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@Towered this presumably is when you announce April Fools?

Maybe a 10 round limit for sake of my old Lee-Enfield? ;)

Very disappointing turnout indeed. But still, the Opposition stick got royally spanked. Ben Woodfinden has written a piece that has echoes across the Atlantic with UK Conservatives targeting and winning over formerly solidly red ridings in England. Maybe not exact electoral comparison, but...

Pertinent point of the increasing distance between the military and the society from which it is drawn (to be fair a trend for a while) is a key component of any defence-related discussion. There was an excellent article about it a few years ago that argued - in so many words, that an informed...

Its been suggested that this would be more appropriate for Ontario-themed condom packaging? Suits you sir!

How about Emirates Airline X University Station? Partner and monetise: kill two birds with one stone. You all know it makes sense!

I agree, definitely different things. And I was just going to write about what Canadian diasporas? We mostly have expats in small packets across the world. Then I remembered Lebanon, 2006.

A good point to make, and certainly worth a debate @PinkLucy . Yet in many respects that could be worse. We would not acknowledge and actively deny the human element of our collective endeavour as a nation. Any country with any history - especially one with a long historical memory - will have...

This Dundas St issue has really brought out the worst in people. If Ford Road/Street/Avenue isn't good, maybe just quietly drop.

You are not wrong, and it appears that the dystopian plot thickens in China. Police forcibly removing people from a housing complex in Shanghai, clashed with residents when they came to actually get them. Quite astonishing footage of public fighting police that may make an impact if circulated...

A good lamb rogan josh is soft power on steroids! 😋 But usually negated if washed down by Cobra. 🤢

I recall reading an opinion that the Chinese can be prosperous in anything, so long as its not in China. And yes, the long arm of the CCP.

That's Modhi's playbook in a oner! Leverage the diaspora. All good, particularly with regards to our perception of China being different than others.

I guess a nice enough undergrad essay.* Don't get me wrong, I like Jack and Jill history as much as the next person; simplistic moral story, good v evil narrative, much more satisfying than the messiness of real history. But I guess we get the history we deserve these days. But it appears the...

A fair point. I refer to soft power as espoused by Joseph Nye. It is a bit of a nebulous concept that can never be fully nailed down, but does try to articulate the 'attractiveness' of a country to other nations. Importantly, it excludes states achieving policy ends by transactional means...

I think the question I heard about China is whether they will get rich (out of the 'middle income trap') before they get old. They have no real soft power, but plenty of hard power (threat/bribe) and are doing a good job of alienating its near abroad. In the wider Grand Strategic sphere -...

Three years in army cadets, I've just reached Cpl. 😉

Point well made. The bat sh!t crazy pronouncements of DPRK levels emanating out of Russia is very concerning.

According to this Reuters journalist, 'JAUSUKUS' is on the cards. Again. Take with a grain of salt, but maybe Japan/US looking at future of China in context of slow demise of Russia?

Almost inevitable, but according to media 150 FSB officers arrested or purged, including its Head, Col Gen Sergei Beseda, according to a Bellingcat journalist. https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-purges-fsb-over-ukraine-failures-bellingcat-expert-2022-4?r=US&IR=T