Semenko

Just been zoning out and doing some self-care. It's so easy for me to get news fatigue that brings me down and depresses me. I'll be back.

United States: U.S. experts call for ‘vigilance’ on Russian military buildup in Arctic, Alaska Public Media

#canada #finland #greenland #iceland #norway #russia #sweden #usa #military #defense #trump

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Russia: Russia accuses Norway of militarizing Svalbard Arctic islands, The Independent Barents Observer

Sweden: U.S. shows strength on the one-year anniversary of Sweden’s accession to NATO, The Independent Barents Observer

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Iceland: Iceland’s FM announces defence review, calls revamped security policy ‘urgent’, Eye on the Arctic

Norway: NATO’s Arctic dilemma: Two visions of the Arctic collide as NATO and Russia flex muscles, Eye on the Arctic special report

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Finland: Finnish Defence Minister tells party leaders shrinking fighter fleet would be “irresponsible”, Yle News

Greenland: Greenlanders vote in election dominated by Trump’s control pledge, Reuters

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Some of the recent headlines. Any interesting connections?

Related stories from around the North:

Canada: Feds backtrack on characterizing northern military spending as new, CBC News

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Iceland: Iceland’s FM announces defence review, calls revamped security policy ‘urgent’, Eye on the Arctic

Norway: NATO’s Arctic dilemma: Two visions of the Arctic collide as NATO and Russia flex muscles, Eye on the Arctic special report

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e-lbows-up-tech-alternatives1.0.pdf Shared with Sync

Here is the first version of my Made-in-CA/not-US tech guide. It covers a lot of products and software options, including social media. Constructive feedback wanted! Link to PDF below:
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e-lbows-up-tech-alternatives1.0.pdf Shared with Sync

My guide to Canadian and non-US alternatives for
Software
Social networks
Hosting
Computer hardware
Etc.

Let me know if I have missed anything.
ln5.sync.com/dl/97cdaaf20...

Trump threatens to acquire Canada, Greenland while next to NATO chief - National | Globalnews.ca NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said nothing about the possibility of the U.S. threatening a founding NATO member, after Trump called the Canadian border 'artificial.'

#resisttrump #greenland #canada #canpol #canpolitics #uspol #uspolitics #never51 #elbowsup

globalnews.ca/news/1108046...

Arctic defence

#resisttrump #arctic #canada #canpol #canpolitics #uspol #uspolitics #never51 #elbowsup

www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

French nuclear attack sub mysteriously docks in Nova Scotia, 300 miles from US border Rumors swirled that the FS Tourville arrived in Halifax in response to Donald Trump’s annexation threats

#resisttrump #france #canada #canpol #canpolitics #uspol #uspolitics #never51 #elbowsup

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Alberta hunting bill to permit 12-year-olds to hunt without adults around, among other Wildlife Act amendments New legislation proposed by Alberta’s government would make hunting in a wheelchair legal and permit kids as young as 12 to use guns without adults around. Hunters would also not have to wear high-vis...

#daniellesmith #smith #alberta #abpol #abpolitics #firetheucp #resistsmith

edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/a...

Trump Asks Military for Plans to Take Panama Canal ‘By Force’ The White House has asked the United States military to draw up plans for how it might seize the Panama Canal “by force,” a bombshell report revealed Thursday. The alleged directive comes a week after...

#trump #donaldtrump #resisttrump #uspol #uspoli #panama

ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-asks-m...?

Are you referring to Tangerine Shitler or Vladolph Putler?

🚨 #DelusionalTrump

Trump says there have been POSITIVE developments in a potential ceasefire!

Putin’s OMINOUS response to ceasefire:

Putin wore a military uniform & stressed that captured Ukrainian soldiers would be treated as TERRORISTS under Russian law

📍 www.news.com.au/world/north-...

And yet we all start as female...

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However, trade is very complicated, though it does appear the US hasn't been taken advantage of by Canada in the way Trump likes to claim.

#buycanadian #madeincanada #tariffs #boycottusaproducts #uspol #uspoli #canpol #canpoli #resisttreump #never51 #elbowsup

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Trump’s numbers are outlandish

Ercolao and Foran also noted that the numbers Trump and his team are quoting are “4 to 5 times the official reported statistics.”

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Canada is actually subsidizing the US…

“Remove Canadian energy exports from the equation and the trade story flips,” Ercolao and Foran explained. “Ex-energy, the U.S. enjoys a trade surplus with Canada of around C$60 (US$45 billion).”

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The official figure is complicated

However, in Ercolao and Foran’s analysis, they noted that Canadian energy imports accounted for nearly all of the US trade deficit with Canada. When energy imports are removed, the situation drastically changes.

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The deficit was just over $60 billion

The US imported $412.7 billion dollars in goods from Canada while Canada imported a total of $349.4 billion in goods from the United States, putting the American trade deficit with Canada at just $63.3 billion in 2024.

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The 2024 US trade deficit with Canada

So how bad is the US trade deficit with Canada? Based on the numbers, the US traded an estimated $762.1 billion in goods with Canada in 2024 according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

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Trump’s zero-sum politics

"I think that in Trump's mind, he sees trade as a zero-sum game," Concordia University economics professor Moshe Lander told CBC News. "He's just hearing the word deficit. And that's the end of his math calculation."

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More imports than exports

Canada exports more goods to the United States than it imports, but this relationship works out well for the American economy and should not be seen as a subsidy, CBC News explained. Yet that isn’t how Trump has been operating.

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A by-product of economic success

For example, TD economists Marc Ercolao and Andrew Foran noted in a January 21st report that “rather than a subsidy, the U.S. trade deficit is a by-product of U.S. economic outperformance relative to other countries.”

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A trade deficit is not a subsidy

Despite Trump’s claims that the United States is subsidizing Canada, a trade deficit is not the same as a subsidy. CBC News reported that experts have stated while the US does have a trade surplus with Canada, it's very complicated situation.

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Shifting numbers and claims

In December 2024, Trump said the United States was subsidizing America’s northern neighbour by the large figure of $100 billion dollars a year. That number jumped to $200 billion in late January at the World Economic Forum.

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