Canadian Air Force looking for a few good men and women who aren't retarded

Here's a headline from the Miami Herald; She thought it was a bomb. Turns out the Canadian Air Force just needs more practice.

Well, I think they're erring on the side of kindness with that one.

Seems that some of Canada's finest dropped a boat through the roof of Luce Rameau's house. Yup, one moment it was attached to their helicopter, then it wasn't. That's what's known as an "oopsie" in military parlance.

Although the Canadian Forces dropped their physical standards a few years ago, there's no word on them having dropped their IQ standards. You have to read between the lines. The article points out that a CF recruit needs to be 17 years old and have a grade 10 education.

Hmm... I have it on good authority that a typical Canadian high school boasts any number of seventeen year olds who have made it to tenth grade with an IQ of well under 70.

Dropping IQs, dropping standards... why should dropping boats from helicopters over suburban Miami come as a surprise? There's actually a certain poetry at play here.


As for Luce, I bet she'll never skip her Bible study group again!

An honourable politician in the Harper gang? Forsooth... what was I thinking?

It's been a couple of days. For a few hopeful seconds I thought perhaps Immigration Minister Chris Alexander had a "Damascus" moment. Faced with the enormity of the impact the Aylan Kurdi photo made on the conscience of the nation, I'd hoped Mr. Alexander suspended his re-election campaign to reflect on how far on the wrong side of history the Harper gang finds itself.

It appears my hopeful seconds were misguided. All indications are that the Big Steve crowd are consolidating around their utterly contradictory positions on Syria. The evil Assad gotta go, but the Canadian Air Force is over there bombing the crap out of Islamic State, the only force on the ground with any chance of facilitating that outcome.

That's beyond delusional and self-defeating; it's utterly schizophrenic

Be that as it may, the only "Damascus" moment the Harperites are likely to have is when God tells them they have to drop more bombs on Damascus.

As for the refugees, Harper has handled that file like he handles the ship-building file. You don't actually ever have to do anything.

Just keep making new announcements every few months.

That's the beauty of governing by photo-op and press release!