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The Abolition of Man explains this.
In the Harry Potter universe magic plays the same role as technology does in ours. The scientific revolution began with the desired goal of dominating nature. They first tried sorcery, then turned to science when sorcery didn’t work.
There’s hints in the book that Rowling was very aware of this argument.
I have discovered the most English language word in the world: hemidemisemiquaver, aka a 32nd note in music.
1. A quaver is a mistranslated French word for a 1/4 note (it refers to the hook on the 1/8th note).
2. Preceded by word half in Latin, French and Greek.
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Lorne Doerkson, a backbench MLA, gets a call in the Amsterdam airport on a layover from South Africa.
“The party leader has resigned and you’re the only MLA most of us don’t hate. You’ve been elected the next leader. Do you accept?”
34 days later: “Tonight, BC made a choice, and it is going to be the honour of my lifetime to serve you as your Premier,”
How to play 4D chess like @LDoerkson:
1. Go to Africa.
2. Let your party implode.
3. Return as leader.
4. Let David Eby call an election.
5. Become Premier.
Zero lies detected. The same thing happened with the .50 Cal as an anti-aircraft weapon between the start of the jet age and the advent of the attack helecopter.
BC politics is a strange place for the uninitiated.
Pictured: BC’s center right Priemier getting booked for a DUI while on vacation in Hawaii…….. His poll numbers went up.
This time round the right wing party was imploding in internal squabbles, to the left wing Premier called a snap election.
There’s 2 main factors explaining this:
1. For all the stereotypes, BC has spent 59 of the 81 years since WW2 with a center right government.
2. The BC electorate cares about fair play more than ideology. Calling an election when the opposition leader had just resigned was seen as a dirty trick, which in BC is apparently the breaking point in a way tanking the economy and having the worst fentanyl numbers in the world wasn’t.
To give a related example: in 2011 the center right Priemier negotiated a sales tax restructure with Ottawa called HST. It was effectively a tax cut and reduced red tape. But it was negotiated during an election where they kept the negotiations secret and didn’t mention sale tax reform on thier platform.
A retired right wing Priemier organised a referendum against his own party’s tax cut, where it was voted down.
So the right voted out a tax cut implemented by the right because the process was unfair.
The next day I recall the discourse being “don’t you know this is economically directly against your interests?”
TIL the UK has 4x “water battery” power stations.
The boring reason for them is storing inconveniently timed renewable power.
The hilariously British reason is to surge electricity during commercial breaks from popular TV shows when everyone makes tea.
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You can now size units by echelon in TacTrace. Hope it makes sense, and if not, let me know!
I’ve spent the last week sitting through people simultaneously claiming:
1. The military isnt giving the details they want because it’s a cover up.
2. It’s a cover up because they’re trying to make sure no one gets charged.
Bit of a tip: when reporters ask for specifics that point to guilt they keep saying they can’t comment on an ongoing investigation BECAUSE that’s how you preserve the option of military and criminal charges.
I asked MGen. Rutland whether anyone responsible for range safety that day has been temporarily moved from those duties during the investigation.
His answer: "I really can't comment on that at this time."
Stay tuned for more on-the-ground updates @MediaBezirgan
One thing I am proud of as a Canadian: a few months after this attack everyone remembered Cpl Nathan Cirillo’s name, but no one remembered the POS terrorist’s.
We remember Cpl Nathan Cirillo and WO Patrice Vincent who lost their lives twelve years ago to a terrorist attack aimed at the very fabric of our nation.
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ALT Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent in camouflage uniform posing in front of a large Canadian flag indoors.
ALT Corporal Nathan Cirillo in traditional uniform with kilt and sporran stands guard holding a rifle on steps in front of the National War Memorial.
ALT Four soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms salute a memorial at Camp Patrice Vincent, Iraq, featuring a cross and an Air Task Force emblem.
ALT White memorial cross at Patrol Base Cirillo with Canadian flag and military wreaths labeled TF-66 and CANSOFCOM.
A crazy day, but can I point out something that seemed insensitive at the time:
What kind of mouth breather atoems Parlement hill with a Winchester 94 leaver action?
The Tavor and the Mini-14 were still in the same gun control category, so he had access to them. Getting a restricted liscance for an AR-15 isn’t hard if you already have a Non-Reatricted license.
