If Women Ran the World

Flying By The Seat Of Our Pants

If Canada has already taken delivery of some F-35s, what would be achieved by switching suppliers now? I can’t imagine that anything useful would arise out of trying to fly and maintain two fleets of very different fighter jets. If we go ahead with that, it’s pretty much like scoring an own goal.

Canada has received its first pair of new F-35 fighter jets, with Ottawa still deliberating on how many of the American planes it will buy.

The Royal Canadian Air Force announced receiving the two Lockheed Martin jets Friday on social media with a photo from Phoenix showing one plane with a maple-leaf roundel.

A Political Iron Dome

A very good read on current Israeli politics.

Full disclosure: I served as a communications adviser to Netanyahu for a year, until June 2024, including on October 7. I am a secular Israeli living in Tel Aviv. I have never voted for either Ben-Gvir or Smotrich, both of whom are religiously observant, and I do not intend to vote for either in the upcoming election. I have my own criticisms of both men. But much of the commentary about them abroad misses why so many Israelis support them.

He Admires Their Basic Dictatorship

In case you’ve forgotten, we must never forget what Trudeau said. Is history now repeating itself?

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Brown Science, Racist Light

Four tales from the land of endless progress:

Mr Kaufman – who can doubtless detect racism in the motions of subatomic particles – would have us believe that his friend was using the word white as a racial descriptor, rather than, as seems more likely, an unremarkable acknowledgement of a traffic light’s colour when talking to a child.

In light of which, Mr Kaufman’s claims of being “bombarded” with racism – daily, everywhere – become at least explicable, if not convincing.

Oh there’s more. Lots of it.

BC Politics: Kudos to Dallas Brodie

Full disclosure: Though I’m not personal friends with Ms. Brodie, I have corresponded with her and may, in fact, know her from my younger years in Vancouver. Regardless, she has been a tireless advocate for truth and equal policies for everyone across the province. For that, she was personally attacked online, and in person, by communists and other violent NDP’ers. Without Brodie’s tireless hard work, there is no way IMO that the incoming Conservative government would have the cajones to cancel DRIPA – which is arguably one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in Canadian history.

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