Will Trump allow Russia to restart Nord Stream 2?

Many in Europe have convinced themselves that the EU’s relationship with Russia will not normalise after the end of the war in Ukraine. However, it seems that the Trump administration has other plans. It could use normalisation, especially in the energy relationship, as a carrot to try and persuade Russia to accept a peace deal. If Washington were prepared to pull that lever, Europe would find itself in an intractable position.

The German newspaper Handelsblatt has reported that, according to Russia, restarting Nord Stream 2 is actively being discussed as part of negotiations. It is never easy to distinguish truth from rumour in times of war, but it wouldn’t be totally surprising if this were the case. Previously, the US has been interested in exploring energy cooperation with Russia as part of the peace talks.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Mark Carney accused of plagiarism in Oxford thesis

Mark Carney has been accused of plagiarising his University of Oxford thesis.

On Friday, the Canadian prime minister and former governor of the Bank of England was forced to deny allegations he copied 10 passages of text for his 1995 doctorate.

The allegations are a blow to his election campaign. He faces a knife-edge vote on April 28 after calling a snap election against the backdrop of an aggressive trade war with Donald Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

Brampton Man

No leads on trucker charged in deaths of mom, daughter

More than four months after a semi-truck driver was charged in a collision that killed a Manitoba mother and daughter and then fled, police say they are no closer to finding the Ontario man.

Navjeet Singh, 25, of Brampton, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. He was charged Nov. 20 with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and a single count of obstructing a peace officer

h/t AL

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

CHARLEBOIS: Canola, pork and seafood burn while feds worship auto sector

In the shadow of endless headlines about Donald Trump and the American political circus, another crisis is quietly unfolding on Canadian soil — this one in our fields, barns and fishing boats.

As of March 17, China has imposed crippling tariffs on key Canadian agri-food exports: 100% on grains and canola, and 25% on pork, lobster and seafood. These aren’t abstract threats. These are real, immediate penalties on farmers, fishers and harvesters — Canada’s food producers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

German Governments Ban Police From Joining AfD

Nice job you have there. It would be a shame if you were to lose it for being disloyal to the ruling clique.

Of course, the powers that be in Germany don’t call their threats to fire supporters of AfD an assurance that the people they hand guns to are committed to enforcing the speech codes of the German elites’ choosing; they couch their order in the much nicer sounding assurance that everybody has the same loyalty to the Constitution as the ruling clique.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGermany, Germany - AfD party

WENZEL: Carney’s net-zero ideology would undoubtedly force home prices

With Mark Carney in the prime minister’s chair, it’s safe to assume his brand of climate-focused policy would drive the next wave of federal priorities. On the surface, that might sound appealing to those pushing net zero emissions.

But, when you peel back the layers, especially on the topic of net-zero housing, what you’re left with is an agenda that threatens to make housing even more unaffordable than is currently believed by the average Canadian. On the campaign trail he talks about building ‘millions of homes’ with no experience or real knowledge of what it would take to build these homes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

‘We should have been hammered a long time ago’: African countries thank Trump for aid wake up call

European defence hawks and African public health experts are not known for speaking the same language, but in recent weeks Donald Trump has forced them to take the same line.

Just as Europe has realised it must stand on its own and pay up to defend itself without American muscle, African countries are realising they cannot rely on US generosity to provide health care to their people.

Steep aid cuts from some of the world’s biggest donors, particularly America, are blowing holes in African health budgets as Washington, London, Paris and others slash their assistance spending.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Foreign Aid", Africa, President Trump, USA

Tariffs, Elon Musk and charging headaches: Quebec is suddenly seeing trouble in its EV paradise

MONTREAL — U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff on the auto sector is a new blow to electric vehicle owners in Quebec but, in the province with the most electric vehicles in the country, EVs were already losing their lustre.

Robert Brunelle, a resident of Saint-Lambert, Quebec, is almost relieved after getting into a car accident last year. He bought a Tesla Model S in 2021 because it’s “a great car.” It’s fast. It’s quiet. It’s cutting-edge technology.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Quebec

Amsterdam stabbing: British ‘hero’ who caught attacker

The “heroic” bystander who wrestled to the ground an attacker who had allegedly stabbed five victims on the streets of central Amsterdam is British, according to unconfirmed local reports.

Video footage has shown the man chasing down and overpowering the suspect, who had fled through the streets of the Dutch capital’s old centre after leaving a knife sticking from one of his victims’ backs.

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Word of the Day: Whorephobia

Peter MacKinnon: York University’s faculty hysterics expose desperate need for post-secondary reform

Observers should pay no heed to the non-confidence motion brought by York University’s faculty association on March 19 against their university president, provost and board chair, for it is only another reminder that Canadian university governance is sorely in need of reform.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit crazy Universities, WTF?

Trump administration moves to end union rights at many federal agencies

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening abolishing union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government.

The White House cited national security concerns for terminating workers’ ability to bargain collectively, but the order applies at agencies with both direct and indirect links to national security. Those include the entirety of the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, State and Justice, and parts of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Interior, Energy and Commerce, among others.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

China’s War on the Cross

Welcome to Xi Jinping’s Gulag Archipelago for Christians.

For decades, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China has fervently worked to control and restrict Christianity within its borders, with the ultimate aim of abolishing it altogether. Believers have bravely persisted in the face of this vicious persecution. Today, the danger and threat they face is as dire as ever – and a new report from International Christian Concern warns, “There is no longer a safe place to be a Christian in China.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Christian Persecution

Canadian researchers upset U.S. won’t fund their stupidity

Canadian researchers are being asked politically charged questions when trying to secure U.S. grants

Academic researchers are used to filing out forms when applying for grants, but Canadian scholars have expressed shock over a new questionnaire they are receiving when applying for funding issued in part or wholly by the U.S. government.

“Can you confirm that this is no DEI project or DEI elements of the project?” asks one question, with an accompanying link to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to nix funding from government programs dealing with diversity, equity and inclusion.

“Can you confirm this is not a climate or “environmental justice” project or include such elements?” asks another.

Trump is owed thanks for this.

Canadian media have been trying for nearly 2 weeks to spin this as some sort of assault on academic integrity etc.

It’s not it’s just an effort to restore integrity and common sense to the toxic academy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA