Recent content by LittleBlackDevil

I think that clip actually may help explain why people are upset. That clip comes from a time that was pretty much the pinnacle of our civilization and things have been trending downwards. People may not be able to articulate what exactly is wrong, but they can see that the Canadian way of life...

This. And the stuff they issue now is actually half decent, versus the "passion killers" that were issued when I was first in in the late 90s that no one actually wore. EDITED TO ADD: I second/third the recommendation to travel light. Just take what the kit list requires, and bare minimum...

Criminal defence lawyer. Which doesn't involve seeing traumatic scenes "in the flesh" but does involve it's share of reviewing such things, although the stress mostly comes from dealing with difficult people and the very heavily results-oriented nature of the job while having little control over...

Of course it is ... a defence lawyer's job is to advocate for his/her client and do whatever they can to mitigate consequences. Prosecution role is to advocate for harsher penalty. The judge makes the final decision after hearing both sides.

Well, it may have an extremism link after all, but probably not the kind of non-Muslim extremism you had in mind ... https://torontosun.com/news/world/accused-killer-waukesha-parade-driver-posted-toxic-anti-white-rhetoric

What's wrong with MultiCam?

Early indications seem to be that he was fleeing a crime according to the Globe and Mail: Waukesha parade crash driver may have been fleeing a crime

That is horrific, but at this point what are the indications that this had anything to do with extremism or some ideological motivation, versus being a mentally disturbed individual, or something other unrelated to political/religious ideology? The mayor called it a "horrible and senseless...

While I'm sure many accommodations/stress leaves are valid, I think it's also true that it's likely much more likely for one to "need" stress leave if it is available. By way of illustration, I am self employed and the sole income for my family. I have had times in my life where the stress was...

In my view people are overreacting a bit to this. Did he engage in some antics? Yes, and it appears to be premeditated by the fact that the camera is rolling before he even gets to the restaurant. But beyond that, what did he really do? He walked around a bit venting his frustration at the...

Thanks for the information @Burrows! I already did a PLAR and that is how I received qualifications for the four CIC courses I listed. That makes sense about needing the BMOQ CIC Part 2 to get that stripe removed from my slip-on. There would definitely be things on that course I've not learned...

I guess I'm an idealist because I find this free pass for the elite and different rules for different people odious. On a practical level, I think that such blatant hypocrisy and the enabling of such hypocrisy by the true believers in climate change will backfire. People don't like hypocrisy...

That's just heating though. Carbon tax also impacts fuel, which in turn impacts everything we buy since so much is imported or at least transported by a truck from somewhere to the stores nowadays. Therefore the Carbon Tax has increased the cost of living in all aspects of life. I'm sure...

I'm not complaining for myself. I make enough money that honestly the carbon taxes, while I don't like them, don't impact me much. I make enough money that I can absorb the increased cost of living. My concern is for the segments of our population least able to bear the financial burden, the...

I completely ignore the media because they can't be trusted on anything. But there are reasonable and intelligent people who accept climate change is a thing. I honestly haven't researched it enough and don't know much about climatology so while it all sounds like a bunch of rubbish to me, I'm...