Author: Blazingcatfur

As EV Market Stalls, Battery Makers Shift to Grids and Data Centers

Ford and others are converting battery factories to produce industrial and utility-scale energy storage

Makers of electric-vehicle batteries are pivoting to make energy storage for data centers and utilities, including the likes of Ford Motor

Battery manufacturers made significant investments in the U.S. in recent years, buoyed by policy support for EVs. That changed when President Trump’s administration took away carrots incentivizing EV buyers and did away with sticks that punished automakers for making gas-guzzlers. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence expects energy storage to make up 41% of total U.S. battery demand this year, up from 26% two years ago.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Alberta seeks to set limits on use of medically assisted dying

Alberta has proposed a bill that would limit the use of medically assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – in the Canadian province solely to end-of-life circumstances.

In 2021, Canada expanded access to medically assisted dying, known domestically by the acronym Maid, to people with serious, incurable illnesses or disabilities, even if their death is not reasonably foreseeable.

Canada is also due to expand access next year to people whose only medical condition is mental illness, though that has twice been delayed.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAlberta, MAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Conspiracy of silence on Cesar Chavez: Labor movement had to have known

The story of Cesar Chavez is a tragedy.

Not because his legacy as a union leader is forever tarnished by his alleged abuse and rape of women and underage girls over several decades.

Rather, it is a tragedy that not one of his victims believed she could come forward until now.

Some of those molested and assaulted by Chavez were too frightened to speak out. Others worried that they would not be believed, or that they would be humiliated, or blamed. And others feared that telling the truth about Chavez would hurt the political movement he led. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Trump threatens to blow up ‘entirety’ of major Iran gas field if it attacks Qatar again

US President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up a major gas field in Iran if it attacks the US’s Gulf Arab ally Qatar again.

Trump’s threat came after a day in which Israel hit Iran’s South Pars – part of the world’s largest natural gas field. Tehran retaliated by striking an energy complex in Qatar, causing “extensive damage” and leading to a spike in energy prices.

While Israel has not officially confirmed its attack on the gas field, the US president said the US “knew nothing” about its ally, which had “violently lashed out” at Iran “out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

How Canada’s embrace of Chinese EVs could scramble the American market

Americans will soon catch a glimpse of something North American politicians once tried to keep far away: cheap Chinese electric vehicles.

As Canada begins importing the EVs, U.S. residents in border cities like Detroit and Buffalo, New York, may see their northern neighbors at the wheel. Or American tourists visiting Canada may experience brands like Xiaomi, Leapmotor and BYD when taking a ride-share.

It’s a situation that the U.S. and Canada sought to avoid for years, worried that the introduction of China’s low-cost, high-tech EVs would undermine domestic automakers and lead to Chinese surveillance. But President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on Canadian autos and auto parts has scrambled the North American auto market.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Belarus training migrants to fight Europe’s border guards

Belarus is training migrants to fight European border guards, the head of Latvia’s security service has said.

In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Normunds Mežviets said the migrants were being trained in combat at special camps and pushed across the European Union’s borders into Poland and the Baltic states.

Tens of thousands of migrants have been transported across the frontier in recent years as part of Russia’s escalating hybrid war with the West.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBelarus

Josh Dehaas: There was no sedition, Mr. Carney

There was never any question what Prime Minister Mark Carney thought about the Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa. In a Globe and Mail op-ed published on Feb. 7, 2022, the “Ottawa resident and former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England” wrote that the convoy was “terrorizing” people, that women were being forced to “flee abuse,” and that the elderly were “afraid to venture outside their homes.” He accused the organizers of “blatant treachery” and “sedition,” and proposed the government respond by “choking off the money.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Guardian amends ‘antisemitic’ opinion piece about Gail’s bakery

The Guardian has amended an opinion piece about Gail’s bakery after it caused controversy among readers, Jewish staff and the boss of the high street chain.

The article was edited on Tuesday evening to clarify a reference to the opening of a branch as “an act of heavy-handed high street aggression”.

Published on Saturday under the headline “A corner of north London where food has become a battleground in the Israel-Gaza war”, the article by Jonathan Liew prompted accusations of antisemitism against the Jewish-heritage business.

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

Is MAiD replacing palliative care in Canada?

Called a “medical error” by physician Romayne Gallagher, palliative care options for Canadians seem to be few and far between.

This is a problem Canada has faced for years — and instead of solving it, many are resorting to euthanasia.

Those who opt for Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, or MAiD, under Track 1, which includes patients whose deaths are “reasonably foreseeable,” must experience unbearable suffering from a grievous or irremediable illness.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Dutch Parliament Moves To Ban Muslim Brotherhood

The Dutch parliament has voted to ban the Muslim Brotherhood, marking a significant escalation in efforts to counter Islamist influence in Europe.

The motion, backed by a majority of MPs on Tuesday, also calls for action against “affiliated organisations” linked to the group. This follows a wider European campaign scrutinising the ‘Brotherhood’s’ work—albeit, far less focussed than in the U.S.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMuslim Brotherhood, Netherlands

Canada reports first annual population decline on record! Corporate Titans live in fear they will not be able to suppress wages!

Canada’s population declined by more than 100,000 people in 2025, marking the first annual decline in records that date back to the 1940s, as the federal government tries to rein in the number of temporary residents in the country.

The population decreased by 103,504 people, or 0.25 per cent, between Oct. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026, according to new estimates from Statistics Canada. This followed a decline of roughly 76,000 in the third quarter.

No matter the question the answer is always More 3rd World Migrants!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada