Wideleft

Live Mic broadcast tonight, so my theory is that the Bombers are keeping Matthews out because he's got real bad potty mouth.

But you knew the answer to your question even as you were typing it.

Caught an Argos home broadcast on Sirius about 2 weeks ago and Schultzy was doing colour. He sounded VERY depressed.

He is self-loathing that way.

Especially if the guy running around has a hand injury.

Trump is leading a hate movement, and the world is watching By Greg Sargent Opinion writer July 18 at 10:47 AM One of the most chilling things about President Trump’s hate-rally in North Carolina — which devolved into chants of “send her back,” directed at a nonwhite immigrant member of Congress — was the profusion of tweets about it from abroad. Robert Mann, the historian of the civil rights era, lamented from across the Atlantic that it’s “shocking” to be in Britain while “one of the top stories” all over the British media is “just how much of a vile racist my country has for a president.” Tweeting from Australia, the New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb noted that in Sydney, “many people” have asked him about Trump’s “latest bigotry spree.” Cobb added: “this is a reminder that the entire world is an audience for this abject racist stupidity.” As the president of the United States leads a domestic hate movement, the world is watching. In case you think this is too American-centric a view, Cobb pushed back on that, as well. “Believe it or not,” he noted, “if you have the world’s largest economy, people pay close attention to you.” The world will be watching this spectacle for at least the next 16 months: New reporting is now confirming that Trump views his racist and white-nationalist provocations as key to his reelection effort. “These left-wing ideologues see our nation as a force for evil,” Trump ranted at his North Carolina rally on Wednesday night. “They want to demolish our Constitution, weaken our military, eliminate the values that built this magnificent country.” Trump, of course, was referring to the four lawmakers he has attacked for days on end — all members of racial, ethnic or religious minority groups — at one point suggesting they “go back” to their countries, even though three were born in the United States. The “go back” language is apparently resonating deeply with Trump supporters. When Trump singled out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the only one who wasn’t born in the United States, the crowd erupted in a blood-curdling chant of “send her back." Trump’s mention of Omar drew loud, sustained boos. Trump mangled Omar’s words to dishonestly paint her as an al-Qaeda sympathizer, and his tone dripped with contempt as he lingered over his pronunciation of Omar’s last name. This produced more scattered, angry catcalls. When Trump repeated that the “hate-filled extremists” should “leave,” the cheering grew deafening. It’s important to reiterate here that Trump is talking about duly elected members of Congress andsingling out those who are members of racial, ethnic and religious minorities as targets of his call to “leave.” In other words, they are not members in good standing of the American nation. These are well-worn white-nationalist tropes, a contemporary iteration of this country’s long history of illiberal racial nationalism. These are what the crowd cheered. Racist tropes are central to Trump’s campaign Trump views energizing his base around such tropes as central to his reelection. The Associated Press reports that Trump and his campaign believe that placing “racial polarization at the center of his call to voters” carries “far more benefits than risks.” We know what Trump is doing here. The reporting has established a pattern, in which Trump’s racist provocations are employed deliberately to foment racism, rage and/or hate among his supporters. Trump’s belief that his base would cheer was partly what drove his attacks on African American athletes and his refusal to condemn white-supremacist violence. Not all of Trump’s advisers are so sure this will work in 2020. According to the New York Times, some believe “divisive cultural clashes” are risky. They think Trump’s “relentless focus on immigration and other nationalist themes” may have alienated suburban swing voters, leading a large popular majority to deliver the House to Democrats in 2018. The early polls suggest the worriers are probably right. Large majorities reject Trump’s attacks as racist and offensive. You can bet many of those voters are ones Trump must win back after the GOP lost them in 2018. A lot is at stake With reports coming in from abroad of intense interest in how we’re handling this moment, it’s worth recalling that America’s racial struggles have commanded international attention throughout our history. During the Civil War, as Helena Rosenblatt writes in “The Lost History of Liberalism,” European liberals believed the long-term international survival of liberal democracy was “linked to the survival of the Union” and saw Abraham Lincoln as a test for whether enlightened leadership could prevent popular government from sliding into despotism. Mann, the historian mentioned above, notes that the civil rights movement also drew intense global scrutiny. “From the Montgomery bus boycott through Selma and beyond, the movement in the United States was an international story,” Mann told me. Movement leaders regularly noted that the endurance of Jim Crow and the era’s violent white-supremacist resistance undermined our international “moral standing,” Mann added. When the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts passed in the 1960s, seemingly putting us on a better path, he said, it sent a “message to oppressed peoples around the world.” It has been widely noted that Democrats are consumed in a debate over how aggressively to confront Trump’s racism and white nationalism. But, notwithstanding that most Republicans are sitting this out or actively rallying behind Trump, shouldn’t this be a national debate? A lot is at stake here. As Vox’s Sean Illing notes, the sight of Trump “leading a white mob in a chant” about sending a black Congresswoman “home” will be “featured in history books for decades to come.” History and the world are watching.

Michael Cohen Files Implicate Trump, Hope Hicks and David Pecker MANHATTAN (CN) – When the first batch of Michael Cohen search-warrant materials became public, the files disclosed evidence that President Trump’s former fixer secretly worked for a foreign government. The new materials released on Thursday proved no less significant, detailing the actions Cohen took after the release of the “Access Hollywood” video threatened to derail Trump’s campaign. The day after the release, according to the warrants, Cohen exchanged a “series of calls, text messages and emails” with Trump; his then-press secretary Hope Hicks; the National Enquirer’s David Pecker; and Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Keith Davidson. https://www.courthousenews.com/michael-cohen-files-implicate-trump-hope-hicks-and-david-pecker/

My disgust has reached new levels.

Streveler

Rep. Ilhan Omar Has Been A U.S. Citizen Longer Than Melania Trump Donald Trump presumably doesn't question his wife's right to criticize her adopted country. President Donald Trump is once again ignoring the truth with his racist attackson four progressive congresswomen. He’s also ignoring the parallels with his own family’s immigrant history. The president launched a Twitter tirade on Sunday that urged the four lawmakers to “go back” to countries “they originally came from.” As many have pointed out, three of his targets ― Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts ― were born in the U.S. On Monday, CNN’s Jake Tapper noted an interesting comparison in relation to the fourth congresswoman, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who immigrated to America as a child from Somalia and became a U.S. citizen as a teenager. “Longer than the first lady,” Tapper noted. Omar became a citizen in 2000 at the age of 17, while Melania Trump became a citizen six years later at the age of 36, a year after she married the future president. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ilhan-omar-citizen-longer-melania-trump_n_5d2cfd80e4b0a5833c5d8a31

FIFY

Did some training in Madison, Wisconsin about 15 years ago and I could not believe how similar our views were (and I'm a borderline socialist) across all sorts of topics of discussion. It really depends on where you go. I did a 4-H exchange trip to the panhandle of Texas many moons ago and they were extremely ignorant of their own country, nevermind Canada. They were, however, very friendly and even accomodated my request to see Buddy Holly's original house and grave in Lubbock. The Americans I actually know generally don't know much about the world because their education system is very inward looking. A good read is "Lies My Teacher Taught Me" which explains a lot. That being said, I don't have any issues with your generalizations. The "USA,USA" chant turns my stomach.

Streveler

I read or heard somewhere it would be Adams.

I don't think it's going to be close, but I'll be happy with a win of any kind. 31-11 Winnipeg. Also, I'm going to feel very bad for Chris Randle tonight.

Had Hamilton D and Erlington-Thomas last night for a grand total of -1. Yeesh.

A good summary of the crapshow yesterday. https://shero.substack.com/p/breakdown-of-trumps-4th-of-july-failures

Donald Trump trips up on history in 4th of July speech, mentions airports during Revolutionary War https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-trips-up-on-history-in-4th-of-july-speech-mentions-airports-during-revolutionary-war/ar-AADRPJc?ocid=st

The Conservatives can't seem to run an election without skirting election finance laws. Who's behind mass text messages asking Canadians about the carbon tax? If you were one of the many Canadians to receive text messages from “Sue,” “Mark,” or “Nicolas” asking about the federal carbon tax, you may have been left wondering who’s behind these texts and how they got your phone number. Members of Canada Strong and Proud, a coalition of third-party advertising groups newly incorporated under a federal banner, are behind many of the automated messages, with members already having orchestrated anti-carbon tax text campaigns in Alberta, Quebec and, as evidence suggests, in Ontario. “Canada Strong and Proud is a new organization actively seeking ways to engage with Canadians about national issues and participate in the federal election,” the organization said in a written statement to CTV News, adding that one of the group’s goals is to “scrap job-killing carbon taxes.” Russel said in a written statement that the provincial organizations are connected to the federal group but are more focused on provincial affairs. Canada Strong and Proud shouldn’t be confused with Ontario Proud or Canada Proud, separate third-party advertising groups known for creating anti-Trudeau digital content. “It seems these guys are more focused on calling and we're more focused on producing social media content,” Jeff Ballingall, founder of Canada Proud and Ontario Proud, told CTV News in an interview. But while Ballingall said he is not directly affiliated with Canada Strong and Proud, he did say he advised groups affiliated with the organization, such as Alberta Proud and NS Strong, on content strategy in the past. How Canada Strong and Proud is funding any current or future voter outreach efforts remains unclear. Any money spent by the group on unregulated activities before June 30 does not need to be disclosed. Neither would any “donations” Canada Strong and Proud may have received from one of its provincial counterparts. Alberta Proud, for example, received over $157,000 in donations as of April 18, 2019, contribution reports show. Some of the largest donors hail from the province’s energy industry. There is nothing in Canadian law prohibiting the provincial groups from sharing funds or voter to the federally-registered Canada Strong and Proud. But even in the official pre-election period, with third-party advertising rules firmly in place, there are some grey areas when it comes to disclosing the financing of text message campaigns. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/who-s-behind-mass-text-messages-asking-canadians-about-the-carbon-tax-1.4494160#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=O9z6GCW

Bryan Burnham

I'm pulling the quote directly from NOAA as it appears the source info has been updated changing the "only in summer" to "and true in the winter for SOME locations". In summary, the mid-Holocene, roughly 6,000 years ago, was generally warmer than today during summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In some locations, this could be true for winter as well. Moreover, we clearly know the cause of this natural warming, and we know without doubt that this proven "astronomical" climate forcing mechanism cannot be responsible for the warming over the last 100 years. The upshot is that scientists agree that there was warming during the Holocene AND they all agree on the cause. They also agree that is a different cause than what we see today. As for "new exciting CO2 studies": (Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: Correlation is not proof of causation. There is no proof that CO2 is the cause of current warming. Answer: There is no “proof” in science — that is a property of mathematics. In science, what matters is the balance of evidence, and theories that can explain that evidence. Where possible, scientists make predictions and design experiments to confirm, modify, or contradict their theories, and must modify these theories as new information comes in. In the case of anthropogenic global warming, there is a theory (first conceived over 100 years ago) based on well-established laws of physics. It is consistent with mountains of observation and data, both contemporary and historical. It is supported by sophisticated, refined global climate models that can successfully reproduce the climate’s behavior over the last century. Given the lack of any extra planet Earths and a few really large time machines, it is simply impossible to do any better than this. Aside: It is usually interesting to ask just what observations or evidence your skeptic would consider “proof” that global warming is caused by rising CO2 levels. Don’t be surprised if you get no answer!

It seems like a good idea at first blush, but the hospitals being converted to Urgent Care facilities are essentially being turned into 24-hour walk-in clinics, so that would leave you with building walk-in clinics at HSC and St. B and (Grace already has one across the street, but isn't 24 hours). Not sure how much that would cost to build and staff, nor does it solve the geographical access problem for emergency care.

The Quick Care concept was new and wasn't even given the chance to improve. There's nothing wrong with non-urgent problems requiring an appointment.