When America has a spine.
h/t Adrian.
The Brits weren’t wrong.
There is a reason the sun never set on the former British Empire.
Creepy Cops
Strange things are happening in the UK. Someone within London’s Metropolitan Police is harassing Twitter users they disagree with, naming family members in the process. A complaint has been lodged but so far no one has been disciplined.
When The Clintons Do It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.
At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.
I’m sure you’re as shocked as I am. Actual investigative journalism? From Associated Press?
Related.
Red Rose Country
You knew it was coming. Well, the ABNDP’s quarterly report made landfall.
I remember the #LifeWiththeNDP hash tag during the AB election. It was an effort by residents of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, BC and Ontario to try and explain what that really meant. It was about as successful as #BringBackOurGirls.
Operation Empty Headline
The Sound Of Settled Science
Reader Tips
Catchy little tune this: Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King. Thread’s open for your tips.
Bill’s Wife
At what point did our standards sink so low? pic.twitter.com/l4cJpZZhKE
— Martin Walsh (@mrwalsh8) August 24, 2016
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Couples risk their lives to be VACUUM-PACKED in plastic bags
Taxes, Food, Water, Cover
The four requirements for survival in Canada, ordered.
#NothingMatters
That explains some things.
I always wondered why I was the mosquito magnet. But, all things considered, the little bastards will be feeding off of me for a while yet.
Allahu Akbar!
It’s the new “must be Tuesday“.
Oh, Shiny Pony.
Ten Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty One dollars. (From Glen McGregor, whom I’ve disparaged in the past.)
This is the Flickr album that cost $10K? 6 pics and allof 34 views? https://t.co/g1YPeZXjuz
— David Akin (@davidakin) August 23, 2016
Meanwhile, Another five hundred that a certain health minister will be paying back.
Liberals, folks, entitled to their entitlements. Same as it ever was.
#WomenWithDegrees
After sifting through about 100 tweets I found all of one engineering major and one nursing major. Anybody want to guess what the majority of degrees were?
Now if they spent the whopping $12 on this, they would have avoided $100,000 in student loans for a “Masters in Lesbian Poetry Studies.”
Pleasing Your Enemies…
…Canadian governments, recognizing the importance of oil production to Canadians’ well-being, have misguidedly sought to obtain “social licence” for Canadian oil companies with stringent targets for greenhouse gas reduction and profit-eroding carbon taxes. Many of the major oil companies have meekly applauded these measures, implicitly apologizing for the sin of making profits by providing us with affordable, abundant and reliable energy.
You know the rest.
The Canadian Justice System In One Sentence
“A dangerous offender who escaped while on day leave at a central Alberta powwow earlier this month is back in custody.” (h/t Don Morris)
Oh, Shiny Prime Minister
The federal environment department paid a French photojournalist $10,681 to take pictures of its minister, Catherine McKenna, and her staff during the COP21 conference on climate change in Paris last year.
Documents given to CTV News initially had the figure in Canadian dollars at $6,662, but that amount was actually in Euros.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says the sole-source contract for photos issued to Sébastien Leban saved the government travel costs of sending a photographer from Canada to document the event.
h/t TimR
Reader Tips
This evening’s selection: Oohs and Ahhs – Needtobreathe. Tips open.
