Late night

Was up really early; a dog leaving on a jet plane, so this will have to do until I get more coffee, much more.
No one will be talking about much today except the debate. FWIW (not much), here’s my take:
Clinton is a politician and her experience showed in the late game. Trump controlled the first half, but he let the attacks get to him in the second. He wasted a lot of time blathering about crap no one cares about. As the adage goes, if you’re explaining, you’re losing.
As to how it affects anything? No idea. Personally, I was a little more convinced by Trump because he’s an amateur on that stage. I didn’t expect him to be so, well, reasonable. I expected ‘crooked Hillary’ and other crap from the nomination battles. It didn’t show up.
Trump missed +a lot+ of opportunities, Clinton didn’t and that decided the debate.

Peace?

Colombia and FARC to sign peace deal today.

Mr Santos said the deal with the Farc was fair and that it made those who committed war crimes accountable.
The rebels have agreed to lay down their weapons and the process that will be verified by the United Nations.
“Maybe some of them will hide some guns. That’s a natural thing that happens in these peace processes,” he said.
“But they are going to give up the majority of their weapons.”

Vancouver? What have you done?

Via, DanBC:
Vancouver votes to ban natural gas by 2050.
Oh, of course:

Mayor Gregor Robertson led the charge on the Renewable City Strategy which passed this summer. He is a vocal critic of oil and gas development and was a director Tides Canada from 2002 until 2004.

A wing-nut. More at the CTF.

Robertson wants a 70 per cent cut in natural gas use in new buildings by 2020, and 90 per cent gone within ten years. All natural gas use in Vancouver will be banned by 2050 at the latest.

#NotACult Noooonono.

The Honourable Member From Iranistan

Toronto Sun;

The Peterborough MP was previously known as Canada’s first Afghan parliamentarian, coming to Canada from Afghanistan in 1996 at the age of 11. But, after being questioned by the Globe and Mail, Monsef says she spoke to her mother and found out she was actually born in Iran.
She’s confirmed her passport incorrectly lists Herat, Afghanistan, as her place of birth. It’s not known whether her proper birthplace was provided on her citizen or refugee applications.
[…] she’s currently leading the charge to change the voting system we’ve used for 150 years.

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