Dalton McGuinty headed to Harvard for prestigious fellowship
What We Really Need Is Democracy
With a totalitarian theocracy to vote for: Egyptian President Mohamad Morsi is destroying the country with a toxic mix of ideology and incompetence, and the city of Luxor is now in open revolt after he appointed a terrorist as the governor.
Speech in Cairo Update: US Marines stationed in Southern Europe have been placed on alert.
Free Section 13!
SDA gets results.
Reader Tips
At the suggestion of Bartinsky, here are The Mavericks – Back In Your Arms Again. Your tips are welcome in the comments.
Cold, Wet Hands
I am phoning my MP today and will be asking them to advise how many firearms have been seized from the Cumberland House Indian Reserve as they have been evacuated as well. I suggest you do the same.
Libraries Can Replace Liberal Arts Colleges
YNoKyoto
Spiegel: Germany Blocks CO2 Reduction Deal
Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
With a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed near the core of flood-battered Calgary, Mayor Naheed Nenshi is picking a fight with the railway over its safety record, while saying cities should push for more power over the industrial goods running by their backyards.
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Mr. Nenshi noted a series of recent CP layoffs, asking: “How many bridge inspectors did they fire?”
Mr. Harrison said none.
h/t bdoggins
Cold, Wet Hands
After breaking into residents’ homes to seize them: “The guns will be returned to owners after residents are allowed back in town and they provide proof of ownership…”
You don’t say;
Will be tougher down the road to get people to evacuate in a disaster now that we know RCMP will root through our personal stuff #abflood
— Cory Morgan (@CoryBMorgan) June 28, 2013
Update: PMO to RCMP: Give back the High River guns
h/t Rick
(11:23am – bumped)
Not A Muslim
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
According to its tax return, events such as glitzy galas ended up running a net loss of $60,000 for [Humane Society Of The United States] in 2011. But that hasn’t stopped the group from thinking up new ways to hobnob with society’s elites while pet shelters struggle. One such event, “Veg Appetit,” was held at a swanky Los Angeles museum last week.
But Glenn Beck Is The Crazy One
Glenn Beck earned more than Oprah over last year
Shaming the Hamilton Police Force
The Hamilton Police seem to have been following the example of their OPP cousins, making their policing decisions based on a person’s political stripes. Then a local fellow named Gary McHale reminded them of their professional responsibilities.
Open Question: Why is it that oil flowing from West to East is more dangerous/risky than oil flowing from East to West?
Can Your Car Be Hacked?
Sure – but it’s probably nothing.
Via
“When the Democrats do it, that means that it is not illegal”
For those who heard otherwise: IRS auditor reaffirms that conservatives, not liberals, were targeted.
Reader Tips
For this evening’s cultural selection we present a 1975 release from the Sparks – Under The Table With Her. Your desperate pleas for the return of EBD are welcome in the comments.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
The Demon Personal Motor Vehicle: Not “Sustainable”
The Globe and Mail reporter for this story engages in some ideological propaganda of the word:
The Canadian commute: By car, alone
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Country-wide statistics on commuting, released Wednesday as part of the 2011 National Household Survey – the replacement for the cancelled long-form census – come amid growing recognition of the cost of congestion, which is hampering the economy and threatens to hurt the global appeal of the country’s cities…
The data also show the key role played by transit and other forms of sustainable transport [emphasis added] in getting people off the road in the country’s biggest urban centres…
Saskatchewan’s two main cities lagged well behind other urban centres in the incidence of sustainable transportation [emphasis added], defined [by whom?] as transit, walking and cycling…
In other words your vehicle is going to help destroy the planet. By the way the phrase “sustainable transport” (or “transportion”) does not occur in the StatsCan release (scroll down to “Almost three out of four commuters drove to work”).
Tony Blair’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and in “10 years Islam could be dominant religion in UK”.
Related!
(h/t peterj)
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Like Rome, America apparently can coast for a long time on the fumes of its wonderful political heritage and economic dynamism — even if both are little understood or appreciated by most who still benefit from them.