German government begins razing the forest that acted as a backdrop for many a Grimm’s fairy tale, to make way for wind turbines

Say “verabschiedung” to the magical woodlands that inspired the backdrop for many a Grimm’s fairy tale—or I suppose more appropriately given the shift in demographics, “مع السلامة”—as the German government has officially commenced a controversial deforestation initiative.

My colleague Monica Showalter wrote an excellent and in-depth analysis almost two years ago on the government’s proposal to axe large swathes of Germany’s most famous, and “1,000-year-old”  forest to make way for wind turbines—which you can read here—and the project has finally commenced.

 

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", WTF?

‘Profound Moral Bankruptcy’: Fierce Reaction to Ivy League Presidents Saying Calls for Jewish Genocide Are ‘Context-Dependent’

Since the painful testimony from three Ivy League university presidents took place Tuesday, social media has been awash with criticism for the women and the institutions themselves after they said that calls for the genocide of Jews had to be put in the proper “context” before action could be taken.

The chairwoman of the House Republican conference, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, asked the three presidents a fairly simple question: “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?”

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Trump terror is back

Articles in the forthcoming edition of the Atlantic are bound together by a shared theme, one that will be familiar to readers of the magazine over the past seven years. In the January/February issue of the publication, 24 writers “imagine what a second Trump term would look like”, with new pieces spread across the Atlantic’s website.
David Frum heralds the “the danger ahead”; Caitlin Dickerson cautions against Trump’s “anything-goes approach to immigration enforcement”; Anne Applebaum predicts “the end of American influence”. 
Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Depravity that defies comprehension: Women raped – whether alive or dead.

Horrified witnesses to Hamas’s October 7 massacre have been left suicidal, with at least one person already taking their own life, it has been reported.

It comes amid the release of testimonies given by those who saw the terror attack first hand – or were among the first at the scene in the days that followed.

Survivors and witnesses to October 7 have said Israeli women were raped – whether they were alive or dead – and tortured in unimaginably cruel ways.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence

The myth of the xenophobic working class

Ordinary Brits have long led far more ‘diverse’ lives than the elites who scorn them.

I was raised in a socially conservative, patriotic and very traditional household, of which my grandparents were the heads. They instilled in me what they would have called ‘British values’, and these have guided me through much of my life.

I grew up during the 1960s and 1970s in the knowledge that I was a ‘half-caste’ lad, born into a working-class family in Devon, an almost entirely white area. It slowly dawned on my child’s mind that, due to the reactions of some adults, having a parent from another country – especially one that was populated by brown people – marked me out as being unusual, perhaps very different. I did not feel different, but I became aware that others might see me as such.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Identity Politics"

Israel and Hamas fight house-to-house battles across Gaza

Israeli forces and Hamas are fighting house-to-house battles along the length of the Gaza Strip, with devastating consequences for the civilian population amid a complete collapse in humanitarian relief.

As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been fighting their way through badly bomb-damaged urban areas in northern and southern Gaza, Hamas has increasingly relied on improvised bombs to inflict casualties and slow down the assault.

Gaza’s hospitals have reported a flood of civilian dead and injured, many of them women and children, as medical supplies dwindle, while the spread of ground combat to the south has stopped any delivery of humanitarian aid much further than the Rafah crossing point with Egypt.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Ethnic movie reviews …

Movie reviewers

3 GTA movie theatres evacuated due to unknown substance; police investigating

Police are investigating after hundreds of moviegoers were evacuated from three separate theatres in the GTA on Tuesday night following reports of substances being leaked into the buildings.

… Police say the movie being shown at the time was an Indian Hindi-language film.

This has been an ongoing problem.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Julia Malott: The nonsense left can’t accept that most everyone loves Christmas

In a recent statement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we learned that Christmas is not racist.

This clarification, while reassuring, highlights a troubling trend that a holiday with religious origins is being challenged as racist and discriminatory at all. This matter isn’t rooted in the holiday’s current essence or practice, but stems from the mere acknowledgment of Christmas as a national holiday at all. It’s a concerning fate for a holiday that for most Canadians is secular in all but its namesake.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke"

‘Conservatives are going to ruin your vacation’: Pierre Poilievre threatens to block business in the House of Commons

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre threatened Wednesday to throw a massive wrench into the machinery of Parliament unless Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exempts more people from having to pay the carbon price.

Between proposing thousands of legislative amendments to forcing hundreds of votes on individual government spending plans, Poilievre vowed his party will not let the Trudeau Liberals take their Christmas break without changing their carbon pricing program.

“You’ve ruined Christmas for Canadians,” Poilievre said in a speech to his MPs Wednesday morning, in reference to the current cost of living pressures facing Canadians and that he blames in part on the carbon pricing program.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

He’s Got $250 Million to Spend on Communist Revolution

Fergie Chambers – spoiled rich kid with no boundaries

Nestled into the mountains of the Upper Valley in New Hampshire, up a semi-paved road in a house next to a tiny cemetery lined with white picket fencing, Fergie Chambers, 38, leans over his kitchen island, worrying over his commune.

“It feels like we’re throwing the same half-assed solutions at this over and over again and hoping it will yield something different,” he groans into his iPhone, which is on speaker. Fergie’s slight, but buff, on account of his multiple times a day martial arts training and competitions. His hair is cut short. A silver boxing glove dangles from one of his ears. He is covered in tattoos, including a double portrait of Stalin and Mao inked onto his thigh. He looks as if the phrase “Fuck you, Mom and Dad” were a person.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

North Koreans ‘sealed off and starved to death in pandemic’

North Koreans starved to death during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent defector from the country, who also described the execution of a man for listening to South Korean music.

The man, identified only as Kim, escaped last May with eight other members of his family, including young children, and made the dangerous escape to South Korea by boat. His account is impossible to verify independently but, if accurate, it suggests that food shortages in parts of North Korea have been worse than many outside observers have assumed.

Justin is salivating.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNorth Korea, WTF?