Carney’s Davos speech written at 4 a.m., Trump’s volatile call with Trudeau, and other things we learned from a WSJ article

Carney’s Davos speech written at 4 a.m., Trump’s volatile call with Trudeau, and other things we learned from a WSJ article

This week, the Wall Street Journal published a two-part series, with the first part titled “There Is No Going Back: The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With America.” While it looked at the general situation in Europe, the second was all about Canada’s role, and specifically that of Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Its headline was “The Canadian Who Steered Europe Away From the U.S.,” with the subhead: “Facing threats from Trump, Mark Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance.”

Parts 1 and 2 linked below.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Trump has not forgotten about Greenland

Trump has not forgotten about Greenland

If European leaders had a bingo card of all the fights Donald Trump could pick with them, at this week’s Nato summit in Ankara they would have won a blackout. Starting as he meant to go on, Trump used a joint briefing with Nato chief Mark Rutte this morning to reheat his litany of grievances with fellow members of the alliance.

Trump today declared that he was ‘not happy with Nato because of what they did with Greenland’ and their refusal, as he sees it, to help the US with the war in Iran. Greenland, the President said, was a ‘big problem for us’, going on to claim – falsely – that ‘it’s not important for Denmark’.

Didn’t forget Spain either!

h/t patthedog

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreenland, USA

Why is Canada spending tens of billions on new submarines?

Why is Canada spending tens of billions on new submarines?

Canada is looking to spend tens of billions of dollars on a contract with German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) to replace Canada’s aging fleet of submarines with up to a dozen new vessels.

Prime Minister Mark Carney called it the biggest defence procurement project in Canada’s history.

Here’s why the purchase could stack up to a major price tag of $100 billion or more over the lifetime of the deal.

A lot of money sloshing around, some of it will land near to Carney’s feet.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

How California Effectively Legalized an Open-Air Sex Market

It’s midafternoon outside KIPP Academy of Opportunity, a charter school serving children in fifth through eighth grade on South Figueroa Street in residential Los Angeles. As children inside prepare for their futures, a young female struts by in high heels, wearing nothing but a bikini and a jacket.

“We’ll see some police officers roll by and some young women out here just prostituting. They’re walking right by, and the police drive right by them,” the school’s gun-toting security guard said. “It’s normal.”

Not for the squeamish

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCalifornia, WTF?

They Broke Public Trust. Now They Want to Police Public Speech.

They Broke Public Trust. Now They Want to Police Public Speech.

The crisis in the West is not that people stopped trusting institutions. It’s that the institutions continually give us reasons to stop.

According to a recent access to information memo, the federal government of Canada is now contemplating “legal action” against users on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites suspected of spreading “false and misleading information.” The censored 35-page document said, “This strategy seeks to uphold the integrity of—and public trust in—government information.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Jihadists Look to Kashmir, Kashmiris Look Away

Jihadists Look to Kashmir, Kashmiris Look Away

Many jihadists, building on the Palestinian model, increasingly see Kashmir as prime land to conquer: the next great cause for global jihad.

Hamas leaders themselves have explicitly framed the Palestinian and Kashmiri causes as one struggle. High-ranking Hamas envoys who traveled to Kashmir in 2025 to headline the “Kashmir Solidarity and Hamas Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Conference.” The message stressed at the conference was “The mujahideen of Kashmir and Palestine have become united.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Kashmir

Ottawa sidelines foreign firms in $4.9B army vehicle competition

Ottawa sidelines foreign firms in $4.9B army vehicle competition

The Carney government quietly cancelled the second phase of a long-standing competition to provide the army with light utility vehicles and intends to “invite a limited number of Canadian suppliers” to bid directly, CBC News has learned.

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) issued a notice late Friday that says the federal government intends to “transition to an updated procurement approach.”

Whichever firm is most closely linked to Brookfield wins.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat

German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat

The German car industry has warned of a potential collapse of employment in the sector in Europe unless society and workers accept that “bold decisions” are needed to address competition from the Chinese and other rivals.

Volkswagen is preparing to formally propose up to 100,000 job losses, a move that has triggered a wave of protests.

The statement from the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), which appears timed to coincide with this meeting, went as far as to say that handing some of the country’s car plants over to foreign ownership could be a way to save jobs.

I’m sure Carney will do just fine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - China's 24th Province", "China - Communist Slave State", Europe, European Union

Carney backs latest U.S. strikes on Iran as Trump slams NATO allies

Carney backs latest U.S. strikes on Iran as Trump slams NATO allies

Prime Minister Mark Carney has backed the latest U.S. strikes on Iran, calling it an appropriate response to ceasefire violations.

The remarks were made on the way into the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, where U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire over.

Trump again bashed the Western military alliance for not joining the U.S. and Israel in the war.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories Suddenly Disappear With This One Amazing Trick

Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories Suddenly Disappear With This One Amazing Trick

Wild theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination just imploded.

Suddenly, speculation about exploding microphones, disappearing killers, the existence of a “patsy,” lack of a clear motive, and even time travel seem to have been obliterated with this one neat trick: Evidence introduced at accused assassin Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives

Mayoral challenger Brad Bradford decries rising crime and costs at first campaign rally in Etobicoke

Mayoral challenger Brad Bradford decries rising crime and costs at first campaign rally in Etobicoke

Mayoral challenger Brad Bradford launched a critique of rising crime and costs amid stumbling city services as he sought to close the gap in support between himself and Olivia Chow at a kickoff campaign rally in Etobicoke Tuesday night.

Bradford, the Beaches-East York councillor who launched his campaign when nominations opened on May 1, made the case to a crowd of approximately 150 attendees at the Plast Huculak Centre, a Ukrainian community centre on the Kingsway, after two recent polls showed the gap in support between the two tightening.

I don’t think Toronto can be fixed. Demographic doom awaits.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

‘The Odyssey‘ Star John Leguizamo Claims Europe Stole ‘500,000 Tons of Gold‘ from ‘Latin People‘ (Only 220,000 Have Been Mined in Human History)

‘The Odyssey‘ Star John Leguizamo Claims Europe Stole ‘500,000 Tons of Gold‘ from ‘Latin People‘ (Only 220,000 Have Been Mined in Human History)

Actor John Leguizamo has claimed that European colonizers stole 500,000 tons of gold from Latin people despite evidence showing that only 220,000 tons have been mined in human history.

Leguizamo, who will be starring in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic The Odyssey, revealed his thoughts about European colonization during an appearance on the One Nightstand podcast.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, Hollywood

LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

When Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the United Arab Emirates last November, he was looking to expand trade. What he didn’t expect was an offer by the U.A.E. to invest $70 billion in Canada over the coming years.

Jean Charest, the former Quebec premier and current co-chair of the Canada-U.A.E. Business Council, was there when the Emiratis made the offer.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?