Accountability

Now this is accountability-Quebec style….They don’t want to come down to hard on the Mob-in a recession and all…

Wallin Shoots Straight..

As usual, Senator Wallin shoots from the hip, and nicely summarizes our progress and responsibility in Afghanistan, while smacking some of the critics…….

Only an intellectual coward would hold up deserter status as a rallying cry, or conjure irrelevant comparisons to Vietnam, which are little more than headline-grabbing cheap shots that side-swipe our Canadian military and embolden our enemy. And retreat would mean a much more costly and constantly expanding frontline here at home.

It’s one of the best takes I’ve read in awhile.  Far more enlightening than the moral gymnastics Brian Topp attempted in the Globe a awhile back-where he essential compared the escalation of troops in Afghanistan to Vietnam..
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Vaccine Follow-Up

Renowned historian Michael Bliss has a piece in the Globe on vaccination that serves as a perfect follow-up to my piece questioning the teachability of mankind when it comes to public safety and anti-vaccine hysteria…

WalMart

..looks to build an even more recession proof portfolio….