Of course China wants Carney for PM

The only thing surprising about Beijing’s dictators wanting Liberal leader Mark Carney to win the April 28 election is that anyone would be surprised by it.

As Conservative MP Michael Chong — an actual “target” of Chinese disinformation — put it in the wake of Canadian security and intelligence officials revealing China’s attempt to promote the prime minister’s campaign on Chinese-language social media: “(China) knows that for a decade the Liberals have turned a blind eye to Beijing’s interference in Canada’s democracy.

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Trump’s top tariffs for ‘worst offenders’ take effect

US President Donald Trump’s latest wave of tariffs has come into force, with imports from China hit by a 104% rate amid an escalating standoff between the world’s two biggest economies.

Tariffs ranging from 11% to 104% now apply to imports from around 60 US trade partners, which Trump has dubbed the “worst offenders” for what he considers unfair trade practices.

China has since hit back by raising import duties on US goods arriving in China to 84%.

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Carney con …

Carney con …

h/t Mauser

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Mark Carney’s washed up Liberals are incapable of change

According to the legacy media, the second coming of the Messiah is here, and his name is Mark Carney. Pundits are salivating at his anointment, and pollsters are getting more airtime than ever, giddy with predictions of a Liberal majority. How did we get here?

Last December, as calls for Justin Trudeau’s termination were heard nationwide, the polls showed overwhelming support for a Conservative supermajority. Why, there were even whispers that the Liberals wouldn’t retain their party status in the new legislature. Since then, the tables supposedly turned, and we are now facing a fourth term of the most destructive government Canada has ever known. The Messiah? You’ve got to be joking!

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‘Chilling’ tool aims to predict who will kill by using personal data

A system that aims to ­predict who may go on to commit ­serious violent crimes, including murder, by analysing data held by police and probation services is being developed by the government.

The Ministry of Justice is working with researchers on a test project that uses algorithms to identify patterns in the personal data, in an effort to improve public safety, according to documents that were obtained by freedom of information requests by the pressure group Statewatch.

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Pierre Poilievre ramps up his attacks on China Boy Carney — with a little help from Stephen Harper

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives ramped up sharp partisan attacks this week on Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s character and credibility, with former prime minister Stephen Harper stepping into the spotlight to publicly question the Liberals’ central campaign claim that Carney is the person to lead in a crisis.

On Day 17 of the federal election campaign, the over-large presence of Donald Trump and tariffs prompted a whole new level of heated rhetoric as polls continued to show Carney is the choice of most voters as best able to handle Trump.

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Is Russia recruiting migrants to carry out attacks on European soil? Germany may have uncovered a ‘smoking gun’

What began as an isolated act of terror may now reveal a far-reaching plan to fracture Europe’s political landscape and tilt it toward chaos

In May last year, a 25-year-old Afghan asylum seeker called Sulaiman Ataee walked onto a German market square, drew a hunting knife, and plunged it into the far-Right activist Michael Stürzenberger.

In the 25 seconds of mayhem that followed in Mannheim, one policeman was fatally stabbed in the neck and six people who tried to intervene suffered knife wounds. Mr Stürzenberger survived – just.

Ataee was shot, arrested and charged with murder. His trial began in February

(Link Fixed)

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Rise in asylum seekers to Canada as migrants’ protected status set to expire in U.S.

MONTREAL — Canadian border officials say there has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a border crossing south of Montreal.

The rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing comes as the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States is set to expire over the next weeks and months.

Data from Canada Border Services Agency shows the number of asylum claims at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle point of entry has increased since the start of the year, with 1,356 applications in March and 557 claims as of Saturday for April.

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Russian victory or massacre? What really happened in the Kursk pipeline

For two days, oxygen-starved Russian troops crawled nine miles through a pitch-black underground pipeline, creeping behind enemy lines and springing a surprise attack that wiped out the enemy in a blaze of bullets.

The Ukrainian soldiers had no idea that Operation Potok was coming.

Hundreds of men streamed out of the pipeline, storming Ukrainian positions north of Sudzha, pushing them back out of Russia in a triumphant counter-offensive to save the motherland.

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‘Shawn Fain is wrong’: Canadian Labour Congress blasts UAW leader on tariffs

The head of Canada’s largest labour organization on Monday was blunt in her assessment of a powerful union leader south of the border over his support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs.

Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain is “100 per cent” wrong in his support of Trump’s 25 per cent levies on auto imports.

Trump is delivering what he promised and yes it is a shame good people will be hurt. Compare that with Carney who will ensure Canada’s energy sector is destroyed.

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WTF?

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Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence officials with knowledge of the matter.

Discussions among White House, Defense Department and intelligence officials, which are still at an early stage, have included possible drone strikes against cartel figures and their logistical networks in Mexico with the cooperation of Mexico’s government, the sources said.

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GUNTER: Mark Carney shows Liberal arrogance with comments on Danielle Smith

Did Liberal Leader Mark Carney hit the trifecta?

On Sunday in Victoria, at just his second campaign rally in the West in two full weeks of electioneering, Carney made sneering remarks about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Then he displayed the typical smugness of central Canadian elitists insinuating that they and only they have the intelligence and sophistication to see the way forward for all Canadians.

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The Enemy Within: France’s Growing Terrorist Threat

In 70% of the foiled attacks, the would-be perpetrator was under the age of 21.

A terrorist attack was foiled earlier this week in northern France, involving a 19-year-old man who claimed to be acting on behalf of Daesh—the Islamic State. No fewer than six attacks have been foiled in recent months. For the minister of the interior, the real danger today is no longer an external attack but the actions of a fringe of radicalised French youth.

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