Fuck Diefenbaker. The Arrow was beautiful and he killed it to capitulate to America bullshittery.
This is the most surprising thing I've ever read in The Walrus:

(Not to be confused with the Black Friday corporate retail fuck fest where we convince ourselves in the States that we need another 70-inch LCD TV.)

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How did we ever allow Black Friday sales into Canada? That’s what Boxing Day is for!

Just another example of Canadian culture and commerce being steamrolled by the US.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes and now Boxing Day is basically nothing and you get better deals on Black Friday. But both suck now.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

and you get better deals on Black Friday

Those "deals" are largely hype anyway.

Other than a couple of loss leaders (in very limited first come, first served quantities), most things are at a similar sale price that you can find other times of the year if you are patient.

[–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Also ironically interceptors like the Avro are back baby. The argument was they became useless in the new ICBM reality. But they never really did. They served roles in airforces since, and now Ukraine wants more interceptors than anything else because there isnt any dog fighting or offensive bombing runs happening via jet. US jets getting downed over Iran further nailed that stake into the coffin. Meanwhile interceptors deliver counter missiles and fast, and can be used for delivery of long range munitions. Not needing specialized hangers like F35s is a huge plus.

Jets like the F35 will not survive the shift to modern warfare like the battleship didnt survive the transition into the last era.