marathon

marathon, 26 days ago

factoid: A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition.

Actually, this is strictly an American definition. In original English, (Cambridge Dictionary) it means what I used it for: FACTOID | English meaning—Cambridge Dictionary I’m Canadian, and we use/follow the King’s English! July 19, 2023 — FACTOID definition: 1. an interesting piece of information, 2. an interesting piece of information. dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/factoid

marathon, 19 days ago

With Canada’s policy of keeping the borders wide open and allowing itself to be invaded, what do they need a military for?

The usual scaremongering, Russia is a threat. What they really mean is that they can’t be economically successful when we aren’t. The WEST says it’s a Free Market booster and welcomes commercial competition, but in reality we don’t, it’s all lip service. That’s why successful emerging powers like China, being an economic threat, must be made into a villain and therefore a military threat.

marathon, 21 days ago

I sometimes wonder why we don’t just establish a foreign legion like France, or at least permit foreigners to join as enlisted (not officer ranks) like other countries as a pathway to Canadian citizenship. The risk in active service is a far greater display of commitment to Canada than the average study permit holder, and expanding our recruitment pool to Francophone nations in Africa, and states in the Caribbean would at least help greatly in finding non-specialized enlisted.

I’ve thought the same — at least from the commonwealth. The US Marines do this, as do the UK Royal Marines. However, any Liberal government in Canada has a track record of underfunding and basic neglect of our military. It started with the Liberals in the late 60s when all service members wore the same uniform. We need to get rid of officers too — we’re far too heavy with top brass (generals).

marathon, 21 days ago

There is a cabal here on lemmy.ca that downvote each post of mine. Regardless of content or opinion. This is called brigading, and it was illegal on Reddit and supposedly here on lemmy.ca too. Ridiculous. This is an example of where I agree with the individual I’m responding to, who received 6 upvotes. Doesn’t bother me as much as it bothers the idiots who downvote. It won’t stop me from speaking truth to power.

marathon, 20 days ago

Luke Skywalker said it best, but he was a hologram at the time.

Sorry, but could you explain for this old geezer?

marathon, 25 days ago

Did everyone see the trio of TSN sportscasters that worked with him host a 15 minute memories of Darren yesterday? Actually brought me to tears on more than 1 occasion. He was loved even if he was politically incorrect at times. Appeared to have a large personality!

marathon, 25 days ago

I hope they keep Woll. There’s been some talk about his exercise and stretching routine maybe needing a look. Generally the type of injury he received at the end of game 4, can be prevented, from what I understand.

marathon, 25 days ago

We’re slowly turning into an Authoritarian state. One can’t critique or criticize without being censured. Why? They’re afraid of the truth. Just look at the Ukrainian situation and the fact that we honoured a Nazi in parliament. People should read George Orwell - when I was a kid in grade 8, 1984 was required reading!