Recent content by Brad Sallows

You probably need to fly over it on a day without much cloud cover to appreciate the size of some of the cut blocks in those regions too. Not making ugly cuts where the people travelling major highways can see them has been a habit, if not formal policy, for decades.

I assume the main aim of the BCGEU strike was to break the bargaining mandate, and the same for the nurses. I had a good laugh watching their president deliver the "Oh we were not part of any bargaining that produced that mandate; that's their problem" line. The NDP only needs to pretend to...

Hordes of chickens, descending on parachutes...

So many words where one will do: Graham was a neo-con. Governor's appointment. Governor is solid Republican.

I marvel that there can be very many people who think a piece of tolled road infrastructure can be something that turns a noticeable profit, rather than something that with a bit of luck pays for itself and its maintenance until it is replaced.

Absorbs the right side of the LPC after the LPC is dragged left by the remnants of the other parties. Pretty much the same thing observed in the US.

This is where long-term strategic thinking enters. Canada should not only plan to be in the same kind of position the US was relative to the other belligerents (all sides) in WW II, but plan to be running in that direction before widespread hostilities begin. Capable of manufacturing complex...

Scott Jennings makes part of his living puncturing Democratic balloons on CNN. I doubt he'd try to blow up one of his own. Ditto a couple of other big names. These aren't people living on the extreme left or right fringes. What would be the point of trying to tell a whoppingly large easily...

Except that article, dated today, is already obsolete. Several people have reported they had conversations with McConnell. A small fringe of conservatives are spinning up conspiracies. Those are the small potatoes. Several prominent Democratic politicians and supporters have backtracked on...

It's hard to burn cities unless you have forces on a WW II scale, which is not an immediate prospect for either side. Vital infrastructure is what you attack unless you have a massive munitions delivery capability. Ukraine's campaign against exquisite Russian targets is about the only way out...

All this stuff is fine for raiding, if that's all that's required. For presence, a surprising amount of less glamourous defence and engineering units are required along with the necessary naval tail, especially if you can't keep a couple of CVs on station.

Too bad demonstration sports have been suspended. A window of opportunity for MMA, lost.

More than fun. They'll be the greatest Olympics ever!

Not yet. A certain amount of obfuscation is always to be expected. I've yet to be surprised, even by governments run by people I vastly preferred over alternatives.

People can probably put away their fantasies about McConnell. Scott Jennings has reported talking with Mitch at length this morning. See here.