the watcher

After the attempted coup, I thought America only had one last chance to pull them back from the brink dand that would be their judiciary system. But it has failed.

It is getting weird/ scary. I was fuelling up a slip tank at a cardlock yesterday. A guy about my age that I didn't know pulled in to fuel his pickup and came over to talk which is normal in a small town. Dude : Getting rready to go to the field Me: If it ever dries up Dude: Boy I wonder what that will cost you when you get the bill ? Me : I don't know but it won't be cheap. And this is where the conversation went right off the wall. Dude : Well, I hate to say it ( looking around ) but someone should shoot that Trudeau Me : ( after a few shocked seconds ) You mean because of the carbon tax , because that's got nothing to do with why the fuel price rocketing up. It's just whats going on in the Ukraine and that being used as an excuse to charge more money here. Dude: Well Trudeau is sending them fuel ! ( Edit : He also said they are trying to make us drive electric cars like it was some horrible thing) At that point I gave him a whatever and got busy strapping my tank down. But I find it unnerving that a random stranger would assume it was OK to say that to me about ANY leader. The world is collectively going off its nut.

I never thought the American idiocy would gain popularity in Canada. But after watching videos of what Jagmeet Singh put up with yesterday I'm worried. Its pretty impressive how cool he remains during all that. Plus I watched a few minutes of the Con. debate and made the mistake of taking a peek at the comments section. Yikes ! While I still believe this country will not slide into the abyss that the US. has it is worrisome. I don't think it's a large movement but they sure are vocal.

The difference in my area was 3 or 5 miles trucking when we had rail which became about 75 miles when the rail was gone.

One of the costs that is rarely thought about is what all that traffic does to our roads. My property borders the highway and there was a massive change in the amount of semis on the road once we lost our rail line. And we are generally not keeping up to the wear on the highways any more. On top of the damage and wear to roads you could add in the cost to the environment .100s of trucks vs one train.

It's not that simple. I was a wheat board permit holder. I hadn't grown wheat for years because I had moved to forage and cattle. It no longer effected me but I could have voted. There were many , many older farmers renting out their land who were still permit holders. It wasn't a simple thing . If you took a poll now it would be 80 or 90 percent that are happy to be able to market wheat and barley like the rest of their crops. It came into being when wheat was king in the prairies. It no longer is. With the diversification of crops now it is very difficult for grain companies to hold farmers hostage as they just switch crops. And in a big generalisation farmers today are better educated and very savy about marketing. Yes , there was alot of ideology involved in allowing farmers to market outside the Wheat Board. But in this case it probably worked out for the better.

There were alot of farmers that wanted the Wheat Board gone. Id guess about 50/50. Lots of older farmers liked it, lots of young farmers wanted the option of marketing their wheat and barley like they did the rest of their crops. I had cattle and forage so I had no skin in the game. But did it really make sense that you could grow wheat in Ontario and market it how you liked but not in Manitoba ? Did it make sense that you could grow flax or canola and market it where and how you wanted but not your wheat or barley ? Yes, the Wheat Board served a purpose , at least at one time but it was questionable by the time it was dealt with. I had neighbors who hated the Wheat Board and neighbors who hated the market being opened up. Now I rarely hear it brought up.There seems to be very few mourners. In my opinion the demise or perhaps the slow death of the Manitoba Hog board did far more damage to Manitoba family farms. It didn't get alot of press though. That was the provincial Pc's that changed the rules that brought about vertical integration. Edit : I wwould add in the rail line closures and the privatization of the farmer owned grain pools as things that did way more damage to small farms and rural communities than the demise of the Wheat board

Thanks for the clarification.

Yes and he spoke at one in Calgary where they were in attendance. But an open rally is an open rally. Any one can show up.What was spread around about the rally in Calgary was that the leader was speaking there. The truth was he tried and they wouldn't let him so he went across town and tried to hold his own rally. And let's be clear, I had no liking of Andrew Sheer My original point was that all parties use scare tactics and disinformation. If you want to call that playing both sides fine.

And everyone ignores my point. There was no " hidden agenda " . Every politician uses friendly journalists to release or leak info. Press conferences had journalists of all stripes.

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