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To be scrupulously fair, most headline writers seem to be using versions of those terms (including the usually-pro-military National Post), according to Google News: On the other side of the narrative coin, the info-machine version (also archived here) doesn't seem to say "no more Snowbirds for...

Someone should tell whoever made last year's RCAF FB info=graphic I posted upthread, saying "Pilots undergoing Advanced Flying Training Fixed-Wing and Advanced Flying Training-Jet programs will train on this game-changing plane before moving on to the multi-engine program in Southport, MB or the...

Meanwhile, more from CBC & CP https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7204210 https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/05/19/snowbirds-iconic-jets-prepare-for-farewell-season-aerobatic-team-grounded-until-early-2030s/

Usual caveats about initial reports - this from CTV: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/defence-minister-visiting-snowbirds-base-amid-speculation-over-teams-future/ ICYMI, here's the RCAF info-machine's FB info-graphic on the plane:

In Estonia ... https://www.dw.com/en/nato-planes-down-suspected-ukrainian-drone-over-estonia/a-77215424?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

And how would that option work here?

Meanwhile, in Latvia .... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy21k5917jo https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/11/latvian-defence-minister-resigns-following-recent-drone-incursions-that-hit-oil-facilities...

No bugs or Franken-meat, though :) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/30/the-us-army-wants-to-manufacture-meatless-proteins-in-combat-zones/ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2026-05-13/alternative-proteins-service-members-combat-21657881.html...

1) C’mon, you KNOW what he REALLY means … 2) Oh yeah?!?! <insert crazy grab quote from someone on the other side of the political spectrum here>

Thanks for that - Rick Mercer asking people on the street questions is one thing, but c'mon .....

Bumped with the latest: US arrests & charges (alleged) ringleader of this and other attacks, Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iraqi-national-arrested-and-charged-providing-material-support-iranian-backed-terrorist...

Canada's not ready for the Cosmic Butterfly Corp. to subsidize Borat spinoffs yet.

Bumped with the latest on another ISIS-ite kinetically shuffling off this mortal coil. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/islamic-state-abu-bilal-al-minuki-killed-by-us-nigerian-forces-trump-says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy72p2kpd03o...

I guess Canadians aren't ready for a taxpayer subsidized Borat franchise.

Elsewhere in the 'hood, in the immortal words of Helen Hunt, buh-bye ... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/izz-al-din-al-haddad-hamas-commander-killed-gaza-hamas-israel/...

Back to Canada, some questions from Teams Orange & Blue (in order of statement releases) on some sort of deal between RCMP and CHN. https://www.seekyoursounds.com/news/halifax/public-deserves-answers-on-canada-china-policing-agreement-new-democrat-mp-says...

Still up & viewable on my phone ~2100E Friday night.

The "news" bit seems to be the pulling of licenses, but the folks involved were suspended in 2024. https://montrealgazette.com/news/licences-revoked-11-bedford-school-teachers-montreal/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11845464/bedford-montreal-school-education-licences/

Another victim of the Iranian unpleasantness ... https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-hormuz-color-ink-japan-3ce00fb5e9e9abeb6dd8116522272cec

Not about Canada, but about how the U.S. seems to be dealing with "secret" CHN cop shops ... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy72yy7z1dyo?utm_source=DamnInteresting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/new-york-man-guilty-unregistered-agent-china...