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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#Alberta, #Albertans, it's time to VOTE in the advanced polls. They start tomorrow and it's more important to vote in this collection of atrocious referendum questions than it has been to vote in Alberta's history. Advanced voting is 9:00am to 8:00pm tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Choose option 1 for Alberta to remain a province of Canada.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe men like this should be shamed and harassed like they instigate for the women they post non-consensual nudes of. Wired has a full and complete story about this, but him and three other men were charged in one woman's case. www.wcjb.com/2026/09/16/f... #metoo #arrestthem

Jacob Gomberg charged with sexual cyber harassment.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Images to use for your social media from #ForeverCanadian. We believe in voting Option 1 on question 10. #Canada #Alberta #ForeverCanadian #referendum #UCP #VOTE #Oct19th

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Alberta votes on Question 10 on Mon, Oct 19. It is not a yes-or-no question. Option 1 keeps Alberta a province of Canada. Vote early: advance voting runs Oct 13 - 17, at any advance voting place in your electoral division. #Question10 #ChooseOption1 #ChooseUnity #ForeverCanadian forcan.ca/vote

Alberta votes on Question 10 on Monday, October 19. It is not a yes-or-no question — there are two options, and Option 1 keeps Alberta a province of Canada. Vote early: advance voting runs October 13 to 17, at any advance voting place in your electoral division. #Question10 #ChooseOption1 #ChooseUnity #ForeverCanadian

https://forcan.ca/vote

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day everyone! I know I’ve not been posting much. I finally have a real day off from my very busy job. This image is courtesy of Calgary Parks.

Beaver waving Canada flag. Image courtesy of Calgary Parks.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Rath is a grifter who endorses criminals. You should maybe report on all the various ways pretty much every separatist leader has some shadiness. Rath also refused to pay child support. One of his founding buddies stole money from his demented father.

Rath endorsing ponzi schemer Martin Armstrong.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Alberta Separatists taking financial advice from a guy convicted of a ponzi scheme. Why am I not shocked?

Jeffrey Roth (Alberta Separatist leader) endorses Martin Armstrong, convicted ponzi scheme felon. He served 11 years.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Just look at this. This is the US now. GoFundMe to get a phone call to your kid.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Worth a read because the conditions are awful. This man has being raising funds for himself, but also using the funds to help others. Is this the USA you want USians?

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Note to any permanent residents in the US with any minor law infractions. They will detain you for months. Because “reasons.”

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I’m not sure if this US detained oil and gas worker from Canada could be any more white. He’s been a permanent resident of the US for 3 decades & regularly renewed his green card. The issue is apparently old Xanax possession (adjudicated), gun possession (not guilty) and DUI charge (not deportable).

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Another Honest #Alberta #UCP government ad dropped. This time about healthcare.

A photo of a gangster with the text "Honest UCP Government Ad"
"We're going to hire more healthcare workers and reduce wait times!" with fine print that says "Just kidding! We're actually hiring more high paid healthcare CEOs, managers and administrators. And of course consultants! Can't have too many of those."

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

N ew honest #UCP ad drop! The #Alberta Advantage is calling.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just saying… Love Canada. Love maple syrup.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Smith has no idea what new immigrants are costing the healthcare or education systems. Instead she’s doing Alberta referendums via vibes.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is apparently Alberta separatist math. Well, technically it's AI math in a prime example of "AI is gonna take over your job!!"... but whatever. I sometimes wonder if this is someone trying to make separatists look bad? Not that they need much help in that regard, but even the logo here. 😂

An example of AI math and it "taking over our jobs."

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#Carney had to educate ignorant #Trump on reality of the bridge. Truths: 1. #Canada paid for the bridge. 2. It used US steel and workers as well as Canadian steel and workers. 3. It’s shared ownership with Michigan. Remind me again who takes advantage in this relationship?

“Carney said in French the "situation" will be "settled" after he explained to Trump "firstly" that Canada paid for what the prime minister said was the $4-billion construction cost of the Gordie Howe International Bridge that crosses to Detroit. (The bridge's latest estimated cost is $6.4 billion). And Carney said "secondly," he explained to Trump that it is a shared asset between Michigan and Canada.

"The ownership is shared between the state of Michigan, and the government of Canada, and that U.S. workers and steel went into the bridge as well as Canadian steel and labour."”

Excerpt From
“Mark Carney says Donald Trump bridge threat will be “settled” following call with U.S. president”
Tonda MacCharles
Toronto Star
https://apple.news/AIihE_EXDRNSQB4yLhZ6VSA
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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The advances in human health have been miraculous, so of course the religious have to push back on it. Humans aren’t allowed to collectively accomplish miraculous things in their opinion.

“Before 1946, conquering disease would have seemed as much a subject of science fiction as putting a man on the moon. But since 1950, global life expectancy has risen by four years each decade. Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio and malaria cases have dramatically fallen. Within the past 80 years, there have perhaps been more significant advances in human health than there were in the previous 300,000”

Excerpt From
“How America Got So Sick”
Vann R. Newkirk II
The Atlantic
https://apple.news/ASo3YqwpbRK-TKbVPinSzrw
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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Ah yes. Let’s return things to how it was back when the USA was “healthy”… I mean, if people died at 66 on average, it would reduce healthcare costs for the government. Probably this is the actual plan.

“In 1946, the year the U.S. Public Health Service founded its Communicable Disease Center, American life expectancy at birth was about 66 years. Malaria was rampant in the South, and fever diseases, tuberculosis, syphilis, and polio killed tens of thousands of Americans annually. Thirty-four out of every 1,000 children born in 1946 were expected to die before their first birthday, many from communicable diseases. America”

Excerpt From
“How America Got So Sick”
Vann R. Newkirk II
The Atlantic
https://apple.news/ASo3YqwpbRK-TKbVPinSzrw
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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

When the tariff was only 20%, I expect a lot of Chinese EVs might have been purchased there. Let's check. Whatever will the US do? There are already a lot of Chinese EVs in Mexico! How scary for them. They'd better tariff Canada to fix this dastardly problem.

As of the end of 2025, sales of Chinese-branded vehicles in Mexico surged to approximately 244,000 units, with a significant portion of those being electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids. Looking specifically at EVs, imports of Chinese electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to Mexico rose from fewer than 500 in 2021 to nearly 100,000 in 2025.
Bloomberg.com
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Key details regarding Chinese EV adoption in Mexico:
Market Leadership: BYD is leading the surge, accounting for over 80% of Chinese EV imports and roughly 70% of the total EV/PHEV market in Mexico.
Sales Growth: Roughly 85,000 BYD vehicles were sold in Mexico in 2025, representing about one-third of all Chinese-branded vehicles sold in the country.
Total Market Share: "Made in China" vehicles (including those branded by Chinese companies and those made by foreign companies like GM/Ford) made up about 19% of all light vehicles sold in Mexico in 2025.
Market Factors: The rapid growth is driven by competitive pricing and high-tech, affordable models.
Tariff Response: In response to the high volume, the Mexican government raised tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles to 50% effective January 1, 2026.
Bloomberg.com
Despite these new tariffs, the rapid adoption of Chinese-made vehicles, particularly EVs, has made Mexico a key market for manufacturers like BYD, Chery, and Great Wall Motor.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

And of course, what about the country just south of Mexico with that large land border with Mexico? Guatemala.... Do they tariff Chinese EVs? As you'd expect, no....

Based on available information, Guatemala does not have specific, punitive, or high-rate import tariffs targeting Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in the way that the US, Canada, or the EU have recently implemented.
Guatemala applies the Central American Common Market (CACM) tariff schedule, which generally applies to imports. While there are some import duties on vehicles, they are not currently characterized by special, targeted protectionist tariffs against Chinese EVs.
Key points:
Growing Chinese Presence: Chinese EV manufacturers, such as XPeng and BYD, have been actively entering the Guatemalan market, starting in 2024 and 2025.
General Tariff Structure: Guatemala's common external tariff for most industrial goods ranges from 0 to 15 percent, although exceptions exist for certain products.
No Punitive Tariffs: Unlike North American neighbors (Canada/Mexico/USA), which have implemented high tariffs (e.g., 100%) to restrict Chinese EVs, Guatemala has not enacted similar measures, allowing for competitive entry of Chinese brands.
Diplomatic Context: Guatemala maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but this has not translated into special tariff restrictions on goods from mainland China.
Automotive News

In summary, Chinese EVs currently face standard import regulations rather than special high-rate, anti-subsidy duties in Guatemala.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

So, Chinese EVs and #Canada and "Hey, what has that big border south of you been doing, USA? They have 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs?" As you'd expect, no... but they did do Trump a solid and increased them to 50%. They talk tough, but they give in to Trump. There are good reasons they do so though.

Yes, as of January 1, 2026, Mexico has implemented steep tariffs of up to 50% on imported Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and other automobiles to protect its domestic industry. These duties, which also affect various auto parts, apply to countries without a free trade agreement with Mexico.
Mexico News Daily
Mexico News Daily
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Key details:
Tariff Increase: Mexico increased tariffs on imported Chinese cars from 20% up to 50%, a move partly influenced by U.S. pressure and designed to curb a growing trade deficit.
Impact: The 50% tariff applies to a range of vehicles and products from China, which previously had a 20% tariff.
Context: While these tariffs make imports costlier, Chinese brands are still expanding in Mexico and are exploring local manufacturing to bypass these duties.
Scope: The new measures affect 1,463 product categories, including autos, textiles, and electronics.
Mexico News Daily

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Realize that we also don't know a whole lot of the science of all sorts of supplements as there isn't any real money going into studies very often. But the studies we have done show some potential harms in terms of cancer and all cause mortality. Importantly, they rarely show any benefit.

BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, valine)

Mechanistically, BCAAs—especially leucine—can activate mTORC1, a pathway many cancers exploit for growth. Reviews note associations between altered BCAA metabolism/intake and cancer progression in some malignancies, but human supplementation outcome data are not definitive.
Bottom line: avoid high-dose BCAA supplementation during active treatment unless your oncology team is intentionally using it for nutrition/cachexia.

All vitamins & minerals: what’s “especially caution” vs “usually okay”
Vitamins/minerals with stronger caution signals (don’t self-prescribe high-dose)

Beta-carotene (especially if you smoke or have smoked)

Vitamin E (high dose)

Folic acid + B12 (supplement-level dosing)

Vitamin B6 / B12 (high-dose individual supplements, long-term)

High-dose antioxidant stacks during chemo/radiation (A, C, E, CoQ10, carotenoids, etc.)

Vitamins/minerals that are often fine at normal dietary levels, but still matter

These usually become “problematic” when:

doses are far above the RDA,

they worsen side effects (e.g., GI upset),

or they interact with a specific drug/condition.

Examples:

Iron (only if deficient; excess can be harmful; and some observational treatment-era data raise caution about unsupervised use)

Calcium/Vitamin D (often appropriate if indicated for bone health—especially in breast cancer care—but dose and timing should be clinician-guided)

Zinc, magnesium, selenium (avoid megadoses; selenium supplementation did not prevent cancer in SELECT and is not benign at high levels)

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Nice. An article on the possible harms of supplements when it comes to cancer. Not thorough enough, but basically my oncologist made sure I didn’t take any. I don’t have a freebie of this article. Just know that there are supplements that raise your risk for cancer and none have shown benefit.

“I’m an oncologist. Here’s what the science says about cancer and supplements.
Most dietary supplements are not harmful. Some, however, should be taken with caution, especially in certain populations of people”

Excerpt From
“Column | I’m an oncologist. Here’s what the science says about cancer and supplements.”
Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD
The Washington Post
https://apple.news/AVK3WzKMiRRuraZsFGg011A
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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It was like that all along. This was from before the separatists noticed.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This is what the poll looked like earlier. But a just saw it got posted in a separatist group on Facebook.

93% agree that Alberta separatists working with the US is treason.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Interesting. This poll isn't going so well for the separatists. 93% of respondents think the separatists are traitors. Nicely done Calgary.

93% of Calgarians view separatists as traitors. And about 3% more somewhat agree. 4% of the vote strongly disagree, but that's the separatists voting.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I do love a good map. Especially one that shows all the non-existent crude oil pipelines the US pacific coast has. But of course Canada is the stingy one! Not letting our Alberta crude oil over to BC. Ignore that Canada has the only crude oil pipeline to the pacific coast! Except for Alaska.

Map of crude oil pipelines in the US and Canada. The US has no crude oil pipelines to their pacific coast.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Paul is a treasure. You really should all follow him.

Follow Paul Fairie for hilarious content. @paulisci.bsky.social

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Sigh. Seriously we could have this capacity quicker than you think given we mine uranium and have reactors others use for weapons.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The unhinged letter for anyone wanting to share.

Dear Jonas:
Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.
Thank you!
President DJT

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Did you see this letter from Trump to Norway’s PM? This was reported on by Sky News. He needs to be in longterm care, not President.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Actual letter from Trump to Norway’s PM…. As found in this Sky News article. The man should be in a longterm care home. #Greenland #Trump news.sky.com/story/greenl...

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Our UCP government is now at the stage of allowing us all to die in emergency rooms here in Alberta. When you discourage vaccination in a system already lacking in people resources, bad things happen. But sure, blame “flu season” as though we’ve never had that before.

Preventable deaths, ‘near-misses’ caused by overcrowding in Alberta emergency rooms, documents show

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The Alberta separatist dork movement picked Stay Free as their slogan. The slogan makes no sense as there is no risk to our freedom from the federal government here (unlike the situation in the US). But also, it’s a brand name for menstrual products. 😂

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Mercator projection maps make Greenland look huge and Africa much smaller than it is. This article explains why. www.livemint.com/news/why-doe... The image on the left takes that distortion away. The image on the right is a map if we were looking down on the north pole.

Map that removes mercator projections to provide real country sizes. With this map, Greenland is much smaller. Africa is very large.

A map that looks down on the north pole. It shows how "close" Greenland is to Canada and other countries. There is one very close spot to Canada, however this is where there is the most ice. It is relatively close to Iceland as well.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

#NAFO fella iamundertow was dedicated to helping #Ukraine in any way he could. Back in the day, I did forge one NAFO fella for him out of his zillions of fella pfps. This is the fella graphic he wanted with that request... he specifically requested this critter. He was funny and kind. Miss him.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is apparently about Venezuela. Russia says US action breaches maritime law Moscow demands humane treatment, swift return of crew US seized ship as part of bid to block Venezuelan oil exports With US ousting of Maduro, Moscow lost key ally

Russia says US action breaches maritime law
Moscow demands humane treatment, swift return of crew
US seized ship as part of bid to block Venezuelan oil exports
With US ousting of Maduro, Moscow lost key ally

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is quite costly for something we have a vaccine for. Probably this also leads to increased dementia cases because the flu vaccine lowers the risk of getting dementia. The flu is actually hard on people’s bodies. Yes, most survive, but why go through it if you don’t have to?

Doctor visits for flulike illnesses in the U.S. have reached their highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the country’s top public health body.
More than 8 percent of all visits to a health care provider in the week ending on December 27 were for respiratory illness—the highest rate since the CDC started keeping tabs on such visits in 1997. So far this season, influenza viruses have led to more than 120,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, including nine children

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Interesting if true considering this is who the US left in power in Venezuela. All because the other women accepted the Peace Prize, supposedly.

In December 2025, former Venezuelan General Clíver Alcalá Cordones claimed that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, were the true heads of the Cartel of the Suns, and not Nicolás Maduro, with the Venezuelan President himself allegedly being just a figurehead.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I just found out that Sunny the banana and Breezy his blue jay sidekick exist in Melita, Manitoba. Apparently, this area of Manitoba is a couple degrees warmer on average and media was calling it The Banana Belt. So they erected this hilarious statue.

Sunny the banana and Breezy his blue jay sidekick in Melita, “the banana belt” of Manitoba.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Interesting stats. No, we Canadians don’t want to be USians. Here’s part of why. Canada is definitely preferable even with our flaws. #Never51 #ElbowsUp

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Great cartoon from an Alberta artist. www.lamontagneart.com/cartoons/ He does fun digital paintings of animals too. #Alberta #UCP #separatists #DanielleSmith #abpoli

Cartoon graphic of an alberta license plate that says Danielle Smith, Canadian when Convenient.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Check out the hypocrisy in this statement. “We’re not the world police, if you’re not bothering us, we’ll not bother you. Unless it’s the EU in which case we’ll try to break you.”

It is believed to say: “After the end of the Cold War, American foreign policy elites convinced themselves that permanent American domination of the entire world was in the best interests of our country. Yet the affairs of other countries are our concern only if their activities directly threaten our interests.”
This is the logic behind the focus on policing America’s “hemisphere”, giving it the right to pressure Venezuela as it has done in recent months by destroying alleged drug-running boats and building up a huge military presence in the region

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The people in power in the US now are just not all there. This what even is this nonsense?

There are also suggestions of creating a new elite C5, or Core Five, forum of world powers to sideline the G7, comprising America, China, India, Japan and Russia.
The four EU countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details reported by the US defence website Defense One.

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Schmingy 🇨🇦 @sirschming.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’ The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy This is from The Sunday Times. Europe, the US is not on your side now.

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