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Stefanson is a sacrificial gesture. Anyone assuming the leadership of the provincial PC party now is akin to being named captain of the Titanic.

Passenger aircraft are required to carry a transponder that transmits a continuous signal and can be used as a homing beacon. Shooting down a satellite is a whole lot harder.

And apparently at least one major hydroelectric dam in the US is at risk of collapse due to historically low water levels.

Bullspit. That would be tantamount to a declaration of war, and there is good reason to believe that Russian technology is way too primitive to do that anyways. They apparently are reduced to buying computer chips from Alibaba for their drones and have even stolen traffic light cameras from Sweden for their circuit boards.

In France, churches do not take tithes- instead they receive $ from the government according to how many adherents they have and must pay property taxes. Not sure if this is a better system.

Stroke victims often do recover most of their faculties, but for most it takes time for the neural pathways to be rewired. Ms. McCain may be one of the most moderate-appearing GOPers, but she is far from a big fans of democracy. Her voting record puts well to the right of center.

True, but he has been predeceased by most of his brain cells.

You don't have to be a chicken to tell an egg is rotten. And there not always two sides to a debate- there are enough violent, extremist people out there who abuse their free speech position-Putin, Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban and so forth. These need to be called out at every turn.

Cruel and unusual punishment?

Lawyer Who Fought Helmet Laws Killed in Motorcycle Crash While Not Wearing a Helmet A Florida lawyer who passionately fought against state laws requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets was killed in a motorcycle crash while not wearing a helmet. Ron Smith, 66, was heading to a memorial service for another biker in August when he crashed his bike as he tried to slow for traffic in front of him. His 62-year-old girlfriend, Brenda Jeanan Volpe, who was a passenger on the bike, was also killed. She too was not wearing a helmet. Smith—who was a member of the Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments—represented clients who broke Florida’s motorcycle rules in cases which some say ultimately helped to overturn the state’s helmet requirement in 2000. “He thought everybody should have their own choice,” his friend Dave Newman said.

Just the way the GOP likes 'em.

'Nation's Report Card' Shows Decline in Reading Scores, Record Decline In Math "All the students, regardless of their ability, are dropping," the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics warned. Students across the U.S. have fallen behind in both math and reading in the past three years, illuminating the drastic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams released Monday. The exams, often called the “Nation’s Report Card,” sampled about 450,000 fourth and eighth graders in more than 10,000 schools across the country between January and March. The last exams were administered in 2019, just before the beginning of the pandemic and a widespread transition to virtual learning. In the past three years, math scores showed the steepest declines ever reported by NAEP since its initial trial assessment in 1990, according to Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics. Eighth graders’ scores sank by eight points since 2019. Fourth graders’ scores were slightly better, but still declined in 41 states. Just 36% of fourth graders were considered proficient in math, compared to 41% in 2019. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/math-reading-national-exam-scores-decline_n_6356bd77e4b03e8038e1ecb8

Can't see Harris playing with any degree of effectiveness this season, if he plays at all. Much of his success was due to a dominant O-line and the Argo's O-line is hardly that. Moreover, he has to learn to read the blocking, which was all new at the start of the season and will need to re-learned.

So many cats, so few good recipes.

Mocking Poilievre is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Stop accusing far right-wingers of having intelligence! Just stop it!

Maybe a quarter.

I would think that O'Day has been told to not make any personnel moves until the board goes through the motions of a year-end review. They would not want to be seen as doing knee=jerk reactions on top of all the other crap. I would think that Dickenson has been considering engaging a realtor and checking U-haul rates, though.

You've been married that long???

In all honesty, Lemon has had a darned good year. Helps when you are on a good D-line, too.

Trump Tapes Reveal He's 'Dangerous' And 'A Threat To Democracy,' Bob Woodward Warns Legendary Watergate journalist Bob Woodward sounded the alarm on former President Donald Trump Sunday, releasing eight hours of interview recordings he says show the ex-president as a serious “threat to democracy.” Trump was “just the wrong man for the job,” Woodward told host John Dickerson on “CBS Sunday Morning,” referring to Trump’s presidency. “He’s not just the wrong man for the job,” Woodward added. “He’s dangerous, and he is a threat to democracy — and he’s a threat to the presidency because he doesn’t understand the core obligations that come with that office.” Woodward used the 20 recorded interviews with Trump for his 2020 book “Rage.” Now he’s releasing the tapes separately in “The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump.” “Trump is an unparalleled danger,” Woodward wrote in a Washington Post essay adapted from the new audiobook. “When you listen to him on the range of issues from foreign policy to the virus to racial injustice, it’s clear he did not know what to do. Trump was overwhelmed by the job. He was largely disconnected from the needs and leadership expectations of the public and his absolute self-focus became the presidency."

Kari Lake threatens to cancel the Super Bowl if the NFL objects to her immigration policies In 1990, voters in Arizona defeated a ballot measure that would have designated Martin Luther King Day as a holiday. One of the ensuing consequences for the Grand Canyon State arrived when the National Football League relocated Super Bowl XXVII from Tempe to Pasadena, California in 1993. "The NFL's decision to move the Super Bowl is believed to be the first time a major sports league reacted to a highly politicized issue by relocating an event," ESPN explained last year. Now, that ruling by the NFL has reverberated into the 2022 race for the Arizona governorship. On Sunday, Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake declared at a question-and-answer event that she would be willing to cancel Super Bowl LVII at Glendale's State Farm Stadium in 2023 if the NFL raises objections to her right-wing immigration policy proposals.

Wow. Kyrie Wilson is so injured that he skipped practice twice.

There is a myth that Jones can keep problematic players in check, but the Elks are examples that whatever he does is strictly short-term if/when it works. Jones is much like Tororella in the NHL who, except for one season cannot sustain a competitive team for long. Had Jones stayed in Regina, the outcome would have been the same sort of mess we see there now, differing only in detail.