Carney’s call for alternatives to the U.S. dollar will get backs up in Washington

Carney’s call for alternatives to the U.S. dollar will get backs up in Washington

What does Prime Minister Mark Carney have against the U.S. dollar?

Plenty, it turns out. And his recent calls for an alternative to the U.S. greenback as a global reserve currency will not go over well in Washington, where the dollar’s dominance is seen as an indispensable tool in the conduct of U.S. economic and foreign policy.


Carney knows the war is lost so he’s riling up the Elbow people to avoid having to admit he’s been a failure.

h/t Mauser

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Xi got Trump’s red carpet welcome – but not everything he wanted

Xi got Trump’s red carpet welcome – but not everything he wanted

President Xi Jinping’s summits with Donald Trump have one clear aim.

China believes the United States is trying to contain its rise as a superpower, and it wants Washington to stay out of its way – particularly when it comes to trade, technology and Taiwan.

On this visit, however, despite Trump rolling out the red carpet for him, the Chinese leader didn’t get everything he wanted.

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Trump’s ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement should make Canada reconsider if the U.S. is a safe country, critics argue

Trump’s ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement should make Canada reconsider if the U.S. is a safe country, critics argue

The Trump administration has been accused of widespread human rights violations stemming from its “militarized immigration enforcement” in a new report that critics say Ottawa — and all Canadians — should heed.

Based on field research, Amnesty International USA documented incidents where officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies were alleged to have breached the rights of migrants, bystanders and protesters.


We need Canadian ICE.

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Germany: Merz government may use radical double secret “Bundeszwang” if AfD party controls Saxony-Anhalt

Germany: Merz government may use radical double secret “Bundeszwang” if AfD party controls Saxony-Anhalt

The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the Saxony-Anhalt state election by a wide margin but fell short of an absolute majority. Nevertheless, the party may still come to power if it can garner enough support from BSW or peel off a few MPs from rival parties. This possibility has thrust an unused and radical clause of the German constitution, federal coercion or “Bundeszwang,” to the center of a fight over how far Berlin can go if the right-wing party takes power.

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A visit with Occam’s Razor

A visit with Occam’s Razor

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Migrant abandons child before scrambling onto dinghy – as record 781 cross Channel on small boats in a single day

Migrant abandons child before scrambling onto dinghy – as record 781 cross Channel on small boats in a single day

Video footage captured the moment a man abandoned a child before scrambling onto a dinghy in France – as it was confirmed nearly 800 small-boat migrants reached Britain in a single day.

Harrowing and chaotic footage recorded off a beach in France shows the man clutching a toddler as he attempts to board the small boat.

In chest-deep water, and amid heavy swell, he then lets go of the child who is left floating in the sea for a few seconds, face up.

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RCMP say Quebec man researched chemical weapons, planned attack for ISIS

RCMP say Quebec man researched chemical weapons, planned attack for ISIS

A 24-year-old Quebec City man has been charged with terrorism-related offences, according to federal police. The RCMP say Louay Angoud intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State.

He is alleged to have communicated online with members of a terrorist group and gathered information to build a chemical weapon that could be used to poison Canadians.

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The slavery reparations scam has a dirty secret

The slavery reparations scam has a dirty secret

After graduating from university in the early 1980s, I decided to discover my Caribbean roots and apply for a job as a teacher in Jamaica. My school was nestled in the heart of rural Jamaica, and my students were fantastic.

I arrived during an interesting transition. Jamaican children up until that time had exclusively followed the British curriculum. The region had rightly decided to develop a syllabus that better reflected its own history, culture and local context.

But even after that, it was an education system that was firmly rooted in a British tradition, and Shakespeare was compulsory.

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MACLEOD: Fortress America leaves Ottawa behind — Alberta must align directly with Washington

MACLEOD: Fortress America leaves Ottawa behind — Alberta must align directly with Washington

A much larger story is developing around Greenland, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, and Canada than any one trade dispute or diplomatic quarrel. Taken all together, a definite pattern emerges.

The US appears increasingly determined to protect a North American strategic perimeter built around four interests: secure energy, secure critical minerals, secure transportation routes, and no hostile military or intelligence infrastructure within the continent. In Canada, China is touching on each one.

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Twice As Many Men Are Single Than Married Today. Are Women To Blame?

Twice As Many Men Are Single Than Married Today. Are Women To Blame?

There are now roughly 30.4 million unmarried American men between the ages of 20 and 39, nearly twice the number of married men in the same cohort. The predictable explanation is that men are to blame. Pornography, gaming, delayed adulthood, declining ambition, fear of commitment, social awkwardness, the manosphere, and economic stagnation all make the list of reasons. But after years of dissecting so-called “toxic masculinity,” perhaps it is time to ask what has toxic femininity done to the modern woman? Have women today become poor prospects for marriage?

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The West Hasn’t Even Entered The OODA Loop

The West Hasn’t Even Entered The OODA Loop

hat self-defense teaches us about recognizing ideological threats before they become impossible to ignore.

When I teach self-defense, I explain that the attacker has an enormous advantage before the first punch is thrown. He knows his intentions, has selected his target, and has already decided what he’s prepared to do. His victim may still be trying to understand what’s happening.

The attacker is already acting while the defender is only beginning to observe.

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