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Oh; I taught in meaford. I'm used to being forced to attend and take part in various and sundry parades, all of which take priority over actually training troops "Schedule is tight, you might have to lose a few weekends!" So long as it's a parade and not a mess dinner or other foolishness.

I'd appreciate that. PM incoming. I actually have a tick kit in my abultions and a tick key in my FNP. I'm really not wild about seeing the sites; I might go out one long weekend and go to the museums and get some seafood. That's it.

For my sins, it seems that I am spending the summer in Aldershot. And no; since I don't drink, Halifax is not as exciting for me as it might be to others. I have, oh; about 12 summers in Meaford under my belt as a candidate or staff member; so this informs my outlook considerably. For instance...

What am I doing all this for again?

Well, given as the Military is so terrified of public opinion, let's all go out and ask randoms what they think of soldiers getting stoned and I think we'll have our answer pretty quick. Any partial prohibition on cannabis use in the CF will be the most unenforceable order in the past decade.

Good of the Aussies to self-ID as not serious about this whole "War"-thing, I'm sure the Russians, Chinese, et al will be grateful. Oh! Did they ban the Haka, as well? Thought not.

More bad news for GDLS; another LAV customer fading out.

I totally get what they're going for, but you'd need the CBC on YOUR SIDE to make that come across as you intend it, in Canada. I get it; "Don't hold us responsible for the actions of some lone crazy Person." Not how I'd have done it, but it's frankly the minimum standard of treatment we should...

Thank you!

When I Google the random acronyms I run into, I mainly (only) get American and UK resources. Does the CF have anywhere online a list and explanation of the official acronyms in use? or as many of them as can be corralled? Thanks for your time.

Thanks for being part of the problem, Journeyman; couldn't have illustrated it better without you! Okay; C-A-T spells CAT; Canada's population is aging, you know this right? Generally, as a person grows; their base of knowledge and experience comes together in a sort of mature wisdom, which...

A fundamental truth of military service; we, all of us in uniform "Fight" for things we do not believe in as part of a pact which serves to also defend that which we *do* believe in. "My country, right or wrong" The Gay Soldier defends those who want to see gays murdered in the streets. The...

Wait...so, people feeling alienated from society get barred from a program to help with various mental health issues...Huh. Okay. Can't see that going wrong, ever. But I wish the CF would just come out with it and stop pretending it's about right and wrong; troops you are required to be openly...

Well that's another problem and one only recently illuminated to me; Conservative government as a chance to "Service the engine" run down by leftists.

It is not what Ontarians want, it is maybe a suicide pact the rest of us have tacitly agreed to with Toronto and that's the best I can say about it. I don't believe there is one answer to politics; that the Liberals are on a mission from the UN to make us not just post-nation, but...

I'll be voting for Brown, but I hate him and I hate what he's done to the party. As a CPC member, I loath what he's doing. At the prov level, it's basically not a conservative party anymore; it's the liberals with as few scruples and no track record. Better than the NDP? Certainly. But not much...

To which part? That France has done an incredible job alienating various populations, especially since the 60s, DESPITE the influence they still hold in Africa? That armed drone programs have crappy track records on target differentiation? Or that taking skin out of the game makes people more...

Sweet! I love fringe history like this!

Is it at least better than "The War"? That one was terrible

So, soon the French too will be hurling missiles hither and yon, slaughtering wedding parties on maybes? Awesome. They needed more friends.