U.S. counter-terror officials have asked Toyota, the world’s second largest auto maker, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs …
Why You Should Be Happy You’re Not a Leftist
“They lack such meaning, purpose, and reason in life,
They are such worthless, pointless people,
That when their ideology rapes them, or even kills them,
They will still stand by it because…
that’s all they have life.”
Media Narratives Matter
Wynneing!
Life is a charging station, gonna charge it all night long…
The full network of stations will allow electric vehicles to travel from Windsor, Ont., to Ottawa, or from Toronto to North Bay, Ont., as well as in and around major urban centres.
The stations — which will be placed at more than 250 locations including highways, workplaces and public spaces — are all expected to be in service by the end of March next year.
The government says the $20 million investment in the charging stations comes from Ontario’s $325 million Green Investment Fund, which supports projects that fight climate change.
Hey, it’s only money debt.
Don’t Oppress Me With Your Dieting And Lack Of Bingo Wings
When you say that you shouldn’t have eaten that lunch or dessert, or when you announce your new year’s resolution to lose 5, 10, 25 pounds, you are saying that you don’t want your body to end up like mine.
Oh, Shiny Prime Minister!
Bend over, Canada – your Sky Gods demand sacrifice: Here comes carbon pricing
A hint was the enthusiasm McKenna expressed about how major financial institutions support the government’s plan.
Of course they do — they’re going to make a fortune trading carbon credits — just as major industrial emitters who also support carbon pricing are going to make billions of dollars in subsidies our governments are throwing at them in return for their support.
Indeed, at the same Toronto Board of Trade event where McKenna spoke, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney predicted global carbon pricing will create a $5 to $7 trillion-a-year business in so-called clean infrastructure projects, much of it financed through capital markets.
h/t Progressive Pat
How Deep, Señor Maduro?
Venezuelans hoping to buy food, wait at Colombian border. (ht @moisesnaim) pic.twitter.com/4CxQd708wE
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 17, 2016
Venezuelan Nightmare A 30-day hunt for food in a starving land (h/t Maz2)
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
Sheepview360 in the Faroe Islands. (h/t Me No Dhimmi)
Hope And Change In Baton Rouge
Missouri man suspected in Baton Rouge shootings was affiliated with anti-government New Freedom Group–Live updates: https://t.co/7c1AQUEqqb
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 17, 2016
You know, like the Tea Party…
So I'm not a "journalist" but a Google search of "New Freedom Group" comes up only with drug addiction support groups. #BatonRouge
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) July 17, 2016
Close enough.
Update: Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube
I, Napoleon
…the state’s Department of Children and Families has released a new glossary of terms designed to help you navigate the new world of transgender sensibilities and avoid saying anything which will earn you a stiff reprimand from your betters. For starters, you can forget about the term “racism.” In this brave new world, if you think there are only two genders defined by your 23rd chromosomal pair, you’re engaging in genderism. And the language lessons only go downhill from there.
Flattering The Misinformed
Ben Shapiro on facts versus feelings:
If the political goal is to alleviate feelings of discrimination, no end point can ever be reached so long as a disproportionate number of black people end up in prison. And a disproportionate number of black people end up in prison not because of discrimination in the criminal-justice system, but because a disproportionate number of black people commit crimes… Crediting the unjustified feeling that there is pervasive bias in the criminal-justice system means making evidence secondary to perceptions. In the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Mo., a large majority of black Americans felt that Officer Darren Wilson was guilty of murder in August 2015. They were wrong. But according to our political leaders, such feelings ought to be granted the patina of legitimacy. This isn’t leadership. It’s moral cowardice.
It’s Probably Nothing
In the new reality of negative rates, borrowers get paid and savers get penalized.
Hope And Change In Baton Rouge
Tawny Lives Matter
New hope for stupid predators – Scientists are painting eyes on cows’ butts to stop lions getting shot
h/t POK
Operation Empty Chair
There can be but little doubt that Turkey will be in upheaval for some time, no matter how things shake out in Ankara. There is even less doubt that ISIS and al-Qaeda are putting out an all-points bulletin to jihadis to converge on Turkey to exploit the situation there. This is but the first detonation, following on Nice. More alas is likely to come.
The last 48 hours have blown the hinges off NATO’s southern door. The European Union was relying on Turkey to stand between it and the chaos of Syria. Now the wall is threatening to collapse on Frau Merkel. The chaos she sought to keep at bay may have moved one country closer to the heart of Europa, a Europa which the French security failure suggests is defenseless against the fire which it, itself, has started within its borders.
Asteroid, Take Us Now
A Vaporeon popped up in the middle of Central Park and this happenedpic.twitter.com/bSJ6GUvPvh
— Izzy Nobre (@MrNobre) July 16, 2016
More: Pokemon Go players go mad as rare Pokemon appears in park
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Congratulations! You survived Pants Week! To kick off our new theme, tonight we shall revisit the final heat of the July 15th GMC Rangeland Derby (Calgary Stampede).
Tips open!
Honey, I Finished The Internet
“By any reasonable count there are a few hundred million Muslims who in some way approve of terror”
When snipers fired on Union soldiers from Tennessee or Kentucky villages, Sherman expelled residents, burned houses, and laid waste to crops. There are lessons here for what we used to call, quaintly, the Global War on Terror.
A conversation that’s way overdue. (h/t Me No Dhimmi)