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You might be onto something there. But what to call it? The Conservative Progressives? ;D

Hey!! Sandy Hook never happened!! Don't you watch InfoWars??

I think there is some merit to what you're saying, although as Altair points out it probably isn't the whole story.  Repeated exposure can dull our perception of how "bad" or dangerous something is, or normalize it. Look at the public use of obscenity, for example. I mean, nobody gives a f***...

This seems to be a constant problem for what I like to call "moderate conservatism" (or maybe Red Toryism  ;D ) in the last few years. There appears to be an almost irresistible temptation to begin drifting towards the right wing and angry populism. Populism can be exploited by parties on either...

I don't think I will ever vote NDP.  We had that here once, and it didn't go well. Even some of the unions ended up PO'd. The Liberals have reached (passed...) the stage of what I call "second-term-itis".

And keep in mind that the USARNG batteries are not firing every monthly drill weekend: maybe just at annual camp and a few other times.

I hope not. I am ready to vote PC if I see an intelligent, moderate, fiscally sound and pro-economy platform that appeals to me as a Red Tory. If I see a ranting,  populist appeal to anger, stupidity and bigotry, I don't know what I will do.  ::)

Personally, I was very happy to see the change from our grab-bag collection of field clothing to the Clothe the Soldier line of kit. Our old cold weather stuff was designed for cold and dry such as in inland Arctic areas, not the cold and wet you encounter in far more of the world including...

Randy Hillier's broadside into Brown is interesting, coming from such a stalwart PC figure: I think it raises again the question of why the Party really dumped Brown so fast: was the sex scandal just a useful thing that came along at the right moment? It also blows up the tin-foil hatter idea...

Yes, indeed. And with their small hands, they are ideally suited to reach in and pull out misfires. :D

Sorry I couldnt open that one. No worries. I am sure the bias is just as silly but coming from the other direction. And I do agree that this is a very emotional argument: I think it goes to how people view the world.

I do find it interesting, even though the site's bias is extremely clear: the OpEds clarify that point even better than the recommended book list does. The usual list of villains: the Media, Liberals, the Anti-Gunners, etc. Ok, fine. It also isn't clear immediately what the data sources are...

Here is an interesting twist. The woman in the CBC article at the link http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/colten-boushie-verdict-online-hate-1.4536661 apparently thinks that it's wrong to raise money to help Gerald Stanley with legal fees, etc, because he is a person who "...kills young...

I'm not sure that just comparing cities on the basis of their size has any merit anyway. I don't believe that the number of residents is a direct determinant of crime levels on its own, except to say that 1,000 people are more likely to have more crimes than 10 people.  There are, actually, more...

Your two posts have pointed out something I've always found disappointing and sometimes infuriating about the CAF: one or two clowns FIU because they're stupid or ill-disciplined, so instead of making disciplinary examples of these clowns, the service piles on more rules making everything...

I'm not sure about that. His recent problems aside, he seems to have the platform that stands the best chance of defeating the Wynne govt. He appears to have struck a balance in proposed policies that would have the widest appeal, without just being pseudo-Liberal on the one hand, or pandering...

What I don't understand is all this self-righteous posturing by the Chinese community (or, maybe parts of it) that somehow the Government of Canada "slandered" them in this matter. Really? The GOC response might not have been very well thought out, and somewhat of a knee-jerk, but I don't think...

I predict it will be short, and end with a whimper rather than a bang. Young people don't contribute millions of dollars to party war chests, and many of them don't  (or can't) vote. By the time I have posted this, the emerging student spokespeople will probably  have received hundreds (if not...

No evil is so vile that it cannot be repeated by people who think they know better.

Agreed. Stuff weighs what it weighs. Stuff doesn't care who is carrying it. I never understood the idea behind  the old BFT that required you to carry a casualty your own body weight.: what do you do, pick out a casualty who looks like they might weigh as much as you do? Much better to use an "...