Prominent climate alarmist bested by Canadian resources minister

Terence Corcoran:

It takes a rare politician to stand up and take shots at a climate scientist who’s the darling of the global warmist movement. Even more uncommon is to see a politician take on such a climate scientist—and win the contest.

Mr. Oliver pointedly took aim at James Hansen, the former NASA scientist and one of the godfathers of climate catastrophism. Instead of a gooey marshmallow capitulation on the issue of climate change, Mr. Oliver  questioned Mr. Hansen’s tendency to make claims that are at least exaggerations and often outright beyond-the-fringe.

Lesbian activist: "Gay marriage is a lie"

Gay Marriage Fight Is a ‘Lie’ to Destroy Marriage:

The push for gay marriage has less to do with the right to marry – it is about diminishing and eventually destroying the institution of marriage and redefining the “traditional family.”

Lesbian activist Masha Gessen:

“Gay marriage is a lie.”

“Fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we’re going to do with marriage when we get there.”

“It’s a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist.” (This statement is met with very loud applause.)

Global warming skepticism - 1100+ peer reviewed papers

Climate alarmists persist in claiming an overwhelming  scientific "consensus" and an absence of peer reviewed science supporting skepticism.  A useful reference for countering the latter claim is a nicely annotated and linked list of 1100+ skeptical peer reviewed papers.  Note that this list has more than doubled since it was published at WUWT 4 years ago.

George W at the dedication of his presidential library

Classic Bush, good speech, funny, emotional at the end:



More.

Charles Krauthammer.

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BC politics - Godawful choices (Adrian Dix's NDP the worst)

There's no one to vote for.  The only choices are bad choices:
 
     Liberals: can't be trusted; extortionate anti-pipeline policy. 
     NDP: tax and spend; excessively green, anti-development; funded by American eco-interests
     Conservatives: weak; not running a candidate in my riding.

So it's either not vote or hold my nose and vote Liberal. Bah!

Ezra Levant makes some great points about the Dix NDP's dismal agenda:

Coyne's defence of Justin

It's amazing how so many media pundits seem to feel obligated to come to Justin Trudeau's defence when he does or says something dopey.  They defend him by either completely ignoring the incident or by writing long columns 'explaining' at length why they think what he said or did wasn't so dopey after all.

Today it's Andrew Coyne on Justin's dopey musings on the terror in Boston.  Coyne concludes with:

"Trudeau ... never ventured what he thought the “root causes” were — only that we should try to figure it out... "

Actually, Trudeau's exact words were:

"... There is no question that this happened because there is someone who feels completely excluded, ..."

So, without knowing who did the crime he's certain about this.  But given the history of this type of attack (the ruthless slaughter and maiming of innocents), the odds were very high that radical Islamism was involved. That is, the odds were very high that Trudeau was spouting nonsense. Radical Islamists don't kill infidels because they feel excluded but because they feel righteous.

Also, another problem with Trudeau's response is a matter of emphasis. While it's natural to wonder why people do things, in his rambling answer to Mansbridge's question Trudeau paid brief lip service to concerns for security, for the victims and for catching the bombers and then devoted an inordinate amount of time bloviating uselessly about "root causes".

While Coyne doesn't give Trudeau a complete pass, he filled his column with enough fog to give Justin the cover he needs.  Mission accomplished.

Trudeau reveals his inner sophomore

Barbara Kay:

How can the son of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, presumably aware of his father’s role in quashing Canada’s only contemporary terrorist movement, be mouthing these shallow, superannuated bromides of the left?

Trudeau père did not waste a second anguishing over whether these terrorists felt ‘excluded’ or ‘marginalized’.

Jonathan Kay:

... Never did the Tory caricature of Trudeau as a dilettante seem more accurate. Indeed, the Liberal leader’s own words are far more damaging than the Tories’ silly and intellectually dishonest attack ads (whose lameness, until now, had been dominating national political gossip this week). ... [It seems Jon has his mind made up about the Tory ads and can't alter it even when Justin once again proves them accurate.  Intellectually, Jon is to Barbara as Justin is to Pierre.]