Author: Blazingcatfur

Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop Protest Videos From Going Global

With the government shutting down the internet and throttling phone services, Iranians are leaning heavily on Elon Musk’s Starlink service to share videos of growing protests and the regime’s escalating crackdown with the world.

But Iran has intensified efforts to jam the service, which is banned in the country, and users are being hunted.

Over the weekend, authorities began searching for and confiscating Starlink dishes in western Tehran, said Amir Rashidi, director of digital rights and security at Miaan Group, a U.S. nonprofit opposed to internet censorship.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Oh No! It’s The Tone Police! Run President Trump! Run!

Awesome ad.

ICE’s online posts and advertisements set a dangerous tone

After watching the video of the tragic shooting of Renée Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said: “What you see is what you get in this case.”

Long before software turned “what you see is what you get” into WYSIWYG, it was the catchphrase of Geraldine Jones, comedian Flip Wilson’s iconic character, who also dodged blame with her excuse, “the devil made me do it.” Geraldine understood that surface impressions feel complete precisely because they’re vivid. They rarely are complete.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry

Bill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday to testify in the House’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, escalating a monthslong battle with Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky, and effectively daring him to follow through on his threats to hold them in contempt of Congress.

“Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,” the Clintons wrote in a lengthy letter to Mr. Comer, which was obtained by The New York Times. “For us, now is that time.”

What gall.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Clintons"

Michael Taube: How Poilievre can regain his lost political momentum

Pierre Poilievre is surely looking forward to what 2026 will bring. But while the new year may still be in its infancy, there are two pressing matters he needs to deal with right off the bat.

First, he faces a mandatory leadership review at the Conservative Party’s national convention in Calgary from Jan. 29-31. A few left-leaning political commentators have attempted to turn this into a big deal. They point to a Dec. 11, 2025 Angus Reid Institute survey that showed only 58 per cent of “recent Conservative voters” want him to stay on as leader in the next election. That survey doesn’t tell the whole story, however. There’s a big difference between the views of loyal Conservative party members, who are strongly behind Poilievre, and the unreliable, ever-shifting allegiances of Canadian voters. The former group, and not the latter, will ultimately decide Poilievre’s fate.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Trump tells Iranians ‘keep protesting,’ says ‘help is on its way’ and regime will ‘pay a big price’

WASHINGTON — President Trump called on Iranian protesters to take over government buildings Tuesday in one of his starkest calls yet for a regime-change revolution to topple the Islamic Republic.

“Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, USA

Scott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ Cartoonist, Author, and Podcaster, Dies at 68

Scott Adams, a cartoonist, author, an independent-minded pundit and podcaster, has died at the age of 68 after a rather public battle against prostate cancer. The host of Real Coffee with Scott Adams, the creator of the legendary comic strip Dilbert, and the author of numerous books, had continued with his livestreaming routine, seven days a week throughout his treatments for the disease up until yesterday. In the process, he treated his audience like close family during his cancer journey.

This sucks. Thanks for the laughs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPassings

‘They just kept killing’: Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown in Iran

“I saw it with my own eyes – they fired directly into lines of protesters, and people fell where they stood.”

Omid’s voice was shaking as he spoke, fearful of being traced. Breaking the wall of silence between Iran and the rest of the world takes immense courage, given the risk of reprisals by the authorities.

Omid, in his early 40s and whose name we have changed for his safety, has been protesting on the streets of a small city in southern Iran over the past few days against worsening economic hardship.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

WARMINGTON: Oakville thieves drive off with 8 luxury vehicles worth $2M

Turns out eight was not enough for these high-end vehicle thieves.

“They had keys for three more,” said Mark Kusiewicz, the manager of Oakville’s Lockwood Leasing. “They just didn’t have enough drivers.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity Crime"

Kurdish asylum seeker, 27, raped girl he met online just weeks after arriving in the UK on a small boat

An asylum seeker has been jailed for raping a teenager he met online within weeks of arriving in the country by small boat.

Kurdish national Mehmet Ogur, who was living at the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, forced himself on his 18-year-old victim in the grounds of Tamworth Castle.

He later sent the woman messages saying he was sorry for what he had done.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, UK

2.1M temporary residents will have expired or expiring permits this year. But will they leave Canada?

How immigration policy is made in Canada.

Abhishek Parmar has spent more than six years making Windsor-Essex his new home. But now he is one of the 2.1 million temporary residents who may have to leave Canada this year.

“I have never even thought of leaving this place,” he said. “And now, things are coming to an end. It is not a good feeling.”

The 25-year-old arrived in Windsor-Essex in 2019 from India to pursue mechanical engineering technology at St. Clair College. After having spent more than $80,000 on tuition and living expenses, Parmar said he landed a job at an automotive company in LaSalle. He filed for permanent residence (PR) in 2024 with an Ontario immigration pathway.

Of course not, Carney and his corporate pals love the profits to be had from cheap foreign labour.

The Liberals are following the same play book as the Democrats did in the US.  Weaponized open borders.

If the US were to invade Canada I would not heed a call to arms.

I will not “defend” a ruling class that has impoverished Canadian citizens through mass immigration and the “Green” destruction of our economy. 

A blight upon the land. h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on for longer than fight against the Nazis

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has lasted longer than the Soviet Union’s fight against Nazi Germany.

The Soviet army spent 1,418 days, from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945, battling Hitler’s troops across Europe, eventually pushing them from the banks of the Volga to Berlin.

As President Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine marked its 1,419th day on Monday, his troops remain bogged down in the Donetsk region, just 30 miles from where they launched their offensive in February 2022.

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