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Is it really a shorthand? When I was into the whole MSN messenger thing, my friends didn't bother, just to save themselves a little time, like ignoring punctuation and the shift key. Nothing that would compare to what a stenographer, for example, is required to do. Besides, how much does your...

Read your analogy on the boa constrictor again. Points on democracy and tyranny taken. Sometimes though, I see Taiwan turning into the Balkans of our day. The actions of a few Taiwanese and Chinese officials could set off a chain of events that could get a lot of people dead. More importantly...

I agree, though on one point about "Who Killed the Canadian Military" is Granasteins tendency to preach. It gets annoying and is probably the biggest weakness the book.

Mr. TCBF, you have a good point. But the difference is that in Somalia, Rwanda, and the Darfur, a lot of people died, at the hands of their fellow citizens. The failure to intervene was done with full knowledge of what was going on, and is a failure of humanity. In Ethiopia, Manchuria, the...

Layman Alert. Me. I'm curious, how did the M60 and the Centurion rate against contemporary Soviet tanks.

I'm kind of curious, on reasons we will end up fighting China. The whole thing on spheres of influence seems kind of interesting, but when we get down to it does Nepal matter? Or Burma, or Zimbabwe? As the U.S. found out in the 70s, Vietnam didn't, and doesn't matter. I would go as far to say...

Experts say Grewal tapes were altered Two audio experts have independently concluded that the secret recordings made by MP Gurmant Grewal were edited. John Dooher, a forensic audio engineer hired by CBC News, said Thursday there is a "crude" edit and something "amiss" about a section of tapes...

When it comes to armoured vehicles, I'm maybe an above average layman. But I've been looking around, and it seems to me that the Stryker seems to have developed some major problems of its own, while getting rid of some advantages in comparison to a LAV-III, i.e. the 25-mm cannon is traded for a...

Wow, I should not have thrown gay marriage in to the mix. To point one. Agreed. Point 2, is mostly Harper's fault in my mind. The Liberals branded him but they didn't brand him for the fun of it either. Harper has made statements, and has associates that might give a person pause, and throw...

Okay, I concede that rather large point Mr. Brad Sallows {apologize ahead of time if you are in fact a Brad Sallows}. It would be an obvious trick for the Liberals to steal the best of the Conservatives election platform. In my opinion though, if you don't have charm you should have substance...

Whatever. Harper's increasing stranglehold on the leadership of the opposition, is his fault, and his fault alone. I couldn't tell you anything about his moral compass, I really couldn't tell you anything about him as person since I don't personally don't know him, never met him and really...

Actually, no. The way parliamentary politics works is the government decides what is and isn't a confidence motion. This might seem wrong to some people, but that's how it works. The caveat for this though, is any money bills or the throne speech, is a confidence motion. On May 10, the...

About demonizing or not demonizing whomever, it is not an argument on whether these people deserve to be demonized or not. it's a question on the utility of demonizing your opponents. The Liberals keep at it because it works, the Conservatives should stop because its not working or working well...

I agree with you there. What's scarier: This guy is simply going through the motions, telling whoever is watching what they want to hear. Or. He believes everything that he is spewing? As for Muslims ruling America and Britain, give it a couple of generations, they'll be secular Americans and...

Sorry, but the conservatives recent performance in the house doesn't get any extra points from me. Trying to trigger a constitutional crisis {which isn't}, trying to say the Liberals are somehow not legitimate {Whatever your politics, they were duly elected with the most seats}, and calling...

I personally doubt Harper has a hidden agenda. BUT It's the perception that he does this is more important. The fact that he doesn't really seem to have an agenda doesn't help either. I try to keep up to date with the news and current events {I have two magazine conscriptions and routinely...

Personally I think the biggest mistake that Harper made from the beginning was becoming the leader of the New Conservative Party. He should have let Peter Mackay have the leadership, and be accused of running things from the backrooms rather than be accused of simply taking over the Progessive...

I'm kind of curious why this has come up for the Americans. Why are they trying to enshrine in law a policy that is already at work in the US military? Look at the casualty figures {http://us.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ look for the graphical breakdown}. With 35 dead females...

To Mr. a_majoor. I could quote you, but you know perfectly well what you wrote. I think when I read Diamond's geography argument, I see geography as the base. Without a certain amount geographical luck, all the culture in the world is not going to make the difference. I personally see the...

This is kind of funny. That very quote of Hanson's about Cortez is what makes me think that Hanson didn't understand Diamond's thesis. Primarily because of the dearth of suitable agricultural animals and crops and the North-South axis of North and South America, the Aztecs, Mayas, Incans etc...