Juxtapose time!
Bjorn Lomberg, Dec.2014 – “Shameful. Scientists decided beforehand that they wanted to blame neonicotinoid pesticides on bee deaths and then made the research to fit.”
Saskatchewan Ag Minister Lyle Stewart, Jan.2015 – “Saskatchewan does not currently plan to follow Ontario in implementing restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides. The government respects Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s (PMRA) scientific system to evaluate, register and monitor pest control products and sees PMRA’s continuing evaluation of neonicotinoid insecticides as important. Decisions must be based on sound science.”
Keep the pressure on your MLA’s and MP’s not to surrender Canadian agriculture to these corrupt activists.
“When the Nazca lines fiasco broke”
“Greenpeace’s response was to assure the world it worked with an archaeologist, taking every possible precaution…“
Oh, Shiny Pony!
Wherin Chrystia Freeland argues that Americans should be more open to immigration 'cause she's taking a French lesson http://t.co/Fnrcx9ailO
— Tom Kott (@TomK0tt) January 2, 2015
YNoKyoto
We Don’t Need No Stinking Smart Meters
Scathing: Ottawa-based economist Robert Lyman, who specializes in energy issues, has provided us with a summary of the highlights of the recently released Auditor General report…
Abandoned America
50 states, 50 photos. (h/t Dave S.)
Reader Tips
Roy Orbison wasn’t a technically great singer — he was “pitchy”, and his signature sound formed in his throat and head as much as in his chest – but like Edith Piaf and Billie Holiday he was profoundly musical in a way that could elevate his songs into a magical realm nearer to dreams than reality. In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips, we listen to his 1963 release Blue Bayou.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Karen Straughan vs. 25 Girly “Men”
Last year saw the rise of a new narrative of self-loathing Leftists concerning “Male Privilege” involving video games. Well known feminist, Anita Sarkeesian, produced this video on the subject. It’s not clear whether those in her video are just actors playing the roles of real men or simply overgrown Leftist males with daddy issues.
Ms. Sarkeesian is not without controversy. Some have suggested that she is getting quite wealthy playing the role of the permanent victim.
Canadian vlogger Karen Straughan recently made two videos on the subject, here and here. They’re well worth watching!
Bill’s Wife
It is not hyperbolic to declare Hillary Clinton the most paranoid presidential candidate since Richard Nixon…
The Sound Of Settled Science
Long-term oscillations in rainfall extremes in a 268 year daily time series
These results suggest that, because long-term periodicities may likely be present elsewhere, in the absence of observational time series with length comparable to such periodicities (possibly exceeding one century), past observations cannot be considered to be representative of future extremes.
Oh, Shiny Pony!
The World Is Being Run By Crazy People
Bill de Blasio has had three different legal names, court records show. (From 2013)
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
And here we go with yet another viral story that virtually every media outlet drooled over, and none of them cared to fact check it. As it turns out, that viral story about an Australian woman offering to ride the train with a Muslim woman who was self-conscious about wearing her hijab after the Sydney Siege never happened.
The story is a complete fantasy, so admits Rachael Jacobs, the woman who started the whole thing.
h/t nv53
Spoiler Alert! (They Hit An Iceberg!)
Via Tom Nelson
Reader Tips
And from everyone at SDA, may you all enjoy the best of health and happiness in 2015.
Y2Kyoto: Planetary Fever Update
h/t Maz2
Gratz, Brian.
Update: You can listen to the full show here.
Free Weiwei Zhu!
Delicious: A restaurateur violated a male applicant’s human rights when he posted a job ad seeking “female only” servers, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled despite hearing evidence the man might not have wanted the job in the first place.
Amen
In 24 hrs those non-consensual subsidies forcing voters to support political parties w/tax$ are finally gone.Parties must fend 4 themselves
— Stockwell Day (@Stockwell_Day) December 31, 2014
We Need A Famine
h/t peterj