What's hot in real world news? - Thread 3.0

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's something that may satisfy, regardless of one's position on global warming:
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein: Global elites a bunch of greenhouse gasbags/hypocrites [note how during covid-19 crisis, jet-setting greenie politicians finally want to try online meetings]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...limate-deniers

[Kevin Pacey]

Not so fast, maybe...:
dw.com/en/Israel: Gantz holds out on power-sharing deal with Netanyahu:

https://www.dw.com/en/israel-gantz-h...ahu/a-52879928

Netanyahu rival Gantz agrees to covid-19 emergency government:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52057177

[Kevin Pacey]

space.com/139 newly discovered minor planets beyond Neptune [could lead to discovery of so-called Planet 9]:

https://www.space.com/minor-planets-...gy-survey.html

sciencealert.com/There's now thought another way Uranus could have ended up tipped on its side:

https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s...ed-on-its-side

popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a31958857/Uranus, no joke, is leaking gas:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/spa...s-leaking-gas/

[Kevin Pacey]

forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/17/COVID-19 coronavirus did not come from a lab - study shows natural origins:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucele.../#46e643953728

Again, study concludes covid-19 was not concocted in a lab:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/conspiracy...ry?id=69827832

[Kevin Pacey]

theglobeandmail.com/politics/article: Staffing issues and logistics made June 27 Conservative leadership vote impossible - official:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/poli...ve-leadership/

[Kevin Pacey]

theglobeandmail.com/world/article: Violence erupts in China as people try to leave coronavirus-stricken Hubei province:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/worl...irus-stricken/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnist Candice Malcolm: It's time to double-check the experts' covid-19 work [they might have overstated the threat]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...-covid-19-work

torontosun.com/opinion/columnist Brian Lilley: Trudeau does to domestic flights what he refused to do to international ones [namely covid-19 screening]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...rnational-ones

torontosun.com/opinion/columnist Brian Lilley: Ford government announces new measures as cases in Ontario spike:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...as-cases-spike

cbc/COVID-19 a wake-up call for Canada's pharmaceutical drug supply:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid...pply-1.5511659

[Kevin Pacey]

6 months in, Ottawa's LRT has had more bad days than good ones:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...lems-1.5492363

ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/Adam: Ottawa liberal mayor Jim Watson's reputation takes a beating over light-rail:

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/co...ver-light-rail

Here's something that, at least taken at face value, would seem to me to be nothing short of a total farce:
railwayage.com/passenger/light-rail/Ottawa LRT-1 earns national recognition award:

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger...gnition-award/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnist Lorrie Goldstein: The Conservatives were right about covid-19 [that is, to fight Trudeau's attempted power grab]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...about-covid-19

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski: Trudeau blows his rising PR rating by sinking to new low [re: his attempted power grab]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...ing-to-new-low

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski: Under cover of the pandemic, scammers go to work:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...ers-go-to-work