Don’t expect a big gush of Venezuelan oil onto world markets any time soon

When it comes to the country with the world’s largest oil reserves, U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t mince words on why U.S. commandos seized Venezuela’s president. “They stole our oil,” Mr. Trump said.

Put aside for a moment clear violations of international law from U.S. actions and the fact “our” oil somehow ended up under Venezuela’s soil.

A picture Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social of deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro handcuffed and blindfolded in a tracksuit aboard a U.S. navy ship conjures images of other oil-rich autocrats deposed by Washington and its proxies: Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. Neither of those interventions ended well.

So many critics cite “international law” while ignoring the sheer delight of the Venezuelan people at Maduro’s removal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, Venezuela

No, Illegal Immigration Won’t Fix America’s Fertility Crisis

Americans do not need illegal immigrants to raise our children.

Atlantic writer Olga Khazan disagrees. She is angry at President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration because it is disrupting the easily exploited servant class that provides cheap childcare. As she explains, “Millions of parents in the United States … rely on immigrants to take care of their kids. … Immigrants make up at least 21 percent of the child-care workforce — and this may be an undercount.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Trump is forcing us to confront the world as it really is. That’s a good thing

The ignominious capture of Nicolás Maduro proves, if nothing else, that America no longer bothers with pretences.

It wasn’t always so. Back in the autumn of 2002, the US military machine was gearing up to invade Iraq and destroy Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Yet instead of sending his forces into action as rapidly as possible, George W Bush chose to place the case for war before the United Nations General Assembly, promising on Sept 12 2002 to “work with the UN Security Council for the necessary resolutions”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, Venezuela

Robert Brym: Avi Lewis and Independent Jewish Voices are gaslighting Canadians about antisemitism

Is antisemitism a trivial problem in Canada? Are the protests that many Jews decry as antisemitic really just anti-Zionist? Are nearly half of Canada’s Jews non-Zionists? According to Avi Lewis, who’s running for the leadership of the NDP, and Corey Balsam, national co-ordinator of Independent Jewish Voices, an anti-Zionist group, the answer to all these questions is “yes.” They are wrong.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Police drew up false evidence after decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

Police produced false evidence to retrospectively justify banning Israeli fans from an away fixture in Britain after the move was agreed. The force drew up the “intelligence” after the local council privately said it had been “challenged” over the decision and needed a clearer “rationale”.

West Midlands police and Birmingham city council had already agreed to operate “on the assumption” of “no away fans” when Maccabi Tel Aviv played Aston Villa in November.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Sensational New Findings: Higher Warming Trend at Start of 20th Century Casts Serious Doubt on Role of Human-Caused CO2

Recently published remarkable research analysing over 42 million global temperature recordings from nearly 1,000 stations has cast serious doubt on the claimed link between carbon dioxide emissions and rising temperatures. The huge statistical work collected data from before 1900 to 2024 and found an overall annual warming trend of 0.0054°C after adjusting for growing unnatural urban heat effects. What is truly revealing about this important analysis is that it shows an obvious disconnect between the rise in anthropogenic CO2 and the sharpest warming occurring in the early 20th century, when industrialisation was confined to relatively few countries.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

The Conservative and Liberal responses to Venezuela reflect vastly different foreign-policy outlooks

The Liberals and Conservatives offered completely different responses to the Trump administration’s abduction of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Those responses reflect the worldview of each party. For Conservatives, foreign policy is rooted in values; for Liberals, in interests.

On Saturday morning, not long after word arrived that American special forces had captured and abducted Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre issued a statement on X. “Congratulations to President Trump on successfully arresting narcoterrorist and socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, who should live out his days in prison.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", USA, Venezuela

Muslim who drowned daughter in a swamp because her ‘Western behaviour’ shamed the family is found guilty of honour killing in Holland

A fugitive father who tied up and drowned his daughter in an honour killing that shocked the Netherlands has been sentenced to 30 years in jail.

Khaled al Najjar, 53, skipped the country hours after the body of his daughter Ryan, 18, was found bound and gagged in a swamp at an isolated nature reserve and is now hiding in Syria.

His two sons Mohamed, 23, and Muhanad, 25, were also found guilty and given 20 years each but only the eldest was in court for the verdict.

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

Trump, Maduro, and What’s Next

Five dimensional chess? Or is it six?

The usual suspect have, in fact, gone from “No Kings” to complaining that Trump has somehow violated international law. This is true only to the extent that “international law” means “a wish-fulfillment tool for the Left.” Which is its chief use now.

But what Trump did is basically indistinguishable — except for being much swifter and cheaper — than what George H.W. Bush did with Manuel Noriega, the “President” of Panama (not recognized as such by the United States due to election fraud) just as Maduro was the “President” of Venezuela, but not recognized as such by the United States (and other countries) due to election fraud.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, Venezuela

“Experts” say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro’s ouster

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OTTAWA – Foreign policy experts say Ottawa should reach out to nations threatened by the United States to co-ordinate a response to the Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela.

The U.S. shocked the world this weekend when it captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military raid that followed months of airstrikes on Venezuelan boats Washington said were trafficking drugs.

Max Cameron, a professor at the University of British Columbia who studies the politics of Latin America, says this could be the first step in Washington’s deployment of its new national security strategy, which calls for the U.S. to exert more control over North and South America.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, Venezuela, WTF?

‘I’m a prisoner of war’ – In the room for Maduro’s dramatic court hearing

The sound of clanking leg shackles could be heard moments before Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro walked into the door of a New York City courtroom for the first time.

He then told packed rows of reporters and the public that he had just been “kidnapped”.

Minutes after his entrance, the Judge Alvin Hellerstein asked Maduro to confirm his identity so the proceedings could start.

More … I saw how Maduro was humbled in court

Venezuela’s ‘kidnapped’ ex-president tried to put on a defiant front as he was heckled at Manhattan hearing

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, Venezuela

Coup d’état in Caracas?

Delcy Rodríguez

The Bolivarian regime seems to be eating itself, now.

Translation – Serious situation in Caracas, Venezuela. Gunshots and anti-aircraft activity can be heard. It is speculated that it is an attempt at a coup d’état against Delcy Rodríguez, president of Venezuela.

Translation: Armed Chavista colectivos inspect vehicles on the streets of Caracas to identify and detain those who are against the dictatorship.
How nice the ‘democracy’ is that the little lefties like.

h/t Canuknucklehead™

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUncategorized

‘I can’t wait’: Ford says he plans to follow through on threat to remove Crown Royal from LCBO shelves

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he plans to make good on his threat to pull Crown Royal whisky from LCBO shelves following the company’s decision to move some production from Ontario to the U.S.

“Oh, 100 per cent. I can’t wait,” Ford said Monday when asked by a reporter whether he still planned to follow through with the plan.

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