Author: Blazingcatfur

The strange silence over slaughtered Nigerian Christians is ending

Douglas Todd: More people in the West are overcoming ignorance or indifference to learn about the atrocities being visited upon many church members in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

There are many reasons that massacres of Nigerian Christians haven’t received much media attention in the West, particularly compared with the coverage of conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.

And one of those reasons is that many Nigerians, including in Canada, are afraid to speak out publicly against the atrocities carried out by Jihadist extremists and others, some of which occur during worship services. NGOs estimate tens of thousands of deaths and abductions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians, Nigeria

The Burning of Bethany Magee

What one more horrific attack reveals about violence, failure, and our fraying social compact.

I’m haunted by what happened to Bethany MaGee. Haunted by how, in the midst of something as ordinary as a subway journey, she found herself doused with gasoline and set ablaze. Haunted that she’s now in a burn unit fighting for her life. Haunted at the thought that, even if she survives, she’ll likely be scarred for life, not simply from the burns themselves, but from the emotional trauma.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Justice"

Zelenskyy faces ‘mini-revolution’ as Yermak’s fall reshapes Ukraine’s wartime power system

Ukraine’s political system is bracing for a “mini-revolution” as the county’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is forced to adapt to life without his closest adviser, chief enforcer and most loyal associate, Andriy Yermak, who resigned on Friday after his apartment was searched as part of a widening anti-corruption probe.

Yermak’s resignation could have tremendous consequences for domestic governance, as well as for Ukraine’s negotiating position in talks over ending the war with Russia, where he had served as the head of Ukraine’s delegation to peace talks with the White House.

“It’s a mini-revolution in the political system and the governance system,” said Kyiv-based political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko. “Yermak was the key element in the system of power that Zelensky had built.”

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

Fresh Reporting on Asylum Seekers at the U.S.-Canadian Border

This week I published an article, months in the works, that followed the dramatic efforts of a senior nurse and the mother of two who had been living as an unauthorized immigrant in the United States for 22 years, as she tried to legally join her Canadian brother here.

We’re expected to bend over and accept every “refugee” that knocks on our door or we’ll be called racists by our so called elites.

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

When the ‘Big Mute’ Speaks Out

“The Russians are coming!” Throughout the Cold War, that phrase expressed the anxiety felt by Western democracies about the possibility of a surprise nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Half jest, the tongue-in-cheek quip evoked Russian chief Nikita Khrushchev’s notorious braggadocio in 1956 addressed to Western powers: “We will bury you!”

Later in an address at the United Nations, the Communist leader hinted that the promised burial could come by the year 2000.

By 1992, however, another phrase was making the rounds in Western capitals: “The Russians are going!”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inRussia

Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May.

The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the mosque, as his two predecessors had done.

The Vatican said in a statement Leo undertook the tour “in a spirit of reflection and listening, with deep respect for the place and for the faith of those who gather there in prayer”…. and want to cut our heads off.

Related: William pays visit to severely ill children from Gaza

William like his Dad seems infatuated with Islam. I hope Canada ceases to pony up the 50 million or so we pay for the upkeep of this degenerate “Royal Family”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCatholic Church

This Is War

Violent Muslims in Denmark – every western nation has had enough of this shit on their streets

The day before Thanksgiving, a “thoroughly vetted” military age male, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, decided he had pressing matters to attend to that didn’t involve spending the holiday expressing gratitude to the United States for granting him asylum and giving him an unearned and unprecedented opportunity to build a life here, rather than languish another half century in that squalid dump we call Afghanistan. Rather, he decided that jihad took precedence, and opened fire on two National Guardsmen who were spending their holiday not with family, but on the streets of our own squalid dump we call Washington D.C., in an effort to keep its beleaguered citizens safe.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Advocates fear Liberals have abandoned election pledges on animal welfare

My brothers, well 3 of them. I am the youngest. Two more to follow. No date and I don’t recognize the location or the kitten.

MPs and animal-welfare groups fear the federal government has put on hold an election promise to bring forward bills designed to alleviate animal suffering, and that they are no longer a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The Liberals promised to bring forward two animal welfare bills if they won the election: One to ban the export of live horses overseas for slaughter, and a second to outlaw elephants and great apes in zoos and circuses. But neither bill has been introduced since Mr. Carney’s election win.

The Liberal Party Hates Kittens and Puppies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

French mayor’s nativity display sparks protests

A nativity scene in a French town hall has sparked protests against its apparent violation of the country’s secularism laws.

The centre-Right mayor of Beziers, in southern France, has gone ahead with the Christmas display despite public buildings in France being banned from using religious iconography.

Demonstrators gathered outside the town hall in southern France on Saturday booing and whistling Robert Ménard, the mayor.

The French can be so irritating.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSecularism

Hands off our candidates: Grassroots Tories push back against party brass in a struggle over who chooses who runs

OTTAWA—Frustrated grassroots Conservatives are mounting efforts to wrest control of candidate nominations away from senior party officials, as members prepare for a national convention where Pierre Poilievre is set to face a critical test of his leadership.

The Conservative party’s national convention will be held at the end of January in Calgary, near the rural riding where Poilievre clinched his parliamentary comeback after the loss of his Ottawa-area seat and a bruising election defeat earlier this year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

‘End of an Era‘: MTV Pulling Plug on Global Music Channels

London (AFP) – MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its debut music video.

More than four decades later, the channel, now owned by US media giant Paramount Skydance, will wind down its international music broadcasting by the end of the year as it struggles to compete with online streaming and social media.

So long.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMusic, Music Industry

Canada at the defence crossroads: The challenges of thinking long-term

Canada’s Air Superiority Fighter Sub

Witnessing the ongoing public debate about fighter jets and submarines this fall has felt a lot like watching people argue over baseball, hockey or some other team sport.

Naturally, it has been particularly uncompromising online where the characteristics and quirks of each aircraft and boat have been analyzed to the nth degree with the kind of fan worship usually reserved for pro franchises.

Those who love the F-35, love it a lot. The same can be said for the Gripen. The mania is dialled back somewhat in the debate over whether to choose the South Korean KS-III submarine or Germany’s Type 12CD, but it’s still present.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"