UN, World join in outrage. “Afterward, the authorities declared a state of emergency in the area and closed Gaza’s border crossing, where authorities say the militants are getting support.”
The Tolerant Left
I’m old enough to remember a time when they supposedly just wanted to regulate the economy but wanted the government to stay out of our personal lives, particularly our sex lives. All of that now seems hopelessly antique, and Kohn’s column reveals why: the power to control our economic lives contains within it the power to control everything else.
Are We Still A Member Of This Thing?
From the Facebook page of Zuhair Hindi, a teacher at the UNRWA Jabalya Prep School for Boys.
Oh, Shiny Pony!
HoC cameras catch #LPC's @cafreeland practicing her question in QP #cdnpoli https://t.co/9lP8sudpoT
— Richard Madan (@RichardMadan) November 3, 2014
Thank God It Wasn’t Nail Clippers
On competitive indignation, the decline of the New York Times, and the hazards of modern schooling:
Da’von Shaw, a Bedford, Ohio high school student, brought apples and craisins to school for a “healthy eating” presentation he was giving to his speech class. He took out a knife to slice an apple, and I’m sure you can all guess what happened next.
Margin Of Fraud
Reader Tips
In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips Spike Jones & His City Slickers leave a mark on their remake of the eponymous theme song from the 1945 movie Laura.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
Not a spider I want to meet in a dark hallway: 4-Acre Spider Web Engulfs Building
Operation Empty Chair
Harakat Hazm and the Syrian Revolutionary Front just surrendered to Al Qaeda in Syria.
Most people have never heard of either organization, though they’ve been sort of quietly backed by the US since they oppose the Assad regime, the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, and the Islamic State. Now they may be effectively finished.
Those Moderate Sociology Profs!
National Post: Ottawa professor facing extradition over anti-Semitic bombing in Paris…
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
This Is Awkward
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Nobody disputes that wind is an intermittent power source. Hatch says that in a typical wind-natural gas hybrid, wind makes up 20% of the generation mix, with natural gas shouldering the other 80%.
If you’re wondering how much less GHG emissions are coming from nuclear power generation than the wind/natural gas duo, Hatch says a lot. In fact, per kilowatt-hour of generation nuclear power emissions are 18.5 grams of GHG, while emissions for wind backed by natural gas are 385 grams of GHGs. That’s 20 times more GHGs for the wind backed by natural gas scenario.
Hatch’s numbers may even be on the conservative side. Because wind comes and goes, backup generating plants have to cycle up and down more often. This stop-and-start cycling burns up more feedstock and increases emissions across the board. Bentek, a Colorado energy analytics firm, found that 1,327 such cycling events happened in Colorado in 2009, which released up to 6.8 million pounds of extra sulfur dioxide (“SO2”), 3.1 million pounds of nitrogen oxide (“NOX”), and 147,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (“CO2”).
h/t Eric A.
Cabela’s The Latest Poppy Free Zone?
A group of cadets volunteering to distribute Remembrance Day poppies were turned away at Cabela’s in North Edmonton, an act one legion representative calls disappointing.
“The management of Cabela’s informed them that, no, they weren’t welcome there,” said Greg Laskey, cadet liaison and poppy fund representative for the Royal Canadian Legion Norwood Branch.
Folks in Regina seeking an alternate source for fishing gear can visit locally-owned Pokey’s. Readers are invited to publish/plug other local alternatives in the comments.
Update: An apology has been posted to their Facebook page. It’s pretty lame, though.
Reader Tips
Tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips features one of Kris Kristofferson’s best: here’s The Silver Tongued Devil And I.
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Well, it IS the Roadkill Diaries
I know you had just #onejob @SKGovHwyHotline . . . but you could've at least cleared the roadkill! #hwy6 pic.twitter.com/tgTJijJ63L
— Ryan M. (@saskryan) November 2, 2014
But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
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“That very night, with [White House spokesman Eric] Schultz, [White House Press Secretary Jay] Carney and company freshly steaming over my Benghazi reporting, I’m home doing final research and crafting questions for the next day’s interview with [Thomas] Pickering. Suddenly data in my computer file begins wiping at hyperspeed before my very eyes. Deleted line by line in a split second: it’s gone, gone, gone,” – Full story at The Blaze. |
I Demand A Royal Commission
My top CBC sources say Ghomeshi abuse known to mgt for 12 years. Lied to protect violent groper and stained CBC brand #cdnpoli #canada
— Ray Heard (@RayHeard) November 2, 2014
It’s the only way to get to the bottom of the institutional rape culture of the CBC.
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
An elderly B.C. First Nations chief and his ex-wife, along with one of their sons and a grandson, received more than $4.1-million in remuneration over the past four years.
Shuswap First Nation Chief Paul Sam, 80, gets a tax-free salary that has averaged $264,000 over that period to run a tiny reserve near Invermere, a resort community near the Alberta border.
The Shuswap have 267 members, of whom just 87 live on the reserve.
Reader Tips
How insufferably, craptastically inane can one pop song be? Let’s find out!
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