Author: Blazingcatfur

The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried: an unrepentant ex-mogul faces down decades in prison

In a downtown Manhattan courtroom on the morning of 28 March, tech wunderkind turned fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, unrepentant even after trial and conviction, will finally learn his fate.

Bankman-Fried, who founded the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was found guilty on 2 November 2023 of seven counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money.

The fallen bitcoin booster was found to have siphoned billions in customer funds into FTX’s sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, to keep it solvent – and lined his pockets with hapless clients’ money, spurring the entities’ collapse.

The judge is no fan of SBF or his lawyers repeatedly slapping both down for SBF’s evasive testimony and the lawyers time wasting efforts.

Given his connections to the Democrats even if he receives a long sentence this week I would not be surprised to see him “pardoned” after only a few years.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime

‘Martians Wanted’ for NASA Simulation: White Males Need Not Apply

There are troubling signs that the space agency is prioritizing gender and race in the name of “equity.”

Want to go to Mars? NASA is recruiting. Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEA, consists of “simulated one-year Mars surface mission[s]” located right here on Earth, based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The upcoming mission will be the second of three simulations.

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

Trump derangement syndrome is ruining the country

Over there on YouTube, podcaster Patrick bet-David is of the opinion that, like Rome, American civilization is on the verge of collapse due to strife and corruption.

In 100 years, at this rate, we will be rubble. Like that movie “Planet of the Apes,” where the only thing left standing is the Statue of Liberty.

Ravaged by mendacity and domestic squabbles, this future is coming, if not for ourselves, then for our kids.

True…and for me, nothing says strife and corruption like Trump derangement syndrome.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Biden’s Pier Is a Gift to Hamas Terrorists

The only real beneficiary of the Biden administration’s ill-considered plan to build a floating pier to deliver US aid to Gaza will be the Hamas terrorist organisation that provoked the Gaza conflict in the first place.

Under plans drawn up by the Pentagon, an estimated 1,000 US military personnel are to be deployed to construct the floating pier off the coast of Gaza that will enable Washington to deliver aid directly to Palestinian civilians.

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

Hamas roasted by social media users after terrorist group condemns ISIS for Russia massacre: ‘What a joke’

With twisted irony, Hamas leaders denounced Friday’s terror attack in Russia, extending condolences to the victims’ families, as well as Russian citizens and political leaders.

“We condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that targeted civilians in Moscow, killing dozens of people and wounding them,” the Palestinian terror group said in a statement Saturday.

h/t Mauser

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

Charity steps in to rehome 300 cats from ‘overwhelmed’ man in Canada

An animal welfare charity in western Canada is scrambling to secure the resources needed to care for about 300 cats – all of them seemingly in good condition – after a call came in from a man who described himself as being “overwhelmed” by the sheer number of cats and kittens in his home.

Bruce Robinson told the British Columbia SPCA that he had taken in cats that had been abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic but that the cost of caring for them had become a herculean task after he lost his job.

The charity had sent staff to his home in the small town of Houston to assess the situation, said Eileen Drever of the BC SPCA. “When asked how many cats he had, I think he said it was like counting bubbles in boiling water.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCats. What Else?, WTF?

Strong rumors about the discovery of life on another world by the James Webb Telescope

James Webb

A series of recent statements by astronomers and astronauts seem to indicate that the James Webb Telescope has discovered life.

Several recent claims by astronomy experts and space crew members suggest that the James Webb Space Telescope could have made a discovery related to the existence of life. This information, which apparently remains confidential, could become a topic of global relevance in the coming months.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"UFO's"

Intelligence watchdog completes report on Chinese interference allegations, sends it to PM

One of Canada’s intelligence watchdogs has finished its investigation into allegations of foreign electoral interference and has sent its findings to the prime minister and members of his cabinet.

It will still be a while before the public can read it, however — and it remains to be seen how much of the report will be redacted.

Just over a year ago, when the Liberal government was under constant fire over claims that China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 elections, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the country’s two intelligence review bodies — the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) — to investigate the issue.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

PolitiFact Warns Properly Defining Gender May ‘Lead To Discrimination’

As state legislatures across the country deal with the ramifications of the gender ideology’s movement to redefine gender and differentiate it from sex, PolitiFact’s resident “LGBTQ issues” staff writer Grace Abels warned on Friday that those opposed to this redefinition are persuing bills that will “lead to discrimination.”

For Abels, it is a fact of life that the two words are different, “Today, medical experts understand biological sex assigned at birth as more complex and consider it distinct from gender identity.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Andrew Evans: Canada’s electrical grid cannot handle the coming demands

In 1905, Sir Adam Beck, (who created the precursor to Ontario Hydro), spoke in the Ontario Legislature about the “very great influence upon the commercial development of the Province [that] will be exercised by the furnishing of cheap power.”

In the time since, cheap power has been the backbone of the prosperity Canada achieved. Fed mostly from large hydroelectric dams, this cut-rate, abundant supply of electricity enabled mass electrification and quality of life soared. Today, we continue to reap the benefits and have a reliable, largely non-emitting grid that is the envy of the world.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada

Zelensky hits back after Russia links Ukraine to Moscow attack

As news of the Moscow concert hall attack broke on Friday, Ukrainians knew what was coming: Kyiv would be blamed.

The next thing they expected was more drones and more missiles.

The accusations began almost immediately.

They were just hints at first, until President Vladimir Putin openly claimed that the men who attacked Moscow had tried to flee to Ukraine, helped by contacts there.

Then shortly before dawn on Sunday came the sound of explosions in Kyiv.

Shit Muslims Do. Warning Graphic.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Canada Can Learn From Sweden When It Comes to ISIS ‘Victims’

On the surface, Canada and Sweden have a lot in common. We are both northern nations used to cold, snowy winters. We are both hockey mad. And we are both normally associated with liberal-ish political systems that are open, democratic, generally immigrant friendly, and often seen as a haven for those fleeing oppression and terrible living conditions abroad.

And we are both nations which have been the target of Islamist terrorist attacks. In April 2017, an ISIS wannabe drove a truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing five and wounding 14. We of course have had several ISIS-inspired attacks in Ontario and Alberta, and several foiled ones thanks to the efforts of CSIS and the RCMP.

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