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Zelenskyy describes Canada-U.S. tensions as ‘strange,’ draws comparison to Ukraine and Russia

Zelenskyy describes Canada-U.S. tensions as ‘strange,’ draws comparison to Ukraine and Russia

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday described the unfolding tension between Canada and the United States as a “strange” sight to behold, drawing a comparison to his own country’s fight with neighbouring Russia.

In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with CBC News, Zelenskyy described American threats to annex Canada as “dangerous” and said both countries have a duty to resolve their differences.

“Strange,” the president told CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, speaking to the tension in North America.

I hope Trump cuts him off for this. Canada won’t because our politicians are in on the grift.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, USA

As Patel and Hoekstra Warned Canada Over CBC’s 9/11 Guidance, FBI Personnel at U.S. Posts Were Sent Home, Source Says

As Patel and Hoekstra Warned Canada Over CBC’s 9/11 Guidance, FBI Personnel at U.S. Posts Were Sent Home, Source Says

OTTAWA – In the escalating controversy over CBC News guidance directing journalists not to describe the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, as terrorism, FBI personnel assigned to American diplomatic posts in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver were instructed to leave their workplaces and go home, according to a U.S. law-enforcement source with knowledge of interagency communications surrounding the incident.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in9/11, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Hoekstra says U.S. needs ‘our allies on board’ to counter terrorist threats

Hoekstra says U.S. needs ‘our allies on board’ to counter terrorist threats

The U.S. ambassador to Canada says his country needs their “allies on board” to counter terrorist threats that target Western democracies’ way of life.

Pete Hoekstra was in Gander, Nfld., on Friday to attend a memorial marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York City. The people of Gander took in stranded passengers diverted to the province after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon disrupted air travel.

Good luck with that.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Canada can’t wait for America to return to normal — this is the new normal

Canada can’t wait for America to return to normal — this is the new normal

Back in 2017, I had been chatting with Financial Times columnist Edward Luce and he made an observation: Many people viewed U.S. President Donald Trump’s election as a temporary aberration, one that would end once he left office. Nearly a decade later, Canada is still grappling with the opposite reality, yet the perception that things are temporary persists.

The trade war is often discussed as a dispute to be negotiated away, measured in tariffs, retaliation and timelines. That framing misses the larger lesson.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants to US from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million

Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants to US from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million

As the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks approaches, some may wonder if increased vetting or possible distrust of Muslims in the United States caused fewer people from the Islamic world to immigrate here. An analysis of Census Bureau data shows that the immigrant population (also called the foreign-born) from predominantly Muslim countries has more than doubled since 2001.1 Not all immigrants from these countries are Muslims. (The Census Bureau does not ask about religion.) Nevertheless, the data indicate that the U.S. did not fundamentally change immigration policy after September 11th, nor does the desire of many people in the Muslim world to settle here seem to have changed much. As a result, the number of immigrants from these countries has soared.

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

A Canadian town’s famous warm welcome doesn’t extend to US ambassador on 9/11 anniversary

A Canadian town’s famous warm welcome doesn’t extend to US ambassador on 9/11 anniversary

On 9/11, the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, welcomed thousands of stranded Americans whose flights were redirected after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

Twenty-five years later, residents of that very same Atlantic coast community are less enthusiastic about hosting the US ambassador to Canada for commemoration ceremonies on Friday.

Some are even demanding that his invite be rescinded.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in9/11, Canada, USA

Trump makes case for Iran war, promises $5,000 payouts if GOP wins midterms

Trump makes case for Iran war, promises $5,000 payouts if GOP wins midterms

President Donald Trump used the Republican Party’s first midterm convention to justify the Iran war rather than trying to put it behind him, as escalating violence and spiking oil prices loomed over the elaborate Trump-centered showcase in Dallas.

In a speech billed as an opening argument for the peak campaign season, he defended his record and encouraged supporters to vote as if he were on the ballot. He also debuted a new enticement, promising to reward Republican congressional majorities by giving every American a $5,000 dividend to spend within the country.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Lack of Muslim assimilation in America: Perception or reality?

Lack of Muslim assimilation in America: Perception or reality?

The questions about the assimilation of Muslim communities in this country are becoming more, not less, controversial over time. Some people insist that Muslims are blending much better into our communities than in the past; other people feel certain that there will always be a division between our mainstream culture and the many cultures of Islam.

Who is to be believed, and how critical are the conclusions we draw?

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

RCMP Told U.S. Agencies Falkland Was “Not an Open Discussion.” A Year Later, No One Has Been Charged With Running the Superlab

RCMP Told U.S. Agencies Falkland Was “Not an Open Discussion.” A Year Later, No One Has Been Charged With Running the Superlab

VANCOUVER — In June 2025, eight months after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced it had dismantled the largest fentanyl and methamphetamine laboratory in Canadian history, the force invited American agencies to its British Columbia headquarters in Surrey for what the Americans had hoped would be a working session.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Transnational Crime", Canada, USA

Some Progressive Americans Are ‘Chinamaxxing’

Some Progressive Americans Are ‘Chinamaxxing’

Some Americans are now “Chinamaxxing.”

According to Mary Julia Koch, an associate editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Free Expression page, progressive Americans are “fangirling” over high-tech Chinese cities, their public infrastructure, public transit, their cultural practices, and how quickly the Chinese Communist Party is able to build them.

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

Well, Huh – Lots of ‘Thanks, Boomers’ in Canadian Carney-Val Comments

Well, Huh – Lots of ‘Thanks, Boomers’ in Canadian Carney-Val Comments

The petite Canadian Prime Minister and global banker ordinaire is back on his nation’s airwaves, in what might be interpreted as the Syrupean ‘Je vous salue Marie’ version of our political Hail Mary. Only the little fellow has thought to use a little literary license and weave in some…uh…oh, let’s be kind about this and call them ‘revised’ origin stories about Canada’s founding to heighten the dramatic effect.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA