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Have we reached ‘peak meat’? Asks The Guardian.

Ingrid de Sain is one of thousands of dairy farmers in the Netherlands who says she sometimes lies awake at night. Since a court ruling in 2019 which found the Dutch were breaking European environmental law, her farm of 100 cows in north Holland has been illegal.

Like the other 2,500-plus farmers whose environmental permission was suddenly invalid, she wants a future where she can earn a living and farm legally again.

The Netherlands is first to face questions scientists believe will soon come to all intensively farmed areas: how can we balance the needs of the environment with the way we farm and grow? Have we reached “peak meat”, like peak oil: so much livestock, so much local pollution, that the only sustainable future is in reduction? They’re questions the US, the world’s largest producer of beef, will also soon have to answer.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•"Eat Government Bugs", "Environmentalists", WTF?

Disturbing Video Shows Last Moments of Patient’s Life After Mask Dispute at Toronto Hospital

A disturbing video of an altercation between two hospital security guards and Stephanie Warriner—a patient who lost consciousness and never woke up after the interaction over her mask being pulled down under her chin—has been published by various media outlets.

On Jan. 12, CTV News Toronto released new video footage showing 43-year Warriner being confronted by guards Amanda Rojas-Silva, 42, and Shane Hutley, 35, at Toronto General Hospital on May 11, 2020. The two guards were later charged with manslaughter and “criminal negligence by unlawful confinement/restraint causing death.”

TORONTO- Stephanie Warriner, 43, went to Hospital with chronic beathing issues but because she had her mask under her nose she “ended up in an altercation with 4 security guards that led to her death”

A judge ruled no rules were broken. Just her life🤷‍♀️

pic.twitter.com/kp4DnkXxT9

— Bernie's Tweets (@BernieSpofforth) January 16, 2023

More … Outrageous but unsurprising: Canadian judge tosses case against guards who killed a woman for not wearing a mask

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, WTF?

German defence minister resigns after blunders

Germany’s Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned following a series of blunders and PR disasters.

It comes as Berlin comes under rising pressure to allow the delivery of German-built battle tanks to Ukraine.

Ms Lambrecht was mocked for her announcement that Germany was supporting Ukraine by sending 5,000 military helmets.

She was also widely criticised for failing to improve Germany’s notoriously ill-equipped armed forces.

This was despite the provision of €100bn (£88bn) for that task following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•"Ukraine - Russia", Germany, WTF?

Iran spying: Canadian firm’s axed 2019 deal raises questions about working with regime

Don’t believe a thing this lying punk says.

A small Canadian telecom service firm is taking issue with a tech watchdog’s report that it discussed working with an alleged front company to help Iranian officials spy on civilians.

Citizen Lab, the Toronto-based digital and human rights organization, alleged in a Monday report that Port Coquitlam, B.C.-based PortaOne was involved in 2019 discussions to help set up a new mobile phone service in the Islamic Republic, which is now facing a massive wave of upheaval.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•Canada, Iran

Afghan asylum seeker who lied he was a minor is charged with beating man to death – blames Taliban

An Afghan asylum seeker accused of murdering a reveller during a row over an e-scooter broke down in tears today as he claimed his parents were killed by the Taliban and detailed the alleged torture he endured.

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21, was charged with the murder of aspiring Royal Marine Thomas Roberts, 21, outside a Subway sandwich shop in Bournemouth on March 12 last year, having allegedly stabbed him twice in the chest with a ’10cm blade’.

Giving evidence for the first time today at Salisbury Crown Court, Abdulrahimzai sobbed as he described the abuse he claims he endured at the hands of the Taliban and how the insurgents killed his parents after ‘bombing’ his home.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Sounds like the most awful neighborhood in Toronto …

Agents of change

A small neighbourhood in Toronto has built a program to help residents reduce their household emissions. Could their grassroots approach become a template for the rest of the country?

On a snow-flecked Sunday afternoon in mid-December, Paul Dowsett gathered a group of neighbours in his backyard for a toast.

Although the event featured mulled wine and a crackling bonfire, this was no holiday party. Rather, it was an event to celebrate homeowners in the Pocket — an east Toronto neighbourhood — who have committed to an energy retrofit to reduce their carbon footprint.

A Pocket resident since 1997, Dowsett is an architect by trade and a local sage on matters of sustainability. Dressed in a striking green lumber jacket, the 61-year-old extolled his neighbours’ climate consciousness, and after a breezy explainer on the environmental harms of natural gas, related some breaking news.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•"Dystopia At Last", "Eat Government Bugs", "Environmentalists", "Experts", WTF?

‘Woke’ $10M MLK ‘penis’ statue insults black community: Coretta Scott King kin

Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil rights leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it “looks like a penis.”

The massive bronze piece, titled “The Embrace,” features two sets of arms holding each other, an artistic interpretation of the classic photo of Coretta and hubby Martin Luther King Jr. hugging after he won the Nobel Peace Price in 1964.

“The mainstream media … was reporting on it like it was all beautiful, ’cause they were told they had to say that,” Seneca Scott, Coretta’s cousin, told The Post by phone Sunday, referring to the new artwork on the Boston Common.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 16, 2023•0•WTF?

Should Canada follow U.S. lead and make anti-impaired technology mandatory in all new cars?

One of the worst aspects of seeing your family ripped apart by a drunk driver, said Brenda Simmons, is knowing that it could have been avoided with political will and the right application of technology.

“If somebody didn’t have the decency, or they didn’t have the decision-making capacity [and they] still decide to get behind the wheel, if that vehicle didn’t start because of some mandatory technology, my son would still be here,” she told CBC News.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 15, 2023•0•"Law and Order", "Surveillance Society"

Moderna Withheld Data From FDA Regulators to Get Bivalent Booster Approved

How many times have we been treated, in the era of the New Normal, to exasperated corporate media hacks complaining about “misinformation” pushed by “conspiracy theorists” regarding the COVID-19 mRNA gene therapies deceptively marketed as “vaccines”?

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 15, 2023•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Freeland demands $2B to buy shares in a company that doesn’t exist

A viral video of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland explaining why she needs to spend $2 billion quickly is giving Canadians an inside look at how the Trudeau government acts first and thinks later.

Chrystia Freeland gets completely flustered trying to explain where this money is going. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/VsAxRbwLQZ

— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) January 10, 2023

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 15, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Sanctions Fail: UK Buying Up More ‘Indian‘ Oil Made from Russian Crude

Britain is increasing purchases of Indian oil amid the Western sanctions war with Russia – but much of it is likely refined from Russian product sold to India at a discount.

While there is a general perception that Russia has become a pariah state since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with only the likes of Iran and North Korea allegedly offering covert support, many governments in Africa, Asia, and South America have largely stayed out of the West’s economic war with Moscow, including countries considered traditional allies such as Israel, India, and even NATO member Turkey.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 15, 2023•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

F-35 was and is the only choice for Canada

The F-35 …. finally.

This is not an I told you so but a positive recognition of the long overdue government announcement this week to purchase the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter for the RCAF and for Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 15, 2023•0•Canada

Ireland’s excess deaths rate rivals worst of Covid pandemic

Ireland has seen a huge spike in excess mortality that rivals the peak of the pandemic — yet Covid-19 is no longer the primary cause of death, The Sunday Times can reveal.

Post-pandemic pressures on the HSE such as treatment backlogs and a wave of late diagnoses allied to the added pressures on the health system of a lingering “twindemic” of flu and Covid-19 all appear to be taking their toll.

The seven-day rolling average of deaths reported on January 9, 2023 was 152 — almost as high as the weekly average of 156 reported on January 29, 2021 — the peak of the disastrous third wave that triggered a six-month nationwide lockdown.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2023January 15, 2023•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

How Disinformation Journalists Practice Disinformation

While many major media outlets such as CNN have recently announced large layoffs, one journalistic beat is still booming. Call it the Disinformation Desk. The Washington Post has created a new position exclusively reporting on “health disinformation,” which includes “the forces promoting scientific and medical disinformation on subjects such as vaccines, drugs, nutritional supplements and health-care treatments.” National Public Radio hosts an entire “Disinformation Team” whose mission is broad: “From the lies about the 2020 election to the growing influence of anti-vaccine activists, to the enduring influence of climate-change denialism, lies and conspiracy theories have seeped into nearly all aspects of modern-day life, both in the US and around the globe.”