How Are Those Elbows Holding Up?

Meanwhile: “This landmark Deal opens up Indonesia’s ENTIRE MARKET to the United States for the first time in History.”

Elbows Down

I’m sure the new PM will be able to fix all these problems, right? Perhaps a few more taxpayer bailouts with cute titles like the Ontario Together Trade Fund will do the trick.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business released a report Wednesday based on a survey of 187 small-to-medium-sized businesses in the automotive sector, from parts suppliers to repair shops, and found that tariffs are already having an impact.

Their revenue has declined by 13 per cent, on average, and half of them reported that they have paused or cancelled investments due to uncertainty caused by the Canada-U.S. trade war, which could lead to billions in lost revenue or missed investments, the report said.

New Governor, Same As The Old Governor

Say what you want about Carney, but he seems to be better at evading those $100 fines than the last guy.

In a scathing statement this week, Democracy Watch urged Carney to fully divest his shares and stock options, arguing that Ottawa’s purported “screen” — which relies on Carney’s chosen staff to supposedly shield the prime minister from conflicted business decisions — actually “allows him to participate in, and hides his participation in, almost all decisions that affect his investments.”

“PM Carney’s so-called ‘blind’ trust isn’t blind at all,” the watchdog said. “He knows exactly what he put in, he chose his own trustee, can instruct them not to sell, and can receive updates at any time. On top of that, he owns stock options in Brookfield that he can’t sell for years, guaranteeing he stays tethered to these corporate interests.”

Democracy Watch cited the landmark 1987 Parker Commission on conflicts of interest, which concluded that top public officials must sell all investments outright and that blind trusts should be banned as ineffective “shams.”

In Today’s Broad Strata News

Robustly diverse: Peel Regional Police’s Central Robbery Bureau has taken down an organized criminal network responsible for more than 15 violent home invasions involving high-end vehicle and jewellery thefts across the Greater Toronto Area.

Related: In a news release, police said 29-year-old Kanwarjyot Singh Manoria was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with utter threats to cause death or bodily harm.

Against Mayor Patrick Brown.

Fear not, more are on the way.

Jeffrey Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself

Jeffrey Tucker;

I don’t know the truth about Epstein but I will say this. Anyone who thinks “transparency” is easy does not understand the system. Every legal matter in this country is a thicket of barriers to disclosure: confidentially agreements, attorney/client privilege, non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements, and classified information in cases like this the disclosure of which involves criminal penalties.

The result is an unfathomably large underworld of legal machinations about which the public knows nothing. And never will. This is true in every sector, to say nothing of the classified sector. Transparency is a slogan, something easy to expect and demand, but the reality is impenetrably complicated and fraught with grave consequences all around.

Every bit of litigation means burying facts deep within this substructure of public life, everything mediated by lawyers and judges and settlements with infinitely complicated terms that are valid in perpetuity. The long case of Epstein must face a thicket more complicated than any in human history.
oh then there are gag orders for any existing litigation!

This is why whenever Bondi speaks about this, she chooses her words extremely carefully and looks rattled and nervous. Of course she is hiding information, not because she is guilty but because she is coached by dozens of lawyers. This is probably why Trump is sick of it.

Only 43lbs Of Fentanyl

The Bureau;

A senior Indo-Canadian gangster from an ultra-violent British Columbia–based fentanyl trafficking gang with ties to Latin cartels, Chinese Triads, and Hezbollah was taken down in a stunning U.S. government sting that saw a thick-accented Chinese narco casually promise an undercover agent at a Vancouver café that he could ship 100 kilograms of fentanyl precursors per month from Vancouver to Los Angeles, using his trucking company fronted by an Indo-Canadian associate.

The case is detailed in a sprawling DEA probe spanning Turkey, Mexico City, Dubai, Australia, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles — all captured in a 29-page affidavit with scenes so surreal they could rival a Hollywood script, complete with underworld nicknames like “Burger,” “Queen,” and “Darth Vader.”

At the center is Opinder Singh Sian, a Canadian national and longtime Lower Mainland underworld figure who survived targeted shootings and reportedly leads the Brothers Keepers gang — a key proxy for the Sinaloa cartel in Canada, interoperable with other Latin American cartels, Chinese Communist Party chemical suppliers, and working alongside the Kinahans, a notorious Irish crime family now based in Dubai and closely linked to Hezbollah finance networks.

Grab a coffee.

Doctors And Engineers

Import the third world…

In a sweeping operation that has shaken India’s medical education sector, the country’s premier investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has unearthed what is believed to be one of the largest medical education corruption cases in the country’s history.

The scheme allegedly involved what the agency called “egregious” acts, including bribery, criminal conspiracy, and forgery, as well as collusion.[…]

The scope of the alleged scam spans multiple states, suggesting a coordinated effort that has ramifications for over 40 institutions nationwide and undermines the integrity of medical education across India, experts said.

The NMC is a regulatory authority in India responsible for overseeing medical education, professionals, institutions, and research. It recognises medical qualifications, accredits medical colleges, registers medical practitioners, and monitors medical practices while assessing the medical infrastructure across the country.[…]

Nidhi said: “The entire scam has exposed the failure of private medical education in India. Approvals are now being auctioned like vegetables in a market. This touches everything – ethics, education, healthcare, and social work – and has completely shaken public trust.”

He added: “If you graduate unethical doctors, you breed unethical practice. You’re laying the foundation for systemic fraud. People who believed in India’s healthcare system feel utterly betrayed.”

Well, they can always drive truck.

Tuesday On Turtle Island

Woke America:  Muslim shoots up Kentucky church.  Vance vs Newsom.   VDH – A record breaking 3 weeks.

Lord Carney’s Canada:  Vending machines in socialist Toronto.   A pride flag obsession.  Islamophobia.   Liberal Party cult looking for ways to stay in power forever.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:   The Religion of Peace.   A gay babies section.   The land of the free.   A pilot’s got eco-anxiety.  Muslim grooming gangs.

Your morning meme.   Another meme.

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