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Mark Carney’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta superficially promises to approve a pipeline, but puts so many environmental restrictions on any such project, and defers far too much to anti-energy B.C., that it is just another case of the Liberals replacing the judgment of private...

No idea. Depends what fills the power vacuum.

About 2,000 people now including security personnel have been killed in protests in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll from an intense crackdown on two weeks of nationwide unrest. Pics at the link...

Lots of news stories about the demand & rejection (of any deal forced by Trump) of Trumps “deal” without any details of what deal Trump wants. I can (as can we all) speculate as to what that is, from a nation about 100 miles from Mar-a-Lago…but…

Yep, as reported by our state funded unbiased something something broadcaster to the 4% of the masses or whatever.

Freeland just got there. Give her a chance.

And a couple hundred Venezuelans, etc…but what is Trumps “deal” he wants from Cuba?

Bloodless? Anyway, lots of News stories out about Trump & Cuba now, since Trump (not the ‘still & current’ regime in Venezuela) cut off all oil from Venezuela to Cuba…that they “have to” make a deal or Else (!!) without saying what the deal is about. What “deal” does Trump want from Cuba?

http://apple.news/APDh4Uu8NQVSmLp9v2sriPg 😲

I can see this being both a regime change and not a regime change, depending on the perspective. It’s a weird situation. Trump/America invading the country and now calling the shots, that’s different.😁 It is a weird situation. I could probably argue that the regime change hasn’t changed...

Venezuela controlled its own affairs with its own politicians two weeks ago. Now Trump decides what happens. Trump decides who they do business with or not. Trump controls the money, etc… If it’s not a regime change in definition, it sure is in aroma.

Contiguous.

Ah… so both were controlled by Trump then? That’s interesting all by itself, seeing as he’s the one calling the shots as opposed to the current sitting Venezuelan president.

President Trump declared a national (?The nation of America or the nation of Venezuela though?) emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability. Ah… Trump said in...

…& WE voted in the liberals for a fourth term. The remnants of an early-pandemic political scandal land at the Supreme Court of Canada this week in a case that could have widespread ramifications, as the top court considers the limits of citizens’ ability to challenge some government decisions...

Iran has weathered past waves of protests with crackdowns like the current bloody suppression. But this time the leadership is facing nationwide demonstrations that evolved from complaints about dire economic hardships to defiant calls for the fall of the clerical establishment, and with its...

Two years ago…this was post number one, the very first paragraph to start this thread: …& here we are today…"Things here are very, very bad," a source in Tehran said on Sunday. "A lot of our friends have been killed. They were firing live rounds. It's like a war zone, the streets are full of...

This is unverified due to the Internet and long distance telephone blackout in Iran. (YouTube & 1000s Killed As Iranian Government MASSACRES Protesters!) (YouTube & Jan. 11, 2025 | Iran protests leave over 500 dead, at least 10,000 arrested) (YouTube & Hundreds of protesters killed in Iran...

Collective defence is NATO’s governing principle, where Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one NATO member is considered an attack against all. This has been a binding pledge since 1949, when the alliance came together and one that has forged solidarity...

The weeklong Will for Peace 2026 exercises, which started on Saturday, are being led by China in Simon’s Town, where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean. They will include drills on rescue and maritime strike operations and technical exchanges, China’s Ministry of National Defence said...