With 2016 as the ramp year.

He found religion after the Wagner group started dismantling French influence in Africa. Funny how that works. They are not nearly as motivated about defending Europe as one would think.

Because it's not NATO that is nuclear armed but three nuclear weapons states whose resolve is in question when it comes to defending allied territory. It's a valid question whether the UK, France or US would trade nukes with Russia over Latvia or Finland. Trump has pretty much said as much...

Great article: https://insideevs.com/features/719015/china-is-ahead-of-west/

^ You forget that both of them have nukes? Besides, China doesn't need to fight for Siberia. They will simply keep building the trade relationships they need and exploit the resources there. The Russian government in Moscow can't really do much about it. Especially, now that they've...

Lol. No. Ever heard of Dagestan. They had to literally reduce Chechnya to dust to keep it. And the only win they got was making a select group of Chechens their Janissaries. Russia is the last major colonial occupier in the world. And it's a corrupt, rotten mess with no real economy beyond...

There are same major differences here. Ukraine is not Afghanistan. It's on the doorstep of the EU. Literally. And Russia's stream of promises of belligerence beyond Ukraine does keep motivation among Eastern Europeans going. Here in North America, I think it's easy to say we should quit on...

I agree. But achieving this requires a strong consensus. Close to what existed during the Cold War. We don't have that yet. People like Trump and Orban and Le Pen would happily deal with Russia just to undermine their political opposition at home. On the flip side, we have leaders like...

Any Western accomodation of Russia after this war will only lead to more violence and aggression. Could it happen? Maybe. The West is admittedly weak willed. But it shouldn't happen. This is Cold War 2.0 and Russia is but one member of that Axis, and Ukraine is one front. Cede it there...

Ah yes. The scientists are all wrong. Did you lick doorknobs during COVID?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-tesla-autopilot-probe-us-120112235.html

Another problem with the flood of students is the national security risk. We might have let in assassins on student visas. https://globalnews.ca/news/10480761/hardeep-singh-nijjar-suspect-canadian-student-visa/

And then they offered up a token cut that will take three years to reduce the ratio of temporary residents. They aren't even talking absolute numbers. I dunno if Galen Weston personally gave Trudeau a briefcase full of cash or a Bitcoin wallet with millions, but that's the only possible...

If you think housing is bad now, just wait till you see what happens when people stop investing entirely in housing.