The World Is In The Very Best Of Hands
BoJo is out.
Boris Johnson is out for the Conservative leadership.
Here, Tell These People Something They Don’t Know About Me
There’s a growing sense, not only in Great Britain, but in the US as well, that the elites, or the political class, or whatever you’d like to call them, are incompetent and have been leading us astray. And the response from elites is to call those criticisms illegitimate. Those doing the carping are assumed to be racists or nationalists, both of which, of course, are unpleasant, dirty types of people. Both the UK’s Leavers and the US’s Trumpers share some commonalities. Among them are skepticism over free trade and free immigration; concerns that elites dismiss as foolish and uneducated. And, of course racist.
It’s not working nearly as well as it used to.
Related.
Does the fact that London stock market now higher than it was pre-Brexit mean everyone has to STFU abt economic destructiveness of populism?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) June 30, 2016
Y2Kyoto: Shadenkohle
Germany has abandoned plans to set out a timetable to exit coal-fired power production and scrapped C02 emissions reduction goals for individual sectors, according to the latest draft of an environment ministry document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
When The Democrats Do It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
Caught in the act: AG Loretta Lynch Meets Privately With Bill Clinton Amid Email Probe
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
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Operation Empty Chair
The US is handing out $18,000 XM2010 sniper rifles to Syrian rebels. How long until they are in hands of jihadists? https://t.co/GkJy5BremZ
— Bill Roggio (@billroggio) June 29, 2016
Is Russia Really to Blame For Everything?
Professor Stephen F. Cohen recently had an interesting conversation (podcast) with John Batchelor about Russia’s role in European, Syrian, and NATO politics. Here’s a sampling of Cohen’s writings.
Avert Your Eyes, Madam
Retail giant Hammerson is now taking down mirrors from its Birmingham, Bristol and Croydon malls in a bid to boost the confidence of female shoppers.
I don’t get it.
Is it because every modern media person seems to have gotten their start at CBC that they defend it so? It does all of their jobs, radio, TV or web, and does them for ‘free’. That effectively sets the price for all other content providers to squat.
Cause, folks, the CBC is eating you and there ain’t a whole lot left on the carcass, if you know what I mean.
Fromer was a key figure on The Morning Show since its inception in 2011 and her role, along with a number of others across the Global News network, has been impacted as a result of the changing and highly competitive media landscape in Canada.
Isn’t it about time the CBC had to compete for viewers and advertising like the private networks?
Blog Notes
Did someone say carnage? We’ll we rolled into town today around 8pm. Singing… We Are The Champions.
Dogs of “Minuteman” breeding took 5 of the top 9 awards at the American Miniature Schnauzer Club at Great Western Terrier Specialties on Sunday, including –
Best of Breed: AmGCh.Destineez Wild Blue Yonder
Best of Opposite Sex (from the veterans class): AmGCh.CanGChEx.Minuteman Venus Flytrap
First Award of Merit: AmGCh.CanGCh.Minuteman Justified
Second Award of Merit: AmCanCh.Minuteman Up With The Birds
Best in Puppy Sweepstakes: Can.Ch.Minuteman Rock Hard Ten
“Wild Blue Yonder” is a full brother to Justified and Up With The Birds, but carries the kennel name of his American co-breeder. He went on to place 4th in the Terrier Group.
“Venus” with my friend Karen doing the handling honours.
We left Delisle last Tuesday afternoon, drove to Long Beach, showed for three days and arrived back home tonight at around 8pm. With a bad cold and most of it done in 95-105f heat. It’s time to get some rest.
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Trump is going to win.
Read the speech. Read it all.
Update: Right on cue, the US Chamber of Commerce goes ballistic. Main St. versus Wall St.
The target demographic.
Attack at Istanbul’s Airport.
A Canada wide warrant
Labour
Corbyn’s out, but he refuses to go.
The Benghazi Report
“Now, I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions. You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”