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Canada holds a heavy and direct responsibility for India’s nuclear weapons program, a moderate, indirect responsibility for Pakistan’s and indirectly for North Korea . While Canada’s transfers of nuclear technology in the mid-20th century were strictly intended for peaceful energy generation, structural loopholes in the equipment allowed recipient nations to divert material for military weapons. Pakistan played a significant role in helping North Korea develop its nuclear weapons program through a quid-pro-quo technology exchange, Pakistan gave North korea centrifuges, in return for ballistic missiles. Canada has done more to spread Nuclear Weapons Proliferation than any other nation on the planet.

BOASBERG ACT: Sen. Eric Schmitt introduces legislation named after the federal judge who has repeatedly clashed with the Trump administration — designed to end judge shopping in federal courts by requiring random case assignment. The bill would prohibit chief judges from influencing which cases they oversee, require public disclosure of assignment practices, and create penalties for anyone who meddles with the process. Courts would have 120 days to comply. Schmitt called Judge James Boasberg "the poster child for a rogue judge" who "exposed serious loopholes in our judicial system." Boasberg, an Obama appointee, has blocked Trump's deportation efforts, halted visa restrictions, and landed the Signalgate case — drawing impeachment calls from Trump and a misconduct complaint from the Justice Department.

1/ As Russian progress in Ukraine slows to a crawl, frustration is mounting among warbloggers about why Russia isn't yet 'fighting for real'. One proposes a list of what should be done, from seizing the eastern half of Ukraine to emulating 2022's infamous Hostomel air assault. ⬇️