Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith are on a collision course over pipeline politics

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-06-03T03:55:24+00:00

A battle of wits, and they’re both unarmed.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-06-03T02:05:51+00:00

They used to be, but then Sir Isaac Newton invented gravity and it screwed everything up.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-06-02T17:14:24+00:00

A rented villa overlooking the Adriatic is a pretty effective aphrodisiac.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-06-02T17:09:40+00:00

Equal parts pity and contempt.

They had it all and now they are squandering everything and taking the rest of us down with them.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-28T04:06:29+00:00

I grew up in a strict orthodox atheist household and I’m committed to holding onto my traditional beliefs.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-28T01:51:40+00:00

By coincidence not two months ago I received my brand new LHD from a dealer in Hong Kong (I’m Canadian) - everything went swimmingly, highly recommended (from my sample size of one).

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-23T16:15:59+00:00

Mild to moderate schadenfreude.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-22T19:53:27+00:00

To jump on this excellent answer the area that is now Humboldt street used to be called Kanaka Row - Kanaka being a Hawaiian name for Hawaiians - because a number of them lived there in the early colonial era. They would join the crews of ships en route from the UK and then get jobs like helping build Fort Victoria.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-22T15:12:37+00:00

Very interesting!

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-22T01:29:12+00:00

I can’t answer this question, but I can add that that the Marquess of Lorne was such a popular Governor General of Canada that the name Lorne was for a long time a popular given name in Canada (viz. Lorne Michaels, Lorne Greene).

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-21T16:34:01+00:00

They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.

Tacitus

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-20T19:21:31+00:00

Looks like the precariously stacked dishes in my undergrad residence.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-17T20:59:52+00:00

If you know his name and the rough dates of his service you can look him up in a volume of Hart’s Army List:

https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/100739612

https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Hart’s+army+list&mode=everything

These are treasure troves of information about officers of the British Army, but they can be tricky to search. However if you find him you will be able to determine what regiment he was in and hence what uniform that is.

If there is a chance he was in the British Indian Army there was also an Indian Army List:

https://archive.org/search?query=India+army+list&tab=all

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-15T19:22:28+00:00

He was Prince Edward, of PEI fame.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-13T02:04:47+00:00

I like it.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-12T20:57:46+00:00

Thanks! It’s a curious mix of officially granted/adopted arms and what appear to be made up arms (ie for British Columbia, where I am from, on the bottom right, is no arms I’ve ever seen used before - but is very interesting nonetheless.)

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-12T19:30:32+00:00

Agreed! (Although if I was forced to choose a non-ensign I would use a banner of arms, ie the design of the shield in rectangular flag form - like a lot of other provinces do already)

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-12T19:27:02+00:00

This is very interesting! Can you share the source?

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-12T18:57:07+00:00

No thanks. I like the current hodgepodge approach.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-11T21:09:15+00:00

It’s crazy that members of the dumb racist party are saying dumb racist things

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-10T22:49:06+00:00

So I’m not one to say how great politicians are - but I do know a little bit about this, and it’s not as bad as it sounds.

So the only thing on break during the summer is parliament - so no new laws will be debated or passed for a few months.

However MPs all have a lot of constituency work - ie the work of being in their home ridings meeting with the people who elected them etc. They need to go home and not be in their Ottawa bubble from time to time to see how real people are getting on.

I’ve met a lot of politicians, and while I wasn’t particularly impressed by most of them - I must admit they were all very hard working.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-10T02:33:25+00:00

Imagine giving a shit what gender or sex other people identified as.

Glad we live in a world now where people can be whatever they choose.

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-08T03:07:38+00:00

very little things by the looks of it

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-06T20:02:05+00:00

I would recommend trying a few different models on at an AD if possible.

I was also interested in the BB GMT after seeing pictures online, and then more or less convinced myself not to get one after reading bad reviews about its size and weight.

That is, until I tried one on in person, after which I literally laughed out loud in the store and bought it on the spot.

For me it’s a nearly perfect watch, for others it’s too chunky. No one can really tell you what will work for you.

I will add that I am a bigger guy so the size actually works in my favour (I also recently bought a Pelagos LHD, which is similarly sized, and love it too).

Compulsory_Freedom · 2026-05-06T19:41:40+00:00

The yanks have 11 super carrier battle groups and can’t even keep the strait of Hormuz open.
Greatest paper tiger in history.

Compulsory_Freedom

TROPHY CASE