Altered images of people executed by the Khmer Rouge regime have been published by VICE media group, with smiles “photoshopped” to the victims’ faces. The now-deleted article has caused a public outcry and a warning from Cambodia.
Author: Blazingcatfur
Hammer-Wielding Intruders Damage Hong Kong Epoch Times Printing Press
Four intruders barged into the printing plant of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times in the early hours of April 12, damaging computers and printing equipment. The attack is believed to be the latest effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to silence The Epoch Times.
In an attack on the same facility in November 2019, four masked men set fire to two printing presses. The perpetrators behind the arson attack have remained at large.
Two Christian women face death penalty in Pakistan in case over Quran sticker
Two Christian women face allegations of blasphemy, a charge that carries a potential death penalty, after Muslim staff at a hospital accused them of removing a sticker carrying a verse from the Quran from a colleague’s locker.
Police in the eastern city of Faisalabad had to rescue the pair as a riot broke out at the hospital. Muslim medical staff staged a demonstration demanding legal action against the women.
Who exactly thought Muslim immigration was a good idea?
Even Liberals Are Disgusted by Amazon Prime Series ‘Them’
Another year means another overrated series pushing the theme that since people in America were racist decades ago, America is just as racist if not more so today. 2019 had Watchmen, 2020 had Lovecraft Country, and 2021 has the unusually violent Amazon Prime series Them.
Woke Capitalism Revs Into High Gear: 90 CEOs Gather to Fight ‘Undemocratic’ Voter Integrity Laws
Roughly 100 of America’s top corporate leaders and CEOs gathered both in-person and virtually on Saturday to strategize ways to combat new election integrity laws like Georgia’s H.B. 531. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale University management professor who helped organize the meeting, framed it as a response to threats of reprisals after Georgia-based companies like Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola, and Aflac Insurance condemned the Georgia bill. He called election integrity measures “anti-undemocratic.”
Soldiers told ‘Don’t call each other lads’ over fears they could cause offence
Soldiers have been banned from referring to each other as ‘lads’ in the Army’s latest gender equality drive.
Troops from 22 Engineer Regiment were told not to use the word because it may cause offence, even if no women are present.
Words such as ‘mankind’ and ‘sportsmanship’ have also been banned as the Armed Forces is remodelled as a gender-neutral organisation.
9 of Hollywood‘s Biggest Acts of Hypocrisy: China, #MeToo, Guns, Climate Change, and More
When they’re not making movies, TV shows, or albums, left-wing Hollywood elites can be found lecturing average Americans on how to live their lives. Gun control is imperative, lockdowns are necessary, and burning fossil fuels is wrong. Except when they do it, of course.
J. Michael Cole: China is using our legal systems against us
Facing growing scrutiny over its sharp power operations, the crackdown in Hong Kong and the ongoing cultural genocide in Xinjiang, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has launched an all-out propaganda campaign to rewrite the facts and discredit its critics. Recently, the CCP has also begun resorting to lawfare — the use or threat of legal action — to intimidate, silence and impose financial and psychological costs on researchers and journalists who are uncovering facts that Beijing doesn’t want us to know about.
COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into Canada: More than 100 passengers arriving in Vancouver refuse ‘mandatory’ hotel quarantine
This comes as COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into B.C. and Canada
More than 100 passengers arriving at Vancouver International Airport have refused to quarantine at a government-authorized hotel since the “mandatory” three-day quarantine was introduced on Feb. 22.
This comes as the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 23 flights either departing or arriving at Vancouver International Airport with a COVID-sick passenger on board since the start of April.
Counter-protesters vastly outnumber ‘Klansmen’ at California #WhiteLivesMatter rally as much-publicized event fails to materialize
Scuffles broke out at the site of a planned White Lives Matter rally in Huntington Beach, California, as scores of counter-protesters squared off with right-wing demonstrators. Several people were arrested.
Several dozen Black Lives Matter activists showed up for a counter-protest in response to a rumored ‘White Lives Matter’ rally that was expected to take place at Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday afternoon. However, only several right-wing demonstrators showed up and were heckled by the crowd, with some led away by police, which turned out in force to prevent altercations.
I swear. One day we’re going to find out these “events” were organized by the Democrats, Antifa and the FBI…
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However, many of the demonstrations drew few protesters, NBC News reported. In New York City, counterprotesters were unopposed on the street across from Trump Tower, where a white lives matter rally was planned.
In Albuquerque, N.M., police formed a circle around just one protester while a large group of counterprotesters gathered, according to the outlet.
Communist China Relies on Twitter, Facebook to Counter International Criticism Over Xinjiang
The communist regime in China has become more active on both Twitter and Facebook to spread propaganda and disinformation in order to silence international condemnation of its persecution against Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, according to a recent report.
The disinformation campaign was a joint effort between Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, China’s state-run media, and pro-CCP online actors, according to a report published by think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on March 30.
Chinese Flu sufferer criticized for calling it Chinese flu
A Town of Essex councillor has triggered anger among many locally and far beyond after posting on Twitter about testing positive for “the Chinese Flu.”
Chris Vander Doelen, who retired five years ago from the Windsor Star and has served on council since being elected in 2018, posted the following on Friday: “Damn. My test for the Chinese flu came back positive. So I hafta lay low for another week — a punishment worse than the illness proved to be.”
I wonder how many of those critics are tied to the CCP?
Iran vows revenge for ‘Israeli’ attack on Natanz nuclear site
The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will “take revenge” for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel.
Iranian officials said the Natanz uranium enrichment plant was the target of “nuclear terrorism” on Sunday, after initially reporting a power failure.
New advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium had just been activated there.
Israel has not commented, but public radio cited intelligence sources as saying it was a Mossad cyber operation.
Ontario reports 4,401 new Covid cases … and being refused a ride in a Toronto Cab is probably better for you anyway
Ontario is reporting more than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row.
Health officials said there are 4,401 new infections on Monday, a slight drop from Sunday’s record high of 4,456 cases. It’s the third time in the past four days more than 4,000 new cases have been recorded.
Toronto taxi company considers pumping the brakes on service in some COVID-19 hotspots
A Toronto taxi company is considering pumping the brakes on providing service to some high-risk areas for COVID-19 in an effort to protect its drivers.
Beck Taxi CEO Kristine Hubbard says drivers provided their essential service at the start of the pandemic with the belief that people who were sick with the virus were staying home.
They were driving “to deliver [people’s] essential goods, to take them to their essential appointments,” she said.
John Tory’s Toronto – We’re all in this together but differently!
#TrafficAlertTO – Part of University Ave., b/n Queen St W & Dundas St, will be closed Saturday, April 10, 5am-8pm for filming. Emergency vehicles and bikes maintain access. Others making essential travel should plan another route. pic.twitter.com/XIo1ufQUgs
— TO Transportation (@TO_Transport) April 9, 2021
Doug Ford’s Ontario – No Scotch Tape for You!
h/t Paul and Mauser
Liberals see majority support but face skepticism over spending ahead of budget: poll
The Liberal government is approaching the release of this year’s federal budget in a strong position to form a majority government in the next election, a new Ipsos poll suggests.
Yet the Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News suggests the budget itself could potentially impact that support, with eight in 10 Canadians saying the Liberals should aim for balancing the books if they want to earn their vote.
But 66% say spend spend spend at the same time…