Adam Parsons
@A__Parsons
While @JustinTrudeau is calling an election for no other purpose than a naked power grab (and contrary to his promise), our allies are hard at work. The UK just announced that they will recall their Parliament to deal with the developing situation in Afghanistan. Canada's back?
The Speaker has granted a request from the Government to recall the House at 9.30am on Wednesday 18 August, in relation to the situation in Afghanistan. Find out more about the recall: parliament.uk/business/news/…
Have a great season guys!
@DShulman_ESPN William (Leaside) and Hudson (East York) were so pumped that you called them out tonight. You're a gem of a human.
Can’t stop thinking about this Francis Fukuyama paragraph from The End of History.
An outstanding piece, by @helenlewis: "some on the intersectional left are—to their small credit—revising their initial reactions. But others are doubling down. Confronted with real violence by genocidal terrorists, they failed the test." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
At this hour on cbc.ca/news, the Chong story is eighth, after six stories about Covid (remember that one?) and one about climate change in Alberta.
There are few things more powerful than a reasonable man gone angry. There's a lesson here for politicians: be known for your goodwill, depth of thought, and moderation of speech, such that the day you cease those tendencies, the entire country listens. @MichaelChongMP
Melanie Joly says Canada has summoned the Chinese ambassador over the Chong story and they're assessing expelling diplomats Chong and Joly had a heated exchange on why Canada hasn’t expelled the diplomat allegedly involved in the threats against him and his family #cdnpoli
A couple of years back, Gordon Lightfoot sits cross legged on the floor as John Prine recalls when he first met his songwriting hero in a Toronto folk club in 1971.
This is a problem. How can it not be? Look at how the amount of leverage rocketed just up to before the rate hikes began. #cdnecon
You: There’s no ChatGPT use case in healthcare Docs: Watch this 👇
I recently came across data on who we spend our time with over the course of our lives. The insights are simultaneously inspiring and depressing. Here are 6 graphs everyone needs to see:
How to sabotage a workplace by the CIA sounds similar to a lot of company culture manuals today
The "buy the close, sell the open" strategy is now up nearly 1100% since 1993, while the "buy the open, sell the close" strategy" is still negative. via @bespokeinvest $SPY
they had a missile strike plan viz Ukr air force v weak in any case. Russian troops too few to control the country beyond airfields, central Kiev,, Odessa etc, nothing for hostile W Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers & volunteers will fire & kill Russians. Final result: the end of Putin
Canada ranks near the bottom of OECD countries when it comes to hospital beds per capita. For context, we had 90% of hospitals beds in use in Canada before the pandemic even started. Why are we not having a national conversation on the inadequacies of our healthcare capacity?
Up past his bedtime, but ready to cheer on the #LeafsForever
If you’re going to overpay for anything this month, make sure it’s for a poppy.
Hot take: Everyone is wrong about the Metaverse. here's my 3 part theory..
BREAKING: England reports 0 new coronavirus deaths for the first time in more than a year
This deserves to be a crypto meme. Best one (judged by me) gets 0.005 BTC