Wednesday, September 13, 2023

News roundup, 13 Sept 2023

- US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing ahead with an attempt to impeach Joe Biden. Of course the chance of convicting him in the Senate is infinitesimal, but maybe that's not really the point.

- Thousands are dead in flooding in Libya, and the political situation in the country is being blamed for the neglect of infrastructure that may have contributed to the severity of the disaster. It is also complicating rescue efforts.

- A school board in Ontario is purging books published prior to 2008 from school libraries. This does not seem like a good idea.

- New COVID-19 boosters have been approved by the FDA and Health Canada.

- Some are concerned about the Canadian Armed Forces being the go-to agency to address the increased number of disasters resulting from climate change, apparently fearing that the military will be too focused on saving people to be properly prepared to kill people.

- The federal Liberals seem to be getting concerned about their chances in the next election.

- The definition of antisemitism codified by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (the one that Jeremy Corbyn was attacked for not adopting in full) is used by most British universities, but remains controversial.

- Gary Doer's endorsement of the current Manitoba NDP is expected to be a boost to the party's chances.

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