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War in Ukraine: Backlash in Russia against anti-war musicians … Tell Neil Youngski to remember a Moscow man don’t need him round anyhow

A few days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one of Russia’s largest media companies, Russian Media Group (RMG), released a statement explaining why it would no longer be playing certain artists on its popular radio stations or music TV channel.

“The reason for this decision was the harsh statements these musicians made towards Russia in the context of the difficult situation between Russia and Ukraine,” the statement read.

It explained that respect for its listeners was the company’s top priority, and the “arrogant and contemptuous attitude of the musicians towards Russian listeners” left it no choice but to terminate its contract with the artists.

Unleashing Neil Young on the Russians would be a war crime.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022March 21, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia", WTF?

‘It’s either kill or be killed’: the South Americans going to fight in Ukraine

From anti-communist groups in Brazil to former Colombian police, a broad spectrum are hoping to take up arms against Putin

Emílio Teixeira Alarcón thinks he knows exactly how he will feel after slaying his first Russian soldier.

“Mission accomplished,” shrugged the Brazilian army reservist. “In war, it’s either kill or be killed.”

“If I get someone in my crosshairs and don’t shoot, he might shoot me. It’s just like a game of paintball,” he added, as the mid-morning sun bathed his home in north Rio.

Kyiv calling: famous Clash anthem reborn as call to arms

The Clash have given their blessing to a new version of their song London Calling by a Ukrainian punk band called Beton. Kyiv Calling, recorded near the frontline, has lyrics that call upon the rest of the world to support the defence of the country from Russian invaders.

All proceeds of what is now billed as a “war anthem” will go to the Free Ukraine Resistance Movement (FURM) to help fund a shared communications system that will alert the population to threats and lobby for international support.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Putin’s Best-Laid Plans

It’s foolish to speculate about the future course of a war, but three weeks into Mr. Putin’s War, it’s evident that Russia’s Plan A laid an egg.

Apparently, Plan A was, more or less, to win a stunning, virtually bloodless victory in the vein of Russia’s Little Green Men taking over Crimea in 2014 with only about a half-dozen deaths on all sides.

Airborne troops would seize Kiev’s Hostomel cargo airport, establishing an air bridge in the capital’s suburbs. The Kiev government would ignominiously collapse and the Russian conquerors would be cheered by their millions of Ukrainian supporters. Numerous popular Ukrainian politicians, many of them on the Kremlin’s payroll, would jockey to be Moscow’s new best friend in Kiev.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

How many more women will be sacrificed to trans ideology?

The NHS is in denial about the dangers of ‘trans inclusive’ wards.

There are times when ‘I told you so’ seems glib, when you don’t want to be proved right. What follows is one such example.

In August last year, I wrote for spiked about the need for single-sex hospital wards. I ended the piece with a question: ‘How many female patients will be placed in danger before the NHS realises that sex still matters?’ What I didn’t know when the piece was published was that there was already one woman who had been raped on a single-sex hospital ward. And to comply with NHS guidelines, her male attacker had been accommodated in line with his gender identity as a transwoman.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022March 20, 2022•0•Big Tranny

The Decomposition of Cuba’s Communist Regime

A massive protest movement broke out in Cuba on July 11, 2021. Food, medicine, and electricity shortages exacerbated by the COVID pandemic were pushing an already desperate, oppressed, and impoverished nation to the brink of rebellion.

Demonstrators used the internet—which has only been legally available in the country since 2018—to coordinate action in large and small cities across the island.

“Freedom…I felt free. I have never experienced in my life something so spectacular and wonderful. You had to have lived it to understand,” one Cuban citizen, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution from the Cuban government, told Reason.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022March 20, 2022•0•Cuba

Disney World freaks out over high school drill team

Immediately after coming down strongly in favor of teaching kindergarteners about so-called “transexuals,” Florida’s Disney World is now desperately sorry that a high school drill team from Texas used cheers that “stereotyped” Native Americans. That fact that these “stereotypes” were exactly the type of behavior in which Native Americans proudly engaged was irrelevant to the uber-woke company that is more interested in pandering to college faculty lounges than to the Americans who still pour money into that increasingly sleazy, disreputable company.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"Peak Woke"

The Hunter Biden disinformation campaign

It wasn’t Russian propaganda; it was Democrats and the media trying to hide the truth

Democrats are obsessed with the idea that when they lose elections it must be because of outside forces, usually some sort of Russian. But what we know now is that if anyone has been manipulating our once precious democracy, it has been the Democrats.

The latest findings by the Durham investigation make clear that the 2016 Clinton campaign paid for and implemented a massive disinformation strategy to falsely link Donald Trump to Russia, and then worked the intelligence services of the United States and the mainstream media to drive that narrative deep into the American psyche.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden"

How Hollywood destroyed Michael Cimino

Talent alone couldn’t keep the lights on

Of all the downfalls in Hollywood history, Michael Cimino’s haunts me the most, destroyed by his artistic ambitions in a corporate town whose rules he didn’t want to play by. Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich may come close, but they never ruined an entire movement or destroyed a film studio. In a single stroke of hubris and artistic obsession, Cimino burnt down the New Hollywood that created him with just one movie: Heaven’s Gate (1980).

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•Hollywood

10 Realities of Ukraine

One — Reassuring an enemy what one will not do ensures that the enemy will do just that and more. Unpredictability and occasional enigmatic silence bolster deterrence. But President Joe Biden’s predictable reassurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will show restraint means Putin likely will not.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

The Vicarious Ukrainian Nationalism of the Liberal Elite

They would much rather shout “Slava Ukraini” than “God Bless America.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday. Never has one man united the political elite in such admiration. Zelenskyy’s video message drew standing ovations from lawmakers and effusive praise from journalists. His message to American lawmakers: intervene, even if it leads to World War III.

The rapturous reception to Zelenskyy demonstrates a curious phenomenon. Many Americans, particularly liberals, have embraced Ukrainian nationalism.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Parents up in arms against an Ontario school board’s move to keep masks on

TORONTO — As students in Canada’s most populous province return to mask-free classes after two years on Monday, one Ontario school board is facing backlash for defying the province’s decision to drop masks, potentially setting the stage for a clash on a contentious pandemic issue.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

While Americans Can’t Afford Gas, House Dems Pass “Dreadlocks Discrimination Act”

The GOP generic ballot advantage is only +9? Nancy Pelosi would like to see it go up to +12.

While Americans can’t afford gas or meat, the House Democrats passed this ridiculous bit of black nationalist nonsense.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•WTF?

NATO head urges Canada, other allies to do more on defence commitments

Canada has not spent more than 2% of its GDP on defence in decades

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says he appreciates Canada’s commitments so far, but expects all allies “to do more” and follow up on pledges to spend at least two per cent of gross domestic product on defence.

Stoltenberg stopped short of explicitly asking for Canada to hit that mark in its upcoming federal budget, referring instead to previous NATO agreements dating back to 2014 that commit allies to increase spending and focus on a GDP target of two per cent.

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•Canada, NATO

WTF?

Imagine being so privileged that you have so much extra time on your hands to be busy with this garbage pic.twitter.com/jevbGLsmEm

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) March 18, 2022

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•WTF?

‘Don’t be naive’: China refuses to condemn Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

China’s ambassador to the United States defended the Chinese government’s refusal to condemn Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, telling a TV anchor not to be “naive” as the U.S. urges China to help stop the Kremlin’s invasion.

While the U.S. criticizes China for its “at least tacit approval” of Russia’s invasion, China has repeatedly sought to lay blame at the feet of the U.S., calling it one of the “culprits of the crisis.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Ukraine - Russia", USA