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First Russian soldier goes on trial in Ukraine for war crimes

A Russian soldier has appeared in court accused of murdering an unarmed man on a bicycle, at the start of the first war crime trial in Ukraine since Vladimir Putin invaded the country.

Vadim Shysimarin, a commander of the Kantemirovskaya tank division, arrived at Kyiv’s small district court No 3 in a grey and blue tracksuit and handcuffs for a preliminary hearing.

The 21-year-old is charged with premeditated murder of a 62-year-old man who was not named in court. Shysimarin is being held in Ukrainian custody. The case is scheduled to resume on Wednesday.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Netflix Goes Scorched Earth on Woke Employees

When you go woke, you run the risk of going broke, and apparently, Netflix is pulling the ripcord before the streaming giant good and fully faceplants.

Following a financial report that saw its stock price plummet 37 percent in late April, Netflix is now moving to adjust its culture and reengage its frustrated audience. A new “culture memo” dealing with “artistic expression” has been sent out, and it’s clearly a shot at the woke staffers who have been sandbagging the company.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•"Peak Woke"

Rex Murphy: If Liberals are ‘rigging the system,’ why are you supporting them, Jagmeet Singh?

“It is disgraceful the way Big Oil is gouging Canadians at the pumps.

“Gas prices are up and Big Oil CEOs are bragging about record profits.

“Liberals and Conservatives have rigged the system.

“When you pay more – their well-connected friends make more.”

It would have been a strange tweet at any time, but from a (effectively) co-prime minister it strove for the bizarre.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•Canada

Germany: Knife attack on train leaves 5 wounded – Muslim suspect a known wolf prone to ‘religious radicalization’

Several people are being treated in hospital after being injured during an attack on a train in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), officials said on Friday.

Herbert Reul, the NRW state interior minister, said six people were wounded, including the suspected attacker. Reul said the suspect struck passengers “indiscriminately and arbitrarily.”

Reul also said that “based on everything that we know so far,” investigators believed the perpetrator’s intent was to harm as many people as possible.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘Anger that I haven’t seen before’: Singh harassment incident puts renewed spotlight on politicians’ security

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s recent encounter with protesters at an Ontario election campaign stop, where he was verbally harassed, is casting a renewed spotlight on politicians’ security, with Singh telling CTV News that he’s witnessing a level of anger he hasn’t seen before.

“What I’m noticing is true is that there is more of a polarization and an aggression and an anger that I haven’t seen before,” he said while visiting a pro-choice counter protest to the March for Life demonstrations on Parliament Hill on Thursday.

Singh received a barrage of insults earlier in the week as he exited a rally for Ontario NDP candidate Jen Deck, who’s running in the Peterborough – Kawartha riding.

Politicians verbally assaulted in Public! Why it’s an insurrection! Jail the peasantry!

Reap what you sow commie.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, WTF?

Calling men ‘bald’ at work now considered sexual harassment in the UK

Insulting a man for being bald in the workplace amounts to sex harassment in the UK, a panel of balding judges have ruled, according to a report Thursday.

Hair loss is far more common among men than women, so using the term is “inherently related to sex” — and equivalent to commenting on the size of a woman’s breasts, the employment tribunal said, according to the UK Telegraph.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•WTF?

Ukraine has repelled Russia’s attempt to cross Donbas River, UK confirms

Ukrainian forces have repelled a Russian attempt to cross a strategically significant river west of Severodonetsk in the Donbas, incurring heavy losses in the process, according to British defence intelligence.

The British said Russia had lost “significant armoured manoeuvre elements” from a battalion tactical group – a formation with about 800 personnel at full strength – as well as pontoon bridging equipment.

Severodonetsk is the easternmost town held by Ukrainian forces in the Donbas, and the effort to cross the Siversky Donets River to its west was likely to have been intended to be a fresh attempt by the Russians to cut off the defending forces.

It is quite possible that there are more losses seen in this video- but unfortunately resolution is limited. The bridges themselves are sunk/damaged too.

This must be regarded as a very serious blow. pic.twitter.com/8UZRuyvvGv

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 11, 2022

In case that wasn't enough, there was also drone footage posted of a wider area.

Though we cannot classify all vehicles as destroyed or abandoned, there is approx. 7x BMP/MT-LB and 7x T-72B more seen- again, we have tried to avoid what we have previously posted. A huge loss. pic.twitter.com/cKpclC8Ll2

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 12, 2022

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Threat of violent extremism increasing due to misinformation reports Liberal Party broadcaster that spread blatant lies about Freedom Convoy

Threat of violent extremism rising in Canada, MPs told.

The threat of violent extremism has increased in Canada during the pandemic — fuelled by misinformation and resulting in threats to politicians and public servants — top security and policing officials told members of Parliament on Thursday.

But while police and intelligence agencies are taking steps to detect extremists and prevent them from carrying out attacks, the government must also work proactively to counter the extremism in the first place, they added.

It should be law that all CBC articles come with a “paid content stamp”

Related – Democrats warn potential Trump return to Twitter could foment more violence

Democrats on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms this week over the possibility that Donald Trump could return to Twitter, warning that providing the former president with such a powerful megaphone could lead to violence on par with last year’s Capitol riot.

Trump was banned “permanently” from Twitter on Jan. 8, 2021, just two days after a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol in a failed effort to overturn President Biden’s election win.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", "extremists"

Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musksaid Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition.

In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2 citing a financial filing from Twitter that estimated false or spam accounts made up fewer than 5% of the company’s “monetizable daily active users” in the first quarter.

Only 5% Fake Accounts? Doubtful.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 13, 2022•0•Twitter, Twitter is Evil

Nigerian student beaten, burned to death over ‘blasphemous’ text messages

KANO, Nigeria, May 12 (Reuters) – A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of posting “blasphemous” statements in a student Whatsapp group, two witnesses said.

The school, located in Nigeria’s northwesternmost state of Sokoto, was immediately closed down following the attack. Nigeria is divided into a largely Christian south and mostly Muslim north. Incidents such as this are very rare.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 12, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, WTF?

Illegal migrants first to get ‘pallets’ of hard-to-find baby formula

The nationwide shortage of baby formula that has sent mothers desperately rushing from store to store has evaded one lucky group: illegal immigrants detained by Border Patrol.

According to videos posted by a Florida lawmaker, the Biden administration has been shipping “pallets” of baby formula to migrant holding facilities.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 12, 2022•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA, WTF?

FBI Used Terrorism Laws to Investigate ‘Dozens’ of ‘Concerned Parents’ Who Attended School Board Meetings

If whistleblowers are telling GOP members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee the truth, Attorney General Merrick Garland was lying to Congress when he denied parents were being targeted with counterterrorism investigations for the “crime” of getting angry at school board meetings.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 12, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", WTF?

‘They were furious’: the Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine

When the soldiers of an elite Russian army brigade were told in early April to prepare for a second deployment to Ukraine, fear broke out among the ranks.

The unit, stationed in Russia’s far east during peacetime, first entered Ukraine from Belarus when the war started at the end of February and saw bitter combat with Ukrainian forces.

“It soon became clear that not everyone was onboard with it. Many of us simply did not want to go back,” said Dmitri, a member of the unit who asked not to be identified with his real name. “I want to return to my family – and not in a casket.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2022May 12, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Nina Jankowicz says verified Twitter users should ‘edit’ others’ tweets

The “disinformation expert” tapped by President Biden to head a new US agency division that critics have likened to an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” says that “verified” Twitter users should be able to edit other users’ tweets if they believe they are misleading.

by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2022May 12, 2022•0•"Disinformation", WTF?

All Wars Are Endless Wars

The future is going to be a lot like the past.

Over 70 days into the Ukraine war, no one knows how it’s going to end. But the one thing that we can be sure of is that it’s going to pick up again where it ends this time around.

The war is the latest episode of a nationalist territorial conflict going back centuries. And those don’t go away until the people fighting them do. Progressive theories of history spent the last century predicting that wars were on the way out in a more enlightened age. Then two world wars shattered the civilized world and nearly led to a third even more devastating conflict.

by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2022May 12, 2022•0•"Oligarchy"