What's hot in real world news?

[Ken Craft]

Kevin, I just thought we would like to avoid the Red baiting in your post above.
P.S. There are many histories of Communism in Canada. If you want to read about Canadian communism from the horses mouthy then pick up any books by Tim Buck.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

As long as the posts are not defamatory, needlessly insulting or so on we are not likely to intervene even in off topic discussions. I just would hate to see certain people pop up here as we will not tolerate the behaviour that is deemed acceptable elsewhere.

[Aris Marghetis]

As long as the posts are not defamatory, needlessly insulting or so on we are not likely to intervene even in off topic discussions. I just would hate to see certain people pop up here as we will not tolerate the behaviour that is deemed acceptable elsewhere.

I can only speak for myself, but if we degenerate here to that endless crap, I'm gone. Sooooo, I thank you for expressing the intolerance for trolly unacceptable behaviour.

[Kevin Pacey]

Seems like reasonable restrictions by Vlad.

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's the wiki on Tim Buck, with some notes on the history of Communism in Canada. The neutrality of a section of the article is indicated as being in dispute, though. Fwiw, I'd think since he was a leader of the party for a time, a book by him on the subject might be biased, too (such as it understating the influence of the party). I already know enough as a Christian, namely that the saint Pope John Paul II abhorred Communism, as did those who were victimized by it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Buck

[Kevin Pacey]

Something that possibly should be hotter in the news than it was was last December's admission by the Pentagon that it had indeed been studying UFO sightings, still, for years. At the very least, it's an admission the US government can lie to the public in a big way :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanc...cation_Program

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's a wiki about Maxime Bernier, a Canadian Conservative politician in the news who's had ups and downs over the years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Bernier

[Kevin Pacey]

Below is a Wikipedia entry on Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister [Liberal]; based on the domestic policies section alone, I'm sort of wondering why there's no section entitled 'Criticisms' or 'Controversies', or some such, though perhaps Wikipedia is left-leaning after all:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau

[Kevin Pacey]

This month a red heifer was born in Israel, after attempts were made to make this occur (perhaps importantly, I've heard that no DNA manipulation was used). Here's a link alluding to the possible significance of the event, if the improbable happens and a Third Temple is built in the animal's lifespan (18-22 years normally - Google):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_he...mple_Institute

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's a link on how often the notwithstanding clause has been used in Canadian history - note in particular Quebec's blanket usage of it. This is rather contrary to biased media reports that Ontario's current PC government is using a tool that has rarely been used (albeit with just a possible hint of personal payback to T.O. by the Premier, I'd speculate, in spite of my not minding more efficient and less obstructive-to-progress municipal governments everywhere):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectio...f_the_override