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Probably not. Justin and Jacinda were just a bit too sympatico.

Thinking about the USS Charlotte and AUKUS. Apparently the crew of the Charlotte is about 120 or so. The Aussies had 3 onboard. Five-Eyes by Population US - 342,000,000 UK - 70,000,000 Cda - 42,000,000 Aus - 28,000,000 NZ - 5,000,000 If we required one Kiwi on board every boat we would need...

Why aren't we paying our fair share to be a good 5-Eyes partner and buy into the AUKUS programme?

No. It doesn't make any sense to open up factories for the typical Canadian defence buy. It never will. It does make sense to turn on the taps at GDOTS in Quebec and produce the rounds they are licenced to build in mass quantities. It does make sense to get Magellan building CRV-7s by the...

Or was the first shot an intentional miss?

And thus, in my opinion, less need for Privates and more need for Constables. But we still need lots of Gunners and Bombardiers.

It would be interesting to see what it would take to launch a 5600 km Valkyrie MQ-58, with 1200 lbs worth of low cost cruise missiles from a KSSIII or U-212.

Equally "They're not" does not equal "We're not". The issue really is how many things can you launch from a given platform and what area can you affect.

One of the clips posted mentioned that some villages had slave populations of up to 40%. Some were as few as 2% and the average seems to have been around 10 to 15%. The problem with the slave economy is that if you lean to heavily on them the make like Moses and the Jews. Or Spartacus. Or...

If you are invited into the PMO or the Cabinet room during work hours, that is your work place. Your opinions are appropriate. You get to decide if you want to upset your current master that brought you and appeal to a future master.

Yesterday I got a phone call from an old couple (they're my age) who have been developing a business for 20 years or so. I met them 15 years ago and invested a chunk of elbow grease in helping them design a process. They got investors and were given chances but ended up pursuing avenues that...

Launch a competition and invite Rheinmetall, Elbit and Hanwha to the party and see if Boeing complains about being excluded. And how long it takes for the Donald to react. Has there been any US opposition to the German and Korean competition to build subs in Canada?

Or both. Winnipeg could also benefit from its Bristol Aerospace - Magellan history. https://magellan.aero/location/magellan-aerospace-winnipeg/ https://www.kratosdefense.com/newsroom/technical-directions-inc-and-boeing-sign-memorandum-of-understanding-for-kratos-tdi-engines Boeing, Saab...

I wonder if I apply my "shaking the dice" theory if this would apply. As Vaughan points out there are more claims than land. Different hunter-gatherers could scavenge the same land at different times of the year for different resources. And if they ended up at the same point at the same time...

If I don't like the salesman then I don't buy from that company. The company is well-advised to supply me with a different salesman.

As I write this it dawns on me that I am reiterating my experience commissioning plants. There is a desired steady state out come but everytime I change the inputs the outcome is unknown. I have to keep changing inputs until I get where I want to be. And then I have to continue observing and...

Years ago, my United Church cofirmation classes coincided with my public high school's english class review of religious studies. The difference between west and East, in both dicussions, became the line versus the circle. The West assumed a line. We start from where we are and assume a...

And if he doesn't like the outcome he can continue shaking the dice.

I am saying that everything costs money and that government only survive if they have money or can access money. Big plans require big money and that means borrowing from those that have it. Whether you are a homeowner, a PM or a President. No money. No government. ... Trump can afford to...