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dapaterson said:
Someone should tell PSPC, legally named the department of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

And the RCN that a Corporal of the Sea is still legally designated as a Leading Seaman.

We need to be careful about claiming any virtue on our part when we do exactly the same things.
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PSPC still uses PWGSC in contracts and other official forms where things like FAA apply, so it's a weird situation where they acknowledge it isn't the legal name of the department, but probably don't want to have to change all the acts, laws, regulations etc that all grant them the various authorities they have for contracting in case they miss one.

I'm sure there is an easy way to actually do it, but some lawyers probably hummed and hawed and raised the spector of random legal risks that don't exist, but is fun to use as an opportunity to ask them if they still have the authority as PSPC when the aren't in the Act.
 
Navy_Pete said:
PSPC still uses PWGSC in contracts and other official forms where things like FAA apply, so it's a weird situation where they acknowledge it isn't the legal name of the department, but probably don't want to have to change all the acts, laws, regulations etc that all grant them the various authorities they have for contracting in case they miss one.

I'm sure there is an easy way to actually do it, but some lawyers probably hummed and hawed and raised the spector of random legal risks that don't exist, but is fun to use as an opportunity to ask them if they still have the authority as PSPC when the aren't in the Act.
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Maybe not easy, but (according to the TBS) a legitimate way to call it whatever makes sense (or whatever they want).

Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act

Policy on Communications and Federal Identity
This policy is issued pursuant to section 7 of the Financial Administration Act.
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Deputy heads are responsible for the following:
Ensuring the department adopts an applied title and abbreviation in both official languages that are:
4.1.18.1 developed in accordance with the Design Standard for the Federal Identity Program; and
4.1.18.2 approved by the minister responsible and the President of the Treasury Board.
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Financial Administration Act
7 (1) The Treasury Board may act for the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada on all matters relating to
(a) general administrative policy in the federal public administration;
(b) the organization of the federal public administration or any portion thereof, and the determination and control of establishments therein;
. . .
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Federal Identity Program registry of applied titles
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lol, the 250 celebration is now canceled, with it going to be a Trump hero worship rally, and a UFC event that is now banning even the normally MAGA, gun toting rednecks like Sean Strickland for criticizing Israel. Fox News just is ignoring the cancelation and criticism from right wingers, so found this in the sun for a 'non liberal media' perspective.

Sean Strickland 'banned' from UFC Freedom 250 event at White House over Israel comments

Messy website for copy pasting, so apologies for that, but link above if you want to read it. When even huge redneck Trump supporters are calling him out it's a bad day.
 

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The Bread Guy said:
Meanwhile, over at DoW ...
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DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List

Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.
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Pentagon drops 180 faiths from military's recognized religions list

The Department of War officially removed 180 faiths from its recognized religions list, reducing over 200 faith codes to just 31 under a new memo.
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No more valhalla for kash Patel.
 
Navy_Pete said:
lol, the 250 celebration is now canceled, with it going to be a Trump hero worship rally, and a UFC event that is now banning even the normally MAGA, gun toting rednecks like Sean Strickland for criticizing Israel. Fox News just is ignoring the cancelation and criticism from right wingers, so found this in the sun for a 'non liberal media' perspective.

Sean Strickland 'banned' from UFC Freedom 250 event at White House over Israel comments

Messy website for copy pasting, so apologies for that, but link above if you want to read it. When even huge redneck Trump supporters are calling him out it's a bad day.
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And it makes the Whitehouse look like it has been occupied by an alien society...

... which is kind of ironically true ;)

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daftandbarmy said:
And it makes the Whitehouse look like it has been occupied by an alien society...
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Americans with rah-rah-USA-USA pride in the US are the alien society in the US? Doubtful.

What has been unfolding in the US is the consequence of the normies wrestling the wheel away from the favoured and moneyed political establishments for a while. Not the driver many people would have liked, but there was only one choice presented.
 
Brad Sallows said:
Americans with rah-rah-USA-USA pride in the US are the alien society in the US? Doubtful.

What has been unfolding in the US is the consequence of the normies wrestling the wheel away from the favoured and moneyed political establishments for a while. Not the driver many people would have liked, but there was only one choice presented.
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Are you listening to yourself?

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FJAG said:
Are you listening to yourself?
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What is it you think "ordinary" Americans want?

I suppose they are tired of being lectured that the US is a terrible nation that should be perpetually ashamed of itself. There are surveys to back up the "80" side of the "80/20" issues: immigration control, abatement of crime and disorder, a halt to the reach of adult-appropriate sexualization down into the primary school grades. These are all things that the ascendant leftmost minority of the Democratic party is still pushing [the "20" side of], and that the old establishment Republicans are still perceived as being too polite to push back against.

I suppose that at 1776 + 250, most would like to feel approximately the vibe of 1976.
 
Brad Sallows said:
What is it you think "ordinary" Americans want?

I suppose they are tired of being lectured that the US is a terrible nation that should be perpetually ashamed of itself. There are surveys to back up the "80" side of the "80/20" issues: immigration control, abatement of crime and disorder, a halt to the reach of adult-appropriate sexualization down into the primary school grades. These are all things that the ascendant leftmost minority of the Democratic party is still pushing [the "20" side of], and that the old establishment Republicans are still perceived as being too polite to push back against.

I suppose that at 1776 + 250, most would like to feel approximately the vibe of 1976.
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A wonderful recap of the MAGA position.
 
Brad Sallows said:
I suppose that at 1776 + 250, most would like to feel approximately the vibe of 1976.
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I enjoyed the "vibe of 1776". Probably for the most selfish reason of all. I was 50 years younger. < smile emoji.

I suppose most Americans who remember the vibe of 1976 might feel the same way.

Or, maybe not. < dunno emoji
 
Brad Sallows said:
What is it you think "ordinary" Americans want?
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I don't know the pulse of the US population, but suspect the "ordinary American" wants neither society that the far left or the, currently empowered far right desires.

I have a hard time believing that your so-called "normies" are the Christian Nationalist, Trump-was-chosen-by God, party-like-it's 1776 racism, Orwell-is-a-guidebook crowd now in control.
 
lenaitch said:
I don't know the pulse of the US population, but suspect the "ordinary American" wants neither society that the far left or the, currently empowered far right desires.

I have a hard time believing that your so-called "normies" are the Christian Nationalist, Trump-was-chosen-by God, party-like-it's 1776 racism, Orwell-is-a-guidebook crowd now in control.
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Most of the voters who put Trump in office are "normies". They're the ones who decide presidential election outcomes. It certainly isn't the case that defecting former Democrats were "MAGA" all along.
 
Brad Sallows said:
Most of the voters who put Trump in office are "normies". They're the ones who decide presidential election outcomes. It certainly isn't the case that defecting former Democrats were "MAGA" all along.
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Indeed. His first term was comparatively benign and I suspect those who voted for him expected much the same the second time around. I suspect a lot of buyer's remorse has set in but there is a non-zero set of voters who have consumed the Kool-Aid.

That and the Democrats ran a poor campaign.
 
Good2Golf said:
By the gross numbers he isn’t wrong.
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My focus is on the following words: "the normies wrestling the wheel away from the favoured and moneyed political establishment."

The first part deals with the use of the word "normies." which characterizes the core Trump supporters as part of the "normal" part of the US population. The fact that they convinced a large segment of the middle (where I tend to believe the true normal part of the US population lies) is irrelevant. Their tilt to voting Republican was a strange confluence of the Biden "demented" narrative; the Democrats poor choice to go with Harris; and the general spreading of vitriol and false narratives involving immigration, religious based terrorism, crime statistics, the economy and DEI.

The second part deals with "wrestling the wheel away from the favoured and moneyed political establishment." What has happened is that it has merely transferred power and influence from one group to a different "moneyed political establishment" and has opened up access to graft to a whole new generation of grifters.

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