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US Congress takes next step to make daylight saving time permanent

The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday.

With a 308-117 vote, members of both parties approved the bill, which would remove the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the US under time currently observed between March and November – known as permanent standard time.

Republican Scott DesJarlais, who presided over the vote, played a clip of The Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun on his phone during the final count

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•USA

‘We’re encased in flames’: Rail worker captures harrowing video as wildfire closes in on CN train

The scenes outside the window of the train are breathtaking. A wall of flame engulfs the treeline just feet away from tracks.

“Y’all need to hurry up here, like, seriously,” says one of the crewmembers. “We’re encased in flames now.”

This is near Armstrong, Ontario.

When will the Canadian National Railway Company make a statement about this incident? pic.twitter.com/6bKJYugeR0

— Sol Mamakwa (@solmamakwa) July 14, 2026

h/t Patti Jo and patthedog

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"Mother Nature Hates You"

Salsa on St. Clair shooting has Toronto asking these four key questions about its street festivals

In the fallout of a deadly weekend shooting, questions are being asked about whether Toronto needs to rethink the way it hosts the festivals that have long brought energy and flair to its streets through the summer.

Two men were killed and several people were injured Saturday night in a shooting at Salsa on St. Clair, Canada’s biggest Latin street festival.

It’s as if a cloud descends that randomly selects people to start shooting.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"Mass Shooting"

Nolte: George Lucas Defends AI and Jar Jar Binks — ‘It‘s Much Easier to Make Movies‘

The debate around AI reminds me of the debate around transsexuals. At first, everyone tiptoed around, not sure of what to think and worried about saying the wrong thing. Then, after a couple of years of cowardly pussyfooting, someone finally said, “Y’all, a guy can’t magically become a woman.” And because one person said it, more and more people found the courage to repeat an obvious truth: that no amount of surgical mutilation, online censorship, media propaganda, and emotional blackmail makes it possible to switch sexes.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"AI - Artificial Intelligence", Hollywood

After more than 100 days as NDP leader, has Avi Lewis moved the needle?

NDP Leader Avi Lewis spent the first 100 days at his party’s helm outside of Parliament, and isn’t looking for a seat any time soon.

But since his election in March, the seatless leader also appears to have made little headway in making a name for himself among Canadians.

Recent polling from Abacus Data found a quarter of Canadians don’t know enough about Lewis to form an opinion. An additional 31 per cent feel neutral about him.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•NDP

The fight over humanoid robots has shut down a car factory for the first time

ULSAN, South Korea—When Hyundai Motor unveiled its new humanoid robot worker named “Atlas” in January, tens of thousands of Korean auto employees gaped at the 6-foot-2 robot strutting across a trade-show stage, its joints swiveling a full 360 degrees.

The union’s response was blunt: Atlas would never step onto a production line without workers agreeing first.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

Michael Higgins: Mark Carney caves to Trump over Gordie Howe Bridge

The so-called dark art of political spin is nothing more than politicians proclaiming failure as success or, in the case of Mark Carney, that capitulation is rather a resounding victory.

Canada’s new deal — a “bribe” according to one economist — on the Gordie Howe Bridge has been trumpeted by the prime minister as a sign of astute negotiations with the United States when it is really caving in to the demands of Donald Trump.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

US launches new round of strikes against Iran as war of Strait of Hormuz threatens critical oil supplies

The US said it had begun a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports.

The strikes mark the latest escalation of attacks and counterattacks launched by the two sides as they vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war.”

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by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"US Israel Iran War"

We can’t lock down street festivals. But we can do more to lock up losers with guns

There is one detail from the Boxing Day murder of Jane Creba in Toronto that has stayed fresh in my mind for more than 20 years: The shooter, according to various witnesses, raised his gun to eye level, and then cocked it to the side before firing.

It’s noteworthy because it’s so stupid; you can know nothing about guns and still understand that it’s probably the worst way to take a shot. You only do it because you want to look cool – because you think you’re a bona fide gangster, instead of a loser who decided to take his beef with a rival gang to a busy area of Toronto while shoppers tried to enjoy their day.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•"Diversity Crime", "Diversity Fatigue"

Young Germans opt out of military service as Berlin strives to boost army

The number of young men applying to be conscientious objectors and refuse armed military service in Germany has risen sharply this year, undermining a drive by Berlin to create Europe’s strongest conventional army and deter the Russian threat.

More people had applied to exclude themselves from service on religious or moral grounds in the first half of 2026 than in the whole of last year, according to figures provided by the government on Tuesday.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•Germany, NATO

LILLEY: Canada keeps rewarding those who stay after their visas expire

A recent tribunal ruling in Ontario saying illegal immigrants are entitled to welfare may look like a single case, but it could turn into four million cases. That’s how many temporary visas are expiring between last year and this year, and the Liberal government in Ottawa has no plan to ensure people leave.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•"Liberal Party Criminal Abuse Of Immigration Policy For Private & Political Gain"

Big Smoke

The view looking west from my balcony – that’s wildfire smoke

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city", WTF?

Stockpile food in case of Russian cyber attack, No 10 to tell public

The public will be told to stock up on food and water in case of a Russian cyber attack under new plans to prepare the country for conflict.

Later this year, ministers will launch a public information campaign to advise households on how to prepare for emergencies, including creating a stockpile of food, medicines and basic survival tools.

It comes amid rising concerns of a Russian attack on a Nato country and near-constant cyber attacks on the UK’s critical national infrastructure.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•Cyber War

Adam Zivo: The necessary rise of ‘homonationalism’

LGBT communities are increasingly embracing nationalist politics and proudly acknowledging that, when it comes to protecting gender and sexual minorities, western societies are morally superior to the developing world. While progressive activists condemn this as “homonationalism,” it is, in fact, a rational political development that should be encouraged, not disparaged.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•WTF?

US ‘whites-only’ towns spread to Wales

To apply to live in “Community 1”, a 160-acre site in the rolling hills of remote Arkansas, you must meet a very particular set of criteria.

You must be Christian. You must be heterosexual. You must be able to prove your European heritage. And you must be white.

The “whites-only” enclave in the Ozarks is the brainchild of Eric Orwoll, the far-Right founder of the white separatist Return To The Land (RTTL) movement, who wants to create racially exclusive settlements with the goal of resegregating society.

How come there’s no hue and cry about this?

Muslims are launching a FULL SHARIA LAW community in Little Rock, Arkansas requiring buyers to sign an “Islamic Bill of Assurance”

It’s being called “New Africa” development and will be fully Sharia-controlled. pic.twitter.com/Ohzh9ESsG6

— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) July 10, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•WTF?