Allan W

Thank-you Leo.

Dallas wasn't much better...

When we flew from Vancouver to Houston last Saturday, the plane was about 3/4 full. I haven’t seen that in a long time. Most flights I’ve been on for the past few years have been full.

She is a Police Community Support Officer. They have limited powers and limited training and don’t normally carry batons, pepper spray or handcuffs, although I do see this officer was carrying cuffs. Given her training and role, it looks like she was calling for backup while keeping the subject engaged on her. it would be interesting to see what happened before and after the video.

Ford and Lutnick are talking and cooling things off. The electricity export tariff is off as is the extra 25% US tariff on steel and aluminum.

Funny, but without potash, your agriculture production crashes and you have import more food, which would push up prices due to scarcity and increased transport costs.

Forget oil, forget electricity, there is one thing that the US is almost wholly reliant on Canada for and can’t easily replace from other sources. Potash Canada is the world’s largest supplier of potash and roughly 90% of the potash used in the US comes from Canada.

Bombardier makes good airplanes.

An example of superior Canadian engineering and design.

Nope, it's a US delicacy... https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and-features/chlorinated-chicken-explained-why-do-the-americans-treat-their-poultry-with-chlorine/555618.article

I want to see an "I" class consisting of Invincible, Indefatigable, Illustrious, Indomitable and Implacable. I'd also like to see a destroyer named Glowworm and an SSN named Unbroken.

I'm not particularly concerned about the name change. Achilles has a much more storied history in the RN than Agincourt does. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/navy-bosses-rename-hms-agincourt-to-avoid-annoying-the-french-tvp73bhjf

What was HMS Venturer famous for?

Alleged account of the shoot down from the pilot of the aircraft https://x.com/TopGunOptionsHQ/status/1871930461095616691

Someone messed up, big time. The Hornet crew were very lucky to get out with only minor injuries to one. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj30zk1jnmno