The only saving grace is it seems the recent missteps: Standing ovation for a former Waffen SS member in the HofC, This India shitshow, etc seem to have finally made almost everyone on all sides realize the doorknobs we have in office are unfit for the job!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-12/us-discusses-fund-to-backstop-deposits-if-more-banks-fail?utm_medium=social&utm_content=economics&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-economics&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic
Surprised this has not been talked about yet here:
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/military-chief-warns-china-and-russia-are-at-war-with-the-west
A timely statement from the CDS but I think one thing it's missing is the so what?
IMO, the so what for me is that this Country needs WINNERS in the driver seat. We need to start actively...
For the wargaming fans out there. There is a new game on PC called Regiments which has been released by Microprose, the old school wargame studio that has recently reformed.
The game is similar to the Wargame series or Steel Division but I personally think it's better.
Check it out and would...
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/nearly-9-of-10-canada-jobs-created-in-2020-21-were-in-public-sector-report
And this is going to be the only "growth" soon enough 😁
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mexico-stop-exporting-oil-2023-154652702.html
Plan is to cut Oil Exports in half next year and phase them out completely in 2023 to meet Mexico's Nationalist goal of energy self-sufficiency.
Canadian Oil just got quite a bit more valuable!
https://www.ft.com/content/ab284905-8f54-4200-ab12-783d4580ad03
I'm surprised this hasn't been talked about on this site yet.
1. Gas shortage in the UK
2. Chinese Power Blackouts and Manufacturing Decline
3. Supply Chain Issues
I have been playing a contrarian game since COVID began and...
Britain offers Canadian military help to defend the Arctic
Experts say that concerns about sovereignty have made Ottawa reluctant to let allies operate in the region
Murray Brewster - CBC News
Posted: September 24, 2021
Last Updated: 5 Hours Ago
Britain is signalling its interest in working...
So this happened in my hometown last week:
More at the link:
https://globalnews.ca/news/6162514/glencore-to-close-brunswick-lead-smelter-in-belledune-n-b-by-year-end/
Yet another large factory with good paying jobs goes the way of the dinosaur in that part of Canada. A combination of carbon...
Does anyone on here play?
I have been playing these games since the first Shogun Total War was released in 2000 and own every game in the series with the exception of Warhammer I & II (not in to fantasy games unfortunately).
My personal favorites are Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai (have around...
Large Article outlining long term British Military Training & Advice to the Saudi Arabian National Guard & Saudi Royal Family. Pretty good indicator on why our pleas for help in dealing with the Saudis will be laughed at and dismissed.
The UK’s Secret military unit that Answers to Saudi...
Alright folks, the election is over and I've started this thread as hopefully a way of generating discussion on where we think the National Defence file is headed with the election of a Liberal Minority Government.
I personally think that for now, it will remain status quo but there are a few...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/yemen-houthi-rebels-release-saudi-attack-video-190929130644121.html
More at link
The Houthis supposedly infiltrated Infantry units in to KSA itself to conduct ambushes and when they realized they had caught the Saudis completely off guard, they launched...
A friend of mine shared this on facebook this morning, all I can say is wow!
More at the link
https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/florida-deputy-accused-of-planting-drugs-in-traffic-stops-20190712/
Couple of highlights:
- Prosecutors have so far dropped 120 cases connected to the...
I rarely wade in to the political debates on this site but I just recently returned from Baie James, QC where I visited the Robert Bourassa Hydro Electric Dam which if you are unfamiliar, is the sixth largest Hydro Dam in the World and produces enough power to provide electricity for the entire...
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/springhill-house-fire-death-suspicious-fire-1.4590486
Only in Canada would a piece of garbage who murders his partner be labelled a victim. This article disgusts me, I mentions his partner only in name and then goes in to a monologue on how "hard...
Centre de Doctrine d'Emploi des Forces (CDEF) of the French Army has just published a lessons learned document which gives an assessment of the French Army's performance on over 70 overseas operations during the past 30+ years.
I've attached the link to the document below, enjoy...
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