What's hot in real world news? - Thread 6.0

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Canada's snub by allies on new defence-pact is all-on-Trudeau:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...all-on-trudeau

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/16/AUKUS-pact submarines banned from New Zealand territory as pact exposes divide between New Zealand and western allies:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...western-allies

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/Kinsella: Trudeau's wrongdoings know no bounds [long list of transgressions provided for readers]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/kinse...know-no-bounds

[Kevin Pacey]

John Ivison: Jagmeet Singh's crafted play on 'selfish' Trudeau may serve NDP well in election [The NDP’s chances of retaining its vote share over the weekend rest on whether progressives are as disillusioned with Trudeau as Singh says they are]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...ll-in-election

[Kevin Pacey]

GOODBYE PFIZER, HELLO COMIRNATY: Top COVID-19 vaccines renamed in Canada by Trudeau's Health Canada [talk about creating unnecessary confusion]:

https://torontosun.com/news/national...amed-in-canada

[Kevin Pacey]

North Korean missiles land in Japan EEZ as nuclear threat grows:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...ng-new-weapon/

[Kevin Pacey]

ctvnews.ca/world/Taiwan drills military as concerns over China grow:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/taiwan-...grow-1.5585761

[Kevin Pacey]

wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2021/Trudeau liberals accused of culture of cover-up in handling of sexual misconduct accusations:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...ct-accusations

Federal liberal GTA candidate 'pauses' run after dropped sex assault charges come to light:

https://torontostar.pressreader.com/...81509344319060

John Ivison: As NDP, Conservatives accuse Trudeau of dishonesty, a question looms — Who can you trust? [The following story is a reminder that, despite the opinion polls and seat projections suggesting the Liberals have this election in the bag, the only certainty is that nothing is certain]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...-can-you-trust

[Kevin Pacey]

Somewhat old link:
calgarysun.com/opinion/columnists/Bell: Earth-to-Kenney - wake up!:

https://calgarysun.com/opinion/colum...kenney-wake-up

Then came...:
'I apologize,' Kenney says as Alberta declares state of public health emergency [and vaccine passports coming for good measure - but don't confuse Alberta's UCP covid blunders with Ontario PC party led by Ford, or federal Conservative leader O'Toole, for example {although O'Toole praised Kenney long ago, so did Trudeau, on the same matter}]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...d-19-1.6177210

Opinion: Why vaccine passports won't slow COVID spread, will hurt the poor and threaten medical ethics [Six good reasons to rethink vaccine certificates - plus, businesses need to think of what to do when people from outside without passports want to use their washroom]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opi...medical-ethics

nationalpost.com/news/Election insights - how Jason Kenney became the biggest issue sapping conservative support [according to revolutionary AI pollster Polly]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/electi...vative-support

[Kevin Pacey]

wattsupwiththat.com/2021/09/13/The media is lying about Greenland and climate change [such as saying rain fell for first time on its ice sheet recently]:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/09/...limate-change/

[edit: also, no need to refute such a recent stated fear as '30% of all trees could face extinction']