Jim Hair

Major incident in Glasgow now. Police everywhere. 100s of men fighting each other.

Reminder that Canada under the Harper government *did* raise the OAS eligibility age. Had Trudeau not reversed this courageous reform, we would be spending $11 billion less on OAS by 2029, according to the PBO. When OAS was created in 1952, the benefit began at age 70. Life expectancy was 68, and the ratio of workers to retirees was 8 to 1. Eligibility is now at 65, with life expectancy at 81, and the ratio of workers to retirees down to 3 to 1. The current system represents a massive, unjust intergenerational transfer of wealth which is obviously unsustainable.

Ann Coulter Calls Bill Maher A Misogynist To His Face. His Response? Name One Thing I’ve Said About Women That Proves It. Ann coulter: I think being a misogynist is the least of your problems. Bill maher: I’m not a misogynist. Ann coulter: You deny that? Bill maher: What’s the evidence? Ann coulter: Every single thing you say about women. Bill maher: Name one. Name one thing, because I’m seriously asking. Name one thing. Ann coulter: Oh, not everything you’ve said about diagnosing people over television. Just to make an obvious point. Bill maher: Wait a second. Michelle Bachmann happens to be a woman. I can’t talk about a woman if she’s nuts? She’s a person who’s nuts. It had nothing to do with her being a woman. Did it really? Ann coulter: For one, you manifestly have greater hatred for people like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann than you do for others. Bill maher: I have greater hatred for idiots. Ann coulter: Well, they’re creepy. Bill maher: Do you really think I’m harder on Sarah Palin than I was on George Bush, a penis-carrying man? Ann coulter: And I believe you have called yourself pro-death since I’ve known you. I hope that’s just a coincidence. Bill maher: I am. I am pro-death. This guy’s right. I am for euthanasia, I’m for the death penalty, and I’m for abortion. Ann coulter: And yet you’re anti-war. So weird. bill maher: Well, I’m not against all wars. Like Obama said, I’m against dumb wars.

As a hockey mom, I find it absolutely disgusting that young Russian hockey players are being punished for the actions of their country’s leader. These young men didn’t start a war. They’re hockey players who have dedicated years of their lives to a sport they love. And let’s not forget their families. The countless hours at the rink. The early mornings, the endless travel, the financial sacrifices, and the years spent supporting their sons’ dreams of going as far as they possibly can in hockey. As a hockey mom, I know firsthand what families give up to get their children to this level. And now, because of politics, those dreams and opportunities are being taken away. Mark Carney, these young men are not responsible for Vladimir Putin’s decisions. Since when did we decide that punishing young athletes for the actions of their government was acceptable? Hockey should bring people together, not divide them. Absolutely disgusting.

Abdul El-Sayed was five years old when he asked his grandfather Jan Johnson a question. “Grandpa, how are you my grandpa?” His grandparents-Jan and Judy had helped raise Abdul in Michigan, and until then Abdul had never had much reason to think about how they were related. But he had begun to notice that he looked nothing like either of them. Abdul was 3 when his parents divorced. His father, Mohamed, later married Jackie Johnson, who helped raise him. Abdul called her Mom. So when he asked Jan how he could be his grandpa, Jan gave him a simple answer. Jackie was Jan’s daughter, and Jackie was Abdul’s mom. Then Jan added, “And because I love you.” When Abdul was older, he spent summers with his father’s family in Alexandria, Egypt. His grandmother there was Soad. She cooked over a small burner with one pot, and Abdul loved to listen to her tell stories. At the end of the summer, he would go back to Michigan, to a cottage on a lake that had been in Jackie’s family for generations. He remembers trying to explain Soad to Grandma Judy. Even now, he says, it is hard to imagine either of his grandmothers knowing what to make of the other’s life. Soad never got to go to school. She had eight children, and two of them died before their first birthdays. When Abdul talked about her as an adult, he still counted those two babies as the aunt and uncle he would have had. Soad used to remind him that he and his cousins in Egypt were no different from one another. He had simply been given chances they had not . As such, she expected him to do something with those opportunities. Abdul thought about Soad years later when he began looking at how long people lived. By his reckoning, there was a gap of about ten years in life expectancy between the part of Michigan where he grew up and Egypt. But what bothered him was that he could find a gap about as large much closer to home. He could get on the freeway in suburban Oakland County, drive south into Detroit and see it in less than half an hour. After medical school, Abdul took on the job of rebuilding Detroit’s health department. Isitoshe, When Abdul ran for the U.S. Senate, Jan and Judy sat together in front of a camera. They told Michigan voters that they had helped raise him. Jan talked about how Abdul had helped children get eyeglasses through his work in public health. Then he mentioned something from their own life that had never been on the news. Their grandson still bought their groceries every week. On Tuesday, Michigan elected Abdul El-Sayed to the United States Senate. When he takes office, he will be the first Muslim ever to serve in the chamber. May the day break

New majority's top priority: repealing tariffs on Canada. wsj.com/politics/elections/d…