the watcher

So have I missed that the Cons have said that in the house brecause it would indeed be idiotic. But the years of Harper has a hidden agenda fit in exactly to my point. There was no hidden agenda, he was very upfront about his policies, like them or not. And that is disinformation. Just like when Trudeau was running against Andrew Sheer ( weasel that he was ) it was widely promoted that Sheer spoke at a rally with the leader of the far right yellow vesters. It was BS. It was outright disinformation. Its done by all parties unfortunately.

It not uncommon. Especially if they have held power for a lengthy period. And it happens regardless of political stripe. The " very scary " and " secret agenda " campaigns against Harper aren't alot different. Neither is the Conservatives continual fear tactics that NDP government will institute massive tax hikes. I don't like it but it is pretty common.

There is talk that he wants to move out of coaching and into management .Maybe they can cook up something like that. A deal that makes him coach / management for a couple of years then shift to management after that. He solves alot of issues here. I've moved fully into the " it's time to move Sheif " camp but if Trotz was coming here I would give him the choice if he wants Sheif here. I think the hiring of Trotz would re- inspire both the players and more importantly the fans. But there is a long list of teams lining up to hire him.

80 to 1 odds in the Kentucky Derby. This aerial shot shows it best. Amazing !

I just think after the last couple of years that this is not the time to play hardball and have a labour battle. Do a 1 or 2 year deal and get the league rolling again. Then worry about restructuring things.

If you are using the home tests they can be quite unreliable. Covid went through my daughter's household. Her eldest daughter had it , her husband had it and she had all the symptoms. BUT she kept testing negative. It took 7 tests before she got a positive result. So 6 tests that showed she was negative were wrong. (She kept testing because she was concerned about exposing people at her job.). And they are all over it without any really serious issues other than my son in law being tired for several weeks after. Wishing your Mom all the best.

% 65 is an extremely common number. It's everywhere. Not in pro oil propaganda , it's in many lists, it's in documentaries from out side Canada. If I have time later I'll make a list.The the problem is we are comparing apples and oranges. I think the numbers you are using include electricity, oil, gas, ........ The % 65 is our production of electricity.

TPES isn't just energy production.

I'm a tad busy but this is fro Wiki and every other source I read says the same. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production Not a big wiki believer but it matches everything else I have read. The info I quoted on Co2 production in my last post was from World OMeter

I'm not arguing for more oil. I never said we should produce more. But we arent laggards . All I said is we are ahead of the game in producing energy to countries like Germany because of our hydro- electric facilities. It's not hard to find those figures. Just look it up. They are everywhere. But yes per capita do produce alot of carbon emissions. But there is only 37 million of us. Canada produces %1.89 of the worlds CO2 emissions. We are 7th behind China- %29.18 U.S. %14.02 India %7.09 Russia %4.65 Japan %3.47 Germany %2.17 Back to forests of course they remove carbon. When a tree dies it doesn't just release it's carbon thst it has sequestered. It turns it into soil. Fires are an issue but what % of our 318 billion trees are going to burn this year ?

The % 65 is real easy to find. I've heard it in multiple articles and Docs. You can also find it on Wiki. You could very well be correct on fossil fuels produced here but used elsewhere. The devils in the details . I am really sceptical on story's, numbers , etc... these days. Everyone from big oil to the Sierra Club twist numbers to suit their agenda. Our forests do remove tons of carbon. Yes when they burn they can release it but we have something like %30 ( off the top of my head ) of the world's trees.

If Germany manages to get to % 65 renewable energy ( they currently sit at around %45 ) they will be matching Canada's current number. We also have the worlds 2nd most amount of trees (318 billion) which removes more carbon than we produce. That doesn't mean we can't move to less fossil fuels but they are facts that are often ignored.

It's a legit question. Every side in a war will at least twist figures to their benefit. Some blatantly make **** up (weapons of mass destruction as an example ). It doesn't mean a person doesn't recognise a particular side as the aggressor or as responsible for 1,000s of deaths.

What really bothers me about this is very, very few politicians, etc.. believe all the BS. Almost all of them understand how vaccinations and the vaccination of the vast majority against not only Covid but all contagious diseases are the key to the health and well being of people, countries and the world. But they sell their soul for power, money and popularity.

I thought I stick this here even though it a " Canada story " it's a world issue. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/canada-asylum-seekers-numbers-covid-restrictions

One of the things I've noticed is alot of big winds the last few years. I'd like to know if that's just my imagination or if we are really getting more due to weather change.

GCN20 said " disagree that most serious hunters use bolt action, many favor it due to long range accuracy, but many hunters are taught that semi auto is a more ethical choice by many hunter safety instructors. Serious shooters for target practice won't, but many hunters do favor semi auto. I used to guide for goose, bear and deer and the mix was at least 50/50 of what people used. I can tell you with certainty that semi auto shotguns are heavily favored by serious We will have to agree to disagree. Perhaps it's the group I used to hang with. We were serious hunters/ shooters. Not a semi auto center fire in anyones gun cabinet. Several of them were guides ( big game in northern BC ) several were rifle club instructors and some taught Hunters Safety. Several have now moved into the super long range shooting now. ( 50 cal stuff ) Never have I heard of a hunter Saftey instructor say use a semi- auto centerfire. It's in no way more ethical. Less accurate equals more wounded and more ruined meat. If you cant hit what you shoot at , you need to shoot more targets and not take shots that you know wont kill. Over a year I would fire thousands of rounds ( not an exaggeration) so like I said maybe it was the group I hung with. As far as semi auto shotguns , yes perhaps more are used than I believe but I've seen way, way to many have issues when used in adverse conditions. Almost everyone I shot birds with used pumps. As far as modifying guns , my only personal experience was glass bedding , filing trigger mechanisms to reduce trigger pull, and a few other minor things for better accuracy. I did have friends of made full autos out of semis but they were rediculously inaccurate and unmanageable. They scraped them fairly quickly. Many built wildcat calibers but I never got into it. I will add this bit to end my discussion. The last 15 years I hunted deer were my best. I decided to hunt alone. That is when in my opinion I became an elite deer hunter. I watched them. I studied them. Most evenings I just watched. I learned more about deer then than in all my previous years. I'd kill 3 a year for food. Most were standing shots. All but one were one shot kills. My biggest problem those last 15 years were the Yahoo's driving around shooting off the roads at deer on my property and towards me or our buildings.

So just a bit if background. I was a big time gun guy for decades. I owned my own 22 at age 12. I was on a championship Jr. Rifle club team. Our meat diet was 99% wild game for decades. I use to work crazy hours spring to fall then hunt non stop everyday for 3 or 4 months before heading west for work. I've owned 100s of guns over the years including hand guns at times. I lived to hunt and shoot back in the day. I still have guns but I'm just not into it like I was anymore. Yes , almost any gun can be turned into a concealed weapon with a bit of work. As far as turning a semi into full auto it was easy with particular gun makes and models but not most.Its tough and makes them pretty much useless. The majority of centerfire hunting rifles are bolt actions. Not to be insulting but most really serious hunters and shooters won't bother with semi auto center fire rifles. We mostly saw them used by casual hunters. .22s are a different story. Tons of .22 semis are used are used for plinking, gophers ..... As far as shotguns it would be pumps, double barrel, semi, single break then the rarely seen bolt action. I am in favour of gun laws that make a REAL difference. Laws that actually do something not just make uninformed non gun owners happy. I'm a big fan of the PAL licence. Having your background checked by the RCMP before you can own, posses , borrow, use a gun makes a whole lot of sense. As far as hand guns. My understanding is about %80 - %90 of handguns that are confiscated have come across the border. So an outright ban isn't going to do alot. I'm not sure what has changed I the last 20 years but when I owned them I could only leave my property with a handgun to go to a sanctioned gun range at a particular time. I was required to drive directly there and back with no stops in between. I can't remember the last time I heard of a legal handgun owner shooting someone. I'm sure it must happen but not very often in Canada. I really doubt an outright ban would have any real effect. I suppose it would effect the %10 to %20 of gun crimes that are committed with stolen handguns .I really don't have a dog in that race so it's not all that big of a deal for me. I see no reason for any Canadian to own military style weapons. Guns designed and made to kill only people belong in the hands of the military only. I think alot of the American gun idiocy makes non gun owners in this country assume it's the same here. It jades their opinion.

In the US it's all about getting the iffy voters out to vote. The Republicans in the Trump era are doing that. They are appealing to the far right who want change and it's working. The Democrats are not appealing to left leaning people who want change. They continue to bend to their financial backers who dont want change. Who dont want ANY shift towards a more socialist system. They aren't getting people who want change out to the poles. Sometimes I vote for the 3rd party in our system only because it's the 3rd option and it's important to have that. (When the legit contenders are crap )

I read the last few posts and all I can think is ," what a f-ing world. ".

My guess is we are in around 30 inches of snow. It's really hard to tell though. I've got drifts right on my lane and in the yard that are 4 to 5 ft deep.( That will work the old blower out ) My son has a house on the property and the drifts are over the hoods of his SUVs .The highway that fronts the property is still closed and I assume blocked as there is no traffic and locals will go even if it is closed. While it wasn't 97 or 66 it was still a heck of a storm. Edit : I was out on snowshoes today and I could sink a ski pole completely in on the drifts on my lane .

Exactly. Can you imagine the complaints if cars and people were stuck for days in our 4 ft drifts on the highway by my place. Meteorologists and the Highway dept take their best educated guess and always should err on the side of caution.

Yes, I'm west of Miami on top of the escarpment.About 85 miles SW. of the city. The weather here can be quite different than just a few miles away when you drop down 600 ft or so.

Actually they were bang on. They called for 20 +cm for the city and Eastern Red river valley. They called for 40 to 80 for the western edge of the valley and Western MB. In my yard 80 miles sw of the city, I have bare spots and 4- 5foot drifts in other places. So its really hard to tell the actual amount. If I had to guess I'd say 20 in to 24 in. So 50 - 60 cm. And it's not over.

They are still calling for up to an additional 40cm on top of what we already have here on my part of the escarpment.