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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Canada’s fighter jet fleet debate
Eight years later 17 January Ottawa will regret purchase of unreliable, unaffordable F-35 fighter jets By Tamara Lorincz ...
Wednesday Night #2130
Peter Berezin is with us and will explain (and defend?) the conclusions of his most recent Strategy Report, encouragingl ...
U.S. Government & governance Speaker of the House
Heather Cox Richardson January 7, 2023 Republican Kevin McCarthy of California won enough votes to become speaker of the ...
Myanmar/Burma January 2020-2023
Myanmar/Burma 2017 – January 2020 Myanmar’s “election” (GZero/Signal) To mark the 75th anniversary ...
Wednesday Night #2129
As Quebecers note (we can hardly say ‘celebrate’) the 25th anniversary of the infamous ice storm, Environmen ...
Canada: government & governance December 2021-December 30 2022
Emergencies Act Canada’s 44th Parliament BILL C-13 – first reading An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, t ...
Vladimir Putin & Russia May-December 2022
Vladimir Putin & Russia 2021-April 2022 The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Putin’s Road to War 30 ...
U.S. Government & governance August 2021-December 2022
See also House Select Committee January 6 Attack Investigation U.S. Economy July 2021-2024 U.S. elections primaries & ...
Global economy November 2021-December 2022
Peter Zeihan: The end of the old world order, and what happens next (12-15 September) Peter Zeihan argues that we are he ...
House Select Committee January 6 Attack Investigation
Jan. 6 panel drops Trump subpoena as it wraps up work (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena again ...
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China: economy, government, governance
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Elon Musk, Trump, DOGE and MAGA
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U.S. Government & governance January 2025-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…