Author: Blazingcatfur

Oxford Street’s £150million ‘pedestrian-only’ zone lauded by Sadiq Khan as a ‘greener, safer, world-class destination’ is now swamped with reckless riders

Oxford Street’s £150million ‘pedestrian-only’ zone lauded by Sadiq Khan as a ‘greener, safer, world-class destination’ is now swamped with reckless riders

One week on from its launch as a ‘greener, safer, world-class destination’, Sadiq Khan’s pedestrian haven on Oxford Street is a lawless cyclists’ rat run.

That is the view of shoppers, workers and even Transport for London (TfL) enforcement officers, who have been given the impossible job of halting speeding cyclists in order to hand them a £160 fine.

Bicycles, cars, buses and taxis were banned from half a mile of Britain’s most famous shopping street on October 26, with plans to install benches and trees as part of a revitalisation project that will cost £150million.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Colby Cosh: Even the CBC doesn’t give a hoot about Eurovision

Colby Cosh: Even the CBC doesn’t give a hoot about Eurovision

On Wednesday the CBC was kind enough to zap me with a press release announcing its plans for pan-Dominion voting on Canada’s entry to the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. This was mighty big of it, considering that in July I tried to call attention to the extreme awkwardness of CBC participating in Eurovision as a national broadcaster. To recap briefly: Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in the 2025 federal budget that Canada was joining Eurovision. Whoopee! It was clear that this was a promotional stunt to advance Carney’s Euro-facing foreign-policy agenda, which is back in the headlines this week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

British Remigration Activists Attacked by Group of Congolese Migrants in Paris

British Remigration Activists Attacked by Group of Congolese Migrants in Paris

Two British right-wing activists were attacked by a group of Congolese immigrants beside the Eiffel Tower on Sunday, 1 November, while filming a documentary about mass immigration in Paris. The attack, widely captured in footage shared on social media, reportedly began when Montgomery Toms and Will Coleshill rushed to defend their female companion, who was being harassed by the immigrants.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Remigration"

Why is the BBC so intent on sneering at America?

Why is the BBC so intent on sneering at America?

ve been geekishly obsessed with US politics since my early twenties, when I stumbled upon a speech by the then governor of New York, Mario Cuomo. I had never before heard such compelling oratory, the like of which no British politician would even try to match, even if they were capable.

It has been a 40-year passion. But this year’s midterms are among the most entrancing and exciting of all, with so many states in play and a feeling that the polls – which predict carnage for the Republicans – aren’t necessarily telling the full story.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBBC, USA

More Freeland …

More Freeland …

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canada’s first prosecution of an alleged ISIS woman hinges on texts to mom

Canada’s first prosecution of an alleged ISIS woman hinges on texts to mom

As ISIS fighters and their families were surrounded and making their last stand in Syria in late 2018, a Canadian woman who was allegedly there with them sent a defiant text to her mother.

“Allah has written that victory is near,” Ammara Amjad wrote, according to the RCMP, which found her messages on a phone seized during a search of her parents’ home north of Toronto.

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

Why Do So Many Countries Seem To Be Preparing for Disaster?

Why Do So Many Countries Seem To Be Preparing for Disaster?

Being an information hoarder, I am in the habit of looking for patterns in just about everything, which often helps me anticipate events or trends. And, to be sure, there are occasional false positives. Something that has become evident in recent weeks is a recurring message that may mean nothing at all, or may indicate that things are going to go for a smash up.

You decide.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Armageddon"

WTF?

WTF?

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Canada Must Confront the Transnational Mafias Behind Home Invasions, Extortion Squads and Geopolitical Violence

Canada Must Confront the Transnational Mafias Behind Home Invasions, Extortion Squads and Geopolitical Violence

TORONTO – Canada faces a public-safety threat from criminal networks that recruit young people, supply weapons and pay recruits to commit acts of violence. Investigations examined by The Bureau have exposed connections to international drug trafficking, foreign-directed attacks and serious corruption inside Canadian institutions.

The shooting and hammer attack on David Morton’s family in Toronto’s Bridle Path neighborhood could bring the urgency of that threat to a much wider Canadian audience.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Transnational Crime"

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Warfare: Can the U.S. Military Keep Up?

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Warfare: Can the U.S. Military Keep Up?

Back in the last decade of the last century, all of the services were — each in its own way — examining the “service after next” trying to envision how technology would affect the battlespace of the future. Artificial Intelligence and advanced robotics, particularly small aerial drones, were still in their infancy as were military lasers and microwave weapons. We knew all of these emerging systems had a future, but how they would be integrated into the force of the future was still unclear. To some extent, it still is. We knew that the Iranians were exploring the use of swarms of small boats and aircraft to challenge American naval superiority in the Persian Gulf and speculated that the use of armed drones would make such air and sea attacks even more difficult to defend against. A number of futuristic war games were conducted during that period and they developed more issues than answers.

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

Trump covets the Keystone XL pipeline because its path runs through key U.S. midterm election races

Trump covets the Keystone XL pipeline because its path runs through key U.S. midterm election races

It’s no great surprise that Donald Trump is talking now about the “concept” of a trade deal with Canada and the rebirth of the cross-border Keystone XL pipeline.

Even though Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed he had a ”good conversation” with his American counterpart, it’s no indication that we’re any closer to an agreement over tariffs, automobile production and dueling liquor bans. Nor does it signal an imminent increase in the southbound flow of Alberta oil.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Qatar Glorifies Terrorism: Al-Jazeera’s Propaganda Machine Celebrates Hamas

Qatar Glorifies Terrorism: Al-Jazeera’s Propaganda Machine Celebrates Hamas

Qatar’s state-owned Al-Jazeera television network has once again demonstrated why its Arabic-language news coverage deserves particularly close scrutiny. Al-Jazeera has broadcast previously unseen footage, recordings, and documents showing senior Hamas military commanders preparing for the October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel.

Instead of using this material to expose the criminal nature of Hamas’s activities, Al-Jazeera has presented it as an exclusive glimpse into the lives of the organization’s senior commanders. The Hamas officials featured in Al-Jazeera’s footage are portrayed as military leaders, strategists, and figures worthy of admiration.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inQatar