Splitdipless

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[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago (7 children)

...and if Carney wins, he'll be PM but not an MP. The last time the PM was not a MP, it was John Turner. That was after Justin's father Pierre resigned. History is repeating.

The LPC lost badly under Turner in the next election - Cross your fingers.

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

CANDU reactors don't make Pu out of the natural U we use as we break down to daughter elements. That being said, two things:

  • We have lots of U. Enrichment is new to us, but we would be technically capable of starting. U bombs are possible, but not preferred for various reasons.
  • If India can get Pu from a CIRUS (which was basically a NRX), we could develop nuclear weapon fuel here.
[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

Poland is thinking of that.

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Add HAM radio to the list!

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

"The enemy of my enemy could also be my enemy... but I'll deal with them later."

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

She was one of the lead Canadian negotiators during the re-negotian of NAFTA

More then that. She employed guile and cunning to both push for our desired position and delay our southern neighbours to the point where they didn't get a chance to plead their case in the negotiations. In short, she owned the USA in the negotiations for the USMCA. If Trump knows someone other than 'the governor,' you just know that she's a threat to him. Let's make her PM.

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't even have faith in the USA to do the right thing. We've been hit with tariffs from the USA on aluminum and steel before because of 'reasons for national security' during the first Trump term. We need to start thinking of defending ourselves without the help of the USA because we shouldn't be concerned about our defence after the way Michigan votes every 4 years.

Even beyond that, the amount of Russian control over the US administration in the next term may be significant. We may not be able to work with the US in matters of intelligence for fear of some information going to the Russians. The US might not step in and help NATO if Russia decides to test our resolve to defend Finland for instance, and wouldn't it be good if the rest of the alliance could do their fair share of the work defending the rest of democracy even if the USA won't?

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

They aren't saying 'no bikes,' they are saying 'no bike lanes.' It's predicated on the mistaken impression that the bike lanes reduce the number of car lanes, and thus would slow car traffic. They would like to up the danger to bikers by having them 'take the lane' and force them to bike in the car lane. In addition to the danger to biker, it actually slows driving traffic as bikes are now in car lanes of traffic, and if any biker does get hurt, which is bound to go up, the accidents will slow traffic as well.

I should stop saying 'bike lane' and 'car lane' I suppose - the Government of Ontario has a preference that it's just a lane for everything.

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

I could go for some Poutine...

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Without saying the Conservatives have MPs under foreign influence, he's able to use Poilievre's unwillingness to get a security clearance with a line that DEFINATELY indicates that the Conservatives have MPs under foreign influence.

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Did you know that salt and malt vinegar is not a traditional way to dress your French fries in the United States?"

"What the f#$% is wrong with them?"

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

I mean, wouldn't the safest place to continue doing concerts would be Australia, where they actually have pretty stringent gun laws?

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