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It can be really frustrating to be an Italian with a speech impediment.
"When in Wome, do as the Womans do" is WAAAAY off the intent of the non-speech-impediment version.
What's wrong with that? We're all quite familiar with Elonus Muskus's deep Roman roots.
Right? It's not like allusions to the Roman Empire have ever been adopted by fascists before...
Well.. I mean.. with the exception of the Gabagool who started the whole movement...
You have more issue than TV Guide. Was it a Roman aka Fascist salute or a Nazi salute? Nazis were Socialists not Fascists.
So is Musk both?
Ocean Falls. I think you know about it, but most of the world has never heard of it. It now has a lucrative bit coin mining operation. Now that the Pulp mill is closed, this opens up new possibilities for Powell River as well. I also know of another property on the North Coast that was recently bought by some people from California. Was a gold mine `00 years ago. Still has a 4MW generating station. My bet is that is why they bought it. Either for bit coin or AI.By the way. These data centers will be in the North. As will a new city and deep sea port on the Arctic coast.
SMR reactors will make clean power and heat possible anywhere. Heat is a data centers enemy and why Canada is perfect for it.
Grays Bay road and port could be open by 2035: Proponent
Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebecnunatsiaq.com
Coincidentally the SMR and the ability to put a sustainable city anywhere in a climate similar to Mars sure comes in handy.
Interesting question. My opinion is that no politician should be permitted to run for election after reaching the official retirement age. So, currently 65.
Well, at least there's ONE person from the Jan6 fiasco that has balls.
www.bbc.com
Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon
Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".
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Certainly bigger than all the Proud Boys and Oafkeepers put together.Well, at least there's ONE person from the Jan6 fiasco that has balls.
Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon
Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".
Is that why Biden did the last second pardons while Trump was giving his speech before the oarh? To cover-up history?Well, at least there's ONE person from the Jan6 fiasco that has balls.
Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon
Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".
What history needed hiding?
5 ways Trump’s executive orders could affect Canada
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Dylan Robertson
Published Jan 21, 2025 • 4 minute read
OTTAWA — While U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada.
Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians:
Pressure to scrap Facebook tax
Canada implemented a digital services tax in June that applies to revenue from online services, such as advertising on social media platforms. Big Tech firms have said this undercuts their business, while companies that promote U.S. trade say it’s an irritant for Washington.
The legislation enabling the digital services tax came after Canada spent years taking part in an effort by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to implement a global tax on multinational corporations. Some lobbyists have pushed Canada to wait for the OECD to come up with a global standard instead of pushing its own tax.
Trump has signed an order targeting the OECD’s proposed global tax and triggering investigations of any country with tax rules that “disproportionately affect American companies.” University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, who specializes in e-commerce, said that makes the Canadian digital services tax “an obvious target.”
Refugee resettlement
In addition to measures to fortify the border, Trump is suspending refugee resettlement to the U.S. until an unspecified date.
The move could increase the pressure on Canada to take in more people seeking safety at a time when Ottawa is trying to limit the number of people resettling here due to the shortage of housing.
Refugee advocates say this might jeopardize ongoing efforts to resettle people from Afghanistan in the U.S.
Energy policy
Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the 2012 Paris Agreement on climate change — a major international treaty meant to guide efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming — as well as the 1992 United Nations framework on climate change.
Trump also signed an order calling for an expansive approach to energy exploration, “including on the Outer Continental Shelf.” Another order calls for liquefied natural gas to be tapped in areas of Alaska where the Biden administration had limited drilling. That could have an impact on the global market just as Canada is planning to ramp up its LNG exports.
Trump’s orders also end certain U.S. programs meant to boost the use of electric vehicles. Those programs heavily influenced Ottawa’s spending on industrial plants meant to secure Canadian jobs in the EV sector.
University of Guelph economics professor Ross McKitrick said in a post on X that this means Canada has spent billions of dollars “to build unwanted products for a market that just vanished.”
Trump is considering ending tax credits to lower the cost of EVs in the U.S., and if he does, Canada’s investments in EV battery plants will go down substantially. Canada included production subsidies to plants including Volkswagen and Stellantis, to equal the U.S. tax credits but the contracts say those subsidies are contingent on the U.S. tax credits remaining in place.
Washington also seeks to become the world’s “leading producer and processor of non-fuel minerals, including rare earth minerals,” which could put America in competition with Canada.
Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday he’d rather use this as a point of collaboration, adding that Canada already has taken measures to address U.S. concerns about China in critical minerals supply chains.
“We have a lot of good things to put on the table,” he said.
Wavering multilateralism
Trump is temporarily freezing foreign aid. That could put more pressure on countries like Canada to step up in a world grappling with numerous wars and the highest number of displaced people in history.
He is also pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization. The WHO is currently tasked with steering global responses to diseases such as avian flu, which could spread through birds that cross the continent.
Trump is also reversing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank and has ordered a review of all State Department operations “in line with an America First foreign policy, which puts America and its interests first.”
Security clearances
Trump signed an memorandum allowing his White House counsel to grant interim six-month security clearances — including access to the highest levels of government information — to some aides whose federal background checks are pending.
Trump delayed signing an agreement with the outgoing Biden administration last year that would have enabled the FBI to begin processing those clearances faster. Trump’s order directs that they be granted access to federal property, technology and information immediately.
The order applies to aides, not cabinet appointees. Intelligence experts have expressed concerns about some of Trump’s cabinet picks _ such as his proposed director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has downplayed the actions of hostile states such as Russia and the former Assad regime in Syria.
Artur Wilczynski, a former senior Canadian intelligence official, said Trump’s order opens a point of vulnerability for Canada. He suggested on X that America’s intelligence partners should “be wary of what you share with the U.S. intelligence community. Trump always was, and continues to be, a threat to our national security.”
— With files from The Associated Press
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Dylan Robertson
Published Jan 21, 2025 • 4 minute read
OTTAWA — While U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada.
Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians:
Pressure to scrap Facebook tax
Canada implemented a digital services tax in June that applies to revenue from online services, such as advertising on social media platforms. Big Tech firms have said this undercuts their business, while companies that promote U.S. trade say it’s an irritant for Washington.
The legislation enabling the digital services tax came after Canada spent years taking part in an effort by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to implement a global tax on multinational corporations. Some lobbyists have pushed Canada to wait for the OECD to come up with a global standard instead of pushing its own tax.
Trump has signed an order targeting the OECD’s proposed global tax and triggering investigations of any country with tax rules that “disproportionately affect American companies.” University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, who specializes in e-commerce, said that makes the Canadian digital services tax “an obvious target.”
Refugee resettlement
In addition to measures to fortify the border, Trump is suspending refugee resettlement to the U.S. until an unspecified date.
The move could increase the pressure on Canada to take in more people seeking safety at a time when Ottawa is trying to limit the number of people resettling here due to the shortage of housing.
Refugee advocates say this might jeopardize ongoing efforts to resettle people from Afghanistan in the U.S.
Energy policy
Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the 2012 Paris Agreement on climate change — a major international treaty meant to guide efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming — as well as the 1992 United Nations framework on climate change.
Trump also signed an order calling for an expansive approach to energy exploration, “including on the Outer Continental Shelf.” Another order calls for liquefied natural gas to be tapped in areas of Alaska where the Biden administration had limited drilling. That could have an impact on the global market just as Canada is planning to ramp up its LNG exports.
Trump’s orders also end certain U.S. programs meant to boost the use of electric vehicles. Those programs heavily influenced Ottawa’s spending on industrial plants meant to secure Canadian jobs in the EV sector.
University of Guelph economics professor Ross McKitrick said in a post on X that this means Canada has spent billions of dollars “to build unwanted products for a market that just vanished.”
Trump is considering ending tax credits to lower the cost of EVs in the U.S., and if he does, Canada’s investments in EV battery plants will go down substantially. Canada included production subsidies to plants including Volkswagen and Stellantis, to equal the U.S. tax credits but the contracts say those subsidies are contingent on the U.S. tax credits remaining in place.
Washington also seeks to become the world’s “leading producer and processor of non-fuel minerals, including rare earth minerals,” which could put America in competition with Canada.
Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday he’d rather use this as a point of collaboration, adding that Canada already has taken measures to address U.S. concerns about China in critical minerals supply chains.
“We have a lot of good things to put on the table,” he said.
Wavering multilateralism
Trump is temporarily freezing foreign aid. That could put more pressure on countries like Canada to step up in a world grappling with numerous wars and the highest number of displaced people in history.
He is also pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization. The WHO is currently tasked with steering global responses to diseases such as avian flu, which could spread through birds that cross the continent.
Trump is also reversing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank and has ordered a review of all State Department operations “in line with an America First foreign policy, which puts America and its interests first.”
Security clearances
Trump signed an memorandum allowing his White House counsel to grant interim six-month security clearances — including access to the highest levels of government information — to some aides whose federal background checks are pending.
Trump delayed signing an agreement with the outgoing Biden administration last year that would have enabled the FBI to begin processing those clearances faster. Trump’s order directs that they be granted access to federal property, technology and information immediately.
The order applies to aides, not cabinet appointees. Intelligence experts have expressed concerns about some of Trump’s cabinet picks _ such as his proposed director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has downplayed the actions of hostile states such as Russia and the former Assad regime in Syria.
Artur Wilczynski, a former senior Canadian intelligence official, said Trump’s order opens a point of vulnerability for Canada. He suggested on X that America’s intelligence partners should “be wary of what you share with the U.S. intelligence community. Trump always was, and continues to be, a threat to our national security.”
— With files from The Associated Press
From immigration to intelligence: 5 ways Trump’s executive orders could affect Canada
Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians:
So... when he said "Make America Great Again" he meant only those with the $$ to keep themselves healthy?
Can a pro-MAGA person explain how THIS is good policy?
Ill tackle this one.
Flushing out the corrupt rats.
WSJ Opinion: Evidence Revealed by COVID Select Subcommittee Shows Corruption at Highest-Levels of NIH - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Evidence Revealed by COVID Select Subcommittee Shows Corruption at Highest-Levels of NIH
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Now watch the number of nonbinary go up cause no paying taxes...
Also, yall men are trans, and don't exist.
