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The world was in the grip of the Cold War in 1952 when a nuclear reactor began melting down. That reactor, located at Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario, had suffered an explosion on Dec. 12. Radioactive material had escaped into the atmosphere, and millions of gallons of radioactive water flooded into the reactor’s basement. Thankfully, no one was injured, but the Canadians needed help to disassemble the reactor’s damaged core. The United States sent 28-year-old Jimmy Carter. In 1952, Carter was selected to join an elite team to help develop the Navy’s first nuclear submarines. Once he had trained his crew and the submarine was constructed, Carter was to be the commanding officer of the USS Seawolf. Then the partial meltdown happened, and Lt. Carter was one of the few people on the planet authorized to go inside a nuclear reactor. Carter and his two dozen men were sent to Canada to help, along with other Canadian and American service members. Because of the intensity of radiation, a human could spend only 90 seconds in the damaged core, even while wearing protective gear. First, they constructed an exact duplicate of the reactor nearby. Then they practiced and practiced, dashing into the duplicate “to be sure we had the correct tools and knew exactly how to use them,” Carter wrote. Each time one of his men managed to unscrew a bolt, the same bolt would be removed from the duplicate, and the next man would prep for the next step. Eventually, it was Carter’s turn. He was in a team of three. “Outfitted with white protective clothes, we descended into the reactor and worked frantically for our allotted time,” he wrote. In one minute and 29 seconds, Carter had absorbed the maximum amount of radiation a human can withstand in a year. The mission was successful. The damaged core was removed. Within two years, it had been rebuilt and was back up and running. For several months afterward, Carter and his crew submitted fecal and urine samples to test for radioactivity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/20/jimmy-carter-nuclear-reactor-navy/

Some of the takeaways: This is unchanged since the January poll The libs are falling hard in quebec. It's a close race in ontario but the CPC is still ahead. Aside from the occasional blip right around an announcement the liberals are continuing to stay in pretty negative territory. The polling suggests that the CPC would win a strong minority. It's not unusual for the incumbent to take a bit of a dip in the middle of a term but it does look like there's a lot of fatigue for the liberal brand and more interesting the NDP are also down, and there's not likely a lot of votes to steal from them. Obviously with 3 years to go (theoretically) anything can change but it's looking like the cpc will be in a strong position to take the next one. The question will be can they do a majority? PP will have to continue to build on his successes so far and break into the older voting block that so far hasn't been as strong for him

Thanks for admitting that it is INVESTORS who are demanding increased profits OVER PRODUCTION. From YOUR CITE: And it's working because the major oil companies have reported RECORD PROFITS. So much for blaming Biden, sorry.

Elect a clown . . . expect a circus.

Well I am not surprised ruling Liberal falling behind so much. With persistent high inflation, housing crisis when even high incomer can't afford renting an average home and with rising interest rates making buying one out of reach for majority even top high incomers and essentials like food prices going through the ceiling. I am surprised they still get 29% of voters!!!.

I'm sure that's true. You have no compunction about lying, so why would you feel the need to correct those lies? I do not have to come to terms with your conspiracy theory. I'll stick to the facts, thanks.

Well, obviously... I mean, really...

I can see why you feel that way and it's possible, but honestly i doubt it. There are serious power fractures inside Russia. And it's not like putin can fire off nukes on his own. I think if they start to lose crimea then we'll see some serious efforts at regime change at home, and nobody will be interested in sparking a nuclear war. Russia's new offensive is not going well, there's rumors that they will do a major aviation blitz to try to break through in the next 1 - 4 weeks. We'll see. If they can't make it happen then Ukraine will get it's chance at an offensive in about 2-3 months. We will see how much they can manage to take back if that happens.

You've got it, great pic! And by the way that thing, "voting" isn't only a word, thoughtless staple. If you cared to think even for a minute what it could mean, things could have been very different. But no such luck with that species... oh well just the evolution's business.

Mhmmm:

That was a quick backtrack. I am shocked to my core! If one refuses to be corrected when called out, it's no longer a mistake. It's a lie. Not to mention the sad attempts to paper over the false claim with non-supporting links. Nevertheless, now that you've acknowledged a distinction between lying and being mistaken, I'll look forward to watching you apply that to other scenarios. Maybe I'll quote you on it. 🙂

I think the fact that it is in the Bible is irrelevant. We would have laws against murder anyway. We don't have laws against coveting and adultery. We shouldn't have any laws banning gay sex/marriage. Full agreement on the free speech issue.

Lots of questions... Why does McCarthy have these? Why does he have the right to release it to media? 41,000 HOURS? Why not give him an edit? If Carlson watched for 8 hours a day it would take him 10-15 years to watch. Why?? Carlson and Hannity have already admitted that they're paid actors. Their personal beliefs clearly don't get in the way of them making money as FOX influence peddlars. So again... why?

Right, because democracy means doing what's in the bible right? What claptrap this is...

Looks like the whole 'Interference" thing was nonsense at this point. No sign of the emails, no witnesses, and the newspapers have admitted they didn't see any of that before posting the story either. Which is HORRIBLE journalism, it's one thing to protect a source, but if you do you have to be pretty damn sure the source is accurate and at least verify things like these emails exist. This isn't the first time we've seen allegations from the CBC which turned out to be false and unsubstantiated.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-governor-universities-cannot-diversity-190000301.html Texas Governor: Universities Cannot Use Diversity, Equity or Inclusion in Hiring Daniel Perez Mon, February 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST Inclusive and equitable institutions that use diversity, equity and inclusion in their hiring benefit everyone, and a recent directive from the Texas governor saying otherwise is “grossly misconstruing” federal anti-discrimination law, a higher education diversity official said. Paulette Granberry Russell, president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, came out strongly against a Feb. 4 directive from the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that called it illegal for state agencies and public universities to use diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in hiring decisions. In a directive, Abbott’s office stated that DEI has been used in recent years to favor some demographic groups “to the detriment of others.” The directive states that employment decisions should be based on merit without additional DEI consideration. Points to ponder: 1. "Diversity, equity and inclusion" are just code words for RACISM. PERIOD. And they VIOLATE the Civil Rights Act. 2. This was Dr. King's dream: https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. So far, Texas has reached that dream, at least in the law.

Do I have to know, exactly? Of course not, it's different for different holes, genius. Ask yourself: how much time does it take to cut a hole with a grinder that's big enough for someone to go through? How fast can people go through that hole? How long does it stay open? When people go to a section of wall, thinking they'll get through, but border patrol appears and stops them, how far do they have to walk & how long do they have to wait before they can cross? It can get really discouraging, right? Discouraging, hmmmmm, that sound like a good idea. If you want less people to cross, maybe stop encouraging them and making it easy.

No, I think the FBI did "play a role" but it wasn't part of any malevolent plot. Rather it was doing due diligence to prep platform owners for a likely round of interference, as the Russians were actively interfering in both 2016 and 2020. The FBI clearly spiked the Clinton campaign in the last weeks of the 2016 election with half-baked information that turned out to be nothing. They didn't do it out of explicit political bias, but rather it was a failure of media savvy. They were rightly criticized. They learned the lesson and tried to avoid a repeat performance. You want to spin that to be something sinister because this time around they didn't spike the Democratic candidate. As if the FBI under Obama was Republican in 2016 and the FBI under Trump magically flipped to be Democratic in 2020. It's absurd, but you seem to believe it instead of the plausible and practical explanations. Moreover, you want to say that they lied about it, but you can't produce any evidence that they did anything other than warn platforms about what might be coming. And the platforms were equally--perhaps more--sensitive to the ways that they were used against the American people in 2016 and they acted accordingly. Do you know how long the laptop story was "banned" from Twitter? About 2 days. BFD. If you don't think some basic due diligence is merited before giving a story like that a megaphone that could sway a presidential election, you can fark right off.

You would have to fight that on a riding by riding basis and prove that it is LIKELY that the interference changed the outcome - which is a fairly high legal bar to attain. And the best you could hope for is that riding would have a byelection. But it's REALLY hard to get there. What we would be better served with is recall options - they're ALMOST useless at actually recalling people but in cases like this they may well work and at least they're a shot across the bow to put them on notice people are watching.

Why are you assuming that everyone that stayed home has the mentality of "Destroy and Rebuild?" Maybe some people don't like politics and stay away from it completely? You like politics it seems, but not the current system, hence why you complain daily and want to "Destroy and Rebuild." To avoid holding a banner at that age, much better to just vote and be part of society is my opinion. You do as you say, what you want. 😎

I guess your still under the illusion that every one but Donald is to blame for Donald's loss. Priceless.

Oversimplification. While it is true that Putin served in the KGB as a foreign intelligence officer from 1975 to early 90's, his work was far from just cutting newspaper clippings. In fact, he rose through the ranks of the organization, serving as a spy in East Germany and later as the head of the KGB's foreign intelligence branch. During his time in the KGB, Putin was responsible for gathering intelligence on foreign governments, organizations, and regular folk, and he played a key role in the Soviet Union's operations in East Germany. He was trained in espionage, counterintelligence, and various other skills that are necessary for a successful career in intelligence. While it is true that Putin was not a "James Bond" style agent and did not engage in high-profile, covert operations, his work in the KGB was still significant and important. To reduce his career to simply cutting newspaper clippings is a misrepresentation of the facts. The main issue, to put it in raw terminology: His program is not compatible with that of a politician. That is my opinion. Some info above is from The Washington Post and other sources.

Do you really NOT KNOW that MOB was chanting "hang Mike Pence"? It's ON the f'ing videos which Carlson will never show you. Are you that clueless? Try youtube. Not so obvious were those who were saying what they would do to Pelosi IF they could find her. Apparently you are IGNORANT of just how violent the Proud Boys are.

I can sense you're upset. I think most people know it's all bollocks. Canadians and Americans. I do agree though, that if she feels that way she should lead by example and f*ck right off.

There are conservative posters on this forum?

Most certainly full of lies. Naval officers are NOT "soldiers." And Carter is certainly NOT to blame for the Soviets invading Afghanistan, nor OPEC hiking gas prices. Those principals are solely responsible for THEIR actions. His worst mistake was his humanitarian gesture of allowing a long time ally of the US (the Shah) into the US for medical treatment, which caused hatred and retaliation against him by Iranians. Of course Jimmy had nothing to do with the antipathy against Shaw Reza Pahlavi who was installed by a CIA engineered coup against a democratically elected leader.

So the NBA held its all star game the other night. And they apparently consulted some Canadians about who to get to sing the Canadian anthem. Now, the thing about Canada's media and artists are they've taken their cues from academics. Anti-patriotism is fashionable. They chose some nobody who's black because, after all it's 'black history month' in Canada. Who then went on to shit on Canada in front of tens of millions of American viewers. Shitting on Canada gets you praised for your bravery and honesty by the rest of the mostly talentless welfare artists of Canada's cancon. So I'm quite certain she'll be fawned over and praised and the politicians won't dare say a word of criticism - particularly since she'll hold up the race shield. Now, it's her right to be a shrill, Canada-hating c*nt. This is a free country, after all. And none of the laws the Liberals are considering to control offensive or hateful speech will ever challenge people who deliberately set out to offend large groups of people who aren't members of preferred identity groups. But this talentless, Canada-hating sow is the child of immigrants we allowed to come and stay here from Jamaica. So it seems to me if she doesn't want to be dismissed as a sanctimonious hypocrite she should stop being a colonizing occupier of native land and leave. Wouldn't that make sense? She and her parents and her siblings should pack up, leave whatever land they might own here to the natives, and go back to the shithole they came from. They've all still got Jamaican citizenship, after all. Most Canadians don't have that option. They do. But they've decided to stay here and occupy the natives' land. While shitting on Canada in front of American audiences.

Yeaaaah, no. In forty years it will be the millennials' turn to be sneered at as "old' and "bigoted' by whatever ignorant rabble are young at the time.

Not really. I mean, he did at least try to address the issue and points to him for that. But - it turns out there's a THIRD way to balance the budget - hand some one else the bill. Which is largely what he did - he downloaded costs to the provinces and kept the money he should have transferred. I believe funding for health care for example went as low as 18 percent. He downloaded a bunch of other costs as well. It's not 'leadership' or 'courageous' at all to simply say 'I can't pay this... ummm... here, you pay it" The rest of his money came in the end from robbing the EI accounts. He took 70 BILLION dollars in money that had been collected on behalf of tax payers for a specific purpose and stole it to use for his budget. Literally more than all his 'surpluses' combined. Theft of the people's money isn't 'leadership' either. Even if you can get away with it legally. Other than that - we paid the deficit down thanks to the GST and massive trade surplus the Free Trade agreement created. Both of which he promised to scrap and both of which he kept. THat was someone else's leadership. Chretien did do a few noteworthy things and you can't blow off his achievements entirely, but your portrayal of his debt fighting is not accurate nor warranted. He did not beat the problem by leadership.

He never retired. Even in his 90’s, he built homes for people with his bare hands.

By God you are a profoundly stupid person

I don’t know what reason10 had to say about the soon-to-be-deceased, but it was most likely rude and disrespectful.

You forgot to add your picture as a signature. Here it is, in case you can't find it. Your friends: = )

@WestCanMan - She's right. With a grinder, about 10 packs of disks and a couple days...or with an acetylene torch...or perhaps a grenade or 2. You know...walls don't work...

Australian political freedom fighter Simeon Boikov (Aussie Cossack) made the right choice seeking refuge in the Russian Consulate - unlike the unfortunate Julian Assange. Political Aussie Cossack has been a guest of the Russian Government since December 13th 2022. Police have tried every tactic in the book to unlawfully arrest him. Police tried to negotiate as huge crowds of supporters gathered outside the consulate's walls. The mass was shouting: "Free Aussie Cossack, Free Julian Assange. Both Aussie Cossack and Julian Assange are fighting for our freedoms from tyranny of Mammon Satanists".

Liberal MP Housefather argues on Feb. 16 at #PACP committee that MPs should have to sign non-disclosure agreements to see contracts with vax companies. At the same time provides one of the core reasons why some people chose not to get the shot. Shorter testing < liability. This is related to a motion tabled by Bloc MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné requesting the contracts. Pfizer got Slovenia to acknowledge that safety & efficacy of the was not currently known. We can assume Pfizer got Canada to acknowledge the same thing. In which case, Health Canada has got a huge problem on its hands for its “safe and effective” claims. d76942_5af19ff7389d405585ae0c9db50eb306.pdf (usrfiles.com) Albania's contracts are the same: Albanian Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine contract - DocumentCloud Likely that the redactions in Canada's contracts involved the same claims of "no safety and efficacy information". Yet that is NOT what Canadians were told - the were told 100% safe and 95% efficacy. The public was told the shot was approved with full statistical data to back up claims. Lies. All lies. Canada releases redacted versions of COVID-19 vaccine contracts - The Globe and Mail The clinical trials were fraudulent. Wonder when we will see this on a headline? Two years from now? It took them 2 years to admit they were never tested for transmission. Forced vaccinations, mass firings, denial of informed consent = crimes against humanity.

Huh! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/

Exactly as Kevin McCarthy intended when he sabotaged the committee. You've been manipulated very successfully.

It's cute that you have an opinion. Come back when you have facts, data, evidence etc. You know, the stuff grown ups are always going on about.

So instead of a study or any sort of authoritative report, you posted an article from a sketchy partisan tabloid with single quote about efficacy, made almost 3 full years ago when construction was like 25% complete? In your mind that is a reasonable response to a study from a few months ago? Really? And you're patting yourself on the back about it? Jeebus. And I don't have any love for CATO. It's just that a Libertarian think-tank is typically less objectionable to right leaning folks than most media outlets. But you're welcome to look at the data from some other source. The net is that despite the fancy new "wall" there were more breaches and border crossings surged.

To help landlords and banks. You know... COMMUNISM 😂

Full Democracy is not a desirable thing. Full democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. It is the tyranny of the majority. A representative democracy is a good thing, provided what's in place is a solid constitutional protection of the rights of the individual. Liberty - the ability to conduct your life without unreasonable interference from the gov't - and freedom come from having a central authority that is effectively and strongly restricted from overreach, not from voting.

Sure they do... "President Trump promised an “impenetrable” border wall. Trump built (with some help from Biden) about 450 miles of his wall, accounting for two‐thirds of the border fence, and the remaining sections are more recent designs that the Trump administration left because it largely approved of them. Despite the construction of these exceedingly expensive new barriers, crossers are breaching the border wall more frequently than before, according to data obtained by the Cato Institute through a recent Freedom of Information Act request. Based on the first half of fiscal year 2022, the border wall was on pace for 3,322 breaches—more than the number of breaches in any of the prior six years. Figure 1 shows the number of breaches by fiscal year. The problem has only grown with Trump’s barriers."

Isn't this an epitome of great Canada democracy (quasi) in one short example? What is a "school board"? A bunch of bureaucrats hired by the government and responsible, and loyal to it 100% as their employer. Now the happy bunch (again: of government bureaucrats 100% owned by the government and with zero democratic legitimacy) creates a code of conduct and a policy. Wait: what democratic mandate do they have to create codes and policies for the schools, without any transparency, public discussion, approval by legitimate representatives? Go figure. And then, you elected representative is sanctioned under the policy and the code. What? You see now who is running the show? And who is in it a minor, insignificant figurehead? You don't really need to figure that out: just see. Right here.

Alright, so this is where the thread departs from reality.

Trust me... 🤣

Okay, now you're just lying. Plain old lying. WWJD? Probably not lying. You see? I didn't say that Christians are bad. I said your message wasn't very Christian. Which is exactly what AOC did. So go peddle your faux outrage elsewhere. If you have to embarrass yourself with outright fabrications it's a clue that it's probably not an issue worth raising.

So you believe that Federal officeholders forfeit their free speech rights? LMAO IF ANYTHING, House members have GREATER free speech rights as their speech is ALSO protected by the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution. ArtI.S6.C1.3.1 Overview of Speech or Debate Clause You're welcome.

We also don't need our own country, the British will make our laws for us. Why bother moving out of the house either? Mom will cook me dinner and do my laundry until i'm retired. Why do I even bother wiping my own bum? If we're attacked by a much more powerful country, sure our NATO allies can help, that's what the alliance is there for. But its a balloon. We allowed another country's military aircraft into our sovereign borders to destroy a balloon for us, and in front of our biggest rival. This government is utterly incapable of defending Canada, proven over and over. Maybe, for once in our history, Canada can stand on its own two feet. We are conditioned by hundreds of years of history not to be.

Actually I've felt she was the best thing to come along in Canadian politics in a long time. I like her bold attitude. She said she would fire a bunch of people, and she did. That's why she got elected, I presume, because people want her to do what she's doing. Clean out the dead wood and fire the goddam riff raff. Health care nuts ahouls bw held responsible for their incompetence handling Covid. Most of all, fight Truduae. And that's where these media attacks are coming from right there. Enemy of 'the State', CBC's out to get her. It is not surprising however to watch you government boot-lickers swallow up all that crap.