Suicide bombing reported outside the Prophet's Mosque in Saudi city of Medina, one of Islam's holiest sites https://t.co/tKBnCY8aIY
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 4, 2016
A Job Well Done
Nigel Farage has resigned: “During the referendum I said I wanted my country back. Now I want my life back.”
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Do tell. Just 14% of the 1,027 adults surveyed thought a reason CEOs were getting more political was that they wanted to “do what is right for society.”
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Kafir style: In the aftermath of last year’s asylum-related sexual attacks at the “We Are Stockholm” youth festival, the Swedish police are now launching a new campaign. Officers will give out bracelets with the text “Do not molest me” to girls attending this year’s festival, of according to Dan Eliasson, head of the country’s national police force.
God Bless America
A little tribute to our American friends:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Tried to buy a shirt & make a donation. I was refused service at the @BLM_TO booth at @PrideToronto because I'm white @CBCToronto @CBCNews
— SIMA XYN (@simaxyn) July 2, 2016
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Brexit already reaping rewards: Siemens is putting new wind power investment plans in the UK on hold due to uncertainty caused by last week’s Brexit vote, the Germany energy company has told the Guardian.
Reader Tips
Here’s to a safe and happy Fourth of July to our American readers everywhere.
(tips thread open)
It’s Probably Nothing
Outside Eli Wiesel's funeral I heard a huge explosion just now. Running into Central Park and found a young man with his left leg blown off
— Sarah Maslin Nir (@SarahMaslinNir) July 3, 2016
Just a “homemade device.” Seems to me there’s a name for those.
What Would We Do Without Peer Review?
This failure in economic literature is relevant to climate science because not only are the dynamics we’ve seen in economic science demonstrated similar to climate science, but also both fields have large influences on public policy — in part due to politicians confidence in peer reviewed literature.
Let Them Eat Yacht
DiCaprio flies his LA friends 6,000 miles around the world so they can listen to his speech on GLOBAL WARMING
But You Mustn’t Call It A Con
Kevin D Williamson on work and earnings:
The median salary for a women’s-studies professor is more than a hundred grand a year. The average hourly earnings for a graduate with a women’s-studies degree? Eleven bucks an hour, well less than you’d make working the car wash at a Buc-ee’s convenience store.
Slippery Slope, Schlippery Slope
Coming soon to a Canadian courtroom near you: Catholic Nursing Home Successfully Sued for Refusing Euthanasia.
Is Socialism for Whites Only?
“Regardless, this willing “dupiness” is necessary for a socialist economy to work. Everybody has to willingly value society more than themselves in order to work at the slave-like tax rates necessary to finance a communist/socialist state. The Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and Danes on the whole are more than willing to do this, while the Greeks, Russians, Venezuelans…and pretty much the rest of the world are not. This is why “sorta socialism” works best in Scandinavia…and pretty much nowhere else.”
Happy Ramadan!
In one week
83 Dead in #Baghdad
20 Dead in #Dhaka
44 Dead in #Istanbul1485 killed since #Ramadan started
Islam is the religion of DEATH
— Jared Wyand (@JaredWyand) July 3, 2016
Y2Kyoto: The Green Gestapo
Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker agreed Wednesday to withdraw his climate-related subpoena of ExxonMobil, a stunning reversal that delivered a blow to the Democratic-led effort to prosecute climate change dissent.[…]
The retreat also comes as an ominous sign for AGs United for Clean Power, a coalition of 17 attorneys general, including Mr. Walker, formed in March to pursue the fossil fuel industry and others that challenge the catastrophic climate change narrative for “fraud.”
h/t Ken (Kulak)
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Reader Tips
The Battle of Gettysburg concluded on this date in 1863 — grab a drink, the documentary is nearly 90 minutes long. Or save it for morning coffee.
Tips thread open.
Bill’s Wife
It’s probably nothing.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Syrian refugees at a New Brunswick high school bullied young students, ignored teachers, and harassed a Jewish student, educators wrote this spring in a series of e-mail messages.
One e-mail even detailed how a student enthusiastically shared his love for rocket-propelled grenades.