Recent content by daftandbarmy

There's plague of Chinese fishing vessels roaming the high seas...

Having been a soldier on a ship my 'identity' was seconded to doing exactly as I was told by even the most junior sailor - especially anywhere near a working helicopter deck or landing craft bay ;)

These look nice.... The vessels are armed with a remote-control Mark 38 25 mm Machine Gun System and four crew-served .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine guns. They have a bow thruster for maneuvering in crowded anchorages and channels. They have small underwater fins, for coping with the...

What makes you think the RCN wouldn't 'steal' them anyways?

Sigh... the race to the bottom continues: Forests Minister Parmar says workers in B.C. deserve “same treatment” as in Ontario Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says it is “unacceptable” that Ottawa always steps up when it comes to supporting key sectors in Ontario and Quebec, but “continues to drop...

The bits are starting to fly off... Kirk LaPointe: Mark Carney must re-corral the provinces before Washington does it for him Prime minister needs to re-create the "Team Canada" discipline of 2017-18 and narrow Canada's list of priorities We remember the warmth in the room as the federation...

Jumping the gun, pretty much...

Some reddit comments...

The crematorium biz is booming! St. Petersburg Crematorium to Become 'Europe's Largest' in Major Expansion https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/30/st-petersburg-crematorium-to-become-europes-largest-in-major-expansion-a90671

Operation 'Regime Change' is probably just around the corner. May have something to do with sharing that Nobel with the current opposition leader ;) Trump’s moves against Venezuela sound familiar for a reason The US government appears on paper to be assembling parts for a regime change in...

They still need our strong long strand fibre, a unique feature of the northern boreal forests, for a wide variety of applications from pulp and paper to house building...

There's alot of extortion related gang activity these days. South Asians mainly, where Singh is as common as 'Smith' in other parts of the world... Three Charged in Extortion-Related Shooting With the assistance of policing partners, three suspects were identified and arrested on October 3...

There, modernized that FY ;)

Drive me closer. I want to him him with my sword!

Voting with his feet..