Via Martyupnorth: He told the head RCMP liaison guy “We’re going to give you a musical march every time you do a shift change.”
Twice Is Coincidence
BREAKING: A NY tugboat captain has reported to @gCaptain “container ship APL QINGDAO lost power while transiting New York harbor. They had 3 escort tugs but 3 more were needed to bring her under control. They regained power & were brought to anchor near the verrazano bridge”
Y2Kyoto: Rope
The nation’s first outdoor test to limit global warming by increasing cloud cover launched Tuesday from the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the San Francisco Bay.
The experiment, which organizers didn’t widely announce to avoid public backlash, marks the acceleration of a contentious field of research known as solar radiation modification. The concept involves shooting substances such as aerosols into the sky to reflect sunlight away from the Earth.
The move led by researchers at the University of Washington has renewed questions about how to effectively and ethically study promising climate technologies that could also harm communities and ecosystems in unexpected ways. The experiment is spraying microscopic salt particles into the air, and the secrecy surrounding its timing caught even some experts off guard.
“Since this experiment was kept under wraps until the test started, we are eager to see how public engagement is being planned and who will be involved,” said Shuchi Talati, the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering, a nonprofit that seeks to include developing countries in decisions about solar modification, also known as geoengineering.
The Honourable Member For Air India
NDP MPs Carol Hughes and Rachel Blaney have joined Charlie Angus in deciding that they won’t run again in the next federal election.
The federal New Democrats delivered the news in a joint announcement, saying all three want more family time after years of dedicated public service.
You Could Just Make Your Own Coffee
It is both quicker and cheaper.
National Post- Is charging extra for non-dairy milk discrimination? Yes, according to these class action lawsuits
The Starbucks lawsuit followed a similar claim filed against Dunkin’ in January. The 10 plaintiffs suing the American coffee and doughnut chain for $5 million have either lactose intolerance or milk allergies. They claim that paying as much as US$2.15 extra for nondairy alternatives is a form of discrimination and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What About Ivermectin?
National Post- B.C. tells nurses to ignore rising phenomenon of armed patients doing drugs in hospitals
But the memo also goes beyond drugs in telling hospital staff that patients are allowed to bring in knives and other weapons, so long as they’re “under 4 inches long.”
Hospital workers are also instructed to look the other way when encountering obvious signs of illicit drug dealing. “We do not restrict visitors if we suspect patients are bringing in substances,” it reads, adding, “we don’t restrict if they’re dropping off substances.”
Naked It Is Then
New York Post- Wearing jeans is bad for Earth, study finds
The haute timelessness of the togs notwithstanding, recent research from Guangdong University of Technology found that wearing a pair of fast-fashion jeans just once creates a whopping 2.50 kg of carbon emissions. The environmental wear-and-tear of the pants is equivalent to driving 6.4 miles in an average gasoline-powered car.
“Jeans production and cross-broad transportation contributed 91 % of the carbon footprint of fast fashion consumption,” added the experts.
Putting Their Thumb On The Scale
Globe and Mail- Federal officials asked Facebook to take down false allegations about Trudeau
The country’s top civil servant directed bureaucrats to ask Facebook to remove a “false and inflammatory” story about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the 2019 election campaign, but did not make a similar request of WeChat, which spread false information about Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and MP Kenny Chiu in the 2021 election, the public inquiry into foreign interference heard Friday.
Some Men Just Want To Watch The World Burn
We pretend our president’s not deep-fried; our deficit’s not a ticking time-bomb; and it’s OK that our kids can’t really read…
“You didn’t receive any grants? That’s weird.”
B.C.’s three opposition parties united this week to demand the auditor general probe a so-called “kickback scheme” involving one of the companies responsible for administering millions of dollars of government grants to clean technology projects.
BC United, BC Green and BC Conservative MLAs voted for an independent probe of accounting firm MNP, which the government has hired to administer at least two grant programs, but which is also facing allegations it demanded so-called “success fees” of as high as 20 per cent of the grant amount to help firms win money.
Odd Behaviour
Manitoba’s NDP government is doing something that’s seemingly out of character: they’ve slashed a spending item by 50%. The opposition Tories are critical of that move, but for the wrong reasons. If they were real conservatives, they would demand to know why the government stopped at a 50% cut.
The provincial government has set funding for park-related capital investments at $6.8 million in its first budget, delivered Tuesday. That’s down from about $12.7 million last year, when the PCs were in power.
“It’s obvious this government doesn’t value parks, the experiences they provide or the tourism dollars they bring to the province,” [Conservative MLA] Nesbitt said during question period.
The MLA for Riding Mountain told reporters later on Thursday that Manitobans and other visitors to the province’s parks will all be disappointed by the funding cuts.
The Oyster Bunny
Saturday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: A progressive lawyer in Seattle. Old Joe Biden gives a speech. China is flooding America with fentanyl. Biden loses the plot. This week in really big lies.
Blackie’s Canada: Justin’s antisemitic CBC. Destroying Canadian history to please immigrants (CBC). One of Justin’s CTV pundits wants policing of misinformation.
Today In Islam: The obscene double standard. Interfaith dialogue in Somalia. Meanwhile in Pakistan.
Woke Europe: A letter from Amsterdam. Your morning meme. Another meme.
Pervy Mason
Now that I’ve teased you, here’s the link.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
We just don’t have the stupid rich people necessary to support the industry.
Ford Motor Company delaying retooling of it’s EV plant for 3 years after Ford and Trudeau gave them $600 million of your money. What does this say about the $30 billion handout to fund EV battery manufacturing?
Hello?
I want to report a murder: Dr. Phil confronts two female Hamas propagandists on the question of whether the October 7th Hamas massacre would be considered genocide and whether it was morally acceptable. Joining Dr. Phil is Mosab Yousef, the son of a Hamas leader.
The Sound Of Settled Science
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days: Another surprising discovery made inside the Lovelock cave was a handprint embedded in the rock face that measured twice the size of an average human palm.