Starmer’s Political Prisoner to Be ‘Released’—But Hold the Celebrations

Social media users are this week cheering on reports that a mother imprisoned for a post on X will soon be “freed.” Their celebrations seem premature.

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after authorities treated her post on the day of the horrific Southport knife attack—calling for “mass deportation now” and saying: “Set fire to all the f*****g [migrant] hotels full of the b******s for all I care”—as incitement. That’s despite the fact Connolly deleted the message less than four hours after pressing ‘send’ and stressed the next day that “violence is not the answer.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Islamophobia", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Pro-Hamas activists push for ‘Apartheid-Free Zone’ in Mississauga

Activists in one of Canada’s largest cities are urging the city council to brand Mississauga an “Apartheid-Free Zone” in solidarity with Palestinians.

An Instagram post by @mississaugaforpalestine this week asked residents to email Mayor Carolyn Parrish and 11 councillors before a rally planned for Friday.

(Incognito link)

h/t Hermes

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

Conservatives Say Ottawa’s Palestine State Recognition ‘Sends the Wrong Message’

Conservatives say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at the U.N. this September “sends the wrong message.”

In a statement issued July 30 following Carney’s announcement, the Conservatives said that agreeing to a Palestinian state in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel tells extremists “that violence and terror are effective tools for achieving political objectives.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada

Geoff Russ: Sorry, progressives, Canada wasn’t ‘built on slavery’ like the U.S.

The deeply uncomfortable truth is that much of the slavery that took place in Canada was done by First Nations

Spurred on by the so-called reckonings over racism in the United States and its legacy of slavery, many Canadian activists have attempted to import America’s divisive racial politics into Canada. However, examining slavery in Canada on its own terms and in good faith does not result in an identical discourse.

A report released Wednesday by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy — titled, “Slavery in Canada: The Facts Rarely Told” — is a fascinating and grim study into the country’s dark history of trafficking in human beings.

Here is the study in pdf format:   Slavery in Canada

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Indigenous Aboriginal Slavers", Canada, slavery, Slavery and Reparations, Slavery in Canada

Canada’s plan to recognize Palestinian statehood prompts swift, divided reaction

A national Muslim advocacy group called Wednesday a “historic day” after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would formally recognize Palestinian statehood.

But a national Jewish organization said the decision was “deeply concerning” and would embolden the terrorist group Hamas.

With the announcement, Canada joins a growing list of countries around the world to formally recognize Palestinian statehood.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Has Zelensky lost the West?

He is becoming a liability

As uneventful diplomatic talks in Istanbul wrapped up with little more than discussions of a prisoners-of-war swap and vague promises of further meetings, Volodymyr Zelensky found himself facing a crisis much closer to home: unprecedented protests erupting across major Ukrainian cities.

Thousands took to the streets to denounce a controversial law that, according to Zelensky, was designed to “curtail Russian influence” — but which would, in reality, compromise the independence of the country’s two leading anti-corruption agencies at a time when both were reportedly closing in on senior members of Zelensky’s own administration.

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

EPA Proposes to Drive ‘A Dagger Into the Heart of the Climate Change Religion’

Trump’s EPA aims to rescind Obama-era climate restrictions, saving Americans $54 billion annually.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal on Tuesday to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has provided the legal basis for over $1 trillion in regulations, including infamous EV mandates under the Biden administration.

The proposal will undergo a period of public comment, but if finalized, would slash all the greenhouse gas emission regulations for motor vehicles and engines that have resulted from the finding.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Star Wants Blood: The RCMP says it’s been looking into potential war crimes in the Israel-Hamas conflict for a year. Why has it seemed so quiet?

In February 2023, less than a year into the RCMP’s investigation into possible war crimes stemming from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Cpl. Kate Walaszczyk was trying to “manage expectations.”

It can take years before these kinds of probes result in prosecutions, she told CBC News, but the initial steps are critical. The RCMP was first focused on preserving physical and digital evidence, as well as gathering victims’ stories.

“Let’s say a conflict finishes. Individuals don’t come forward about those allegations until years later, and then evidence is lost. Memories are lost, all those things are lost,” said Walaszczyk, who was described as an investigator in the RCMP’s Ukraine war crimes unit. “We need it to be robust, so that there aren’t gaps … When you don’t gather the evidence properly, these things fall apart. And then what’s the point?”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Diplomatic Terrorism?: France’s Recognition of an Imaginary Palestinian State

On 24 July 2025, France announced its decision to recognize the existence of a “Palestinian state” in September. President Emmanuel Macron portrayed this move as an act of “justice” and “peace.” In reality, however, this recognition constitutes a geopolitical fiction — contrary to international law, flagrantly at odds with the facts on the ground, and laden with profoundly harmful moral implications.

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Texas Highways Have a New Nighttime Creature: Autonomous Trucks

Autonomous trucks are now driving highways at night, hauling food and dairy between Dallas and Houston.

It’s a big step forward for autonomous trucking. While Waymo for years has been operating driverless robotaxis around the clock in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, autonomous trucks until recently have stuck mainly to daytime hours and good weather.

Aurora Innovation, the startup behind the trucks on the Dallas-Houston route, said Wednesday it had reached a new milestone with its Lidar system, which bounces lasers off surrounding objects to “see” its surroundings in 3-D. Aurora said its system is now able, in the dark, to detect objects further than the length of three football fields, enabling the vehicle to identify pedestrians, other vehicles or debris on the road about 11 seconds sooner than a human driver.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

How a CRA employee cycled through rehirings, a firing and 15 years of legal battles

15 years of grievances, lawsuits and appeals reveal cracks in Canada’s public service system

With a labour relations board decision in June, the Canada Revenue Agency took another step toward parting ways with the same employee for the third time in more than 15 years.

That employee, Mohammed Tibilla, is a former CRA worker based in Montreal. Over the years, he has launched administrative or legal actions and filed appeals against the agency, his union and his supervisors numerous times, exposing weak spots in federal systems — and underscoring the challenges Prime Minister Mark Carney faces in trying to make the government more streamlined and responsive.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Years After BLM, Antifa Riots, COVID, PBS Finds Masks Are Bad Now That ICE Uses Them

Years after the Black Lives Matter protests and attendant vandalism, looting and burning, the PBS News division is suddenly worried that masks….help people get away with crimes! Why the sudden interest? Well, it’s a way to indirectly fault ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for criminals impersonating agents. Sunday’s NewsHour Weekend segment carried the online headline “Rise of ICE agents wearing masks creates opportunity for imposters to conduct crimes.”

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