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I just made an offhand comment to my son that I intended to be funny. He spent his teens in the Lower Mainland. I said that if this nonsense keeps up the Indians and the Chinese will be fighting in Vancouver. His response: That's been happening for a while. When does gang warfare become a...

I just had a conversation with a close acquaintance to whom it came as a surprise that Ukraine and Russia had been trading shots for nine years. This acquaintance is a typical Canadian that I have known a long while. That conversation got me to thinking it might be appropriate to rehearse the...

Which is more likely? An engineer led strategy of fortifications. A gunner led strategy of fire domes. A cavalry led strategy of manoeuvre. An infantry led strategy of closing and destroying. The bloodiest would be the last. IMHO.

And .... AI a greater threat than Climate Change, Covid, the Russians and Chinese combined? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/09/23/artificial-intelligence-safety-summit-sunak-ai-experts/

Meanwhile - Rishi's opposition, fresh from visiting Justin and Mark in Montreal. Green policy will not be promoted. Taxes will not be increased. Consent of the governed? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/09/23/reopening-brexit-deal-labour-starmer-first-big-mistake/ The OBR (Office...

Rishi appears to have discovered a fight worth picking. For Quango think - Anthony Fauci and SAGE. Think also of GFANZ's Climate Change Committee and the IPCC. The settled science that must be followed.

As this Mark Carney / Bloomberg story develops for me another name came to me: John Law. Law's client was Louis XV, a man that was no stranger to illiberal tendencies. In 1716, as was often the case of French kings, Louis sat on the Ile of France pondering why everyone else was rich and he...

Where, when and how? It seems to me that Russia is having difficulty sustaining the forces it has on the two or three fronts it is fighting on in Ukraine? As to the Russian troops keeping the peace in places like Azerbaijan - how many do you reckon are deciding the local girls look pretty good...

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Now you are starting to sound like Arius - the Christian who was Christian before Augustine of Hippo got into the game. He was really popular with the Greeks and Germans before Charlemagne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arius Him, and Nestor and Origen (yes there were Ori) also couldn't wrap...

Why headlines are a problem.... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/09/23/south-wales-port-hydrogen-powerhouse-energy/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-onward-journey So, sometime in the coming decades, if things work out right, Trudeau may have a market for hydrogen. In the...

Fightback? https://www.kiplinger.com/investing/etf-funds-for-anti-esg-investors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinhood_Markets https://www.robomarkets.com/blog/education/5-large-short-squeezes-of-the-last-25-years/