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  A fine sentiment.  Happy Dominion Day (I'm old!) to one and all.  For the cousins to the South (and those deployed), a Happy 4th of July, even if you are rebels.   And for those hitting the roads this weekend, drive safe.  Cheers.

  I wouldn't worry about it too much.  I mean, c'mon, you're expecting a draft dodger to SHOW UP?!?!?

The Westboro Baptist Church is a very small fringe group, mainly centred around one family.  Currenlty, I believe the father of a fallen US Marine is suing them for having protested at his son's funeral with pleasant little signs like "Thank God For IEDs" and "God Killed Your Son", etc. ...

I've not heard of anyone having money recovered from them, but it could be a possibility I suppose.  IAW CBI 204.03 and CBI 204.30, your pay should never go below what you are receiving immed pri to becoming qual in your new occupation and eligible to receive spec pay.  CBI 204.03 deals with...

Final thought on this topic, Gunner. Do not, under any circumstances, refer to MGen/Senator Dallaire as my fellow soldier.  He is a cowardly rat-b*stard.  Claim him as a fellow soldier of yourself if you will.  He is not my comrade, nor shall he ever be, he broke that faith. MEMORIAM EORAM...

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What happened to the "hot chicks" debate?  All you guys all that geeky? Jeri Ryan (7 of 9 for the geek-class lurkers) is incredibly hot.  However, Tricia Helfer (Cylon 6 of 12 - Seeing a pattern here?) is devastatingly hot and as a bonus is from Donalda, Alberta.  Given all relevant criteria, I...

Gunner,  Continually you reference the man's own book.  Why?  It gives his perspective and his alone.  By definition it is biased and hence, intentional or not, it is self-serving.  As for the Rwandans killed, I have made no mention of them, because that is not the issue.  He did not...

Gunner,   Sorry that I lost you with my logic, I will sincerely try to clarify.   He ran.   He wrote his own book.   I don't believe that what he wrote in his own book is the truth.   I believe that what he wrote in his own book is self-serving.   Since it is his book, it only gives his...

  OK, gents, let's reduce the question to the basic parts.  I don't care if MGen/Senator Dallaire is Quebecois or Liberal.  These are items that don't matter becaus I have met very fine soldiers from Quebec.  Political allegiances are not the question.  The man scarpered when his troops were in...

Ok, I'll accept your condescending comment about my playing "armchair general".  I'm not a commissioned officer and I wasn't there, so good to go. However, the man saw his troops captured and if he did not know, he certainly had a good idea of what their fate would be.  The result of the death...

Fair enough, I have never met the man and I am sure he is quite nice.  And, he may well be a fine staff officer.  But, as a GOC and an officer in the fd, he abandoned his men, Belgian though they may have been, to their fate and the tender mercies of those holding them.  Would his intervention...

Ask him why he won't speak to the Belgian parliamentary inquiry into the deaths of the paratroopers that were under his command.  After all, if he discharged his duty in a proper manner, he has nothing to fear.

  An interesting article and an interesting "strategy" if it is adopted by AQ.  I can only think that their intent is to cause "popular" uprisings in these folks native countries and to have the flames of radical Islam sweep those countries.  However, I see this as running the risk of causing...

  Absolutely hilarious.   "Giving first aid, the already dishevelled hair projections" really sums it up for me.  Definitely a philosophy to live by. 

Kirkhill,   Thanks for the note about uranium in Saskatchewan, I had no idea they had deposits there.  But, again, that uranium belongs to the people of Saskatchewan.   I do feel badly about Sask, it is a province with a lot of potential, but it seems the government there either lacks the...

  Resources belong to the provinces, not the central government, hence the oil in Alberta belongs to the people of Alberta.  This works the same for the nickely in Sudbury, ON and the potash in Saskatchewan.   As well, I fully expect the federal government to tax the $400.00/person, so the rest...

  Units have good and bad clerks, but not everything that goes FUBAR administratively is the fault of a clerk.  For example, OTs, Component Transfers, promotions, etc will all pass through the hands of your CO, OC, Adjt, RSM, CSM as need be.  Many is the time that I have typed up all the...

  I would be very cautious about putting too much faith in anything published in the "Grauniad".

  I feel that 10% is a fair tip, however it is not very often that I tip that.  I find that most of the waiters/waitresses in the Edmonton area do a fantastic job, so usually my tips are in the 15-25% range.  I have worked in restuarants prior to joining the Reg F and I remember the kind of hard...