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Are they piloted, or not? That may be the only meaningful distinction.

Is that only "voted expenditures"? $38B of $230B is over 16%, which is a lot for spending mostly directed to the "benefit" (conceding that not everyone supposedly a beneficiary sees the system as beneficial) of about 5% of the population. Obviously some of that spending benefits other people...

None in Canada. That which is assembled can be disassembled, though, preferably in an orderly fashion.

The money taps that are typically opened for people with grievances or disadvantages are classic opportunities for beak-wetting. It is prudent to expect some - maybe a lot - of it (beak-wetting) to go on. Federal and provincial governments cannot really afford the waste (as if they ever...

Or, maybe, as long he doesn't disapprove.

"The US ought to go slowly and respect stability." "...to cushion the market shock..." "Not that way!"

I ask that question of provincial AND federal governments. When they fail to adequately represent enough peoples' interests and in fact actively militate against those interests, they will lose consent of the governed. ("Government" is the legislative, judicial, and what passes for an...

There was a time it was possible for the country to switch parties/PMs without too many people losing their nut. Trudeau, Mulroney, Chretien (and the short-termers in between) right through to Martin. Then Harper, and the left lost it. Then Trudeau Jr, and the right lost it. Carney at least...

Things get worse, or they get better. Maybe they get worse before they get better. "What if" works both ways. I won't bother, but a long list of benefits could be compiled, too. We have no way of knowing for sure whether the instability which will follow political upheaval in Iran might be...

I suppose decades of restrictive peacekeeping and peace enforcement RoEs have polluted minds. Moreover, too many people have forgotten they're second-guessing things with the advantage of hindsight and a web browser instead of making decisions in the situation with the information and orders at...

1. Sinking a warship using a typical anti-ship weapon isn't cruel or excessive. 2. If the Iranian government survives, it's probably best if it has no naval capability greater than a speedboat and no air capability greater than its drones. Destroying every ship, aircraft, launch platform, and...

A lot of people have gotten accustomed to the idea of carrots rather than sticks, and forgotten that utterly breaking the enemy's will and/or capability to fight is a viable path to surrender (unconditional or otherwise). The images of the sinking are useful, in the same way images of...

I found a literal interpretation to be an amusing image.

The NDP should run candidates in only one province and try to hold their vote count, then. It should be obvious that while the national vote count is illustrative of something, it is irrelevant to elections which are decided by vote totals in ridings.

Damn. I knew he was good, but that he literally walked on water...

Don't confuse my observations about hardball politics with "don't understand". There are people who worship "interagency" concensus on various matters, and people who figure elections have consequences. The latter are running the administration.

A sub doesn't have a lot of options. "Shoot them in the leg?"

I understand how policy is being made in the Trump administration. A little bit is being made by Trump; a lot is being made by the people staffing the WH and those well-connected a little further out. My point is that administrations dump people, or convince people to dump themselves, all the...

Taiwan itself is a pretty firm base for air operations.

"A tribute to Indigenous knowledge." Just like the Pattullo bridge replacement had to be renamed, instead of just keeping the old name like the Port Mann did. Quite tired of this brand of politically correct nonsense.