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Canadian Election Predictions?

Anyone have any? As of today, April 20/25, I’m anticipating a Carney/Liberal win. Of course I could be wrong. That’s OK. Apparently the race is close. I know the line ups at the early polls were long, long, long. We’ll see in just 8 days. Anyone else wanna make a prediction?

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Lutnick- US to Slap “Special Focus” Tariffs on Electronics

They were on. Then off. Now, on again, with “special focus” Link While the tariffs imposed by US president Donald Trump remain in abeyance for 90-days, US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said last week that smartphones, computers and some other electronics, just exempted from steep tariffs on imports from China, would face separate new duties […]

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US Offers to Ease Sanctions on Russia- Russia declares Easter ceasefire

Beware the Trojan horse The US presented allies (largely European officials) with proposals to enable a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine The contours of the US plan was shared during meetings in Paris on Thursday, according to European officials familiar with the matter. The proposal would effectively freeze the war, with Ukrainian territories now […]

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Netanyahu: We will fight to victory – I will not cave

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/407058 “Citizens of Israel, as your Prime Minister – I will not give in,” Netanyahu began. “I will not give in to the murderers who carried out the worst massacre since the Holocaust.” “Those who are calling to end the war are echoing Hamas’ psychological terrorism and putting the hostages’ release farther away,” he stressed. […]

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China pivots from the US to Canada for more oil amid trade war

Forex Live If Canada is able to play its cards right, there are enormous and highly economic long-life oil assets that can be exploited. It would require pipelines to the west coast but there is an increasing national acceptance for those kinds of projects due to antagonism from the United States. The report highlights how […]

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Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month

Israel has long planned to strike Iran. However they cannot attack without US assistance. The Trump administration is allegedly negotiating a deal with Iran. But, they’ve time limited the negotiations. The JCPOA, P1+5, took years to negotiate and Trump during his first administration destroyed this deal which would inevitably lead to the theater of a […]

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US goal is to largely disarm Iran, leaving it a sitting duck

It seems that the US has much more on it’s mind then just the “enrichment of uranium” regarding Iran. The real goal looks to be disarming Iran Including it’s ballistic missiles. Leaving it as a sitting duck. That would make an Israeli attack on Iran so much easier, for Israel Excerpt from the article- Link […]

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Tarrifs on Chinese Made Electronics- Yes or No?

Trump walked back the tariffs on Chinese made electronics late last week, but, today, perhaps, not. Link Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick walked back the recent reciprocal tariff exemption on select electronics announced in an April 12 bulletin from the United States Customs and Border Protection. On April 13, Lutnick told ABC News that the reciprocal […]

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On the path to war with Iran

On the Path to War with Iran – Alastair Crooke, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

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Turkish Israeli relations- not good for nearly 20 yrs

Not sure if it’s been quite 20 years, myself, but, it’s definitely been at least 15 years of worsening relations between the two countries. Contrary to the abundance of mis/disinformation that’s crossed my screen, while doing my own work. “In any case, what’s the essence of the current escalation, which, unlike previous phases, has some […]