Recent content by Kirkhill

Here's the funny bit. Those 10,000 are going to have opinions regardless what you think of them. And those opinions will inform their actions. Regardless of what you think of them.

What is it like to feel that you are in control? That the world is ordered and understandable? Seven decades and I can honestly say that I have never felt in control. My world has always been chaotic. Along for the ride.

Starting with trying to ride astride. In a sensible world "stallions" would ride side saddle and "mares" would ride astride. It hurts.

I don't crave that world. My sense is that that is the default world of the authoritarians and that everything we rely on to guarantee our democracy is a veneer. I take comfort in the knowledge that entropy wins every time. Authority cannot impose order indefinitely

I continue to trust the mob if for no other reason than they exist and there are a lot of them. If the experts can't carry the mob with them then the experts lose.

I wonder how long the Household Cavalry will be able to continue to maintain their mounted troops. There aren't that many riders in Britain these days and those that are tend to be wombish persons. Just take a look at the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

Boxer Variants under consideration by the Brits RCH-155 Long Range Brimstone/SPEAR (Land Precision Strike) 120mm Mortar Brimstone

RCH-155 on Boxer.... https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-to-purchase-boxer-based-rch155-artillery-systems/#google_vignette Other Boxer news https://www.edrmagazine.eu/rbsl-fires-uk-designed-and-developed-boxer-mortar-mission-module...

And if it comes down to the Courts vs Parliament?

Further to my last... Forgot that the Senate is also in the gift of the Governing Party. The only contrarian powers in Canada are the Provinces.

Bartering words with lawyers is a no-win contest. :D I will stand corrected on the form of words. Responsibility. Authority. Budget. Of these three are power made. In the Canadian system, as I understand it, and the 1982 Constitution notwithstanding, Parliament is sovereign, authority is...

The cost of owning an acreage. Elbow room costs money.

As much as I agree with the concept the timing is Trudeaupian. Sunak is promising increases in budgets that won't occur until after he is re-elected. And his prospects of re-election are on par with those of Trudeau.

Double Plus. If everybody believes the virgin must die to appease the gods then the virgin will die.

You asked for an example of the sort of situation/emergency I imagined. I responded by referencing an article that described the circumstances I imagined. The fact that they are included in reference to existing legislation is useful corroboration of a shared concern. The Emergencies Act...