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Conrad Black: I was with Trump when Charlie Kirk died. He grieved like a leader

In an astounding coincidence, as the news arrived that Charlie Kirk, founder and head of the enlightened traditionalist movement Turning Point USA, had been assassinated, I was sitting in the Oval Office of the White House across the Resolute Desk from the President of the United States. Although I have known him for more than 25 years and have generally been in touch with him throughout that period, I had not seen him in person for some years. I have written approximately two million words about him, almost all of it reasonably or unambiguously favourable, though not uncritically so, mainly on U.S. Internet sites, as well as a book that was appreciative of him though no hagiography, (A President Like no Other).

No shortage of the demon possessed …

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Canada, President Trump, USA

Get a life: U.S. outdoor group’s application to use B.C. land sparks debate amid 51st state talk

People who live on Vancouver Island and some smaller neighbouring islands have been hotly debating an application made by an American non-profit to use B.C. Crown land for campsites while on kayak trips.

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which runs outdoor expeditions around the world, is applying to renew — and expand — a licence the province says it has held since 2006.

The application is to permit NOLS to camp at 77 locations while leading an eight- to 10-person kayak trip from Washington to Alaska next summer. Most of the locations, which range from 0.3-4.6 hectares, are on and around Vancouver Island.

The Elbow People are the Covid Karen Mask People.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

PINSKY: The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk and the risk to Canada

Charlie Kirk, an American free speech activist and social media icon, was tragically assassinated on Wednesday while speaking on a university campus in Utah.

Kirk often argued that dialogue — even with those we profoundly disagree with — was the antidote to extremism. Agree or disagree with his politics, his call for courage and dialogue resonates with particular urgency now.

It’s been a very one sided war to date.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Dystopia At Last", Canada, USA

Montrealer plans to sue major grocers over false ‘made in Canada’ labels

Ever bought a product thinking it was made in Canada only to find out later it wasn’t?

One Montrealer says it happened to them. And now, they’re taking on major grocery chains.

Provigo, Metro, Sobeys, Walmart, and Giant Tigre are all named in a new class action.

Joey Zukran is one of the lawyers leading the case.

“This is false advertising 101,” he says.

H/T DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Canadians in North see U.S. as Arctic threat on par with Russia: survey

ICE Station Trudeau

Between Russia’s military buildup in the North and China’s growing presence in the Bering Strait near Alaska, it’s no surprise Canadians in the three territories are increasingly concerned about Arctic security. But in a striking twist, a new survey found more Northerners named the United States as the most serious threat to the Canadian Arctic, on par with Russia.

Thirty-seven per cent of respondents identified the U.S. as the top threat, compared with 35 per cent who said Russia, and 17 per cent who chose China.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

‘Out of depth’ Kamala Harris knows nothing, say angry Joe Biden aides

Joe Biden’s former aides have attacked Kamala Harris saying she “knows nothing” and was “out of her depth” after she laid into the former president.

The row was triggered by the publication of an excerpt from Ms Harris’s memoir 107 Days, in which she branded Mr Biden’s second presidential run “recklessness”.

In the book, Ms Harris said she made a “colossal mistake” in not telling the then 81-year-old to abandon his re-election campaign, and that it was a choice that should not have been left to an “individual’s ego”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Kamala Harris", USA

Canadians made three million fewer trips to the U.S. during summer travel boycott

Canadian travellers held strong to their boycott of travel to the United States right to the end of the summer, blowing a sizable hole in the U.S. tourism sector, the latest numbers from Statistics Canada show.

In August, the number of Canadian residents returning by vehicle from the U.S. plunged 33.9 per cent year-over-year to 1.9 million, while the number of residents returning by air fell 25.4 per cent to 423,000, the agency said.

My suspicion is that while the boycott certainly accounts for the majority of the decrease in trips the fact that Canadians are realizing they’re much more poor than they knew also plays a big role.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

WARMINGTON: Canadians celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination may be banned from U.S

It’s not as if the Anti-American Elbows Up crowd would care or anyone who voted LPC or NDP for that matter

The reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk has been almost as brutal and disturbing as the slaying itself.

One Canadian journalist took to social media to say it was “delicious” to see Charlie Kirk shot and killed with a gun.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Canada, USA

The Dangerous Wages of Oikophobia

The decline of patriotism displayed by Democrats after 9/11 has metastasized.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were the most momentous and vicious assaults on our homeland in its history. The primary targets––the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon–– were chosen in order to inflict the maximum spectacular carnage on innocent people, and to achieve the greatest symbolic resonance of hatred against our global power.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

WARMINGTON: U of T prof saying ‘shooting’ is ‘too good’ for fascists is ‘disgusting,’ says Ford

WARMINGTON: U of T prof saying ‘shooting’ is ‘too good’ for fascists is ‘disgusting,’ says Ford

Premier Doug Ford says comments from a University of Toronto professor that “shooting” is “too good” for those she disagrees with are “disgusting.”

Ontario’s premier was responding to Dr. Ruth Marshall’s X post following the political assassination of Charlie Kirk on Thursday.

Update: Political professor Dr. Ruth Marshall has been placed on leave by university after creepy comments on the assassination murder of Charlie Kirk

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Canada, USA, WTF?

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is latest evidence that US is suffering an epidemic of leftist violence

We are suffering through an epidemic of leftist violence.

The ruthless assassination of conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk, 31, at a crowded campus event in Utah on Wednesday is the latest manifestation of the hateful rhetoric aimed at President Trump and his MAGA movement.

It’s a sad irony that Kirk’s shockingly public murder happened the day before the trial begins of Ryan Routh, one of the alleged assassins who tried to rub out Trump during the 2024 campaign.

FBI shares ‘breakthroughs’ in hunt for Charlie Kirk assassin

Tranny theory true? Gun recovered in Charlie Kirk assassination revealed — as ammo had pro-trans, anti-fascist messages: sources

A rifle recovered in the hunt for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassin contained ammo engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” according to preliminary reports from law enforcement sources.

WSJ is also reporting the Tranny angle

FBI releases photos of person of interest as rifle recovered in the search for Charlie Kirk’s killer

OREM, Utah (AP) — The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they have recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle they believe was used in the attack and are reviewing video footage of the person they believe was responsible.

The FBI has released two photos of a person of interest in connection with the shooting as investigators appealed to the public for information. The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a long-sleeve black shirt.

h/t Canucklehead and patthedog

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, USA

Nasa bans Chinese nationals from working on its space programmes

US space agency Nasa has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities – a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres.

Chinese nationals, who could only work at Nasa as contractors or students contributing to research, found out on 5 September that they had lost all access to Nasa’s systems and facilities, Bloomberg news reported, citing sources.

Nasa then confirmed this, saying Chinese nationals would be restricted from using the agency’s “facilities, materials and networks to ensure the security of our work”.

This has been self-evident for what 25 years?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA