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Mark Carney doesn’t stop the United States from driving negotiations over a cliff

After a week of manufactured drama and unnecessary strain, Prime Minister Mark Carney emerged on Saturday morning to explain “why we’re walking away from a bad deal — and what comes next.”

“For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new, comprehensive trade deal,” Carney said. “We’ve been pragmatic, patient and persistent.”

Apparently that was not sufficient. In a statement released 20 minutes to midnight on Friday night, Carney said that “last-minute changes” in the terms proposed by American negotiators were “unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.”

Curious Carney play: He frames US demands for alignment on tariffs with third countries (steel, aluminum, derivatives) and any language restricting Canada’s ability to cut independent trade deals as a novel “power play” that tramples sovereignty—something “Canadians wouldn’t… pic.twitter.com/S4CLjLtslf

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) August 22, 2026

He is a ChiCom asset.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Bill Maher Admits Democrat Party Is Antisemitic

On Saturday’s episode of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the host said the quiet part out loud about his own party’s relationship with Judaism. The exchange came after CNN anchor Dana Bash raised the case of Texas Democrat James Talarico, whose outspoken “Christianity,” she noted, means he “wears his faith on his sleeve” in a way Talarico believes could help him politically. Maher wasn’t buying the idea that all faith gets an equally warm welcome in the Democrat Party.

FACT CHECKED: CNN’s Dana Bash looks uncomfortable as Bill Maher says the Democratic Party is fine with faith “as long as that faith isn’t Jewish.”

BASH: “James Talarico wears his faith on his sleeve in a way that he believes will help him.”

MAHER: “Well, in the Democratic… pic.twitter.com/OcpfF4DNHD

— Sergeant News Network (@sgtnewsnetwork) August 22, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Oct 7 2023", Democratic Party

Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected

The United States had offered to reduce its tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos, and eliminate a recently imposed tariff on Canadian lumber, before negotiations suddenly collapsed last night, Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said Saturday.

In an interview with The New York Times, Mr. Greer detailed previously confidential and unreported elements of the U.S. trade offer to Canada, saying those measures would have given Canada the most preferential treatment of any trading partner.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Meghan’s Netflix acting role ‘in doubt’

The Duchess of Sussex’s acting role in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series has been thrown into doubt, The Telegraph understands.

In an about turn less than 24 hours after the news was revealed, the Duchess’s role in the third series of The Gentlemen is reportedly uncertain following a public backlash.

Oh No!

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Woke Royals"

Smith says Alberta could have a binding referendum on secession in early 2027

Alberta will hold a binding referendum on secession early next year if the results of October’s provincewide vote favour launching the process to separate from the rest of Canada, Premier Danielle Smith asserted during town halls this summer.

The Premier’s timeline allocates about 2.5 months for consultations with Indigenous people, a window she said aligns with what Canada pencilled in for discussions over a proposed bitumen pipeline to the west coast.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 22, 2026•0•Alberta

Russia sabotages weapons factories across Europe

Russia has launched a fresh wave of attacks on European armaments factories under the guise of plausible deniability, according to Western intelligence sources.

The Kremlin is recruiting local gang members to sabotage defence manufacturers to test Nato’s resolve.

The attacks appear carefully calculated to fall just short of triggering Article 5, Nato’s mutual defence clause, intelligence officials believe.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

GOLDSTEIN: Job losses, inflation and bail-outs – the high costs of an all-out trade war

In responding to the breakdown of Canada-U.S. trade negotiations late Friday with dollar-for-dollar matching counter tariffs against the U.S. starting on Sept. 8, Prime Minister Mark Carney is embarking on a strategy he said was unrealistic a year ago.

This actually marks the second time he has reversed policy on the issue of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs.

@Citizen004

Coutesy of @nspector4 pic.twitter.com/9uo4xEH0KD

— Roro (@rorotrader) August 23, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Iranian hackers carry out unprecedented attack on UK’s power network

A UK power generator was forced to shut down for four days after an Iranian cyberattack, it has been reported.

The incident, which is reported to have taken place last month, is believed to be the first time Iranian-affiliated hackers have successfully shut down a UK facility of this kind.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•Cyber War, Iran

Thank You!

Hello Everyone!

The BCF fundraiser is over for another year.

Thanks for your donations and your readership.

You have all been so kind.

BCF & X

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by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026September 8, 2026•0•BCF Fund Raising Drive

Inside the 72 hours that cratered the US-Canada trade deal

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer entered a meeting with Canadian officials Friday afternoon with a frown.

For more than a week, Greer had been in wall-to-wall negotiations with Canada’s top trade officials, and the two sides were tantalizingly close to striking a deal that would break through more than a year of icy diplomatic and economic relations. The two North American neighbors had agreed on the overarching framework. Industry groups and stakeholders had been briefed. A deal seemed imminent.

Hours later, it fell apart.

Under President Trump, Canada has had the lowest tariffs for its exports to the U.S. market.

At the last minute, Canada walked away from a nearly completed deal that would have lowered these tariffs even further. pic.twitter.com/3pQ0iVfCI4

— United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) August 22, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 22, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Traffic in Strait of Hormuz skyrockets nearly 400%, as analysts say Iran’s grip on critical waterway weakens

Iran appears to be losing its grip on the Strait of Hormuz while traffic through the critical waterway has exploded by nearly 400% over the last two weeks — as ships increasingly use a US-backed corridor to cross.

Nearly 200 ships navigated the strait last week, up from 150 the previous week and just 40 two weeks earlier, according to data from the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center.

The surge brings total traffic along the passage route to about 20% of pre-war levels, through which roughly 20% of the world’s seaborne oil flowed in peacetime.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"US Israel Iran War"

Mark Carney has cemented his post as leader of the anti-Trump resistance

Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a U.S. trade deal Friday night. In doing so, he has cemented his post as the leader of the international resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump.

That may be of little consolation to Canadian alcohol, dairy and automobile producers who are now facing new 50 per cent tariffs on goods exported to America, or indeed to any other tariff-hit industries and companies struggling through the trade war.

But it matters to Canada in a longer-term calculation.

I don’t trust Carney to tell the truth on any matter.

“‘No idea what he’s talking about,’ the US official said of @CanadianPM Carney. ‘It was Canada that repeatedly made last-minute demands beyond the scope of what had been agreed upon’… ‘There were no “eleventh hour” measures that the US introduced,’ said a second US official.”🤔 https://t.co/DJsqDcZgbZ

— Mark Warner (@MAAWLAW) August 23, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Zelensky should be asked what he knew about government corruption, sacked minister tells BBC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should be asked questions about corruption in his government, his sacked defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has told the BBC.

Fedorov, a popular minister who modernised the military and pioneered drone warfare, was fired last month after reportedly falling out with the head of Ukraine’s armed forces.

He told the BBC a money laundering investigation announced last week meant Zelensky should be asked about his awareness of potential corruption in his inner circle.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Donald Trump’s negotiators saved Canada from making a big mistake

Canadians may owe Howard Lutnick a debt of gratitude.

It was a final-hours intervention by the U.S. Commerce Secretary, who’s peculiarly belligerent toward Canada even by the standards of Donald Trump’s White House, which seemed to coincide with new American demands that scuppered the tentative trade agreement between the two countries.

If so, he did Canada a service by reminding Mark Carney and his negotiators who they were dealing with — and saving us from a bad deal that probably would’ve only looked worse down the road.

Trade deal restrictions with other partners like communist China are nothing new, Canada the US and Mexico all agreed to abide by them in CUSMA.

Grok says – Yes, in a limited way: Canada agreed to specific restrictions and conditions under Article 32.10 of CUSMA (also known as USMCA or T-MEC) regarding free trade agreements (FTAs) with “non-market countries i.e. China” There is no general ban on partnering with other nations.

I think word has gone out to the LPC’s media that Lutnick is to be the preferred whipping boy.

Good choice but not the cause of Canada’s woefully poor performance.

More … U.S.-Canada trade talks have collapsed. Carney says these 3 issues torpedoed them

The changes to Auto tariffs are a head scratcher.

Leaks during negotiations said a 15% tariff was agreed upon. A number many have pointed out would be slow suffocation to the auto industry but one Team Carney seemed willing to live with.

A slow death is preferable to sudden shock I agree and that seems to be the collateral damage Carney could accept because ChiCom EV’s!

And I don’t care about Quebec’s culture, the province is a drag on Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 23, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Trump: I’ll be impeached if I lose the midterms

Donald Trump has claimed he will be impeached if the Republicans lose the midterm elections in November.

The US president, campaigning in South Carolina, warned supporters that they would “lose everything” if Democrats took control of Congress for his final two years in office.

On Friday, Mr Trump described the potential outcome of the elections in unusually stark language as he faced the prospect of being unable to force through legislation or depend on a compliant Congress.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2026August 22, 2026•0•President Trump