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You will likely not be eligible for OS based on your pension income.

So Canadians who have had a successful career,, and have paid taxes on their earnings are MFers? Because they are enjoying the fruits of their labours? And there should be a revolt? Do you think the Government should strip the assets of those Canadian taxpayers to somehow level the playing...

yes. Like a war that only China is prepared for...

Must everything be viewed through a falsely zero-sum lens? I don't care if it is good or bad for the opposition. I don't' care if it is good politics. I only care if this is good policy. On that, my feeling are mixed, as the offset will of course have to be borrowed, but that will...

Quite insightful. I highly recommend this book, to complement any reading of Jared Diamond that you my have already done:

As hard as it is to fire any PS, it is orders of magnitude harder to push out an EX-05 - indeed any EX.

I usually revert to the quote from Philip Caputo's A Rumour of War - "ambush is killing and killing is fun....", but that is a rather draconian tactic that I am realising does nothing to engender productive discussions. Having said that, I still consider a throat punch (or implied threat...

Mistaken certainly. It seems to be q common mistake - leaders staying on too long. PMJT enters the room, followed by Elisabeth May and Jagmeet singh

Warning. What follows is my personal opinion. Not intended as a slight on people who identify as Christians or Mormons, or any other belief system It could be that religious belief requires a suspension of credulity - also called faith. Once one is prone to making "leaps of faith" in the...

Masterful use of exclamation points. Lovely adjectives. Objective. Insightful. Everything that media used to be.

As obvious (and perhaps even as pretentious) as your conclusion that this is a just war and Trump is the answer. Are there any of the potential second and third order effects that are listed that you think inaccurate or flat out wrong? Faulty assumption. I do in fact think that the status quo...

....and deprives him of the insights he could garner from a more nuanced understanding of the context and background. In short, he wants to -charitably - be able to assess and explain the situation to his audience using no more information than that available to all. Less charitably, be as...

No understanding of second and third orders of effect, no stated plan to limit the length of this deployment, no compelling case in order to secure support of Americans as well as Allies..... I would not be surprised if he started talking about an Iron Dome style bubble over the...

Great analysis. Which sets up an opportunity for China, especially given that a minimum of 2 Carrier Battle Groups will have to be permanently stationed on either side of the strait (according to Adm Stavridis this morning). Throw in the 'interdiction on the High Seas" of any Chinese flagged...

FTFY. Consider it a free "lesson in basic politics".

Good to hear that Khomeni, who died in 1989, is still dead. This is, of course, a ludicrous idea that is highly unlikely to be executed, and if it actually is, could well accelerate a) the collapse of the global economy, b) the death of the petrodollar, c) the dismantling of NATO, d) the...

We would have a shortage of Uber drivers?

I would prefer not to be bribed with my own money to stop me from having a temper tantrum.

This is the essence of the problem - that and a lack of a workable or achievable theory of victory

Exactly.