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Google exposes nine-month counter-terror hacking op by ‘friendly’ government, raising questions about what makes an ally

A Google hacking team has exposed — and shut down — an expert counterterrorism hacking operation by a supposed US ally. While the report hid most details, it raised troubling questions on what constitutes an ally in cyberspace.

The tech giant’s Project Zero and Threat Analysis Group hacking teams uncovered and ultimately put an end to a counter-terrorism operation being run by a US ally, according to MIT Tech Review, which detailed the internal struggle at Google over whether to publicize the incident and what it implied for future cyber-espionage

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•Espionage, USA

Whites Excluded, Illegal Aliens Qualify for Oakland‘s $500 Month Payouts

Oakland, California, Mayor Libby Schaaf (D) announced a program that offers poor minority families $500 a month. Poor white families are excluded for the sin of being white. However, illegal aliens qualify.

Per the Daily Mail, “An estimated 10,000 of Oakland’s 435,000 population are white residents who live in poverty,” but they will receive nothing, and only because they are white.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists

California can no longer detain people because they can’t pay bail

California’s highest court has ruled that judges in the state will have to consider a suspect’s ability to pay when they set bail, a major decision that essentially requires that those who can’t afford bail be freed unless they are deemed too dangerous to be released awaiting trial.

“The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether an arrestee can afford bail is unconstitutional,” the justices said in a unanimous decision on Thursday.

Just what California needed!

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•California, Crime

Pete Buttigieg says the Biden administration is considering taxing drivers by the MILE to fund their $3trillion climate-friendly infrastructure proposal

The White House is mulling a tax on vehicles’ mileage to pay for a proposal to revamp the nation’s infrastructure expected in the coming days, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Friday.

In an interview with CNBC, Buttigieg said a tax on miles driven ‘shows a lot of promise,’ as President Joe Biden’s administration faces pressure to find ways to fund infrastructure improvements, a goal that has eluded the past two presidential administrations.

‘The gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it. It’s not anymore, so a so-called vehicle miles traveled tax or mileage tax, whatever you want to call, could be a way to do it.’

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", USA, WTF?

Sajjan was involved in Vance pay raise, top civil servant says

A top civil servant contradicted Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s denial of any role in awarding former chief of defence staff Jonathan Vance a pay raise after the Prime Minister’s Office and Mr. Sajjan were made aware of sexual misconduct allegations against him.

Janine Sherman, who as a deputy secretary to the cabinet is one of the most senior civil servants in the federal government, appeared at the House of Commons defence committee Friday. Citing privacy rules, she declined to answer many questions about the allegations and the government’s response, prompting an NDP MP to compare her responses to a “culture of denial and deflection” within the public service.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 27, 2021•0•Canada, WTF?

San Francisco schools oust vice president for ‘harmful’ tweets about Asians

A San Francisco school board official under fire for racist tweets against Asian Americans has been ousted from her position after she refused to resign.

Alison Collins, who is black, was stripped of her role Thursday as vice president of the San Francisco Board of Education in a 5-2 vote of no confidence, the board announced in a statement.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"Cancel Culture", Batshit Crazy Progressive Hypocrites, Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists

Suez Canal: Ships stuck in ‘traffic jam’ as salvage efforts continue

The blockage of Egypt’s Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a “traffic jam” in the Red Sea, according to a merchant seaman on a nearby ship.

Joe Reynolds, chief engineer of the Maersk Ohio, told the BBC the number of vessels waiting at the canal’s southern entrance was “growing exponentially”.

“It’s going to affect shipping schedules around the world,” he warned.

Tugboats and dredgers are trying to dislodge the Ever Given, which is wedged diagonally across the waterway.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•WTF?

White House Confirms Biden Will Sign Gun Control Executive Orders

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Friday that President Joe Biden intends to sign executive orders instituting increased gun control.

“Yes,” Psaki flatly stated in response to a question on the subject during Friday’s press briefing. “I can’t give you an exact time frame in part, because they have to go through a review process, which is something that we do from here.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Gun Control, Gun Rights

Hunter Biden’s Texts Confirm Gun Was Taken, Left In Dumpster – ‘Police, FBI, Secret Service Came On Scene’.

The following, near-2500 word text message, is between Hunter Biden and Hallie (his brother Beau’s widow) Biden’s sister Liz. We have highlighted the key parts as they related to alleged criminality and the latest stories in the news. We have not edited the text. We have confirmed the phone numbers belong to Hunter Biden and Liz Secundy.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden"

Continental Breakfast

I’m filling in for Sarcasticat so breakfast at your own risk!

Facebook platforms used for most online child sex abuse, UK charity says, warns pedophiles thrive if encryption isn’t limited

The UK’s leading child-protection charity says pedophiles, abusers and groomers are thriving on Facebook’s social media platforms, with end-to-end encryption giving them a perfect opportunity to abuse children and victims.

Europe Rejects Multiculturalism for Anti-Islamism

Denmark became the first European country to revoke the residency permits of Syrian refugees on March 1. This is part of a series of news events from across Europe that shows the Continent is becoming less welcoming of Muslim migrants.

A lesson for us all… I guess

UK’s youngest Lotto winner ‘living on benefits after blowing £1.9m jackpot’

Spermageddon: are humans going extinct?

Is the human race in danger of extinction? That’s the jaw-dropping claim made in Professor Shanna Swan’s new book ‘Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race’.

Over a hundred riot officers form ring of steel against Bristol demonstrators – some armed with knuckledusters – as they surround the same police station besieged in Sunday attack

More than a hundred riot officers tonight formed a ring of steel against Kill the Bill protesters, some armed with knuckledusters, as they besieged the Bristol police station which was the scene of an earlier riot.

Mounted officers, those with dogs and others holding shields formed a barrier around Bridewell Police Station where police vans were torched and dozens of officers left injured on Sunday night.

Mon Dieu! French monks locked down with 2.8 tonnes of cheese pray for buyers

A French monastery in the heart of Burgundy has launched an emergency online sale to get rid of thousands of its artisanal cheeses, which are languishing in its cellars as Covid-19 keeps buyers away.

NP View: Conservatives must unite behind Erin O’Toole if they are to defeat Trudeau

Conservatives should move past the bickering that tainted their recent policy convention and get behind leader Erin O’Toole. Whatever divisions lay within the party they are not worth electoral oblivion. Unseating Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, not fighting each other, is the best use of all that passion and energy.

Ontario tweaks rules for lockdown zones, allowing hair salons to reopen on April 12

Personal care services in Toronto and Peel Region, including hair and nail salons, will be allowed to open up shop next month, the Ontario government says.

The Ford government announced amendments to the grey-lockdown level of their tiered, colour-coded COVID-19 response framework on Friday.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•Continental Breakfast

CCP Adviser Outlined Detailed Plan to Defeat US, Including Manipulating Elections

A leading Chinese professor—who is also an adviser to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—laid out a comprehensive plan for the communist regime to overthrow the United States as the world’s superpower.

The professor’s multi-pronged strategy involves a range of malign actions to subvert the United States while strengthening the Chinese regime. They include: interfering in U.S. elections, controlling the American market, cultivating global enemies to challenge the United States, stealing American technology, expanding Chinese territory, and influencing international organizations.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", USA

Do we now need permission to be free?

The government’s lockdown regime has transformed the very idea of civil liberties.

As Britain was heading into lockdown on 23 March 2020, UK health secretary Matt Hancock was busy introducing the accompanying legislation in parliament. ‘To defeat [Covid-19]’, he said, ‘we are proposing extraordinary measures of a kind never seen before in peacetime’.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

The Boulder Jihad and Jihad Denial

At approximately 3:05pm on Halloween afternoon, Oct. 31, 2017, 29-year old Sayfullo Saipov drove a rented truck onto a Manhattan bike path and slammed into nearly two dozen cyclists and pedestrians. He then crashed into a school bus and emerged from the vehicle wielding a paintball gun and a pellet gun. He screamed “Allahu Akbar” throughout the whole ordeal and succeeded in murdering eight people and wounding fifteen — until an NYPD officer shot and wounded him, dropping him to the ground.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

We must stop capitulating to this intolerance

The Batley Grammar scandal reveals the depths of liberal cowardice.

A group of religious conservatives has managed to shut down a school for two days running, exact a grovelling apology from its headteacher, and have a teacher suspended. The teacher’s name has been circulated online, both by protesters and a local religious charity, forcing him into police protection.

by Blazingcatfur•March 26, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK