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Recent content by Brad Sallows

  1. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    They didn't really separate much. Only Congress is restrained. John Adams was most likely correct when he claimed "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." The US constitution took a lot of power out of the hands...
  2. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Putting more power in the hands of renters might help against a few abusive landlords, but it tends to decrease the supply of rentals among people who only have one or two, don't really need the money, and can't afford the risk of even one problem tenant, once. If the authorities with...
  3. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Not necessarily. Crudely, the money supply only increases when the BoC increases it to step in to buy bonds which are not purchased by ordinary institutions. (And if the BoC sells those financial instruments into the market, it can reduce the money supply.) As for all the rest of the bad...
  4. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Please don't perpetuate fiscal ignorance. The BoC works to bring down inflation by raising interest rates. The GoC has been actively working against that by overspending and running large deficits.
  5. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    I paid into EI all my working life and was never able to claim anything. How refreshing it would have been if it were actual insurance to cover unforeseen unfortunate events, and not a kitty to be raided for new social spending that should have been paid out of general revenues if the feds...
  6. Brad Sallows

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    I wouldn't expect the Res F to receive any of the high flyers, but if the Reg F has enough indifferent and incompetent people at LCol rank to oversee, say, 20 consolidated groupings ("battalion groups"), then the army has problems very much greater than Res F reform. As for abusive and...
  7. Brad Sallows

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Yours won't be the only one. Increasing firearm restrictions is one of the many issues that is a "vote killer", not a "vote getter".
  8. Brad Sallows

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Don't allow that to be the narrative. "Deliberately ignores" and "actively despises" are in the mix, too.
  9. Brad Sallows

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    I can guess that a confidential poll would find that the overwhelming majority of reservists - the ones not in or imminently lining up for a CO's or RSM's appointment - would like that. The fact that occasional ex-Reg thuds have wound up in high positions in Res F units isn't proof that nothing...
  10. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    I wasn't thinking of "intent" as "not by accident", but I see how that applies. I can't imagine trying to argue that a senior politician in his prime couldn't read markings or otherwise know that something was classified, or imagine a scenario in which someone is compelled to remove documents...
  11. Brad Sallows

    "Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are" (NatPost/Postmedia)

    What, trust is important? We can't misuse the powers of our institutions and stretch them beyond recognition without adverse effects? There are consequences of repeated misstatement, understatement, overstatement, and obfuscation of important facts and context?
  12. Brad Sallows

    Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

    What makes people believe that if a position moves from mil to civ, the funding for it won't move also?
  13. Brad Sallows

    Lawyers Allegedly Behaving Badly

    I've never been in court. Isn't that how it works? Counsel objects; if the judge rules against him, he objects more loudly so that the judge changes his mind?
  14. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    Same as Biden and his ghostwriter. [Add and as to this: "Forgot to return and then returned when found" - people, let that line of argument go. Biden knew what he had and knew what he was providing to Zwontizer.]
  15. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    "Intent" doesn't matter in the classified documents cases, with respect to criminal charges for possessing stuff that isn't permitted. Intent and cooperation (with investigators) might be mitigating factors for sentencing. People keep referring to Biden's cooperation as if it matters to his...
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