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Philippine militants accused of beheading Canadian tourists surrender

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Two long-wanted Abu Sayyaf militant commanders accused of beheading two kidnapped Canadian tourists and a German in the southern Philippines have surrendered to authorities, officials said Friday.

Almujer Yadah and Bensito Quitino gave themselves up to military officials in Jolo town in southern Sulu province and surrendered their assault rifles, Sulu military commander Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio and other security officials said. The officials did not provide details of how and when the surrenders were arranged.

Justin will probably grant them citizenship.

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 17, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Philippines

New York hotel cancels Reagan shooter Hinckley’s sold-out concert

A New York venue has canceled a sold-out concert by would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. after deciding hosting the event was too risky.

In a statement posted to social media on Wednesday, the Market Hotel, a concert hall in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, cited “the safety of our vulnerable communities” for its decision to disinvite the man who shot President Reagan in March 1981 from performing on July 8.

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•WTF?

US troops detain ‘experienced bomb maker’ who was ‘instructing others’ in Syria

U.S. troops in Syria detained a senior Islamic State leader earlier this week, and the military has since identified him as Hani Ahmed al Kurdi, known as Salim.

Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. mission to defeat ISIS, said in a statement on Thursday it was able to identify and capture Kurdi, whom they described as an “experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator who became one of the top leaders in the Syria branch of ISIS.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Riverdale actor, 24, who shot and killed his mother as she played piano says he carried out murder to spare her having to witness his plot to assassinate Justin Trudeau

A Riverdale actor killed his mother to spare her from witnessing his plan to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

British Columbia prosecutors said during a sentencing hearing on Monday that Ryan Grantham, 24, fatally shot his 64-year-old mother, Barbara Waite, ‘to save her’ from seeing his assassination plot against the Canadian prime minister unfold.

h/t RM

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Vaccine was on the way BEFORE Covid was confirmed – Part 1

Human system cells molecular structure illustration and doctor hold vaccine

ON January 23, 2020, the pharmaceutical giant Moderna and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI) signed a $1million funding agreement to begin manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccine.

In an associated press release, Dr Richard Hatchett, CEPI’s Chief Executive Officer stated: ‘CEPI has moved with great urgency and in coordination with WHO [World Health Organisation], who is leading the development of a coordinated international response, to promote the development of new vaccines against the emerging threat of nCoV-2019.’

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

‘The Russians said beatings were my re-education’

Andriy watched anxiously as Russian soldiers connected his mobile to their computer, trying to restore some files. Andriy, a 28-year-old marketing officer, was attempting to leave Mariupol. He had deleted everything he thought a Russian soldier could use against him, such as text messages discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or photos of the devastation in his city caused by weeks of relentless shelling.

But the internet in Mariupol, a once bustling port in southern Ukraine, had been cut off as part of the siege imposed by Russia, and Andriy had not been able to take down some of his social media posts. He remembered the first days of the war, when he had shared some anti-Russian messages and speeches from the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. “I’m screwed,” he thought.

The soldiers, Andriy said, already had their focus on him.

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Is War Really Coming to Taiwan?

Parallels have been drawn between the war in Ukraine and a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. While these situations differ in many respects, both countries exist outside of a collective security apparatus like NATO, and both face existential threats posed by much larger and hostile neighbors. Lacking nuclear weapons and outgunned in conventional terms, both the Ukrainian and Taiwanese militaries have little choice but to wage asymmetric warfare. Yet few people truly know, let alone understand, Taiwan’s current defense policy and the path forward.

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Taiwan, USA

The UN is powerless to control rogue states

Its failure to rein in North Korea lays bare our anarchic global order

Crises are engulfing international politics, most recently with Russia’s blatant disregarding of international law in Ukraine and with North Korea’s consistent breaching of the nuclear non-proliferation norm. But at a time when states are acting outside of the rules-based system, our main forum for regulating these violations, the UN, is demonstrating its limited power to enforce or control rogue behaviour.

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2022June 16, 2022•0•United Nations

Who Decided David Hogg Is Newsworthy?

David Hogg was trying to thrust himself into the media spotlight long before the infamous 2018 shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. His first brush with fame came in 2017 when he recorded a friend having a minor confrontation with a lifeguard at Redondo Beach in California. Hogg’s video went viral. As a result, he tasted his first thirty seconds of fame.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•WTF?

In call with Twitter staff, Elon Musk muses on space aliens, company’s future

June 16 (Reuters) – Elon Musk addressed Twitter (TWTR.N) employees for the first time on Thursday, expressing his view that Twitter would need to cut its headcount, but offering few other new details about his $44 billion planned takeover of the social media company.

Musk appeared via video call 10 minutes late to what turned out to be a freewheeling question and answer session moderated by a Twitter executive, in which Musk mused about the existence of aliens and other space civilizations and his view that Twitter should help “civilization and consciousness.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•Twitter, Twitter is Evil

Police group sues Biden administration over Border Patrol ‘whipping’ investigation

A national law enforcement organization has sued the Biden administration’s top border officials for withholding information about how the White House handled a 2021 incident in which President Joe Biden accused Border Patrol agents of whipping migrants.

The National Police Association announced Thursday morning that it had filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and its U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency for failing to respond to a February request for all records regarding CBP’s investigation into the Del Rio, Texas, incident last September.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden"

These ‘January 6’ hearings are a farce

The Democrats’ attempt to portray the Capitol riot as an ‘insurrection’ looks increasingly desperate.

The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot in Washington, DC on 6 January 2021 began its hearings last week. So far these have offered a vivid reminder of Donald Trump’s disgraceful attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. At the same time, the committee reminds us how the Democrats are incapable of convincingly prosecuting the case against Trump and winning people over to their side.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•Trump Derangement Syndrome

‘Peace Circles’ Instead of Prisons Lead to Shootouts in Chicago

It’ll take a hell of a peace circle to raise the dead.

1,120 people have been shot this year in Chicago and 282 people have been murdered. Yesterday, four people were shot and killed in four hours in just another Wednesday.

Good thing the city has “peace circles”.

Police defunders have been tasked with coming up with “restorative justice” alternatives to the three P’s, police, prosecutors, and prisons, that ask criminals to apologize to their victims.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•Crime

The Satanic Temple comes to Boston

Devil worshippers for free speech? Not quite.

The Satanic Temple is petitioning the City of Boston to fly their newly designed Satanic flag over City Hall. After a court ruled that the city had to fly a Christian group’s flag, the Temple insisted that it also had the right to display its banner during “Satanic Appreciation Week” from July 23 to 29.

According to Lucien Greaves, the Temple’s founder, “A public forum that allows for religious expression can either announce a dedication to religious pluralism or it can signal a decline into theocracy by allowing public representatives to dictate limits on the civic capacities of some religious identities by exercising exclusive preference for others.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•WTF?

Chrystia Freeland slams Pierre Poilievre as ‘economically illiterate’

OTTAWA — Canada got a taste Thursday of what a head-to-head political fight between two people believed to want the country’s top political job — the post of prime minister — would look like.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland lambasted Pierre Poilievre — the front-running candidate for the Conservative party’s top job — for his attacks on the central bank and his promise to fire its governor, Tiff Macklem, if he becomes prime minister.

I want them to oil wrestle, winner takes all.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2022June 16, 2022•0•Canada