The ‘thorny’ issues that threaten to derail a Russia-Ukraine peace deal

Russia, the US and Ukraine agree that a deal on ending almost four years of full-scale war is edging closer but, in the words of President Donald Trump, “one or two very thorny, very tough issues” remain.

Two of the trickiest issues in Washington’s 20-point plan involve territory and the fate of Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, which is currently occupied by Russia.

The Kremlin agrees with Trump that negotiations are “at a final stage”, and Zelensky’s next step is to meet European leaders in France on 6 January, but any one of the sticking points could jeopardise a deal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

As long as Trump is in office, Canada is at risk. This is why protecting ourselves is the most important thing we can do

The week that Donald Trump was elected I offered Justin Trudeau some free advice in this newspaper.

At that time, Trudeau was trailing Pierre Poilievre in the polls by 25 points and had been for two years, hanging onto power despite being so personally unpopular that he could not win support for anything.

I thought Canada needed a leader to calm the political waters by tacking hard to the centre, so that the country could respond to the Trump challenge in a unified way. I wrote that Trudeau had to do four things he wouldn’t want to do: get rid of the carbon tax, remove the emissions cap on Alberta oil, tighten immigration and increase military spending.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

BURTON: Free trade or food security? Canada’s supply management debate demands both

Canada’s supply management system for dairy, eggs, and poultry has become a political irritant, an economic lightning rod, and a recurring obstacle in our trade relationship with the United States.

For free-market conservatives, it is an obvious target: production quotas, price controls, and import restrictions offend basic principles of competition and consumer choice. For others, it is a necessary safeguard — one of the last policy tools ensuring Canada can feed itself in an increasingly unstable world.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Food Insecurity", Canada

British taxpayers fund Kenyan sex chatbot

A “pleasure-oriented” sex chatbot for Kenyan teenagers was developed using aid money from British taxpayers, The Telegraph can disclose.

The app was built as part of a £41m UK aid programme which aims to invest in “radical technology solutions” to issues in the developing world.

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

What’s coming up next in Canadian politics? Here are five key stories to watch in 2026

After a wild year in Canadian politics that began with Justin Trudeau’s resignation and ended with Conservative MPs crossing the floor to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government, 2026 is shaping up to be just as action-packed.

It’ll be a year where U.S. trade talks will loom large. Meanwhile, federal opposition parties will make key decisions on their futures as the Liberal government — just one seat shy of a majority government — strategizes what to do next.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Authorities Spent 2 Years Suppressing That Transgender Covenant School Shooter Hated Christians

The good news is that it’s not only Muslim terrorists who get the cover-up treatment. Transgender terrorists do too.

Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a woman who falsely identified as a man, shot up a Christian school in Nashville, murdering three children and three adults. The media first tried to bury her ‘transgender’ identity and the authorities spent two years trying to suppress her motive.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

The rise of homonationalism

What choice do they have?

Across Europe, gay voters are moving rightwards. Britain has not quite caught up yet, but it will. The only question is whether the Conservatives or Reform UK will be the ones to benefit.

I was reminded of this recently, while hosting a fundraiser for LGBT+ Conservatives at the Savile Club in London. Conservative MP Katie Lam was speaking, and she made a remark that would once have been uncontroversial, but now feels borderline taboo. LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage, she argued, are the product of particular cultures. Britain and the West built the legal and cultural framework that made LGBT equality possible. It did not happen by accident.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Civilizationists"

Terry Newman: Greta’s journey from child climate activist to terrorist mascot

Greta Thunberg was arrested by U.K. police last week, completing her journey from child climate activist to proud supporter of a proscribed terrorist group.

In both instances, she arrived on the scene seemingly with no assembly required — climate and antizionist software already pre-installed — ready to plug a book authored by her mother three days after she was “discovered,” or a long list of antizionist organizations she recommended shortly after the horrific attacks of October 7 while claiming she wasn’t antisemitic. Her seven-year story appears to be one of exploitation and opportunism leading to her current role — terrorist mascot.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Afghan man, 20, is arrested after ‘attacking five people’ in hospital waiting room ‘when he was refused an appointment’

A woman was seen running along the street covered in blood amid a crowbar rampage in a hospital waiting room in which five people were injured.

A 20-year-old Afghan man allegedly launched the attack after he was refused an appointment, and was arrested at the scene at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside.

The ‘shaking’ woman reportedly ran from the hospital into a local shop just after midday and begged staff to summon police.

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia"

Inside Iran protests that threaten regime: ‘This is the final battle’

It fell to Masoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon who is now the reformist president of Iran, to pass on the message that had been resounding on the streets of Tehran for two days.

The regime would do well to pay heed, Pezeshkian said, to protests that erupted in the capital over the country’s deepening economic woes.

They should also pay attention to where the demonstrations began, Iranian exiles add, and the images of defiance that seem to have put a regime, at least for a moment, on the back foot.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Sharan Kaur: Why 2025 changed everything in Canada’s political playbook

As we close the book on 2025, the Canadian political landscape is not just altered, it is unrecognizable. For those of us within the “bubble,” this year served as a reminder that the old playbooks are obsolete.

In 12 months, we witnessed the fall of a populist juggernaut, the erasure of a major party’s official status, and a pivot toward an economic realism that only few saw coming.

If 2024 was defined by anxiety, 2025 was the year of the “Great Realignment.” A year in politics can seem like an eternity, yet change often arrives in a heartbeat. Looking back, we see the moments that snapped the trajectory of the country. These “small waves” have provided a rare opportunity to recalibrate priorities and capture the quiet frustrations of a changing electorate before the tide turns again.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Federal Investigators Discover Minnesota’s Somali Daycare Fraud Dates Back a Decade

A federal fraud investigation into Minnesota daycare centers has uncovered a troubling discovery — the scheme may have been operating undetected for more than a decade.

The discovery was unearthed from evidence in a 2018 fraud case out of Hennepin County against multiple daycare centers for allegedly swindling the government out of more than $1 million. A video of a 2015 Fox 9 KMSP report alleged that low-income parents would sign up their children for daycare services, which would then claim reimbursement for those services that were never provided.

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