the watcher
-
Posts
1,544 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Articles
Posts posted by the watcher
-
-
2 hours ago, Tracker said:
Apparently the aim was to deny girls access to the papilloma-preventing vaccination that would immunize them from this sexually-transmitted cancer. As we all know, once young people are protected against sexually-transmitted infections, they go completely wild and have orgies all over the place. This is such a noble cause that if a "few" die of COVID, it is an acceptable collateral damage.
News flash Tennessee, Boys and girls have been having sex since teenagers were invented. Such an ignorant line of deduction. Covid and cancer are preferable to young people doing what young people do , discover sex. Like I said f**** me.
-
8 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell
3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:F ### me. This is beyond comprehension.
-
3 hours ago, GCn20 said:
This would be monumentally bad for the CFL. Our TV deal would be seriously affected if Toronto goes.
Oh I get that but what is the alternative. Allow the owners of one team to blackmail the rest ,kill a 100 year old league and join another that by all likelihood will fail ? The whole story is written to throw a shadow on the CFL. Its BS and I for one am sick and tired of hearing this crap out of Toronto.
- Bigblue204 and JCon
-
1
-
1
-
42 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
This is what MLSE has always wanted. Good riddance I say. How far ahead would the CFL be if they didn't have to constantly float this
This just seems childish. You won't play the way I want so I'm leaving and starting my own game. If you can't draw 5000 people to games in a legitimate league with over 100 years of history, an exciting structure of game, Canadian rivalry and known players, how many will you draw to games in a league that is just another reincarnation of a league that is a serial failure. Its the same old Toronto is to big for the CFL mindset. It just pisses me off to tell the truth. Other than the TV money I'd like to help them through the door with a boot in the butt. In what way will any of this BS help them get more cheeks on the seats right now ? And I would suggest that's the desired effect of the storey. Good. Leave.
-
Sometimes I just don't understand how the cops manage to do their job. That would be so tough to be on that scene and then go home and try to act like a normal husband and Dad.
-
-
4 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Wife wanted to rewatch GC107 last night, so we fired that up. I am so f***ing ready for this season........not sure if Saturday is just physicals or if it's actually Day 1 of Camp, but either way, I expect a full report!
I'm on about watch # 4 and I thought I'd watch again close to the season opener
-
-
5 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
It's really going to be interesting to see what happens when they're put back up. Pallister said toppling them was a waste of tax payer money cause now they have to be repaired/put back up. Which to me seems like an extra waste of money considering there is no chance in hell they aren't vandalized even more once that happens...outside of a 24/7 security team watching them...which would also be a waste of money.
Lol . If nothing else the guy is consistent. In his mind everything comes down to money .I wonder if his kids were/are restricted to 2 squares of TP.
- Eternal optimist, WildPath, Mark F and 2 others
-
5
-
20 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
Basically what I'm trying to say. If you're offended at a statue being brought down or the way it was brought down. You should buckle up. Because I believe it will be getting much worse (unfortunately there will be numerous compounding issues as well) because those who hold the power will not be giving it up willingly (even if they say nice words/pass nice laws etc). Hopefully I'm wrong.
Personally and from what I've seen on this site no one is offended. I have seen little outrage although I'm sure there is some. Some people just disagree with what has happened or the way it happened. Most will also have a understanding that when people are angry and frustrated sh** happens and in this case rightly or wrongly a couple of statues were toppled.
- Bigblue204 and blue_gold_84
-
2
-
33 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
Just go look at a map of what the Spaniards conquered and what the brits conquered. I'm not saying the other empires didn't do a lot of bad ****. But the British are in a league of their own.
Maps don't remotly show the brutality of the conqueror. The Spanish 's favorite way of submission to both leaders and religion was burning you alive. Hundreds of thousands worked to death at times without food. Historical records burned and destroyed. Citys leveled. Their history in the middle Americas is on a lecel with what the Romans did. Its brutality is unmatched by anything else in the Americas. None of this negates what the British did but your statements are factually wrong
-
15 minutes ago, JCon said:
Can we agree that all European empires were horrible murderers?
Yes but it is a homo sapien thing. Take a look at the history of Japan in Korea.Or in China. Rome , The middle East or Africa. We happen to live in a place and in a time the sees the ugly result of European colonization.
14 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:For the better part of five centuries imperial colonialism by Western European powers did immeasurably significant damage to so many parts of the world, the Americas in particular. The Age of Discovery morphed into the rape and pillage of new territories discovered, with ruling powers being motivated by greed, egotism, and then outright genocidal bigotry. One could argue age of imperial colonialism initiated what has turned into accelerated and seemingly irreparable harm to this planet, leading to the ecological crises we face today. That's what's been left behind by those so-called empires.
The Spanish Empire was one of the first to settle in the new world, being funded by a powerful crown. At its peak, Imperial Spain held the most territory in the Americas, spanning south from Tierra del Fuego as far north as modern day California. Spain also had a very powerful Catholic Church backing its colonial aspirations from the very beginning, weaponizing religion to secure its grip on the region and exploit its resources and peoples behind the guise of divine superiority. Colonialists brought with them numerous diseases, leading to widespread epidemics across Central and South America. Over 50 million died in the century following Columbus' discovery of the Americas, due to disease, slavery, and outright slaughter - it's been labelled as the great dying. It even caused a global climate event where the planet briefly cooled. The long-term effects of those atrocities can be seen to this day in terms of religion, language, and many other sociopolitical aspects.
But I digress. I think there's a case to be made when it comes to the worst empire of all time that Imperial Spain and the British Empire are neck and neck for first place, leaving behind a disgusting legacy. It could be a coin flip but that hardly matters; both could hold that disgraceful title.
For us here in Canada, however, it's predominantly the British Empire's legacy. And there should be no statues commemorating any of it.
Agreed 👍
- blue_gold_84 and Bigblue204
-
2
-
-
If you believe Queen Vicky should come down then include every single prime minister since Confederation. They were all complicit then. And perhaps that is the correct thing to do , Im not sure anymore. You can also include the PMs since Harper's apology since there has been little done to ease the awful conditions on reserves. I would definatly include our current " thanks for the donation " Trudeau in that . That snotty little remark of his is how I will forever remember his relationship with 1st nations.
-
15 hours ago, Wideleft said:
And we haven't even talked about what the British Empire did to other Peoples on other continents.
Or the French, Spanish, Portuguese ,German, Dutch Empires..... It was the way of the times of every empire or wanna be empire. It doesn't make it right but if you want to discuss the damage of colonization outside Canada include everyone. The British were no better or worse than the rest.
- Bigblue204 and blue_gold_84
-
1
-
1
-
I agree with most of the sentiments expressed here. Its a great nation we live in but we do have our scars on our history. And our scars are not healed . They are open wounds for many of our citizens. Perhaps this will be a watershed moment for our country. Perhaps we can " own up " to what happened and start the healing process. Perhaps we can find some national leadership that will finally deal with indigenous issues. There has never been a single one yet of any political stripe. I'm not really all that confident in that ,given our current slate of leaders.
On a personal level I have been thinking alot about my own knowledge / ignorance of residential schools. I'm in my 60s and when I grew up all I knew or thought about residential schools is it was where indigenous kids went to school. That's it. No idea that it was forced.That it could be against a parents wishes. Or the conditions. Or the deaths. Or the abuse. Or that alot of parents never saw their kids again. Or the generational damage. My wife who grew up in Vancouver knew even less if that's even possible. It probably wasn't till the late 70s that I started to learn the truth.
As I said perhaps this can be a time when things can change . Maybe. We are horribly lacking in leadership right now but maybe a ground swell can force real change. I fear that all the right words will be said and funds will be allocated , and as usual they will disappear into the bureaucracy as they have in the past. In the meantime I will continue to work on my own understanding and education.
- Noeller, Bigblue204 and Mark H.
-
3
-
16 hours ago, Tracker said:
It is a tenet of the Catholic dogma that the pope is infallible, being a reincarnation of St Peter.
I always wondered which one was infallible when there was 2 of them.
-
-
2 minutes ago, Tracker said:
But do you know why the Scots wear kilts?
Ok......let's hear it
-
1 hour ago, Tracker said:
And, in my experience, there are a lot of dense Scots out there.
Careful Tracker, those are my people and my favorite vaction place. Actually a few weeks ago I was reading they have a similar issue as Manitoba does. Generally good vacc numbers but with pockets of really bad vacc numbers. Its a pretty good forecaster of what will happen here.
-
4 hours ago, Tracker said:
We're still flirting with the 100 new case mark. Dammit. So sad that a 10 year old had to die.
Heartbreaking
-
2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:
I more frustrated with Winkler's Mayor and their MLA Friessen making excuses for their low vax rates. 15% lower than the rest of the province is a joke. Heck Downtown Winnipeg an area with plenty of people who are transient or face other barriers has a much higher vax rate. IMO those jerks need to be called out and shamed.
So 6 months ago or so my wife asked the Winkler Super Store manager why he was letting people in without masks and not dealing with them according to the rules. His answer was because if he called the Police they wouldn't come because the city council told them not to respond to those requests. Take that with a grain of salt because the guy is generally non compliant and it easily could have been BS. Or not. There were and are other buisnesses in town that rigidly enforce mask policy and I don't believe they have lost many customers.
We among many, many others now limit our business in that community. I go when I have to and only to places that have at least attempted to follow the rules. Probably less than 1/4 of what we use to.
On OB 68 Winklers mayor said Stanley was at %17. So when I think I need to go there I'll just remind myself that if I walk by 10 people not even 2 of them are vaccinated. F-ing awful.
-
5 hours ago, Colin Unger said:
The thing Is that once the majority of manitoba is doubled vaxxed it probably won't matter as much that a place like Winkler has low double vaccine rates. Where is it gonna come from?
What I have heard is the virus is never likely to be totally gone. So they are expecting to have outbreaks in areas where there are low vaccination rates in the future. I would imagine that will bleed out into rest of the province a certain amount
-
7 hours ago, Mark H. said:
Hopefully, 25% double vaxxed means fewer of the daily cases will need hospital care.
It will be interesting to watch the southern health region. They don't have a large urban centre, yet they still have 20 - 30 cases every day - about half of Winnipeg's number.
Winnipeg health - 791,000
Southern Health - 211,000
Prairie Mountain -172,000
Inter Lake Health-133,000
Northern Health- 77,000
So in theory Southern should have 1/3 to 1/4 of the cases. BUT, it should be way less than that because larger centers usually generate higher percentages by shear contact numbers.
Last week I tried to get my shot 10 days early at a walk in due to a business situation. (Wasted the better part of 2 days and never got the shot ) But I was talking for 3 or 4 hours to a guy from Winkler. He works a one of the bigger factories there and said he figured only %25 of his co-workers had a shot.
I got my 2nd yesterday by the way.
Covid-19
in General Discussion
Posted
25 cases and TP 4.5...Wow ! It's almost as if vaccinations work !