contains ‘explicit material’ which some students may find ‘offensive and upsetting’.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"Peak Woke"

FUREY: Public health faces an uphill battle deradicalizing the COVID obsessed

On Friday, British Columbia’s chief medical officer Dr. Bonnie Henry gave a detailed press conference where she laid out how the province’s response to COVID-19 was transitioning to become “much more like how we manage influenza” and other seasonal viruses.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Kenney says relations with Trudeau ‘professional,’ but climate minister is ‘extremist’

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is an “extremist,” but maintains his relationship with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “professional.”

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

German navy chief Schönbach resigns for saying quiet part out loud about Ukraine

German navy chief resigns over Ukraine comments

The head of the German navy has resigned over controversial comments he made over Ukraine.

Kay-Achim Schönbach said the idea that Russia wanted to invade Ukraine was nonsense. He added that all President Vladimir Putin wanted was respect.

A number of countries have supplied weapons to Ukraine, including the US and UK. But Germany has refused Ukraine’s request for ammunition.

Russia has denied claims that it is planning to invade Ukraine.

German navy chief Schönbach resigns over comments on Putin, Crimea

Germany faced a diplomatic incident on Saturday following comments made by Navy chief Kay-Achim Schönbach on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine crisis. Schönbach stepped down from his position late on Saturday.

Schönbach made the comments during a talk that he gave in a visit to India. Speaking at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, the German vice admiral said Putin “probably” deserved respect.

“What he really wants is respect,” the vice admiral said, speaking in English in remarks that were posted on a video on YouTube.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•Russia, Ukraine

Ontario has new Covid cases galore … and Truckin

Ontario reports 56 new COVID-19 deaths; ICU occupancy holds steady

Ontario reported 56 new deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday, as the burden on the province’s intensive care units held relatively stable over the past 24 hours.

The number of people hospitalized in intensive care due to COVID-19 across the province stayed relatively constant, rising from 600 on Saturday to 604 today.

3,797 people are hospitalized with #COVID19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.

There are 604 people in ICU with COVID-19.

There are 5,833 new cases of COVID-19.

Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 23, 2022

WARMINGTON: Convoy of truckers against vaccine mandates ready to roll on Ottawa

A fundraising effort for a convoy of protesting truckers heading to Ottawa from across Canada has topped $2 million in donations.

With more than 26,000 people donating, and thousands of truckers expected to protest vaccine mandates and cross-border supply chain concerns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may soon see a groundswell of emotion, anger and concern.

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2022January 23, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"