4 Year Recovery Watch Remains On High Alert
Every cloud has an AP lining: US economy expands at 0.4 percent rate
America Has “Birthers”
Canada has “Robocallers”. Really, that’s all you need to know.
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You Think CBC Is Bad?
It’s not who ultimately owns the organization, it’s those they employ. This was the lead story on CTV’s “National News” March 27:
Canada only UN member to pull out of droughts and deserts convention
…documents show that the government committed to providing around $350,000 a year to the convention…
NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said the move risks further isolating Canada, by indicating that the government acts outside of “international norms.”..
Canada’s withdrawal from the convention will likely prompt more criticism of the Harper government’s handling of environmental issues…
…The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here…
Three hundred and fifty flipping thousand dollars makes the CTV top? Whilst so many focus on the horrors of Mother Corpse? Keep your eyes–and brain–wide open.
“The economy is too important to neglect the environment”
Honey, I Broke The Internet
[T]he attacks, which escalated over the past week, meant the Internet’s very infrastructure was overwhelmed with data – reaching 300 billion bits per second…
It’s Probably Nothing
Europe: No Need To Worry, The Fire’s Downstairs
How to Respond to Spam from the Current BC Liberal Party
Those Moderate Muslims!
Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse.
Such stories have become increasingly common as tensions between Egypt’s Muslims and Copts mount, but in the latest case, mosque officials corroborated much of the account and even filed a police report. Demonstrators, some of whom were Muslim, say they were taken from the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in suburban Cairo to a nearby mosque on Friday and tortured for hours by hard-line militia members.
h/t EBD
The Sound Of Settled Science
I, for one, hope to live long enough to see the New York Times building removed from her foundation by glaciers;
The lethal “100-year, record-smashing” spring cold and snow spreading across Europe over the past month has for the most part been avoided like the plague by Germany’s mainstream media. The silence over the record cold and frost, which has killed thousands and cost billions, has been ear-ringing.
Yet some leading dailies are breaking ranks, and have begun to examine the phenomenon critically and openly.
Related: What planet are they living on?
h/t Kevin B
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Syncrude sends their regards;
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting an investigation after a golden eagle was killed in late February at the Spring Valley Wind Farm, about 300 miles north of Las Vegas.
San Francisco-based Pattern Energy, which owns the 152-megawatt wind energy project, reported the dead bird and turned it over to federal authorities within 36 hours of its discovery.
“They did all the things they were supposed to because of an eagle death,” said Jeannie Stafford, spokeswoman for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Nevada.
Even so, the wind farm could face a fine of up to $200,000 because it does not hold a federal “take” permit that would allow the incidental death of a golden or bald eagle.
City of Champions
Edmontonians actually used more power during Earth Hour than in the hour that preceded it. (h/t Greg)
Reader Tips
Tonight, Kitty Wells lays down some old-timey law to a soon-to-be former beau: there can be no in-between, it’s either Love or Hate. So take your pick, buster.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Mark Kelly’s Assault Weapon
After watching this I wouldn’t entrust him with an AR-15 either…
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Les conservateurs et le franco-porc noir
No, they’re not supporting the T.O. movie “industry”.
Life on Earth
The National Post gets some pretty good letters.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Other than that, they work great: Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 years. This is the finding of a doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?
Rotela, a devout Mormon, ran afoul of the university after he refused to participate in a classroom assignment that involved writing the name “Jesus” on a piece of paper – and then stomping on it.
The university initially defended the Christ-bashing lesson which is included textbook titled, “Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th Edition.”
h/t PeterJ