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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by antonvs on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:08AM (#43771715)
Politics. Diefenbaker had a conservative majority. Destroying everything made it much more difficult for a future Liberal government to restart the program.
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by vlvdus on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:29AM (#43771931)
Why would a future Liberal goverment restart it if the past one wanted to shut it down but didn't have the guts (or at least that's my understanding of the article)?
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by mjevans on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @10:31AM (#43772680)
Ban / "Burn the books" does seem to fall on the 'conservative' side of the spectrum every time I can recall.
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by RajT88 on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:34AM (#43773339)
That is why Trump supporters are buying Teslas.

They are electric and have no trans.

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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by lupusreal on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @03:47PM (#43775970)
That's only a funny joke if you dare to tell it right. Transmissions are called trannies.
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