Colin

This is so true

They shut down Suffield as they don't have enough tanks for that and Latvia.

Casinos and real estate

I suspect the links to the Triads will not be readily apparent, not saying the Triads don't use our banks, but they make sure to cover their tracks.

I treated a guy who smoked weed laced with rat poison, coughing up blood. Talking to the ambulance attendants, it was common occurrence at the time.

Clearly I must be a card carrying Necon........alright then.

Which Russia responded by sending them in unsupported and ill-equipped assaults leading to a very high causality rates for LPR and DNR troops. I am sure they are just loving living under Russian military administration. Had Russia not invaded in 2014, the very worse thing that would have happened is higher taxes as Ukraine tries to meet EU standards and a phase out of Russian being taught in public schools. Those Russian speakers got used by Putin and his Imperial Russia 2.0 plans.

Yes and not all Russians are equal either. I have no doubt that some people in the Eastern part of Ukraine figured they were going to get the short end of the stick with a move toward Europe and I have no doubt that Russian agents made sure they felt that way. As for the "Necon" statement, please try to keep up, for a lot of them Russia is now the "Defender of the faith and a bastion against woke thinking" Also pushed by Russian disinformation teams. Every country has internal tensions, Canada has West vs East vs Quebec. US has West vs East with no one giving a crap about the middle bits, etc, etc. It's pretty darned clear that they one think the vast majority of Ukrainians have in common is a hatred of Putin and Russian thugs and have no desire to live under their rule. Up until 2014, Ukrainians had a live and let live attitude to Russians, I think that mostly dead and gone by now.

Good thing we didn't follow that advice back in the 1950 when we supported South Korea. At the time it was a cesspool of corruption and it is still a bit of an issue today, but look how far the country has come. In regards to Ukraine, part of the reason Putin invaded was that Ukraine was moving away from Russia and wanted closer ties with Europe. The people were fed up with Russian style politics and corruption, going to Europe would force them to clean up their act. A prosperous and growing Ukraine was a significant threat to Putin and his power base. If Ukraine continued to improve, Russians would be asking why they were getting left behind and that was a greater threat to Putin then the NATO bogyman.

Going to miss those planes flying over my house.

They need a Boulton-Paul Defiant

Things have not been good in the colleges for quite awhile, a lot of the senior military staff are not happy with the product they produce and it seems the colleges want to be more university and less Military School. There is a push to make RMC more like Sandhurst.

100 or so would suffice. Keep in mind their sand dredger and fishing fleets could also be used to assist in the invasion, either as a shield or transporting personal and equipment.

China is serious about invasion planning

I follow that story closely as they are in my Province. The NDP government here is a bunch of idiots, sadly the opposition can't get their act together either.