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If anything, this will be the standard that the conservatives need to beat in the next election, political wise it was a asume move, on the liberal side make large announcements that got global praise, liberal voters will then say see, we do like defense when it counts, they also get to kick the can over to the conservatives and make them live up to these standards they have drawn in the sand. That being said this is not going to be an election issue, there is just to many issues for this to make it to the top...i hope the conservatives pick the ball up later and run with it...

LOL - only if the money was spent on bouncy castles.

This foreign interference sure warrants a complete freeze on the elected Liberals' bank accounts, right? Right?

Yet we regularly hear Trudeau and others say it had no impact on the election overall. What a disgusting point of view. They have no respect for the democratic rights of Canadians. I thought the motto was every vote counts. If one particular candidate is defeated because of Chinese Communist Party interference that is a very serious matter. It means Canada's electoral system has been undermined and Canadians cannot trust the system. It is possible that a number of candidates lost because of foreign interference. This could have a serious impact on important close votes in the House of Commons. So yes it could have a serious impact on the overall outcome of an election. The spy agency and government authorities responsible for overseeing the election for fairness are not doing their job properly. The question is what should be done now?

6 decades of reading and studying with my eyes open is not brainwashing, Listening to what someone SAYS the contents of one book means without thinking yourself is brainwashing.

Here's the NON paywall version for those who can't get past the paywall https://archive.ph/wujNc So - none of the CPC are actually proposing that in the slightest. The article doesn't even say they were. In fact it mentiones one person in the party who's not even running for anything and says she said they could 'own' it without even suggesting what that meant or the context it was said in. Sigh. I actually got a little excited Mike, i thought 'holy - mike's actually contributing instead of his usual nonsense - and i click on it and find out that its just you being dishonest again. Well - that's the left for you.

In my experience the most 'tarded' people are the ones who use the term 'tard'. And it's often been that the ones who use the term 'woke' are a close second. Can't say I've ever seen someone hit two with one shot before.

"Elite' institutions are whale carcasses filled with parasites Harvard is a whale carcass, inhabited by parasites. It is a $50 billion dollar endowment, with a university somewhat carelessly and secondarily attached to it. In its prime it was, as well, a storehouse of genuine brand value, an institution built very carefully by the diligent work of those who laboured upward and properly in the past. It became in consequence of that extreme care a place of brilliant lecturers, creative and honest scientists, and highly qualified, ambitious and disciplined students. When I worked there in the 1990s, Harvard was still that justly esteemed place, although the rabble had already broken through the gate. It thereby constituted a brand of exceeding reputational value (exactly the value granted to those who graduated with a Harvard degree) as well as the aforementioned economic giant. Like its sister institutions, MIT, UPenn, Yale, Princeton and Stanford, Harvard was a treasured place — but simultaneously something ripe, in consequence, for the plunder. The same might be said in a somewhat lesser and typically understated and tentative Canadian manner of McGill or the University of Toronto or the dozen or so of our major centres of once-international-quality advanced education. The parasites — flying, without exception, the flags of the radical left — began to make their appearance and plot their takeover during the turn on tune in drop out hippie 1960s (a mantra developed at the very Department of Psychology I later served in at Harvard itself). All the virtues that made these places what they most truly were — all the disciplined striving, the upward aiming, the long apprenticeship, the concern for the truth, the high and discerning intelligence — were disdainfully dismissed by the parasitical invaders as nothing but the expression of arbitrary power and the manifestation of patriarchal and racist oppression. This was of course nothing but moral justification for their acts of theft: “If you obtained everything you have in consequence of your theft and misuse of power, it is only natural justice that I turn the tables and steal from you.” Of course, the self-interest in such a claim cannot be pointed out — not without the vengeance of the mad mob descended, as it continually has. Those who levied such accusations and whose victimized proclaiming was so cowardly accepted, abetted and even admired (“they’re so brave”) by the targets of their shaming had the doors to the warehouse guiltily flung open to them. They came flooding in, consequentially, multiplying the number of sham disciplines and positions, demolishing one by one everyone who opposed their ideological and self-absorbed acting or indicated its essentially narcissistic and shallow nature. This was the invasion of academia by the poseurs and charlatans of the permissive, infantilizing, accusatory mob; the radical feminists, the grievance studies “scholars,” the post-modernists allied so corruptly and unforgivably with the philosophical Marxists, the do-gooding activists, the rainbow-banner bearing hedonists of pride, even the outright communists — the whole bloody mess of those claiming no other motivation but compassion and care for the marginalized but actually doing nothing other than raping and pillaging the brand." Jordan Peterson: Our rotten, rotting universities | National Post This article helps understand the situation of the radical left, cancel culture, and woke in universities. Sadly many of the younger generation is under their influence through these institutions.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/biden-ex-chief-of-staff-admits-us-prices-too-high-experts-break-down-struggling-most Biden’s ex-chief of staff admits US prices are too high: Experts break down who’s ‘struggling’ most Two market and economic experts are siding with recent commentary from a former White House chief of staff that inflationary pressures are becoming too much for Americans to bear. "Another group that's really been hurting under this administration is what has typically been a core Democratic constituency, which is young people, but they, of course, are the ones that have a disproportionate portion of their income go to things like food and energy," former assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy Michael Faulkender said on "The Evening Edit" Thursday. "They're the ones that are really struggling to buy houses and buy cars due to the high interest rate environment that we're seeing under this administration," he added. In a surprise turn on his former boss, Biden’s ex-chief of staff Ron Klain told MSNBC host Chris Hayes Wednesday that inflation has become too high and American families are getting hit hardest. A really funny black comic said the only reason blacks still support Biden is because thanks to him, THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO SMOKE CRACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS WHITE.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-abortion-should-be-decided-the-states-will-the-people Trump says abortion should be decided by the states, 'will of the people' Trump vows support for IVF, abortion laws should be decided by the people and the states Former President Trump announced on Monday his position on whether abortion should be banned, following months of not taking a stance on the combustible and crucial issue in his 2024 rematch with President Biden. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee took to his social media platform on Sunday night to say that he would issue a statement on "abortion and abortion rights." In video posted hours later on early Monday morning, Trump explicitly affirmed his support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and he emphasized his support for states determining their own laws for abortion so long as there are exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. "The states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the state," Trump said. Many states will be different. Many states will have a different number of weeks…at the end of the day it is all about the will of the people." Talking points. 1. Of ALL PEOPLE, Mister Moderate Mike Pence actually referred to LEGALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S views as a "slap in the face" to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him. 2. Roe was BAD LAW, all the way around. I read the opinion and it was all over the place. And the word ABORTION does not appear in the United States Constitution. The ONLY reason the Supreme Court overturned it is because it was WRONG on the law and on the Constitution. 3. Overturning Roe does not mean a woman cannot murder her baby. It just means there is a time limit and the states get to decide on that time limit, (which is the way it is supposed to be.) 4. So far, ALL the DemoNazis had to run on (since they CAN'T run on the economy or foreign policy) is TRUMP BAD, ABORTION GOOD. The brilliant and LEGALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP just took away that last card. 5. Those on the far right (which aren't that many in this country) want ALL abortions ended and outlawed, regardless of exceptions like rape, incest or saving the life of the mother. Those on the left (which include that minority of voters in this country known as the DemoNAZIS) believe abortion should be allowed even an hour after birth and paid for by tax dollars. LEGALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP reflects the CENTRIST position of the vast majority of Americans.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/canada-s-spy-agency-knew-china-deceptively-interfered-in-two-federal-elections-and-told-justin/article_5773bf8e-f600-11ee-a870-ab46bdd793eb.html OTTAWA — Canada’s spy agency told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year that they know China “clandestinely and deceptively” interfered in two of Canada’s federal elections — the most definitive statement the public inquiry on foreign interference has heard yet. Since it began public hearings at the end of March, the inquiry has heard repeatedly that through the 2019 and 2021 campaigns, there were many who suspected China in particular was seeking to interfere to its advantage, but it was impossible to make a direct link. The 2023 briefing note’s decisive language serves up a stark contrast and prompted several lawyers at the inquiry on Monday to demand the return of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and other witnesses for additional questioning. Trudeau had previously suggested he didn't know details about it. We now know that's a lie. Justin trudeau knowingly allowed the chinese gov't to interfere to help him win seats even tho it may lead to influence with the politicians in question. I'm sure eyeball will be along shortly to tell us why it's all harper's fault

Again: the evidence is the increase in global temperatures corresponds with the increase in atmospheric CO2 caused by human activities. What's the alternative explanation for why global temperatures have increased so rapidly?

Yeah not sure why we need our own. At least right now when we have so many other deficiencies to deal with.

The world around us is not evidence of god because there are alternative explanation for how everything came to be that are far more plausible and that are actually supported by physical evidence. "God created everything in existence and the proof is the existence of everything" is circular reasoning and a basic failure of logic.

Dude you post ass porn when people disagree with you, i don't thikn you're going to be in much of a position to critisize others's ability to 'move on'. Further low minds like you are the first to bring up the sins of the past usually. You think 'two years ago' is living in the past - what do you have to say to first nations people about the residential schools? What an !diot. So what you're saying is that it's wrong for people to bring up the mistakes of the past and we shoudln't support people doing that. You sure you want to go down that road?

not exactly related but we had our monthly meeting with the governor. Someone attempted to bring up this topic... Crickets. After 2 minutes of silence, we moved on. The person who tried to air the grievance about vax mandates just sat there in stunned silence. Keep in mind, we have a republican governor and thoroughly republican cabinet. The vax mandates were put in place by the past governor (a Democrat). It told me that folks are moving on from this topic.

Ah, so your personal experiences are more valid than what practising respirologists are finding in the real world. Why am I not surprised.

And some people just don't want to know anything. There is a lot more empirical evidence of man caused warming than there is for some sort of supreme being.s

Awwww moonbox - lol still running around butthurt after the last smakdown I gave you and desperate try to make yourself feel better? Ok little guy

The big corporations want the cheap labour, see. Cheap labour, more consumers, more profit. Illegals in the US are the new African slaves, driven by the money-makers. Nobody actually cares about us lowly workers. Anyone who thinks politicians work for us is a naive fool, they work for themselves. Their #1 priority isn't their constituents or their country, it's maintaining their own power.

Letting smaller groups of people make decisions is not democracy. It's using the ridiculous concept of 'states rights' that works against nationhood, a historic remnant from pre Civil War times.

Totally. The election is a big RESET button amd MOST of the spending is deferred until then which means in the unlikely chance that they get re-elected they can just ignore it. AND its a perfect political tripwire for PP if/when he becomes PM because he will have to cancel it then if he doesn’t want to take on all that spending. IIRC, Mulroney/Campbell did the same thing, deliberately deferring major defence spending projects to Chretien once they knew they were not going to get re-elected. First a list of what spending has been promised to commence in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, ie pre-election (only $612 Million net new funds) and what a post-election government of either party will likely continue in some fashion: Sustaining Naval Vessels. ($293M) This will include extending the life of the Halifax-class frigates and preserving the Royal Canadian Navy's interim at-sea replenishment capability. These investments will help Canada maintain a globally deployable naval fleet capable of supporting NATO and engaging in operations, exercises, training, and defence diplomacy with key allies and partners, among other activities. Timely maintenance coupled with regular upgrades will reinforce the Royal Canadian Navy's ability to quickly respond to unforeseen events. Ammunition Supply and Production ($15 Million) To support Canadian industry to meet the ammunition demands of Canada and our closest allies, Canada will seek to accelerate the establishment of new artillery ammunition production capacity in Canada, creating skilled jobs for Canadian workers for the long term and generating economic benefits for Canadian communities. It will increase the Canadian Armed Forces' resilience by establishing a reliable Canadian supply of NATO-standard ammunition at a time of unprecedented need and limited global production capacity. To capitalize on our industrial investments, the Canadian Armed Forces will establish a greater strategic reserve of battle-decisive munitions. Canada needs adequate stockpiles of munitions to meet its defence and security commitments during a crisis or conflict, and industry needs clarity from government about future acquisitions to set up production lines. Our North, Strong and Free will provide both. At a time when these munitions are becoming more difficult to procure abroad, a strategic reserve will ensure our military can sustain itself in longer, more dangerous operations, and enable sufficient ongoing training. As part of this effort, Defence will work with Canadian suppliers and allies to strengthen Canada's ability to ensure that appropriate stocks are available to sustain Canada's commitments to NORAD and NATO regardless of global capacity constraints. Sustaining Military Equipment ($202M) To accelerate the integration of new technologies into our vehicles, vessels, aircraft and other equipment, Defence will pilot a Continuous Capability Sustainment approach to upgrading equipment. While the traditional approach is to wait years to do minor upgrades to major equipment to align them with major mid-life overhauls, a continuous approach will give Defence the flexibility to rapidly integrate the latest technology and innovations in more regular, incremental maintenance cycles. We will ensure a reliable supply of defence materiel, free from disruption or interference through a Defence Supply Chain Resilience Strategy. Defence will work with federal partners to develop solutions to mitigate risks throughout the supply chain, from critical commodities and intellectual property to manufacturing and delivery. Enhancing Canada's Intelligence and Cyber Operations ($73M) To improve the Canadian Armed Forces' ability to conduct cyber operations, we will establish a Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Command. We will also stand up a joint Canadian cyber operations capability with the Communications Security Establishment, integrating the unique strengths of each organization into a unified team that will conduct active cyber operations in support of Canadian interests. This will enable the military to generate and employ cyber forces and other specialized capabilities on short notice and contribute to advancing Canadian interests and protecting Canadian, Allied and partner militaries at home and abroad. Canadian Armed Forces military cyber operations are approved by the Government on a mission-by-mission basis, in line with the use of all other military assets. Electronic Health Record Platform for Military Personnel ($7M): We will accelerate the development of an electronic health record platform that improves the continuity of care in mental and physical health services for the diverse needs of members as they move between provinces and territories. NATO Innovation Fund ($10M) Canada will participate in the newly established NATO Innovation Fund, which will offer additional funding streams for innovative Canadian entrepreneurs. The Fund is the world's first defence-focused multi-sovereign venture capital fund, providing investment in start-up firms developing dual-use, emerging and disruptive technologies critical to our defence. These include artificial intelligence, big-data processing, quantum-enabled technologies, autonomy, biotechnology and human enhancement, novel materials, energy, propulsion, and space capability. Improving Childcare for Canadian Armed Forces Personnel ($13M) Finally, we will invest in additional supports for military families, including by investing in affordable childcare. Military service often demands frequent moves and deployments, making quality childcare more than just a convenience. To support our military families, Canada will provide our members with access to childcare at Canadian Armed Forces bases across the country. This is an essential support to members' ability to serve and the well-being of their families. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/north-strong-free-2024.html

How does the POTUS force any congressman to vote a certain way? The US isn't Canada.

Abortion isn't protected or banned in the constitution, so what is to be done? Different states have different laws for everything. There's still dry states in the US that ban public sales of alcohol in stores, it can only be bought from a licensed vendor (sports game, bar etc).

Yes of course. I'm honestly curious. Do you re-read the things you type before posting? I mean really robo-bot. Among the nonsense you post, you think the last year of the Trump presidency and all the Rona BS that was going on, that you can use the plummeting of the economy, and people getting sick, as a club. A weapon to attack Trump with. Yet...this same POTUS gave America a roaring economy, security, and that vaxx you imposed on everyone...that proved to be about useless...and didn't do the job we were told it would...AND created some rather nasty side effects. Do you not understand how "thin" that is? So what do you think? That because you find the man detestable, that you must hate and make yourself look like a simpleton, in a war against Orangemanbad? Do you not realize that Brandon's blundering is going to lead to WWIII? The world...humanity itself...cannot afford 4 more years of Brandon and his merry pack o' jackles. I have to agree with this. For several reasons.

You should get used to it because "woke" and "tard" are appropriate descriptions of left-wingers, and I L O V E, LOVE using those expressions. I also like to use "pervert, degenerate, diaper doper, Marxist, Communist, Socialist, Maoist, scumbag, and cultist" among others. Stick around, perhaps there will be some that you've never heard of or seen before.

LOL says the guy who won't shut up about "the total amount of CO2 man emits is a tiny fraction of the amount of natural greenhouse gases in the atmosphere."

robovisionless NEVER revisits its posts as it's only been programmed for one direction - SIDEWAYS!

And you're going to vote for the pu$$y grabber who is PROUD to brag about his sexual assault, cause you're a misogynist who wants to enslave women. 🤮

Rand Paul says it. So does this highly respected Dr: Why don't you look at what he has to say? If you don't want to watch it all, just get the gist of what he's saying at the 18 minute mark and the 33 minute mark. Let me know what you think... Am I the only person who doesn't trust the NEJoM and The Lancet? You gotta admit, my distrust of them came pretty quickly compared to some Drs who believed them for years, decades even...

I don't hear much from Black Lives Matter these days. The complaining about such movements, is rather akin to complaints about Q-anon, in my books, in that they're just complaining about archetypes, even real archetypes. We still have markets and competition so that should take care of meritocracy. My company seems to be majority non-white and merit is never in question here. Grist for the mill, it seems.

The bloodbath on this stock continues, falling again today. One week ago, it had fallen from $75 to $52. In the past week, it has fallen from $52 to $35. Market cap has been cut fully in half. But how is a company worth even $1 billion with just $4 million in revenue and $52 million in losses… and no plan for growth?

Why is that? Can you name any other medical procedure which is legal in some states and illegal — a felony — in others? Doesn’t such a system clearly benefit the wealthy, who can fly wherever they wish to obtain abortions?

I get what your saying, but on the other side of the coin is why should we the tax payer have to pay these titty suckers for no work....They would be glad to work if they have no other choice to eat and pay the bills...welfare has a massive re education program that provides free education for thousands of jobs all for free...my sister was on welfare for years, she made it all into a game, and when you combine it with other programs she made more than i did in the first years of being in the army....There are always going to be people that take advantage of any program, but there needs to be some control...Some canadians need help...but here in NB there are plenty that have been on welfare or pogey for life....

Yes, Reason10 2.0, graphs are just people drawing lines on paper. Like a kindergarten art class.🙄 Amazingly, "artists" all over the world have very similar art projects. You're right about one thing, BTW. The vaccines worked in Canada too. The exact pages you like to cite from Canadian data will tell you the exact same thing. You just choose to ignore it and use your own ass-backward "calculations." For years, you've been arguing that you are the only one right while the world's doctors, scientists, health agencies, academics and statisticians are all identically inept or conspiring together. Sure. Lol. Or perhaps it's just a tiny bit possible you're doing it wrong.

It should be left up to states unless there's a constitutional amendment specifically dealing with abortion.

And actually, the min wage is now up to over $17 per hour.

Do you realize the irony and stupidity of claiming it's a "direction not a place" and then referring to conservatives as 'you people'? And in fact it's neither. It's just a set of values and principles that are applied to political issues. Today's conservatives tend to value personal responsibility (your success or fauilure is your own doing) and free market economies generally and broadly speaking. They are about equality of opportunity and personal freedoms. Todays' liberals place a higher value on social responsibility (your success or failure is more society's doing), and more controlled market economies (where the market is directed by the gov't) generally and broadly speaking. They believe in equality of outcome, where everyone gets the same results more or less, and believe that society and specific groups have rights that supersede personal rights Today's far left is the same as the libs except more so. An even more tightly controlled market, a bigger focus on society's rights and the rights of groups they see as worthy, a desire for absolutely equal outcomes dictated by force of law. You can get into details from there but it's really that simple generally speaking. IT's not a "place". It's not a "direction". It's just principles and ethics applied to political issues.

I pity the generations to come if this insanity isn't stopped soon. It's as though all common sense and ability to reason has gone out the window with these people.

Defence policy update raises spending by $8B with focus on Arctic, cyber security" Defence Minister Bill Blair unveiled Monday $7.9 billion in new spending on the Canadian Armed Forces over the next five years in a long-promised update to Canada’s defence policy, but this will still not meet the country's target under NATO. By the end of the new five-year plan in the 2029-30 fiscal year, Canada is expected to be spending 1.76 per cent of GDP on defence, still below the NATO target of two per cent of GDP, according to the policy update document. The government says the spending plan over the next 20 years is valued at an additional $73 billion to ensure a “ready, resilient and relevant” CAF. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/defence-policy-update-raises-spending-by-8b-with-focus-on-arctic-cyber-security/ar-BB1lh8an?cvid=9c5754f9fa6b4fa59b2d8bdbe0f6646c&ei=9 What a load of BS. We all know that none of this will happen. Trudeau and his gang and that jerkoff Blair will be gone in less than 18 months. His announcement is all after the next election so...guess what...Defence gets nothing, zero, nada....again.

It's far more hilarious that you FAIL to understand what there is to hate in Trump. You really LOVE the pu$$y grabber. LMAO Or just celebrate his destruction of our nation. 🤮 But that is the nature of the MAGA CULT: detached from reality.

This was conservatism from the Golden era that the populist pines for. Think about that for a second.

That's because they were not conservatives, but were Socialists masquerading under the banner of being progressive.

There are pockets of pogey all over this country. Welfare, social assistance, or whatever it is called these days is far to easy to get and taking people off is far too cumbersome so, they stay. Guaranteed government income will be exactly the same. Once on, on for life.

Sorry, dummy. I simply can't explain efficacy any more clearly, slowly and carefully. It's at an elementary level. If you can't understand it, that's on you. 100% of auto accident fatalities occur in vehicles with seat belts. According to your stupid "logic," that means seat belts are ineffective.🙄

Joe is running against the United STates of America. He is the worst liar in history. He is the worst president in history. Worse even than Barak Saddam Hussein Obama.

But they will vote for Brandon. And now that RFK Jr is an issue, the Democrats are gonna try to destroy him and will try to cheat.

One thing is continually missed when this is debated. At the time there was a real worry that our hospitals would be overwhelmed and in some cases they actually were. Hospitals in the Los Angeles area were actually running out of things like oxygen. That wasn't a conspiracy it was the real world being faced by the world's health care systems. I'm continually amazed by WCM's 20/20 hindsight, the guy must be some kind of genius.

Biden needs a rest home:

Because you cheating Democrats are trying to bankrupt him and tie him up in court. I hope when he is elected the TRUMP justice department goes after all the Democrats who conspired to commit election interference, no one is above the law, right? Everyone gets arrested and no bail just like the Jan 6 protestors.