Brimming with weapons, Ukraine is a gunrunner’s paradise in waiting

Georgiy Uchaykin slipped the knife from his pocket and slashed the freezing air of the shooting range in downtown Kyiv. One cutting arc, then another stab.

“Look,” said the 56-year-old chairman of the Ukrainian Gun Owners Association (UGOA). “When men come at you with a knife you don’t have much time. They move quickly.” He pointed the knife towards me. “That’s why gun owners train themselves to draw and shoot within one and a half seconds.”

Uchaykin, a bald, heavy-set man wearing jeans and T-shirt, grinned. “You can’t overstate the importance of guns.” He said he had started teaching his grandson to shoot when the boy turned seven.

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

‘No Canadian dream’: Meet some who want to join a 51st U.S. state

EDMONTON – Jordon Kosikowie has been thinking a lot about what would happen if Alberta joined the United States.

The 35-year-old works in the oil and gas industry in the Edmonton area and says life has been hard in recent years. So he’s open to the idea if it brings more prosperity.

“If there’s an opportunity for me to put more money into my pocket, why not converse about it?” said Kosikowie, who runs a Facebook group for Albertans who want to be a part of a 51st U.S. state. The group has grown to 1,000 members since it was created a few months ago.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

How F-35s became the new Tesla

They are the most advanced fighter jets in the world, capable of flying at 1,200mph while staying virtually invisible to enemy radar, equipped with unrivalled surveillance capabilities and a devastating array of missiles.

Every year roughly 150 new state-of-the-art planes, which have quickly become the backbone of modern Western air forces, rise from a base in Fort Worth, Texas, for delivery around the world.

But serious doubts about the programme that brings billions of dollars into the US have emerged in recent weeks due to one burning question – can allies rely on America any more?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Gen Z consumers say Buy Canadian movement is unaffordable

Gen Z Shopping in the Buy Canadian era

Like many postsecondary students, Charlotte Fowler is careful about how she spends her money.

Her books and clothes are bought locally, often from thrift stores. She takes a pass on the $6 baskets of blueberries. And as much as she’d like to get behind the Buy Local movement and avoid anything from the United States, she said spending extra isn’t something she can afford.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Primary school scraps Easter service to ‘respect’ other religions

A primary school has scrapped its annual Easter celebration and service in order to “respect diverse religious beliefs”.

The announcement has been criticised in online comments, with one suggesting that Christmas celebrations will be cancelled next.

Norwood Primary School in Eastleigh, Hants, sent a letter to parents and carers informing them that neither their Easter Bonnet Parade nor their Easter Service would be held this year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Trump envoy dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for an international force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine has been dismissed as “a posture and a pose” by Donald Trump’s special envoy.

Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking “we have all got to be like Winston Churchill”.

In an interview with pro-Trump journalist Tucker Carlson, Witkoff praised Vladimir Putin, saying he “liked” the Russian president.

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

Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals pledge to make Canada a superpower after years of preventing it

Sunday’s edition of the Financial Times included the oft-made observation that Canada is brimming with potential, and the oft-made conclusion that this country would be much better off if it simply developed its God-given gifts.

The article, Unlocking Canada’s Superpower Potential by Tej Parikh, made the bullish case for this country’s future prospects: Canada is geographically huge and loaded with natural resources — on paper, at least, it has the makings of an actual global superpower.

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

Hacker claims responsibility for replacing NYU’s website with apparent test scores, racial epithet

A dark web user has claimed responsibility for briefly hacking New York University’s website Saturday, and replacing it with what appeared to be student test scores and an apparent racial epithet.

Instead of the usual images of college athletes and the Greenwich Village campus, the site instead featured a black background with green writing showing a message along with charts of what were purported to be SAT and ACT scores and GPAs for students in 2024, divided by race.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Affirmative Action", "Anti-White Racism", "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion"

McTEAGUE: Don’t let the Liberals fool you on electric cars

The Liberals’ carbon tax ploy is utterly shameless. For years they’ve been telling us that the Carbon Tax was a hallmark of Canadian patriotism, that it was the best way to save the planet, that it was really a “price on pollution,” which would ultimately benefit the little guy, in the form of a rebate in which Canadians would get back all the money they paid in, and more!

Meanwhile big, faceless Captain Planet villain corporations — who are out there wrecking the planet for the sheer fun of it! — will shoulder the whole burden.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Inside the Antarctic research base: ‘entitled men, endless beer’

Ice Station Resident
Ice Station Resident

Claims of a violently jealous love triangle, an attack with a carving knife, free-flowing beer and sexual harassment. At the remote research stations of the Antarctic, the human condition is challenged by the most basic urges.

The recent plea for rescue over safety fears about an allegedly unstable colleague at an ice-locked base is the latest instance of dramas and abuse that are as old as Antarctic research.

An uneasy calm has been restored to South Africa’s Sanae IV station, but winter is coming. Months of darkness and brutal weather will increase pressure on the nine-strong crew who are isolated until the end of the year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s theft of Poilievre’s platform has turned into a farce

If Mark Carney and the Liberals are best equipped to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in a tariff war, why have they stolen their election platform from Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives?

This ongoing theft has reached farcical levels, given that the Liberals’ economic record of their 10 years in power, as well as Carney’s own statements before entering politics, indicate they don’t believe in what they’re promising and will abandon most if not all of it if re-elected.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party, Election 2025