There Goes The Narrative!
The Nathan Phillips thing just gets better and better.
🚨Nathan Phillips, January 3, 2018🚨
"I'm a Vietnam Vet. I served in Marine Corps 72 to 76. I got discharged May 5, 1976. I got honorable discharge and one of the boxes shows peacetime or, what my box says is that I was **in theater**. I don't talk much about my Vietnam times." pic.twitter.com/nIoYxGoPqM
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 24, 2019
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
It’s almost as though the public stopped buying what they’re selling.
An “as I was just saying” update.
Like so many talented and lovely journalists, I was laid off today.
If you're in the market for an opinion editor with a huge and diverse rolodex, or a columnist with 10 years of writing about gender politics (and a literal PhD in romantic comedies) under her belt, talk to me.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) January 24, 2019
And this aged well.
Response of the day.
You are in luck, they just opened a romantic comedy factory up in michigan, hold on i ll put up a good word for you
— iutaro (@IutaroG) January 24, 2019
Chinada
“McCallum’s remarks, made exclusively to Chinese-language reporters …”
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
I, Napoleon
Japan’s supreme court has upheld a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilised before their gender can be changed on official documents.
The court acknowledged “doubts” were emerging over whether the rule reflects changing social values, but said the law was constitutional.
The decision, issued Wednesday but published on Thursday, upholds a law that requires any individual wishing to change their documents have “no reproductive glands or reproductive glands that have permanently lost function,” referring to testes or ovaries.
It also requires the person to have “a body which appears to have parts that resemble the genital organs of those of the opposite gender.”
Y2Kyoto: Going, Going… Back
The Sound Of Settled Science
January 24, 2019: Reader Tips
Gremlins from the Kremlin. Thread open.
How Deep, Señor Maduro?
Ballsy. US refuses to withdraw diplomats from Venezuela, vows ‘appropriate action’ if they’re harmed
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Ben Shapiro Interview: Heather MacDonald
h/t John B.
Things You’ll Never See At The CBC
The Rebel: Using the Wet’suwet’en name, these eco-radicals have manipulated the public into thinking that the blockaders actually hold some sort of right to the land that the pipeline is being built on, when in fact all that they have done is set up a makeshift camp with their hands out demanding any resource company that walks by them cough up cash.
How Deep, Señor Maduro? (Bumped)
Opposition launches protests to oust Maduro;
“We are all here in the same boat, without electricity, without water, without medicines, without gas, and with an uncertain future,” he said. “We’re all immersed in this crisis except the usurper.”
More: Signs of fraying in military support for Venezuela president
Update: Canada, US, Brazil have recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president.
IN PICTURES: Here is Juan Guaido assuming the presidency at a rally in East Caracas before thousands of supporters #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/skwYUQWSDV
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) January 23, 2019
Update – #Map: Who is backing whom in #Venezuela. Guatemala backing #Guaido, Bolivia supporting #Maduro pic.twitter.com/H4ITX8qI0Q
— Tomasz Rolbiecki (@TomaszRolbiecki) January 23, 2019
Why Sanity is the Future of Wealth
“This introduces a very interesting truism about humanity. That the vast majority of value in our lives is not exchanged through money, but via humans voluntarily bartering their time, attention, and excellence with one another. I would argue this has always been the case about humanity/economics – where monetary exchange, though necessary, only accounted for a small minority of the total value of the human experience. But with income inequality gone, with wealth unlimited, THE ONLY THING remaining is the value of human interaction. But it can’t just be “any” human interaction. It’s going to have to be valuable, quality, and sought-after human interaction. And this will pose a problem for leftists.”
From The People Who Want To Engineer Your Climate
And your driving, and your diet…
Compostable bags, cups and cutlery are designed to be even more environmentally friendly than their standard biodegradable counterparts. Like biodegradables, they are capable of breaking down into the soil, but compostables have the added benefit of releasing valuable nutrients into the soil when they decompose. Such nutrients can aid the growth of plants and other wildlife, making compostables the plastics of choice for environmental advocates.
Compostable use in the U.S. is rising dramatically, with the number of certified products climbing 80 percent in less than four years.
However, to properly break down, compostable products typically need to undergo high temperatures and moisture. Such conditions require placement in special industrial facilities. While a growing number of programs offer compostable disposal sites, a lack of proper labeling and public unawareness is resulting in many people simply throwing away their compostables in the trash, where they end up in landfills and fail to decompose.
In The Mail
A new offering by Bill Greenwood. Check it out.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Because Economists Are Never Wrong
Except all the times they are, like almost monthly on the jobs report.
Yet when Ontario’s Doug Ford questions a carbon tax the Laurentian Elites treat them like they have a perfect record.
Canada’s New Food Guide
h/t Aarnold