Days after Texas floods, at least 161 people are still missing in one county

At least 161 people are still missing in a single Texas county four days after deadly and devastating flash floods hit parts of the state, Governor Greg Abbott said, as hope fades for survivors to be found.

The missing in the hard-hit Kerr County include five campers and a counsellor from Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls summer camp located on the banks of the Guadalupe River.

At least 111 people have died in the disaster, according to the latest county-by-county tolls published by US media. More than 90 were in the Kerrville area.

Meanwhile in New Mexico

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mother Nature Hates You"

John Robson: We Have Far Less Time Than We Think to Balance the Budget

Kaboom. It’s loud, scary, and urgent. But it’s not the sound of new Canadian munitions going off as we ramp up to $150 billion a year in defence spending because they said so. It’s the federal budget detonating. And if anyone’s minded to call the bomb squad instead of waiting to be blown to insolvency come, now would be a good time. A really good time.

In C2C Journal, Gwyn Morgan snidely recalled a former prime minister’s assurance that there’d be modest initial deficits of under $10 billion for three years then a balanced budget by 2020, which led to nine consecutive often-massive deficits that essentially doubled the national debt. And alas, that part was the good news.
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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Polish Farmers Leave EU Protests To Join Migrant Patrols on German Border

Polish farmers on protest since mid-May against EU green policies have left their posts in the town of Szczecin, close to the German border, to join the growing Civic Border Defense Movement against the German federal police’s unlawful migrant dumping operations.

Despite PM Donald Tusk reinstating temporary checks on the German border earlier this week—after weeks of initially dismissing the concern as unfounded, right-wing “hysteria”—the scandal and growing diplomatic dispute have not subsided.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, WTF?

Terry Newman: Travis Dharanj is a journalist. He doesn’t belong at CBC

Travis Dhanraj joined CBC with the intention of doing real journalism. He quickly found out that wasn’t why they hired him.

It’s important to note that Dhanraj didn’t leave any old job at CBC, he was the host of his own show — Canada Tonight: With Travis Dhanraj — the kind of achievement most aspiring television journalists only dream of. He was on the path to a Peter Mansbridge-level of success after working hard for it over his 20-years in journalism which included roles at CBC, but also, CP24, Global News, and CTV News.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC

Why FBI dropping Epstein case is bad news for Prince Andrew

The Duke of York is off the hook.

After more than five years of him living under suspicion, fearing that knock at the door, the FBI has drawn a line under its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s network of friends and associates.

It will release no more files nor pursue any “third parties”.

But there should be no popping of champagne corks at Royal Lodge, the Duke’s Windsor home.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Southport inquiry to consider curfews for ‘potential criminals’

The measures would allow judges to impose restrictions including electronic tags and a ban on internet use on anyone suspected of planning violent crimes

The Southport inquiry will examine whether courts should be allowed to impose sweeping restrictions on people suspected of planning serious violent offences, even if they have not committed any crime.

Opening proceedings on Tuesday at Liverpool town hall, Sir Adrian Fulford, the chair, said the inquiry will consider whether the state should have powers to impose curfews, electronic tags, internet bans and limits on social media use for individuals deemed to pose a risk of serious harm.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society", WTF?

CHARLEBOIS: Who killed Jersey Milk? Blame Canada’s economy

It appears Jersey Milk chocolate is gone after all — despite weeks of corporate denials.

Mondelez has now confirmed the product is being discontinued. While the company claims no jobs will be lost — a credible assertion given that Jersey Milk was produced alongside other brands like Caramilk and Mr. Big at the Gladstone plant in Toronto — the move reflects a broader strategic shift. This is less about nostalgia and more about economics: Jersey Milk had become a low-volume product that consumed relatively high production resources. In short, it no longer made financial sense.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

You can now apply for a ‘bubble zone’ in Toronto to limit protests. An unexpected group will be in charge of enforcing them

Toronto has unveiled its website for those seeking “bubble zones” limiting protests within 50 metres of schools, daycares and places of worship — but it’s the unexpected group of city employees tasked with enforcing the controversial new rules that’s raising some eyebrows on council.

The legislation was more than a year in the making and was the subject of recurring debate at city hall before being approved in May.

This is a bad joke.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Former CIA Officer On Epstein Whitewash: “I Just Don’t Buy It”

A former CIA officer has admitted that nothing about the latest Jeffrey Epstein developments adds up, and it seems like a massive cover up.

As we highlighted yesterday, everything was tied up neatly with a bow as the DOJ and FBI claimed that there is no evidence of any “client list” belonging to the convicted pedophile sex trafficker, or that he was ever involved in any plot to blackmail elite or important people.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State"

Rearmament Without Warriors? A Pointless Exercise in Impression Management

Until the West overcomes its addiction to post-heroic values, NATO’s programme of rearmament will do little to provide its nations with genuine security

At international summits and in the media, all the talk is about increased defence spending and rearmament. At the recent Hague summit, the NATO allies agreed to increase their defence spending to 5% of their GDP. And yet, all the publicity about finally taking national defence and security seriously comes across as dishonest posturing. Why? Because the leaders of most NATO member states are fully aware that their military forces are not ready for a serious fight. Worse still, the population of Western societies has embraced a post-heroic culture that regards the defence of their nation as not their concern. Young people have been turned off from embracing the values of patriotism, courage, and duty, and, consequently, many of them feel little responsibility for defending their nation.

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Immigration grew six times faster over past decade: Study

OTTAWA — Canada’s immigration levels grew six times faster over the past decade than it did from the turn of the century, says a new Fraser Institute study.

The numbers, which include temporary foreign workers and international students, are contained in a new report entitled Canada’s Changing Immigration Patterns, 2000–2024.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘You can’t buy a wife’ class

Finland’s former PM

Who knew that bringing people from other cultures might create problems? Yes, problems such as “you can’t buy a wife here,” or women don’t like to be touched in public.

Yes, you can’t make this stuff up, but it is reality in a place called Finland. Remember that quiet country where Finnish blondes made the cover of certain popular magazines? This is not your father’s Finland, if you know what I mean.

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