A police report detailing a fight last month between members of Michael Brown’s family over the sale of commemorative t-shirts identifies the late teenager’s mother as one of the “attackers” who beat and robbed vendors selling the merchandise from a tent in a Ferguson, Missouri parking lot.
It’s Probably Nothing
Don’t worry, it’s really, really hard to catch.
Post-election we learn: # of patients under "active" Ebola monitoring in NYC triples to 357. http://t.co/kGjjr0uktQ
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) November 6, 2014
Fair Pensions For All
Fair Pensions For All: our goal is to promote an honest and fair analysis of our pension system; to expose abuse and waste within the system; to develops and promote new ideas and concepts on pensions based on fairness for all.
“Organic” Is The Latin Word For “Grown In Pig Shit”
A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops
On average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37%, increased crop yields by 22%, and increased farmer profits by 68%. Yield gains and pesticide reductions are larger for insect-resistant crops than for herbicide-tolerant crops. Yield and profit gains are higher in developing countries than in developed countries.
“I feel like roadkill”
Cari Parker signed up back in early 2013 to make a difference, to help a grass-roots political group named Battleground Texas change the Lone Star State from red to purple, and make it a place where Democrats could compete in statewide elections once again.
“For all the work, it went the other way,” Parker, 28, said Wednesday, the day after the election, which saw Democrats post their worst statewide losses in years.
h/t Ed S
Reader Tips
Tonight, somewhere deep in the furthermost corner of the worldwide interweb, Miss Enid Stamp-Taylor will be selecting the Laundry Beauty Queen of 1934.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader tips.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
Seriously if I were able to hack into the server to put out the worst possible report that people believed came from $TSLA, this would be it
— Mark B. Spiegel (@markbspiegel) November 5, 2014
Oh, Shiny Pony!
So there you have it. Trudeau went forward with this announcement without informing the two who faced the sexual harassment. Facepalm.
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) November 5, 2014
MADD
Meet madder;
National CEO Andrew Murie said from Toronto that the board resigned after it was told its annual grant was to be cut from $10,000 to $6,000, because of falling donations. National CEO Andrew Murie said from Toronto that the board resigned after it was told its annual grant was to be cut from $10,000 to $6,000, because of falling donations. In the year to June 2007, MADD Canada raised $6.6 million through fundraising, but paid $4.1 million, or 63 per cent, to professional fundraisers. Salaries and benefits were $1.8 million, including one salary of at least $119,999, and two between $80,000 and $119,999.
Emphasis mine.
Whoops update: News item is dated. My apologies.
The Rise Of Isis
What’s The Opposite of Diversity?
Chaplain to Nothing: But it is on a university campus he feels most comfortable.
h/t Frank
Adler, On Selinger
Manitoba politics – finally interesting!
More at Black Rod, of course.
2014 Midterm Post Mortem
Bad for Democrats, good for Canada;
“Good news for Canadian jobs & economy,” the employment minister tweeted. “It looks like the new US Senate will have the 60+ votes needed to ensure that Keystone XL is approved.”
He could be right.
More on the bloodshed at Drudge, including How the GOP did it.
Oh, Shiny Pony
Confirmed – Scott Andrews, MP for Avalon, and Massimo Pacetti, MP for Saint Leonard in Quebec, have been suspended from Liberal caucus.
— John Ivison (@IvisonJ) November 5, 2014
2 separate incidents, both involving the NDP.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Wind turbine blade separated, crashed to ground on Sunday.
Reader Tips
The town will spin
’til the last ballot’s in
and the winner’s had his say
Many heads will ache
when tomorrow starts to break
But today, today’s Election Day..♫
Quote Of The Night
What kind of night has it been for the GOP? In Georgia, one John F. Kennedy was elected to the state Senate … as a Republican.
— Kyle Wingfield AJC (@kwingfieldajc) November 5, 2014
Heh
2014 Midterm Open Thread
So have you heard the latest theory that is being bandied about by people who are scared to death that we are all being tricked like we have never been tricked before? Have you heard the theory? Here’s the theory: There is no Democrat catastrophe that’s going to happen today. The Democrat loss, while it may happen — it’s a midterm election with a sitting Democrat in the Oval Office — is by no means going to be anywhere as big as the media and a lot of Democrats out there are trying to convince us it’s going to be.
The theory holds that this is a giant trap that has been set so that Republicans and commentators and conservatives run around in the days leading up to the election talking about the massive victory for the Republicans, the catastrophic defeat for the Democrats, but that isn’t really going to happen. The Democrat loss is gonna be nowhere near — this is the theory — the Democrat loss is gonna be nowhere near catastrophic. It’s not gonna be anywhere near as bad as most people think it’s gonna be, which will then permit the media and the Democrats tomorrow to claim outright victory, a moral victory, if you will. Instead of being shut out 28 to nothing, they’ll lose 28-21. Came close.
NYT Live Senate Election tracker
Ace of Spades Decision Desk.
We shall see. Comments open!
Moral and intellectual superior watch:
Nice to see #CBC has trouble with geography as well as what's sexual harassment. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/8mqAQWzMTY
— Turdeau (@turdeau) November 5, 2014
This should be 6.
You may recall meeting her earlier.
Icing: @jpodhoretz Fox calls it for Walker. Walker has won three elections in four years. Wow.