WITNESSES TELL REUTERS VEHICLE DROVE AGAINST TRAFFIC AND ONTO SIDEWALK, STRIKING PEDESTRIANS IN NY TIMES SQUARE
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 18, 2017
I initially read this as a “Reuters vehicle”. I think it was an honest enough mistake.
What’s The Opposite of Diversity?
RIP Roger Ailes
In a statement to Drudge Report, his wife Elizabeth Ailes said, “I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning. Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son Zachary, and a loyal friend to many. He was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity to work hard, to rise–and to give back. During a career that stretched over more than five decades, his work in entertainment, in politics, and in news affected the lives of many millions. And so even as we mourn his death, we celebrate his life…”
No cause of death was given.
Drudge Report first reported the news.
Trudeaupia
Begins eating its own…
The managing editor of CBC’s “The National” was reassigned Wednesday for what the public broadcaster called “an inappropriate, insensitive and frankly unacceptable tweet” he made as part of a controversial debate over cultural appropriation.
In a memo distributed to staff, CBC News editor-in-chief Jennifer McGuire said Steve Ladurantaye will now work on its digital “storytelling strategies” and reach out to indigenous communities “as part of his learning process.”
“As you know, Steve Ladurantaye apologized for his action,” said McGuire in the memo. “He has made it his goal to better understand the appropriation issue from the perspective of Canada’s indigenous people.”
He didn’t apologize. He grovelled.
The Children Are Our Future
Bring back the stocks: Anna Wibbelman, former president of Building a Better Michigan, an organization that voices student concerns about university development, stated at a student government meeting in late March that “minority students felt marginalized by quiet, imposing masculine paneling”
Asteroid, Take Us Now
Camp Grounded.
(h/t JD)
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Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
From the people bringing you today’s “news”.
Thousands of Venezuelans gather for candlelight protest against what they call the "dictatorship" of Pres. Maduro. https://t.co/v7lIXUWbRV pic.twitter.com/BwjccQV93r
— ABC News (@ABC) May 18, 2017
It’s their nature: Also, why is the New York Times covering for Erdogan?
Killing O’Reilly
You didn’t believe the O’Reilly takedown was an isolated hit… did you?
Open thread.
Oh, Shiny Energy Program!
Rinse, Repeat
Then, wipe with a cloth: Tips For Reading Washington Post Stories About Trump Based On Anonymous Leaks
And With Luck, The Parents Won’t Notice
When middle-school maths teaching meets “social justice” indoctrination.
Who leads the World in the Crusade against climate change?
Most countries come last equal.
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How to become gluten intolerant.
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Money Tree
Money quote: In 2013, Canada’s hundreds of cancer charities spent $2.7 billion in total, but only 45 per cent went towards fighting cancer in multiple ways, including supporting patients, awareness, advocacy, as well as research. Fifty-five per cent, or about $1.5 billion, went to fundraising costs, salaries and other overhead.
The Sound Of Settled Science
The salt equation taught to doctors for more than 200 years is not hard to understand.
The body relies on this essential mineral for a variety of functions, including blood pressure and the transmission of nerve impulses. Sodium levels in the blood must be carefully maintained.
If you eat a lot of salt — sodium chloride — you will become thirsty and drink water, diluting your blood enough to maintain the proper concentration of sodium. Ultimately you will excrete much of the excess salt and water in urine.
The theory is intuitive and simple. And it may be completely wrong.
h/t nv53
“Police also have refused to release security footage …”
The federal investigator, who requested anonymity, said 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments between Democratic National Committee leaders, spanning from January 2015 through late May 2016, were transferred from Rich to MacFadyen before May 21.
On July 22, just 12 days after Rich was killed, WikiLeaks published internal DNC emails that appeared to show top party officials conspired to stop Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont from becoming the party’s presidential nominee. That controversy resulted in Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigning as DNC chairperson. A number of Sanders supporters refused to back party nominee Hillary Clinton, and some subsequently formed groups to work against Clinton and the party.
What’s The Opposite of Diversity?
Blowback: The normals don’t turn out and protest. They just quietly take their business, and money, and respect, elsewhere.
Renegade Regulator
“Nice energy company you’ve got, and a winner of a project too, you’ve invested a lot of money here.” And so, it begins. “The regulations you need to comply with are our property now, we own them, but we want to help you succeed, we’re in your corner. We’ll grant you access to our laws, we’ll allow government regulatory, we’ll even certify your compliance, and all for a small charge taken off your revenues.” Of course, a “small charge” is relative. But, you’re assured, you’ll get used to tighter margins and bigger charges, you’ll “think of it as a vig, or a royalty.”
Does that seem absurd? It should, but it’s also happening. The reality of private law is already here and it’s gaining ground.
Dead Rose Country
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo), which manages $90 billion in provincial funds, including the $19-billion Heritage Savings Trust Fund, is about to get a bunch of new directors under a new process rejigged by the NDP government. Four board seats are now occupied by directors whose terms have expired; three of them have term extensions that end next month, the fourth ends in October.
The NDP recently stripped out of the act regulating AIMCo any requirement that the agency’s directors have relevant financial, legal or board experience to qualify for overseeing the management of Albertans’ savings funds. It also granted Premier Rachel Notley’s cabinet the power to install its own handpicked people…