Choose Your Fighter: The F-35 Saga

I am much too dismayed, alarmed, angry, by this news, that I have become afflicted by the syndrome of 'word-block', such that there is an urgency to publish it ... anywhere.

"After years of delays, Canada is upgrading its air force and replacing its fleet of aging CF-18 fighters with (88 of) the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II — a jet the Liberals once vowed they would never buy. The stealth fighter jet has long been touted as the future of aerial warfare, but the debate over buying (at $19 billion) a fleet has dragged on for more than a decade, (... maybe another decade before entering service) starting under the Harper government." "On the campaign trail in 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the F-35 would be a "nightmare" for Canadian taxpayers. "

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Politics 16 - Changing Political Gender

I am bound to leave the realm of global thoughts as Canada prepares for a General Election, because I have some questions.

It is not difficult to find terrible things to say about the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper (Conservative) although, there are a few things that I actually agree with.

There are a few worrying things to say about Justin Trudeau (Liberal) but, in my opinion, he more than satisfies my need for a Harper replacement.

I keep looking at Thomas Mulcair (National Democratic) and try as much as I do, I find it impossible to understand what he is both for and against.

By the way, who is Mr. Mulcair?

Today, I notice that Greece has a new female prime minister and, therefore, it occurs to me that we could do worse than have Elizabeth May (Green) as the next prime minister.

Oh, I am quite serious.

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