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Cuba Falling: A Most Unusual Meeting

There are a lot of stories about Cuba floating around right now. Some are MSM outlets acting like they have a scoop on something that’s been happening or rumored to be happening for months. Some are simply absurd and probably not true. Most aren’t actually verified by the Donald Trump administration and come from anonymous sources. I’m not even going to bother with those today. I saw this happen in the final months before we captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Most of these reporters and media outlets didn’t even care about these countries until they became newsworthy, and once they do become hot topics, they’ll publish just about anything to get clicks. I can’t do that.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 31, 2026•0•Cuba, USA

There is no reconciliation without truth

Two things can be true, at the same time. Five years after the startling announcement that there were hundreds of possible unmarked graves near a residential school in Kamloops, B.C., there has been no public confirmation of the discovery of any human remains. That is reality, one reality.

Another is this: 3,200 Indigenous children, at least, died at residential schools, according to the 2015 report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Residential school students died at a rate far higher than children in the rest of Canada – a negligence so deep-rooted that it came “within unpleasant nearness” of manslaughter, according to a government official in the early 1900s.

Canada’s newspaper of record says Oops.

Holy shit. @globeandmail editorial board:

“The fact of the crimes committed against Indigenous children at residential schools over many decades does not automatically validate claims that hundreds of students were dumped into unmarked graves in Kamloops and other residential… https://t.co/ctwF8Z0InA

— Harrison Lowman (@harrisonlowman) May 30, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue", "Residential School Mass Grave Mania"

Yale-Educated Lupita Nyong‘o Admits She Never Heard of ‘The Odyssey‘ Before Helen of Troy Casting

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o has admitted that before being cast as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the 2,800-year-old Greek classic The Odyssey, she had never even heard of the epic story, despite having graduated from Yale University.

I confess to never having heard of Lupita before this woke casting calamity.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 31, 2026•0•Hollywood

Amy Hamm: At least Guilbeault has principles — most Liberals don’t

This week, Liberal MP and former environment minister and ex-Greenpeace activist Steven Guilbeault proved he’s capable of protest that doesn’t involve scaling the CN tower or chaining himself to oil sands equipment.

The Quebec MP announced his forthcoming resignation from the House of Commons, days after the CBC broke the news that 14 Liberal MPs (whom the CBC won’t name — but undoubtedly includes Guilbeault) penned a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling him out for allegedly reneging on the party’s environmental commitments. The letter insists that “climate change is the greatest threat of our time,” which certainly sounds as though it was penned by Guilbeault.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Bill Gates Spent Years Crafting His Image. Now It’s Cracking.

Bill Gates’s employees have spent years carefully cultivating his image—down to keeping a custom-size mannequin to test his outfits for different days of the week.

A styling group stores troves of neutral tone crew and V-neck sweaters, button-down shirts, slacks and extra pairs of the Silver Lining Opticians “Carbon” glasses at an off-site building, current and former employees said. Once options are selected for public-facing engagements, employees usually send three options for approval by senior staff. The goal: to depict someone calm and approachable, like Mister Rogers.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"Elite Decadence & Decay"

Poilievre calls for emergency debate on recession in letter to Carney

In a Sunday morning letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for an emergency parliamentary debate to address the state of Canada’s economy.

“You promised you would deliver the fastest-growing economy in the G7. You delivered the only recession in the G7,” wrote the Official Opposition leader.

On Friday, a report from Statistics Canada showed the country’s economy contracted slightly for the second quarter in a row — meeting the technical definition of a recession.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 31, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

The Myth of Slavery as an Engine of Growth

Over the past two decades, the New History of Capitalism has transformed debates about Western development by restoring slavery to the center of the story of modern economic growth. A burgeoning literature now contends that slavery was not simply a moral atrocity intertwined with capitalism but the essential engine that powered the rise of the Atlantic economy itself. According to this interpretation, slave labor generated the capital accumulation, commodity production, and financial sophistication that made the modern West rich. When British politician Kemi Badenoch publicly opposed this argument, critics accused her of minimizing slavery’s economic significance. Yet the central empirical difficulty with the enrichment thesis remains unresolved: if slavery is such a powerful generator of prosperity, why did societies organized around slavery remain poor for most of human history, despite slavery existing across nearly every major civilization?

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•slavery, Slavery and Reparations

A guide to the (many) groups running Alberta’s separatist and remain camps

Who’s leading the “remain” side in this divisive, near-existential referendum on separation for Alberta? And who’s leading the “leave” side, pushing for a future binding independence question?

These are simple questions. There are not simple answers.

If there’s one thing that unites the disparate sides of this debate, it’s that neither is organized by a single, top-down umbrella group.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•Alberta, Canada

Palace was told Andrew leaked trade secrets six years ago

Buckingham Palace was made aware of emails allegedly showing that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential information with a business contact six years ago, according to court documents.

A tranche of emails during the former prince’s time as a British trade envoy was sent to the Royal Household in 2020.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"Woke Royals"

GOLDSTEIN: The laughable claims of Justin Trudeau’s climate warriors

Old myths die hard in Ottawa and one of the hardest to kill is that the government of Justin Trudeau was on track to meet Canada’s climate change targets under his failed $200-billion-plus strategy, before Prime Minister Mark Carney blew them up.

The myth was on display at a social gathering last week of Trudeau’s now-departed environment ministers/climate change warriors – Steven Guilbeault, Catherine McKenna and Jonathan Wilkinson, along with the former PM himself – at the private Rideau Club near Parliament Hill, reported by CBC.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"Environmentalists", "extremists", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hundreds arrested in France after wild Champions League celebrations

Clashes between football fans and police across France have led to more than 400 arrests following the victory of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the Champions League final against Arsenal.

Thousands of officers were deployed to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in the capital Paris.

Fireworks and flares were set off, while several police officers were injured in the fray. Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds in the city centre.

🇫🇷 Paris currently looks like a war zone. Again.

North African gangs are blocking the streets and destroying everything in sight following PSG winning the Champions League.

Total chaos. pic.twitter.com/pzRsF0iXX7

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) May 30, 2026

North African PSG fans burned, devastated and looted Paris. If you import third world you become third world. pic.twitter.com/auvt2Z9Hu0

— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) May 31, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•France

Conrad Black: Liberals unfairly target religious expression

Bill C-9, the Combating Hate Act, which passed the House of Commons this spring has been controversial because of widespread fears that its broad definitions of hate speech and intimidation threatened fundamental democratic rights. Almost everybody opposes incitement to group hatred but almost everybody also supports the widest definition of freedom of human conduct that does not lead to chaos or promote or defend sociopathic behaviour. Opponents of C-9 are particularly concerned at the removal from the Criminal Code’s protection of people acting in good faith in reciting religious texts that could be construed as incitements to hate, even if unintentionally.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, freedom of religious expression

The West is ignoring the dangerous new partnership reshaping Iran from within

A shadowy new partnership appears to have formed between two of the most powerful figures in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Yet in the West it has been almost entirely overlooked.

It is no secret that the mainstream coverage of the Iran war has lacked nuance. But nowhere has this been clearer than in efforts to understand the regime’s internal power structure following the elimination of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"US Israel Iran War"

ANALYSIS: Is Toronto worse off after Chow’s mayoral stint

TORONTO — As Toronto voters prepare to head to the polls in October, they will do so against the backdrop of a city grappling with persistent affordability pressures, strained public services and aging infrastructure.

While Mayor Olivia Chow can point to improvements in some areas, including reductions in homicides and increased housing approvals, many residents continue to confront a city that feels increasingly expensive, congested and difficult to navigate.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drone technology

The US, UK and Australia say they will develop underwater drone technology to protect undersea cables and boost defence, under their military alliance known as Aukus.

The uncrewed undersea vehicle (UUV) technology is expected to be ready by next year. While the project’s total cost was not stated, UK Defence Secretary John Healey said his nation would contribute £150m ($201m).

The announcement, made by the countries’ defence ministers at a security summit in Singapore, follows claims of slow progress in Aukus’s projects.

I bet Carney has something cooking with China!

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•AUKUS, USA