America’s Interest in Ukrainian Victory

A Russian defeat could reshape the security landscape to U.S. advantage in Europe and beyond.

On April 8, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen declared during a visit to Kiev that “Ukraine belongs in the European family,” offering to fast-track Ukraine for EU membership. This dramatic U-turn was comparable in scope with German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s repudiation of the last three decades of Germany’s Russia policy in his February 27 speech to the Bundestag. Meantime, others in Europe, especially Poland, Romania, and the Baltic States, have been relentless in their effort to supply Ukraine with weapons, both from their own stocks and those of other NATO allies. Most importantly, U.S. assistance to Ukraine has been expanding. For the first time in three decades, NATO is speaking with one voice in response to the Russian threat.

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

Why they loathe Libs of TikTok

This social-media account has exposed just how insidious and dangerous woke indoctrination can be.

For more than a year, the Washington Post pretty much ignored the explosive story about the son of the president of the United States dumbly leaving his laptop, packed with dodgy images and information, in a repair shop in Delaware. But fret not, the Post has finally found a scandal it can sink its Watergate-sharpened teeth into – the existence of a woke-mocking online phenomenon called Libs of TikTok.

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

Incel paranoia comes to Britain’s schools

‘Deadly’ misogyny is apparently surging in the classroom

Exhale, everyone. The results from the NASUWT teachers’ union poll are finally in.

And as the weekend’s headlines all suggest, they paint a very grim picture indeed. Deadly misogyny is “surging” in the classroom, leaving female teachers feeling “scared or intimidated just for showing up to work.” And the reason for all this, of course, is “the influence of the ‘incel’ subculture on teenage boys.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

The walls close in on the Russiagate perpetrators

Special Counsel Durham has revealed a few more cards

The latest filing by Special Counsel John Durham, investigating Russiagate and the Hillary Clinton campaign, suggests the rabbit hole goes a bit deeper than we thought. One hates to sound like Rachel Maddow, but it is now much more likely that the walls are closing in.

Durham filed a new 34-page motion on April 15 in answer to defendant Michael Sussman’s request to dismiss the case against him. Durham accused Sussman of lying to the FBI about his working for the Clinton campaign while he was trying to sell the Bureau on an investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia, focusing on alleged internet pings between a Trump server and the Russian Alfa Bank. Sussman’s claims also included a number of pings against Trump Tower WiFi and later White House WiFi by a Russian-made Yota cellphone.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Burger King’s Brilliant Idea: Making Fun of Catholics During Easter

Burger King has apologized, and it wasn’t for its burgers. That’s the news. An advertising campaign in Spain during Easter caused a flood of complaints calling for a boycott for offending Catholics. On the billboard, the words of the consecration, the most sacred words in the missal, could be read in thick letters: “Take and eat. This is not meat.” And smaller: “100% vegetarian. 100% flavor. Big King Vegetable.” In another ad from the same campaign, there was the biblical reference: “Flesh of my flesh,” with the word “flesh” crossed out and replaced by “vegetable.” This blasphemous campaign launched just as Spain fills up with religious tourism to celebrate Holy Week. What a brilliant idea, Burger King!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Terence Corcoran: Get ready for a global oil and gas crisis

IMF report warns that haywire climate plans could trigger energy price crack-up

Tuesday’s 180-page World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund is a gloomy portrait of a global economy heading into slower growth due to the war in Ukraine, pandemic lockdowns, monetary risks, fiscal extravaganzas and other products of interventionist policy-making. It makes for unsettling reading. No less grim is the second IMF report of the day, a 100-page Global Financial Stability Report, which warned that inflation, private debt, sovereign debt and other risks have risen in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s war.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"The Great Reset", WTF?

Rust film producers were indifferent to gun safety – report

The producers of a film whose cinematographer was accidentally shot dead on set by Alec Baldwin have been fined and strongly criticised by authorities for failing to follow safety guidelines.

The makers of Rust showed “plain indifference to recognised hazards associated with use of firearms on set”, according to the New Mexico Environment Department.

The agency has issued the maximum $136,793 (£105,000) fine to Rust Movie Productions.

Alec is a producer…

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Mark MacDonald, national Indigenous archbishop of the Anglican church resigns over sex abuse accusations

An influential national archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada resigned from office and all church duties after being accused of sexual misconduct.

The departure of Mark MacDonald, national Indigenous archbishop with oversight of pastoral care for Indigenous Canadian church members since 2007, came suddenly on Wednesday, while the church’s handling of additional — apparently unrelated — allegations of sexual misconduct was already under fire.

h/t HallsOfMacademia

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Florida lawmakers vote to end Disney’s tax privilege, self-governing status

Florida’s Republican-led Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would eliminate The Walt Disney Company’s special tax district that has allowed the company to self-govern its land.

The Florida House is also expected to vote in favor of the legislation after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that lawmakers will be “considering termination of all special districts that were announced in Florida prior to 1968 — and that includes the Reedy Creek Improvement District.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Corporate Social Justice Warriors"

Russia’s latest military failures polarise society even more

War critics grow increasingly vocal while state media fuels hatred for the west

Even Vladimir Soloviev, a state TV host, was having trouble swallowing the loss of Russia’s flagship cruiser Moskva last week as he took aim at a rare target: the Russian military.

“You just tell me how you were able to lose it,” he said in an extended temper tantrum on his talkshow, one of Russia’s most popular. “Tell me, what the hell were you doing in that particular area of the Black Sea at that moment?”

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

Leftists’ anti-police policies have led to a startling number of black, Latino crime victims

A Fox News story reports there was a staggering 43% increase in the murders of black Americans in 2020 compared to the past 10-year average.

The finding is shocking — but not surprising. After all, New York proved decades ago that reducing crime disproportionally benefited blacks and Latinos because they comprise most of crime’s victims. Fewer crimes mean fewer victims of all races, but the drop is most pronounced among nonwhites. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Depolicing"

Biden’s Middle East: Saudi Arabia Embraces China; Will They Topple the Dollar?

Saudi Arabia is considering selling oil to China — which buys more than 25% of Saudi oil exports — in exchange for yuan (China’s currency), according to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal. The move would be unprecedented. Saudi Arabia, ever since its 1974 agreement with US President Richard Nixon, has been selling oil in exchange for US dollars.

The change, if realized, would be significant. The status of the US dollar, including as the world’s reserve currency, depends on its dominance of global markets, especially the oil market, where 80% of sales are done in US dollars. If Saudi Arabia were to break the tradition of pricing its oil in dollars, as it is contemplating doing, others could well start to price oil in yuan or other currencies — negatively affecting the US dollar’s status and potentially the entire US economy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia - Dubious Ally, USA

Suspected 2015 Paris attacks accomplices go on trial in Belgium

The 13 men and one woman are accused of supporting the self-avowed Islamic State combatants before their attacks on the evening of Nov. 13, 2015, and afterwards for the one attacker who survived and returned to Brussels.

Nine accused were present on Tuesday, seven seated at the front of the court, two led in by guards to closed glass boxes.

Two accused are believed to have died in Syria.

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