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Europe Too Reliant on U.S. For Defense, Americans Say … And Euros say they Likee China just fine like Macron

Americans want their European allies to be less reliant on U.S. military might to defend the continent, a Newsweek poll has found, as policymakers juggle the dual challenges of a revanchist Russia and an increasingly assertive China.

The survey of 1,500 eligible U.S. voters—which was conducted on April 4 by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on behalf of Newsweek—found broad American support for NATO and Ukraine, but suggested that voters want to see their European allies pivot towards greater military self-reliance.

In China, Germany’s Baerbock says EU on same page as Macron

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Thursday to begin her three-day tour of the country.

The diplomatic trip comes amid increased Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan, which the German Foreign Ministry condemned on Wednesday, and in the wake of China’s renewed support for Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

The US seems to be striking out with the Euros when it comes to China and Russia.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•NATO, USA

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau should bite bullet and call public inquiry into election interference

Surely, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now realizes that his self-appointed “special rapporteur” and life-long friend, David Johnston, isn’t going to solve his problems when Johnston advises him by May 23 whether he should hold a public inquiry into alleged interference by Beijing in the last two federal elections.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Russia says China agreed to secretly provide weapons, leaked documents show

China approved “provision of lethal aid” to Russia in its war in Ukraine earlier this year and planned to disguise military equipment as civilian items, according to a U.S. intercept of Russian intelligence revealed in leaked secret documents.

The intercept, apparently obtained through U.S. eavesdropping on Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), was included in a top-secret summary, dated Feb. 23, of recent Ukraine- and Russia-related “products” compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It was among a number of previously unreported documents that The Washington Post obtained from a trove of images of classified files posted on a private server on the chat app Discord.

The most shocking intel leak reveals new Chinese military advances

China has tested and deployed a new longer-range hypersonic missile that is likely able to evade U.S. defenses, according to an overlooked top-secret document among those recently leaked. Now, the public can see what the American intelligence community already knew: China is quickly improving its capacity to strike thousands of miles from its shores and prevent the United States from intervening.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Ukraine - Russia", WTF?

Carson Jerema: Trudeau Foundation deserves its fate

The Trudeau Liberals are as committed as ever to the shameless argument that the scandal is not Chinese interference into Canadian affairs, but the fact that China’s meddling was revealed to the public. It is a tactic that can’t withstand anyone looking too closely, or facts getting in the way, as was the case with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation this week.

The charity said Wednesday that it would conduct an investigation into a $200,000 donation allegedly made on behalf of the Chinese government in an apparent attempt at influencing Justin Trudeau. That announcement came after the CEO and the entire board of directors of the foundation resigned, and after the Liberals tried to blame “Conservative” attacks for the upheaval.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Leftist Groups: A “Hardship” For People of Color to Write Their Own Name

Florida voter registration laws are being challenged by dark money groups who say it’s a hardship to provide an original signature.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"Soft racism of lowered expectations", WTF?

San Francisco police arrest fellow tech exec for stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee

San Francisco police have arrested a fellow tech executive for the stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee.

Lee was stabbed in the street last week. He was visiting the city from Miami, where he lived.

Police are yet to confirm an identity for the suspect, but Mission Local reports he was a fellow tech executive who lives in the Bay Area.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•Crime

CBC Not Even Trying To Hide It Anymore … The strange death and rebirth of the Liberal Party under Trudeau

The strange death and rebirth of the Liberal Party under Trudeau

The 2011 federal election seemed to have fundamentally changed Canadian politics. And maybe it did. Just not quite in the way it was imagined.

In theory, that vote heralded the arrival of a new political era. The Liberal Party’s day was done — the broadly centrist institution that dominated Canadian politics in the 20th century was no longer fit for purpose. Canada would finally become more like its sister democracies, with a clear contest between a distinct party of the political right and a distinct party of the left. The future seemed to belong to the Conservatives and the NDP.

CBC lays it on thick to support their scandal plagued Boss.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Government Owned News Media, CBC, WTF?

‘These stories are based on unnamed sources,’ and other Liberal deflections

On Sept. 29, 1972, a story appeared on the front page of The Washington Post that began as follows: “John N. Mitchell, while serving as U.S. Attorney General, personally controlled a secret Republican fund that was used to gather information about the Democrats, according to sources involved in the Watergate investigation.”

Not “allegedly.” Not “reputedly.” The story flat out accuses the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government of running a political espionage operation on the side, with the obvious implication that this might have included the Watergate break-in.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Al Qaeda fighter’s plot to smuggle in Bush assassins shows how our southern-border chaos entices terrorists

An unlikely FBI counterterrorism case wrapping up in Ohio casts a bright and shining light on a gaping national-security hole in the southwest border as the greatest mass migration crisis in American history overwhelms its defenses.

The Ohio FBI field office last year busted a local Iraqi asylum seeker, former al Qaeda fighter Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, in the midst of orchestrating a credible international plot to assassinate President George W. Bush in Texas using a remarkable tactic.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Camp Of The Saints, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

His progressive mission accomplished, Trudeau should prepare his departure

It’s getting near crunch time. If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to leave an opportunity for a successor to prepare for their fight in an election, he should announce he is departing by the fall and call a leadership convention for the spring of next year.

All indications from Mr. Trudeau suggest that despite his sagging popularity, he will seek a new mandate. That means he will be trying to extend his time in office to 13 or 14 years.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 12, 2023•0•Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says

The man behind a massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has exposed spying on allies, revealed the grim prospects for Ukraine’s war with Russia and ignited diplomatic fires for the White House is a young, charismatic gun enthusiast who shared highly classified documents with a group of far-flung acquaintances searching for companionship amid the isolation of the pandemic.

United by their mutual love of guns, military gear and God, the group of roughly two dozen — mostly men and boys — formed an invitation-only clubhouse in 2020 on Discord, an online platform popular with gamers. But they paid little attention last year when the man some call “OG” posted a message laden with strange acronyms and jargon. The words were unfamiliar, and few people read the long note, one of the members explained. But he revered OG, the elder leader of their tiny tribe, who claimed to know secrets that the government withheld from ordinary people.

I wonder if the under different circumstances WAPO might also describe a perp as an anti-gun, open borders advocating pro- abortion Satanist.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•"Ukraine - Russia", USA, WTF?

Justin Trudeau’s most trusted adviser has always avoided the spotlight. That’s about to change

Within the next month, Katie Telford will gain a new distinction — she will be the longest serving chief of staff to any Canadian prime minister since the position was created in the late 1970s.

It might not be how Telford would have predicted things would turn out when she first met Justin Trudeau almost 17 years ago in Toronto, but much about their working relationship has hinged on what wasn’t exactly expected.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 12, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

FSU Criminology Professor Abruptly Leaves After Accusations of Cooking Race Data

Professor Eric Stewart, accused of faking data that makes racism against black and hispanic Americans seem more common than it is, suddenly exits FSU.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — A top Florida State University professor whose research focused on race in the criminal justice system abruptly left his post in the wake of years-long allegations of academic fraud.

A Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, Eric Stewart has had six research studies retracted, blemishing FSU’s top-ranked criminology department. Stewart was first accused of falsifying data in 2019 by Professor Justin Pickett of the University of Albany, who co-authored a 2011 study with Stewart.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists, WTF?

Poilievre Criticizes Former Governor General Johnston Over Trudeau Foundation Links

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing former governor general David Johnston for his previous membership with the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation, which has received funding from the Chinese regime in the past.

Johnston was recently appointed “independent special rapporteur” by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate Chinese interference in Canada’s elections.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 12, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Why isn’t anyone catching the phantom cat shaver of Chatham?

Monday afternoon and spring sunshine is creeping into Ansell Avenue, a quiet, suburban street in Chatham, the Medway town once home to Charles Dickens.

This is a pleasant place to live, with its carefully mown grass verges, blossoming trees and neat semi-detached homes.

Two well-groomed cats are lazing in the sun on a terracotta doorstep. All seems well but, ominously, their owner — a lady who prefers not to be named for fear of reprisals — tells the Mail that, in recent weeks, Florence and Boofy have been showing signs of anxiety. And with good cause, it seems.

by Blazingcatfur•April 13, 2023April 13, 2023•0•WTF?