Blazingcatfur – Page 4517

ICE officers prepare for ‘massive crash’ in immigration system

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees have been warned to prepare for the end of the border pandemic emergency policy as soon as this week — with predictions that illegal border crossings, already at record levels, could triple.

Agency employees, who usually handle enforcement in the interior of the country, have been warned they may need to be deployed to the border so they can help the Border Patrol with an anticipated migrant surge, according to an ICE officer who received the alert.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA

Class-action lawsuit filed in Quebec against meat-packing companies for price fixing

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the largest beef suppliers in Canada for allegedly conspiring to restrict competition and raise prices on beef sold in Quebec.

The lawsuit was filed by the Belleau Lapointe law firm on March 24 in Quebec Superior Court.

It alleges that various companies related to Cargill Inc., JBS Canada ULC, Tyson Food Inc. and National Beef Packing Co LLC acted in concert to “unduly restrict competition related to the production, supply or sale of beef” in the province since Jan. 1, 2015.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

The incoherence at the heart of NATO

It spent years stoking a conflict with Russia it had no intention of fighting.

Some seem to believe that the war in Ukraine has galvanised Western alliances. In particular, they argue that Russia’s act of aggression has given that hoary old Cold War institution, NATO, a renewed sense of purpose, reversing decades of drift and division. As US president Joe Biden declared after last week’s NATO summit, ‘Putin was banking on NATO being split – NATO has never, never been more united than it is today’.

That was certainly the impression NATO leaders wanted to give (footage of Boris Johnson looking lost and alone aside). Unity. Commitment. Purpose. NATO leaders talked of imposing ‘unprecedented costs on Russia’. They pledged to pour more weapons – and upgraded ones to boot – into Ukraine. And Biden himself seemed to be on a one-man escalation mission, threatening both regime change in Moscow and to respond ‘in kind’ to any Russian chemical-weapon use.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•NATO

NYT: Trans People Suffer at Restaurants

The paper showcased gender-neutral garments for waitstaff as one solution.

Gender stereotypes are built into traditional restaurant service,” lamented the New York Times Tuesday. Chairs are pulled out for women. Women are served first. People are greeted by either “sir” or “ma’am.” It’s all just another example of the discrimination inflicted on “gender-expansive people,” says the New York Times.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Big Tranny

Quebec media pen letter denouncing criminal trial held in secret, kept off docket

The heads of major Quebec newsrooms penned an open letter Wednesday denouncing a criminal trial involving a police informant held entirely in secret and kept off the official court docket.

The existence of the trial only became public because the police informant accused in the case appealed his or her conviction, and the appeals court issued a heavily redacted ruling in late February critical of the lower court proceedings.

A letter signed by the newsroom leaders of the province’s major media outlets, including The Canadian Press, stated their indignation and deep concern over the “shadow trial” revealed in a judgment rendered by the Quebec Court of Appeal, which was first published by La Presse.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Racist graffiti at California high school perpetrated by black students, sheriff’s office says

Two black female students at a California high school were identified as the culprits in writing racist graffiti that included the N-word and had drawn condemnation from school district officials.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office identified the two students as responsible for the graffiti written on the wall of Rosemont High School in Sacramento, California, by reviewing school surveillance footage.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Hate crime hoax

The FBI ‘Doesn’t Know’ Where Hunter’s Laptop Is

“So where is it? The Laptop?” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) clown-slapped the assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Bryan A. Vorndran, on Tuesday when Vorndran admitted he didn’t have “any information” on the whereabouts of Hunter Biden’s “laptop from hell.”

‘Today Is Just a Small Taste’: Grassley Drops New Hunter Biden Documents

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•WTF?

Kelly McParland: Liberals’ vote-pandering pact with the NDP is a presage of politics to come

Liberal party members seem well pleased with the deal struck with the New Democrats, as well they might. The agreement solves several problems, in particular their ongoing difficulty attracting popular support in the usual manner.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Canada

WTF?

White people shouldn’t speak about what happened at the Oscars because of their “white lens.” Ableism, misogyny, white supremacy.. something something… insufferable. pic.twitter.com/MJei12UPp7

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) March 30, 2022

White outrage about Will Smith’s slap is rooted in anti-Blackness. It’s inequality in plain sight

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•WTF?

FEC fines DNC and Clinton for Trump dossier hoax

The Federal Election Commission has fined the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for lying about the funding of the infamous, and discredited, Russian “dossier” used in a smear attempt against Donald Trump weeks before he shocked the world with his 2016 presidential victory.

The election agency said that Clinton and the DNC violated strict rules on describing expenditures of payments funneled to the opposition research firm Fusion GPS through their law firm.

H/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•Trump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?

NY taxpayers will pay $850 million for Buffalo Bills’ new stadium

Taxpayers would be on the hook for $850 million in construction costs for a new Buffalo Bills stadium under a deal announced by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday, which would make it the largest direct public subsidy for a National Football League stadium in history.

Hochul’s office on Monday unveiled a three-way agreement between the state, Erie County and the football club to build a new $1.4 billion stadium with at least 60,000 seats in the town of Orchard Park, the team’s longtime home.

New York is giving the Buffalo Bills $850 million in taxpayer funds for a new stadium, the biggest pro sports subsidy of all time.

Three days ago, NY announced a $800 million cut to children and family services.

The Bills owner is worth $5.8 billion.https://t.co/ELNdzXySI9

— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) March 29, 2022

Anybody touting a study purporting to show that tax payer “investment” in a Rich Man’s stadium to house a Rich Man’s sports team is a win win is a liar liar.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•USA, WTF?

In villages near Kyiv, how Ukraine has kept Russia’s army at bay

LUKYANIVKA, Ukraine, March 29 (Reuters) – The burnt wreckage of two Russian tanks with blown off turrets and several armoured personnel carriers attest the ferocity of last week’s clashes in Lukyanivka village just outside Kyiv. The charred corpse of a Russian soldier lies in a field nearby.

“There were mortars so strong that it was scary even in the cellar,” local resident Valeriy Hudym told Reuters on Sunday, two days after Ukrainian soldiers seized back control of Lukyanivka in a five-hour battle with the Russians.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Arabs: Biden Administration Harming US interests

Many Arabs are continuing to express deep disappointment with the policies of the Biden administration in the Middle East, especially regarding Iran’s role in destabilizing security and stability in Arab countries that once trusted the US as a reliable and trustworthy ally.

These Arabs say that President Joe Biden is following in the footsteps of former President Barack Obama, who preferred to reach a nuclear deal with Iran at the expense of Washington’s Arab friends and allies in the Middle East.

The Arabs are further saying that the policies and actions of the Biden administration are harming not only America’s allies, but also the interests of the US.

Joe don’t know.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden"

Paris attacks defendant refuses to answer suicide vest questions

The main suspect on trial for the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks has refused to explain his exact role in the series of suicide bombings and shootings that left 130 people dead and many more injured.

It was supposed to be the most anticipated day in the nine-month trial as Salah Abdeslam took the stand on Wednesday to explain why he had not activated his suicide vest on 13 November 2015.

However, there were groans from victims as well as friends and family present in the Paris court, when he announced: “I am exercising my right to remain silent.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Putin Being Misled by Advisors ‘Afraid to Tell Him the Truth’ About Ukraine

U.S. intelligence officials say that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisors are misinforming him about how his military is performing in its invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday said there is tension between the Russian leader and his senior defense officials who are “afraid to tell him the truth” and Putin feels misled about the military in Ukraine, according to the Associated Press.

by Blazingcatfur•March 30, 2022March 30, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"