SNAFU
Peter Menzies- Masterfully manipulated media willingly succumb to the PMO’s seduction
The Prime Minister departed the country unaccompanied by even a single representative of the nation’s press. Upon his return, neither Carney nor any “officials” held a news conference to explain what took place. Instead, targeted media got fed what could be (I’ll use the polite term) pure fantasy. Two of Canada’s leading news organizations, apparently confusing themselves with stenographers, then – and without noting any attempts whatsoever at verification – dutifully passed it all along to their readers on …. faith.
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
National Post- ICBC’s Indigenous hotline and driving tests do a disservice to reconciliation
Based on its “Reconciliation Action Plan,” ICBC now has a driver’s license phone line just for Indigenous people. The obvious question — why? — goes unanswered. “This new phone line is staffed by a team of supportive and knowledgeable ICBC employees who recognize the historical and contemporary barriers Indigenous people face when trying to obtain a B.C. driver’s licence,” reads the Crown corporation’s website.
Still Got It
Spare Parts
A Midwestern Doctor- The Hidden Crisis in Organ Transplantation
How’s About The Transgender Bathrooms?
That way you’re fighting Transphobia and Islamophobia all at the same time. It’s a win-win.
Blacklock’s- Demanded Fed Prayer Rooms
Cabinet advisor Amira Elghawaby lobbied government managers to install Muslim prayer rooms in federal buildings though only two percent of employees self-identify as Muslim, records show. Failure to accommodate Muslim prayers in business hours was “Islamophobia in the workplace,” she wrote in notes disclosed through Access To Information.
Does A Bear Poop In The Woods?
National Post- Yes, the Nazis were socialists
Pierre Poilievre has enraged his critics by being historically accurate
We’ve Got Enough For Everyone
Duck Hunter and A Farmer
CTV- Truck full of U.S. handguns found in northern Ontario, two men charged
Two people from southern Ontario have been charged after police stopped the truck in Temiskaming Shores on Sept. 11 and found 72 handguns inside.
Two people from Brampton — Balraj Singh, 31, and Kawalbir Singh, 21, have been charged with 72 counts of weapons trafficking. Balraj Singh has also been charged with cocaine trafficking.
Science!
Where would we be without peer review?
Pub med- Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women: Incidence, Etiopathogenesis, and Management Challenges
Harvard Health- Prostate cancer in transgender women
Nature- Incidence of prostate cancer in transgender women in the US: a large database analysis
Canadian Urological Association Journal- Rethinking prostate cancer screening in transgender women
Narcissists Little Helper
Telegraph- Boris Johnson: I am using AI to help me write my books
Former prime minister admits he enjoys Chat GPT telling him his questions are ‘clever’ and ‘brilliant’
Going Full Bud Lite
Spiked- The book-burners have taken over the publishing house
Sensitivity readers and ultra-woke staff are censoring works that deviate from ‘progressive’ dogma.
Ideas So Good…
…they have to be made mandatory.
Mothers Little Helper
Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan- Antidepressants in mild depression
In mild depression, the effect of antidepressants is clinically irrelevant – improvements are mainly attributable to placebo response, natural recovery, or nonspecific effects.
Tonight On Unsolved Mysteries
National Post- How postal workers lost Canadians
Hell To The No
Blacklock’s- Ask MPs To Permit Digital ID
“To modernize and support enhanced passenger experience we ask that the government endorse system-wide border and screening modernization including immediate regulatory changes,” Toronto’s Pearson International Airport wrote in a committee submission. It recommended amendments to Secure Air Travel Regulations to “enable digital ID to be recognized.”
Regulations currently require that domestic passengers over age 18 carry government-issue photo ID like a passport or driver’s license. Pearson Airport managers sought “a comprehensive set of regulations to enable digital ID and biometrics.”
Meal Team Six
UK Sun- Staggering number of troops are too obese for combat
Of the military’s 147,300 service personnel, 40,063 were at “increased, high or very high risk” of ill health owing to their weight in the past year.
Common Denominators
Left wing authoritarians.