The NDP just interrupted our Mother’s Day brunch to tell me that teachers ~should~ be able to keep secrets from parents.
Guess how that went over?
I Don’t Want To Do My Job
Blacklocks- Weary Of ArriveCan Scrutiny
The lone New Democrat on the Commons public accounts committee complains MPs are having too many meetings investigating the $59.5 million ArriveCan program. “I am getting more concerned about the cost to taxpayers that these surprise meetings are having,” said MP Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach).
The Commons public accounts committee is mandated to scrutinize federal waste. The committee last year spent a total $13,541 on 44 meetings according to a Committee Activities And Expenditures report.
The committee last year met a total 83 hours, heard testimony from 237 witnesses and published 17 reports. Costs do not include salary for MPs, clerks, translators and technicians who are paid regardless of whether the committee meets.
Y2Kyoto: The Expendables
Over the weekend, Bill McGuire, an Emeritus Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at University College London, set X/Twitter afire with the following Tweet, which foresees the “culling of the human population” as the “only realistic” way to address climate change — a Tweet which he later deleted…
Inch by Inch
Telegraph- Motorbikes face net zero ban
The sale of new petrol-fuelled motorcycles is set to be banned from 2040, under plans due to be announced by ministers as part of its net zero crackdown. The move would affect all vehicles classed as “L3” and upwards, including scooters and light, medium and higher-powered motorcycles. There are around 1.3m motorcycles registered in the UK.
Shoot First
Ask question later.
Blacklocks- Ask Prosecutors A Day Later
Access To Information records uncovered by Conservative MP Arnold Viersen (Peace River-Westlock, Alta.) show cabinet waited until after it invoked emergency powers against the Freedom Convoy to seek advice from Crown prosecutors. MPs for years have sought proof of cabinet’s claim it was told by lawyers beforehand that the action was lawful.
Crescent Point no more, and more on Rex
Crescent Point Energy, which was briefly Saskatchewan’s largest oil producer and a corporate darling, is continuing its shift to Alberta focus. Last week saw the sale of one of its last major remaining properties in Saskatchewan, and on Friday, it changed its name.
Oh, and it lost a pile of money in that sale, it seems. If they were going to lose so much money, why the rush to sell it?
And hockey had Gretzky, while columnists like myself had Rex Murphy. He wasn’t afraid to be an ardent supporter of oil and gas, in large part because it proved to be the salvation of Newfoundland when the cod fishery collapse.
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Mirrors
Thousands of swimmers have been evacuated after the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre became engulfed in flames on Monday afternoon.
Fire Rescue New South Wales said crews rushed to the sporting precinct after they received multiple calls about a fire at the swimming venue.
“FRNSW crews are responding to reports of a building fire after multiple calls have been received by ‘000’ with black smoke issuing from the roof of a building on Olympic Boulevard,” Fire Rescue NSW said.
h/t CanuckJack
If Women Ran The World
We’d still live in caves but with really fancy, torn curtains.
As part of the retreat, Banducci held a rage ritual: a ceremony in which participants scream and beat large sticks on the ground in the woods. Participants are encouraged to think of people and experiences that have wronged them and to scream and swing the sticks for at least 20 minutes, or until they can no longer move their arms.
Rage rituals have garnered attention on TikTok, where they’ve resonated, particularly with women.
Everyone-gets-a-trophy didn’t turn out the way they planned.
Monday On Turtle Island
Blackie’s Canada: The renaming of everything in Canada continues (CBC). Justin’s free stuff for migrants.
Dementia Joe’s America: Victor Davis Hanson on presidential persecutions. And DEI for Vets.
Woke Europe: Communists attack empty factory. China Virus News: The truth is coming out.
Today In Islam: Our NATO ally. An interview with Robert Spencer.
Your morning meme.
A Shirtless Man With Long Hair Is Not, In Fact, A Woman
When a mother and her baby are assaulted, and the media and police are not entirely frank:
Happily, passers-by assisted the alarmed mother, and Mr Beekmeyer, who was shirtless at the time, was overpowered and arrested shortly afterwards, before being charged with assault. Unlike the police and several news outlets, including the Vancouver Sun and the CBC, witnesses to the crime were quite comfortable using the words he and man when referring to Mr Beekmeyer.
Then, it has to be said, things get a little strange.
They Banned Our Incandescent Bulbs For This
JPMorgan Chase, a bank, calculates that Alphabet, Amazon’s cloud arm (aws), Meta and Microsoft consumed 90 terawatt-hours (twh) of electricity in 2022, as much as Colombia. And that was mostly before Chatgpt touched off the ai revolution in November that year. The ensuing hoopla led the International Energy Agency (iea), an official forecaster, to predict that data centres (including those dedicated to ai and equally energy-hungry cryptocurrencies) will eat up more than 800twh globally in 2026, double the amount in 2022…
May 13, 2024: Reader Tips
This evening, hopefully you are delighted by How a Poor Italian Boy Created Ferrari.
Please post your richest tips so far this month!
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of Part 3: Evidence for Giants
“Democracy without free speech is not democracy.”
Enjoy.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Trudeau’s Canada
Only acceptable views are allowed in Justin’s Canada. And the Liberal Party decides what views are acceptable.
Indeed.
“Uighur Slaves Struggling to Keep Up with Demand for Palestinian Headscarves.”
We’ll Just Put Diapers On Our Vehicles Every Night
The Telegraph- Eco-friendly brake cables eaten by foxes after switch to soy insulation
Eddie Mitchell, who lives on Broadwater Green in Worthing, the latest target for hungry foxes, said: “Everyone around us has been affected. There’s been at least 20 attacks by foxes on the brakes system under cars.”
Recent photos show multiple cars covered in blue plastic for protection after a spate of attacks.
Kangaroo Court Update
The Future Is Neuter
You keep using that word: New versions of the iconic Swiss Army Knife could soon be missing a key component: an actual knife.