2025 and The Future

 Just visualize the following scenario;

1- We know Trump and Putin met together during Trump 1 presidency;

2- They held secret talks for an afternoon which have never been disclosed;

3- Putin wants Ukraine and more countries in Europe, while Trump wants Canada, Greenland, Panama, and probably parts of Mexico or even Cuba;

4- Xi Jinping wants Taiwan no later than 2050 and probably other countries in Asia even Australia;

5- Early in the Trump 2 presidency he gives Ukraine to Putin who will keep NATO out of North America while Trump takes Canada;

6-  Putin and Trump green-light China to take Taiwan on condition it stays out of Europe and North America.

7- Under the new world order, everyone is happy and there is peace until one of them wants the whole thing for himself.

I know many other people think something like this will happen, too.

John Outram - Valued Contributor 

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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Plastic Cutlery

This tickled my funny bone this morning:  

" For fork's sake: Oh, and remember that most Canadian of scandals, plastic forkgate, when Trudeau ordered pizza for a climate plan meeting complete with [disposable] plastic cutlery? Could the story get even more Canadian? Yes, yes it could. The Prime Minister's Office responded to the backlash on Tuesday and promised that the plastic cutlery will be reused."

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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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