Author: Blazingcatfur

Lawyers Ask for Dismissal of Case Against Detective Charged for Probing Vaccine-Child Death Link

OTTAWA—Lawyers for Helen Grus, an Ottawa Police Service (OPS) detective charged with discreditable conduct after investigating the vaccination status of the mothers of deceased infants, have asked for her disciplinary hearing case to be dismissed, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the charges against her.

“Our position is that the tribunal should move for a dismissal of the disciplinary proceedings against Detective Helen Grus,” defence lawyer Bath-Sheba van den Berg said during a police disciplinary hearing in Kanata, Ont., on Jan. 8.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

Black box recorder from imperiled Alaska Airlines flight completely erased: ‘we have nothing’

Investigators seeking answers about what caused an Alaska Airlines plane’s near-catastrophic midflight blowout on Jan. 5 are working without a key piece of evidence: audio from the flight’s black box cockpit voice recorder.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a press conference the in-flight audio of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was carrying 171 passengers, had been lost amid the chaos of making an emergency landing at Portland International Airport in Oregon 35 minutes into its journey.

h/t XC

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Man facing charges for alleged hate-motivated assault in Vaughan

A 34-year-old man is facing multiple charges in connection to an allegedly hate-motivated assault in Vaughan, police say.

In a news release Tuesday, York Regional Police said they were called on Saturday at around 1:45 p.m. to the area of Bathurst Street and Flamingo Road for a reported assault.

Investigators said four Jewish adults were walking home from a synagogue in the area when they were approached by a man on an electric bike.

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

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders has withdrawn a 2018 proposal to ban mosques and the Quran

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders made a key concession to potential coalition partners on Monday, announcing that he’s withdrawing legislation that he proposed in 2018 that calls for a ban on mosques and the Quran.

The move came a day before talks to form the next government were set to resume following the November election. The abandonment of the bill could be critical in gaining the trust and support of three more mainstream parties that Wilders wants to co-opt into a coalition along with his Party for Freedom, known by its Dutch acronym PVV.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGeert Wilders

200 Undercover FBI Assets at US Capitol on Jan. 6, Congressman Estimates

A member of Congress investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol estimates the FBI had 200 undercover assets both inside and outside the building.

“We believe that there were easily 200 FBI undercover assets operating in the crowd, outside the Capitol, embedded into groups that entered the Capitol or provoked entry of the Capitol,” Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Bank of Canada Trademarks ‘Digital Canadian Dollar’

The Bank of Canada has taken its first steps toward trademarking a “digital Canadian dollar,” records show. The move comes despite the central bank saying last year that its future actions on a digital dollar would be decided by voters.

The Bank of Canada (BoC), in a December filing under the Trademarks Act, has claimed ownership of any “digital dollar” launched within the country.

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

Germany’s “far-right” exploits farmers’ protests

Images of farmers driving their huge tractors in long convoys along highways, blocking traffic at crossroads to protest against government policies are being shared millions of times on social media in Germany these days. Communications consultant Johannes Hillje describes this as part of a “strategic battle fought by right-wing extremist media-makers.”

Far-right activists have rallied behind the farmers’ protest on platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and X. And their comments are seen to be deliberately fanning the flames.

The German establishment is very afraid of AfD’s gains. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Germany, Germany - AfD party

Iranian student, denied permit to study in Canada, disputes security danger label

OTTAWA – An Iranian man is challenging the federal government’s decision to deny him a permit to study at a Montreal university because he is considered a danger to the security of Canada.

A lawyer for Reza Jahantigh says his client was distraught upon learning of the refusal and will seek judicial review in Federal Court.

The Immigration Department’s decision last month is the latest indication Ottawa is tightening restrictions on academics deemed to pose a national security risk.

Why is he even granted an appeal?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Iran, WTF?

The Cuban spying case that has shocked the US government

When the former US ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, was arrested in Miami recently and charged by his previous employer – the US government – with having spent more than 40 years as a Cuban agent, it amounted to one of the biggest spying scandals involving the communist-run island this century.

The US Attorney General, Merrick Garland, called Mr Rocha’s alleged crimes “one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent”.

While Manuel Rocha is yet to enter a plea, many observers remain baffled as to how he could have risen so high in the US diplomatic service while evading detection for so long, apparently honing a reputation as a hard-nosed conservative while secretly harbouring a deep-seated allegiance to the Cuban Revolution.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

Victims of Communism memorial focus on Vietnam could cause political hassles for Canada: documents

The Victims of Communism memorial to be unveiled in Ottawa sometime this year has a high degree of focus on Vietnam, potentially setting the stage for a strong negative reaction from that nation, Canadian diplomats have warned.

Vietnam is Canada’s largest trading partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and as one of the world’s fastest growing economies it will play a key role in Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, according to Global Affairs Canada.

God forbid we offend the communists.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCommunism, Communists

Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe

The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, new research reveals.

The vast majority (99%) of the 281,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2 equivalent) estimated to have been generated in the first 60 days following the 7 October Hamas attack can be attributed to Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by researchers in the UK and US.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Trudeau says government looking at ways to designate Iran’s IRGC a terrorist organization

Don’t believe a thing this lying punk says.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking at ways to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

Trudeau made the comment Monday at a ceremony commemorating the victims of Flight PS752, which was shot down by the IRGC shortly after taking off from Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 people onboard, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.

The victims’ families have been calling on the government to list the IRGC as a terrorist organization for years.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Iran

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother lists the evidence he claims feds are covering up about pedophile’s death

Despite being the most high-profile prisoner in the US, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal custody at the Manhattan Correction Center in New York on August 10, 2019.

The financier, awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls, was found in his cell just after 6:30 a.m. having apparently used a length of orange bed sheet tied to the cell’s bunk bed to hang himself.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

John Robson: Canada Can’t Afford More Failure on the Defence File

In April 2023, then-Defence Minister Anita Anand claimed a $400 million National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System provided by Canada was “en route” to Ukraine. But it wasn’t, and still isn’t. So if you’re concerned about instability abroad, our broken government, and the ominous juxtaposition of the two, it’s worth pondering how such a bizarre thing could occur.

Cripes … I recall senior officers denying that their woke assault on the CAF had anything to do with the recruitment crisis.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada