Today's News: When the waves turn the minutes to hours

 

"Does any one know where the love of God goes 

When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" 

Here is a great thread about a great song:

47 years ago today the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.
In this thread I'm going to discuss a few things:
- The actual story
- The Gordon Lightfoot song
- The different roles of an artist/storyteller and an educator
- Why it's ok to say we were wrong

— Ada McVean M.Sc. (@AdaMcVean) November 10, 2022

But Gordon had artistic license, and he used it, and we got a better ballad for it.
He once said that he agonized over inaccuracies in the song until his producer advised him to just tell a story.
Nonetheless, since its release, Gordon has altered 2 lyrics when he performs live.

— Ada McVean M.Sc. (@AdaMcVean) November 10, 2022

At some point, a parishioner from the Mariners' Church of Detroit reached out to him and reported that their hall was not "musty" as he had sung. Lightfoot changed the lyric to "In a rustic old hall".

— Ada McVean M.Sc. (@AdaMcVean) November 10, 2022

And yet he made those changes.
But he made them as a mark of respect. It's his song, yes, but it is a tale of real people, real places and real events.
Gordon Lightfoot never claimed to be a historian, and holding him to the standard of one is ludicrous.

— Ada McVean M.Sc. (@AdaMcVean) November 10, 2022

I was front row at the 2010 Lightfoot concert, where he explained that he was about to change the line "At 7 p.m. a main hatchway caved in". He said he had only recently learned that what he had understood to be the facts were not accurate, and the crew was owed an honest tale.

— Ed's Edits (@waddington_ed) November 11, 2022

Thanks for a great thread.
I want to share this cool noaa site for those on here who may be interested.https://t.co/3PdPObqSdJ

— Todd Silas (@tsilas) November 10, 2022

This is a beautiful version, too:

If you've never seen it, I'd like to share the cover of the song done by the group Cadence. Both music and video are beautifully done. https://t.co/BgylIak5gc

— Marla Kishimoto (@MarlaYuriko) November 11, 2022

In other news:

Trudeau does it again! The Canadian right may froth and scream but Trudeau doesn't care, he just keeps on reaching out and leading Canada to become a happier and more inclusive place - sunny days:

We have a PM the right calls 'divisive' but reaction to his appearing on the much watched, highly successful show demonstrates who the divisive people really are. Looking at you, Pieerson.

— Mike Morris (@1MikeMorris) November 9, 2022

At a time when right-wing populists are targeting drag queens as a front in the American culture war, it’s actually a pretty big statement that a world leader is not joining that particular pile-on, and is visiting a global drag franchise like this. https://t.co/4op5YFEGyu

— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) November 9, 2022

Today's News: Playing nuclear chicken?

Well, this is terrifying, isn't it? It sounds like Russia is getting set to try to play a game of Nuclear Chicken with Ukraine and the west:

It comes as sources told The Times that Nato had sent an intelligence report to its members and allies alerting them to the fact that Russia is expected to test its nuclear-capable torpedo drone Poseidon, possibly in the Black Sea, which it controlshttps://t.co/NfTI1gMQZ0 pic.twitter.com/hNhxyW7mTj

— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) October 3, 2022

Oh, I really hope the Telegraph is wrong and these guys are right:

Could not agree more. The footage we've seen shows nothing more than engineering equipment. Most likely scenario? Russia is commandeering niche vehicles for use on the battlefield. https://t.co/eDZL8ZoSU7

— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) October 3, 2022

Given how poorly they have done everything else in this war, if Russia does try to play nuclear chicken with the West then it likely won't work out very well for Russia. But as Ukraine wins back more and more of its territory, Putin will be increasingly desperate:

Russia no longer has full control of any of four ‘annexed’ Ukrainian provinces. https://t.co/q9fOtp2RGB

— Diane Marie 🇺🇦 (@DianeMariePosts) October 4, 2022

Canada's decision to support NATO membership for Ukraine surprised me, because in the past it seemed that NATO had always backed away from provoking Putin too much. 

But maybe now the West is realizing that mollifying Putin is no longer an option so so we might as well take it to him:

Canada supports Ukraine's bid to join @NATO, said Foreign Affairs Minister @melaniejoly, and that Canada must, "redouble efforts for the Ukrainian people."

Read more here: https://t.co/EePV6u1zW5
#NATOPA #NATO #DavenportTO @NATOCanada @natopapress

— Julie Dzerowicz (@JulieDzerowicz) October 3, 2022

Fukuyama is making a prediction:

Fukuyama makes observation and prediction. People mock Fukuyama on basis of misunderstanding stemming from the title of one of his long-ago books. Fukuyama's observation and prediction turn out to be pretty well-founded. Repeat.

The cycle of history in the post-history age. https://t.co/Myscml0C6p

— Dan Gardner (@dgardner) October 3, 2022

This was true yesterday, but may no longer be true now:

Yes. But surely you agree that if Moscow goes nuclear, that means that from that moment on, any conventional counteraction will be met with another Russian nuclear reaction? Like with knife gangs: one day, one gang starts using guns. Do you think it will go back to using knives?

— Otto von Bismarck (@ultimiratio) October 3, 2022

.@Angry_Staffer is spot on. A reminder: 2 days ago, Putin announced an annexation of Ukraine’s sovereign territory, then shot missiles at civilians. Why would anyone recommend an off-ramp for Putin? https://t.co/dUHLE5cFTQ

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) October 2, 2022

Today's News: #ISingWithTrudeau

So today the Queen was laid to rest in a beautiful ceremony -- here are a few of the tweets I flagged about the most-watched funeral in world history:

The BBC’s montage at the end of today’s coverage of the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Moving, powerful, emotional and historic.pic.twitter.com/q6Ppj0e2RV

— John Aburn #GodSaveTheKing (@MrJohnAburn) September 19, 2022

high profile guests spotted at the queen’s funeral: pic.twitter.com/2ZpW0eBwhH

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) September 19, 2022

Beautiful to see Cartonlima Emma the fell pony from the Murthwaite stud in the Howgills at the funeral of HRH The Queen today. pic.twitter.com/ViITFhKIBA

— Andrea Meanwell (@ruslandvalley) September 19, 2022

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

Meghan Markle condemned after Queen’s funeral for reason British press have not yet decided. pic.twitter.com/S4vfskzPvn

— Politics For You (@PoIitico4You) September 19, 2022

Meghan McCaine is getting ratioed for this idiotic remark:

Just curious why our President and First Lady were basically in the nose bleed section of the Queens funeral…

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) September 20, 2022

The Pres and Dr Jill sat back in the 14th row at the Queens funeral -b/c they got stuck in traffic and were late. CNBC

— Michael Grossman (@MichaelArt123) September 19, 2022

The ironic thing about Trump saying he would’ve had a better seat at the Queen’s funeral than Biden is that he wasn’t even invited LOL

— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) September 19, 2022

And this explains a lot, doesn't it:

Read this...

A coordinated campaign of targeted harassment of Meghan on Twitter — 114,000 tweets from just 83 accounts using their combined 187,631 followers are responsible for approximately 70% of the negative and often hateful content about Meghan.https://t.co/8lAq1BkIFa

— Mark Stephens (@MarksLarks) September 17, 2022

I read the news today, oh boy

Today's news:

In the past few days our entire MSM has been preoccupied with:

1. The Prime Minister’s hair (not a typo)
2. A nonsense “Canada is communist” statement made by an American far right radio provocateur
3. A fully manufactured notion that there’s going to be an election this fall

— Scribulatora (@Scribulatora) July 19, 2022

Meanwhile, there are terrible wildfires and heat emergencies across Europe and in the Canadian Rockies, Hockey Canada is destroying itself, the increasing cost of renting is going to cause economic stress for millions of people, and monkeypox cases are rising exponentially. 

But hey, let's keep talking about news that isn't actually happening - its a lot less stressful. 

Since his haircut, Trudeau is going out and about more -- thus providing even more opportunities for Canadian media to focus on trivialities:

Trudeau, one of the only Western leaders to mandate masks on trains, spotted maskless on train https://t.co/tH6PTLgUeP

— National Post (@nationalpost) July 19, 2022

at the end of the day folks

If him not wearing a mask on this train upsets you so much - then don't vote for Justin Trudeau in the next election

My suspicion is the majority of those outraged on this thread have never and will never vote for JT

— G.T. Lem (@gtlem) July 20, 2022

This thread about Trudeau-bashing, however, is much more serious:

Long 🧵 on threats posted on Twitter with impunity against the @CanadianPM.
After watching the Jan. 6 proceedings yesterday regarding Trump’s Twitter incitements to violence, one reflected on analogous incitements in 🇨🇦Canada by like-minded people…

— David Hamer🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@DavidHamer_1951) July 13, 2022

And on a side note, how outstanding is Chef Andres and his World Central Kitchen? They are everywhere when they are needed:

As wildfires burn through an intense heatwave across Spain, firefighters are working around the clock to put out the flames. To support first responders in Zamora, WCK is on the ground serving sandwiches, coffee, sweets, fruit, gazpacho & cold water. #ChefsForSpain pic.twitter.com/CsT6U09Q1T

— World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) July 20, 2022

Today's News: Shot / chaser

The shot: From six years ago  

The chaser: From Friday 

Obviously the news agenda for at LEAST the next 72 hours is CANCELLED while we decide what we think about Justin Trudeau's new Caesar haircut. pic.twitter.com/WXf1J6ICXs

— Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 (@Mikeggibbs) July 16, 2022

The shot:  So this happened -- the hospital in Kamsack SK is closing its acute care beds, so on Thursday about 200 Kamsack people gathered at the hospital grounds to meet Sask Party rural health minister Everett Hindley, local Sask Party MLA Terry Dennis and a smirking staff aide. The protestors heard the usual bafflegab about how any minute now Sask Health is going to be hiring lots more people, don't worry, move along move along, you can all just use the hospital 40 KM away at Canora instead.

The crowd was not impressed - Brady Lang at CTV reported:

 Dennis and Hindley addressed the rally first just after 10 a.m., for about 10 minutes prior to a tour of the Kamsack Hospital, which just saw its facility lose its remaining five acute care beds, along with shrinking emergency hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. 

“We’re trying to do as much as we can,” Hindley told the concerned citizens.

“Sometimes, we’ve got to think outside the box, because rural health care isn’t the same it was 20 years ago,” said Dennis.

Following the 10 minutes, Hindley’s aid can be seen working to move Dennis and Hindley into the facility, with a smirk on his face.

Those who weren’t smirking, the entirety of the crowd of 200, then booed the Minister and the local MLA.

Yes, it was the CTV reporter himself who used the term "smirking" to describe the demeanor of the staff aide.

Canada Day Part Deux

Here, I think, is the last and best word on the Convoy, from Scrimshaw tonight: 

"The Convoy’s a disgrace. It’s also a walking advertisement for hatred, bigotry, and indifference towards your fellow man, all things that Conservatives usually strive to avoid looking like."
Me on Convoy 2.0 and the future of CPChttps://t.co/mu3NeQtOJ3

— Evan Scrimshaw (@EScrimshaw) July 2, 2022

Scrimshaw writes:

...Convoy 2.0 was neither small enough to be safely ignored nor big enough to constitute a true populist movement, and this is where the Conservative Party, and the broader conservative movement, is stuck.

... the broader conservative movement is hanging together by a thread right now, and the Convoy is but the latest example of it. 

This is not a populist uprising designed to take power back from a tyrannical leader, it’s a fascist attempt to depose a Prime Minister they don’t like that has been normalized – by the press, by Bergen, by Poilievre, and by the press once again – as a movement for “freedom” and over vague shit. It’s a disgrace that it’s being reported this way, but let’s be clear about what this movement really is. It’s antithetical to actual, small c conservatism, because it is about a violation of our most sacred freedom – the freedom to be represented by the government of our choice.

And, of course, The Beaverton:

Pierre Poilievre marches in solidarity with brave part-time soldiers afraid of needles #cdnpoli

— The Beaverton (@TheBeaverton) July 1, 2022

Meanwhile, this is what its all about:

PM @JustinTrudeau: This is your home and today is your day. Happy #CanadaDay, everyone!🇨🇦💖

To those who came here last week, or last month, or last year; to those whose ancestors arrived centuries ago, or millennia ago; to all of the people in Canada: pic.twitter.com/Tyb1WqXHfc

— Jaro Giesbrecht 🇨🇦🇸🇰 (@JaroGiesbrecht) July 2, 2022

Speaking of Canada Day:

Animals in Canada are truly Canadian.
Beaver: Good day eh! Can I trouble you for some Timbits? pic.twitter.com/7UA2CzxFGT

— Stephanie 🇨🇦 (@zombiemom0101) July 1, 2022

pic.twitter.com/n54DbLBfcW

— WhiteJakefromStateFarm (@WJakeStateFarm) July 2, 2022

Like Canada stuff? Follow me for more https://t.co/mIi7OCmtdF

— Ghostface Kryllah (@kryzazzy) July 1, 2022

Canada Day, eh?

CANADA DAY pic.twitter.com/dqGN87Fc1P

— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) June 30, 2022

Love this classic "I Am Canadian" rant! 🇨🇦👍🍁 #IAMCanadian https://t.co/GoXPPde6wZ

— Canuckle (@CanuckleGame) July 1, 2022

Happy Canada Day from Ottawa!
Final rehearsal with my team last night! #CanadaDay #CanadaDay2022 pic.twitter.com/B4vvjLst9k

— Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon (@GurdeepPandher) July 1, 2022

Happy Canada Day from the west of Ireland. Northwest Passage by the late great Stan Rogers 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/0ndCOgcYyM

— Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) July 1, 2022

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 to the country of freedom, diversity, kindness, and empathy, the country of welcoming those fleeing persecution and wars, and the country that gave us the second chance when all other countries shut down their borders when we needed a place to call home. ❤️🇨🇦

— Tareq Hadhad (@TareqHadhad) July 1, 2022

Some people choose to walk with seditionists for Canada Day, I chose instead to walk with Tom Hennessy, 100 year old RAF pilot wearing his 80 year old wool uniform, who walked 100 miles to raise money for homeless veterans. If you can please support https://t.co/mkw9Ex6HZC pic.twitter.com/ttCgxJ35OS

— Donna Clark (@PollyEsterTBD) July 1, 2022

Way more people at LeBreton Flats listening & cheering for PMJT during his live Canada Day speech than on Wellington screaming to free Pat King.

1000's more..

— kris meloche (@krismeloche) July 1, 2022

In his Canada Day speech, @JustinTrudeau is taking back the Maple Leaf and the flag from the handful of convoy types elsewhere in the capital today trying to "protest" Canada Day.

— David Akin 🇨🇦 (@davidakin) July 1, 2022

https://t.co/AxdN3aL1iB

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) July 1, 2022

https://t.co/HXlpJqjZqS

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) July 1, 2022

It's nice to hear from the normal majority here on #CanadaDay.

Too much airtime given to the vocal minority most other days. pic.twitter.com/G1wPtTAmQE

— Jason Pugh 🏳️‍🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) July 1, 2022

Finally ... yeah, come to think of it....

I don’t even know myself anymore https://t.co/LDamlzcZuE

— Tamara Hinz (@hinz_tamara) July 1, 2022