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"We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbours, living on terms of equality and mutual respect, as Canada and the United States have lived for generations."
Harry S. Truman, 11 June 1947, (Canadian Parliament)
Harry S. Truman, 11 June 1947, (Canadian Parliament)
A glimpse into MAGA thought!
“What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral”
“What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral”
Opinion | What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A glimpse into MAGA thought!
“What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral”
“What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral”
“…vague language of the strategy leaves it up to the U.S. to decide which “foreign” countries Canada will be able to do business with as [we go] about building energy infrastructure, ports, military capacity and other strategic projects in response to Mr. Trump’s tariffs and threats of annexation…”
Globe editorial: The Sunday Editorial: Trump’s break with the post-war order is a direct shot at Canadian sovereignty
The National Security Strategy released this month abandons decades of U.S. global leadership for a vision of a world in which America dominates its neighbours
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“…vague language of the strategy leaves it up to the U.S. to decide which “foreign” countries Canada will be able to do business with as [we go] about building energy infrastructure, ports, military capacity and other strategic projects in response to Mr. Trump’s tariffs and threats of annexation…”
Wait what? Rudyard says the strategy’s clear, there’s no fighting the inevitability of empire. We’re too small and would waist $100s of billions trying preserve independence! But what’s offered can’t replace what we’ll lose, so must resist. Although still hope Janice is right, and it’s a fumble.
Friday Focus: Why America's new national security strategy has Ottawa on edge
Podcast Episode · The Munk Debates Podcast · 2025-12-12 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Wait what? Rudyard says the strategy’s clear, there’s no fighting the inevitability of empire. We’re too small and would waist $100s of billions trying preserve independence! But what’s offered can’t replace what we’ll lose, so must resist. Although still hope Janice is right, and it’s a fumble.
“…much of Europe’s resentment really stems from envy of American greatness.”
What utter dribble from editorial board, which the 670+ comments confirm!
What utter dribble from editorial board, which the 670+ comments confirm!
Opinion | This alliance has become transactional. Here’s how to repair it.
As the transatlantic alliance shifts, Trump’s tough love is no reason to get in bed with China.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“…much of Europe’s resentment really stems from envy of American greatness.”
What utter dribble from editorial board, which the 670+ comments confirm!
What utter dribble from editorial board, which the 670+ comments confirm!
Makes sense, the end of free enterprise goes hand in hand with the end of democracy!
Inside the Invitation-Only Stock Market for the Wealthy
The buzziest private companies are being sold to a select few as the universe of stocks everyone else can invest in shrinks rapidly.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Makes sense, the end of free enterprise goes hand in hand with the end of democracy!
“Trump is not an aberration. He is a reflection on a country who sees him and his team in themselves enough to make him their leader when they had other options.
Canada, as a whole, needs to come to grips with this reality.”
open.substack.com/pub/daviddbg...
Canada, as a whole, needs to come to grips with this reality.”
open.substack.com/pub/daviddbg...
American Foreign Policy Laid Bare
Quietly and without fanfare this week, the White House released a policy paper: “National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” It is a blueprint for ending NATO, MAGAfying Europe, compe...
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Trump is not an aberration. He is a reflection on a country who sees him and his team in themselves enough to make him their leader when they had other options.
Canada, as a whole, needs to come to grips with this reality.”
open.substack.com/pub/daviddbg...
Canada, as a whole, needs to come to grips with this reality.”
open.substack.com/pub/daviddbg...
“... the United States has very clearly, and the president has very clearly indicated his desire to make Canada the 51st state...To believe they will not overtly or covertly try to achieve those outcomes would be irresponsible for Canada.” (Artur Wilczynski, Fellow U of O, former CSE Intel Officer)
Canada’s defence minister responds to Trump’s new National Security Strategy
The weaponization of trade to 'strengthen American power and pre-eminence' is entrenched in the new U.S. National Security Strategy recently released by the White House.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“... the United States has very clearly, and the president has very clearly indicated his desire to make Canada the 51st state...To believe they will not overtly or covertly try to achieve those outcomes would be irresponsible for Canada.” (Artur Wilczynski, Fellow U of O, former CSE Intel Officer)
“The Trump national security strategy is, plainly speaking, a doctrine that threatens Canada, threatens Canadian interests, and is deeply at odds with a Canadian approach to global security.“
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
Atlas Shrugs, and gets down to business
Or, the new “eternal interests” of US global policy under Donald Trump 2.0
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“The Trump national security strategy is, plainly speaking, a doctrine that threatens Canada, threatens Canadian interests, and is deeply at odds with a Canadian approach to global security.“
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
open.substack.com/pub/wesleywa...
Trump’s global policy as it pertains to Western Hemisphere (Canada)“… identify strategic points and resources in the Western hemisphere with a view to their protection and joint development with regional partners…”
Wark says “It would be the worst form of naivety to read this as benevolent.”
Wark says “It would be the worst form of naivety to read this as benevolent.”
Atlas Shrugs, and gets down to business
Or, the new “eternal interests” of US global policy under Donald Trump 2.0
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Trump’s global policy as it pertains to Western Hemisphere (Canada)“… identify strategic points and resources in the Western hemisphere with a view to their protection and joint development with regional partners…”
Wark says “It would be the worst form of naivety to read this as benevolent.”
Wark says “It would be the worst form of naivety to read this as benevolent.”
Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/w...
Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/w...
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Trumpworld’s dream is for power to shift wholesale to parties of the nationalist right, whether that means Reform UK in Britain, the National Rally in France or Germany’s AfD, whose grievance-stoking, immigrant-scorning agendas overlap with MAGA’s
Trumpworld thinks Europe has betrayed the West
Centrist governments across the continent rightly sense a trap
econ.st
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Trumpworld’s dream is for power to shift wholesale to parties of the nationalist right, whether that means Reform UK in Britain, the National Rally in France or Germany’s AfD, whose grievance-stoking, immigrant-scorning agendas overlap with MAGA’s
“We aim to build a political coalition that will win national elections with 55 percent of the vote…One way to think of Rockbridge is as an investment manager, a kind of political venture capital firm. It is our job to leverage our investors’ capital with the right political expertise …”
Opinion | ‘The $64,000 Question Is What Happens When He Is Gone’
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“We aim to build a political coalition that will win national elections with 55 percent of the vote…One way to think of Rockbridge is as an investment manager, a kind of political venture capital firm. It is our job to leverage our investors’ capital with the right political expertise …”
Trump Is Wreaking Havoc With His Favorite Power www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Wreaking Havoc With His Favorite Power
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Trump Is Wreaking Havoc With His Favorite Power www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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Pay no attention to the fool on the hill.
His job is to distract you from the fascist cancer eating away at Uncle Sam's balls...
Look at the people BEHIND Trump. And shine a light on them. They are your clear and present danger.
His job is to distract you from the fascist cancer eating away at Uncle Sam's balls...
Look at the people BEHIND Trump. And shine a light on them. They are your clear and present danger.
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Pay no attention to the fool on the hill.
His job is to distract you from the fascist cancer eating away at Uncle Sam's balls...
Look at the people BEHIND Trump. And shine a light on them. They are your clear and present danger.
His job is to distract you from the fascist cancer eating away at Uncle Sam's balls...
Look at the people BEHIND Trump. And shine a light on them. They are your clear and present danger.
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A fantastic summary of the @plagasse.bsky.social/Dave/Steve book on legislative oversight over the armed forces of 15 democracies. Canada too lax on civilian oversight of the military: Study share.google/3jb5n56pGlME...
Study says Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military
Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament’s rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies.
share.google
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A fantastic summary of the @plagasse.bsky.social/Dave/Steve book on legislative oversight over the armed forces of 15 democracies. Canada too lax on civilian oversight of the military: Study share.google/3jb5n56pGlME...
“…killing any of the men in the boats “amounts to murder,” said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer…”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“…killing any of the men in the boats “amounts to murder,” said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer…”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
