Dear journalists, you may send me a DM if you’re interested in exclusive materials from the DCCC, which I have plenty of.
Awkward. Those are documents from Nancy Pelosi’s personal computer.
(If you’re running Microsoft office products, think twice before downloading the files linked.)
Oh, Shiny Prime Minister!
You have outlived your usefulness: The Justin Trudeau government is on pace this year to preside over the biggest-ever recorded cut to the number of federal environment scientists.
(hahahahahaha)
Operation Empty Chair
Senior officials at U.S. Central Command manipulated intelligence reports, press statements, and congressional testimony to present a more positive outlook on the war against the so-called Islamic State, a House Republican task force concluded in a damning report released Thursday.
The report, written by the members of the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees and the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, confirmed more than a year of reporting by The Daily Beast about problems with CENTCOM analysis of the war against ISIS.
House Democrats, who conducted their own separate investigation, reached a similar conclusion as their Republican colleagues, finding that CENTCOM “insufficiently accommodated dissenting views,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.
The altering of intelligence reports, which included information that made its way into briefings to President Obama, was systematic, lawmakers found.
Bill’s Wife
Things you never saw on the CBC.
#HillaryAccomplishments being so hated by non-Whites in LA, that she is booed from stage in 30 sec in LA (May '16) pic.twitter.com/i2mQOjn9TR
— AltRight (@_AltRight_Anew) August 5, 2016
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer.
h/t Iowa Jim
Scratch A Green
Elizabeth May says she could step down as Green Party leader later this month if her party doesn’t reconsider its decision to endorse a movement that calls for the boycott of Israel.
The Leader is always the “last” to know.
The Brains Behind Notley Climate Change Plan
The University of Alberta professor says they “did a bunch of analysis” but “a scenario of the prices being where they are today wasn’t there.”
Reader Tips
Smokey Robinson – I Second That Emotion
Your tips are welcome in the comments.
Driver.
Thank you @FBI for monitoring the bits and bytes, the airwaves and for sharing your information with the @RCMP. Cheers.
— Lance Levsen (@LLevsen) August 11, 2016
That video of his was…chilling.
More.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
CNN reports that 200 million people died last year in the US from surgery complications — not a good track record! pic.twitter.com/K1e4WzWa1s
— Zachary Goldfarb (@Goldfarb) August 10, 2016
Sunny Days, My Friends!
Speaking in Sudbury, Ont., Bill Morneau made his first public comments since Statistics Canada released grim numbers last Friday about the country’s labour force and its international trade performance.
The federal agency said Canada lost 31,200 jobs in July, while its trade deficit with the world swelled to a record level of $3.6 billion in June.
The Canadian economy also contracted 0.6 per cent in May — the country’s worst one-month performance since the darkest days of the Great Recession seven years ago.
Morneau did not mention any of these figures to his small audience of business people in Sudbury…
SDA Gets Results!
The Vancouver-based restaurant chain came under fire when it announced it would start sourcing its beef from an American ranch accredited by the non-profit group Humane Farm Animal Care. After sales plunged by 30 per cent at some locations, Earls said sorry and put Canadian beef back on the menu.
h/t Steve from Rockwood
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
It’s a metaphor.
h/t Ed
Reader Tips
Marvin Gaye – Heard It Through The Grapevine. The thread is open for your tips.
Oh, Shiny Prime Minister!
If you kill your enemies, they win.
More…
Aaron Daniel Driver, 24, also known as Harun Abdurahman, appeared briefly in court on Friday. The RCMP is seeking a peace bond against him on the grounds he will “participate in or contribute to a terrorist group.”
Feminist “Ocean’s 11”
Hollywood doing an all-female cast remake of Ocean’s 11…because Feminist Ghostbusters worked so well.
“Analysis” if there’s any to be had.
When The Democrats Do It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
Pay to Play – Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, released 296 pages of emails from the Democratic presidential nominee, including 44 that Judicial Watch says were not previously handed over to the State Department by Clinton. The emails, many of which are heavily redacted, raise questions about the Clinton Foundation’s influence on the State Department and its relations during her tenure.
Here, Tell These People Something They Don’t Know About Me
Great Moments In Socialism
