This is not the 'nuclear industry', this is a site that supported the US weapons program, not nuclear power. Totally and completely different.

Is this even real? RT publishes a lot of nonsense, particularly anti-nuclear nonsense RT is just a propaganda weapon for Putin, and it puts out a lot of stuff to try and discredit the West, and vilify the American government, plus others...

You're right, the Kurds are Communists, diehard anti-Islamists They want a Marxist state, with no elections, and summary executions

yeah you are totally right, ISIS doesn't have a hope of taking over the world I doubt they will exist in 5 years, they certainly will not still hold any territory

The Kurds don't just want to break away, they want a new Communist state, with no real elections. Its probably better than ISIS, but maybe not. The PKK are crazy, paranoid lunatics, and maybe they have more in common with the Khmer Rouge and Stalin, the way that they kill their own members in paranoid purges. The Kurds are better off ruled by Ankara.

I think we need NATO more than ever now. I cannot imagine Canada leaving NATO, it is unthinkable we would organize our defense without the Americans and the rest of the North Atlantic. I cannot imagine NATO ever abandoning Canada.

Russia was not only overflying Turkey, but it was bombing Turkey. The men on the ground claim that this jet bombed Turkey before the F-16s shot down the Su-24. Turkey claims it gaves the Russians 10 warnings in 5 minutes and a second Russian jet was closing in when they shot down the Russian plane.

Isn't Gallium much much more scarce than silicon? Does this increased cost justify its increased efficiency?

The deeper problem is that gas taxes don't cover all the costs of the roads, policing, new roads, maintenance, accidents, etc... As it is, roads are effectively subsidized by the general taxpayer. This kind of tariffing will still increase public transportation use. If car registration fees were much higher, and (indexed to the cost of your car) it might be a more progressive way to tariff road use. I believe both income taxes and gas taxes (and car registration fees) should go up, but thats a more complex issue.

What enemy is on Greeces border?? Turkey is a Greek ally, they are pledged to defend each other Russia does not border with Greece, but Kaliningrad is right near to Germany, just a quick hop over the Baltic

Germany is a laggard in NATO, that fails to spend what is needed. Germany is still a consumer of security, not a provider of it. NATO troops have had to defend Germany for decades, and US troops are still present in Germany. Germany is the most unreliable country in NATO, look at how cowardly they behaved in Afghanistan. It was appalling! Over the Ukraine, Germany covers its eyes and pretends it cannot see what is going on, and tries to appease Russia The airforce is essentially grounded "Only one of its four submarines is operational. Only 70 out of its 180 GTK Boxer tanks are fit for deployment. Just seven of the German navy’s fleet of 43 helicopters are currently flightworthy." http://www.theguardian.com/wor... Canada has a more reliable military then that, despite spending much less money.

It is clear that the Rideau Centre shooting never happened... also there was only one shooter, not two. But the RCMP kept the city on lockdown for a day, a school system kept in shelter-in-place, and everyone told to keep indoors, away from windows. It was a lot of excessive panic, and the RCMP failed to recognize the number of shooters. The PM was quiet all day, then gave a speech in the evening with a red/white tie, in front of two flags. The very next day the gov't tried to introduce new security legislation. Total waste of money, and clearly hosing down the security services with money for 6 years has not made them any more competent. It isn't a case of terrorism or Islamic radicalism - this guy was not part of the "Muslim Community". It seems clear he was schizophrenic and unconnected to anybody.Why are we considering a response at all? There are shootings everyday. Its terrible a soldier was shot, but wives, children and innocent men get murdered every day. This is hardly a serious event, even in Canadian history. Canada lost more to terrorism at the Air India incident and at 9/11. I don't know if Canadians will swallow the need for greater powers for the RCMP, who are totally incompetent.

I think by Peak Stupid you are trying to say this is the height of stupidity, I think you are underestimating the stupid that is out there The truly stupid is yet to come... just wait

Yeah, its outrageous China is trying to say Japan is the one militarizing. China's military budget goes up more than 10% a year. Japan's is steady and increased by 0.3% hardware spending on 5 years. Who is threatening their neighbours exactly? China is always looking for a stick to beat Japan with

Why do they make plastic guns from 3-D printers? aren't there metal printers that would do it?