That’s why: The TTC is likely to miss its target by more than 5 million riders this year, but nobody knows quite why.
Bill’s Wife
After IG Report, Will Bernie Have the Guts to Take Hillary Down?
The Vermont senator was playing a waiting game, holding his fire until the FBI indicted or something else happened to hand him the nomination. Well, it has. Even the New York Times is starting to panic.
When It’s A Republican Targeted, That Means It’s Not Illegal
Worthy of Trust and Confidence
The US authorities have disciplined 41 Secret Service personnel for improperly accessing and leaking the personal information of a congressman who had scrutinized the agency, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The announcement comes after a report in September by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General accused the Secret Service employees of accessing the personal files of Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, who has led several inquiries into alleged misconduct at the agency.
They were punished with measures ranging from a letter of reprimand to suspensions without pay for up to 45 days, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said in a statement on Thursday.
That’ll teach ’em.
Oh, Shiny Prime Minister!
O Canada, we’ll learn to lose for thee – Canadians need to accept that the days of decisive military victories, such as those of the two world wars, are long gone… (h/t Jamie)
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It’s Willie Nelson, like you’ve never seen him.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
I think I’m a better writer,” Babb told the Chicago Tribune in 2004. “His book is not as realistic as mine.“
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
DEAR YAHOO, FIRE KATIE COURIC.
Photoblogging: San Francisco
What’s your best caption for this photo, taken recently in the center of San Francisco:
We Missed You In Parliament Last Week, Mr. Vickers
Ambassador Kevin Vickers tackles protester at Dublin 1916 remembrance
Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers tackles protester at ceremony to honour British soldiers killed in 1916https://t.co/idQ3g16gG8
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 26, 2016
Nice work by the ceremonial guard.
Those Moderate Muslims!
Is Islamapologia a word yet?
A 70-year-old Christian woman has been stripped naked, beaten and paraded through the streets by a mob of around 300 Muslim men in a village in southern Egypt.
The mob also burned down seven homes belonging to Christian families, according to an unusually outspoken statement issued by the local Orthodox Coptic church, after rumours circulated in the village that a Christian man was having a relationship with a Muslim woman.
She was asking for it.
The violence is representative of the tensions between the two religions in the province south of Cairo…
It’s a tit-for-tat cycle of violence: because Christians exist, Muslims get tense.
Bill’s Wife
While the rest of the world assumes Hillary used a private server as secretary of state to hide her emails from the media or congressional investigators, Obama and Jarrett know that the private server was to prevent them from finding out what she was up to.
h/t Dave
I, Napoleon
Beyond #transgender: @Target announces addition of fire hydrants to store bathrooms. https://t.co/zcWeSCbNyq
— Katewerk (@katewerk) May 26, 2016
It’s Probably Nothing
Nothing to see: U.S. household borrowing nears pre-crisis peaks https://t.co/jkumeWsaK3 pic.twitter.com/ECumURPyac
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) May 26, 2016
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Trudeau’s entitlements and Harper to step down
Really a tale of two very different men. Justin Trudeau wants all of Canada to pay for his vanity projects. Meanwhile it is reported that Stephen Harper is getting ready to step down for a life outside of politics.
Brian speaks with; – Warren Kinsella. – Monte Solberg about Harper stepping down.
Bill’s Wife
She better not drop any further in the polls…
The report is devastating, although it transparently strains to soften the blow. For example, it concludes that State’s “longstanding systemic weaknesses” in recordkeeping “go well beyond the tenure of any one Secretary of State.” Yet, it cannot avoid finding that Clinton’s misconduct is singular in that she, unlike her predecessors, systematically used private e-mail for the purpose of evading recordkeeping requirements.
Camps opening soon!
The CFL training camps camps will be starting up soon, the season is almost upon us. Go and catch a scrimmage or two with the kids and get your jersey signed.
Meanwhile, Peter Dyakowski gloriously punks the Rider faithful.
Here, Tell These People Something They Don’t Know About Me
Showing up to riot: ‘Get off the stage!’
“Yoof” Activism
Minneapolis public schools just hates white people. Period.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
James, via email,
Ontario, which prosecutes ordinary folks for slaughtering beef for neighbours, has sneakily allowed 40+ facilities to provide “ritual” Halal slaughter services.
This means that Muslims, without any training or certification, can go to these places and can cut their own goat’s throat without stunning the animal – that would land anyone else before the courts.
And here’s the kicker: the “certification” of these facilities as places where ritual Halal slaughters may be conducted was not granted by any Ontario or federal government agency, but rather, by a Muslim council.