An environment that is 90% men is not only dangerous, but it’s incompetent. It’s not a question of just integrating the military, it’s of actually creating an institution that draws from half the population, and doesn’t drive talent and creative thinking out by virtue of it’s frat culture disguised as “tradition.” As…

“Harvesting” a living animal sounds like something the grim reaper does. :/

These euphemisms sound creepy to me... like strangely egotistical in a Biblical way. To “take” a living thing just sounds weird.

I actually have no problem with hunting at all, but just say you shot the damn animal, don’t make yourself sound like the grim reaper who “harvests” the fruits of creation. :/

In the beginning of the Second World War there were still old British officers, who despite never seeing combat, were super into bayonets and the importance of bayonet, despite the fact that no one uses bayonets, no one should attempt to use a bayonet, and actually attaching a bayonet impairs the function of the…

America is infamous for having the world’s strictest bomb control. You’re not even allowed to talk about bombs in some places, or the cops will come.

It’s a shame too... because other figures like (pre-Palin) John McCain seemed actually like they could contribute alot, maybe you don’t want him doing your economic policy, but on defence policy he actually understands the subject matter; others like Condoleezza Rice one might vehemently disagree with the positions…

Somehow there’s resistance to this in America... but abroad it’s much more common; heck alot of student aid schemes in general operate on the basis of estimating parental contributions and you don’t have to be a millionaire to be disqualified from financial aid for that reason.

The CBC was reporting on it recently, and the team owner had such a bullshit response of like:

The University of Ottawa has had long-standing problems with their crackpot student union; they’re very well funded by mandatory student contributions, and repeat attempts to dissolve them have failed, despite them being a representative body with something like an 11% voter turnout. Around 2010 I remember some of the…

They have a separate native advertising-type thing, where they are ‘articles’ in the new stream but they’re marked “sponsored content” and the ‘author’ is listed as “commerce team” or something buzzword-y.

I mean I think this muddied the story somewhat... in terms of news it’s basically just that at a large German…

Well there’s two directions... one hand yes, last year Karl Lagerfeld did a collection which he presented with a fake “protest,” and that was definitely a trend that other designers used in their shows around the same time... *barf.* On the other hand, it’s quite common for small political groups to print or reproduce…

Stephane Dion is a fucking smart guy... like I get why the previous two Liberal candidates lost (no charisma, inability to connect), but they were both pretty well respected international professors; Ignatieff was “just visiting” (so the slur went) because he was teaching at bloody Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge...

The…

Former Chief of Defence Rick Hillier wrote a letter outlining a plan like this, saying Canada could take a leadership role and absorb 50 000 refugees if they screened them properly.

It’s a shame they pushed out Adam Weinstein... they dumped him over Arkin, realized Arkin was crazy and then dropped him too. Foxtrotalpha is still really nice to see though.

Conceptual art.

Wonder if Canada is considering this given that their new government promised to cancel their F-35 orders.

To be fair, I think alot of the world that’s not former colonial (Canada/US/Australia), understands hyphenated identity more that way. Italians and Irish people in particular are not thrilled at meeting “Italians” from New York, haha. I guess like all immigration things its complicated and grey – language fluency, how…

He was in the Canadian news this last year for pissing off his neighbours; guy applied to built a 2500 foot dock on the waterfront. Environmental and also boating concerns meant alot of angry people.

I have to say I disagree... I mean copyright laws in the US pertaining to artistic appropriation at least are very fluid and “fair use” as it is decided by case law (so far) seems to really only favour massive alternation of the piece and take into account the role and intent of the parties: the Cariou vs Richard…

You have a mat just inside the doorway, and you keep a shelf there for shoes just beside the door.