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I had the same thoughts. I can’t find any other examples of DND/CAF referring to the AOPS as a combatant so I assume this is some sort of attempt to conflate progress on the AOPS with the much delayed Canadian Surface Combatant program which is a different NSS program. On the second point, as the RCNs top commander recently announced they only have enough personnel to crew one AOPS at a time. Interesting! I didn’t know that!

? Their economy has never been fine. Their GDP is smaller than Canada’s despite having nearly 4x our population and immediately neighbouring most of the world’s largest economies in Asia and Europe But you continue to believe the Putin-controlled state media and Russian troll farm propaganda outlets. They’ll tell you what you want to hear…until it becomes way too obvious that they’re wrong…yet again

Trump had a whole assortment of individuals committing crimes against people and of course trying to steal the 2020 election, only a smaller number have been punished to date.

Hilarious opposite of reality nonsense from a supporter of the party that wants to make Trump dictator and already tried and failed to do it once. You are outraged that in the US system a Republican president must obtain congressional approval for certain issues and cannot simply rule by decree.

Election conspiracy kooks and Trump worshipers pay attention amd accept the facts @WestCanMan @West @sharkman @Deluge

Buried in the news coverage of this topic is this little gem: Canada has finalized the procurement of Portable Anti-Armour Missile Systems for our forces in Latvia, including missiles, simulators, and associated supports. These modern anti-tank weapons will better equip our soldiers to confront threats from our adversaries’ main battle tanks, thus strengthening NATO’s deterrence posture. These weapons are being procured on an urgent basis after having been designated an Urgent Operational Requirement. Canada has awarded the Portable Anti "X" Missile (PAXM) on behalf of the Department of National Defence to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for $32.2M USD. The first of these systems is expected to arrive by mid-2024. So Rafael is the maker of the widely admired and highly capable Euro-Israeli Spike anti-tank guided missile system. Not much about this is out right now but I expect we will hear more details in coming days.

And also in this week’s news if you think being a 10 year old black child in the not-so-great state of Mississhitty is tough just wait until you turn 11. Only in red state shithole is this kind of crap considered ok and people who don’t like to see police shooting innocent black kids for no reason are considered the real racists. No charges filed after police shot an 11-year-old who called for help, officials say Jonathan FranklinDecember 14, 20237:38 PM ET A grand jury in Mississippi found that there was no criminal conduct on behalf of the officer involved in the shooting of 11-year-old Aderrien Murry. Here, this December 2022 photo provided by Nakala Murry of Indianola, Miss., shows Aderrien Murry, who was shot and wounded by an Indianola Police Department officer on May 20, 2023, during a domestic disturbance call at the home of Murry's family. AP A grand jury in Mississippi determined that there was no criminal conduct on behalf of the officer who shot and wounded an 11-year-old boy in his home who had called authorities for help. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says her office will take no further action against Sgt. Greg Capers, the officer who shot Aderrien Murry. … The move from the Mississippi Attorney General's Office comes nearly seven months after Murry was left seriously injured after Capers shot him in the chest responding to a 911 call that Murry had made. Nakala Murry said she told her son to call the police after the father of one of her other children came to their home in the early hours of May 20 in an "irate" mood. After arriving at the Murry family home, police instructed everyone inside to come out with their hands up. Nakala Murry says that's when the 11-year-old emerged from around a corner, running toward the door. Capers then opened fire, according to the family. Following the incident, Murry suffered a collapsed lung, fractured rib and lacerated liver. In May, his family filed a $5 million federal lawsuit, which argues that the police officers who responded to the domestic disturbance call acted in a way that was "so outrageous that it shocks the moral and legal conscience of the community." …. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219460589/aderrien-murry-update-shot-no-criminal-conduct-mississippi-police

Canada sending Griffon, Chinook helicopters to Latvia By Skies Magazine | December 15, 2023 Estimated reading time 2 minutes, 46 seconds. The CH-146 Griffon is based on the Bell 412EP. Mike Reyno Photo Canada will send four CH-146 Griffon helicopters to Latvia and will periodically deploy CH-147F Chinooks there starting in the fall of 2025, as part of an expanded NATO mission. This marks the first time Canada has persistently deployed tactical aviation capabilities to Europe since the conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo in the late 1990s and early 2000s, according to the Department of National Defence. “Through our deployment in Latvia — the largest current Canadian military deployment abroad — Canada is making a meaningful contribution to Euro-Atlantic security,” said Canadian defence minister Bill Blair in a statement. The Griffon helicopters will be assigned to the Canadian-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group, as part of Operation REASSURANCE. CH-147F Chinook helicopters will be periodically deployed to Latvia as part of Canada’s operations there. Mike Reyno Photo They are part of a renewed effort that will more than double Canada’s presence in the operation, from about 1,000 troops to 2,200 persistently deployed troops by 2026. “The additional measures that I announced today will significantly increase the capabilities of the Canadian-led, multinational battle group in Latvia, further boosting NATO’s defence and deterrence posture,” said Blair. The NATO eFP Battle group is composed of Canada and nine other countries: Albania, Czechia, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Canada is also sending 15 Leopard 2A4M tanks to Latvia, and procuring portable anti-armor missile systems, as well as medium-range radar capabilities, along with C$15 million in new infrastructure needed to scale up the existing battle brigade. https://skiesmag.com/news/canada-sending-griffon-chinook-helicopters-to-latvia/?utm_source=skies-daily-news-todays-news&utm_campaign=skies-daily-news&utm_medium=email&utm_term=todays-news&utm_content=V1

Watch 2019 Mike Johnson Destroy His 2023 Biden Impeachment Spin In MSNBC Supercut A montage aired by MSNBC’s Alex Wagner on Tuesday exposed House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) hypocrisy over the GOP’s push to impeach President Joe Biden. Wagner aired a supercut of clips from 2019, when Democrats were preparing to impeach then-President Donald Trump over his effort to extort Ukraine, in which Johnson repeatedly said the Founding Fathers “warned against a single-party impeachment” because of the division it may cause in the country. Johnson also at the time expressed his concern about an impeachment happening 11 months out from a presidential election. Fast forward to roughly the same time before an election in 2023, though, and Johnson has significantly changed his tune. In fact, this week he is expected to hold a vote to authorize Republicans’ impeachment inquiry against Biden. Wagner noted how Republicans don’t know yet what their proposed impeachment of Biden is actually about. “Mike Johnson is in way over his head right now,” she suggested. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-impeachment-now-and-then_n_657966fae4b0db9d2ab7902d/amp

I am unsmotable

Trump rally warns that God will punish those who don't worship Dictator Trump (video) The Donald Trump campaign is now conflating Trump and God, warning a MAGA crowd at a rally in Iowa last night that if you go against the Republican frontrunner, you are rebelling against God. And, as the headlining pastor put it, "there will be retribution against all" who "rebel against the authority." "Let's not lose sight that this election is part of a spiritual battle. There are demonic forces at play. But I want to remind those who have fallen prey to the leadership of such demons…this is the warning: The authorities that exist have been established by God," he said to the cheering MAGA flock. "Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted. And those who do so will bring judgement on themselves. And judgement is coming," the pastor continued. "When Donald Trump becomes the 47th president of the United States, there will be retribution against all those who have promoted evil in this country." (See video below, posted by Ron Filipkowski.) https://boingboing.net/2023/12/14/trump-rally-warns-that-god-will-punish-those-who-dont-worship-dictator-trump-video.html

JT’s not afraid of blood, he’s got a bathroom full of tampons now.

How many of us as boys (or adult men) have discretely relieved ourselves outside when nature called by peeing on a tree, behind a car etc? It’s practically a male right of passage. But in one of the Republicans’ southern shithole states it’s just the latest pretext for authorities to arrest and prosecute a 10-yr old boy, continuing their long tradition of arresting and jailing young Black children who would not even be old enough for arrest in most other western countries. —————- A 10-year-old Black child who urinated in a parking lot must serve three months' probation and write a two-page book report on the late NBA star Kobe Bryant, a Mississippi judge has ordered. Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow handed down the sentence Tuesday after the child's lawyer reached an agreement with a special prosecutor. The prosecution threatened to upgrade the charge of "child in need of supervision" to a more serious charge of disorderly conduct if the boy's family took the case to trial, said Carlos Moore, the child's attorney. "I thought any sensible judge would dismiss the charge completely. It's just asinine," Moore said. "There were failures in the criminal justice system all the way around." The child's mother has said her son urinated behind her vehicle while she was visiting a lawyer's office in Senatobia, Mississippi, on Aug. 10. Police officers in the town of about 8,100 residents, 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Memphis, Tennessee, saw the child urinating and arrested him. Officers put him in a squad car and took him to the police station. Senatobia Police Chief Richard Chandler said the child was not handcuffed, but his mother said he was put in a jail cell, according to NBCNews.com. …. It was initially unclear whether prosecutors would take up the case. Moore said he had planned on going to trial, but shifted strategy after prosecutors threatened to upgrade the charges and the child's family chose to accept the probation sentence because it would not appear on the boy's criminal record. The 10-year-old is required to check in with a probation officer once per month. Moore said he doesn't believe a white child would have been arrested under similar circumstances. "I don't think there is a male in America who has not discreetly urinated in public," Moore said. Marie Ndiaye, deputy director of the Justice Project at the Advancement Project, a racial justice organization, said the arrest is emblematic of broader issues in the criminal justice system. "Sentencing anyone, let alone a young child, to probation under these facts is sure to add to the trauma and denigration this child has suffered since their arrest," Ndiaye said. "This is all the more proof that we need to severely limit police interactions with civilians, from petty retail theft to traffic stops and even so-called 'quality of life' offenses. For Black people in America, it is a matter of life and death." …. https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/black-child-10-sentenced-to-probation-and-a-book-report-for-urinating-in-public-1.6687950

ROTFL! Says the guy who thinks Putin’s press releases are 100% believable, Ukraine is run by Jewish Nazis, and that the 2020 election was stolen

1) it is dishonest to describe dental care as “making someone look like Tom Cruise” 2) public healthcare in Canada, while provincial jurisdiction, is made possible under by the federal Canada Health Act. The proposed Dental Care program is intended to follow a similar concept, as I understand it.

My “frothy mouthed support” for any “CNN narrative” is another figment of your imagination. Amd from what I can tell most of the “CNN narratives” you allege are also made up by you.

No you had a whole series of posts not too long ago attempting to claim that opinions are facts. Have you forgotten already?

Nobody ever said they were rich. They are mostly the uneducated unskilled victims of Ronald Reagan’s style of laissez-faire capitalism

@sharkman Trump's Old Stock Market Prediction Comes Back To Haunt Him The former president's bold claim did not age well. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high on Wednesday and prompted critics of Donald Trump to remind the former president of previous comments he’s made about the stock market. Then-President Trump warned voters during a 2020 presidential debate with now-President Joe Biden that the markets would “crash” if Biden won. Other detractors dug up Trump’s April 2019 post on X (formerly Twitter) boasting about the then-record-breaking market and complaining he was under threat of impeachment for trying to extort Ukraine in exchange for dirt on Biden. “You mean the Stock Market hit an all-time record high today and they’re actually talking impeachment!?” he asked. “Will I ever be given credit for anything by the Fake News Media or Radical Liberal Dems?” Wednesday’s new market record came as House Republicans voted to launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden, but centered on allegations that are yet to be determined. While the stock market is not the economy and a rising index does not reflect economic hardships, and the markets could take a perilous turn on any day, X users took great delight in throwing Trump’s debate prediction right back at him. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-stock-market-comments_n_657ac095e4b061b3c92e223e

Omg you’re like a broken record, seriously you sound like you have a mental illnesses obsessively repeating the same post in thread after thread PS you forgot the Michael Brown/gentle giant line. You’re slipping in your old age.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again : conservatives can’t tell the difference between fact and opinion. They can’t even tell the difference between facts and emotional hyperbole

As point of fact: He’s never been a news anchor. He is a pundit. More accurately, he’s a propagandist.

No. Dude if you’re only hearing it from an anonymous stranger on an Internet forum you need to know it’s almost guaranteed to be BS. Turkey is still very much in NATO.

LMAO!! You’re such a sucker for fake news it’s hilarious. You get fooled over and over again, never feeling any shame or embarrassment, and never hesitating to fall for the next hoax. It’s absolutely amusing!