The wankers who were sucked into buying the 4 submarines from the Brits should be keel hauled, lashed and publicly ridiculed. The Navy has spent untold millions of dollars on these 4 clunkers, of which, allegedly, only 1 is sea-worthy. The latest fiasco is that the same military nitwits are planning on spending $120 million to upgrade torpedoes so that they will work in the subs! The subs are British, the torpedoes are American and they expected them to work? At the end of the day, and at a horrendous taxpayers cost, Canada will be the proud owners of 4 35 year old submarines. Ernest Borgnine is coming out of retirement to make a newer version of Mc Hales Navy. I wonder if those old Buick parts will work in my MG? —Lord Nelson
This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2011.
Well those wankers would have been the Liberal government in 1998. Another coup for the military from the Liberal government along with flying in 40+ year old helicopters.
Um, do you remember the Oberon-class subs? Same shite, different date…
To paraphrase the PM at the time of that epic decision
“Da militaree do not need da cadillac of hequipment.”
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As the old saying goes, “Buy a British sports car; better know a good British mechanic.”
Thanks to the combination of Pierre Elliot and my dad being in the forces from ’58 to ’83 there is no way I could ever say Liberal without a sneer.
I wonder who we’re planning on torpedoing?
Past liberal governments thought that the primary function of our Canadian Forces was to provide honour guards for all those visiting V.I.P.s and heads of state!
@ Snubiz. Our subs(the old Oberons at least) have seen most of their use in training our surface sailors in Anti-Submarine Warfare. There are lots of navies around the world that have relatively inexpensive diesel-electric submarines and not all of them are well disposed toward the west. I’ll leave it to smarter minds than mine to decide whether maintaining a subsurface warfare capacity was high on our list of priorities but I’d say if it was, working submarines are pretty much a pre-requisite. One of the stories that I heard was that the Brits owed us for leasing the training range in Suffield, Alberta and some Liberal bean counter thought it a good idea to take the 4 2nd hand Upholders in exchange, although I’ve never seen that confirmed anywhere so judge accordingly.
Cranky, my Old Dad served from mid 50’s to early 90’s and we have the same reaction to Liberal but it was Jean Poutine who ensured that I will only ever vote for one party – whether I agree with them or not.
i knew it commander http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/offic…
Pretty close BN Doug, but they also saw them as a force of coolie labour for floods and ice storms and the equivalent of Airmiles that some fat fuck Pillsbury Dough-boy Generalissimo of “Soft Power” like Lloyd Axworthy could redeem for a shot at a Nobel Prize.
I’m pretty sure that Pearson’s dream didn’t involve sending Canada’s sons and daughters to failed states on whatever fly-by-night operators of surplus Soviet- era heavy-lifters put in the lowest bid.
Ha Ha Ha Painey – I’m sure if Doug Henning could resist any “incursions” from Siegfried and/or Roy he could keep our airspace safe with his yogic flyers. >: )
They’re Torpedo’s of Truth
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You guys hear? The Charlie Sheen sex doll has been discontinued.
i’m devastated pk, i wanted one for my bd…not http://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/201…
The British sailors called the upholder class ‘gremlin boats’, and for a good reason. Now they’re our problem, & some brit Admiral is sitting pretty.
I miss Chretien.
Here ya go NGF, in his Supershawiniganman costume. Notice his underwear is on the outside?
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So did I Fat. So. Did. I.
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Like this:
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*hee haw*
that wanker would be the gubermint of kanada. they were told before they got them, that they were derilect, but they had all this cash to chuck away. they should have bought a could of ruskie jobs, at least they were equiped with the latest shit. and tey were only going for 10 million each, i believe.
this is a high five for you captain. it’s a wtf picture and the creature is wearing a sweaterhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n7Vt1sT-3_4/S-Hrm0P2B3I/AAAAAAAAJ24/Tpwtkhcf3FU/s1600/high_five_640_29.jpg
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I LOVE TAMANDUAS!
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platypus rawk the strange and unusual http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPE…
hahaha suckers.
LOL. Prick >; )
I know, couldn’t resist. Who is the world leaders in weapon manufacturing now anyway?
In dollar terms probably the Americans. For prolific sales especially to the developing world I would not be surprised if it was the Chinese. My buddy Comandante Esposito could probably provide the latest stats compiled by the “Guardian” or “Harpers Monthly”. I’m inclined to believe his facts even if I don’t particularly share his indignation. >; )
The Chinese have developed a real knack for marrying their knockoffs of 60s vintage Soviet technology with some of the higher tech advances of the west and producing affordable AFVs and aircraft for a lot of countries that demand Western largesse in order to feed and medicate their populations. And they’ve produced some real unexpected surprises with their navy – Nuclear attack and Missile subs- and a new Stealthy fighter.
The platypus, proof God smokes pot 😉
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Anglo, 8-ball is cheap & fun
opps, dbl post.
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Thank you Hugo – I figured the big companies would be American but I was surprised to see BAe at 1 or 2.
Ivan – I was the author of this, I was so fucking steamed when I read what the military midgets were up to.
My Father was in the Royal Navy during the war, I was in during the 60’s and 70’s – his favourite expression when I told anyone that we were both in the RN was “Ah, but I was in when they were needing ’em not feeding ’em”.
gotta bit of the old “in and out ” from those limeys what..:)
woo hoo still on top, although i take no pride being from a country that specialises in providing ways to kill people.
Spent too much money on the screen doors.
I figured it was your work Baz. It had your style. Kinda hard to defend buying stuff for our military that doesn’t work – even for a monomaniacal silly bugger like myself.
Sad truth is, the last time a sitting Canadian government had a coherent idea of what our military should be and equipped it accordingly – Adolf & Eva were doing the wild thang 150 feet under the Reichs Chancellery.
My boss’ dad served in the Andrew in WW2. Went out to the Pacific in H.M.S. Howe.
speaking of war, i’m off to the shoppe. hopefully the clusterfuck will be a smooth one^^
We need some kind of sub, but the politicians always find a way to underwhelm. It’s OK for the higher-ups and for politicians to have Challenger jets but buy a sub for the grunts that actually works in case WE HAVE TO FIGHT WITH IT??? Oh noooo, that would send the wrong message. It is disgusting the way the powers-that-be treat those who lay down their lives for us.
I don’t think any pol should be able to decide this shit unless they have served their country. Then, they would think twice. Next thing will be used bullets… just slightly dented guys, but still usable!!!
well gang, looks like the old suckster will be out of the picture for tomorrow. seems a nast little sneaky fucking bug, found it’s way to me and the grand daughter yesterday.
and that little mofo thing, has her burning up, and me and her almost sleepless. gotta gaurd my baby, and she won’t let me get far too away. hope things go okay, and hope to get another shot at it later, with a new summit. tata guys and goils.
that’s too bad suckster. hope you and the wee one get well soon, we will have a toast to missing friends http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/200…
Yep let the Liberals arm the Forces and you get 50 yr old choppers and junk subs.
Now what I am waiting for is for any of the opposition leaders to say what they would replace the F-35s with. They all say it’s too expensive but are strangely quiet on replacements. I wonder why? Could it be because, with the exception of the F-22 (stealth fighter), there are no other jets out there except the ones China and Russia either have or will very soon have? They rest are 30 years old +. Could it be because in spite of Iggy’s rant of no tender that in fact there was a competetion when this first started in 1995 (now that wouldn’t be the Liberal government by chance), there were three competitors (Lockheed-Martin, MacDonald-Douglas, and Boeing) and Lockheed-Martin won it? Let’s hear from the opposition. Hell, I’ll throw it out to anybody. What would you replace the CF-18s with?
I still miss watching the 104-Starfighters fly but I don`t think the pilots miss them. I remember when I was in the CF, using korea era rifles and vietnam era radio equipment…but boy, did they ever update our parade kit, in a lame attempt to undo unification.
There was a reason they called the Starfighter “The Widow Maker”. Just goes to show PMs from both parties can be idiots. Abandon the Arrow for Widow Makers. Thanks Dief the Chief and all Liberal PMs since then.
The CF-18s were also brought in by a Tory government (Joe Clark) but there was little choice as over half the Widow Makers had crashed over the years.
The only reason the navy got new ships was thankfully the Tories (even if was Mulroney) was in power or we’d still be sailing the “Cadillacs” built in the very early 1950s. Now the ships just have to worry about 10-20 tons of junk metal falling on them.
Gidget, sorry, the Oberons were bought new. They did refit them for the superior Mark 48 torpedos rather than the inferior Mark 38s.
Also during Mulroney’s term we were looking at acquiring Nuclear subs (great way to exert Arctic sovereigny), which of course went nowhere.
If not for the last two Tory governments (Mulroney & Harper) our people would still be using equipment from WWII. Our military takes great care of their equipment because they never know when modern replacements will happen.
here it is 4 a.m. and sick as a fucking bitch, both me and little one. she is running about 39.5 and i’m hitting jusy above, at 39.7. mavelous fucking weekend, and i didn’t win the 50 mill either. fuck, life sucks, sometimes, but not this night, too sick
They need a catapult that can fling the Sea King and then everything would be full circle. What is it called? A trebuchet???
LS, who cares?
summit update: sunny, loud. hugo got a cramp in his leg. rosie got a fly in her beer. ralmn brought the bf. we all laughed and laughed. the end
PK’s event planning degree has, in effect, paid for itself. We should be doing these every 4 to 6 weeks, especially now that deck season is upon us. RAWK!
too right^^we had a special guest pop in, some weirdo with an instrument
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…i don’t know that sean movie admiral… rawk?
Awww thanks, Ivan 🙂 I had tons of fun. You guys are wonderful! Finally met the lovely miss bread girl and zed, who, I had heard was quiet, but DAMN. Introvert++. My mind is officially blown! LOL
Definitely a great end to a roller coaster of a week 🙂
Thanks guys. <3
Ocean Chick has the flu and decided it was better not to spread the bug around, and so stayed home. I’ll have to catch the next one. Summit, that is, not flu.
OH yeah, and I’m all sunburnt too! LOL. My arms, face and chest are all red. HAHAHA
Where was my invite. I’m not loved, waaaa. LOL.
Now back to topic, has any opposition leader or anyone else out there care to tell me what to replace the CF-18s with?
you are always welcome ossifer timothy. we took the topic off the board to avoid the sniper rifles^^it was a fantastic three hours chickpeasis, you would have had a grand time
All are welcome at the next summit. We break bread, not balls.
It’s from the gawd-awful remake of “The Hitcher” Painey.
They made him do an American accent when it would have been infinitely better had John Ryder been The Lone Yorkshireman of the Apocalypse. Stick with Rutger Hauer in the original.
Hope you guys are feeling better soon, OceanChick & Lifer. Missed ya.
hey tm, i heard that they are going to use that new invention thing. you know the rubber thing that winds the propellor and sails the plane in the air. i think they call it a rubber band. but never heard it sing before, must be comdom songs?
Well Tim, this is Elizabeth May’s environmentally-friendly alternative:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xRFNBWST25E/SbB-…
And I believe Jack Layton has plans for at least 1 aircraft carrier, although I don’t think he fully understands the concept:
http://edburkhead.com/funny/Kerry_Class_Ai…
Ivan that would be funny if it wasn’t true. I hear the Libs want to re-commission the Niobe and Rainbow.
HMCS Niobe
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HMCS Rainbow
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Ivan, I forgot about the Liberal jet fighter replacements.
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I’m definitely hitting the aloe for the next couple days.
and I like being an introvert.
Those festering emotions aren’t going to bottle themselves.
LOL Timothy. Here is Iggy’s idea of a “Stealth” Fighter:
http://home.mchsi.com/~kengstroem/new-stea…
Tallies nicely with the Liberal “Stealth” Defence Policy.
Whattaya think Painey. Maybe the hound won’t wear his PJs; but he might wear this:
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They must have solen it from Wonder Woman.
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And now the new army weapons courtesy of Iggy.
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Heh heh I look like a cooked lobster right now.
How attractive! 😀
also: I wish I was a bit more of an introvert, to be honest. Sometimes my extrovertness is quite annoying — even to myself 🙁
Wasting all that money on the military and they can’t even beat the backwards, barbaric Taliban. And NATO does a better job bombing civilians than it does helping them.
Yeah PK, I’m sporting a very unhealthy “Panhandler Tan” right now. Sunburn over a patina of gin blossoms. Keep on extrovertin’ my dear. You Rawk the world.
I have to disagree with you, Bro Tim… Oberons were not bought new – I was engaged to a Submariner in a past life, and they were retired by the UK before we got them… Hence the fixing them with pop cans and chewing gum (true story).
In any case, when you buy something for an intially low price, you can justify it “well, it was on sale”, but when you have to start spending MORE $ to refit than a non-sale-price item would’ve cost, you can’t justify it anymore.
Did You Know: The very first submarines of the Royal Canadian Navy, the CC1 and CC2 were actually purchased by the province of British Columbia prior to WW1.
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Not sure what hapened there, that was supposed to be the “It’s A Fact” girl from Kids in the Hall, not the Great Communicator, Jean Poutine.
i couldn’t open your link commander. my nose is burnt and i have some freckles on my forehead
It was a hound in a very cute looking airplane costume, complete with helmet and goggles. I found it by googling “Funny Airplane Pictures”
My supervisor here at DunderMifflin is off to N’Awlins for the week so I get to Rawk The Casbah for the next 4 days. Her husband has planned their trip entirely around what he’s seen on Man v. Food and Swamp People. My kinda dude.
The bf has pretty white lines where his glasses were… and a very, very red forehead. ha ha.
It was so great to meet you all in real life too. Jeez, that Orgasmatron dude is a chatty cathy just like PK. Who knew? ;p
The sunshine was loverly. Sigh. And here comes the storm!
i think everybody had a good time, your bf was grinning ralmn. he probably thought “good grief, these bitches be all kinds of crazy”^^is this close ivan http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivation…
The very thing Painey. It was great to meet you and your BF Ralmn. LOL about our Brendon. When we were talking polygraphs i think we got an entire sentence out of him. >; ) I was gobsmacked.
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He’s known about my secret love for da bitches for a while so he was enjoying it as much as I was trying to follow all the different conversations happening. He’s crazy too, so he can fit in pretty much anywhere. 😀
Hahaha it’s hard to get a word in edgewise with so many people. 😛
Morning folks.
Great time at the summit, met another 4 new faces 🙂
I got about another 1.5 hrs of sun, sick as a dog last night, and a little sore from using my ‘riding’ mussles for the first time this season.
Damn, I’m turning into a whimp as well s a chickenshit ;P
Hugo – it’s called *cough, cough* wisdom & maturity. >; )
My face, chest, arms… all lobster-esque and sore today. Even putting on moisturizer this morning on my face hurt like a mother fucker. So when I got to Scotia Square this morning first thing I did was buy some aloe gel. I got the stuff with lidocaine and mmmmmm feels better already!
In any event I had a GREATTTT time yesterday, guys! You are all A+++++ and I’m all smiles today 🙂 Remember what we said about thoooose not there? Teehee!
We’re gonna miss ya, ralmn 🙁 You and the BF were excellent company yesterday!
Heh. Polygraphs.
Also: that cat looks like my dad’s asshole cat, Felix. I should post the picture of him I took and drew a hat and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth in paint. HAHAHAHA.
PS: good luck on your first day of your new job, Rosie! Things are definitely looking up for ya!!! *hugs*
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It’s a kitty burger!
With extra fur! 🙂
Gidget, the Brits never used the Oberons. They were transfered to the navy unused. HMCS Ojibwa (launched 29 Feb 64, Commissioned 23 Sep 65) , Onodaga (launched 25 Sep 65, Commissioned 22 Jun 67), and Okanagan (launched 17 Sep 66, Commissioned 22 Jun 68) were built or transferred to the Canadian Navy priot to completeion. None of these subs were ever operated or used by the Royal Navy. Your ex-fiance is wrong or you heard wrong. Now before you say look at the difference between launch and commission dates is that it takes time from launching to commissioning of any naval ship to get bugs out, crews trained, and in the case of the subs, to get their torpedo systems re-configured.
The only used one we got was HMCS Olympus which was used as a training boat, in 1989.
lol – Ivan, glad I wasn’t drinking my coffee when I read that:)
i was a little worried about all your exposed whitey skin ms kitty, and ivan you must wear a chapeau^^http://cdn03.cdn.socialitelife.com/wp-cont…
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AHAHAHA. I’m SO totally doing that to oscar tonight and taking a picture. Except I’m putting a slice of cheese on his head.
Pics to follow.
Next time Painey:
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Screeeeee!
And I am still waiting for a leftie, an opposition politician or anyone else to say what the CF-18s should be replaced with. Give me some models and the whys. The silence from the opposition leaders is deafening.