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Ford to maintain U.S. booze ban in Ontario until tariffs removed or new trade deal reached

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will maintain his ban on American booze despite Canada dropping some retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade war with the United States.

Ford says he will drop the ban on selling U.S. alcohol at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario when U.S. President Donald Trump removes tariffs placed on Canadian goods or when the two countries strike a new free trade deal.

Premier Doug Ford says a new USMCA deal or the full removal of U.S. tariffs would convince him to bring back American alcohol to the LCBO.

Until then, "they aren't getting any booze on our shelves," Ford said. https://t.co/z6hd5IWW4L

— Colin D'Mello | Global News (@ColinDMello) August 27, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•August 27, 2025August 27, 2025•0•Canada, USA

CHARLEBOIS: The $800 line that could cost Canada’s food industry $1 billion

On Friday, the United States will close the door on a long-standing trade convenience: The de minimis exemption. For decades, this rule allowed small shipments valued at $800 US or less to cross the border duty-free, bypassing the cumbersome customs procedures that normally apply to imports.

by Blazingcatfur•August 27, 2025August 27, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen, following a report that American citizens have been conducting covert operations in Greenland.

Denmark’s public broadcaster DR quoted sources as saying the aim was to infiltrate Greenland’s society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US, although it was unable to clarify who the men were working for.

Danish intelligence warned Greenland was being targeted by “various kinds of influence campaigns”.

by Blazingcatfur•August 27, 2025August 27, 2025•0•Greenland, USA

For Media Hypocrites, Burning The US Flag Is Speech But Touching The Rainbow One Is ‘Hate’

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to use existing laws to prosecute American flag desecration.

The order instructs agencies to “prioritize the enforcement to the fullest extent possible of our Nation’s criminal and civil laws against acts of American Flag desecration that violate applicable, content-neutral laws, while causing harm unrelated to expression, consistent with the First Amendment.”

To be clear, the order does not make flag burning itself illegal. It makes no new laws.

by Blazingcatfur•August 27, 2025August 26, 2025•0•USA

The Re-Emergence of American Culture

What must Thomas Cole have seen when, in 1825, he first gazed upon the Hudson River Valley for the first time, and later as he ventured into the Adirondacks? The natural beauty is stunning, just begging to be put on canvas. Or Albert Bierstadt, upon leaving his native northern Germany and crossing the American continent, to gaze upon the Rockies and all the way to the great Sierras of California? Or Walt Whitman, who in traveling across this great land, found his heart bursting with the beauty of America and so brilliantly put it to verse?

To the first explorers, settlers, farmers, artists who arrived from Europe, America was a blank canvas begging to be put to story and verse, to be painted and built upon a style that was uniquely American. And that they did.

by Blazingcatfur•August 27, 2025August 26, 2025•0•USA

Ontario has no plans to sell U.S. booze amid call from group to return American liquor to Canadian store shelves

The Ontario government has no plans to put U.S. booze back on LCBO shelves amid calls from a group representing U.S. distillers to return American spirits back to Canadian liquor stores.

In a statement released on Monday, Distilled Spirits Council President and CEO Chris Swonger called Canada’s decision to remove a 25 per cent tariff on American spirits a “very positive sign,” but noted it will not have much of an impact as long as provinces refuse to sell U.S. liquor.

“The unfortunate decision to remove American spirits from Canadian retail shelves is not only harming U.S. distillers, but it’s also needlessly reducing revenues for the provinces, and placing unnecessary burdens on Canadian consumers and hospitality businesses,” the statement read.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Mark Carney had no choice but to go ‘elbows down’ – all our allies already have

Prime Minister Mark Carney loves to reach for hockey metaphors. He doesn’t always catch the right one.

Explaining why he was ditching most of the retaliatory tariffs against the United States, the PM said on Friday that “there is a time in the game when you drop the gloves,” to “send a message,” and a time when you “want to put the puck in the net.”

Elbows Up was just an empty slogan all along.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, USA

WARMINGTON: With ‘elbows up’ era over, it’s wonderful time for another election

We’re just four months removed from a federal election and Kevin O’Leary thinks it’s a wonderful time to call another one.

“Now everybody realizes that ‘elbows up’ is stupid,” said the Shark Tank star in an interview. “It’s stupid. We want trade, not ‘elbows up’ with Americans. Americans don’t hate Canadians and Canadians don’t hate Americans. That’s all BS.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Will Mark Carney’s trade-war strategy leave Doug Ford behind?

What goes up must come down.

“Elbows up” helped Mark Carney win an election campaign.

Elbows down may help him survive a trade war.

The prime minister can explain everything. If only Doug Ford will hear him out.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Hey Mike Allen: ‘New’ Naturalization Requirement of Good Moral Character Began In 1790!

Axios co-founder Mike Allen appeared on Monday’s Morning Joe to tout the outlet’s article, “Trump’s identity project,” which begins [emphasis added]:

“Through immigration crackdowns and cultural purges, President Trump is wielding government power to enforce a more rigid, exclusionary definition of what it means to be American.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, The Media Lies, USA, WTF?

Sharia Arrest in Dearborn: Non-Muslim Jailed for Facebook Post While Islamic Death Chants Go Unpunished

Dearborn has become the model city of America’s double standard: where a non-Muslim can be jailed for a reckless Facebook post, but Muslims can openly chant ‘Death to America’ and glorify terrorists without consequence.

h/t Hermes

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

U.S. visa suspensions a warning Canadian trucking must heed: CTA

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is warning that while the U.S. suspension on new visas for foreign truck drivers won’t have much, if any, impact on Canadian drivers, it should be seen as a warning to industry to clean up its act.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X last week that the U.S. is immediately pausing the issuance of all visas to truck drivers which require them to operate in the U.S.

And to add insult to injury, notice below… the “no u-turn” sign with in a few feet of when this illegal immigrant tried to do exactly that!

Another truck driver in Canada just pulled the same stunt!
CBC goes undercover to show how they are receiving falsified licenses!

I… pic.twitter.com/GpB7LIcKy7

— SuchasLife (@Dj_YQL) August 19, 2025

On occasion the CBC does good work. I expect those responsible for the trucker expose were executed however.

h/t NL

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 26, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, USA, WTF?

El Chapo cartel kingpin: I’m sorry for flooding US with drugs

A former Mexican cartel kingpin apologised for flooding the US with cocaine and other substances as he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

“I recognise the great harm illegal drugs have done to the people in the United States and Mexico,” Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada told a Brooklyn federal court on Monday through an interpreter. “I apologise for all of it, and I take responsibility for my actions.”

Under the leadership of Zambada and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, prosecutors say the Sinaloa cartel evolved from a regional player into the largest drug trafficking organisation in the world.

He said the magic word! Release him!

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 25, 2025•0•USA, WTF?

Canada’s Fentanyl Czar Reportedly Told U.S. Officials: ‘I Have No Authority’

WASHINGTON — Ottawa’s newly appointed “fentanyl czar” told U.S. officials in Ottawa he has no authority to influence Canadian federal police or border agencies, according to an official with knowledge of the relevant meetings. For U.S. enforcement experts, the admission underlined what they describe as the emptiness of Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney’s high-profile pledges to crack down on transnational fentanyl production and trafficking by Chinese and Mexican syndicates — and underscored systemic failures in Canada’s response to cartels exploiting the nation’s ports, borders, and infrastructure.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2025August 25, 2025•0•Canada, Drugs, USA

How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City

The Chinese consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.

In New York City, social clubs backed by China undermined a congressional candidate who once challenged the regime on Chinese television.

They helped unseat a state senator for attending a banquet with the president of Taiwan.

And they condemned a City Council candidate on social media for supporting Hong Kong democracy.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2025August 25, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", USA