Vijay Prashad:

Such texts are boring not because of their content but because of how they are written. The style of these texts is almost intended to prevent the reader from getting anything out of them. It’s believed that just by publishing these manuals and reports they meet a certain standard of democracy. But what this kind of writing does is to turn people away from reading. Such writing is, therefore, antidemocratic.

This seems to be the actual indictment, in case anyone wants to read it:

https://www.justice.gov/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/...

Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyULepxgw4

To me, he'll always be the guy who loves to eat sandwiches, just like other humans.

Gotham City, apparently.

Whenever royals visit Canada, the government pays millions in security costs, travel, lodging, etc.

You have it completely backward. The scenario you describe (small unaccountable groups controlling who can lead) is exactly what this candidate objects to. Yves Engler was prevented from running for NDP leader ("quashed") by a 3-person, unelected group of party officials. I find those people's motivations much more questionable.

Un Bits de Tim as they say in Quebec

https://archive.is/4DGpX

The New York Times revealed that a Cerberus-owned security company had trained four Saudis who later participated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Ever have one of those time-is-a-flat-circle moments?

The bombing is described as having "involved firing more than 100 munitions at over 70 targets," which is a significant amount even if it killed no one.

What kind of "interests" do you imagine she is a "puppet" for, and what led you to that conclusion?

There's a number of good ones in this thread.

The Carter Center (cited by that BBC piece) is funded by various western governments including the US, as well as CIA-affiliated regime-change orgs like the National Endowment for Democracy. They are not a neutral party.

The "pro-Kremlin" smear is similarly questionable as it is promoted by the same groups.

Are there any problems with this particular story? I found it to be mostly collating current thought about BCI and its applications.

Why do we need to "practice" in the South China Sea? How would we react if another country sailed their military up to the coast of BC?