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Ref: Monty Python's Life of Brian From the film: "Monty Python's The Life of Brian" A classic retelling of President Trump's life when he was in Judea.

Ref: Red Lobster I have not been to a Red Lobster restaurant in years but I was looking at the Red Lobster Endless Shrimp promotion when I discovered that there is a military discount. I would call ahead to see if they do indeed offer the military discount to avoid disappointment. Cheers

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To provide some clarity with regards to Fed Gov't procurement specifically what an Request for Information (RFI) is used for as part of the federal government procurement process. The RFI from the Supply Manual As you can see it is the gov't simply asking industry to review the RFI and...

To be honest I'm surprised that an RFI was even issued. I am tepidly "hopeful" that this project will move forward up to the project bids process. Within my limited perspective, I think that the South Koreans have adroitly positioned themselves compared to the current competition to offer the...

Canada eyes AUKUS membership over China concerns To be clear it seems that Canada would like to join for Phase 2.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-considering-nuclear-for-new-submarines https://winnipegsun.com/news/national/royal-canadian-navy-not-considering-nuclear-powered-subs-despite-trudeau-claim The PM, MND Blair, the Foreign Minister also mentioned the possible procurement of...

A lot of scurrying in the federal LPC government with regards to defence spending perhaps spurred on by US and NATO Allies; the current international security concerns; Canadian business groups; or just political double speak to show that the LPC is serious about defence despite a contrarian...

Trudeau says he doesn’t understand why NDP is 'pulling back' support for carbon tax When the going gets tough, your Ally jumps off the wagon. The NDP are starting to realize that taxation of any kind will be deeply unpopular to ordinary Canadians in times of high inflation.

Trudeau likely on his 'last stand' as leader of Liberal party: Political expert Summary Trudeau likely to step down sometime to up/during this summer due to unpopularity. Wants to avoid being the leader of the Liberal Party who will likely face a massive loss much like the Progressive...

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT :D

Critics attack long timelines in defence plan as military awaits a budget boost IMO, these remarks are simply political speak for a losing gov't who is trying to capture votes. The LPC with the NPD signed several bills committing a significant amount of money into social programs without...

Gen. Rick Hillier says Canada faces ‘death by a thousand cuts’: Full Comment podcast Gen Hillier's thoughts about the upcoming Defence budget and the state of the CAF. My former boss and as candid as ever. BLUF: The CAF, in its current state, is in dire straits. With the defence spending...

But NO CAPES !!!!

This will probably happen, not in the immediate future, but some years down the road as each Corps/Service/Regiment wants have some unique identifier and preferably from public funding. The impetus will probably start from a Reg F or high profile Res F unit like the Ceremonial Guard, and if...