Oddments for the weekend, including improbable skills; very big fireworks; the glamour of flight; the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships; and the Takhini Hot Springs Hair Freezing Contest.
Oh, and this:
“The more leftwing you are, the more likely you are to have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has held discussions with the Senegalese President Macky Sall over a partnership that could offer “attractive growth potential” in the oil and gas sector for the West African country.
Justin Trudeau has been on a world tour in an attempt to garner support for a seat at the United Nation’s security council. Trudeau was in Africa last week, where he granted a $10 million package to empower African women.
Trudeau’s willingness to engage in foreign oil and gas projects may come as a surprise to Canadians who have seen the prime minister fail to intervene in illegal blockades over the building of a pipeline in Northern British Columbia.
Speaking of illegal blockades, Saskatchewan’s own man of inaction has popped his head out from under the desk to send a strongly worded tweet.
Trains hauling vital products including energy, resources and agricultural goods are coming to a standstill across our nation.
This situation has the potential to become very dire, very quickly. We need action now from the federal government. pic.twitter.com/yHyuDIo05I
— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) February 14, 2020
“We need action now”.
We’re just fucking doomed.
Happy Valentines Friday! Tips thread open.
February 13th: 5,090 new cases of coronavirus, with 121 new deaths. Chinese dissidents hardest hit.
A California Leftist – no doubt with “mental issues” – has tried to burn down the Eureka Republican headquarters:
On Saturday Feb. 8, at about 4:53 a.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the office on 5th Street for the report of a man smashing the windows. The witness gave a description of the suspect and said he was last seen riding a bicycle toward the bay.
Officers quickly arrived on scene and saw the man on the Boardwalk. They said the suspect fled from them on the bike, but after a short pursuit he was detained. According to the EPD, the suspect was found to be in possession of a “Trump” political flag. His bicycle had a “Bernie” political sticker prominently displayed, police said.
Police said they found the man, later identified as 43-year-old Michael Valls of Eureka, riding his bike near the foot of D Street. Police said Valls tried to flee from officers but was ultimately taken into custody after a brief struggle. He was found to be in possession of items linking him to the vandalism on 5th Street, police said.
Incompetence or orchestration? Where’s the security detail?
Pipeline protesters linked arms to physically block Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland from entering a meeting at Halifax City Hall.
Freeland planned to meet with Halifax Mayor Mike Savage on Wednesday, but a group of protesters standing in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in British Columbia blocked the front door of the building.
“No thank you, no thank you,” a protester told Freeland, adding that she may need to call the police to remove the group. “This will not happen. This meeting is not happening.”
Ivison, you moron…
The mob is winning. CN has temporarily closed down part of its network and warned of threats to the transportation of food, grain, de-icing fluid for airports and propane for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
In the face of this declaration of disorder, our politicians have been supine. Justin Trudeau is overseas, campaigning for a UN Security Council seat but encouraged all parties to use dialogue to resolve the problem.
That’s his mob.
I started to question everything. How many stories had I been sold that weren’t true? What if my perception of the other side is wrong? How is it possible that half of the country is really overtly racist? Is it possible that Trump Derangement Syndrome is a real thing, and had I been suffering from it for the past three years?
The Roger Stone case is coming apart at the seams.
On that Roger Stone juror –
Of the utmost importance will be her responses to these juror questions on:
(1) Social media and the Mueller investigation
(2) Running for office
If she answered in the negative… things will get interesting.
kudos @Cernovich pic.twitter.com/xoHBwkTmaZ
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) February 13, 2020
Bookmark March 31st: … this is the biggest briar patch in recent congressional history & AG Barr is one big rabbit proclaiming: ‘don’t throw me in’.
Update.
@Barnes_Law — it appears the #RogerStone judge already denied a new trial despite evidence of the juror bias, demanded the motions be filed under seal to keep key details hidden from the public, and implicitly threatened Stone with prison if he talked about it.
Meanwhile, it emerged that U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had denied a defense request to strike a potential juror who was Obama-era press official with admitted anti-Trump views — and whose husband worked at the same Justice Department division that handled the probe leading to Stone’s arrest. And, another Stone juror, Seth Cousins, donated to former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke and other progressive causes, federal election records reviewed by Fox News show.
This evening we present you an in-depth post-Brexit analysis by Nigel Farage, on German TV no less. If you’d like something more musically oriented, here’s a live rendition of 99 Luftballons.
Please do share your best tips from the past 24 hours. Danke.
Really, it’s just the flu. Better than the flu, even.
Data from case series of #coronavirus so far consistently show that age distribution of more severe disease skews younger than influenza with clustering around the 20-40 age cohort. Charts by @AEI based on these #COVID19 reports https://t.co/yxLnPmdtC6 and https://t.co/YvYRjjFFeS pic.twitter.com/UG67IZCWsH
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) February 12, 2020
Update: Health authorities in China’s Hubei province – the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic – reported on Thursday 14,840 new confirmed cases, almost 10 times the number reported a day earlier, and new deaths attributable to the contagion rose to 242, more than double on the day. This brings the totals announced by the province’s health commission to 48,206 and 1,310, respectively, as of Wednesday.
“🦠GATHERING STEAM” – Experts not mincing words anymore about #COVID19 – “We know that the spread is even greater than it was (1.5 weeks ago)” says HSPH experts. https://t.co/RYV7itmfSO
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) February 12, 2020
We’re a progressive society now, and these so-called “wildlife centers” (however well meaning) are exploiting sick and injured wildlife for human enjoyment and even profit. Yes change is hard, but these animals are best left to their natural fate in the wild and the centers shut down.
h/t Colonialista
Great Moments In Socialism: “He Talks About Giving Every American $1,000 a Month But Can’t Give His Own Campaign Staffers Severance”
Life under the surrender of law;
J.J. Ruest, the president and CEO of CN Rail, said in a statement Tuesday the railway has no choice but to temporarily shutter “significant” parts of its network because blockades by Indigenous protesters near Belleville, Ont., and New Hazelton, B.C., have made train movements in the rest of the country all but impossible.
“We are currently parking trains across our network, but due to limited available space for such, CN will have no choice but to temporarily discontinue service in key corridors unless the blockades come to an end,” Ruest said.
Ruest said the protests threaten industry across the country, including the transport of food and consumer items, grain, de-icing fluid at airports, construction materials, propane to Quebec and Atlantic Canada, and natural resources like lumber, aluminum and coal.
Anthony Furey: A judge warned us in 2013 that endless blockades were coming to Canada
So the courts have ruled that the protesters must leave. It’s the job of the police to enforce the law. But the police have instead made a choice to not enforce the law and are instead “monitoring the situation” and “maintaining a dialogue”. Meanwhile, the Ontario Solicitor General’s office, which is responsible for the OPP, shirked responsibility by simply telling Postmedia that “the Minister cannot direct police operations”.
This is far from the first time law enforcement in Ontario has failed to do their job. In fact, an Ontario Superior Court judge even issued a stark warning several years ago about what would happen if this contempt for court injunctions on the part of the police continues.
I trust the gun rights people are watching and taking notes.
All this as Shiny Pony hopscotches around the globe with his personal photographer, throwing money from the plane.
On protests back in Canada, @JustinTrudeau says: “I’m encouraging all parties to dialogue and resolve this as quickly as possible.” pic.twitter.com/OWn5CucZgQ
— David Akin 🇨🇦 (@davidakin) February 12, 2020
Dead at 68. A look back at some of her memorable, most recent contributions at the Post
An evening with Patrick Moore. Heh.
I have been RE-platformed in REgina. @ezralevant of @RebelNewsOnline has booked a hall for May 19 evening, the day before the @CityofRegina conference that de-platformed me due to whining alarmists. $25 admission. Tickets at: https://t.co/pQ9KVf7pNS
C'mon in for the real deal.— Patrick Moore (@EcoSenseNow) February 12, 2020
Going fast!
In less than 24 hrs, no ads, 50% of 800 tickets to my Regina speech May 19 eve sold. We can expand to 2000. "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom". I have something real to say and those Regina dolts banned me. They could have capitalized on me. https://t.co/pQ9KVf7pNS
— Patrick Moore (@EcoSenseNow) February 12, 2020
