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Trudeau Facing Macron Nightmare as Yellow Vests Come to Canada, Protest Taxes, Illegals
BY BEN MARQUIS
Canadians, many in yellow vests like those worn by anti-government protesters in France, demonstrate in Ottawa on Dec. 8. (Lars Hagberg / AFP / Getty Images)
The streets of France have been rocked by the “yellow vest” protests over the past five weeks, named for the reflective safety vests worn by many protesters. The anti-government demonstrations began over an increased gasoline tax and spread to include other issues.
In recent weeks, the protests extended beyond Paris and other French cities to include Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, among others, where outraged citizens are fed up with high taxes, strict regulations and an increasingly oppressive centralized and globalist European government.
Now the yellow vest protests have crossed the pond, so to speak, to arrive in Canada.
In cities across the country this weekend, residents donned the recognizable safety gear and took to the streets, mostly to protest the immigration and taxation policies supported by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canada’s CTV News reported that protests arose Saturday from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the east to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, out west, with plenty of other cities seeing protesters in between.
In Halifax, a group of protesters arrayed themselves outside City Hall in protest of a new carbon tax, among a long list of other concerning issues.
Protester James Hoskins told CTV, “I have never met even one Canadian that understands how a carbon tax is going to reduce carbon emissions,” while Barry Ahern described a special government grant program as “oppression of Canadians by our own people.”
In Calgary, protesters took to the streets in general opposition to Trudeau and his Liberal Party, and more specifically over a delayed pipeline project.
In Edmonton, protesters’ main concerns were the high taxes imposed by the government and worries over the future of the energy industry upon which the region relies.
A yellow-vested protester identified only as Turk told CTV, “I’m tired of Trudeau basically doing what he wants with our money and sending it overseas. … Right now, personally, I’m facing a job crisis. All our oil jobs are gone, all our money is going south.”
Protesters in North Bay, Ontario, also took issue with the carbon tax, while protesters in Toronto expressed their frustrations with the current status quo in government.
Aside from the high taxes and environmental issues, many protesters also expressed their opposition to Canada being a signatory to the new United Nations Global Compact for Migration, a sweeping agreement granting universal rights to migrants that has been signed by 164 countries but not the United States.
Opponents of that agreement have argued that it essentially undermines national sovereignty and creates de facto open borders.
Hundreds of protestors gather in #Calgary and #Edmonton to protest Federal and Provincial governments. Many wearing Yellow vests and chanting against the carbon tax, UN, and illegal immigration.
It remains to be seen if these “yellow vest” protests will continue and spread throughout Canada and other nations, or if the protests will bring about any substantial changes in governmental policy.
Regardless, it has become clear that an increasing number of people around the world have become fed up with globalist governments, high taxes, open immigration policies and restrictive regulations on energy and economies.
For President Trump, Another Opportunity to Protect American Workers
For President Trump, Another Opportunity to Protect American Workers
As the Trump administration continues to negotiate and define its trade relationship with China, it’s important to remember that whatever agreement comes out of the current détente will only be one step in a continual process.
Worldwide trade is incredibly complex and ever-changing. No trade regime with China can be completely defined or enforced under a single agreement. The moment one deal is made, China will immediately begin looking for other ways to gain an unfair advantage – and they are not the only ones.
This is why the Trump administration must continue to develop a system that can enforce the trade agreements it makes with China – and every other country with which the U.S. does business.
For example, the Qatari government had provided an estimated $25 billion in illegal subsidies to its state-owned carrier, Qatar Airways, in violation of its years-long Open Skies agreement with the U.S. – a bilateral treaty that ensures fair competition in the aviation market. These subsidies essentially propped up Qatar Airways, wiping away massive losses and insulating the carrier from challenging market forces. The global aviation community correctly recognized that it would be impossible to compete with an airline that didn’t have to worry about profits or demand.
President Trump brought the Qatari government to the negotiating table and held it accountable for its dubious actions. A new agreement struck in January represented an opportunity for Qatar to turn the page, and for rule-abiding airlines to finally compete on a level playing field. Qatar pledged to be more transparent in its financial transactions and in a letter accompanying the agreement, said it had no plans to launch “fifth-freedom” routes, such as those from Europe to the United States. The Qatari leadership has continued to do virtually everything it said it wouldn’t.
Qatar’s finances have only become murkier. In late 2017, prior to the latest agreement, Qatar Airways bought a 49 percent stake in the holding company of the long-troubled airline Air Italy (once known as Meridiana). Early this month, Air Italy announced it will launch new routes from Milan to San Francisco and Los Angeles next year. This isn’t a coincidence. Qatar Airways is simply dumping its government subsidies into Air Italy, so it can gain access to the United States via the Italian airline. Air Italy would not have been able to launch these routes without the financial backing of Qatar Airways, and Qatar would have not been able to provide its backing without illegal subsidies. Prior to Qatar’s purchase, Air Italy was mainly serving just a few regional routes.
This puts the U.S. aviation industry and the 1.2 million jobs it supports at risk.
Even before news of Air Italy’s California routes came out, there was widespread concern that Qatar was violating the January agreement. Recently 11 senators, including Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY), wrote to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross expressing concerns over Qatar Airways and Air Italy.
Consider this: Qatar’s ability to skirt markets and dump subsidies into pet projects is a fraction of a fraction of China’s capability.
This is why President Trump is taking China so seriously. He knows that he has to bring maximum toughness to every negotiation with China so China’s leaders begin to understand that cheating will not be tolerated.
However, the system that the Trump administration builds for keeping China and other trading partners accountable once these deals are made must be even more tough. To be sure, Trump’s resolve in the fight over trade with China has caused some U.S. industries some pain, but this is nothing compared to what an unchecked China could do. Xi Jinping has been clear about all of the sectors he intends to dominate.
This is potentially the greatest challenge President Trump – and America as a whole – face in the coming decades. Free, fair, and reciprocal trade is a fight we must win. Our survival depends on it.
Your Friend,
Newt Gingrich
Cecile Richards Celebrates the “Sheer Joy” of Ireland Killing Babies in Free Abortions
MICAIAH BILGER
Cecile Richards Celebrates the “Sheer Joy” of Ireland Killing Babies in Free Abortions
MICAIAH BILGER
Former Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards celebrated with Irish abortion activists Wednesday after the country voted to legalize the killing of unborn babies up to six months in abortions.She shared a quote on Twitter that described abortion activists’ “sheer joy” at being able to legally abort their unborn babies at taxpayers’ expense in Ireland.
The legislation passed parliament last week, and pro-abortion politicians are pushing doctors to begin aborting unborn babies Jan. 1. The medical community says it is not ready, and the premature start-date could put women’s lives at risk; but pro-abortion leaders are pushing through their plans anyway.
Along with legalizing abortion up to six months, the law also will force taxpayers to pay for abortions and force Catholic hospitals to provide them. The bill also strictly limits conscience protections for medical professionals, and hundreds of doctors and nurses fear being forced to help abort unborn babies or lose their jobs.
Richards and other abortion activists found this oppressive new law a reason to celebrate.
The right to abortion should not depend upon your income. Thank you women of Ireland! 
'Sheer Joy': Ireland Will Have Free Abortion Care on January 1 - http://Rewire.News https://rewire.news/article/2018/12/17/sheer-joy-ireland-will-have-free-abortion-care-on-january-1/ …
'Sheer Joy': Ireland Will Have Free Abortion Care on January 1 - http://Rewire.News https://rewire.news/article/2018/12/17/sheer-joy-ireland-will-have-free-abortion-care-on-january-1/ …11:57 PM - Dec 18, 2018
The article that Richards shared came from the pro-abortion site Rewire. While praising the legislation, it left out key details that misled readers about the real situation in Ireland.
According to the report:
Abortion in Ireland will be free, safe, and legal up to 12 weeks into pregnancy starting January 1, a major blow to the Catholic Church and opponents of the country’s abortion rights law, who tried to drag out the legislative process with support from U.S. anti-choice advisers.
To Bríd Smith, People Before Profit member of Irish parliament, the repeal of the Eighth Amendment banning abortion in Ireland was “one of those rare moments in life when you feel such joy, the sheer joy of beating back the Catholic Church’s agenda, really beating it back for once. And pride, because we put a huge amount of effort into it and had witnessed a new generation of young Irish people completely different to what we had known.”
Readers get the wrong impression on several points. First, on safety, the medical community has been voicing loud, repeated concerns about the Jan. 1 start-date. Many hospitals have said they are not ready, and even medical experts who support abortion said women’s lives could be put at risk by forcing hospitals to begin abortions before they are ready. Leading medical groups point to a lack of ultrasound machines, clinical guidelines and trained staff as a reason for delay.
But the article does not mention this. Paramount even to women’s safety, it seems, is legalized abortion on demand to activists like Richards and the Rewire writers.
The report also accuses U.S. pro-life advocates of underhandedly influencing Irish voters on the issue. This is a misdirect, because it actually was the Irish pro-abortion movement that received a huge cash flow from some of the richest old white men in America.
The report continued with even more misleading points:
Mandy La Combre of the Trade Union Campaign to Repeal the Eighth points out that by the time it came to a vote on the legislation, “It was done to death. People knew what they were voting for. Every debate was talked about. Every inch of it.”
The benefit of a referendum, she said, was that everyone in the country had debated the issue thoroughly, and the decisive 66.4 percent victory for Repeal meant that anti-choice members of parliament had little excuse for trying to halt the legislation.
On the contrary, polls indicate a strong majority of Irish voters do not support the radical legislation that parliament passed. An October poll by Amárach found that 60 percent of Irish residents oppose taxpayer-funded abortions. In addition, a full 80 percent say health care workers should not be forced to carry out abortions against their conscience.
Parliament rejected a number of common-sense amendments that have strong public support. These included amendments to require parental consent for girls under 16, to ban sex-selection abortions and taxpayer-funded abortions, to require basic medical care for infants born alive after botched abortions. They also rejected an amendment to provide better conscience protections for doctors.
Just how many unborn babies may be killed in Ireland annually is uncertain, but about 3,000 Irish women travel to England or Wales every year for abortions, according to government statistics.
Ireland’s new abortion law is nothing to celebrate. Ireland once was a nation that protected every human life from conception to natural death. Mothers and their unborn babies both were treated with the care and respect that they deserved. Now, women will be put at risk and their unborn babies’ lives destroyed in the deceptive name of “women’s right to choose.”
Cecile Richards Celebrates the “Sheer Joy” of Ireland Killing Babies in Free Abortions
INTERNATIONAL MICAIAH BILGER WASHINGTON, DC
With Shutdown Looming, Trump Drops BOMBSHELL Tweet on Democrats
INTERNATIONAL MICAIAH BILGER WASHINGTON, DC
With Shutdown Looming, Trump Drops BOMBSHELL Tweet on Democrats
With a government shutdown still looming, these tweets could make for a sticky situation on the left side of the aisle.
By Andrew West
Let’s just say: The President is no longer messing around on border security, and the democrats had better heed his warnings.
With a new Congress set to begin deliberations in a scant few days, perhaps the most pressing issue on the mind of the President is border security. To be fair, this has been at the forefront of the Trump administration’s agenda from the get-go, with the issue coming to a head for the 3rd, maybe 4th time just now.
With all of the partisan bickering flooding our ear canals regarding “the wall” and the overall theme of border security this week, the President has chosen to take a stern tone on Twitter, laying it all out for the nation, and the democrats, to see.
President Donald Trump vowed Thursday not to sign any Democrat funding bills unless it included money for border security.
“What they are just beginning to realize is that I will not sign any of their legislation, including infrastructure unless it has perfect Border Security,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
It is unclear whether Trump was again promising a partial government shutdown on Friday despite the Senate passing a continuing resolution on Wednesday or whether he was referring to upcoming funding battles in 2019 after Democrats take the House.
The tweets were deafening to the democrats.
The Democrats, who know Steel Slats (Wall) are necessary for Border Security, are putting politics over Country. What they are just beginning to realize is that I will not sign any of their legislation, including infrastructure, unless it has perfect Border Security. U.S.A. WINS!
With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!
With a government shutdown still looming, these tweets could make for a sticky situation on the left side of the aisle.
[STUNNING] Mueller probe to be SHUT DOWN!?
[STUNNING] Mueller probe to be SHUT DOWN!?
Is Robert Mueller’s probe into the 2016 presidential election about to be shut down?
Critics, including President Donald Trump, have long called for the investigation to be halted. The special counsel’s probe has been called a political “witch hunt” that has spent millions in taxpayer dollars and unfairly targeted Trump’s White House for two years.
That could all come to an end soon.
According to reports, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker — Trump’s nominee to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions — has been advised by Justice Department ethics officials that he does not need to recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel’s Russia probe.
The investigation had been overseen by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until Trump ousted Sessions as attorney general last month and appointed Whitaker.
Now, it’s going to be overseen by Whitaker — who could quickly end the expensive investigation, or at least “grind it to a halt.”
Whitaker has been highly critical of Mueller’s job, saying it has stretched beyond its initial scopes and should be reigned in.
For example, in a newspaper op-ed last year Whitaker said Rosenstein should “order Mueller to limit the scope of his investigation to the four corners of the order appointing the special counsel.”
“If he doesn’t, then Mueller’s investigation will eventually start to look like a political fishing expedition,” Whitaker wrote. “This would not only be out of character for a respected figure like Mueller, but also could be damaging to the President of the United States and his family — and by extension, to the country.”
The report is according to a person familiar with the matter and not authorized to discuss it publicly who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats have called for Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation.
Trump appointed former Attorney General William Barr, who served as attorney general under former President George H.W. Bush, to formally replace Sessions last month. However, Barr needs to be confirmed by the Senate before taking office. There is no date currently set for his confirmation vote.
Barr has also been very critical of the Mueller probe — specifically about the lack of “balance” among his prosecutors.
“The majority of investigators appointed to the special counsel’s office made significant political donations to Democratic candidates and causes, with a majority also registered as Democratic voters,” Fox News reported. “But … Barr also sent a 20-page memo to the Justice Department calling Mueller’s Russia probe ‘legally unsupportable’ and ‘potentially disastrous,’ specifically referring any inquiries into obstruction of justice. Barr reportedly wrote that line of inquiry was ‘fatally misconceived.'”
With Whitaker getting approval to take the reigns from Rosenstein, it could finally be coming to an end very, very soon.
IHOP Says Tucker Doesn’t Go with Its Values as It Keeps Taking Money from Saudi Arabia
BY JARED HARRIS
Several companies are pulling their advertising from Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after comments about illegal immigration from the show’s namesake host sparked controversy last week.
Among those boycotting is the breakfast chain restaurant IHOP. Unfortunately for IHOP, its ties to a brutal Middle Eastern state may cause the move to backfire.
The company revealed its reasons to Business Insider, saying executives “continually evaluate advertising to ensure it aligns with our values.” Carlson’s comments about illegals apparently violated the pancake joint’s moral code, and as a result, all advertising was pulled.
Upon closer inspection, those values quickly begin to fall apart.
For the uninitiated, IHOP sounds like a catchy name. It actually stands for International House of Pancakes. And that name isn’t just for show, either.
The company truly does operate restaurants all across the globe, from Central America to the Middle East. One of the countries “lucky” enough to have IHOP doing business in it is Saudi Arabia, according to the IHOP website.
This is the same Saudi Arabia that still holds grotesque public beheadings, sometimes even for non-violent offenses.
IHOP’s parent company, Dine Brands, operates 35 locations in Saudi Arabia, according to an investor presentation released earlier this year. Although this likely includes several Applebee’s (another establishment owned by Dine Brands) as well as IHOPs, it still doesn’t bode well for IHOP’s liberal narrative.
It seems crimes against humanity really help work up an appetite for pancakes.
It’s unclear what part of the company’s values allow it to operate in a country where women are treated as significantly less than second-class citizens. Women are often beaten, treated like property, and only recently won the right to drive a car. Homosexuals have it even worse — the punishment for their lifestyle is death.
One probable reason for the boycott isn’t values, but publicity.
IHOP is no stranger to cries for attention. It recently faked a name change to “IHOB” as part of a burger-centric promotion. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that the advertising announcement was simply the breakfast joint’s way of angling for customers in a heated political climate.
If a restaurant needs to rely on that crutch, it’s usually best to avoid it altogether.
A true American breakfast eatery, Waffle House, doesn’t need to lean on publicity stunts.
As Adweek points out, the iconic yellow restaurant attracted hordes of devoted followers thanks to a familiar and friendly atmosphere that welcomes anyone wanting a good, hot breakfast.
In other words, don’t expect to find Waffle House staging a boycott over politics anytime soon
Least-Educated State: California No. 1 in Percentage of Residents 25 and Older Who Never Finished 9th Grade; No. 50 in High School Graduates
Least-Educated State: California No. 1 in Percentage of Residents 25 and Older Who Never Finished 9th Grade; No. 50 in High School Graduates
By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) - California ranks No. 1 among the 50 states for the percentage of its residents 25 and older who have never completed ninth grade and 50th for the percentage who have graduated from high school, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
Texas ranks No. 2 for the percentage of its residents 25 and older who have never completed ninth grade and 49th for the percentage who have graduated from high school.
9.7 percent of California residents 25 and older, the Census Bureau says, never completed ninth grade. Only 82.5 percent graduated from high school.
8.7 percent of Texas residents 25 and older never completed ninth grade, and only 82.8 percent graduated from high school.
California and Texas—while having the highest percentages of residents 25 and older who never finished ninth grade and the lowest percentages who graduated from high school—are the nation’s two most populous states.
In fact, the 2,510,370 California residents 25 and older who, according to the Census Bureau, never finished ninth grade outnumber the entire populations of 15 other states.
In California, children are required to attend school from six years of age until they are 18. “California’s compulsory education laws require children between six and eighteen years of age to attend school, with a limited number of exceptions,” says the California Legislative Analyst’s Office, an agency of the California state government. (The National Center for Education Statistics also indicates that children in California are compelled by law to attend school from 6 to 18 years of age.)
Massachusetts ranks No. 1 for the percentage of its residents 25 and older—42.1 percent--who have earned at least a bachelor’s degree.
These rankings are based on data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which were released this month.
In the survey, the Census Bureau asks respondents to specify the level of educational attainment for each individual in their household. The question is: “What is the highest degree or level of school this person has COMPLETED. Mark (X) ONE box. If currently enrolled, mark the previous grade or highest degree received.”
The survey form then offers the respondent multiple options ranging from “no schooling completed” to “professional degree” or “doctorate degree.” If an individual has not earned a high school degree, the respondent is asked to specify the highest grade the individual actually completed—ranging from “nursery school” through “12th grade—NO DIPLOMA.”
The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey queries a random sample of more than 3.5 million U.S. households each year and publishes a one-year estimate for each year. The five-year estimate, the bureau says, “is a weighted average of the five one-year estimates.” The newly released five-year estimates are for the period from 2013 through 2017.
Nationwide, 5.4 percent of residents 25 and older have never finished ninth grade, according to the latest five-year estimates.
Ten states exceeded the nationwide level of residents 25 and older who have never finished ninth grade. These include: California (9.7 percent), Texas (8.7 percent), New York (6.5 percent), New Mexico (6.5 percent), Kentucky (6.1 percent), Nevada (5.9 percent), Arizona (5.9 percent), Mississippi (5.6 percent), Rhode Island (5.5 percent), and Louisiana (5.4 percent).
Wyoming—with 1.8 percent—had nation’s smallest percentage of residents 25 and older who never finished ninth grade.
In seventeen states, the percentage of residents 25 and older who at least graduated from high school was less than the nationwide percentage of 87.3 percent.
These seventeen states included: California (82.5 percent), Texas (82.8 percent), Mississippi (83.4 percent), Louisiana (84.3 percent), New Mexico (85 percent), Kentucky (85.2 percent), Alabama (85.3 percent), Arkansas (85.6 percent), Nevada (85.8 percent), West Virginia (85.9 percent), New York (86.1 percent), Georgia (86.3 percent), Tennessee (86.5 percent), South Carolina (86.5 percent), Arizona (86.5 percent), North Carolina (86.9 percent), and Rhode Island (87.3 percent).
Nationwide, 30.9 percent of residents 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In nineteen states, the percentage with a bachelor’s degree or higher exceeds the national percentage. These nineteen states include both No. 14 California (32.6) and No. 9 New York (35.3), which respectively ranked No.1 and No. 3 for the percentage of residents 25 and older who never finished ninth grade.
The ten states with the highest percentage of residents 25 and older who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher are: Massachusetts (42.1 percent), Colorado (39.4 percent), Maryland (39 percent), Connecticut (38.4 percent), New Jersey (38.1 percent), Virginia (37.6 percent), Vermont (36.8 percent), New Hampshire (36 percent), New York (35.3 percent), and Minnesota (34.8 percent).
West Virginia—at 19.9 percent—has the lowest percentage of residents with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In another seven states, the percentage of residents who have a bachelor’s degree or higher is less than 25 percent. They are: Mississippi (21.3 percent), Arkansas (22 percent), Kentucky (23.2 percent), Louisiana (23.4 percent), Nevada (23.7 percent), Alabama (24.5 percent) and Oklahoma (24.8 percent).
In California, according to the Census Bureau’s five-year estimates, the resident population 25 and older was 25,950,818. Of those individuals, 2,510,370—or 9.7 percent--never completed ninth grade.
Another 2,033,160 California residents 25 and older completed the ninth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade—but did not earn a high school diploma. Thus, a total of 4,543,530 California residents 25 and older—or a nation-leading 17.5 percent--have never graduated from high school.
Those 2,510,370 individuals 25 and older in California who never finished 9th grade outnumber the entire populations of 15 other states, according to the Census Bureau’s latest population estimates. These include: Alaska (737,438), Delaware (967,171), Hawaii (1,420,491), Idaho (1,754,208), Maine (1,338,404), Montana (1,062,305), Nebraska (1,929,268), New Hampshire (1,356,458), New Mexico (2,095,428), North Dakota (760,077), Rhode Island (1,057,315), South Dakota (882,235), Vermont (626,299), West Virginia (1,805,832), and Wyoming (577,737).
In Texas, the resident population 25 and older was 17,454,431. Of those individuals, 1,513,995—or 8.7 percent—never completed ninth grade. That outnumbers the populations of 11 states.
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