Adam Zivo: B.C. winds down practice of sending addicts home with free drugs

British Columbia recently mandated that, starting from the end of this month, most “safer supply” drugs must be consumed under medical supervision in an effort to keep them from being diverted to the black market. While this reform is laudable and will help keep dangerous opioids off Canadian streets, it is reprehensible that the province dragged its feet for years here.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inDrug Legalization, Drugs

The Nazi legion stopping one historian from returning home

In the final months of the Second World War, as his unit retreated in the face of Allied advances with barely a shot fired, Karl Hoffmann, the German linguist and SS officer, developed a ritual.

Once a day, he would put on breezy swing records from the 1920s and dictate magazine articles in bad Urdu while caressing the hair of his typist, a fervently Nazi corporal from Hamburg.

Such was life in the “Tiger” legion, a chaotic and largely ornamental body of roughly 3,000 soldiers from British-ruled India who had mostly been captured in the North Africa campaign and recruited to the Wehrmacht.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIndia

Elon Musk slams Canadian health care after Edmonton father dies in ER

Elon Musk is lashing out at Canada’s health-care system after an Edmonton father died in an hospital emergency room following an eight-hour wait to see a doctor.

“When the government does medical care, it is about as good as the DMV,” Musk wrote on X as he reshared a video that showed the man’s wife recapping her husband’s death.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Healthcare Crisis", "Healthcare", Canada

Speed-eating cats and skateboarding dogs replace children in overworked Asia

The countdown is on: within 90 seconds, the cats must race through as much of the agility course as they can, clearing perspex holes and scaling scratching posts to claim their spots on the podium.

Only a few of the felines seem fazed. As their owners desperately try every encouraging tactic in the book – feathers, treats, clapping – most of the cats remain blissfully uncooperative.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCats. What Else?

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Blast at Syrian mosque during Friday prayers leaves at least eight dead

An explosion has killed at least eight people and injured 18 others during Friday prayers inside a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs, the health ministry has said.

Pictures from Syria’s state-run news agency, Sana, show the inside of the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque with black, scorched walls, smashed windows and blood on the carpet.

Officials believe that an explosive was detonated inside the building, Sana reports, citing a security source. While authorities are still searching for the perpetrators, jihadist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah said it was behind the explosion

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Syria

Amy Hamm: U.K. puberty blocker trial asks children to consider freezing eggs, sperm

Imagine asking a child as young as 10 to consider whether they want to freeze their sperm or eggs in order to one day have babies, should they become infertile. It sounds patently insane.

However, that’s what researchers with the U.K.’s NHS will do to children who identify as transgender and who are approved to participate in a new puberty-blocking drug trial — the only legal way for minors to take these drugs in the U.K.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

Government satisfaction drops sharply as Canadians struggle with cost-of-living pressures

Canadians’ satisfaction with their governments has fallen sharply in 2025, according to new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, as residents grapple with rising costs and ongoing economic uncertainty.

The Government Performance Index, which measures satisfaction across 16 key issues, shows scores have dropped by roughly one-quarter since March.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The Best Classic Movies And T.V. To Watch With Your Family This Post-Christmas Week

Binge-watching is a habit that’s usually good to avoid, especially when watching on your own. However, during the week after Christmas and before New Year’s — in which so many families find themselves sandwiched between big gatherings or parties and maybe even forgetting what day it is — spending a little extra time together in front of the silver screen with popcorn and in pajamas is to be expected, and can even prove restful.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inChristmas

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wears hijab in solidarity with Somalis as feds probe multibillion-dollar fraud scandal

WASHINGTON — Minnesota’s lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan donned a hijab to express solidarity with Somalis in a local TV appearance amid federal and congressional investigations into fraudsters in their refugee community who bilked taxpayers out of as much as $9 billion.

“I am incredibly clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota,” Flanagan said at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis alongside local officials in a video released by Somali TV of Minnesota on Thursday.

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA