MT @gmbutts "Wynne and Trudeau talk collaboration, climate change…" #cdnpoli #onpoli pic.twitter.com/NRMLdtRNez
— Katewerk (@katewerk) January 29, 2015
Oh, Frack!
Daily Caller: Democrats turned on one another Wednesday night and voted against an amendment that would have given the federal government the power to regulate hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, occurring on state and private lands.
Grün Macht Frei
Auschwitz is a grim reminder that some ideas and attitudes are dangerous. Contempt, scorn, venom – not to mention fervour about a new, improved tomorrow – lead to dark places.
WhichThose Moderate Muslims!
France, again: An artwork depicting high-heeled shoes on Islamic prayer mats has been removed from an exhibition after a Muslim group warned of possible violence in the wake of the Paris attacks.
Wynneing!
Ontario: Saving the planet through homeless sequestration.
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
Man convicted of aiming vehicle at police officer;
Arcand served as FSIN vice-chief in charge of the justice portfolio from 1991 to 1996. He also represented Saskatchewan on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and chaired the 2012 Saskatchewan First Nation Winter Games. He’s been inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and was named Prince Albert Citizen of the Year in 1994.
h/t Larry
This Schadenfreude Has No Set Expiry Date
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
CBC, April 17, 2012 (1:10 mark): This Hour has 22 Minutes star Mary Walsh mocks Rob Ford and advises him to “put the plug in the jug”.
CBC, January 28, 2015: “Drawing from her personal struggle with alcoholism, the This Hour Has 22 Minutes star speaks frankly about the loneliness and isolation of addiction, and why stigma hasn’t stopped her from speaking out.”
Big tip ‘o the hat to Mike.Reader Tips
In tonight’s diversion en route to the tips legendary calypsonian Mighty Sparrow treats us to a uniquely Trinidadian song about milk prices, taxi fares, politics, and wooden clubs: here’s No Doctor No.
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World’s most dangerous autopsy.
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
The coming “Shelter Dog Shortage”:
Another way to tackle the problem would be for volunteers to breed litters which would then be donated to their local shelter for placement. […]
For now, our current transport system is working well, and as far as I can tell we are not quite to the point where there is more demand than supply nationwide for shelter dogs. But that time is coming, and it would be a good thing for No Kill to begin to think about what we will do when that day arrives. My suggestion would be to start now with establishing lines of supply with foreign countries.Welcome To Macleans: Where Canada’s Most Evasive Writer Is At Her Worst
“One thing that you failed to mention is that the man who was saying these things was also Aboriginal.”
h/t Ezra
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Female Genital Multiculturalism: It has been estimated that 20,000 girls under the age of fifteen are at risk every year in the UK.
Photoblogging from San Francisco
If you like this image, you can download the original hi-res version here.Cameo Appearance
Former Top Obama Strategist In StateDept-Funded Group Working On Anti-Bibi Campaign In Israel http://t.co/1wjmo0SUcH pic.twitter.com/LbIOkNdtVi
— Tom T. (@VRWCTexan) January 28, 2015
h/t Kevin BThis Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
Sucks to be you, poor people.
Egg prices are soaring in California, where the USDA says the average price for a dozen jumbo eggs is $3.16, up from $1.18 a dozen a year ago, and in some parts of the state it’s more than $5. The Iowa State University Egg Industry Center says retail egg prices in California are 66% higher than in other parts of the West. National wholesale egg prices also climbed nearly 35% over the 2014 holiday period, before retreating. […]
California’s cage law is part of the nationwide animal-rights effort to raise the costs of animal food production in the name of more, well, humane treatment. Groups like the Humane Society of the United States failed to get Congress to pass national chicken-cage standards, so they turned to California to set what they hoped would be a de facto national standard because of the size of its market.Reader Tips
When the music moves you, shake it, move it, No Matter What Shape Your Stomach’s In.
Much better than a diet.
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Flashiest penalty shot of all time.
The Children Are Our Future
Oh, Frack!
A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
One of those executives, Nicholas Hoskins, is a director at a hedge fund management firm that has invested heavily in Russian oil and gas. He is also senior counsel at the Bermudan law firm Wakefield Quin and the vice president of a London-based investment firm whose president until recently chaired the board of the state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft.Oh, Shiny Pony!
Justin Trudeau has accused the Government of Canada of putting all its eggs in one basket, referring to how falling oil prices have hurt government revenues.
Given that our young friend might be the prime minister of Canada in 250 days, perhaps we should examine this statement to see what he knows about the economy and eggs.
