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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Sorry, "Felon" is already taken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57

OP: love the aesthetic but that's a F-22

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago

we launched Mwmbl, the open source, non-profit search engine, on Boxing Day 2021

Oh and it's nonamerican too? Definitely going to try this out.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm going to miss Charlie so much — especially this current "I'm retiring and will say whatever I want" iteration.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Btw, did the US buy the plans or strike some kind of deal regarding the Arrow?

The US (and everyone else, really) were already working on similar designs. I'm not an expert but I think they were all shelved; the UK ones certainly were, because they started on their own designs after considering buying the Arrow. The major loss was many Avro staff who went to the US. That's what I was referring to when I said the Americans gutted our program; we never fully recovered from that brain drain. We've maintained a pretty strong aerospace sector (the Canadarm being a famous example) but in the 50s we were world-class.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Well, yes, but no. The Arrow was a good plane but was already obsolete even during the design stage, because the role of interceptors was replaced by missiles. Avro engineers however could of course have been reassigned to something else.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There is no compromise with MAGA. The conservatives need to purge that element of their party.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He called his nominations a "wartime cabinet" and based on his actions, he wasn't using that term metaphorically.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How’d they get into his phone? Face or fingerprint?

I was looking for this as well. It seems like a rather important piece of info for the article to leave out.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Wow, this is HUGE news for Canada - fantastic! I love to see us closer to the EU and I hope we can bulk up our defence sector to what it was in the 50s before we let Americans gut it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Urgently looking for a scapegoat before Hungarians start emulating Serbians.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It's what happens when a population has at least a moderate amount of critical thinking skills and awareness of current affairs.

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Chris (Foo Fighters guitarist) did a great job here. Nice interview with some gear and history insights by Alex and a breakdown of the Limelight solo.

 
 
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I prefer the tracks off the previous album – more atmospheric – but this is still pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsN-v7pvUVA

 
 
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One more step on the way to ridding ourselves of Higgs! Here's the letter they submitted:

Here's the letter they submitted

 

The turmoil within New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party was deepening Friday morning as another minister quit Premier Blaine Higgs's cabinet and four former top party officials demanded the premier resign.

Portland-Simonds MLA Trevor Holder, the longest-serving MLA in the legislature, announced in an open letter he was quitting as minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.

"Under the leadership of Premier Higgs, caucus has been less about consensus and more about him getting his own way," Holder wrote.

Oof, Holder is a very long-time MLA. This one's gotta hurt.

 

This warms my heart. Thank you to PC party leadership for finally standing against this hateful man. Better late than never.

 

I'll start: here's a song from fellow Canadian Lawrence Gowan, featuring Alex Lifeson on guitar. It sounds like it could have been on Presto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVSD-p86fM

 

And a conservative Christian group based in British Columbia says the debate is a test case for its efforts to roll back school LGBTQ policies across the country.

"Provinces across the country are paying attention to what's going on in New Brunswick because these decisions will affect the rest of the country," said Tanya Gaw, the founder of Action4Canada, which has been flooding New Brunswick MLAs with emails.

"I believe that this program needs to be eradicated from the school system nationwide," Gaw said in an interview.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/policy-713-nationwide-attention-1.6876528

Amazing, NB leading the way back into the middle ages! I hope these right-wing nutjobs get the definitive kick to the curb that they need in order to finally disappear into the mists of history.

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