Iran Saw What Looked Like Weakness – Then Time Ran Out

The Islamic Republic of Iran was no longer hiding its ambitions or disguising its defiance. It was openly confronting the United States, discarding every red line and ultimatum Washington drew in the sand.

At the center of the regime’s defiance lay one uncompromising reality: Iran would not stop enriching uranium. U.S. President Donald J. Trump made it clear: if Iran wanted a deal, enrichment had to stop. Period. Iran repeatedly came back with “no.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his top nuclear negotiators declared again and again that enrichment was off the table. In fact, they escalated it. Iran’s leaders mistook Trump’s preference not to use crushing military force for a lack of resolve to stop them.

But they have friends all over …

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Carney’s industrial carbon tax will make tariff pain worse

Self-inflicted wounds can be the most painful and we can’t ignore those injuries during a trade war.

United States President Donald Trump is making good on his threat to double his tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum producers.

“A 50 per cent tariff would completely shut us out of the U.S. market,” said Marty Warren, United Steelworkers national director for Canada.

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

USAID official pleads guilty to taking part in $550M bribery scheme: ‘Violated the public trust’

A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Roderick Watson, of Maryland, is alleged to have received bribes valued in excess of $1 million while working at USAID in exchange for using his position as a trusted overseer of taxpayer money to direct 14 prime federal contracts to two consulting companies, Apprio and Vistant.

Watson, 57, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official and faces up to 15 years in prison. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in October.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State", USA

Can the G7 leaders still find anything to agree about?

Fifty years ago this fall the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States met in a castle outside Paris for three days of meetings, at the conclusion of which they issued the Declaration of Rambouillet, a 15-point statement of principles and commitments.

Noting that they were “each responsible for the government of an open, democratic society, dedicated to individual liberty and social advancement,” the Group of Six said they had come together because of “shared beliefs and shared responsibilities.”

The leaders pledged to “strengthen our efforts for closer international co-operation and constructive dialogue among all countries,” “restore growth in the volume of world trade” and “restore greater stability in underlying economic and financial conditions in the world economy.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

WARMINGTON: PM took all day before finally saying Israel can defend itself from Iran

The silence in not immediately offering unwavering support for Canada’s once treasured friend Israel from the Prime Minister was deafening.

And it was heard by Canadian Jews who felt all day Canada no longer had their back.

There is no going back for the Liberal Party.

They have for the last decade remade Canada’s demography through the mass influx of peoples that have no knowledge and no care for our heritage and culture. 

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

New York Prosecutors to Retry Harvey Weinstein for Rape Following Conviction, Threats to Jury Foreperson

June 12 (UPI) — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein won’t serve time on a third-degree rape charge after a mistrial was declared on Thursday, but he likely could be tried again.

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber ruled the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the rape charge and declared a mistrial, the reported.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Bell: ‘You should be stunned’: Most Danielle Smith voters would vote for separatism — new poll

The arithmetic rolls out. The devil is in the details. The fine print is where you get the meat and potatoes.

The latest from ThinkHQ polling.

The question. If a provincial referendum was held tomorrow asking Albertans if they would like to remain in Canada or become an independent country, how would you most likely vote?

The top number is just the appetizer.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence"

Criminal Home Builders Who Flout Canadian Law Need More Illegal Alien Labour To Fix Housing Crisis Caused By Mass Immigration Says Star

Canada is making it harder for immigrants to help build much-needed homes — despite the construction industry’s growing reliance on them

Arjan has wired electricity for some of the GTA’s biggest construction projects, including condo towers and office buildings, doing work that lights up homes across the city while he remains in the shadows as an undocumented worker.

Despite more than a decade in Canada, a diploma in electrical engineering from Sheridan College and years of experience in a sector facing severe labour shortages, he has no status.

The no longer licensed electrician came to Canada in 2014 as an international student and worked legally for a construction company for several years.

The industry figures quoted display a real fondness for cheap foreign labour.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Water cannon used against Northern Ireland rioters

Police in Portadown have used water cannon to tackle rioters who were attacking them.

Officers were targeted with petrol bombs, fireworks, masonry, bricks and bottles.

The disturbance in the West Street area marked the County Armagh town’s second night of unrest, but was at a lower level than seen earlier in the week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Ireland

Canada to join major European rearmament deal as early as June 23: sources

Prime Minister Mark Carney plans on joining a sweeping European plan in Belgium this month to rearm the continent and provide more military aid to Ukraine, CBC News has learned.

Last month, Carney signalled to CBC’s Power & Politics that he hopes to sign on to the new defence initiative by Canada Day as he tries to move away from relying on the United States for weapons and munitions.

Now sources with knowledge of the matter say Carney is expected to join the rearmament deal as early as June 23, when he meets with European leaders in Brussels at the EU-Canada summit.

I guess this will grant all the NATO deadbeats a new forum in which to make grandiose defence promises that will never be kept. Medals for everyone!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Europe, USA

Minnesota Democrat and husband killed after madman posing as cop shoots them, another politician and his wife

A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another politician and his wife were seriously injured early Saturday in a “politically motivated attack” when a madman posing as a police officer turned up at their homes and opened fire, authorities said.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their Brooklyn Park home shortly after 2 a.m.

The pair were killed after the gunman targeted Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in their Champlin home roughly 5 miles away.

Update: Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in deadly shootings of Minnesota lawmaker, her husband had ‘No Kings’ fliers in car: sources

h/t Hermes

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

‘I would not date anybody who votes Conservative’

Transgender progressive women who will not date conservatives. Ever!

Singles tell us how the political gender gap is impacting their dating lives: ‘I would not date anybody who votes Conservative’

Three years ago, Jessica Katzman was dating a Conservative voter. Now, she feels it would be more difficult to do so.

“Everything feels more divided now, even compared to a few years ago,” said the 26-year-old Toronto content creator. “It feels like everyone decided they are either ‘this’ or ‘that’ and are less inclined to acknowledge that nothing is black or white.”

That said, she can’t see herself dating a Conservative in today’s political climate. “For me, caring about other people is such an enormous feature of who I am and what I believe. I can’t date a man who doesn’t care about immigrants’ or women’s rights,” she said. “Empathy is a huge part of what I look for in a partner.”

I just could not date any woman as stupid as the ‘content creator”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Feminists, WTF?

Migrant killed and 5 injured in shooting at France migrant camp

A child aged two has been injured in a shooting at the Loon-Plage camp near Dunkirk in northern France.

A migrant has been killed and five others injured in a shooting in France. The incident happened at about 10am on Saturday (June 14). A child, aged two, is among those injured at the Loon-Plage camp near Dunkirk. Two teams of paramedics, firefighters and a helicopter have been at the scene. The victims are believed to be from Africa, according to regional daily La Voix Du Nord.

Trump is showing that borders can be secured and illegal alien migrants deported. It takes political will.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, France