That Thing That Never Happens

Is now happening every day.

Three people, including the suspect, were fatally shot during a Rhode Island youth hockey game Monday (video), authorities said.

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that three other victims were hospitalized in critical condition. The shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gun wound, she said.

While police were not involved in the shooter’s death, authorities were still investigating, she said.

“It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute,” she said.

Goncalves did not provide details about the suspect or the ages of those who were killed, though she said it appeared that both victims were adults.

Taxes For Detox

It’s one thing to admit that BC’s approach to hard drugs has failed, but it’s another to offer up taxpayer funded treatment programs for every addict for as long as it takes as the alternative. I’m pretty sure that Elenore Sturko’s not planning to fund any of that on her own.

“If someone voluntarily wants to get help, I am your biggest champion,” she counters. “I want you to walk into any door and to be able to say, ‘I want detox today, and I need to go to treatment, and I’d like lifelong support and counselling if I need it, and a nice place to live that’s drug-free and safe for me.’

The Libranos: Chump Change

This will teach them dirty Liberals;

A former campaign manager and longtime political aide to Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches-East York, Ont.) has been cited for multiple violations of the Elections Act. Breaches included falsifying records: ‘He was the official agent.’

“The initial amount of the AMP set out in the Notice of Violation was $500. The final amount, upon the Commissioner’s review, was reduced to $300. A mitigating factor was applied taking into account Andrew Goodridge’s ability to pay the amount of the penalty.“

Nites Ov De Rod

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has closed 7,500 commercial driver training schools in a first year of enforcing federal laws governing trucking to increase road safety.

Recently, he listed significant actions directed toward the trucking industry among other key transportation achievements under “a year of decisive wins under President Donald J. Trump’s America First Agenda.”[…]

FMCSA disclosed Dec. 1 it found widespread noncompliance with entry-level driver training requirements after reviewing 16,000 CDL training providers listed nationwide.

“The trucking industry has operated like the Wild, Wild West for far too long which is why I purged NEARLY HALF of trucking schools from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s list of approved schools because they failed to meet our high standards of safety,” Duffy noted in a Dec. 2 social media post. “We also placed over 7,000 drivers who failed to meet our English proficiency standards out of service because if you can’t speak English, you need to get off American roads! We’re not afraid to take EVERY MEASURE to protect the American people.”

Related, from Gord McGill: The Continuing Worldwide Highway Boogaloo

It’s Norm Macdonald’s World

And we’re just living in it.

Elbows Up, Comrades

We sure were lucky to get this new Governor.

Think food inflation in Canada is high? You haven’t seen anything yet.

New food inflation data will be released Tuesday, February 17. Early signals suggest January’s rate could come in around 6.2% — a significant acceleration.

Meanwhile, in the United States, despite tariff pressures and ongoing trade tensions, food inflation eased to 2.9%, down from 3.1% in January.

That gap matters.

Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors

Mainstream media responds in unison to condemn ‘false claims’ about trans people”

The Part I Like Best

About drug decriminalization is the way government follows science in determining best practices.

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