Iran’s Hard-Liners Flex Their Muscle With a U-Turn Over Hormuz

Iran’s Hard-Liners Flex Their Muscle With a U-Turn Over Hormuz

Iran’s quick reversal of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz has laid bare a rift between the country’s political leaders and the military hard-liners who have deepened their hold on the government since the war began.

A day after the country’s foreign minister announced that the strait was open, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on at least two commercial ships in the Gulf for the first time during the cease-fire—and broadcast warnings to mariners that the waterway remained closed, causing ships that were attempting the transit to turn back. Ships would be targeted if they moved, it said.

The public display of division points to the difficulty ahead as President Trump tries to nail down concessions that would allow him to end the war with a clear win.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Nigel Biggar: Eurocentricity is justified

Nigel Biggar: Eurocentricity is justified

Three years ago, the acting vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, Anthony Freeling, made a confession, widely reported in the British press. He confessed that he was baffled by “decolonization.” The word, he said, “has been misused to such an extent that I don’t think, if I’m honest, I can give an accurate definition.”

I sympathize — as, I strongly suspect, do millions of others. That’s because “decolonization” can mean a variety of different things, some of which make good sense, but others, very bad sense indeed. And the bad ones have smuggled themselves into schools and university departments under cover of the good.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Civilizationists"

Trump threatens to destroy every bridge, power plant in Iran if Tehran doesn’t take deal: ‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’

Trump threatens to destroy every bridge, power plant in Iran if Tehran doesn’t take deal: ‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’

After telling Fox News that talks with Iran will resume on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump says on Truth Social, “We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.”

“NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” he writes.

(more…)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

While standing outside the House of Commons, Avi Lewis recalled that it has been five decades since his grandfather — former federal NDP leader David Lewis — stood inside the chamber to advocate for the Canadian left.

After David, there was Avi’s father, Stephen Lewis, a former leader of the Ontario NDP, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and a longtime journalist and environment activist. He passed away last month at 88, shortly after his son was elected federal NDP leader.

Now, it’s Avi Lewis’s turn to take on the mantle. And going the federal route is a very intentional choice.

My head hurts at the thought Canada is so fecked Lewis may strike a nerve.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP, WTF?

Pope says ‘tyrants’ speech was not aimed at Trump

Pope says ‘tyrants’ speech was not aimed at Trump

Pope Leo says he was not seeking to debate Donald Trump when he criticised “tyrants” for spending billions on wars in a speech earlier this week.

The pontiff said the remarks, delivered days after a high-profile spat with the US president, had been written a fortnight earlier – “well before the president ever commented on myself”.

“And yet as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate, again, the president, which is not in my interest at all,” he told reporters aboard a flight to Angola on Saturday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCatholic Church, President Trump

Murder charges will be dropped against Kenneth Law; he will plead guilty to aiding suicide instead, lawyer says

Murder charges will be dropped against Kenneth Law; he will plead guilty to aiding suicide instead, lawyer says

An Ontario man accused of selling a toxic substance online to vulnerable people who used it to end their lives will no longer face murder charges and will instead plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide, his lawyer says.

Kenneth Law, 60, has been publicly accused of running websites that shipped more than a thousand packages of deadly substances and other materials used for self-harm to more than 40 countries. Many of Law’s customers were young people who allegedly used the substance to end their lives; the Star has spoken to parents in Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

I bet we find out this guy is the diversity added to Ontario’s MAID review board?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Justice", WTF?

U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say

U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say

The U.S. military is preparing in coming days to board Iran-linked oil tankers and seize commercial ships in international waters, according to U.S. officials, expanding its naval crackdown beyond the Middle East.

The planning comes as the Iranian military continues to tighten its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, attacking several commercial vessels on Saturday as it declared the waterway was being “strictly controlled” by Iran. The developments sent shipping companies scrambling a day after Iran’s foreign minister said the strait was fully open to commercial traffic—an announcement that was welcomed by President Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Overwhelming support among Iranian Canadians for regime change, community survey finds

Overwhelming support among Iranian Canadians for regime change, community survey finds

Nine in ten Iranian Canadians “strongly or somewhat support regime change in Iran,” according to a new community survey.

The survey was conducted by the Metropolis Institute (a division of the Association for Canadian Studies) on behalf of the non-profit Advancement of Human Rights Organization for the Middle East (AHROME). Metropolis Institute distributed 1,768 surveys between March 29 and April 13, most of them at large Iranian community gatherings in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, and 1,166 were fully completed.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Islamic Religion Teacher Faces Trial in Germany over Sexual Abuse of Eight Minors

Islamic Religion Teacher Faces Trial in Germany over Sexual Abuse of Eight Minors

An Islamic religion teacher is accused of sexually abusing at least eight children in Germany. According to the prosecution, the 35-year-old is suspected of having abused boys in a student dormitory in Giengen an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg, while working there, committing as many as 27 offences against at least eight victims between 2021 and 2024.

According to media reports, the allegations range from severe sexual abuse of minors to rape and bodily harm. In some cases, he choked the victims—children and adolescents aged 12 to 17—to the point of unconsciousness. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia"

GOLDSTEIN: Climate hysteria wasted our money, failed to reduce need for fossil fuels

GOLDSTEIN: Climate hysteria wasted our money, failed to reduce need for fossil fuels

After almost four decades of climate alarmism the so-called “fight” against climate change has failed.

In 1990, the base year for the now long-forgotten Kyoto climate accord that was supposed to be the first step in saving the planet from catastrophic global warming, fossil fuels – oil, coal, natural gas – provided 87.38% of the world’s energy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Groomers at Human Rights Museum says parental rights are ‘myths’ that harm ‘2SLGBTQI+’ youth

Groomers at Human Rights Museum says parental rights are ‘myths’ that harm ‘2SLGBTQI+’ youth

CALGARY — The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has launched a social media campaign targeting what it refers to as “myths” surrounding the growing parental rights movement in Canada.

The museum argues that many of the movement’s policies are rooted in “transphobia and homophobia,” posing serious threats to “2SLGBTQI+” youth.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Big Groomer", Big Deviant