Harper Cons – Sucked In Again by DND
A Con conned? Say it ain’t so. But it’s now emerging that those grifters at Canada’s Department of National Defence knew a couple of marks when they saw them and…
f-35
Let’s Not Throw in The Towel on Canada’s North
And by “throw in the towel” I’m referring to the F-35 possibly-stealthy fighter bomb truck. We’re finally seeing through the malarkey that Harper, MacKay and that dumb-assed ex-cop have been…
This is an opportunity to reset the fighter jet procurement process
After several years of ignoring opposition warnings about the price, suitability and lack of competitive tender around the F-35 program, the Harper Conservatives are now finally beginning to admit what…
F-35 insanity: The movie reel
Is this a “tactical retreat” as the Globe very generously frames the Fantino backtrack on F-35s this week? Is Harper admitting he was wrong? It’s hard to believe anything this…
On Replacing The F-35
Today Bourque writes that: Now, word that top military minds at DND HQ have been unleashed to determine potential alternatives with a view to bringing one on-stream in time to…
Julian Fantino Hates Canada According To Julian Fantino
Julian Fantino of February 13th, 2012 hates Julian Fantino of March 13th, 2012 Julian Fantino has been unequivocal: anyone that questions the purchase of the F-35 fighter jets hates Canada.…
The F-35’s Lowered Expectations
Now it’s not only way over-budget, way overdue but the Pentagon is having to lower its performance requirements so it won’t have to call the F-35 a complete turkey. If…
F-35 News, This Week’s Fiasco
Barely two months ago, F-35 boosters were thumping their chests as Japan announced plans to buy about 50 of the aircraft. That “done deal”, they argued, virtually ensured other prospective…
Harper Knows How to Walk Away from International Commitments, Why Is He Stuck On the F-35?
Steve Harper knows how to weasel out of commitments. Remember how we were in Afghanistan “to stay” until we had the Taliban crushed and the country safe for democracy? Harper…
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal issue on the F-35
This morning I had a humorous item up on the F-35 brouhaha that occurred in the House of Commons yesterday. The superficial political excitement was focused on this statement from…
Okay, I Get It. Harper Needs China to Buy Bitumen So Canada Can Buy F-35s to Defend Canada Against China.
Okay, now it all makes sense. According to PostMedia’s howler, Matthew Fisher, Canada needs the F-35 to defend Canada against the creeping Red Menace, China: Despite its staggering cost, the…
On the lighter side…
Blessed art thou, F-35, amongst holy implements: Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino reached heavenward for words Thursday when trying to defend his government’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets during question…
F-35 Programme – "Aquisition Malpractice"
It May be Overpriced Crap But We’re Good with It. The man now in charge of the Pentagon’s weapons purchases has lambasted the F-35 programme, denouncing it as “acquisition malpractice.”…
What Keeps the F-35 From Crashing?
It’s mainly this: Lockheed has mastered the game of spreading around a government’s money to see to it that government has to keep sending it more money. Not socialism exactly,…
F-35 Update
F-35 Killer? With Europe hovering on the brink of meltdown, with pipelines to stop, with the Republican presidential clown car careening through the Deep South, it’s easy to lose sight…
Peter MacKay Doesn’t Want the Canadian Military To Have Any Balls
Is Peter MacKay feeling the pressure? The Minister of National Defence has put the squeeze on the Canadian military’s balls. In this case, they were orange stress balls. The military…
U.S. military to shrink
The lead story in the New York Times today is about the U.S. reducing its military budget by at least $450 billion over a decade, part of the agreement reached…
WTF? China is Driving Canada’s Purchase of the F-35?
If you have any doubt about how feeble Canada’s corporate media have become you need only read the PostMedia scribe Matthew Fisher’s article proclaiming that “Canada will buy F-35 joint…
Japan’s F-35 Cost OVER 50% Higher Than Conservative "Figures"
Canadians have a basic RIGHT to know the true cost of expenditures, particularly massive ones, like the biggest military procurement in our history. Anyone who follows the F-35 story has…
Sixth Estate Flack Awards Recognize Militarization of Santa, Government Subsidies to Naval Targets
The only reason the preposterous announcement that Santa’s sleigh will be receiving an armed escort by CF-18 fighters doesn’t win the Flack Award this week is because the same announcement…