Trump just dragged AOC like a wet blanket pic.twitter.com/SfFS1VZqwQ
— Phoeni 2A (@Phoenix2A_1980s) June 24, 2025
h/t XC
Author: Blazingcatfur
Canada’s top soldier says we should buy additional U.S. F-35 fighter jets and stick with America
OTTAWA—Canada’s top soldier says the military should keep buying at least some additional F-35 fighter jets from the United States, which she said will remain a key partner as Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues deeper defence ties with the European Union.
Gen. Jennie Carignan, the chief of the defence staff, said Monday that the F-35 jet comes with many advantages, from the capacity to cover Canada’s immense territory, to the ability for regular upgrades to keep up with rapidly advancing technology. Canada has already signed off on buying 16 of the jets through the American government, but the Liberal government put the rest of the purchase under review in March, amid tensions with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and talk of making Canada the 51st American state.
Carney and his pals get a piece of the action by choosing a Euro fighter.
EV-carrying ship sinks in Pacific Ocean after catching fire
A ship that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month has sunk.
The vessel was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific — about 360 miles from land — after a blaze. It was carrying about 3,000 vehicles of which about 800 were EVs.
After agreeing to 30-day timeline, Mark Carney now says ‘nothing’s assured’ on deal with U.S.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney lowered expectations on Monday about reaching an agreement with the United States for an economic and security pact by July 21.
Speaking in Brussels, where he signed a defence partnership with the European Union (EU), Carney was asked which options Canada would be considering, besides higher tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum, if he does not strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump within the next 30 days — as agreed to during the G7 summit last week in Kananaskis.
Ewww …
Inside a factory that cleans & reuses glass bottles. pic.twitter.com/V08OfYklAZ
— HOW THINGS WORK (@HowThingsWork_) June 23, 2025
h/t Mauser
Iran ‘hiding thousands’ of centrifuges to build a nuclear bomb
Regime’s smuggled uranium and secretive centrifuges mean US and Israeli attacks have not destroyed its capabilities, warns expert
Iran has hidden sites housing “hundreds if not thousands” of advanced centrifuges capable of producing weapons-grade uranium, an expert on Iran’s nuclear programme said.
The regime also moved much of its highly enriched uranium to a secret location before the US was able to bomb the Islamic republic’s three known nuclear facilities, they added.
It means Tehran could have all the capabilities to build a nuclear bomb, said Sima Shine, an expert on Iran’s nuclear programme who has worked within the Israeli military establishment for more than 30 years.
Ottawa’s electric vehicle mandate threatens the car industry in Canada
The federal government’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate — requiring that 20 per cent of all new vehicle sales in Canada be electric by 2026 — was designed with the best intentions. It was a bold climate policy that aligned with international commitments and aimed to reshape one of Canada’s most critical economic sectors.
But we’re now speeding into a very different corner of the track.
The Star went insane and published this!
“Under current rules, an automaker that falls short of the EV sales target must buy credits at $20,000 per non-compliant unit just to keep selling gas-powered vehicles in Canada. For a company selling 300,000 vehicles a year, falling 10 per cent short could trigger a $600 million penalty. That’s not environmental policy. That’s economic punishment.”
That’s crazy dictator stuff.
The billionaires behind the ‘No Kings’ riots
If you watched the recent “No Kings” riots with a lingering sense of deja vu, together with a haunting feeling that the “fox is in the henhouse,” you had good reason. This chaos is not without precedent, and it is far from the grassroots movement it is portrayed to be. First, let’s deal with the deja vu.
Because most of our public schools have long since abandoned teaching anything remotely akin to an accurate version of world history, most people today are unaware that the anarchy we are witnessing in the streets of Philadelphia and Portland is not without precedent.
President Trump On Ceasefire Violations: Israel & Iran “Don’t Know WTF They’re Doing”
What we know about the Iran-Israel ceasefire
Donald Trump has warned Israel against launching further attacks on Iran, hours after he said a ceasefire between the two sides had taken effect.
The US president used an expletive as he criticised both sides, after each accused the other of breaking the US and Qatar-brokered truce.
It came after Israel said Iran had violated the deal and vowed to respond with “powerful strikes”.
BREAKING—PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUES WARNING TO ISRAEL, DIRECTING THEM TO STOP ATTACKING IRAN:
“Israel. do not drop those bombs. If you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now! Donald J. Trump, President of the United States” pic.twitter.com/hWTZeJEwWc
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) June 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized both Iran and Israel for what he said were violations of a ceasefire between the two adversaries in the hours after he announced the truce would go into force. Content warning: profanity pic.twitter.com/KAZh2WgLN5
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 24, 2025
Trump should make Nato a subscription service
President Trump should “crack the whip” and make Nato a subscription-based organisation, Ben Wallace, a former defence secretary, has said.
Wallace, who was once tipped for Nato secretary-general, said allies should only be allowed membership if by 2030 they were spending 3.5 per cent of national income on defence.
Writing in The Times before Nato’s summit in The Hague this week, he said: “No subscription — no membership. No 3.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 — no protection from Uncle Sam.”
Canadians Are Leaving For Good In Record High Volumes
Canada’s temporary population boom may be over, but its long-term resident outflow is just beginning. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows emigration—the act of citizens or permanent residents permanently leaving—jumped higher in Q1 2025. Canadians left in the second-highest Q1 volume on record—a trend that’s only gained momentum since the pandemic.
Not Green Enough? Berlin May Expropriate Your Business
In Berlin, those who fail to comply with the green agenda could lose their company. That is what the new legal framework promoted by the CDU and SPD in the German capital’s Senate stipulates. Under the label of Vergesellschaftungsrahmengesetz (framework law on collectivization), the coalition has agreed on an instrument that would allow the State to expropriate private companies if, in the opinion of the political authorities, they fail to meet climate goals or invest “too little” in the public interest.
Small wonder Carney wants to hook up with these Nazis.
Author Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against University Professor Who Called Book ‘Racist Garbage’
An author has won her defamation lawsuit against a University of Regina professor who called her book “racist garbage.” Candis McLean had filed her lawsuit with a Saskatchewan court eight years ago.
McLean published a book in 2016 called “When Police Become Prey: The Cold, Hard Facts of Neil Stonechild’s Freezing Death.” The book challenged the findings of an inquiry into the death of Stonechild, an indigenous teen who died in Saskatoon in 1990 at age 17 on the night he was taken into police custody. Two Saskatoon police officers lost their jobs as a result of the inquiry. However, McLean’s book says they were innocent of wrongdoing in the teen’s death.
STEINKE: One woman’s mission to bring hope to South Africa’s forgotten whites
You have a good education and a valuable trade. But you live in South Africa, and you are white. As a result, you can’t get a job — and you have no income. Worse, if you’re a farmer in a remote location, you may share the fate of thousands of others: murdered on your land by roving gangs. The risk is constant. And yet, for many, the violence is only one part of a deeper crisis.
Their plight is not a secret. When U.S. President Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump raised concerns about “white genocide.” Ramaphosa — unsurprisingly — dismissed the claim.
President Trump Kept 30 Years of Broken Promises
“Iran’s appetite for acquiring and developing nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them has only grown larger,” Bill Clinton claimed in 1995. “We have tried to stop its quest to acquire weapons of mass destruction, which would make it a threat not only to its neighbors but to the entire region and the world.”
“For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” George W. Bush declared.