Author: Blazingcatfur

Pakistan: Third Blasphemy Case in a Month, Christians Fear for Safety

 

Another blasphemy incident has occurred in Pakistan, in the district of Sargodha on July 16, sending shockwaves throughout the country. This disturbing incident has ignited unrest in the area, leaving local Christians deeply concerned for their safety.

Mohd Abdul Gaffar, a retired Pakistan Air Force officer from Green Town, reported that as he was returning home after morning prayers with the imam of the local mosque and two friends, he discovered a small pamphlet containing blasphemous content on the boundary wall of his house. The contents of the pamphlet were highly disrespectful towards Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and other revered figures. The pamphlet also contained derogatory comments against the holy Quran and even praised the recent burning of a Quran in Sweden. Disturbing sketches targeting revered personalities were found as well.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Blasphemy, Pakistan

Soldiers trial battery-powered mountain bikes to give them silent approach

The Army is trialling battery-powered mountain bikes that enables soldiers to approach the enemy in silence.

As part of a more agile army, soldiers have been experimenting with operating shoulder-fired rocket launchers such as the Carl-Gustav from Stealth H-52 electric bike.

Lithium bike batteries have proven lethal in civilian use. Soldiers could toss the bikes at the enemy and watch them fry!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Porn sites want exemption from C-11 regulation on grounds they don’t express Canadian cultural identity

Since when is a Beaver not Canadian?

Porn sites have asked not to be regulated under the federal government’s Online Streaming Act, arguing that they don’t advance the legislation’s aim to enrich and strengthen the cultural fabric of Canada.

In a formal submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, MindGeek, which owns a portfolio of explicit adult sites including Pornhub, Brazzers and YouPorn, says the sites should be granted the same exemption as video games.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Net Zero: An Outcome Without a Process

It must not be forgotten that these people are less concerned with producing energy in ways that will allow us to maintain our standards of living and make economic progress than with being ‘anti-capitalist.’

The ‘Net Zero’ slogan is on the lips of politicians of all shades, uttered by royalty and rock-stars alike, and, of course, by those execrable people who padlock themselves to railings and glue themselves to public highways in the name of Just Stop Oil. Net Zero, referring to the reduction of carbon emissions, has been sold to us as an achievable aim and one that we must achieve by around 2050. What few at the receiving end of this slogan know—and few on whom most of the burden of achieving Net Zero will fall—is how little thought was applied between the invention and subsequent imposition of the Net Zero policy. Therefore, nobody has a clue how it is going to be achieved.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreen-Scam

15 people arrested, 73 charges laid in GTA-wide commercial auto theft investigation

Peel police have arrested 15 people following an investigation into an auto theft ring that was allegedly stealing fully loaded commercial vehicles and then selling their cargo to unwitting buyers.

Police say the investigation, dubbed “Project Big Rig,” began in March, and was a joint-forces operation between Peel Regional Police, York Regional Police, the Toronto Police Service, Halton Regional Police and Ontario Provincial Police.

Not very inclusive!

h/t MP

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity", Crime

Nuclear threat from Ukraine war prompts Ottawa to update plans for catastrophe

OTTAWA – Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian power plant explosion.

Internal Public Safety Canada notes show the measures include updating a highly secret plan to ensure the federal government can continue to function in a severe crisis.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

John Robson: Governor General has come to embody the extravagant hypocrisy of our Liberal elite

Indian name means “Put it on the tab”

Watching Canadian “leaders” commit blunder after blunder reminds me of an old jibe about Philip II of Spain that, “No experience of the failure of his policy could shake his belief in its essential excellence.” And of what Marie Antoinette famously did not say about brioches, because it’s less about policies than a sublime sense of personal excellence. Hence our high-flying Governor General just racked up $71,000 in limousine services alone during her four-day trip to Iceland last October. Where do they get this sense of entitlement, and how can we make it stop?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Political Class

MI6 boss urges Russians to defect and spy for Britain

The head of MI6 has called on Russians to “join hands with us” by defecting and spying for Britain.

Sir Richard Moore, the head of the Secret Intelligence Service, who is codenamed C, said: “You know the right address — come and talk to us.”

Moore, who said President Putin could regain stability in Moscow only by withdrawing troops from Ukraine, added that many Russians were appalled by their armed forces “pulverising” cities there.

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

Politicians clueless about implications of ‘net zero’ crusade

“Net zero” is a popular talking point among many politicians and members of the commentariat. It refers to the idea of eliminating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to the production and use of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and thermal coal) by 2050 or sooner. Many believe this is necessary to stem the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere that’s been occurring since the late 1800s.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Mom of US soldier Travis King who defected to North Korea can’t imagine son ‘doing anything like that’

Travis King NOKO Defector

The mother of the US soldier who has been detained in North Korea after crossing into the country without authorization said the risky behavior was unlike her son.

The 23-year-old Army private, Travis King, was stationed in South Korea and was on a tour of the demilitarized zone between the two countries Tuesday when he strayed from the group and ran across the border.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNorth Korea, WTF?

German car companies suffer heavy electric shock

… Thomas Peckruhn, vice-president of the Central Association of German Vehicle Dealers, said a relatively healthy number of new registrations was belied by a darker picture emerging from order books. “New orders for electric cars are down by 30 per cent to 50 per cent on where they were a year ago,” Peckruhn told Handelsblatt.

The VW brand, part of the Volkswagen group, acknowledged yesterday that it was “experiencing a general reluctance to purchase electric cars, like other manufacturers are”.

Thousands of EV’s rotting in fields in China

China is the leader in EV car production but it’s not quite the success you might think it is.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

To buy a home in Metro Vancouver you need to earn at least $235,650 a year

… The jump in Vancouver home prices, combined with higher interest rates and stress tests, means that a buyer would need an annual income of $235,650 to buy a home in Metro Vancouver last month, up from $226,800 in May.

Vancouver’s average home price increase was more than double the rate of the next two cities: Toronto was up $6,900 to an average home price of $1,171,300, and Victoria was up $6,500 to $885,100.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"