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Harvard President Should Use His First Amendment Right to Condemn The Harvard Crimson’s Antisemitism

The President of Harvard — a proud Jewish supporter of Israel and a good person— has thus far refused explicitly to condemn The Harvard Crimson’s blatantly anti-Semitic editorial singling out Israel for a political boycott. The Crimson editors justify their bigotry by subtly invoking the classic antisemitic trope of Jewish “power,” and by presenting a one-sided history that places no fault on the Palestinian leadership, ignores the threats faced by Israel from Palestinian terrorist and Iranian nuclear threats, and mendaciously omits the numerous Palestinian rejections of Israel’s offers to accept a two-state solution.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism and the Left

Elon Musk says he would reverse Trump’s Twitter ban

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s permanent ban on former President Donald Trump if the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive’s $44 billion bid to buy the social media company is approved.

“I would reverse the ‘permaban,’” Musk said in a live interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday.

Trump was permanently suspended by Twitter, as well as by Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, for what the companies described as his role in inciting violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Twitter

How the Taliban are ‘eliminating women’ in Afghanistan

If there was any hope that the Taliban would pay heed to repeated calls from Afghanistan’s civil society and the international community to uphold women’s rights, the Islamic fundamentalist group’s latest decree for women to cover their faces in public has dashed it.

The latest order to make veil compulsory is one of the harshest controls on women’s lives in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in August last year. It is also reminiscent of the Islamist outfit’s strict Shariah-based rule in the late 1990s.

20 years of blood and treasure.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Afghanistan

The desperation of Biden’s Disinformation Board

There are dangers to using censorship as a political tool

In 1918, Woodrow Wilson’s Democratic administration passed a piece of legislation it hoped would accelerate the end of the First World War. The new law didn’t directly concern the military — nor was it a revolutionary act of foreign policy. Rather, its target was ordinary American citizens.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•"Disinformation", "Joe Sleazebag Biden"

DHS disinformation ‘czar’ Jankowicz pushed Trump-Russia claims at center of Durham case

If the Biden administration is so concerned about disinformation, it may want to take a closer look at its own “czar.”

Nina Jankowicz, who was recently tapped to head the Department of Homeland Security’s nascent Disinformation Governance Board, had no qualms about pushing the since-debunked claim in 2016 that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had a tie to Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank — allegations that were raised by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and are now a focus of special counsel John Durham’s investigation.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•"Disinformation", WTF?

Russian troops ill-prepared for Ukraine war, says ex-Kremlin mercenary

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, May 10 (Reuters) – The Russian military’s failure to seize the Ukrainian capital was inevitable because in the preceding years they had never directly faced a powerful enemy, according to a former mercenary with the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group who fought alongside the Russian army.

Marat Gabidullin took part in Wagner Group missions on the Kremlin’s behalf in Syria and in a previous conflict in Ukraine, before deciding to go public about his experience inside the secretive private military company.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Extinction Rebellion is way more radical than you think

… The media and many in the environmentalist movement like to portray Extinction Rebellion like they’re just another green group: A slightly more flamboyant version of the World Wildlife Fund or the Natural Resources Defence Council.

But I’m afraid that’s very wrong. First, as the name suggests, Extinction Rebellion believes that if humanity doesn’t take radical action on climate change, it will lead to mass extinction.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Batshit Crazy Eco-Luddites, Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

This New Post-Supreme Court Leak Poll Should Terrify Democrats

A new CNN poll should have Democrats quaking in their boots as they contemplate their strategy for the 2022 midterms. The poll, conducted after the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion showing a majority of justices favoring rolling back Roe v. Wade, suggests that the overwrought responses from Democrats may not move the needle on Election Day as they’d hoped it would.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Abortion debate

Will NATO Fight?

Great Britain is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s public enemy number one. In March the Kremlin branded UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most active anti-Russian leader. A few days ago on television, Putin’s propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov fancifully suggested Russia should drown Britain in a radioactive tsunami created by Poseidon nuclear torpedos that would leave survivors in “a radioactive desert, unfit for anything for a very long time”.

Putin is upset about Britain’s stance over Ukraine, leading Europe and much of the world in aggressive sanctions against Russia; and pouring in financial and military aid plus decisive secret intelligence to help keep Kiev in the fight.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•NATO

Animal Rebellion: Activists want meat cut from Wales’ school dinners – Becuz the Kidz suffer “eco-anxiety”

Activists Animal Rebellion are urging councils to drop meat from school dinners at least two days a week.

The group is lobbying councils across the UK and claims to have persuaded one in England to sign up.

Member Dave France, from Welshpool, Powys, claimed children had record levels of “eco-anxiety”.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Batshit Crazy Vegans, WTF?

Mayor Lori Lightfoot Issues LGBTQ ‘Call to Arms‘ over SCOTUS Leak

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has issued an LGBTQ “call to arms” in response to the leaked Supreme Court decision signaling the end of Roe v. Wade.

Echoing the leftist fearmongering, Lightfoot charged that the Supreme Court will soon be targeting LGBTQ rights if it has its way with ending Roe.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•WTF?

China’s pro-Russia propaganda exposed by online activists

A number of Chinese government-linked media outlets and pro-Russia social media accounts are spreading pro-Kremlin sentiment on the Chinese internet by mistranslating or manipulating international news about the war in Ukraine.

In response, online, anonymous volunteers – such as those under the Twitter account Great Translation Movement – have exposed China’s pro-Russia propaganda by highlighting mistranslations that falsely blame Ukrainian troops for bombings and atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces against civilians.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Why Canada’s plan to criminalize Holocaust denial could be unconstitutional — and redundant

Sidney Zoltak, who has spent a significant part of his life recounting his experiences as a child survivor of the Holocaust, says he’s not sure how he would characterize the effort by some to deny the historical genocide.

“I don’t know what to call it … whether it’s a crime, a shame, a lie — what would be more appropriate,” said Zoltak, 91. As a child, he, along with his family, escaped the Jewish ghetto set up by Nazis in his Polish hometown and went into hiding.

I do not approve of speech bans.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Holocaust Denial

Dramatic video captures moment cops stop ex-jail boss Vicky White, inmate Casey White

Dramatic video captured the moment cops caught Alabama murder suspect Casey Cole White and former jail boss Vicky White after a car chase that ended with her dying from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A motorist recorded the chaotic scene as cops swooped in on the pair’s Cadillac in Evansville, Indiana, after authorities received a tip about their whereabouts – ending a 10-day manhunt that began when she helped him escape from jail.

Weird, like a bad TV movie weird.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Crime

Majority of Canadians support federal government’s plan to regulate internet, poll shows

The federal government’s broad push to regulate the internet has the support of a majority of Canadians, according to a new survey, even though the details of Ottawa’s plans are generating strong pushback from policy experts.

The House of Commons is currently studying two separate pieces of legislation proposing the regulation of online news remuneration and streaming services. It is also in the process of drafting a third bill that will aim to combat various online abuses, including hate speech, terrorist content and child pornography.

A Nanos Research poll commissioned by The Globe and Mail found that 55 per cent of Canadians support or somewhat support greater government regulation of the internet, while 37 per cent oppose or somewhat oppose such regulation and 8 per cent said they are unsure.

I am not buying this poll. Go Incognito.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Government Owned News Media, Censorship in Canada