Interfaith dialogue in Britain. The Hamas psychiatrists. A UN lie. And Islamic family life.
April 13, 2024: Reader Tips
This evening, we delight you with the following: James Bond 007: Every “M” Scene Compilation
Reader, Dear Reader, please do share your best news tips!
Greatest Hits (Scandals)
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Vanity Fair Is Afraid
Very, very afraid: Inside the Terrifyingly Competent Trump 2024 Campaign
Your Chinese Controlled Government in Ottawa
Interesting revelations from the Trudeau regime:
The censored five-page memo is marked “top secret.” Aides told Mr. Trudeau not to talk about China negatively despite the document specifically mentioning the country 28 times.
“This is a very sensitive issue and public efforts to raise awareness should remain general and not single out specific countries to avoid potential bilateral incidents,” the memo said.
It added that CCP agents attempted to “influence the outcomes of Canadian elections,” “pressure or influence Canadian officials,” and “influence the publication of Canadian media content which portrays the Chinese government negatively.”
h/t James MacMaster
Saskatchewan-based small oil producers leading the charge in land sale
A number of small Saskatchewan oil producers are scooping up land for future drilling.
Every two months Saskatchewan holds a competitive auction for mineral rights for petroleum and natural gas. If a company is interested in getting the Crown mineral rights to a few sections, for instance, they will apply to the government to have that land posted. Then at the next land sale, anyone can bid on it, and whoever bids the highest, wins. So even if a company had does all sorts of exploration and research to secure a certain piece of property, another company can notice what’s been posted on the land sale and outbid them. But whoever bids on it has certain spending obligations within a certain amount of time or they will lose those rights and they can go back up on the auction block again if they are once again posted. This is quite common.
It took me a while to get to this as it came out last week, but that gave me the time to dig deeper and discover that a good chunk of the activity appears to be from Saskatchewan-based junior producers. And that’s pretty exciting news. Yes, there’s still a substantial amount hidden by land agent deals, but seeing the juniors getting in the game like this is a sign of confidence in the industry. And this was posted BEFORE the multilateral announcement. So I wonder what will happen a few months down the road, with postings after the multilateral announcement?
Drill, baby, drill.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
I’m offering three examples of widely followed stories where I believe we faltered. Our coverage is out there in the public domain. Anyone can read or listen for themselves and make their own judgment. But to truly understand how independent journalism suffered at NPR, you need to step inside the organization.
Infinite Mortgages
The Bank of Canada’s efforts over the past year to hike interest rates are now at the point where you can call the policy utterly laughable, considering that whenever the policy threatens to have consequences, those consequences are speedily legislated out of existence. The government of Canada has just issued new mortgage measures whereby anyone who can’t pay their mortgage can simply make whatever payments they can afford. That’s a pretty sweet deal, if your goal is to turn homebuyers into blatant parasites.
…the government will allow 30-year mortgage amortizations for first-time home buyers purchasing newly built homes, effective August 1, 2024.
Third, the enhancements to the Canadian Mortgage Charter will also include an expectation that, where appropriate, permanent amortization relief will be made available to protect existing homeowners that meet specific eligibility criteria. Amortization relief means eligible homeowners can reduce their monthly mortgage payment to a number they can afford, for as long as they need to.
Today In Islam
Friday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: Sue the stores in San Francisco. Celebrating Ramadan in Philadelphia.
Blackie’s Canada: Trudeau calls for a ceasefire but doesn’t mention the hostages. Education in communist B.C. Life in Bramptonstan. It can be very profitable working for Justin.
The Planet Is Boiling: The benefits of a warmer planet. China Virus News: A white coat supremacist tag team.
Your morning meme. Another meme.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
After two years of reporting on the collapse in San Francisco’s commercial real estate market, it looks like the contagion might finally have spread to the residential market, too.
According to a report in today’s Daily Mail, “nearly one in five homes sold in San Francisco have sold at a loss in recent months.”
Oddments For The Weekend
Including Mongolian heavy metal; volcanic vortex rings; an invisible drum kit; and a brief history of defenestration.
April 12, 2024: Reader Tips
Nerd alert! Tonight we present, The Rise of Unix.
Your tips, highlighting the rise or fall of whatever subject you choose to highlight for us, are always appreciated!
Socialist Progress
In the continuing saga of The Workers’ State of South Africa, there’s finally some good news. Well, sort of. It seems that there have been fewer power outages lately. Mind you, that’s not because supply is growing. Rather, shuttered factories have no need for electricity and the marginal consumer is simply going off-grid.
The weak South African economy, and the resulting generally flat overall demand for electricity.
Rapidly rising price of Eskom and municipal electricity of two to three times the inflation rate for many years, is dampening demand for Eskom generated electricity.
Load shedding and low reliability of Eskom and municipal grid electricity, particularly for the last four years, have been negatively impacting electricity supply.
Electricity customers are responding by moving to self-generation and alternative energy sources, including rooftop solar PV, battery energy storage, gas for cooking, solar hot water geysers, energy efficiency, and a general reduction in demand for grid electricity.
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Making Legal Wigs for British Courts (h/t kenji)
He Was Turning His Life Around
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Woke Justice
Sorry
Telegraph- Pfizer accused of ‘bringing discredit’ on pharmaceutical industry after Covid social media posts
The company has been found to have breached the regulatory code five times, which also includes making misleading claims, failing to maintain high standards and promoting unlicensed medicines.
A Pfizer UK spokesman said that the company “fully recognizes and accepts the issues highlighted by this PMCPA ruling”, adding that it is “deeply sorry”.
The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority(PMCPA)- Final Case Report, Complainant vs Pfizer
Transgender Is A Stalking Horse For The Normalization Of Pedophilia
Adult transgender clinics in England are facing a Cass-style inquiry into how they treat patients after whistleblowers raised concerns about the care they provide.
NHS England has announced that it is setting up a review of how the seven specialist services operate and deliver care after past and present staff shared misgivings privately during a previous investigation.
As a first step, NHS England will send “external quality improvement experts” into each of the clinics to gather evidence about how they care for patients, to help guide the inquiry’s direction.
The move follows the publication on Wednesday of a landmark review by Dr Hilary Cass, a former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, which recommended sweeping changes in the way that the health service treats under-18s who are unsure about their gender identity.
BACKPEDDLE HARDER BUTCHER: Labour pledges to implement the recommendations of the “Cass Review” into trans healthcare.