M. Grégoire @mpjgregoire

My new primary account is
https://mamot.fr/@mpjgregoire

Mon nouveau compte primaire est https://mamot.fr/@mpjgregoire

@thurloat @FssOfDeath @keithzg

I sympathise, @thurloat . I know what it's like to be busy at work, and to have important demands on your time at home; probably most of us on this instance do. We all appreciate the time and effort you've put into caring for Moosetodon and its friendly community.

That being said, in order to remain connected with the larger community, I have decided to make this a secondary account.

@FssOfDeath @keithzg

"[...] Assuming that the necessary level of support to remove a president from office for that offense will not be reached, should we prefer that more elected officials go on record that it is unacceptable — or that fewer do?"

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/12/31/four-tests-for-impeachment/

#uspol #NationalReview
#impeachment

The article by #RameshPonnuru in the Dec 31, 2019 issue of *National Review* has convinced me.

"Whether Trump should be removed from office over the objections of nearly half the country is not an important question. He can’t be. There are better questions. Would it be good for the country if a large majority of Americans were to be persuaded that it is unacceptable for a president to use his office to encourage foreign governments to investigate his political opponents? [...]"

#uspol

@ink_slinger @keithzg In much of Canada, measures to provide warmth safely may be the most important emergency supply.

We lost power for 24 hours a few weeks ago, and were awfully glad the previous owner had installed a propane tank after the 1998 #IceStorm.

As has been pointed out by others, this purity spiral phenomenon is a deformation of #Christianity: guilt without forgiveness, humility, or universal original sin.

I am bilingue: https://lp.ca/4RoC6Q

En fait, si c'est vrai que #PeterMacKay ne parle pas français suffisamment, on doit se demander pourquoi il n'a pas réussi à l'apprendre pendant ses années en politique.

#canpol

A good site for updates on the #coronavirus epidemic:

https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell

#2019nCoV

@ink_slinger We should always have some #EmergencySupplies, no?

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/preparedbc/build-an-emergency-kit-and-grab-and-go-bag

#emergency
#2019nCoV

How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral - UnHerd

"Lindsay pointed to the atheist movement of the mid-2000s, from which he’d come: a community that once had the wind in its sails, but had imploded into infighting by 2011, as half of its members jagged off in an social justice direction. Soon enough, the likes of the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins were being problematised as stale, male and pale."

https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a-purity-spiral/

Direction du PCC: un combat entre progressistes et traditionnels?: https://lp.ca/oMKj6h

"des progressistes-conservateurs — les rouges — lorsque le parti a fusionné avec l’Alliance canadienne — les bleus"

Non, les bleus et les rouges étaient les deux des factions dans l'ancien part progressiste-conservateur. Qui dirait que Elsie Wayne était progressiste ?

#canpol
#conservateurs

"There's just no way around it," said Gibney. "The money runs out when the boomers die."

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/debate-do-baby-boomers-owe-millennials-an-apology-1.5351727

#CBC #Ideas
#babyboomers
#debt #pensions #ClimateChange

Levels of Development / Levels of Detail / LOD explained
https://www.a2kstore.com/levels-of-development-levels-of-detail-lod-explained

#BIM

Moi, je suis contre cette réforme proposée.

#qcpol

#ModeDeScrutin: pour le respect de la parole donnée: https://lp.ca/4HRsrE

#ElectoralReform
#canpol

@cognish @keithzg Oh the phenomenon is real. Do you think it's all in our heads, or is there a physical explanation too?

Sean Speer: The key question to ask would-be Conservative party leaders | National Post

"How will you grow the party's base of support?"

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/sean-speer-the-key-question-to-ask-would-be-conservative-party-leaders

Quite correct.

#canpol

This is almost the opposite of #StephenHarper, who ran an incrementalist government, but was perceived as an extreme #conservative.

#canpol

The confusion of the media and the public offers an opportunity for #PeterMacKay; he can make right-wing promises to gain support within the party, while being perceived as a centrist overall.

It is frustrating to see #PeterMacKay portrayed as being on the left of the #Conservative party. When the #PCs split in the 1990s into the #Reform, #Bloc and the old party, the split was principally about Québec and #BrianMulroney, not about left and right economically or socially. Consequently, those who remained PCs had a wide ideological spectrum; Mr. MacKay, though a Progressive Conservative, was no progressive.

#canpol