Author: Blazingcatfur

The Intimidation and Unfair Enforcement of Detroit’s Election

City election workers cheered as Republicans were dragged out by police.

The Trump campaign attempted to use legal challenges of the election in Detroit as a last-ditch effort to win the presidency. It was a fruitless effort, as the final certification in Michigan gave Biden a 154,000-vote edge. The Trump campaign withdrew the federal lawsuit November 19.

But the lawsuit’s over 100 affidavits did reveal that in Detroit, the election was conducted in a totally partisan manner, where bias, secrecy, and intimidation were omnipresent.  

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Presidential Election 2020"

Minneapolis momentum is being crushed by the crime wave

The city was rebranding for a vibrant future, but today you can’t go to the grocery store without fear of being attacked.

Elaine, a front-line health care worker in Minneapolis, was putting groceries in the trunk of her car recently, in a crowded parking lot at the Uptown Kowalski’s Market, giving her high-alert system a break, as most of us do when some benign activity consumes our attention. It was 5:15 p.m.

A moment later, a car blaring loud music pulled up behind hers, trapping her at her own car’s trunk. Someone got out of the car and punched Elaine to the ground. An accomplice wrested her handbag from her arm. In the next instant, the car and assailants were gone. It was again a regular evening, just after dark, in a busy parking lot in Uptown.

The robbery had happened so fast that no one had even noticed. Elaine, my colleague’s mom, a 60-plus year-old woman, beaten and robbed, her eye already swelling shut, had to pull herself up from the ground and stumble into the store for help.

Go inccognito

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Depolicing"

How Diego Maradona Made Me A Soccer Fan

It was the summer of 1990 and my parents had taken me and my little brother to Mexico for a vacation. At 15 I was able to go to bars in Cozumel. I can’t recall if I told my parents that was where I was going, though they probably knew. As it turned out, all of the locals and even many non-American tourists were all focused on a sporting event that I, a rather voracious sports fan barely even knew existed, the World Cup. On the early ’90s versions of big screen bar TVs, I saw him for the first time, tiny and squat in his sky blue striped jersey. A magician with the ball whose name I would soon learn was Diego Armando Maradona.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPassings

Police arrest 3 after protest-related vandalism in SE Portland

Police arrest 3 after protest-related vandalism in SE Portland

Police in Portland, Oregon arrested three people early Thursday morning after receiving a report that some vandals were smashing windows and spray-painting buildings.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter, Antifa

Here’s the Part of Sidney Powell’s Lawsuit That Could Impact the Outcome of the Election

Look, it hasn’t been a pleasant experience watching the Trump legal team and its allies lead the offensive regarding the avalanche of allegations concerning voter irregularities and fraud. You’re never going to convince me Joe Biden won fair and square, but the effort to prove voter fraud has been a mess. It’s a high bar to convince a judge that ballots should be tossed. It should be—and for the most part, the Trump team has not been successful…until now. This week, the Trump campaign scored a huge win in Nevada where they will be allowed to present evidence of fraud and make their case conceding shoddy ballots. Will it be enough? Will it meet the threshold? We shall see. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Presidential Election 2020"

Asylum-seeker pupil who joined school as 15-year-old but ‘looks 40’ stays in class but ‘not taught with other students’

A SCHOOL pupil who joined a Coventry school claiming to be a 15-year-old boy as parents feared he ‘looked like a 40-year-old’ is now being taught apart from other pupils.

Parents at the school in Coventry raised concerns after the asylum-seeker student – who appeared to be a balding, adult male – joined the school in October.

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

Province expands probe to other projects following alleged $11M theft of COVID-19 relief funds

Covid hero civil servant

The investigation into the alleged embezzlement of $11 million of pandemic relief funds is being expanded to include past information technology projects at Queen’s Park, the Star has learned.

A Toronto couple and their two adult sons, who all worked as Ontario government computer specialists, are alleged to have been involved in the theft of millions of dollars in provincial COVID-19 aid.

Documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court say “some or all of” Sanjay Madan, Shalini Madan, their sons Chinmaya Madan and Ujjawal Madan, and their associate Vidhan Singh allegedly perpetrated “a massive fraud” to funnel cash to hundreds of bank accounts.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Public Service Union Predator Class

‘Dead to me’: Eric Clapton slammed for collaborating with Van Morrison on anti-lockdown song

The announcement that Eric Clapton and Van Morrison have teamed up on a song critical of Covid-19 lockdowns has the legendary musicians facing a barrage of criticism on social media — before anyone has even heard the tune.

The single, titled ‘Stand and Deliver,’ was written by Morrison and performed by Clapton and will be released on December 4. Proceeds from the song will support Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund, which provides assistance to musicians struggling financially due to lockdown measures preventing many live music performances.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Johns Hopkins Study Saying COVID-19 Has ‘Relatively No Effect on Deaths’ in U.S. Deleted After Publication

Johns Hopkins Study Saying COVID-19 Has ‘Relatively No Effect on Deaths’ in U.S. Deleted After Publication

Conventional wisdom is that COVID-19 has caused thousands of deaths in the United States and nearly 1.5 million worldwide. This perception has been directly challenged by a study published by Johns Hopkins University on Sunday, November 22.

Luckily, a back-up copy remains on The Wayback Machine

Here’s a PDF of the article I made A closer look at U.S deaths due to COVID-19

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Trump Team: Pennsylvania Senate Shouldn’t Certify ‘Compromised’ Election

Trump Team: Pennsylvania Senate Shouldn’t Certify ‘Compromised’ Election

President Donald Trump’s legal team has called for the Pennsylvania state Senate not to certify the election results, potentially opening up a path for the GOP to send their own electors to the Electoral College.

“You are the best constitutionally-invested entity to do that,” said Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis at a GOP-held event in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. “You have a variety of options in front of you.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Presidential Election 2020"

Canadians showing coronavirus fatigue, though most still support government measures: poll

Canadians showing coronavirus fatigue, though most still support government measures: poll

A majority of Canadians say they still agree with prolonged shutdowns and restrictions to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to a new poll — though almost half say they are getting tired of those same precautions.

According to new polling from Ipsos, over seven out of 10 Canadians indicated support for a four-week shutdown of non-essential businesses in order to combat Canada’s growing numbers of new COVID-19 cases, while another 87 per cent say they intend to continue taking health precautions seriously until the spring.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Majority of French Consider Violent Migrant Camp Removal by Police Justified, Poll Reveals

Over 70 percent of the French believe that the controversial police operation on dismantling a migrant camp in central Paris earlier this week was justified, throwing their support behind law enforcement officers rather than the organizers of the migrants gathering, according to IFOP poll for the CNEWS news released on Friday.

The police operation was conducted on Monday evening and prompted an outcry in France, as videos and photos of police using violent methods against migrants were distributed on the Internet.

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