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    Alberta Health corruption scandal

    I've been to Coaldale. It's a truck stop on the side of the highway, pretty much, and some playing fields. How could they justify their own police department? I guess the answer is 'they couldn't'.
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    Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

    FWIW... Rare earth elements facts Rare earth elements (REE) are a group of 17 elements, including the 15 elements of the lanthanide series on the periodic table of elements together with the transition metals scandium and yttrium. The latter two elements exhibit similar properties to the...
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    Bringing 'Em Back or Not? (I.D.'ed Cdn ISIS fighters, families, kids?)

    Well, this is good news... https://globalnews.ca/news/11297403/montreal-woman-isis-oumaima-chouay-sentence/
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    Collapse of the Assad Regime

    At 2.00 you will see an excellent demonstration of how to correctly don a shemagh under enemy fire ;) https://news.sky.com/video/30-000-trapped-in-besieged-city-of-sweida-as-fragile-ceasefire-holds-13399878
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    Islamic Terrorism in the West ( Mega thread)

    FWIW... some interesting observations if you scroll down the page Key findings from the Global Terrorism Index 2025 report • The Sahel region remains terrorism’s epicentre, accounting for over half of all global terrorism deaths • Islamic State (IS) expands its operations to 22 countries and...
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    Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

    The 'Frenemies' are in town... ‘We miss you,’ U.S. senators tell Canada as Lutnick vows tariffs will stay https://globalnews.ca/news/11296450/donald-trump-tariffs-mark-carney-us-senators/
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    Trump administration 2024-2028

    How 'bout... Awesome Commanders, District of Columbia - AC/DC ;)
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    The War in Ukraine

    There, FTFY ;)
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    Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

    Tangentially, I'm enjoying seeing the French being called to account by the Czechs. They and the British now have them surrounded ... ;)
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    Women in infantry

    And sometimes it's ladies first, if you're lucky enough to get #1 in the stick ;)
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    Felix Baumgartner, first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in paragliding crash

    Nein! Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official where the crash occurred. He was...
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    Political impacts of Ukraine war

    Just a reminder... ;)
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    "Army investigating members allegedly involved in 'abhorrent' Facebook group"

    The ARes pension does not reflect that status in the slightest, of course ;)
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    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    I first heard about that concept in 1987, at RMCS Shrivenham. That's only 38 years ago so I assume we'll give it another couple of decades before that dream comes true ;)
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    Men's Mental Health Month

    Don't forget your rice, squirt guns and toast ;)
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