Luckily, There’s No Incurable Disease Outbreak To Exploit
The ISIS laptop contains a 19-page document in Arabic on how to develop biological weapons and how to weaponize the bubonic plague from infected animals.
David Cameron’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch, and how is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
UK PM @David_Cameron: "We are in the middle of a generational struggle against a poisonous & extremist ideology"..
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— Johnny Jones (@gamma_ray239) August 29, 2014
UK immigration numbers up by 68,000 in a year, despite David Cameron's pledge to cut m… http://t.co/7JKurisunw pic.twitter.com/dSg58X6WPK
— David Jones (@_dpaj) August 29, 2014
Operation Head Explosions
Canada delivers military supplies to Iraq.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster III strategic airlifter has completed its first delivery of military equipment, donated by the Republic of Albania, to security forces in Iraq fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Operation IMPACT is Canada’s contribution to international efforts to deliver military supplies, such as small arms and ammunition, to those fighting ISIL. Staged out of locations in the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, the Canadian Air Task Force Iraq (CATFI) is working in concert with our Allies – including the United States and the United Kingdom – and the Government of Iraq to provide this critical aid.
Y2Kyoto: Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho!
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed global warming regulations aren’t just about stemming global temperature rises — according to agency’s chief, they are also about “justice” for “communities of color.”
“Carbon pollution standards are an issue of justice,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a teleconference call with environmental activists. “If we want to protect communities of color, we need to protect them from climate change.”
McCarthy is referring to the EPA’s proposed rule that would limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The agency says the rule will not only help fight global warming, but will also improve public health as coal-fired power plants are shuttered.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
REP. MIKE ROGERS, R-MICH., HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE – “The truth is that ISIS is a growing threat to the United States. You heard Oliver North talk about some of the numbers. But don’t forget about Canada. They believe that there may be as many as 500 Canadians fighting.”
Oh, Frack!
They have their transfer payments to keep them warm.
Hydraulic fracturing in Nova Scotia may be a viable practice in the future, but it should not proceed right now.
“We conclude that the province is not able to make fully informed decisions either for or against the development of unconventional gas and oil resources by hydraulic fracturing at the present time,” said the final report from the Nova Scotia Independent Review Panel on Hydraulic Fracturing, released Thursday.
The panel, headed by Cape Breton University president David Wheeler, acknowledged the controversial method of extracting natural gas could create a major economic and employment boost in the province, with potential benefits to the regional economy topping $1 billion per year and 740 to 1,480 jobs created during the development phase.
h/t rzr
Bin Laden is Dead And Ambassador Stevens Is Dead
Libya’s toothless interim government, led by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani, announced late Thursday it had tendered its resignation to the elected parliament, days after a rival Islamist administration was created.
The interim government, operating in the east of the country to avoid the Islamist militias which have a strong presence in Tripoli, said it “presented its resignation to the elected parliament”, which is based in Tobruk, 600 kilometres east of the capital, also for security reasons.
DON’T EAT THE CANNED FOOD!!!!!!
Why wait? Start now: Starting in spring of 2015, Bellini plans to find a suitable iceberg in the northwest region of Greenland, where he will remain for up to a year as it slowly melts.
Reader Tips
You don’t need to be familiar with Robin Thicke’s hit “Blurred Lines” to enjoy Weird Al Jankovic’s parody Word Crimes.
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I Amuse Myself
"My damage is done here". RT @davidakin Warren Kinsella 'stepping back' from Olivia Chow campaign http://t.co/wXcTUb41be
— Katewerk (@katewerk) August 28, 2014
Operation Empty Chair
President Obama acknowledged Thursday he doesn’t have a plan for defeating Islamist militants in Syria and backed away from imminent military action, while he also downplayed reports of a new Russian invasion in Ukraine.
“We don’t have a strategy yet,” Mr. Obama said of his plans for defeating the Islamic State in Syria. “We need to make sure that we’ve got clear plans. As our strategy develops, we will consult with Congress.”
Scramble the spin doctors: White House Rushes To Clarify
I Felt A Great Disturbance In The Narrative
Via Young Cons: Johnson says law enforcement told him that Brown’s juvenile arrest record contains a second-degree murder charge and information linking him to the notorious Crips street gang.
h/t Kevin B.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
What could go wrong? For the first time in the Oslo’s history, Mohammed is the common name for boys and men…
“Organic” Is The Latin Word For “Grown In Pig Shit”
…a seemingly grey area exists when a product is labeled as non-GMO, yet a GMO counterpart does not exist. For example, should an avocado be labeled as non-GMO if GMO avocados don’t exist? What about salt? Crushed tomatoes? A recent article highlighted that some brands of popcorn are advertised as not containing genetically modified corn when there is no genetically modified corn of the popcorn variety on the market.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
The Catch-22 of Energy Storage;
Several recent analyses of the inputs to our energy systems indicate that, against expectations, energy storage cannot solve the problem of intermittency of wind or solar power. Not for reasons of technical performance, cost, or storage capacity, but for something more intractable: there is not enough surplus energy left over after construction of the generators and the storage system to power our present civilization.
h/t DrO
In the Mail
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More Pavilions At Folkfest
… in today’s BBC report into the fact that at least 1400 children were subjected to “appalling” sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, you have to wade 20 paragraphs in before finally you discover the ethnic identity of the perpetrators.
Reader Tips
Tonight, a collection of “bet-you-didn’t-know-that” True Facts About Morgan Freeman.
h/t Mike
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
Spent fuel pool. (This one’s really good).