This will be the third time in six months that the volcano has erupted.
NWS Alaska Aviation Weather Unit has issued an aviation warning called a SIGMET for the transport of volcanic ash emitted by Bogoslof. pic.twitter.com/vv42NLZgAH
— NWS (@NWS) 29 May 2017
If you were online at all on Sunday you would have been hard pressed to not see the reaction to Merkel’s comments about not being able to rely on the US and UK.
Relax. The blue check-mark brigade on Twitter are once again going ape over their apparent belief that Trump is going to dissolve NATO or some such nonsense.
Merkel is in the middle of an election. The Germans vote in late September. She currently has a slight majority. She leads what some would call a centre-right party. The only other party in real contention is a centre-left party. She needs another mandate to increase the defence budget to meet NATO commitments.
She’s playing domestic politics, but the Frums, Wills and other TDS retweeters (looking at you Andrew Coyne) either don’t know that or don’t want you to know that.
CFL training camps are open.
I swear, the stupid party on full display. Two stories from Drudge.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is tempering expectations that the Senate will pass an overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system, promising his colleagues a vote but not success.
The single largest wedge issue the idiots have been running on for eight years, the ticket that got most of them elected in the last two elections. Now? PSYCHE, suckers.
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Vladimir Putin a bigger threat than Islamic State, John McCain says
Has McCain ever seen a war he didn’t want? Outside of fighting Democrats, that is. Russia isn’t blowing up little girls at concerts you jerk. Russia is laughing at you orchestrating your attempt at a palace coup out of bitterness that blustering Trump did what you twice failed to do.
Not much meat in the article to justify this headline, but still:
British Airways boss ‘tries to gag staff’ over IT failure which hit 300,000 passengers after ‘inexperienced staff outsourced to India didn’t know to launch back up system’
If true, no surprise. IT is and always will be thought of as a cost centre in business. I have some trepidation about the mass movement in business to more and more network based (read: cloud, off-shore administration) focused technologies.
More Dead South – Dead South.
Thread open.
How DARE you Cons castigate our Leader for his glorious hair, personal popularity and hip urban attitudes. You completely ignore his substance and achievements.
Miss last night's #cpcldr vote? You may be asking yourself: "Andrew WHO?" If so, you're not alone.https://t.co/7lkJFHbaYk
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) May 28, 2017
An eclectic mix of energy and climate news stories from around the world.
The CPC has provided an excellent breakdown of each round sorted right down to the riding for the Leadership election.
Of all the day after articles written, I think this one is closest to the bone.
“Rocket Man” — a bluegrass version. (Iron Horse). Thread open.
Okay. That cardboard cut-out of JP Veitch (Rona’s partner) was hilarious.
Rona is kicking Liberal ass, or “balls”….
Thank you, Rona Ambrose, you did a great job. Cheers!
First round results (last to first): Deepak, Saxton, Peterson, O’Leary (?), Alexander, Blaney, Raitt, Leitch, Lemieux, Chong, Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier
Two surprises to me: Trost in fourth and Bernier less than 30%. So, tell me again how this style of convention is bad for TV? The depth of the field is actually benefiting the networks.
The next results will be an amalgamation of rounds two through seven.
Second announced results: (off the ballot) Saxton, Peterson, O’Leary, Alexander, Blaney, Raitt, (still on the ballot) Leitch, Lemieux, Chong, Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier
Round 8-10: (off the ballot) Lemieux, Leitch, Chong, (on the ballot) Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier.
Round 11: (off the ballot) Trost, (on the ballot) O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier (36%)
Round 12: (off the ballot) O’Toole (on the ballot) Scheer (38.36%), Bernier (40.38%)
Final Ballot: The Conservative Party leader is Andrew Scheer (51%)
Blog Notes: I’ve been liberal in my libations. There won’t be any more posts from me today. Cheers!
He is absolutely correct here. It is up to the party.
If he wins today, as I hope, it will be his and our job to convince the party that supply management of dairy and poultry products is a bad thing.
I empathize with supply management supporters though, the up-front costs of buying the quota are huge, indeed they are the retirement plan for the farmers.
For Bernier to succeed he must have a plan to reimburse those who have and are paying for the quotas. These aren’t ‘rich farmers’ as the less educated detractors claim, they are Joe and Jane Frontporch doing the best they can. Only then will he be able to convince the non-fiscal wings of the CPC that supply management is more hurtful to consumers than beneficial to a small handful of farmers.
Fortunately for Bernier (and us) he has never shied away from arguing his point with logic and facts.
If the party wanted to prove to Canadians that first past the post is a superior electoral system to proportional representation, they’ve succeeded.
I don’t know what the party would do otherwise but there are two things that I do know. Absolutely no delegated conventions and I want my vote (which is really the same thing).
It's Artillery Day today! The Limber Gunners will be firing this 25-pounder field gun at 11:30 am, 1:30 and 3 pm. Today only. #DOT17 pic.twitter.com/suAGOwIiKN
— Fort York (@fortyork) May 27, 2017
Nastiest person ever at CFB Cornwallis was a Master Bombardier. Still think about him on occasion, usually when I’m doing something extremely difficult and I’m too stubborn to get a better tool.
A holy and respected Muslim celebration of the Quran being revealed to Muhammad.
You can’t eat while the sun is up and you’re to refrain from violence.
God help you if you’re caught…eating…in Muslim countries like Iran, Yemen and France.
#ReligionOfPeace
One of the highlights is the interview with a young white woman attending the conference, presumably a student, who insists that “white privilege” is both real and ubiquitous, and that she’s “hyper-aware” its effect “every day,” and feels “super guilty all the time.” But when asked, she struggles to think of any example, any example at all, of how she benefits from it.
She then says, “Sorry, I’m not good at thinking.”
From the comments following this.
How the left is making the world ugly.
Canada is back! pic.twitter.com/0YjEqoIx7U
— John Groves (@jfgroves) May 26, 2017