Conrad Black: Formidable Trump changes the world

The violent cavalcade of events in Iran is starting to reveal the new range of aggressive-responsive policy options that U.S. President Donald Trump has developed to replace the obsolete concept of most of his recent predecessors. For 80 years from 1941 the basic framework was defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt in two addresses he gave at the beginning and end of that year in the Congress. In the State of the Union message in January, he warned against those who, “With sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal would preach the ‘ism’ of appeasement.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Trump Admin Was In ‘Discussions’ With Venezuelan Minister Months Before Raid

The White House was conducting back-channel communications with Venezuela’s hardline interior minister Diosdado Cabello months before the US operation to seize President Nicolas Maduro, and has been in communication with him since then, according to Reuters, citing multiple government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. 

h/t handy n handsome

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, Venezuela, WTF?

Canada’s Strategic Ambiguity With China Is Becoming an Alliance Liability

After the Liberal government defined Canada’s relationship with China as a strategic alliance, the prime minister’s visit to Beijing inevitably carried more weight. This was not simply a matter of timing or protocol. It reflected a decision about how Canada wishes to navigate a more contested international landscape. Choices of this kind extend beyond trade or messaging, and when a NATO member edges closer to an authoritarian system, allies recalibrate while competitors probe for advantage.

This is not a circumstance that can be managed through repeated talking points. It demands a harder look informed by experience, available evidence, and the practical obligations Canada has assumed within its alliance relationships.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Lefty protesters allegedly stab Jan. 6 rioter, GOP candidate who shouted ‘we deserve a future for white Americans’

Leftwing protesters attacked and allegedly stabbed pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and Florida Senate candidate Jake Lang Saturday after his “March Against Fraud” was met with violent pushback in Minneapolis, video showed.

Lang was repeatedly bashed on the back of the head by several protesters who swung fists, flags, and objects as he fled the chaotic scene, video posted to X showed.

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

Many Canadians support an early federal election if it leads to political stability, poll suggests

OTTAWA—Another federal election so soon?

Most Canadians are not opposed to the idea, new research shows, but only if an early election was triggered to secure the stability and functioning of the country’s Parliament.

Despite a snap election less than a year ago that led Mark Carney’s Liberals to a minority victory, new polling from Abacus Data shows that 41 per cent of Canadians would support a general contest being called early if doing so would result in “a majority government that could provide more political stability in Canada.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"

How IRGC became a ‘monster’ whose tentacles stretch far beyond Iran

Mohsen Sazegara misses the scent of jasmine, the mountains and valleys of home. He fled Iran for America two decades ago and has never stopped wanting to return. Whether he ever will depends largely on the organisation he played a part in creating: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In the first days after the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah, Sazegara helped to draft the original charter of a new force, known as the IRGC. Exiled in 2005 after breaking with the clerical establishment, he has watched from afar as the force he once imagined as a safeguard of the revolution has become its ruthless enforcer.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Why Trump wants Canada – Expansion is America’s manifest destiny

President Trump’s overtures to Greenland might have shocked Denmark, but they certainly haven’t shocked historians of American territorial ambition. Talking about the rendition of President Maduro, Trump called it an example of the “Donroe Doctrine”: a repurposing of the 1823 “Monroe Doctrine” which had declared the Western Hemisphere closed to European interference. It meant that the United States of America, independent for less than a generation, would be the boss of its own backyard. Trump’s interest in Greenland is merely an extension of this.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, USA

Trump’s Gaza peace board angers Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu has objected to Donald Trump’s appointments to a board which will oversee the rebuilding of Gaza.

The White House has started to unveil administrators who will supervise the Strip as part of the second phase of his peace deal, including Sir Tony Blair, White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The “executive board” will oversee the postwar management of the enclave with the “board of peace”, which will be chaired by Mr Trump and other world leaders who are expected to be announced at Davos next week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, USA

Canada May Fall Into China’s Strategic Trap as It Seeks New Energy Sources After Losing Venezuela, Analyst Warns

Ottawa may be walking into a trap by seeking a “strategic partnership” with China, which is losing energy suppliers like Venezuela under U.S. control and could pull Canada into its orbit for resources and away from its allies, longtime China analyst Sheng Xue warns.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his government is pursuing a “strategic partnership” with Beijing, as he and several of his cabinet ministers have been meeting with Chinese officials throughout his visit in Beijing in an effort to build closer relations between the two countries.

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

Muslim accused of murdering woman and toddler in Munich car attack goes on trial

Federal prosecutors say they believe he “committed the crime out of excessive religious motivation.

A man has gone on trial in Germany charged with driving his car into a crowd of people in the city of Munich last year, killing two people.

The 25-year-old man, named only as Farhad N, in line with German privacy laws, is an Afghan national.

Prosecutors say that on the morning of 13 February 2025, he deliberately drove his BMW Mini into a trade union demonstration in the centre of Munich. About 1,400 people were taking part in the street rally.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official

Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official.

The official, who spoke on the condition they not be named, said the goal is for Canada to become the first country in North America to build this type of EV.

It’s a fundamental error, the official said, to think that U.S. President Donald Trump will not allow Chinese electric vehicles into the United States.

Will that include OEM surveillance tech?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government