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Palestinians: Our True Goal is to Destroy Israel

When former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fired 39 Scud missiles at Israel in 1991, many Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate the attacks. Many demonstrations took place in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem even while Palestinians were being issued gas masks by the Israeli authorities to protect them against a possible chemical attack by Iraq against Israel.

The Los Angeles Times reported back then that “several Palestinians expressed joy at last week’s [Iraqi] missile assault on Tel Aviv and Haifa.”

When the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group launched rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon in 2015, Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate, holding Hezbollah flags and handing out sweets to drivers and passersby.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•Israeli - Islam Conflict

Gas stations along Southeast coast suffer fuel shortage amid pipeline shutdown

Gas stations along the Southeast coast are being slammed by panic buying and long lines amid the shutdown of the biggest oil pipeline in the US from a crippling cyberattack believed to be orchestrated by a Russia-based criminal group.

The closure of the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline, which carries more than 100 million gallons of fuel from Texas to New Jersey each day, has stretched into its fifth day. The Alpharetta, Georgia-based company suspended all operations after it was hit Friday by a ransomware attack that could prove to be among the most costly in US history.

Russian cybercrime or State actors?

‘Absolute garbage LIARS’! NYT BLASTED for ‘gaslighting’ like nobody’s business in desperate piece whitewashing obvious gas shortage

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•Cybercrime

Do lockdowns not work? Why Florida and Texas are doing better than Ontario and Alberta

In recent weeks, a seeming contradiction has emerged: States in the U.S. that have had little to no COVID-19 restrictions have gotten case counts under control, while in Canada there are provinces still struggling with a third wave despite having never fully reopened.

It has the potential to become fuel for anti-lockdown protesters: If those states have opened up and brought case counts down, why can’t we? Do lockdowns not work?

Lockdowns slow an outbreak but vaccination seems key.

Professor Explains Flaw in Many Models Used for COVID-19 Lockdown Policies

Economics professor Doug Allen wanted to know why so many early models used to create COVID-19 lockdown policies turned out to be highly incorrect. What he found was that a great majority were based on false assumptions and “tended to over-estimate the benefits and under-estimate the costs.” He found it troubling that policies such as total lockdowns were based on those models.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

GOLDSTEIN: Pandemic exposes divide between public, private sectors

The fact that 80% of Canadian workers who are in the private sector can no longer afford to pay the salaries, benefits, and pensions of the 20% in the public sector was a crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coming out of the pandemic, it’s going to be a disaster.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class

Math is hard!

Ontario teacher candidates say they’ve been left behind by new mandatory math test

Passing the Mathematics Proficiency Test (MPT) is now required to become a certified Ontario teacher, but some teacher candidates say trying to get an appointment — and make sure they’re ready for the exam — is causing them a lot of stress.

“If I don’t pass and I don’t get another opportunity, I lose my licence,” said Kayleigh Lajeunesse, who finished teachers college last year.

“I always wanted to be a teacher, and I feel like this test doesn’t reflect who I am as a teacher.”

“She feels”

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•"Affirmative Action"

‘I am like a God’: Kazan school shooter’s chilling message revealed as Putin orders gun control probe after nine killed in attack

… Last week, Galyaviev is reported to have set up a channel on the Telegram service, with messages purporting to be from “God.” In a series of comments written last Thursday, the account announced that “I am like a God.”

The account went on to say that the population of the world were his “slaves,” and should kill each other before ultimately killing themselves. He added that there should be no living creatures left in the world, and that life was a “mistake of the universe.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•"Mass Shooting"

Ontario reports 2,073 new Covid cases … and Poop is not a cure

Ontario is reporting 2,073 cases of #COVID19 and over 28,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 685 new cases in Toronto, 389 in Peel, 231 in York Region and 144 in Durham.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 11, 2021

Ont. records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since March as seven-day average dips below 3,000

That’s a Big Drop, is the count off again?

Indian doctors warn against using cow poop as COVID cure

As COVID-19 ravages India, some have taken to rubbing cow feces and urine on their bodies as a way to fight the virus.

Doctors are warning against the practice, saying there’s no proof it boosts immunity or helps treat COVID.

“There are also health risks involved in smearing or consuming these products – other diseases can spread from the animals to humans,” Dr. JA Jayalal, national president of the Indian Medical Association, told Reuters.

Canucks are Gungho for Covid passports USA not so much

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

The Liberals hold a wide lead over that other Liberal party

The Liberals are holding a wide lead over the Conservatives, who continue to struggle to make any headway in national support. The Liberals would almost certainly win the most seats if an election were held today and would have about a one-in-two chance of securing a majority government.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 11, 2021•0•Canada, WTF?

California Fleeing: Democrats delude themselves about why their state is losing people

The 2020 Census results are a complete embarrassment to California’s ruling Democrats.

Despite opening the floodgates to millions of illegal aliens, making the state the home to one out of four foreigners who break into the country without authorization, the state has made substandard gains in population over the last decade.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 10, 2021•0•California

A Welcome Backlash against Critical Race Theory

Recent weeks have brought welcome pushback against the spread of critical race theory (CRT) and related dogmas of division in our nation’s schools.

Contrary to what many of CRT’s advocates often claim, the theory is about more than just teaching kids to “think critically” about the role that race has played in American history. It’s the conceptual apparatus of a self-avowedly activist political movement seeking to renovate the American social order from root to branch using state power.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 10, 2021•0•"Critical Race Theory" Crackpot Communism

Stop denying that cannabis is harmful

Despite the predictable backlash, an Irish awareness campaign was right

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, the professional body for psychiatrists in the Republic of Ireland, recently launched an information campaign across various media platforms. It was part of an effort to raise awareness about the harms of cannabis use, with a particular emphasis upon the harms associated with cannabis use among young people. Predictably, the College faced a backlash from activists who wish to see cannabis legalised, and who believe that the College is involved in fomenting a reefer madness-style moral panic about a drug which they view as potentially therapeutic.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 10, 2021•0•Marijuana

The dark side of DarkSide

The Colonial Pipeline attack shows there is no such thing as a righteous hacker

On a normal day, the Colonial Pipeline carries up to three million barrels of oil 5,500 miles from the Southern United States to New York, providing 45 percent of the East Coast’s fuel needs. On Friday, the oil stopped flowing. The pipeline was shut down after the operating company was hit by a cyberattack.

Two days later and the pipeline is still sitting idle, and companies are scrambling to try and secure supplies of oil, diesel, jet fuel and gasoline. The cyberattack raises international suspicions. Was it China? Russia? Those countries specialize in such actions. The NSA however has been briefing that the culprit was an unusual cybercrime outfit known as DarkSide.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2021May 10, 2021•0•Cybercrime

Biden HHS Lays the Groundwork for the Chemical Castration of Children

On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) laid the groundwork for forcing doctors and hospitals to perform transgender surgery in the name of fighting “discrimination.” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (a biological male who identifies as a woman) announced that HHS would adopt the Orwellian redefinition of “sex” to force transgender ideology in the medical field, mainstreaming the arguable chemical castration of children.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2021May 10, 2021•0•Big Tranny

The Black Deaths Nobody Wants To Discuss

When the politics of race come into play, black lives cease to matter.

Black men are systemically shot and killed in New York City and no one seems to care because the triggers aren’t pulled by cops. If you say discussing this is a distraction from racism, you do it from atop a lot of graves. And how can anyone say that doesn’t matter?

The context is that New York City saw its bloodiest week in late April, with 46 separate shooting incidents, a 300 percent surge from the same week in 2020. These shootings were part of a 205 percent overall increase in shootings in NYC in 2020, the bloodiest toll since 1996. The body count continued to rise in early May.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2021May 10, 2021•0•#BlackLivesMatter

Pathetic ‘SNL’ Can’t Even Make Elon Musk Funny

Elon Musk’s turn at the helm of “Saturday Night Live” was awkward, but highly rated. For “SNL’s” flailing staff, there are some useful lessons to be drawn from the episode they didn’t want to touch.

Think about this: “SNL’s” ratings are climbing as Donald Trump is fading into the background of our daily news. It’s incredibly counterintuitive. Their poor ratings are actually improving in the absence of the most hilarious and controversial president in the show’s lifetime.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2021May 10, 2021•0•Hollywood