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The latest .... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxz1wvqvzqo ... with this capsule from the piece.

As Yoda would say, young you be for one so cynical .... :)

Not quite existential, though, given (by some narratives) he was just an alienated Westerner representing a minority fucked over by Ottawa, wanting to do their own thing in peace. Sound vaguely familiar? ;) Also depends on whether they end up in government or not, right? ;)...

FTFY ;)

Bold of you to base your assessment on bits from media you don't even trust ;) For anyone interested, in the whole "this is what they told the generals/admirals" as opposed to the on-paper stuff, check here .... https://www.rev.com/transcripts/hegseth-and-trump-address-to-military .... or the...

And I'm sure what POTUS47 and SECDEFIDENTIFYINGASSECWAR said will have noooooooooooooothing to do with how the written orders are interpreted, right? Meantime, Big Catholic Church seems worried at the latest out of Trump/Hegseth...

Same here in Ontario, with pilot projects in Thunder Bay, Kenora and Sioux Lookout .... https://globalnews.ca/news/10293235/lcbo-controlled-entrances-pilot/ ... until they didn't anymore, cancelling it the day after it was announced...

Just as well I just presented him as an example & not a possible contender :( RIP

Put that way, sure, but does anything at all outside of that bit worry you (or at least make you scratch your head) about the recommendations?

For now …

No, this is NOT from The Onion - check the domain name on this announcement about The Big Chat .... https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4318394/hegseth-announces-series-of-war-department-reforms-in-sweeping-speech-to-top-mi/...

Yeah, about those Chinese Cop Shops .... https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/quebec/quebec-chinese-community-members-want-answers-after-rcmp-ends-police-station-probe/article_c1a2d16e-80b4-591b-af7f-22e05379a383.html...

MOAR on this one .... https://www.rferl.org/a/second-ukrainian-suspect-detained-over-nord-stream-blasts/33545104.html https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-second-nord-stream-suspect-detained/live-74183077...

Rough back-of-envelope calculations: say about 2 1/2 million people in Canada over the age of 75, with some (many? YMMV) who can't or won't easily access online services. Does Canada continue to subsidize a public service, or at least the most labour-intensive bits, for them? It's like...

Tyler Robinson's defence team lines up .... https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/29/team-prominent-defense-lawyers-steps-defend-accused-kirk-assassin/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kathryn-nester-charlie-kirk-assassination-160957873.html...

Indeed .... https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2025/09/government-of-canada-lists-the-bishnoi-gang-as-a-terrorist-entity.html...

Just some grist for the "US feds helping police cities" discussion mill .... Learning how to use AI better, so asked this question to 4 different systems: "Produce a table listing the top 10 cities in the U.S. for rates of violent crime, including the rates of violent crime, the party...

Ah, federalism in action …

Can’t kiss the ring if it’s not there, right? :)

All true & good points. Still, provinces asking is a non-zero factor (although admittedly far from the only one). So, depending on the political glasses someone's wearing, Ottawa is either 1) being the adult and telling provinces, "no, we can't bring THAT many more people in," or 2) ignoring...