Author: Blazingcatfur

Whistleblower claims may not free Elon Musk from his Twitter hook

As the Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko was telling US lawmakers of “egregious” security failings at the company last Tuesday, shareholders in the social media platform overwhelmingly voted to hand those problems over to someone else: Elon Musk.

It is unlikely that the Tesla CEO, who owns more than 9% of Twitter and agreed to buy the company in April, was among the 99% of voting shareholders who backed that $44bn (£38.5bn) deal, given he is now determined to abandon it. A Delaware judge will decide at a trial beginning on 17 October whether Musk gets to walk away, or be forced to acquire the business on the terms that he had agreed upon.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTwitter, Twitter is Evil

Europe Is Losing the Energy War

Wars are fought on many fronts. So far, Russian president Vladimir Putin is winning the energy war. High energy prices, triggered by supply disruptions, have neutered Western sanctions. Russia’s current account balance stands at record highs. Meantime, the same forces are de-industrializing Europe right before our eyes. Industry after industry is throttling back, shutting down, or considering doing so if the energy chaos continues. Britain is staring at the potential shutdown of 60 percent of its manufacturers. Germany and most of Europe are on the same track.

Discussions of how to rebuild Ukraine when the ground war eventually ends are prevalent, but the question of the decade will be how to rebuild Europe’s industrial infrastructure. Industrial facilities and supply chains that use and produce energy can’t easily be restarted once stopped. That’s one lesson, at least, that policymakers should have taken from the Covid lockdowns.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", "Ukraine - Russia", Europe

#NAFO: Ukraine’s info warriors battling Russian trolls

NAFO – The North Atlantic Fella Organization

A single tweet in May launched an online movement that has become the kryptonite of the pro-Russian trolls that have long ruled corners of the internet.

“For many years, Russia has been waging a serious information war globally,” said Ivana Stradner, a NAFO member, advisor to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and writer for the Kyiv Post newspaper.

At the start of the Ukraine war in February, the West had done little to counter Russia’s fake news with “offensive information operations,” she added.

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

ROBERTSON: Poilievre’s victory watershed moment for Conservatives

This moment feels like a turning point for the Conservative Party of Canada, a true instance of hope and opportunity and the chance to break through in many places across the country where people regretfully vote Liberal.

“Decency and duty” were how Pierre Poilievre summarized the values embodied by the late Queen Elizabeth II in his victory speech, and how he promised the Conservative Party would serve Canadians. People have become so aware of the political tricks and fiscal irresponsibility of this government that serving in opposition with dignity, like our late Queen did, will be enough for the Conservatives to win Canada back.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Howard Levitt: Public sector jobs boom is a shell game that plays havoc with our economic future

One day late last year, Justin Trudeau took to twitter to tout his government’s job creation record.

“Thanks to your hard work and the hard work of Canadians across the country, Canada’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been since the start of the pandemic. In fact, more than 154,000 jobs were created last month — and … in the COVID-19 Era, more than 1 million jobs have been recovered,” he wrote in a tweet.

Justin has just added to his reliably Liberal vote bloc at our expense.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Canadian MPs across the spectrum see threats to democracy: ‘There’s no common middle ground’

 

OTTAWA — In a troubled world, Canadian democracy endures. But some sitting members of Parliament are worried — for various reasons — that it is getting weaker.

Ryan Turnbull is one of them. The Liberal MP for Whitby was first elected in 2019, and sees the problem through the lens of his education in philosophy: the ideal of democracy allows for public debate on a common ground of fact and reality, but Turnbull believes persistent misinformation and its self-serving weaponization by some politicians is threatening this shared basis for a functioning public discourse.

Mostly this is LPC, NDP and Elizabeth May griping about the scary convoy and such. The Star’s is gonna need a bigger fainting couch.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Government Owned News Media

Martha’s Vineyard and the fraud of the rich white liberal

Only masks? I’m surprised they’re not in full Hazmat gear.

Where’s their compassion? Where’s their inclusion?

“We have talked to a number of people who’ve asked, ‘Where am I?’ And then I was trying to explain where Martha’s Vineyard is,” said befuddled Edgartown, Massachusetts, police chief Bruce McNamee of the 50 illegal immigrants who landed on two charter flights at the island’s only airport on Wednesday.

According to local reports, the airport officials believed the planes were delivering corporate guys on a late-season golf retreat, before suffering the crushing disappointment that the arriving passengers were, in fact, poor people of color.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Progressive Hypocrites

What the Danchenko ‘Bombshell’ Tells Us About the Media

There are no real journalists in America’s major newsrooms.

Late Tuesday, the Washington Free Beacon broke the explosive story that Igor Danchenko, the Russian analyst who lied to the FBI about his role in creating the discredited Steele dossier, stayed on the FBI payroll as a confidential informant until just before the 2020 election.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Media, The Media Lies, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Lithium Prices Surge to Record High, Threatening to Push Up Expensive EV Costs Even Higher

The price of lithium carbonate, the key material used to make electric car batteries, has continued to skyrocket, tripling in the past year.

The valuable mineral is mainly processed in communist China, which has a monopoly on the battery market.

Lithium carbonate prices in China hit $71,315 a ton on Sept. 16, according to data from Asian Metal Inc.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreen-Scam

Christians ‘Face Routine Torture’ in Afghanistan

The estimated 15,000-20,000 Christians who remain in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover “face routine torture and persecution from both the government and their own friends, families and communities,” according to a new report.

This is not a new development. From the start on August 15, 2021, matters significantly worsened for Christians when the Biden administration abruptly surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban. The poorly-planned defeat of U.S. troops caused the Central Asian nation to fall right back into the grips of the Taliban, one of the Islamic terrorist groups complicit in the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians

Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral

Protests have broken out at the funeral of a woman who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police.

Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday, days after eyewitnesses said she was beaten in a police van in Tehran – allegations denied by police.

Some women at the ceremony reportedly removed their headscarves in protest at the compulsory wearing of hijabs.

Mourners chanted “death to the dictator”, with videos showing police later firing on a crowd.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's war on women

GOLDSTEIN: Technology, not taxes, best way to fight climate change

Life comes at you fast when it comes to global energy issues.

It comes so fast that Canada has already missed the boat on adding billions of dollars of economic growth to our economy every year, increasing global energy security and lowering global greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change.

The Liberals have done great harm to Canadians on so many fronts it’s difficult to single out one as the worst.

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

Data Dive with Nik Nanos: Pierre Poilievre heralds a new era for the Conservatives

People struggling to pay the rent or mortgage, or unable to make a necessary purchase are not worried about trying something different when it comes to government

It was a crushing first ballot victory for Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre. But this win does not mean what most people think.

The first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Stephen Harper, presided over the unification of the Canadian Alliance (formerly known as the Reform Party of Canada) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Mr. Harper was focused on making the merger work and building a coalition to challenge the Liberals.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party