Notices by M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club), page 6

I disagree with #AndrewCoyne that the #Conservative caucus should oust #AndrewScheer; but I hope that they do expressly take the power to do so, per the Reform Act 2014.

In #canpol, backbenchers are far too dominated by the party leadership.

Andrew Coyne: The Conservatives should perform a clean, quick coup to replace Scheer. Here’s how | #NationalPost
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-the-conservatives-should-use-a-clean-quick-coup-to-replace-scheer-heres-how

Even completely arbitrary rules can be useful; there's no particular reason to drive on the right, and of course many do not.

(Inspired by a #Guardian podcast musing about the semi-colon.)

Gratitude, or fear that current goods might easily be lost?

#conservatism

"Modern #conservatism springs, not from a central idea or policy, but from an emotional disposition. Conservatives are first and foremost grateful for what we as a society have.

"This gratitude arises from an awareness of where we have come from. Poverty, disease, ignorance and intolerance are humanity's default condition."

#BrianLeeCrowley | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/right-now-conservatives-know-diversity-isnt-our-strength-our-strengths-attract-diversity

#canpol

"[O]nly a fifth of those who voted for someone other than the Tories was even theoretically open to voting for Scheer, and only three-quarters of those cite climate change as a top voting priority."

The #Tories ought to have a good #ClimateChange policy, but it won't help them much with voters.

Matt Gurney | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/matt-gurney-the-numbers-dont-back-up-any-claim-that-climate-change-sank-scheer

#canpol

Do you send political tweets? You might be old.

"The most 'prolific political tweeters
' — 73 per cent of political tweets, 29 per cent of tweets overall — were over age 50. A full 33 per cent of political tweets issued from tweeters over age 65."

Not what I expected.

Barbara Kay: Dems need to go beyond Twitter if they don’t want four more years of ‘crazy’ | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-dems-need-to-go-beyond-twitter-if-they-dont-want-four-more-years-of-crazy

Barbara Kay: Stop the conspiracy theories about Canadian Catholics in government | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/barbara-kay-stop-the-conspiracy-theories-about-canadian-catholics-in-government

#canpol
#Catholic
#AndrewScheer

"A warm childhood proved a much stronger predictor of many aspects of a man’s flourishing later in life, including his overall contentment in his late seventies, than either his parent’s social class or his own income."

Love Is All You Need: Insights from the Grant Study | The Art of Manliness
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/love-is-all-you-need-insights-from-the-longest-longitudinal-study-on-men-ever-conducted/

#childhood

@Douglewars Mastodon.club hasn't been upgraded in a long time and is becoming increasingly incompatible with other instances.

@msh @ink_slinger @keithzg Monasteries, except for families. Kibbutzes!

@ink_slinger @msh @keithzg Back to the clan system!

Dh'aindeoin có theireadh e! (Gainsay, who dares)

#Clanranald