NightOwl

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Why are Canada and Australia following the US to war? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do we need to "practice" in the South China Sea? How would we react if another country sailed their military up to the coast of BC?

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Why are Canada and Australia following the US to war? (rabble.ca)
 

The CAF deployed 600 personnel, a warship, a maritime helicopter, and three warplanes to Australia on July 13 to participate in the Talisman Sabre war exercise, which will run until August 4. Talisman Sabre is a biennial, massive-scale joint military exercise seemingly designed to flex member countries’ military might against superpowers like the PRC as global tensions rise. Australia and the US have been running the Talisman Sabre exercise every other year since 2005, but this year’s is set to be the largest yet – representing a grand total of 19 countries and 35,000 personnel, running from July 13 to August 4.

Such large-scale military operations as those on display under Talisman Sabre would constitute a gross and wholly avoidable escalation of current tensions in the South China Sea, as former Australian Ambassador to the Philippines and to South Korea, Mack Williams, wrote in 2017. The US' FONOP program in the South China Sea has been systematically proven ineffective and even counter-productive, serving only to provoke Chinese hostility, precluding diplomatic engagement.

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Canada should follow U.K.'s initiative to lower voting age to 16, says senator (www.nationalobserver.com)
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Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Union claims prime minister broke promise to 'cap, not cut' public service (ottawacitizen.com)
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Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
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Workplace assessment of RCMP watchdog found ‘clear call for change,’ documents show (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Amazon Workers In B.C. Have Won Union Certification (www.readthemaple.com)
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Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ (breachmedia.ca)
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Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly? (ricochet.media)
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Date set for government-imposed postal workers vote (rabble.ca)
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Bill C-5 is not just bad policy, it’s a constitutional mess (www.nationalobserver.com)
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If oil giants are reluctant to invest in carbon capture, why should taxpayers? (www.nationalobserver.com)
They're DONUT HOLES in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Un Bits de Tim as they say in Quebec

Treason season continues in c/ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

YOU ARE TECHNICALLY CORRECT. THE BEST KIND OF CORRECT.

Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting, call for boycott at Montreal rally in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's a number of good ones in this thread.

Legal action underway to force Canadian Forces to release propaganda documents in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Former Langley MP candidate's YouTube channel linked to Russian operation in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago

This seems to be the actual indictment, in case anyone wants to read it:

https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s._v._kalashnikov_and_afanasyeva_indictment_0.pdf

Venezuela: While US Politicians Call Fraud, American Election Observers Endorse Results in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Carter Center (cited by that BBC piece) is funded by various western governments including the US, as well as CIA-affiliated regime-change orgs like the National Endowment for Democracy. They are not a neutral party.

The "pro-Kremlin" smear is similarly questionable as it is promoted by the same groups.

Weaponizing Reality: The Dawn of Neurowarfare in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are there any problems with this particular story? I found it to be mostly collating current thought about BCI and its applications.

DND ignores requests to release information, undercutting federal law, MPs are told in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Nickelodeon Alums Allege Toxic Environment on Dan Schneider TV Shows in New Doc Trailer in c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyULepxgw4

Prime Minister invited Waffen-SS veteran Hunka to his official reception for Zelensky in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://archive.is/4DGpX

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This article is literally quoting the official press release of the committee's chairman:

https://oversight.house.gov/release/wenstrup-releases-statement-following-dr-faucis-two-day-testimony/

Dr. Fauci claimed that the “6 feet apart” social distancing recommendation promoted by federal health officials was likely not based on any data. He characterized the development of the guidance by stating “it sort of just appeared.”

Dr. Fauci acknowledged that the lab leak hypothesis is not a conspiracy theory.

Dr. Fauci admitted that America’s vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic could increase vaccine hesitancy in the future.

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