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  1. Edward Campbell

    Chinese Military,Political and Social Superthread

    The Globe and Mail hints that Bill Blair, acting, on assumes on the orders of Prime Minister Trudeau's PMO, delayed the investigation of Toronto Liberal politician Michael Chan: ---------- CSIS agents frustrated by delay for electronic warrant against long-time Liberal politician ROBERT...
  2. Edward Campbell

    US Presidential Election 2024 - Trump vs Harris - Vote Hard with a Vengence

    The Economist says that Harris is just ever so slightly ahead:
  3. Edward Campbell

    Some of the bought & paid for media

    The Woodbridge Company which owns Thompson Reuters is very Canadian and very profitable. too.
  4. Edward Campbell

    Some of the bought & paid for media

    The way to "promote" any industry or endeavour is though the tax system. Canada has a large and diverse infotainment industry that ranges in size from individual blogs and podcast to very large corporations like Bell, the CBC, CTV and Rogers. Some of it, the CBC, especially, is already openly...
  5. Edward Campbell

    Hamas invaded Israel 2023 Megathread

    The Associated Press, in The Globe and Mail says they got him "based on years of tracking Nasrallah along with “real time information” that made it viable. He said Nasrallah’s death had been confirmed through various types of intelligence, but declined to elaborate." ---------- Hezbollah...
  6. Edward Campbell

    Hamas invaded Israel 2023 Megathread

    The Reformation and the consequential Enlightenment in the West were long, complex and at times bloody processes. Both are, arguably, still ongoing. I highly recommend...
  7. Edward Campbell

    Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)

    Michael Den Tandt, as he admits right up front in an article in The Line, is a Liberal. But he, too, says that it is time change. ---------- Michael Den Tandt: Trudeau needs major change. He's choosing nostalgia Where’s the renewal, the new bums in seats, the fresh approaches, the...
  8. Edward Campbell

    Liberal Minority Government 2021 - 2025

    Andrew Coyne, writing in today's Globe and Mail, suggests that we might want. to prepare ourselves for the mother of all fiscal policy U-turns: ---------- Is Mark Carney’s new job to provide cover for the mother of all U-turns? ANDREW COYNE PUBLISHED 2 HOURS AGO So what was that Mark Carney...
  9. Edward Campbell

    Chinese Military,Political and Social Superthread

    Ooops, says today's Good Grey Globe: ---------- Chinese nuclear-powered submarine sank earlier this year, U.S. defence official says REUTERS PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defence official said on Thursday, a...
  10. Edward Campbell

    Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)

    The Empire Strike back, accordion to a report in yesterday's Globe and Mail: ---------- Netflix pulls sponsorship of development programs across Canadian arts institutions in wake of C-11 measures BARRY HERTZ PUBLISHED YESTERDAY UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO The future of several professional...
  11. Edward Campbell

    Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)

    There is, also, a substantial but, temporarily, silent wing of the Liberal Party that leans towards the Centre and, on some issues, even slightly right of centre. It will leave if the Libs and Dippers ever try to merge. There its, also, a hard left wing of the NDP that would look with deep...
  12. Edward Campbell

    Replacing the Subs

    As an outside observer, I cannot help but notice that the (few) Conservative MPs with strong military roots (O'Toole, Ruff) do not have strong "voices" on 'Team Poilievre.'
  13. Edward Campbell

    Rise and Fall of the NDP - 2015 - ????

    More, from today's Globe and Mail on Mr Singh and the two sword ;egth thing: ---------- House Speaker Greg Fergus asks MPs to behave better in question period after incident LAURA OSMAN OTTAWA THE CANADIAN PRESS PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus says he expects members...
  14. Edward Campbell

    Rise and Fall of the NDP - 2015 - ????

    Way back, 50ish years ago or so, I was doing a uni course by extension and I went down to the NDHQ library looking for a hint or two from the nice librarians. Oh, said one of them: "oral health and the enlistment" and she came back with a handful of books - enough for a respectable bibliography...
  15. Edward Campbell

    Rise and Fall of the NDP - 2015 - ????

    Bear in mind, please, that the parties all poll and they do NOT make the results public. Those party polls do ask some tough questions, albeit usually carefully worded so as NOT to "lead" to any particular response, especially about issues that mater a lot to the leader and platform team. They...
  16. Edward Campbell

    2022 CPC Leadership Discussion: Et tu Redeux

    That's consistent with my views on "bases" of the various parties: BQ: 7% Green: 4% Liberal: 23% NDP: 12% then you have solid Conservative: 25% plus "afraid of Poilievre but even more sick and tired" of Prime Minister Trudeau:" 10%.
  17. Edward Campbell

    Hamas invaded Israel 2023 Megathread

    ⬆️ My take ⬆️ The Jews began buying land in Palestine in the late 19th century (using money from e.g. the Rothschilds); they bought it from the rich Arab landlords, the very people who then stirred up hatred against them in the 1920s and '30. They, modern Zionists, increased their purchases...
  18. Edward Campbell

    Hamas invaded Israel 2023 Megathread

    Me, too. I get that a lot of people, including the Royals, didn't like Harris' very strong views on how to "make war," but he was anything but a war criminal and his methods worked and his targets were valid. The film suggests that the allied high command backed him while the fighting was going...
  19. Edward Campbell

    The Next Canadian Government

    ⬇️ This, ⬇️ from yesterday's Globe and Mail, the sheer proliferation of the pubic sector, requires quick attention by the next government ... Donald J. Savoie is a scholar and author has won numerous prizes and awards: ---------- In its current form, Canada’s public service can’t attract the...
  20. Edward Campbell

    2022 CPC Leadership Discussion: Et tu Redeux

    Here it is:: ---------- The conservative defeat of carbon pricing is the defeat of economics – and of conservatism ANDREW COYNE PUBLISHED YESTERDAY “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.” – Homer Simpson They are writing the obituaries already for the...
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