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China Is Asshole

Real Agriculture- China announces new 76 per cent “anti-dumping” tariff on Canadian canola

The Chinese government is imposing a new 75.8 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed to begin August 14 — the latest development in the trade dispute that escalated a year ago when Canada announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel. The new tariff on canola seed, announced today (August 12,) is the preliminary result of the anti-dumping investigation that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce launched in September 2024.

Our master negotiator was unavailable for comment.

Fee-fi-fo-fum

I smell the blood of Kenyan-Hawaiian.

The memo accuses the Biden-Harris administration of directly and indirectly funding “radical leftist” organizations behind the 2023 anti-government protests in Israel. “The Committee’s oversight has revealed that the Biden-Harris Administration provided grant funds to groups that contributed directly and indirectly to the judicial reform protests that sought to undermine the Israeli government,”

But wait, there’s more: “According to the memo, the previous U.S. administration also funded NGOs linked to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and other terrorist groups.”

When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal

It’s a thread.

… top national security officials including FBI Dir James Comey, CIA Dir John Brennan and DNI James Clapper gathered at the Obama White House to discuss Russia. Obama directed the IC to create a new intelligence assessment that detailed Russian election meddling, even though it would contradict multiple intelligence assessments released over the previous several months.

Update: Matt Taibbi weighs in (link corrected).

The material is bolstered throughout by explanations of a whistleblower from then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s office. Just this handful of documents holds explosive implications, implicating a much bigger pool of White House officials than previously understood, including Obama himself, in what appears to be a top-down effort to create a false narrative about Russia meddling to help Donald Trump. If there’s an analog in American history, I can’t think of it.

Quoi?

Sun- Despite saying he would, Carney won’t take part in TVA debate

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, who despite suggesting on Monday that he’d take part in TVA’s French-language leaders debate, his campaign is reportedly saying he won’t.

“Liberal Leader Mark Carney will not participate in the TVA ‘Face à Face‘ debate, as per his campaign,” wrote Global Parliament Hill reporter Mackenzie Gray.

“No reason was provided by the party as to why he won’t participate.”

National Post- Mark Carney says ‘non merci’ to a French-language debate

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney lost the first French-language debate before it even started.

Melanie Joly, “I expect the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada to be fully bilingual.”

Sam Cooper’s A Busy Guy

Sam Cooper- Ottawa Warned On PRC Blueprint Targeting MPs and Senators Decade Before NSICOP ’24 Revelations

A leaked 2014 intelligence document from Canadian Security Intelligence Service warned that China was orchestrating a broad strategy to cultivate Canadian politicians at every level ahead of various elections, relying on community leaders as intermediaries. The classified CSIS report—marked “SECRET/CanadianEyesOnly”—details how Chinese Embassy officials in Ottawa tasked diaspora figures to target specific Canadian politicians, including a sitting Senator and a Member of Parliament, inviting them to a high-profile Chinese New Year banquet in 2015.

Incoming

National Post- Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday — and more import duties are coming

National Post- Canadian Steel Producers Association ‘deeply concerned’ about latest tariff threat

Francisco- Looks like “Team Canada” is having a good time in France.
Prime Minister’s itinerary for Monday, February 10, 2025

Update:

Quick Dick McDick- The Trump & Trudeau Tariff Trials & Tribulations Toonie

CPAC- PM Trudeau Speaks at AI Summit in Paris – February 10, 2025

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a keynote address at the AI Action Summit in Paris, France. The prime minister is discussing sustainable artificial intelligence and energy.

Steve Saretsky- So Trump is going to tariff our steel and Carney is going to put a carbon tax on it?

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