There is a moment in Back to the Future Part III in which Marty McFly steps outside of the unfamiliar mores of the 19th-century American West and says of Buford Tannen, the man who has challenged him to a duel, “He’s an asshole!”
Author: Blazingcatfur
A Pandemic of Cruelty
There is a pandemic in the Western world — especially, but not only, in America — that few are talking about, let alone addressing.
This pandemic doesn’t actually kill people. But it does destroy people, ruin lives, crush families and cause permanent, debilitating pain – far more than have the vast majority of cases of COVID-19.
This pandemic consists of adult children who have decided never again to speak to one or both of their parents. The vast majority of these people were never sexually or physically abused. In fact, nearly all were loved by their parents.
A Dutch man won a beauty contest
Rikkie Valerie Kollé has won Miss Netherlands 2023. Kollé is the first trans woman to win the title and will be the second trans woman to compete in Miss Universe. Kollé will be the first transgender woman to become Miss Universe if he wins in El Salvador next year.
1 in 3 American Households are One-Person
“It’s just a stunning social change”
The decline and fall of a society can be measured in statistics like these. The decline of marriage has long since been paired with a decline in relationships in general. Pregnancy and even abortion rates are falling. Families are breaking up or not even forming. More and more Americans are living on their own.
Is this the Dutch farmers’ moment?
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister for over 12 years, has announced he is resigning and leaving politics. He delivered the news on Monday morning, after the collapse of his coalition government on Friday.
Being fit is far-Right now, apparently
A series of articles equate healthy living with fascism
If you’re heavily immersed in the digital world, it might be tempting to read an article like the one that appeared on Politico on Monday, titled “The testosterone primary of 2024 is ‘getting out of hand’”, and assume that the mostly digital subculture of Right-wing bodybuilders has finally seeped into the mainstream.
‘Respectable’ rock snobs once laughed at metal – but they’re not laughing now
On the weekend of June 17 2021, in the midst of an airborne disease, live music returned to the UK in something like a recognisable form. As a compliment of British bands entertained an audience of 10,000 vaccinated revellers, over three days and nights this section of the concert-going community helped plot a hesitant course back to normality. Never mind that the Download “Pilot” festival was a mere one-tenth of its normal size – the volume was operating at full-whack. Because when it came to duking it out with a global pandemic, rightly and inevitably, there was only one kind of music up to the job. Metal.
Excluded for the Crime of Whiteness
The overt betrayal of the white working-class on the grounds of innate privilege is a contemptible policy. It’s high-time that those in authority put a stop to it.
Ienjoy a good whinge as much as the next man, but I have to say the relentless carping about whiteness is getting a little tiresome. The grievance industry has now progressed to the stage where even the royal family has no business being white; white victims of serious crime are essentially ignored; and those who make the effort not to be white consider themselves somehow deserving of reparations. In their wisdom, the identitarian Left have distilled all society’s ills into a single phenomenon: white men, or the ‘patriarchy’ as the euphemism goes.
Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program Has Paid Out Nearly $7 Million in Claims Since December 2020
Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) has paid out nearly $7 million in claims since it first launched, according to updated bi-annual records.
According to the VISP, a total of 1,859 claims have been received thus far from Canadians who suffered death or injury as a result of vaccines administered in Canada on or after Dec. 8, 2020.
A total of 103 claims have been approved to date, with payments totalling $6,695,716.
AutoTrader fires Toronto mom after she condemned ‘pride stickers’ at Catholic school board meeting
Sheree Di Vittorio was left ‘baffled’ when she was dismissed from AutoTrader the day after CBC published an article smearing her for speaking out at the school board meeting.
Doug Ford says this mining region is a top priority. Ottawa doesn’t necessarily agree
OTTAWA—Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson cast doubt on hopes for a mining bonanza in Ontario’s “Ring of Fire,” saying there are better projects that can be developed easier in areas closer to existing infrastructure.
It’s the latest sign the Trudeau government isn’t yet convinced the region in the province’s vast, environmentally sensitive northern peatlands is the best place for new mining, even as it tries to make Canada an international powerhouse in critical minerals needed to power the global shift to a greener, low-carbon economy.
Translated that means projects in Quebec will have first crack at the slush fund.
"Stepping up to build the Centre of Excellence for Climate Security."
Climate Security …what the fuck does that even mean?
Whatever he's planning, WE will be paying for itpic.twitter.com/92miaO8P7p— Have We All Gone Mad? (@HaveWeAllGoneM1) July 11, 2023
h/t Mauser
Refrigerator SOS … Fridge Cat Habitat Is On Verge Of Collapse!
So last time I checked in my dishwasher was made normal by a simple reset process.
Of course appliance happiness is not made to last.
It was way back in 2012 that Kath and I had a fridge give up the ghost on us.
Replacing the compressor cost near as much as a new fridge.
Overnight the replacement we purchased just over a decade ago began working improperly.
The freezer works great, the fresh food section is no longer maintaining a cool temp.
This could be due to a number of reasons, coils need cleaning, fan failure or vent blockage.
It was a major effort to pull the fridge out from the counter.
It was stuck fast. This is what happens when you live like an 8 year old.
I had to rely on an incantation to K for inspiration.
Kathy Kathy come real quick
There’s a problem that needs a fix.
Damn but they work. I freed the stuck fast fridge in a heavenly hurry.
I have an incantation for lost items as well and to date it has only failed me once.
It seems that each appliance repair runs about 400 bucks. Both the washer and dryer have needed fixing and that has been the cost for each visit. Next time I will just replace them if possible.
Now I am wondering if 11 years is good lifespan for a fridge in this day and age.
Maybe it’s time for a new one or maybe a reader has an idea to fix my current one.
Let me know if you have a fix or a recommendation for a new one.
Carson Jerema: Trudeau Liberals were the perfect mark for electric vehicle grifters
You may have heard that the Canadian and Ontario governments are spending up to $15 billion to ensure Chrysler-maker Stellantis builds an electric battery plant in Windsor. From this news, it might be reasonable to conclude that Stellantis is in the business of making batteries, but that would be incorrect. It is quite clear that Stellantis is, instead, in the business of securing government subsidies.
WTF?
Messed up.
This person is disgusting and completely unhinged. pic.twitter.com/Y4SpVcOct4— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) July 10, 2023