Ontario seeking public input on “not spooky surveillance state shit at all” digital ID program – OK. Fuck Off.

The Ontario government says it is looking for the public’s input on a possible digital ID program that would allow for people to prove who they are online much easier.

The hope is that the program will be introduced by the end of 2021.

The program will allow for people to “securely and conveniently prove their identity online,” according to the Ford government. It will also help people to be able to access things online rather than have to travel to do things in-person, the government said, such as a small business applying for a license or a parent looking for information on their child’s immunization records.

 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society"

Taking on “Progressive Prosecutors”

District attorneys who refuse to enforce the criminal law are violating their oath to support and defend the Constitution—and could be challenged on those grounds.

From San Francisco to Los Angeles to Chicago to Philadelphia to Boston, urban dwellers have elected a new breed of district attorneys who style themselves “progressive prosecutors.” In this denomination, the adjective does the heavy lifting. The prosecutors’ campaigns have been funded by the bogeyman of the Right, billionaire leftist George Soros, and animated by extreme left-wing political movements such as Black Lives Matter. The politicization of what was, in its origins, an apolitical law-enforcement function will have serious consequences for public safety and order.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Batshit Crazy Social Justice Warriors, USA

Will a Hard-Left Turn Lead to Pushback?

When Biden made a Faustian bargain with his party’s hard-left wing of Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to win the election, he took on the commitment to absorb some of their agenda and to appoint their ideologues.

But he also soon became either unwilling or unable to stand up to them.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"President Dementia AKA Joe Biden", Batshit crazy lefties, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump is literally Hitler!

Tricky Joe Biden’s family influence: Devine

Tricky Joe Biden’s family influence: Devine

Everyone loves a tale of redemption, but Hunter Biden’s decade of shady influence-peddling off his family name can’t just be airbrushed away by the president choking up on national television on Super Bowl Sunday.

Joe Biden could barely contain his pride that his son, Hunter, 51, has written a book about his crack addiction.

“The honesty with which he stepped forward and talked about the problem. And the hope that, it gave me hope reading it,” Biden said in an interview with CBS News. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Joe Sleazebag Biden"

Indonesia: Two Christian men are publicly flogged 40 times each for breaking Sharia law by drinking alcohol and gambling

Two Christian men were publicly flogged today in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province for drinking alcohol and gambling, in a rare case of non-Muslims facing a punishment frequently condemned by rights groups.

The two accused received 40 lashes each from a masked sharia officer who beat their backs with a stick.

One of them, identified only as JF, said he chose flogging to avoid a criminal prosecution that could have seen him jailed up to six months.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Indonesia, Islam, Islam and violence

Bruce Springsteen, Who Called Trump A ‘Threat To Democracy,’ Ripped For Pushing Unity In Super Bowl Ad

Trump deranged celebrity idiot

Critics slammed iconic singer Bruce Springsteen and the Jeep vehicle brand after the two collaborated on an ad calling for a return to “the middle.”

Springsteen has a history of making outlandish, politically-driven claims and comments attacking Republicans, most notably former President Donald Trump. Springsteen was one of a host of celebrities to make a public pledge to leave the United States if Trump was reelected in 2020.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Tom Brady Called ‘Racist’ on Social Media for Winning Super Bowl During Black History Month

Many watched Tom Brady lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The game marked the franchise’s second Super Bowl victory and Tom Brady’s seventh. Brady’s epic accomplishment has earned him the title of the greatest quarterback of all time, but many on Twitter appeared to have been triggered by Brady’s victory.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Progressive Racists, WTF?

Mature democracies should shun political personality cults, says pope selected by exclusive club

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Mature democracies must shun the temptation to glorify an individual political personality and make sure that the rule of law prevails over partisan interests, Pope Francis said on Monday.

Without naming any country or specific incident in his speech to diplomats, he spoke of events in the past year “in countries with a long democratic tradition” that had shown the need for “inclusive, peaceful, constructive and respectful dialogue”.

“The development of a democratic consciousness demands that emphasis on individual personalities be overcome and that respect for the rule of law prevail,” he said, without naming any individual politician.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPope Francis

Iran ‘hides spyware in wallpaper, restaurant and games apps’

Iran is running two surveillance operations in cyber-space, targeting more than 1,000 dissidents, according to a leading cyber-security company.

The efforts were directed against individuals in Iran and 12 other countries, including the UK and US, Check Point said.

It said the two groups involved were using new techniques to install spyware on targets’ PCs and mobile devices.

And this was then being used to steal call recordings and media files.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCyber War, Iran

If You Thought the 2020 Elections Were Chaotic, Just Wait

If You Thought the 2020 Elections Were Chaotic, Just Wait

H.R.1 packs into one 791-page bill every bad idea about how to run elections and mandates that the states must adopt — the very things that made the election of 2020 such a mess. It includes all of the greatest hits of 2020: Mandatory mail ballots, ballots without postmarks, late ballots and voting in precincts where you don’t live. It includes so many bad ideas that no publication has satisfactory space to cover all of them. The Senate companion bill, S.1, might be even worse.

These bills rearrange the relationship between the states and the federal government. The Constitution presumes that states regulate their own elections, but the Constitution has a big “but” in what is called the Elections Clause. The Constitution says, “but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations.” For over 200 years, Congress rarely used this power. After all, the power was put in the Constitution only to prevent the states from suffocating the federal government out of existence by never holding federal elections.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Lockdown extended for 2 weeks till Feb 22 in Toronto, Peel and York as COVID-19 restrictions lifted in eastern Ontario

Lockdown extended for 2 weeks till Feb 22 in Toronto, Peel and York as COVID-19 restrictions lifted in eastern Ontario

Ontario is starting to ease COVID-19 restrictions, lifting stay-at-home orders Wednesday for three eastern regions that have low infection rates, but keeping the rest of the province in lockdown another week with Toronto, Peel Region and York Region not slated to emerge until Feb. 22.

The plan to be outlined by Premier Doug Ford this afternoon lets a four-week state of emergency imposed on Jan. 12 expire Tuesday, but comes with an “emergency brake” to allow a quick return to regional shutdowns if cases flare, particularly from new variants of the virus that are more contagious.

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