Author: Blazingcatfur

Whitmer Case Exposes Pattern of FBI Misconduct

The conduct of FBI assets in the Whitmer case probably is not an outlier but rather, as increasingly appears to be the case, standard operating procedure at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

As the first shoe related to the FBI’s involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol dropped—the New York Times last week reported at least two informants tied to the Proud Boys were working with the FBI before, during, and after January 6—another high-profile case continues to expose the bureau’s corrupt role in what the government also considers an act of domestic terrorism: a concocted plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation cottage in October 2020.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inFBI

Biden’s ‘Evacuation’ Was a Taliban Human Trafficking Scheme

The Biden administration is covering up its final crime in Afghanistan.

After Biden evacuated tens of thousands of Afghan “translators”, refugee resettlement groups are desperately looking for translators to translate to the translators.

Why do Afghan translators, who were supposed to be able to translate from English to their native language, need help from translators?

It’s because they’re not translators.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAfghanistan

Learning From The Radical Right

I have been meaning for a while to write about one of the best books I’ve read this year: Matthew Rose’s A World After Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right. Rose is not on the radical right; he’s a Catholic and the director of the Berkeley Institute, and a contributor to First Things magazine. In fact, a superb 2019 essay he wrote for First Things about the far-right journalist and essayist Samuel Francis forms the basis for his new book.

Rose’s new book profiles some of the leading contemporary thinkers of the radical right, showcasing why they appeal to some people today. He neither lionizes them nor demonizes them, though he certainly does not whitewash their beliefs. What’s so valuable about this book — you’ll get this if you read the Sam Francis essay linked above — is that Rose looks at these figures squarely and fairly, and explains why they matter today. You don’t have to like any of them, but you need to know who they are and what they thought.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"extremists"

Douglas Todd: Canada’s ‘bank of mom and dad’ returning us to 19th-century inheritance culture

The large-scale transfer of inter-generational wealth is a sign this country is reverting to the harsh class system that once dominated Britain, France and Russia

“… Housing prices in many parts of the world are becoming progressively disconnected from local wages. And Canada’s problem is among the worst.

Housing is considered “affordable” when the ratio of price to average household income is about four to one. But in Vancouver, according to Demographia, the ratio is among the the most alarming in the world at 13 to one. In Toronto it’s 9.9 to one. For comparison, London, England, an international financial hub, is 8.6 to one. And in Seattle, a high-tech headquarters, it’s just 6.6 to one.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Who Is Killing 10,000 Black Americans Every Year?

“Unfortunately, Jan. 6 was not an isolated event,” warned FBI Director Christopher Wray last winter:

“The problem of domestic terrorism has been metastasizing across the country for a long time now, and it’s not going away anytime soon.”

Since he became director in 2017, said Wray, FBI domestic terrorism investigations had doubled in number to more than 2,000, and FBI investigations of white supremacists had tripled.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter

Anti-car hatred runs deeper than you think

It’s not just internal-combustion the true environmentalist wants banned, but all cars

If you think someone is out to get you, does that automatically make you paranoid? It’s a question I asked myself repeatedly as I wrote last week’s “Is the anti-car movement winning?” column. In writing about something as controversial as Paris banning privately owned automobiles from its streets, the important thing was to determine the depth of the anti-car movement without heading down some conspiracy theory rabbit hole. Is there really a movement to rid the world of cars? How evolved is it? And how far should I go in decrying its toxic psychology?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Eco-Luddites

Franco Terrazzano: O’Toole now has a serious credibility problem

In politics, nothing is more important than credibility. Politicians can deliver stirring speeches and launch searing attack ads, but if they don’t tell the truth, nobody believes any of it. And, one way or another, voters will hold them accountable.

I don’t agree. Despite flip flopping on major issues like the carbon tax O”Toole still did OK. I believe the election result will convince the CPC “braintrust” to maintain their leftward trajectory in hope of capturing eastern urban voters. Losing a chunk of the base will be considered just the cost of doing business.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

The green movement flirts with violent sabotage

Pro-lifers could never get away with this

‘What actions are you recommending for the pro-life movement?’ the New Yorker Radio Hour host asks his guest, a tenured university professor and author of How to Blow Up an Abortion Clinic.

‘Well,’ the guest replies, ‘I am recommending that the movement continue with the March for Life and crisis pregnancy centers but also open up for property destruction. We need to step up because so little has changed and so many babies are still being killed. So, I am in favor of destroying machines and property, not harming people. I think property can be destroyed in all manner of ways. It can be neutralized in a very gentle fashion, or in a more spectacular fashion as in potentially blowing up an abortion clinic.’

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Eco-Luddites, Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

Another Racist Hoax Is Solved

The superintendent said the culprit’s race “does not diminish the hurt it caused.”

Ablack student at Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, admitted to writing racist graffiti in a school bathroom, including a slur against black people, school district officials said Tuesday.

Students at multiple high schools in the St. Louis area walked out of class last week to protest the messages.

Anything to maintain perpetual victimhood.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHate crime hoax

Smith & Wesson announces move to Tennessee from Massachusetts – where it has been headquartered since 1856 – because of BAN on production of assault rifles

Famed gunmaker Smith & Wesson will leave its historic 165-year-old headquarters in Massachusetts for a new home base in gun-friendly Tennessee, saying proposed legislation in the deep Blue state to ban manufacturing of assault weapons would devastate its bottom line.

The company announced Thursday that it will build a new $120million facility in Maryville by 2023 and eventually shutter the Springfield location that forged famed firearms like the .357 magnum – used by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies.

However, anti-gun sentiment in the state – sparked by mass shootings involving assault weapons – has been on the rise. The purchase of military-style assault rifles in the state has been banned since 2004, but the manufacturing and distribution of the weapons – which account for 60 percent of sales, according to the company – has remained.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights

Who Cares?

At the risk of putting a target on my back, it has occurred to me that the proper response for much of the anti-Israel activity on and off campus should be a combination of derision, counter-attack and neglect. I’ve been dealing with anti-Semitism, Israel denial and Middle East issues since my college days and, after more than 40 years, I have concluded that too much time, money, and energy is being spent responding to the latter.

Instead, we should simply say, “who cares?”

h/t Waffle

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Israeli - Islam Conflict