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What if there are no lines and nothing but dots? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism Where are the lines between the pixels on your monitor?

That's funny. Here was me thinking that the Colonists were rebelling because Westminster was imposing laws on the Colonies And its easier to understand the minds of late 18th century men when you think of them as being connected across the Atlantic and to their pasts.

Knight vs Wedderburn - Scotland 1778 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Knight_(slave) Somersett vs Stewart - England 1772 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_v_Stewart Joseph Strong and Granville Sharpe - England 1765 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strong_(slave) ...

Jimmy the Sixth outlawed the MacGregors before he took the English throne. The Reivers and the Tcheuchters both disregarded the Scots in Edinburgh long before the Stewarts moved to London for a cushy life. The Stewarts were the enemy for most Scots right through to Culloden. The Covenanting...

I disagree... (quel dommage :D) My sense of the origins of the Second Amendment are to be found in "the sword in the thatch" and the longbow ordinances. The longbow ordinances of England required every man and boy to spend hours competing with bows and arrows that they could make themselves...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/204232/canada-vehicle-production-in-october-2011/ Canada manufactures 1,200,000 Light Commercial Vehicles and 18,000 Heavy Vehicles annually. They are converted to specialized and custom fits in fab shops, much like Roshel, all across the country.

A proposal to spur more innovation by financing more competitors to the Big 5. https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/unleashing-private-capital-strategic-shift-boost-allied-defense Reversion to status quo ante 1992.

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The reason for this And this .... Ideally the government, being aware of dire consequences, would keep them in mind and not let the situation deteriorate to that extent. ....

Taters and Tatties :D Bottoms Up! ... Just for clarification in the Scottish system the local congregation of the Kirk elects elders, who hire ministers, who are sent to the local "convention" known as the Presbytery. Presbyteries send delegates to regional Synods and the Synods send...

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/15/2002939087/-1/-1/1/STATE-OF-COMPETITION-WITHIN-THE-DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL-BASE.PDF During the Cold War there was a lot more room for innovation. A lot more companies pitching ideas rather than waiting for detailed RFPs from the bureaucrats.

It can be but it shouldn't. My simplistic view is that the holder of the title to the land has primacy. Everybody else is a supplicant. And that includes the Federal Government on Provincial or First Nations land. There are dispute mechanisms in place to manage disagreements. I believe in a...

Needed - new Canadian supplier of BC Bud https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/day-of-the-zulu-clues-and-evidence/7028/

Re the Senate and Equal representation My goal would be a Senate that would protect the rights of Spud Islanders and First Nations from being trampled by the populations of Ontario and Quebec. Not that the Islanders would dictate to the "majority" but that the majority would no dictate to the...

An excellent reason, surely, to buy new Jeeps and F250s every 5 years then?

I wonder what it would be if all the mines and pipelines that were requested were authourized?

How many people can repair the vehicles they drive, the phones they use or the monitors they watch? The vast majority of people replace broken kit rather than repair it. And few people even understand how the kit they use works. The kit is designed explicitly for that type of operator. They...

The US Army discovering Kaizen? https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-war-on-excess-the-army-has-an-equipment-management-problem-and-needs-a-culture-change-to-solve-it/ https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/definition/kaizen-or-continuous-improvement

The Hedgehog strategy, based on the superiority of the defence, doesn't serve the interests of those that would strive to impose their order on others. If the defence is supreme then every country gets to make its own rules.

I'm no stating that tanks are obsolete, or even obsolescent. I am stating that tanks are not obsolete as an act of will. I agree that tanks are a key element in taking ground and that taking ground is absolutely necessary if you wish to impose your will on the enemy by winning battles. My...