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    The Great Gun Control Debate

    How about realtors and forklift salesman? 
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    Dress Regulations - The Minimum Standard?

    So, first thing Monday morning a Cree soldier transferring into this hypothetical unit shows up with braids.  The RSM's response, in light of the global enforcement is...?
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    2014 Ontario General Election

    Okay... Promising a million jobs and making no effort dispel the notion, that  this implies better than 100% employment (in that there are fewer than 1 million people out of work in the province).  The idea is laughable but not what the plan is actually about.  It hardly takes a huge tome to...
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    2014 Ontario General Election

    Sorry, my mistake.  Hudak ran the perfect campaign but the electorate was just too stupid to realize it.  Sounds just a touch too much like Parizeau blaming money and the ethnic vote. 
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    2014 Ontario General Election

    If Hudak had explained the twin pillars of his platform properly (i.e. the million jobs and the plan to draw down the public sector by 100,000) PROPERLY, they wouldn't have had the ammunition they so successfully used against him.  He decided to go with quick and easy soundbites and then made no...
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    2014 Ontario General Election

    No, no, no.  I understand the facts.  Who wins Toronto wins Ontario, that's pretty much a given.  My dispute is the notion Toronto deserves to be singled out for scorn when what happened in Toronto is reflected in pretty much every urban centre throughout the province - even in ridings that...
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    2014 Ontario General Election

    Yep, pretty much all the major cities in Ontario went Grit and those that didn't went most NDP; all of Northern Ontario, save TBay went NDP but it's all Toronto's fault. Barrie, a riding so conservative it elected the only Reform MP ever in the eastern half of Canada ousted a long-time, PC MPP...
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    Election 2015

    Have the most recent provincial elections across our country taught us nothing?  Prognosticating on what voters will do in 2015 based on polling, theories on vote splitting, or anything else, has become about as effective as reading entrails or casting chicken bones.   
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    Politics in 2014

    While Mr Del Mastro has a legitimate concern, the cynic in me can't help but think that some of the rhetoric like "Chief Electoral Officer is ultimately responsible for the conduct of his staff" is a backdoor way to start an undercutting of the CEO in a way that's becoming SOP the CPC uses...
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    Politics in 2014

    It's not inexplicable in the least.  Regardless of political stripe, it seems that just about everyone in public life seems to react to anything that challenges their actions or views by "doubling down" to avoid actually admitting a mistake.  Sometimes even the double down gets doubled down and...
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    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

    What your father and grandfather did does not make you an authority on "the left" and more than Ron Reagan Jr is any kind of authority on "the right" because of his dad so we can set that aside for the moment. And by cherry-picking your data set and excluding the "Blue Liberals", you have...
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    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

    How about not talking about "the left" as if it is all one thing.  Painting up your straw men with a single broad brush is never helpful to any discussion.  Even as a  fiscally conservative, I wouldn't care if he had figured out how to run the city at no cost to the taxpayer, fiscal...
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    Questions on establishing one's personal political framework

    My advice?  Don't develop a comfort zone and, in the words of the Russian proverb "доверяй но проверяй" (trust but verify). The internet has made conformation bias, populism and absolutism highly honed artforms.  Hyperlinks make it all too easy to fall into a cycle of "data" that is...
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    Grand Strategy for a Divided America

    Interesting points but consider both their careers.  Ellen was a very successful stand-up comedian and had her own prime-time show before she came out (during an episode of her sit-com no less).  Once she did, her career stalled for a good number of years and has only recovered fairly recently. ...
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    Deconstructing "Progressive " thought

    Coming from the area of the political spectrum that turned "primary" into a verb,  cheering on a destruction of the progressives might be more akin to two men falling off a cliff and one celebrating the fact that the other is about to meet his doom. 
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    Restrictions on carrying knives in Cadets?

    There is a mandatory 1st year class to be taught during the first FTX of the year that includes care and sharpening of knives AND they would need them for things like cutting cord for their shelters, etc; so, yes, I see no reason why level 1s shouldn't bring - or at least have access - to a...
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    Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)

    Got the word from the sqn, he hasn't been a cadet for quite some time. No mention about whether he joined the CF or not.  Regardless, the pictures in FB and Twitter still defies explanation. Amusingly, he's quite active on the Calgary PDs FB page including an offer to jump a wanted suspect if...
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    Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)

    The photo is still being used as his avator on Twitter as of a few minutes ago.  There are many details that don't add up like he claims to have graduated from high school in 2012, "studied" (past tense) at RMC  but is attached to 409 Sqn undertaking pilot training - quite the overachiever...
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    Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)

    Also, old RCAF or current RAF wings - those are 100% not cadet wings. I think I might make some inquiries on this one...
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    RCAF AUXILIARY FIELD SANDHURST ONTARIO

    I thought I saw that too but, when I zoomed in, it was the shape of the corridors cleared for the power lines.  It's possible that they used path of the old runway for that but I think it's just a coincidence. 
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