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A bit of an omnibus post here. I'm sure only some of you will mind.  ;D Re: the media - I'll accept that there's no legal obligation for a politician to speak to the media, but trying to manage the message the way the Harper Government (R) has done is clearly working against them - given their...

I'll refrain from unparliamentary language in response to this, despite the temptation. The media are our representatives. They range from openly hostile to the government, to being unapolagetic syncophants (I though "bag-lickers" might be too strong?). You can choose to read it all and derive...

Alexander was hoist on his own petard for the performance the day before the boy's picture hit the front pages. He may be a smart guy, but he wasn't on form for that CBC piece. I hope the Tarek Fatahs and Irshad Manjis can influence the Muslim Reformation I spoke of elsewhere.

Really George? A fraction of the refugees and IDPs from Iraq and Syria are getting into Europe, or even trying to. For some reason I can't access the UNHCR site for actual numbers, but it would not constitute a culture changing "invasion" unless the existing culture is extremely weak. While they...

What you describe is a troubling aspect of how some Islamic organizations have evolved. Islam is due for a Reformation, but I don't know if it'll get worse before better. An Iranian gentleman of my aquaintance (a settled refugee from the Ayatollahs' regime) made similar comments about certain...

Daym - I forgot to think about the beard - I have one. But so does Corbyn. Am I a bearded leftie?  :crybaby:

There were some hard questions posed to the CF/Component CWOs in the theatre at St Jean when the subject came up during my ILQ before the Charter was written into law. It was serving soldiers, sr. NCOs and WOs, questioning it at the time, but abiding by their obligations to "keep it in the...

Worked with the Axis. Too bad nobody took that on board with the recent ME troubles.

Congratulations. You just lost Ontario for the Conservatives.  ;D

:goodpost: I have way more beefs with this government than just veterans' issues. But their handling of it has been appalling, IMO (the "owe no social contract" gaffe was mind-boggling - though I suppose not surprising given that Borden's promise was never written into Law). My problem is that...

Frankly I'd rather see our own governments face down the house of Saud and tell them what they can do with their oil. I'd rather see IS as a red mist and the Saudis treated like South Africa was in the '80s (at least). Even if the Saudis (and inclue the other Gulf States) were inclined to...

Russian material support isn't surprising. Playing up the utility of a six-pack of MiG-31s is over-egging the pudding a bit though. Now, if there were Russian pilots manning them, that would truly change the channel, but there's no suggestion of that is there? Also, I think there was at least a...

Probably the leading example, as you say. Palestinian refugee "camps" in Lebanon and (those not destroyed) in Syria are very permanent villages. Other refugees that never returned include the Vietnamese Boat People though, which we welcomed, and integrated, knowing full well even if they could...

I'm not sure the whole crew is working towards the captain's objective though. I wonder if the Greens are going to pick up some of the dissaffected left that'll inevitably jump ship?

Re the Lawrence Martin article: While I agree it's not all about spin, it's not very flattering is it?