The remedy was clear: Release the undoctored photo. They didn’t do that.
Maybe the photo was even more doctored than we thought. Somehow, there was no releasable unaltered version.
this is a 20th-century organization, maybe even a 16th-century organization, trying to play 21st-century games
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-access-to-information-laws-historians/
Redacted and out of reach: Canada’s access laws keep the country’s history locked away
Researchers are often denied decades-old documents because there’s no process for declassifying them and poor records of what’s piled up in government warehouses
https://archive.is/7IU90
Historian Patricia McMahon studies nuclear policy, a famously difficult subject to research as so much of the material is classified.
So when a legal issue involving Canadian conscription practices during the First World War piqued the York University professor’s interest, she figured it would be a nice change of pace from her usual work.
“I thought, ‘This will be easy. Who is going to withhold records that are 100 years old?’”
The answer: the Canadian federal government.
Conservatives stop Liberals from erasing recognition of Nazi war veteran from House of Commons record
'Deleting the text of the Speaker’s words from Hansard would have only one purpose: to try and forget what happened, to wash the record clean'
Government House leader Karina Gould stood up on Monday afternoon to ask for unanimous consent to adopt a motion calling to strike “from the appendix of the House of Commons debates” and from “any House multimedia recording” the recognition made by Speaker Anthony Rota of Yaroslav Hunka, 98, whom he described as “a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina_Gould
helped organize fundraising for humanitarian aid for Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake
Gould was formally in charge of the Canadian government's sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina_Gould
She even took a few swings defending Trudeau’s controversially laudatory remarks about the late Fidel Castro.
But arguably, Gould’s most high-profile moment as an MP was a brief blip that occurred during President Barack Obama’s July 2016 visit to Ottawa. In his address to the House of Commons, Obama saluted the “ties of friendship and family” that link his country and Canada. “In my case, an outstanding brother-in-law in Burlington,” Obama said. “I give Burlington a shout-out.” When Gould flashed a pleased grin and waved, Obama pointed at her, causing the news cameras to swivel toward her briefly.
https://web.archive.org/web/20221221165009/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/not-who-s-place-to-be-skeptical-of-china-says-international-development-minister-1.5574846
International Development Minister Karina Gould says it is not the World Health Organization's place to question China, arguing that the organization tasked with global public health is a product of its member states, who in turn should be pushing for transparency.
The comments come as the WHO continues to face questions related to its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with China. U.S. President Donald Trump has led that charge, temporarily withholding funding from the organization.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230512041132/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-provide-abortion-access-american-women-1.6440238
American women can obtain abortions in Canada if Roe v. Wade falls, minister says
Families Minister Karina Gould worries Canadian women from border regions could lose abortion access in U.S.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230428093536/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/karina-gould-applauded-for-breastfeeding-son-in-house-of-commons-1.3982776
Karina Gould applauded for breastfeeding son in House of Commons
>https://x.com/theinsiderpaper/status/1770417843181425127
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Varadkar
is that Kamalas husband?
>I like you all, but I couldn't resist that baby
https://apnews.com/article/atf-agent-shooting-airport-executive-malinowski-2a516e55f4055f8471b906b0e2b82dee
ATF agent injured in shootout at home of Little Rock, Arkansas, airport executive director
Federal agents were involved in a shootout early Tuesday as they tried to serve a search warrant at the Little Rock home of the person who leads the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, authorities confirmed.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said agents were trying to serve the warrant just after 6 a.m. at a home in west Little Rock when someone inside the home fired gunshots at the agents, news outlets reported. The agents returned fire, striking the shooter, who was identified as Bryan Malinowski, 53, the executive director for the airport.
Malinowski was treated at the scene before being taken to an area hospital, Arkansas State Police said. His condition was not immediately available later Tuesday.
An ATF agent, whose identity was not released, also was shot in the exchange of gunfire but suffered a non-life-threatening wound, officials said. The agent, too, was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Neither the ATF, state police nor federal prosecutors would provide details of what agents were looking for, citing an ongoing investigation.
with a needle
female like Vindman?
https://apnews.com/article/atf-agent-shooting-airport-executive-malinowski-2a516e55f4055f8471b906b0e2b82dee
ATF agent injured in shootout at home of Little Rock, Arkansas, airport executive director
Federal agents were involved in a shootout early Tuesday as they tried to serve a search warrant at the Little Rock home of the person who leads the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, authorities confirmed.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said agents were trying to serve the warrant just after 6 a.m. at a home in west Little Rock when someone inside the home fired gunshots at the agents, news outlets reported. The agents returned fire, striking the shooter, who was identified as Bryan Malinowski, 53, the executive director for the airport.
Malinowski was treated at the scene before being taken to an area hospital, Arkansas State Police said. His condition was not immediately available later Tuesday.
An ATF agent, whose identity was not released, also was shot in the exchange of gunfire but suffered a non-life-threatening wound, officials said. The agent, too, was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Neither the ATF, state police nor federal prosecutors would provide details of what agents were looking for, citing an ongoing investigation.
Around 2:35 p.m., Little Rock firefighters carrying a power saw and a Halligan tool — a large prybar — were seen walking toward the house. An ATF agent was overheard saying they were at the scene to help agents open a safe in Malinowski’s house, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
According to his biography on the airport’s website, Malinowski has worked in the airline industry for more than 30 years, serving in operational leadership roles at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, El Paso International Airport in Texas and Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania.
Malinowski joined the management team at Clinton National in 2008 as director of properties, planning and development before being promoted to deputy director of the airport a year later. He took over as executive director in 2019.
https://www.clintonairport.com/airport-business/leadership/executive-leadership/bryan-malinowski-c.m/
Bryan Malinowski, C.M.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Bryan Malinowski brings more than 30 years of airport leadership experience to Clinton National Airport. As Executive Director, Mr. Malinowski is responsible for overall administration, operations, maintenance and development of the state's largest airport.
Malinowski joined Clinton National in 2008 as Director of Properties, Planning and Development and was promoted to Deputy Director in 2009. The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission appointed him Executive Director in November 2019. Previously, Malinowski held leadership positions with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, El Paso International Airport and Lehigh Valley International Airport.
Malinowski holds a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is a Certified Member of the American Association of Airport Executives Accredited Airport Executive Program and is a certified flight instructor with instrument and multi-engine ratings.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/little-rock-arkansas-airport-director-bryan-malinowski-atf-agent-injured-shootout/
Arkansas airport executive director, ATF agent wounded in Little Rock home shootout
Federal agents were involved in a shootout early Tuesday as they tried to serve a search warrant at the Little Rock home of the person who leads the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, authorities said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said agents were trying to serve the warrant just after 6 a.m. at a home in west Little Rock when someone inside the home fired gunshots at the agents. The agents returned fire, striking the shooter, who was identified as Bryan Malinowski, 53, the executive director for the airport.
Malinowski was treated at the scene before being taken to an area hospital, Arkansas State Police said. His condition was not immediately available later Tuesday.
An ATF agent, whose identity was not released, was also shot in the exchange of gunfire but suffered a non-life-threatening wound, officials said. The agent, too, was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Neither the ATF, state police nor federal prosecutors would provide details of what agents were looking for, citing an ongoing investigation.
Around 2:35 p.m., Little Rock firefighters carrying a power saw and a Halligan tool —a large pry bar— were seen walking toward the house. An ATF agent was overheard saying they were at the scene to help agents open a safe in Malinowski's house, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
According to his biography on the airport's website, Malinowski has worked in the airline industry for more than 30 years, serving in operational leadership roles at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, El Paso International Airport in Texas and Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania.
Malinowski joined the management team at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in 2008 as director of properties, planning and development before being promoted to deputy director of the airport a year later. He took over as executive director in 2019.
>ATF were trying to serve the warrant just after 6 a.m. when someone inside the home fired gunshots at the agents.
>The agents returned fire, striking Bryan Malinowski, the executive director for the airport.
>Thanks dad, another hat. I love it.
https://abc7chicago.com/last-time-cicadas-came-out-17-year-illinois-cicada-brood-map-2024/14546521/
17-year cicadas in Illinois part of 'double brood emergence' that will soon unleash billions of bugs
In a matter of months, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air. It will be a confluence of creatures the likes of which hasn't been seen in the United States since Thomas Jefferson was president - and won't happen again until 2245. It's a rare emergence of insects some are referring to as cicadapocalypse.
Billions of cicadas are expected to surface this spring as two different broods - one that appears every 13 years, and another every 17 years - emerge simultaneously. The 13-year group, known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, is the largest periodical cicada brood, stretching across the southeastern United States. The Northern Illinois Brood, or Brood XIII, emerges every 17 years.
"It's rare that we see this size of double brood emergence," said Dr. Jonathan Larson, an extension entomologist and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. "We're talking about an absolute oddity of nature, one of America's coolest insects."
Though the idea of a cicadapocalypse may seem foreboding, experts predict that the two broods won't overlap significantly, and the bugs themselves, while loud and numerous, are harmless. Here's what you need to know going into cicada season.
What to know about cicada broods
This spring's bugs are part of a genus, or group, of cicadas in the eastern US known as the Magicicada, or periodical cicadas. Three species emerge on a 17-year cycle, and four species are on a 13-year cycle. (Scientists have long debated the significance of these numbers, which are both prime - some researchers have suggested that emerging on these prime-numbered years makes the periodical cicadas less likely to be killed by predators that have 2- or 3-year life cycles, but the jury's still out.)
The pattern periodical species follow is different from that of "annual" cicadas, which don't actually have an annual life cycle, even though you can see them every summer in much of the United States. The nymphs, or babies, of annual cicadas spend two to five years underground, slowly growing, until they're ready to emerge. There are just so many overlapping generations that there appears to be a steady stream of these cicadas every year.
It's easy to tell annual and periodical cicadas apart. Annuals tend to emerge later in the year than periodicals. For instance, the "dog day" annual cicadas in the genus Neotibicen tend to show up in the dog days of summer, around August, whereas the periodicals make their appearance in the spring. While there are numerous species of annual cicadas, many of them are large and greenish. Periodical cicadas are smaller and mostly black, with bright red eyes and orange-tinged wings and legs.
Cicadas are divided into groups called broods based upon when they emerge. A brood can contain cicadas from multiple species. As long as they're adults in the same 13- or 17-year cycle at the same time, they count as members of the same brood.
When and where will the cicadas emerge?
This spring's periodical cicadas will make their appearance when the soil temperature 8 inches deep reaches 64 degrees Fahrenheit (about 18 degrees Celsius). It will likely happen sometime in mid-May. The individual bugs' adult life cycles are just a few weeks, but their emergence will be staggered, so there will be about six weeks of cicadas.
That month-and-a-half period will be jam-packed with loud singing, mating and then dying, like "the most macabre Mardi Gras that you've ever seen," Larson said.
Parts of the Midwest and Southeast are due for cicadas this spring. Northern Illinois, along with southern Wisconsin, eastern Iowa and northwest Indiana are likely to see bugs from Brood XIII; central and southern Illinois, most of Missouri and scattered areas of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas are due to get Brood XIX bugs.
There are some areas of central Illinois where the two broods' geographic ranges have historically been close to each other and could potentially overlap. However, predictions of a cicadapocalypse - in which Brood XIII and Brood XIX show up at the same place at the same time - are probably an exaggeration.
"We're not even sure that they're really going to overlap," said Dr. Chris Simon, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. Her research group at the university maintains a website of cicada information, which includes maps showing where the broods have historically emerged.
The double emergence of Broods XIX and XIII is rare, occurring every 221 years (when the 13-year and 17-year cicadas overlap, as 13 times 17 is 221). These two broods haven't been aboveground at the same time since 1803, and after this year, they won't be reunited until 2245.
However, the co-occurrence of different cicada broods, somewhere in the United States, isn't quite as rare. It last happened in 2015; it'll happen again in 2037.
Preparing for cicadas
Even though a major overlap of the two cicada broods is unlikely, only getting one brood in an area still means countless bugs.
"You should expect lots and lots of cicada exoskeletons to be covering your trees and shrubs. You should expect to hear lots and lots of noise," Larson said. The insects are likeliest to be in wooded areas near water, he added.
While the sheer volume of insects, along with their distinctive jackhammer-loud sounds and bright red eyes, might give some people pause, Larson notes that cicadas are harmless. They don't pose a risk to garden plants. However, if you have young trees, cicadas could potentially damage them when the insects cut into branches to lay their eggs. You can mitigate this harm by covering the trees with cicada nets.
Cicadas won't bite or sting you or your pets. If your dog eats a cicada or two, he said, the animal will be just fine.
Dogs aren't the only ones tempted to nosh on cicadas; people have eaten them for thousands of years. "They have kind of a natural, sweet nut flavor," Larson said. (If you're allergic to shellfish though, you should avoid eating cicadas - a protein in shellfish that's tied to allergies is also present in many insects.)
If you live in an area with cicadas making an appearance this spring, you can download community science apps to help researchers studying these bugs.
"The main thing we want people to know is that they should download the Cicada Safari app, which is free on the web, and all they have to do is photograph whatever cicadas they see," Simon said. Those photographs are sent to scientists, who then map where and when the cicadas are emerging: information vital for scientists studying how climate change affects cicadas and predicting future cicada activity.
Beyond the bigger scientific story of cicadas, Larson said he hopes people will embrace cicada spring simply because it's a rare chance to see some of the world's most unusual bug behavior.
"These are some of the coolest insects in America," Larson said. "I really hope that people will appreciate this for what it is: this unique natural phenomenon that you don't get anywhere else. It's beautiful."
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/03/20/israel-gaza-west-bank-settler-movement-clarissa-ward-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn
'That sounds like ethnic cleansing': Clarissa Ward questions lead figure in Zionist settler movement
CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from the West Bank where the Jewish settler movement is seeking a new goal in the wake of the October 7th attack by Hamas.
>What's gonna happen?
dude's in hospital wishing he got the Mozambique drill
Now he's a bedridden liability.
>Chill vibes only
"My reasons for stepping down now are personal and political, but mainly political," Irish PM Leo Varadkar said, without elaborating.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/lt-cmdr-whidbey-island-arrested/
Navy Lt. Cmdr arrested for child sexual abuse in Washington
Lt. Cmdr. Lucas Martinez, 61, was arrested after paying a 14-year-old for sex, authorities say.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/alaska-airman-died-bombs/
Alaska Airman who died on duty identified, loaded weapons on F-22s
Officials did not give details about the fatal incident but said it was being investigated.
An Air Force munitions and weapons specialist died from injuries suffered while on duty at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Air Force officials said Monday. Staff Sgt. Charles A. Crumlett, 25, of Streamwood, Illinois, was weapons lead crew chief with the 90th Fighter Generation Squadron when he died “in the line of duty” March 15.
https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/News-Releases/Display/Article/3709020/jber-airman-dies-following-workplace-incident/
JBER Airman dies following workplace incident
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska –
A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant assigned to the 3rd Wing has died after sustaining an injury while performing his assigned duties at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 15, 2024.
The Airman was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which occurred at approximately noon. The name of the deceased will be withheld until 24 hours following notification of the member’s next of kin.
For additional information once it becomes available, please reach out to JBER Public Affairs at 907-551-8995 or jber.pa.mediaops@us.af.mil.
Who left cocaine at the White House?
Daft Punk - Technologic
ace MAGA detectives
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13205551/Diddy-attends-Kanye-West-Rolling-Loud-set-feud.html
Diddy attends Kanye West's Rolling Loud set prompting fans to wonder if their feud is over… after Ye and Ty Dollah $ign play recorded music rather than perform live
>Donald Trump is the one who should be ashamed.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-overstated-worth-by-billions-new-york-attorney-general-says-civil-fraud-2024-01-05/
Trump should be banned from NY real estate for 'outrageous' fraud, attorney general says
please limit your oral statements to five minutes
funny back and forth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro_Khanna