Author: Blazingcatfur

Moscow drone attack: Russia blames ‘terrorist’ strike on Ukraine

A rare drone attack in Moscow has damaged several buildings in the Russian capital after another night of strikes on targets in Ukraine.

Despite being hundreds of miles from the front lines in Ukraine, residents in Moscow awoke this morning to the sound of explosions and air defence missile systems shot down several drones approaching the capital, according to Russian officials.

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

Advisers on unmarked graves won’t work with Hague-based organization Ottawa hired

OTTAWA — A panel of Indigenous experts says it will not participate in engagement sessions hosted by an international organization Ottawa hired to provide advice on identifying possible human remains in unmarked graves.

The National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials says today that after giving the matter careful thought, it has decided against involvement in the process.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAboriginal Issues

‘The Little Mermaid’: What the Media Isn’t Telling You About the Film’s Box Office Performance

From the moment the public learned Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid would race-swap the title character Ariel, the film has been the subject of both controversy and excessive praise. Disney’s live-action remakes have consistently adjusted the original material to appeal to current sensibilities and to make casting less white and the content more woke. Naturally, Disney purists who cherish the classic 1989 animated film and wanted a more faithful adaptation of the story were a bit perturbed. While there’s no doubt that Halle Bailey, the actress playing Ariel, is extremely talented, it was a puzzling move for a story based on a fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Two-Thirds of Canadian Marijuana Dealers Falling Behind in Tax Payments, Report Finds

The decline of Canada’s legal marijuana trade has led to two-thirds of marijuana dealers falling behind in their tax payments, according to a federal report.

“The total amount of unpaid cannabis excise duties has continuously been rising since legalization,” said a report by the Competition Bureau released May 26.

Was the size of the market over-estimated or is it a question of competition with the “illegal’ market? Or Both?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMarijuana, WTF?

Toddler in North Korea ‘sentenced to life in prison after parents caught with Bible’

A toddler was sentenced to life imprisonment in North Korea after the child’s family was found in possession of a Bible, according to a new report by the US State Department.

Although the incident took place in 2009, it has been highlighted in the department’s new report on international religious freedoms this month, citing data from Korea Future, a non-governmental organisation documenting human rights abuses in North Korea.

“One case involved the 2009 arrest of a family based on their religious practices and possession of a Bible.

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

Job creation tied to Windsor, Ont., Stellantis EV battery plant compared to ‘musical chairs’: prof

A Carleton University business professor is casting doubt on the number of jobs that will be added to Windsor’s economy by an electric vehicle battery factory.

Ian Lee says the country’s unemployment level is the lowest it’s been since the 1960s and calls the idea that Ontario is desperate to create new jobs as “nonsense,” adding the province is already seeing a critical shortage of workers.

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will draw many of their employees from other plants that are already operating in the region, he says.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Marked for death by Islam

He gets 600 death threats a year for criticizing Islam in Europe.

In the country where Spinoza became a prophet of atheism, Karl Marx investigated the roots of capitalism, the Founding Fathers started their journey, Descartes, Rousseau and Sade published their writings and Locke put his hand to the “Letter on Tolerance”, there is a man transformed into a ghost for criticizing Islam: he is the most protected in Europe.

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

The radical left has made San Francisco a no-go

The city is now lawless and crime-ridden thanks to policies that decriminalised theft and the push to defund police

The first time I went to San Francisco, I was in my twenties and, possessing all the grace and poise of Ann Widdecombe on rollerskates, I drunkenly fell off a nightclub speaker, badly fracturing my shoulder. I’m back in the city at the moment, and I can honestly say this trip has been even more painful than that first visit.

What’s most distressing isn’t the rampant homelessness, which has long been a problem — although it’s clear there are even more people sleeping rough than there used to be (up 35 per cent since 2019.)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Progressive Paradise"

The Bigotry That Proudly Speaks Its Name

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence – Anti-Christian Hate Group

From Dodger Stadium to Washington, indulging anti-Catholic sentiment is an elite pastime.

When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he felt compelled, memorably, to make a declaration of political independence from the authorities of his Catholic faith.

His opponents had notoriously exploited anti-Catholic sentiment in key states to suggest that somehow a papist in the Oval Office would owe principal loyalty to the Vatican and would take instruction from the pope on critical questions of the presidency.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristian Persecution, Christianophobia

Plan 75: the banality of euthanasia

A new sci-fi film makes a poignant case against assisted dying.

Plan 75 is a new sci-fi film, directed and co-written by Chie Hayakawa. It is set in an alternate version of present-day Japan, in which the authorities have come up with a solution to the ‘problem’ of an ageing population. This solution, called Plan 75, involves encouraging citizens over 75 years old to sign up for an assisted death in return for $1,000.

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