Like maybe a year ago Americans taking pot shots at ICE might have spooked them back into their basements. But now ICE has galvanized a culture of general oppression. They're just itching to Tiananmen an entire peaceful protest.
~70% of the lifetime revenue of the F-35 program would be the support costs on top of the purchase price. Even if Canada paid for every plane it ordered and grounded them the USA would be out 40Billion in revenue.
Meanwhile the planes cost 80-100 Million each to build. So if we refused to buy the remaining ~70 they'd be out 5.6Billion in production costs.
This new threat is a pathetically naked admission that the USA is hurting for revenue.
Civilian deaths (North and South Vietnam) 405,000–627,000
The Korean War (1950–1953) resulted in a massive civilian death toll, with estimates ranging from 1.5 million to over 3 million, often cited as exceeding 50% of total casualties
Buy a gun (or even a replica) and train with it. Just being familiar handling a firearm will drastically increase your effectiveness should you find yourself in a situation using a gun. Maybe you're issued a gun as part of some militia and have minimal time to prepare by that point.
Just having a gun and not training with it will only introduce an element of lethality into your life that previously wasn't there. At least if you train with it than you're deriving value even if you never have to use it for real.
If someone lacks the mental faculties to be held criminally responsible than they should have to complete it first. But yea no shit. I know you're just reddit dunking but come on dude. 28 years ago they'd be facing the death penalty.
He had better be classified as a high risk offender. For context the Greyhound Bus Beheader only served a decade because they were not classified as such.
On the flipside, I think the incentives for creativity/hard work have been eroded to the point that the outcomes don't reflect the effort regardless of level.
Watch Carney's speech to the WEF the other day. I'm fully convinced things will get better in Canada as we diversify and divest ourselves away from being joined at the hip to the USA.
Like maybe a year ago Americans taking pot shots at ICE might have spooked them back into their basements. But now ICE has galvanized a culture of general oppression. They're just itching to Tiananmen an entire peaceful protest.