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India landslide: Nine tourists killed as boulders fall from hilltop

Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by falling boulders.

Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.

Dramatic footage posted on social media showed large rocks hurtling down a steep valley and onto a bridge.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mother Nature Hates You", WTF?

UK Catholic Weekly ‘The Tablet’ Touts ‘Dante’s Debt to Islam’

In Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” according to a feature published Thursday in the British Catholic weekly The Tablet, “the Prophet Muhammad, along with four popes, is pictured suffering the torments of Hell.” However, as far as The Tablet is concerned, the big news in this 700-year-old literary masterpiece is not that, but a “less well-known” aspect of the epic poem: “how much Dante’s masterpiece owes to the vibrant culture of early medieval Islam.” Well, of course. All over what used to be known as Christendom, the best and the brightest are eagerly twisting themselves into all sorts of knots in order to argue that Islam has always been a part of the West, and not as a historic adversary, either, but as an integral element of Western culture. Why shouldn’t The Tablet join the party?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Catholic Church, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Nigeria school children kidnappers abduct man delivering ransom

Kidnappers in Nigeria have seized a man who was sent to deliver a ransom payment to secure the release of dozens of abducted school children.

The elderly man was sent by the children’s parents after they managed to raise 30m naira ($73,000; £53,000) by selling land and other possessions.

But they have been left feeling hopeless following his kidnapping.

The north of the country is in the midst of a wave of school abductions carried out by criminals for profit.

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OMG! Donald Trump Fans And People Speaking Negatively Of Trudeau – Here In Canada Gasps Star!

Conspiracy theories. Donald Trump followers. Pandemic sees rise in right-wing extremism online in Canada — and report warns of a ‘surge’ as lockdowns lift

… Canadian politics was the second-most talked about subject with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being the most mentioned politician. Discussion around him was overwhelmingly negative, the researchers found.

Not far behind was U.S. politics. The data showed Canadian right-wing extremists were very much influenced by events happening in the U.S. and Donald Trump came up in a lot of posts.

“This raises the concern that an emboldened and increasingly violent extreme right in the U.S. could help to inspire similar activity in Canada, as Canadian right-wing extremists look to their U.S. counterparts for inspiration,” the researchers wrote.

Around the time of the U.S. election last year, trolls on 4chan created and disseminated a fake article that suggested Canada was preparing to launch an invasion of the U.S. should Donald Trump win the election. It all appeared to be part of an effort to exacerbate political tensions between the neighbouring countries “at the time of a high-stakes political event,” the researchers wrote.

The Star is a comic book.

Full disclosure to CSIS and the RCMP – This is the 1st I’ve heard of Canada invading the US!

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Rex Murphy: Dany Fortin’s reputation torched by troubling witch hunt

Admitted heterosexual.

The National Post’s recent story on the sudden firing of Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin after 32 years of service in the Canadian military has elements that are very troubling. Not least of which is a sexual misconduct allegation made by one person about an event that allegedly occurred 30-plus years ago and has not been proven in court, but was nonetheless made public and acted on by government and military authorities, thus destroying the man’s reputation.

C’mon Rex, Fortin is a practicing heterosexual, that makes him unfit for the new Rainbow Forces!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Umar Zameer, accused of killing T.O. cop makes court appearance, lawyer says murder being taken out of context

The lawyer for the man accused of killing a Toronto cop earlier this month made a brief court appearance today — far earlier than scheduled.

Umar Zameer, 31, was supposed to make a bail appearance at Old City Hall at 2 p.m., but media were told shortly after 1 p.m. that the matter had already been dealt with, leaving reporters without an opportunity to observe the proceedings, or even get their first look at the accused.

… Hasan’s statement Friday went on to say: “It is extremely important to recognize that so far, you have been told only of an allegation — devoid of context and detail — about what happened.

“The evidence at the trial will show what actually happened in that City Hall parking lot.

No doubt Islamophobia is at work!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

I miss Monkeypox already… Deadly drug-resistant ‘superbug’ now spreading in 2 cities, CDC says

I miss Monkeypox already… Deadly drug-resistant ‘superbug’ now spreading in 2 cities, CDC says

More than 100 patients at a US nursing home and two hospitals have been infected with an untreatable fungus, including three victims who died, federal officials say.

The ongoing outbreaks of the drug-resistant “superbug,” Candida auris, at a Washington, DC, nursing home and two Dallas, Texas-area hospitals were reported by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

It appears that the drug-resistant strain, which brings fever and chills, spread from patient to patient for the first time in the US. Earlier cases diagnosed in New York in 2019 were also resistant to the drugs, but nothing indicated those patients had passed the bug to each other.

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Algerian judoka withdraws from Tokyo Olympics over possible matchup with Israeli athlete

Two years ago, Fethi Nourine of Algeria pulled out of the 2019 Judoka World Championships when his draw lined him up against Israeli Tohar Butbul.

History repeats itself, this time at the Tokyo Olympics.

The draw for the -73kg men’s division potentially set up a matchup between the ninth-ranked Nourine and No. 6 Butbul in the second round. So Nourine, once again, withdrew from competition.

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George Soros Reportedly Donates $1 Million to PAC Advocating Defunding of US Police

American billionaire George Soros has donated $1 million to the Color Of Change political action committee (PAC), which campaigns for the US police to be defunded, according to Federal Election Commission’s recordings, obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. This is one of the largest known donations to a political cause by Soros this year.

The Color Of Change PAC, which calls itself the largest “online racial justice organization”, campaigns for the US police to be defunded, arguing that the institution has become obsolete and does not fulfil its function of protecting people, at least when it comes to black communities.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGeorge Soros, WTF?

Canada’s vaccine passport won’t come until December, at the earliest

Leaked presentations reveal that Canada won’t have a national Covid-19 vaccine passport system until December 2021, at the earliest. A total lack of national infrastructure, however, means that could be delayed even further.

The internal PowerPoint presentation, prepared by the Treasury Board of Canada, reveals that even more than a year after the global pandemic hit, Canada still lags other countries in developing a system to issue and recognize proof of immunity to Covid-19.

h/t FH

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About 100 CIA officers and family have been sickened by Havana syndrome

About 100 CIA officers and family members are among about 200 US officials and kin sickened by “Havana syndrome”, the CIA director, William Burns, said on Thursday, referring to the mysterious set of ailments that include migraines and dizziness.

Burns, tapped by Joe Biden as the first career diplomat to serve as CIA chief, said in a National Public Radio interview that he had bolstered his agency’s efforts to determine the cause of the syndrome and what is responsible.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?