Not making them pay for evacuation was a mistake last time.

As the phrase goes, "Create dilemmas. Not problems." This offensive creates so many dilemmas. First off, the Russians have to choose where they put stretched resources. Any place they pull off the line creates vulnerabilities. Going forward, they'll have to keep forces there to avoid a...

I didn't see it coming. But this is a master stroke on so many fronts.

What I find frustrating is how little they think outside the box. Giving up the space to civilians would be a problem. But they could build a military housing block at some of the armouries and offer it as subsidized housing to reservists. There's a ton of single reservists who would benefit...

Not much net new rooms. It's mostly replacing an existing barracks.

I don't see it that way. The Americans are the real driver here. It will be interesting. Given the global pressure. And particularly from allies were want to expand trade with.

It's exactly what he is. A leftist populist. And he's exactly who JD Vance claims to be: a real heartland American. It's exactly why it's working so well in this campaign. MAGA nutters have spent so much time on stereotypes and caricatures of Democrats and "the left", that they forgot what...

This is a bit of conspiracy theory being spread by Republicans. That Shapiro wasn't picked because Jewish. Walz was picked quite simply because he was the best communicator in the bunch. And he connects with exactly the type of voters that Democrats need to neutralize at minimum and win if...

The questions won't be fair. He'll debate her on her terms when he gets desperate enough.

It's not obvious. But Russia is actually slowly starting to fall apart. Vatniks are bragging about low unemployment these days. You know who else had historically low unemployment during war? Nazi Germany. Turns out driving your capable citizens away and sending your losers to die creates...

To be clear, it's not they I'm enthusiastic for Cadence . I just think it probably helps the case that the airline that probably lobbied most against rail in the Corridor (before Porter) is getting onboard. And it's mostly driven by real infrastructure and HR constraints they face. It's a...

It's not the US. Anybody suing would have to show real damage caused by illegal activity. That's actually really hard in this case. Air-rail integration and codeshare isn't illegal. Nor is it illegal for Porter customers to simply prefer rail for Corridor travel.

I really wouldn't get too stressed over this. For other airlines, any connection is better, even if at a cost disadvantage to AC. Right now AFKL runs buses to from Dorval airport to Ottawa Tremblay. Them and a whole bunch of airlines would rather codeshare with rail even if it means paying an...

I get the sentiment against Air Canada's involvement. But I do think given the position of YYZ and YUL, they might actually have genuine interest. And if they do, it's one of the few interests that will stop the next government from cancelling or downgrading this.

This is going to be interesting. BYD wants to export to Canada from Mexico. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-chinese-ev-maker-byd-informs-ottawa-it-plans-to-enter-canadian-market/

I work in the space domain. Gwynne Shotwell is revered. Musk not nearly as much.

SpaceX? No. Private/commercial space? Yes. Going all the way back to PayPal mafia days he's always been a bullshitter who was really good at jumping on bandwagons just before they took off. Now that he's reaching the limits of this strategy, his actual abilities are becoming more obvious.

The Chinese built an EV industry without Elon Musk.

Elon is a rare and unique weirdo. What other CEO spends $40B to buy a social network just to influence politics and society and then pushes deepfakes about the political candidate they don't like? He is a unique threat to democracy. Even more than the usual billionaire class political...