The Alberta NDP government wants your input into climate change! Survey here!
h/t Robert
Pollspotting!
The “yes” side is already well behind. Let’s bury them.
Is Sask Premier Wall just “showboating” in his defense of the oil and gas industry?
The Calgary Sun is running the same question.
And when you’re finished voting there, come back for a bonus smackdown.
Parbunkells
Good Fences, Good Neighbours
Hungary is planning on building a fence. It appears Serbia has been a little lax on controlling their borders, and with Hungary a part of the EU, it’s like the magic gateway.
Funny, though, it’s always the same people complaining about the countries who have to build fences.
Judgement Porn
“Here – tell these people something they don’t know about me” – Ed Driscoll, on escaping the shaming mob.
Pollspotting!
CTV Regina: Should Saskatchewan residents have the option to pay for a private MRI?
Saskatoon too!
Pollspotting!
As yesterday’s effort proved such a success: Did you do something to preserve our planet on Earth Day?
Pollspotting!
CTV Regina: How do you plan to vote in the next federal election?
Radio Free Pony
Fighting for freedom, one cartoon at a time.
Dearborn bakeries
Hotbeds of intolerance.
Pollspotting
A climate change survey, with the potential to go horribly wrong… (h/t Francois)
Pollspotting
With safety in scare quotes: Do you agree guns are important for ‘safety’ in rural homes?
Fight for the Elephant
Boehner v. McCain.
When it comes to internal politics, neither will negotiate; when it comes to talking with Democrats, both will.
In this case, DHS is a redundant, punishing agency and needs to be shut down. If that’s the price for killing illegal immigration, oh well. Besides, McCain is being a fool here. The D’s price will be military cuts, not DHS.
Pollspotting
It’s a CTV two-fer!
CTV News, Regina – Are you comfortable with a military elective in high schools?
CTV News, Saskatoon – Should students be given credits for taking military classes in Saskatchewan schools?
Story here.
Mischief Is Important
An insipid Coca-Cola campaign goes horribly wrong;
According to Adweek, Coke has now had to pull an online campaign that it launched alongside the commercial because it resulted in the company’s main Twitter account spitting out images that included the text of Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
Pollspotting
Just for fun.
Update: From 7% to 33% in a matter of hours. Things went wrong quickly.
Pollspotting
“By not expelling its male dentistry students, did Dalhousie make the right decision?“ (h/t Paul)
Skepticism
Yet another IT pro expresses doubt about the whole “Nork’s did it” narrative.
Sony has a pretty bad reputation for lax security in their systems and a long history of cracks. Add to that 5000 layoffs ending March, 2015 and you have the recipe for an internal breach.
I never bought that the Nork’s did it, and especially cast doubt when the FBI trotted it out. You know the same FBI that totally investigated the IRS.
The only question I have remaining is why the FBI (read: the political class) would want to false-flag the crack.
Help Shape The Next Liberal Platform!
Calling all 30-something women! Justin Trudeau needs your help!
*Note – I signed up for an email address at Yahoo.ca for use in these types of surveys. I’d suggest you do the same, to direct the resulting Liberal spam accordingly.
(h/t Brian Gardiner)
A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Lawyer
Not your grandma’s humane society;
Animal Justice’s non-profit wing launched their charter campaign last week, saying it would “ensure animals are treated as sentient beings instead of mere property, would guarantee the rights and freedoms that make life worth living, and give all animals a chance to have their interests represented in court.”
The group says there’s a gap between how Canadians care about animal welfare and how the legal system views it, and are hoping a petition draws the attention of policymakers.
“Animals don’t have legal standing to go to court and have a judge say yeah, that animal’s rights are being violated, that to me that is very sad,” said Camille Labchuk, a lawyer with Animal Justice.
Pollspotting! Does Canada need a charter of rights for animals? (To nullify the vote-splitting design of this poll, I suggest the nays be direct at the “No” option.)
10:50am update: SDA gets results! “No” has pulled into the lead.
h/t Harold