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The New York Times’ cluelessness just hit a new high

Whoof, that was some truly deranged reporting by The New York Times the other day on “How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action,” painting an evil conspiracy of Republican state treasurers “to use government muscle and public funds to punish companies trying to reduce greenhouse gases.”

Yes, a bunch of GOP officials are fighting back against the progressive drive “to use government muscle and public funds” to destroy carbon-based fuel industries — and against banks and investment firms that are using their power to the same end. And the Republicans are working with think tanks, nonprofits and so on in this effort.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•New York Times

Russian weapons in Ukraine powered by hundreds of Western parts, report says

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – More than 450 foreign-made components have been found in Russian weapons recovered in Ukraine, evidence that Moscow acquired critical technology from companies in the United States, Europe and Asia in the years before the invasion, according to a new report by Royal United Services Institute defence think tank.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

‘I will continue killing foreigners’: soldier who shot dead unarmed Australians treated as ‘returning hero’ by Taliban

Hekmatullah, the rogue Afghan soldier who killed three unarmed Australian diggers in Afghanistan a decade ago, is living in a luxury home in the capital Kabul, treated as a “returning hero” by the Taliban who released him from prison.

He has said he does not regret killing Australian soldiers, and has vowed he would again kill Australians, or anyone who opposes the Taliban.

“If I am released I will continue killing foreigners,” Hekmatullah told an official of the former Afghan government when his release was being negotiated.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Islam, Islam and violence

US: The New Real Hoaxes?

Recently former US President Donald Trump challenged the award of Pulitzer Prizes to the New York Times and the Washington Post for their investigative reporting on alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia.

The investigative reporting by these two organizations was so thorough and groundbreaking it turned up things that were not even there.

You have to hand it to them for this so-called “great reporting”: the Pulitzer Committee sure did.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•Fake News

Poll: Americans Are Falling Out of Love with Superhero Movies, Disney Blames Pandemic for Marvel ‘Fatigue‘

While studios continue to make spin-off, sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes of superhero movies no one asked for — each seemingly more woke than the last, see here, here, and here — Americans’ enthusiasm for men and women in capes is waning, a Morning Consult survey found.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•Hollywood

‘Nowhere is safe’: California highway shootings double in two years, data reveals

It was a few minutes after 11pm on 27 October 2021 when Ramon Price Sr received a call from a number he recognized as the county coroner’s office.

Price’s oldest son, Ramon Price Jr, had been shot while driving his white Chevrolet Malibu on a stretch of Oakland freeway, the office said. The 27-year-old had died at the scene.

They had spoken just hours before. Price Jr had called from the mechanic shop working on his car, annoyed by a delay. Hearing the frustration in his son’s voice, Price had offered to handle the issue the next day. Father and son said they loved each other and hung up the phone. The elder Price settled in for an evening of television with his wife, and his son began his drive home.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•California

Police SCRAP hate-crime ‘re-education’ courses after storm over army veteran arrested for a tweet

A hate crime awareness course which gave alleged offenders the chance to avoid prosecution has been scrapped by a police chief.

Hampshire Constabulary was among three forces in the country that ran the two-hour educational sessions for people accused of racism, sexism, misogyny and transphobia.

The restorative justice scheme was funded out of the force’s Police and Crime Commissioner’s budget, but faced controversy when a 51-year-old army veteran was offered the course after retweeting a meme – which showed four LGBT pride flags positioned to make a swastika.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•"Peak Woke"

Stephen Harper’s endorsement shows no boost for Pierre Poilievre, new poll suggests

Stephen Harper’s endorsement of Pierre Poilievre for the Conservative Party leadership may have soured some voters on the Ottawa MP, a new poll suggests.

The former Conservative prime minister recently said Mr. Poilievre is his preferred choice, from a field of five candidates, for the party’s leadership.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•Conservative Party

Parliamentary committee to begin study of RCMP’s use of cellphone spyware

OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee will begin exploring the RCMP’s use of spyware on Monday, diving deeper into an issue that’s sounded alarms for privacy and civil liberties groups across the country.

The House of Commons ethics and privacy committee called for a summer study after the RCMP revealed its use of tools that covertly obtain data from devices like phones and computers.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", RCMP

Pictures of torn-up paper notes in Trump’s toilets emerge in WH correspondent Maggie Haberman’s book after he denied flushing Oval Office docs: Donald says pics are ‘fabricated’

Images allegedly depicting Donald Trump’s toilets clogged with torn-up pieces of paper have emerged after the former president denied claims he would flush official documents during his time in the White House.

Maggie Haberman, a New York Times White House correspondent who closely followed Trump during his presidency for an upcoming book, claimed to have obtained pictures of presidential notes stuffed into the residence toilets from a former White House official who worked under the previous administration.

Toiletgate. The media should be able to run with this for a minimum of 6 mos.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•Trump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?

As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding after nearly three days of violence, Gaza’s sole power plant resumed operations Monday as Israel began reopening crossings into the territory.

Israel also lifted security restrictions on southern Israeli communities after the Egyptian-mediated truce took effect late Sunday. Fighting abated, and war-weary people in Gaza and Israel were left picking up the pieces after another round of violence — the worst since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•Israeli - Islam Conflict

China halts dialogue with the United States. What does this mean for Canada?

China announced suspension of dialogue with the United States in a number of areas on Friday, countering the recent visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Not only has dialogue been cut on climate change and between theatre-level military commanders, cross-border crime and drug trafficking exchanges have also been ceased.

by Sarcasticat•August 8, 2022August 7, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Batshit crazy lefties, Canada, USA

Trudeau’s cynical gun ban games continue

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using undemocratic tools to circumvent Parliament as he continues his hunt for firearms that aren’t hurting anybody.

Back in May, the Liberal government tabled legislation that would have halted the importation, purchase, sale and transfer of handguns in Canada.

The law didn’t pass when Parliament began its summer break. But it remains in the legislative process and will be debated again and voted on once MPs return in the fall.

It’s clear to most Canadians by now that to the degree we have a firearms problem in Canada, it is not caused by legal firearms. They play a negligible role in gun crimes in this country.

The problem is firearms imported illegally into Canada. Everyone knows that.

by Sarcasticat•August 8, 2022August 7, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Gun Control, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Why has China bought 200,000 acres of US farmland? Is it for an “electronic Pearl Harbor”?

While the Biden administration focuses on its progressive agenda, they have taken their eyes off the ball, that being the substantial investments communist China has made in American real estate, in particular farmland.

For example, a bio-fermentation company based in China, Fufeng Group, recently purchased some 300 acres of land in North Dakota for $2.6 million. Plans are for the company to build a milling plant in the area.

Three hundred acres of land doesn’t seem substantial, but when added to the 191,000 acres of land China already owned in the United States, it raises the question of what exactly the communist nation is up to.

by Sarcasticat•August 8, 2022August 7, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", China, spying, USA

BCCDC removes data on COVID-19 infection outcomes by vaccination status from dashboard

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has stopped reporting case outcomes by vaccination status on its COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard because the data had become “hard to interpret,” according to the Ministry of Health.

A note placed on the dashboard’s introduction page Thursday indicates that the “outcomes by vax” and “vax donut charts” pages had been “retired.”

The note did not indicate why the data was being removed, so CTV News asked the ministry for an explanation. An emailed response from a ministry spokesperson read, in part:

“These indicators were initially created because we wanted to identify breakthrough infections as we were ramping up the vaccination campaign. As most of the population has now been vaccinated with at least two doses of vaccine and many more have been infected with COVID-19, the data became hard to interpret.”

by Sarcasticat•August 8, 2022August 7, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease", BC, vaccine controversy