Gone, but not forgotten

Recently we saw where Macron and Trudeau were caught joking about Trump. Well look and see what those two went home to-

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7762957/France-prepares-second-day-strike-chaos-violent-protests.html

Meanwhile in Canada-

https://news.yahoo.com/canada-loses-surprise-71-200-135249031.html

Sundance over at Conservative Tree House has an excellent write up explaining the particular corner Canada has painted it’self in-

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/06/stunning-news-in-canada-economy-loses-71200-jobs-unemployment-jumps-to-5-9/

Good to see there is still some justice in the world

“Greta- don’t underestimate the force of angry kids-

Breitbart-

UK Yacht skipper flown across Atlantic to sail Greta home-

UK Yacht Skipper Flew Across Atlantic To Sail Greta To Spain

Trump brings presents to the NATO summit-

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/02/sacrebleu-ustr-lighthizer-announces-100-countervailing-duties-on-2-4-billion-of-french-products/

From the article-“After determining the value of the French tax on U.S. internet services at $2.4 billion; Lighthizer announces a 100%  countervailing duty on a carefully selected $2.4 billion in French imports.

Obviously the agenda for the bilateral NATO meeting between U.S. President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron just changed.  LOL, you have to love Team USA.

Oh, but wait, wait… it gets better….

We have to remember, THIS $2.4 billion U.S. tariff against France would be on top of the $7.5 billion (per year) countervailing duty recently won from the Airbus subsidy case in the WTO…. and by law France cannot retaliate.

Oh my, President Trump strolls into the NATO bilat with Macron while holding a $10 billion legally justified countervailing tariff position.  How’d ya like ‘dem grapes?”

Australia rolls out first ever cell phone detection cameras-

I know, it’s CNN, but occasionally they trip over something worth reading-

“Images identified as being likely to contain a driver illegally using a call phone will then be verified by authorized personnel, authorities said, noting that images captured by the system would be “securely stored and managed.”

Sure they will (sarc)

“For the first three months, drivers caught out by the technology will receive a warning letter, Transport for New South Wales said in a statement, after which offenders will face a fine of up to $344, or $457 in a school zone, and penalty points on their drivers license.”

“The NSW Government is serious about reducing our state’s road toll and rolling out mobile phone detection cameras is another way we will do this,” Andrew Constance, Minister for Roads said in a statement.”

Stop lying, it’s about generating revenue while finding a new way to invade people’s privacy.

Another terrorist attack in London-

Daily Mail-

At least the cops did kill the idiot, so there is that. Shame some families will now have funerals for the holidays, all because diversity

UPDATE: London attacker was convicted terrorist, recently released-

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/29/report-suspected-london-attacker-was-convicted-terrorist-recently-released-from-prison/

December 15th is right around the corner-

Reuters-

If negotiators cannot come to an agreement, a new set of punitive U.S. tariffs kicks in on Oct. 15 on about $250 billion of Chinese goods, and then both countries put tariffs on billions of dollars more of each others’ goods on Dec. 15.

And-

Fox-

Trump signed the bills, which were approved by near-unanimous consent in the House and Senate, even as he expressed some concerns about complicating the effort to work out a trade deal with China’s President Xi Jinping.

Up until Wednesday’s announcement, Trump did not indicate whether or not he would sign the bill. Secretary of  State Mike Pompeo refused to answer a reporter’s question about the president’s leanings as recent as Tuesday.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which was sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., requires that the U.S. conducts yearly reviews into Hong Kong’s autonomy from Beijing. If ever found unsatisfactory, the city’s special status for U.S. trading could be tossed.

Why it all adds up-

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