[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Original Truth Social post at 8:52 AM

https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/37721

was deleted and replaced with a post at 11:30 AM

https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/37723

with the only difference with the change from Khomeini to Khamenei. So while looking like a random stream of consciousness these posts are actually being reviewed and updated with some level of care about accuracy. This is the USA President being serious: Blockade the Strait of Hormuz to ALL traffic and interdict any ship that passed through.

Here's the full latest post:

So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khamenei, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Removing possible targets from retaliatory Iranian strikes lines up with build up of US military forces in the region for possible conflict with Iran. This could get ugly:

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/02/16/as-us-sends-second-aircraft-carrier-to-middle-east-how-likely-is-war-with-iran/

How might Iran respond to US military action?

Iran has warned of paramilitary and drone strikes against US military bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the Emirates and Turkey. Iran could also close the Strait of Hormuz through which Gulf oil is exported amounting to 20-25 per cent of global consumption.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Don't be so quick to trust anything Tump says is truthful. Snippet from this CBC news article about it:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7081924

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says parts of Trump's post are factually incorrect, as U.S. steel was used in the construction from the Michigan side of the river.

"It's just insane," Dilkens told CBC Power & Politics host David Cochrane on Monday evening.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Ah yes, the Davos Elite, the usual conspiracy scapegoats.

The same group that is organizing the "You will Own Nothing" plot and force you to eat bugs and be locked up in your 15 minute prison.

Lots of topics are brought up at the WEF. Even Trump's word salad of a "speech" got polite applause from those who stayed to the end but I doubt the Davos Elite agreed with his message that the USA needs full ownership of Greenland and Europe can't function without the USA.

Can someone define the differences/commonalities between the Davos Elite and the Laurentian Elite? Is Trudeau the common factor? It's hard for me to keep up with the conspiracy villains.

Freshly re-approved CPC leader Pierre Poilievre will protect Canada from the globalist WEF elites:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-world-economic-forum-rhetoric-1.6935294

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

There was a recent study done by the University of Cambridge which analyzed the black market for fake accounts across various platforms in multiple countries. They found there was a correlation with the price of these accounts and ease/difficulty in setting up a SIM farm for that country.

Snippets from https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/price-bot-army-global-index

“One SIM card can be used for hundreds of different platforms,” said Dek. “Vendors recoup SIM costs by selling high-demand verifications for apps like Facebook and Telegram, then profit from the long tail of other platforms.”

....

A new analysis using twelve months of COTSI data, published in the journal Science, shows that verifying fake accounts for use in the US and UK is almost as cheap as in Russia, while Japan and Australia have high prices due to SIM costs and photo ID rules.

So the likely outcome of this Korean effort will be to increase the costs for fake accounts but not to entirely eliminate them. With the extra risk of another place for sensitive data to be leaked.

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Time will tell. The ad campaign and Trump's reaction to it may play a role in the start of a shift on Republican unity in the States.

From https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/canada-tariffs-senate-vote-trump where some Republican Senators voted with Democrats to end tariffs on Canada:

Sen. Tim Kaine, one of the Democratic co-sponsors of the Canada tariff resolution, said Tuesday that the president’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act was not appropriate. The administration initially argued that fentanyl flowing from Canada into the US was the inciting emergency, and the tariffs were increased last week after the Ontario Premier ran an anti-tariff advertisement invoking quotes from former President Ronald Reagan.

“It is ridiculous to say that fentanyl is an emergency with respect to Canada, and it’s a pretext that’s just used being used to pour more and more tariffs onto Canada,” said Kaine. “And why don’t we pour gasoline on the fire? If they run an ad we don’t like, we’ll increase the tariffs by 10%.”

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

The ad campaign had an effect so it's reasonable to pause it for now depending how negotiations go.

Doug Ford and Ontario are not alone. BC and Manitoba's Premiers are publicly supporting this ad campaign. Here's a funny video from Manitoba's Premier Wab Kinew about it:

https://xcancel.com/WabKinew/status/1981753253055361219

There is also an upcoming digital ad campaign soon to be launched by BC focused on lumber tariffs:

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/24/bc-digital-campaign-american-audience/

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

He has created a video paired with California Governor Gavin Newsome making a friendly wager on the Dodgers/Blue Jays series with both together taking shots against Tariffs:

https://xcancel.com/fordnation/status/1981843665669750995

[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

A term for that is underemployment

Statistics Canada collects data about this under the category of "Supplementary unemployment rate": https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410007801

Their categories of underemployment include:

  • discouraged searchers
  • waiting group (recall, replies, long-term future starts)
  • involuntary part-timers
  • discouraged searchers, waiting group, portion of involuntary part-timers
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