Signs That Things Could Be Ramping Up in Cuba

Signs That Things Could Be Ramping Up in Cuba

It’s not a done deal but the situation in Iran appears to be heading for an off-ramp just as the situation in Cuba might be gearing up. Here’s what we know at the moment. First, U.S. officials quietly visited Cuba last Friday to directly make the case for reform.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

Carson Jerema: How Justin Trudeau cost Canada $1 trillion

Carson Jerema: How Justin Trudeau cost Canada $1 trillion

It isn’t possible to hate this evil man too much.[/caption]There is no great mystery behind why some nations are wealthy and others are not. The policy mix varies very little and is well understood. Countries with lower, neutral tax systems, minimal regulations, the rule of law and openness to international trade and foreign investment are wealthier than countries with higher taxes, more complicated regulations, and which are closed off to the world. Economies are the sum of the countless decisions made by people on what to buy or sell, where to invest, or where to work.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over 2021 Rust film set shooting to go to trial

Civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over 2021 Rust film set shooting to go to trial

A judge in Los Angeles has ruled that a civil lawsuit accusing Alec Baldwin of acting negligently in the deadly 2021 shooting on the set of his western film Rust can proceed to trial.

According to Variety, the superior court judge Maurice Leiter issued a summary judgment on Friday allowing the case to move forward. Leiter’s ruling – obtained by the outlet – said that “a reasonable jury could find that Mr Baldwin recklessly disregarded the probability that pointing a gun in the direction of someone, with the finger on the trigger, would cause emotional distress”.

h/t Hermes

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Lutnick Blasts Canada Ahead of Trade Talks

Lutnick Blasts Canada Ahead of Trade Talks

Howard Lutnick, the U.S. secretary of commerce, said on Friday that President Trump was committed to reining back the North American trade deal and blasted Canada for its trade negotiating strategy, adding, “they suck.”

Mr. Lutnick, who was speaking at a conference organized by the media outlet Semafor, was particularly critical of Canada’s effort to push back against the Trump administration. He dismissed a former Canadian trade official’s suggestion that Canada could benefit from negotiating more slowly because political pressure on the Trump administration was increasing, as “the worst strategy I ever heard.”

A spokesman for the Department of Commerce said that Mr. Lutnick was describing America’s unfair trade imbalance with Canada and how Canada “sucks off” America’s $30 trillion economy.

Expect this to go over well …

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

The Hormuz Blockade Is Not About Iran — It’s About China

The Hormuz Blockade Is Not About Iran — It’s About China

Much has been written about the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. The majority of commentary has been critical. But let us set aside emotion, political sympathy, and ideology — and examine the facts with a cold, strategic eye. Because what we are witnessing is not simply a military confrontation with Iran. We are watching the opening moves of a new Great Game in the Middle East — and its primary target is Beijing.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State"

Joining the EU would be a ridiculous response to Canada’s real problems

Joining the EU would be a ridiculous response to Canada’s real problems

Where did this idea come from, of Canada joining the European Union? I know the Prime Minister likes to say that Canada is “the most European of the non-European countries,” whatever that means. (More European than, say, Argentina? Uruguay? New Zealand?)

And sure, we’ve all joked about it, at least once, in the heat of Donald Trump’s latest outrage (“that’s it, we’re joining Europe!”). But we are now well past a joke. Finland’s President, Alexander Stubb, is the latest world leader to appear to entertain the prospect, pronouncing it “a marriage made in heaven” that could be negotiated “faster than Finland joining NATO.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

Homeless charity cuts ties with Sharon Osbourne after she backs Tommy Robinson rally

Homeless charity cuts ties with Sharon Osbourne after she backs Tommy Robinson rally

The homelessness charity Centrepoint has said it will cut ties with its celebrity ambassador Sharon Osbourne after she expressed support for a far-right rally being organised by Tommy Robinson.

The charity, of which the Prince of Wales is patron, has been moved to distance itself from comments made by Osbourne. The TV personality indicated this week that she would be attending an event organised in London by Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

On an Instagram post about the “unite the kingdom” rally, Osbourne’s official account left a comment saying: “See you at the march.”

In response, Centrepoint, which had recently engaged Osbourne as an ambassador for a campaign, said: “This sort of event does not align with our values.”

Not sure I care much for a charity that places illegal alien invaders on an equal footing as native sons and daughters.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", Camp Of The Saints, UK

How can Toronto expect to fix its serious problems if we can’t even take out the trash?

How can Toronto expect to fix its serious problems if we can’t even take out the trash?

I was in Vienna last month and stumbling back to my hotel late one evening I came across something that surprised and impressed me.

It was a street cleaning machine, scouring away grime and scooping up every trace of the litter that had accumulated during the busy day. The crew was out again the next night, and the night after that. Not surprisingly, the streets were spotless.

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

Child soldiers, illegal parties, a smashed economy — but ready to rise from ruins

Child soldiers, illegal parties, a smashed economy — but ready to rise from ruins

Every morning, Darya looks forward to visiting her favourite café on the way to work. From her home on Yusufabad Street, an upper-middle class neighbourhood where Tehran’s old villas meet the new apartment blocks, she descends 200 zigzagging tiled steps.

From there, she catches a bus that runs down a dedicated narrow lane on Valiasr — the longest street in the Middle East — connecting the affluent north to working-class Tehran.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

The Conservatives have a bigger problem than a Liberal majority: Their leader

The Conservatives have a bigger problem than a Liberal majority: Their leader

When federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appeared on the popular right-wing American podcaster Joe Rogan’s show last month, many in his party were ecstatic with the result.

Mr. Poilievre resisted his worst instincts, passing on invitations to dump on Prime Minister Mark Carney, fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta or indulge in the conspiracy theories being propagated by Mr. Rogan.

Poilievre is doing well despite fixed polls and remains popular among the young.

The media can’t protect Carney forever eventually enough people will connect Canada’s decline directly to the Liberal Party.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"

EU Countries Already Looking to Car Factories To Rearm Europe

EU Countries Already Looking to Car Factories To Rearm Europe

The meeting between Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte this Thursday in Brussels was not just another appointment about Ukraine. It was, in fact, a discussion about how to transform the European economy for a new stage of rearmament.

The President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of NATO met at Rutte’s private residence to prepare for the Atlantic summit in Ankara in July. But the focus of the conversation was how to increase industrial defence production in Europe and how to do it quickly. Very quickly.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEurope

Ships received radio message from Iranian Navy that Strait of Hormuz closed – report

Ships received radio message from Iranian Navy that Strait of Hormuz closed – report

Some merchant vessels received a radio message from the Iranian Navy saying the Strait of Hormuz had been shut again, shipping sources have told Reuters.

The Iranian Navy told the tankers that no ships are allowed to pass through the Strait, the sources add.

As we’ve just reported, at least one tanker says it has come under fire in the strait by IRGC gunboats.

(more…)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

‘Embassy drone threat’ closes Kensington Gardens

‘Embassy drone threat’ closes Kensington Gardens

Police are “assessing a number of discarded items” in London’s Kensington Gardens after a video was shared online in which a group claimed to have targeted the nearby Embassy of Israel with drones carrying dangerous substances.

The Metropolitan Police said the embassy had not been attacked and officers were investigating the source and authenticity of the footage.

h/t Patti Jo

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