Thomas E Fleming

@thomasefleming
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“We must stop the invasion!*”

*Or at the very least use Parkland as leverage as we negotiate a new USMCA, or whatever the heck 🍊wants to call it this time.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-passed-a-tough-test-in-washington-he-now-faces-an-even-tougher-one/article_c6f89595-3565-4a23-b8cc-aa16ac4c6cc8.html

Mark Carney passed a tough test in Washington. He now faces an even tougher one at home

Canada cannot afford to cede further control of its infrastructure to foreign interests.

Toronto Star

#BadOptics #BadTiming

Is it Canada Strong to let Parkland be acquired by a non-Canadian company?

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/parkland-first-quarter-profit-acquisition-sunoco

Note: The orange background is not meant to conjure thoughts of the political organization that lost official party status last week, it’s meant to conjure thoughts of the chief executive full of hostile anti-Canadian rhetoric.

Parkland posts first-quarter profit rise after news of US$9-billion acquisition by fuel giant Sunoco

Parkland reported a rise in first-quarter profit Monday, capping an eventful day for the Canadian fuel and convenience retailer. Read more.

Financial Post

In stark contrast to the prior two posts, the diametrically opposed end of the spectrum is revealing something quite different, reports of rampant Adult Swim viewing and massive amounts of Doritos consumption all over Ottawa.

Could we be witnessing the early signs of another October 17, 2018?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/magic-mushrooms-ottawa-1.7401890

Ottawa magic mushroom shops keep a low profile as police crack down in other cities | CBC News

Ottawa magic mushroom shops openly selling the illegal drug say they're hoping police have more pressing matters than cracking down on their stores, as retailers in other municipalities are raided and shut down.

CBC

I’ve never liked the phrase “toxic drugs”, implying the pure varieties are all kosher. As this recent CBC report about increasing deaths in New Foundland and Labrador remind us, certain street drugs in their purest of forms cause deaths, no “toxic” fentanyl required. And beyond “toxicity”, certain substances have a tendency to increase crime as this report reminds us. Hopefully the American Border patrol can mitigate the flow of these drugs northward.

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/cocaine-newfoundland-purity-increasing-sheshatshiu-canadian-navy/

How chaos in Colombia unleashed an avalanche of pure cocaine that's changing N.L.'s drug trade

In the shadow of a fentanyl crisis, the global cocaine market has exploded — wreaking havoc on communities from South America all the way to rural Labrador.

The NYTime’s 10 May ‘25 Canada Letter https://tinyurl.com/eah4dhmy is a troubling reminder of the low security sea ports in Vancouver. Per a ‘23 report commissioned by Delta’s mayor https://tinyurl.com/t5fn74v4 it’s “believed that less than two percent [of cargo containers] are scanned and less than one percent are physically searched.” In this moment of mercurial orange and a new PM, maybe the Mayor can finally get the focus needed to improve security. Is it time to bring back dedicated port police?
Canada Letter: A “huge gap” at the ports

I love when free stuff works and, as far as I can tell, not full of malware.

https://rs.ltd/get/

Control your Apple Mac or Windows PC computer remotely

Helper App for Mac & Windows. The Remote Helper app enables apps to control your computer and stream video and audio files to your devices.

Remote Sunrise LTD
[Placeholder for Google Gemini and ChatGPT Research reports on whether SCOTUS would think USMCA withdrawal by POTUS without Congress is Constitutional - I need to make a blog entry and put stuff into Google Docs, blech, give me a minute]
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) – Chapter 34 – Final provisions

GAC
Coming soon to a United States Supreme Court near you, can a President withdraw from a treaty without Congress?
USMCA Article 34.6 permits unilateral withdrawal by a party with 6 months written notice. BUT, according to a Google AI report, "the [US] Constitution remains silent on the specific procedures for terminating treaties. This ... silence forms a central point of contention in the debate over unilateral presidential withdrawal ... from the USMCA without Congressional involvement .. [Its] a complex legal issue with no definitive answer provided by existing Supreme Court precedent." ChatGPT concurs.