Thursday, 29 October 2026

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

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Morning, everyone! Great morning; mild 彡 and sunny ☀️ out; feels more like spring🌱 than fall 🍂 . Not much to report from the Newsroom 📰🚪 this morning 🌄 ; health-wise, I'm reasonably perky 🥳 , no major problems. I just not getting my (‿ˠ‿) ᝰ🪢ᝰ eh!

_*Good time for me to take a break from the Bull War ▄︻ 💥• 🔪➹˗ˏˋ✸ˎˊ˗⚔️ and pray 🙏 for those suffering 👨‍⚕️👩‍🌾👩‍🍳👩‍🎤👩‍🏫👩‍💻👩‍💼🧑‍🔧👩‍🔬👨‍✈️ 🩻🚑 🩺 💊 who are fighting their own private Bull War. What I went through the last three years felt like that, except they call it surgery 𓌱 . Instead of lances, swords, and bullet-hole wounds, the pain threshold I went through was just as painful as being crucified upside down on a rough-hewn wooden cross 🪵✙ with splinters ෴ piercing my skin 😢. NO MORE OF THAT FOR ME IN ONE LIFETIME!

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Not certain of what's black or white.

I BELIEVE! THAT SOMEDAY THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN FOR EVERYONE! I CAN ONLY SAY, WALK TOWARDS THE LIGHT THAT DWELLS IN YOUR HEART

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

WHAT'S CANADA doing about the Gripen?

Canada is reviewing its multi-billion-dollar fighter jet strategy, weighing whether to operate a "mixed fleet" that includes Sweden's Saab Gripen E alongside U.S.-made F-35 stealth fighters.

Though Canada finalized a deal to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As in 2023, Prime Minister Mark Carney paused the full rollout to launch a comprehensive defense review. This review was triggered by deteriorating economic relations and trade tensions with Washington, creating an opening for Swedish manufacturer Saab to aggressively pitch the Gripen E.

Current Status of the Dual-Jet Strategy

While the review remains ongoing, Canada is executing a multi-track approach:

• The F-35 Commitments Stay Intact: Canada has already paid for its first 16 F-35 jets. The Royal Canadian Air Force officially accepted the first two aircraft in October 2026 at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona for pilot training, with the first deliveries to Canadian soil scheduled for 2028.

• The Gripen Mixed-Fleet Proposal: Instead of an all-F-35 fleet, Ottawa is actively considering adding roughly 60 to 72 Canadian-assembled Gripen E jets. This would expand the Royal Canadian Air Force fleet to its largest capacity since the 1980s.

Saab’s "Made-in-Canada" Industrial Pivot

To secure the deal, Saab announced major agreements with Canadian defense contractors to establish a sovereign aerospace ecosystem:

• Final Assembly Line: Saab signed a teaming agreement with Halifax-based IMP Aerospace & Defence to establish a final assembly line for the Gripen E in Canada.

• Local Manufacturing: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with Mississauga-based Magellan Aerospace to locally build airframes and composite wing skins.

• Pilot Training: Montreal-based CAE Inc. is partnered to handle advanced simulator training and mission systems engineering.

The Core Trade-Offs Facing Ottawa

• Economic Sovereignty vs. Stealth: While the F-35 offers superior fifth-generation stealth technology, the United States tightly controls its data and software ecosystems. The Gripen E pitch guarantees full data sovereignty, domestic software control, and the creation of over 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs across Canada.

• Global Export Hub: Because Sweden faces domestic production capacity limits, Saab's proposal positions Canada to build and support Gripens for international customers—potentially including upcoming orders slated for Ukraine.

A final government decision on the future structural makeup of the fleet is anticipated shortly.

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A final government decision on the future structural makeup of the fleet is anticipated shortly.

Would you like to look closer at how the F-35 and Gripen compare on cold-weather Arctic performance, or see a cost-breakdown of the proposed mixed fleet?

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ME to AI: What the hell are they waiting for, for the US to invade Canada? Cut the shit and DO IT!

While the economic benefits and data sovereignty of the Gripen E are enticing, Canada’s military leadership faces critical strategic constraints that prevent a hasty switch:

• Interoperability with the U.S. and NATO: The Royal Canadian Air Force’s primary mandate is defending North American airspace alongside the U.S. via NORAD. The U.S. military is built around the F-35 ecosystem. Operating a non-American jet as a primary fighter complicates seamless coordination, secure communications, and shared logistics during joint operations.

• The "Two Fleets" Financial Penalty: Splitting a relatively small air force into a mixed fleet of F-35s and Gripens would double Canada's long-term overhead costs. Ottawa would have to fund two entirely separate supply chains, two distinct maintenance pipelines, and two different pilot and technician training programs.

• The Stealth Mandate: The Gripen E is a highly capable 4.5-generation fighter, but it lacks the true radar-evading low-observable stealth of the 5th-generation F-35. Military planners argue that against modern, high-end air defense systems, stealth is mandatory for survival.

The delay comes down to a fundamental clash of priorities: the government wants Canadian jobs and independent software control, while the military brass wants immediate, seamless integration with U.S. forces.

ME to AI:

Thank you very much for your help with this research on the status of the Gripen in Canada. Just like good ol' Canada, even in a crisis, foot-dragging 🦶_ ,.˓*. ‍💨

AI to ME:

You're very welcome! Defense procurement in Canada has a long history of intense debate, especially when balancing domestic economic benefits against international alliance commitments.

Since you are following this topic, would you like to track future developments? I can set up a task to monitor for:

And there you have it all, to date, folks

Another hound's breakfast; isn't that always how CANADA handles paperwork, with shit rules dating back to 1600? What do the Hell-do-goats have to do with fighter aircraft, if you know what I mean? In a national crisis, one should CUT THE OLD 💩'n RED TAPE 🔴🩹OUT, YA BUNCH OF DUNCES 🙃𓉴 ! Write up new ones according to today's standards. Why do ordinary people think of these things, and the Government seems to have its head in the clouds, or up in its (‿ˠ‿) ?

At this rate, it will take 50 years to get the Gripen; the same will happen with the rest of the EU deals if we don't get our heads out of our (‿ˠ‿) and update our effing ancient, outdated rules in this country. Otherwise we will be counting chickens and sheep, plowing our fields with oxen and mules, and riding stagecoaches; and the six-shooter will be the law of the land again. Not hard to predict the future if human behavior doesn't change. The old books are correct unless we do something to change them.

This time, there will be no empathy or caring about anything except each other; it'll be survival of the fittest, or the best bandit, thief, and ornery sadistic beast that calls itself human in the land. I won't be here to see that. Thank You G-d 🙏🙇‍♀️

I swear to G-d, the human race is degenerating mentally at a faster pace with each generation. If you wish to go to Hell, don't take me there with you; I've already been there three times in my lifetime. I'm sitting on the beach ⛱️🌊 waiting for the

GODD SHIP LOLLIPOP⛵ ♪♫♭｡♪˚♬

to arrive.

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Democrats in striking distance: New CNN polls in four states highlight party’s path to Senate majority

CNN polling across four key Senate races in the final days of the midterm campaign finds Democrats well-positioned in Michigan and Texas, with no clear leader in the races in Maine or Kansas.

The four states tell the story of a midterm playing field that has shifted in unexpected ways, leaving Democrats hopeful that they’ll be able to take control of the Senate after next Tuesday’s elections. That prospect largely seemed out of reach earlier this year, and it remains far from a done deal. But with President Donald Trump’s ratings underwater even in states he won easily in 2024, territory that was once staunchly Republican now appears to be up for grabs.

In Michigan, the epitome of a battleground state, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed (49%) has opened up a lead over Republican Mike Rogers (42%) among likely voters amid signs that the state’s Democratic base has unified behind him, and that discouraged Republicans are checking out...

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The top 10 Senate seats most likely to flip, less than two weeks before the midterms:
El-Sayed consolidates Democrats in Michigan as views of Rogers worsen:

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Trump backlash and Talarico’s advantage in Texas:

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‘We’re in a red sinkhole’: Plummeting Latino support for Republicans could swing the midterms:

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What the numbers say heading into election day:

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In blue-leaning Maine, a tight contest:
How control of the Senate comes into play:
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PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

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‘Train wreck’: Republicans panic over South Carolina Senate race as Trump swoops in

A poll on Wednesday found the race tied between Sen. Darline Graham and her Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews. Now, Donald Trump is rallying in the state again on Thursday.

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President Donald Trump is headed back to South Carolina on Thursday, as Republicans grow increasingly worried that Sen. Darline Graham’s once-safe seat could be slipping away.

“It’s a f—-ing train wreck,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said of the race on Wednesday. “It’s a mess.” Mace told MS NOW that, in both public and private polling, Graham is up in some surveys and down in others, prompting concern among South Carolina Republicans.

“It’s not good,” she said.

A South Carolina GOP official who had also seen private polling on the race struck a similar note, telling MS NOW the election is “tighter than where it needs to be.”...

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‘There’s a lot of worry’: GOP sounds the alarm about Darline Graham as Trump swoops in — again:
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Why none of the EU's existing partnerships are the right fit for Canada

Formal discussions about Canada's 'closer association' to start this week

The European Union has a number of partnership deals with non-member countries, but Canada won't fit into any of those existing frameworks. A joint statement expected to be released at the 21st Canada-EU summit in Montreal on Friday will promise closer ties — though no one knows exactly what that means yet.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced last month that the EU would begin the process of making Canada its first "associate member." But on Wednesday, sources told CBC News that term has been removed from the draft statement in favour of calls for an "ever-closer association," adding that some EU countries opposed the "associate member" tag...

EU dropping associate membership title for its closer alliance with Canada