4 thoughts on “Ha! I didn’t stink on the Slate news quiz this week!”

1. Mike Cakora January 9, 2015 at 9:53 pm

   Congrats, I guess, but no mention of Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s speech before the clerics that I cited on another thread. Not relevant to Slate’s mission of “all the news that fits we print,” I suppose.

   Nor any mention of our Neighbor to the North’s reaction to a Muslim killer.

   Kevin Vickers, the ceremonial sergeant-at-arms who became a national hero in Canada after he took down a lone terrorist who stormed the Parliament last October, has been named Canada’s new ambassador to Ireland.

   The new ambassador, who was given a three-minute standing ovation in the House of Commons the day after the foiled attack, promised to represent his country with “pride and dignity.”

   “As a Canadian with family on both sides hailing from Ireland, there could be no greater honour,” Vickers said in a statement.

   Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who had previously charatcerized the attack as an act of terrorism, praised Vickers’ heroism.

   “Kevin Vickers has shown profound leadership and dedication to the security of Canada and its national institutions,” Harper said in a statement. “His extensive experience working with Parliament, as well as his bravery and integrity, will serve to deepen close bilateral relations between Canada and Ireland in the years ahead.”

   The 58-year-old Vickers shot and killed Muslim convert Michael Zehaf-Bibeau inside the Parliament building soon after gunman executed reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was guarding the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

   Nicely played, no? Perhaps some day Slate will include items like this in its quiz.

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2. Norm Ivey January 10, 2015 at 11:07 am

   312. I missed 3 of the same ones you missed (if they are presented in the same order). I saw the headlines for two of those stories–just didn’t read them.

   Kinda embarrassed about missing the beer label question…..

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3. Burl Burlingame January 10, 2015 at 2:13 pm

   Ok I’ll criticize, however faintly. I sense that you find milking daily events for humor instead of social analysis somewhat distasteful and beneath one’s dignity. I maintain that one cannot make a successful joke without analysis of the issue. Rather like writing editorials — except that a proper joke can skewer the guilty in a dozen words, while an editorial may take a thousand.

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4. Burl Burlingame January 10, 2015 at 3:36 pm

   Oops. My above comment was on the other post.

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