The November of our Souls
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, November is nobody's favorite month. It is cold. The yellow face that brings life avoids you. When the sun does show up, it often shines in vain, concealed behind slate grey clouds. Christmas is near enough that you get the stresses of shopping for Christmas, without the benefits of it actually being close to Christmas. If you are a student, you have the reverse ski-jump of exams to look forward to. Frankly it's enough for you to contemplate suicide by flintlock. Still, I'm buoyed up a bit by the results of Canada's federal election. The Liberals crushed the Conservatives to form a new majority government. While I feel this is a big positive development generally, it also means that Canada buying the F-35 is now likely not going to happen. While almost nothing has happened on that front as yet, a proper fighter competition is likely, so good news there. There is also two further bits of good news for Canada's next figh...