San Francisco virtue signalling hero:
By the way, the Zero Emissions claim is not true.
May 9, 2024: Reader Tips
This evening we enjoy a grand tour entitled 100 of the Best Rural Towns in America.
Your best rural or urban news tips are appreciated!
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
IMPRESSIVE: Volvo automatic braking system
Say It Isn’t So, Joe
They want you to go, Joe.
The Honourable Member From Air India
@FoodProfessor – Always wondered why Jagmeet Singh doesn’t criticize Metro instead of Loblaw, the most profitable grocer in the country. Pierre Poilievre made it clear today in Parliament…
h/t marc
Nothing To See Here
Move along now.
Blacklocks- Cabinet Gags MPs On Budget
Bill C-69 the Budget Implementation Act was introduced May 2. Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull (Whitby, Ont.), parliamentary secretary for finance, yesterday sponsored a motion to have the finance committee pass the bill by May 28 after some eight hours’ study.
Safe and Effective®
Daily Mail- Review planned for vaccine payouts as claims soar following the pandemic
Financing the scheme has risen from £600,000 in 2021-22 to £16.1million in 2023-24. Its one-off £120,000 payment has not risen in line with inflation since 2007. Minister Esther McVey is understood to be among those calling for reforms to the scheme.
Last week, drugs firm AstraZeneca admitted in court papers that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare side-effect. It is facing claims that the jab caused death and serious injury in 75 cases.
A.I. and Peer Review
What could possibly go wrong?
Reason- The Case of the AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis
An illustration featuring a rat with a cross section of a giant penis set off a firestorm of criticism about the use of generative artificial intelligence based on large language models (LLMs) in scientific publishing.
Safe and Effective®
How it started.
UK Research and Development- The story behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine success
New York Times- How the Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Works
CTV- First shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives amid confusion over its use for seniors
Sharma says seniors shouldn’t wait for a Pfizer or Moderna shot if they can get an AstraZeneca jab sooner. Real-world evidence, she says, shows the AstraZeneca vaccine is effective at preventing serious cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations and deaths.
How its going.
Western Standard- AstraZeneca withdraws COVID vaccine worldwide
Transgender Is A Stalking Horse For The Normalization Of Pedophilia
Her daughter attended Coeur D’alene Public Schools after being in private school. That’s when all the problems started.
She started self-harming, changed her name, pronouns, wanted a chest binder and surgery, identified as a furry, and attempted suicide multiple times.
The school, which was covered in pride flags- brushed her off, pit her daughter against her, and affirmed her daughter’s trans identity.
Best Healthcare System In The World
Calgary Herald- Policymakers in Ottawa and Edmonton maintain broken health-care system
In 2021 (the latest year of available data), among high-income universal health-care countries, Canada spent the highest share of its economy on health care (after adjusting for age differences between countries). For that world-class level of spending, Canada ranked 28th in the availability of physicians, 23rd in hospital beds, 25th in MRI scanners and 26th in CT scanners. And we ranked dead last on wait times for specialist care and non-emergency surgeries.
This abysmal performance has been consistent since at least the early 2000s, with Canada regularly posting top-ranked spending alongside bottom-ranked performance in access to health care.
Ottawa Citizen- No concern about ’diminished supply’ of doctors in Ontario: Health ministry
The argument from the province comes as the OMA, which represents Ontario’s doctors, has repeatedly warned that more than two million residents don’t have a family doctor and thousands of physician jobs are going unfilled.
Nice Truck Ya Got There
Be a shame if something happened to it.
Blacklocks- Feds Target Truck Emissions
“The focus is on retrofitting existing vehicles to be more environmentally friendly,” said the notice Environmental Impact Of Canada’s Vehicle Fleets. “The study will analyze data from a government program that encourages such retrofits. The goal is to create a comprehensive report helping Canada meeting its emission reduction targets.”
State Of The Race
Gradually, Then Suddenly
It’s probably nothing … $56 billion of net-equity security sales over an 18-month stretch speaks volumes without the Oracle of Omaha having to say a word.
Wednesday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: Safe spaces for intifadas. The Munich madness in 2024.
Blackie’s Canada: Don’t upset the Indians. Spelling at the University of Ottawa.
Woke World: A woke Jesus.
Today In Islam: Heckling Holocaust survivors. A Muslim imam visits Jerusalem. Moderate imam in NYC.
Your morning meme. Another meme. A cartoon. Bonus cartoon.
On Randomness
At which point, readers may object that being born in a relatively congenial part of the world is not a “privilege,” or by implication a basis for guilt, a thing for which to atone. Any more than being born somewhere less congenial is a sin, a thing for which to atone.
“I think they know they ‘got lucky’ but don’t really care,” chides one of the subsequent commenters. “Everything is luck and random chance,” insists another. Note the implication that the comfort and agreeableness of a society is merely a matter of chance, of luck. As if the preceding cultivation of values and behaviour played no part whatsoever.
As if culture and civilisation didn’t matter.
When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
New disclosures in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s espionage case against Donald Trump reveal the FBI tampered with evidence to create the infamous photo–and DOJ has lied about it for nearly two years.
Updated: Donald Trump’s criminal trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents has been postponed indefinitely
2 Black Men Enter a Podcast Studio . . .
Zuby interviews Larry Elder. So much wisdom in twelve and a half minutes!
“Get dem po’ folk sum technalgy”
May 8, 2024: Reader Tips
This evening, we travel back to 1958 and feature From the Earth to the Moon.
Your tips are space or anything happening on Earth are much appreciated!