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Quite the opposite. If the Republicans had taken both houses in the last election he could have done just about anything. As we have now seen, the whole Republican party is lining up to kiss his ass even though he lost the election. He was already talking about a third term before he was half way through his first.

That cost is somewhat inflated because she didn't serve a full term. A large part of that cost is the life time pensions and expense accounts that are given to these people after only five years of service. How many former GG's are still collecting those? Something could be done about that. Any replacement head of state will also have a cost, unless you want to give prime ministers even more power.

Donald Trump is a poster boy for the campaign not to go that way. Over the past five years the US has given us a perfect lesson in why the head of state and head of government should not be the same person and that is in a system that supposedly has more checks and balances than we do.

So what will you do for a head of state to replace a GG? Canada bears no expenses for the Royal family except when they visit here. The same as for any other visiting dignitary.

Excellent movie on Haakon VII. Foreign language but well worth watching. When it came to the crunch, the monarch did matter. The King's Choice. It's available on Prime.

There are actually very few constitutional monarchies yet most of them are near the top when it comes to quality of life.

And yet constitutional monarchies dominate every list of countries with the best quality of life.

Of course and when they grow up, middle class children will carry the debt.

The middle class always pays.

It was a reply to someone else who brought up Texas and California.

I don't know how many we will need. It depends on our commitments to our allies and whatever arrises on our own coasts in future. The best weapon is the one you never have to use. I'm pretty sure money will be wasted no matter who builds them.

By who? Irving?

I do look to see where things are made and made in Canada is a big factor when I buy something. We can't bitch about things being offshored if we aren't willing to support our own industries.

California has 33% more people but only 18% more deaths.

True but others would say, most of that money is staying in Canada and quite a bit will come back to government in the form of taxes. If they are built offshore, every penny will be leaving the country. It would be interesting to know what the net effect of these projects is to the economy.

Whatever. The great majority of BC's cases came from Eastern Canada/Europe and Washington State. He didn't shut down that mainline from China.

It originated in China but serology studies have shown that the great majority of North American cases arrived via travellers to and from Europe, not China.

We now know that most of our early cases originated in Europe, not China and New York is the main port of entry to the US from Europe so it is not surprising that New York and New Jersey were hit first. What does need to be explained better is the higher death rate in those states. Some of it will be that they were hit when we were at the bottom of the Covid earning curve and some of it could also be bad or incompetent management. Texas has a worse death rate than California. Unemployment rates are about equal.

I commented on New York. It has a lower case rate and a higher death rate for a variety of reasons, some of which are under investigation. Texas New York and California unemployment rates both peaked in the 13% to 14% range last spring and are all now in the 8% range.

The Type 26 is a larger more capable ship. Is it worth that much more? Some countries think so. Is it what we need? Would we be better off with a mix of larger and smaller ships? I don’t know.

Cases per million population California 90,800 Texas 92,700 Deaths per million population California 1353 Texas 1552. New York has a higher death rate but a lower number of cases per million than California or Texas.

The people who elected the morons in the first place. Interesting how people react to the spectre of death, particularly when it is someone else's.

No. I didn't make the claim.

Texas has the second largest number of cases, the third largest number of deaths and the third lowest vaccination rate in the country. The place is run by morons.

You made the claim, don't accuse me of going off topic.