MSNBC: “How the NRA is making the Ebola crisis worse“

From “The case for doing nothing about the Islamic State”, by Rick Salutin:

So imagine being a villager. From high overhead, others are raining Hellfires, literally, on you. You can’t see them but you know they don’t look like you or speak your language, and care only in the most abstract way. Then along come the Islamic State thugs. They look and talk like you. They’re brutal but they create some administrative order…

It’s hard to imagine a more morally bankrupt way of putting it.

Ezra brought his timid self to speak at Ryerson University yesterday:

During the opening of Levant’s presentation, SSI president Hadas Hait read the RSU equity statement — which is required to be “read aloud during the opening address of all meetings and events,” according to the union’s policy manual. The statement says that, “hate speech rooted in, but not limited to, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, anti-Semitic” will not be tolerated, and ends by asking the speaker if they agree.

Levant replied, “no,” prompting laughs from the audience. He went on to describe the statement as an “Orwellian command.”

He should be forced to apologize for both remarks.
h/t

Do Cosmic Rays Spark Lightning? (h/t Stephen J)

Don Newman, former senior parliamentary editor for the CBC and recipient of the Order of Canada, finds himself highly amused by Justin Trudeau’s juvenile quip about Canada’s contribution to stopping mass atrocities.

Postmedia News reporter Stephen Maher, most famous for having giddy-upped his cherished robocalls pony until the springs broke before he could arrive at Grand Central Conspiracy Station, returns to form as he inexplicably resurrects the unverifiable, stale-dated statements of a washed-up former dominatrix:

“If this law passes I’m going to make you guys forget about Mike Duffy, because I’ve got more information and more proof on politicians in this country than you can shake a stick at, I promise,” she said, smacking the table with her riding crop.

Umm, yes, “she said” that three weeks ago, when it wasn’t necessarily news, but at least was, you know, new.
So why is Maher now re-writing and presenting as news pretty much the exact same story that was published by other reporters, including in the Globe and Mail, three weeks ago?

Bedford and her supporters have been busy since her committee appearance….She suggests that her plan would keep the issue in the public eye.

You don’t say.

“Nothing attracts media attention as much as politics combined with scandals of this kind.”

Ride ’em, cowboy. I’m sure this one will pan out.

Globe and Mail columnist and Canadian Auto Workers Union economist Jim Stanford:

Federal deficit almost gone. So why did Ottawa need to eliminate 50,000 federal jobs in last 3 years?

Hey Alberta, do you miss Redford yet?

According to newspaper reports, (Alberta Premier Jim) Prentice has embraced the idea of replacing Alberta’s coal-fired electrical generation, not with natural gas, but with renewable energy — wind and solar power.

Mr. Prentice is reportedly a “big fan” of renewable power, and wants to “make investments” in renewables in the context of an “overall climate plan” for the province.