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3 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
As a residential school survivor I will share my opinion. There really is no way of making reparations for this sad chapter. It must be acknowledged, remembered, but MOST importantly the effects it has had on native society must be understood. Generations separated from parents and community has had a massive trickle down effect to today. Native children having children today have no parental modelling to learn from because their parents and even grand parents don't even know how to role model for their children because they were never taught how. If the government of Canada wants to start making reparations then start in the present by overhauling CFS so that it becomes proactive instead of reactive. Bring back parental guidance and supports so that the new generations can learn how to teach their own children morals, and values and what it takes to be a responsible parent. Start by giving aboriginals a hand up, not a hand out. Create industry on reserves so that there is meaningful employment. The lazy Indian myth only persists to this day because the government stuck our people in the middle of nowhere with no prospect for employment. Start by fixing the water and housing crisis plaguing every reserve. Start by allowing first nations people to actually own the land and house they live on/in so that they may start building wealth. Start by forcing native leadership to produce financial statements to their people so that there is transparency. I could rattle off a hundred more things.....but I'll leave you with those to chew on for a bit.
It seems all my life every government of every stripe and level promises to adress and fix this but it just never happens. It must be sickening as a indigenous person.
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On 2021-06-01 at 1:11 PM, Bigblue204 said:
It's important literally every church has a response of some kind. It wasn't just the Catholic church involved. I'd implore everyone who goes to a church to demand some kind of action, and if there isn't any, I'd urge you to leave it.
I know both the United Church and the Anglican Church have apologised for their part. I don't know what other steps they have taken. I have no idea why the Catholic Church wouldn't at least do the same.
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23 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
No history is erased when a useless statue is removed from a park, university campus, public space etc.
The fact that such individuals would be "celebrated" to that degree is pretty messed up, IMO. And that's to say nothing of institutions, roadways, etc. being named after them.
We can gloss over our nation's bloody past all we want but those skeletons in the closet, so to speak, will inevitably come out over time. We're seeing that unfold right now before our very eyes as we learn of the horrific reality of what residential schools actually were.
I will use McDonald as an example. So a statue of him with a plaque in front, written by indigenous people describing what he did, how it impacted them and how it's legacy still impacts them still would not be celebrating him. It would flip the story. It would serve as a reminder of what happened and possibly educate those who just don't get it . Ripping it down may feel good but serves no purpose on changing peoples minds or teaching them about what happened. Basicly the same idea as what you see in the museum of Human Rights but not within its walls where some never venture.
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23 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:
Have you forgotten Hitler?
Of course not. Did you actually read and think about what I said ? Apparently not.
1: I said it should be up to the people that have suffered
2: I said it shouldn't be forgotten that we as a society took part in this and allowed it
3 : I said I think it served as a better purpose to educate people on what happened than ignore our history
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They won't be close to the team or coaches. 500 vaccinated people in a arena that holds over 15,000 has very, very low risk. About as low as anything you could normally do. I think it's frigging great and a classy thing for the Jets to do. It's also uplifting at least to me to see just a tiny bit of a return to normalcy. And I'm thrilled to see those who have been exposed for a year and a half get honored like this.
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Ive often thought that it would be far more effective to put a plaque in front of the statues describing the true nature of the person or whatever nefarious deeds they commited. If the statue is removed ,yes they are forgotten but so is our societies part in their crimes. The crime itself is forgotten. On the other hand I also think the decision should be left to those who were wronged.
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On 2021-05-31 at 7:19 PM, Tracker said:
The 2024 elections will show conclusively which direction America is going in. By that time, the voting suppression will either be firmly established and a GOP fascist president will be in power, or the measures that the GOP is trying to install will be overturned. If the Democrats keep the White House and the Congress and/or the Senate, I cannot see any outcome except a form of civil war. The only caveat is if the Democrats and Biden pursue prosecution of each and every person in the Trump regime who violated the trust placed in them and the law.
I personally think it's to late. The only thing chance they have left them out of this spiral to oblivion is their judicial branch. But I dont think it happens.This isn't something that has just happened lately. The US has always had an over the top patriotic zeal. The large well armed hard right and religious right believe their country has been corrupted and stolen from them. They want it back. Now the problem is the country they want back has never existed. It's non stop brainwashing. They are the only country where you hear on a regular basis the following : " they are the greatest country in the history of the world " , "that they police the world and without them all democracy would fall ", they were the 1st democracy " , "the greatest democracy " , " they drive the world economy ", " they have never lost a war ", " the greatest medical system "............I could go on .But the point is Americans believe this BS. That portion of their population feels cheated and robbed of it and they are going to try to get it back. Which of course is impossible but they will burn down the house trying.
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1 minute ago, GCJenks said:
I just watched the latest live stream from WAM and am dumber for it.
Excuse my ignorance, what does WAM stand for ?
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3 hours ago, Mark H. said:
My understanding is they need 75% with one shot, 20% with 2 shots, then they can start to open up. I would think they started the 2nd shot in order to achieve those percentages sometime this month.
So in 2011 the population of 0 to 14 year olds was % 19. Just on a guess, let's say %15 of Manitobans are under 12. That reduces the vaccine eligible population to %85. So to get to %75 vaccinated we can only lose another %10 to the anti vax morons. Yikes ! Do my ponderings make sense ? UNLESS when we are told it needs to be over %70 they are referring to people eligible for vaccine.
3 minutes ago, GCJenks said:Do you have a source for Tobias being in custody? WAM is broadcasting that he was prepared to surrender and no one showed up.
Are they looking for volunteers to go scoop him up. 🙋♂️
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I am rather concerned that we are starting the 2nd round of vaccinations yet we are just over %60 getting 1 shot. So are we seriously saying close to %40 of Manitobans are not getting the shot ? Is there something I'm missing here ? Does that % 40 include ineligible kids and if so I wonder what percentage of people eligible for the shot have had their 1st ? I don't think I've ever heard that clarified.
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From Pembina Valley on line :
South Central Manitoba continues to trend below the provincial average when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
As of Tuesday, 60.3 per cent of Manitoba adults have received the COVID-19 vaccine. That is considerably higher than most districts in the region which includes:
Lorne/Louise/Pembina at 55.1 per cent
Grey at 51.9 per cent
Carman at 51 per cent
Red River South at 48 per cent
Morden at 45.4 per cent
Morris at 43.1 per cent
Roland/Thompson at 38.6 per cent
Altona at 33.5 per cent
Winkler at 21.5 per centLast month, the province announced that Stanley had the lowest vaccine uptake among all districts in our province. As of April 29th, only 6.1 per cent of adult residents had been vaccinated. Since then, that number has increased to 10.4 per cent.
The exception, according to statistics posted by public health on Tuesday, is MacDonald which posted a 63.7 per cent vaccine uptake among adults in the district.
Thankfully I'm a resident in the Lorne /Louise/ Pembina district. One of the things I don't think some of these non compliant/ nonvacc areas realize is just how much business they are losing. I'm not particularly over the top on following the rules. I follow best as I can, bend occasionally, mask as much as possible, follow the general spirit and direction of the rules..... and even I am now avoiding the low vaccination areas as much as possible. When we do have to go there we try to hit buisnesses we know follow the rules. But we probably now send %25 of the business to that area that we use to. We are not alone in this. Many of the people we know are doing the same.
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I took a couple of my dogs to the Vet today. I was settling up with the Vet tech who was a little , sweet, soft spoken girl when in walked a young idiot with no mask. And boom ! Out of the sweet soft spoken Vet tech roars this loud voice " Sir ! You can not come in here without a mask! To which the idiot said in a snarky voice " I don't have one " My little Vet tech undaunted snaped back" Then you have to leave. I can come serve you out there or I can give you a mask " The big idiot surrendered to the 100 lb girl and masked up. What an awesome young lady.
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7 hours ago, Tracker said:
'Embarrassing and terrifying': Poll finds nearly one-third of Republicans are QAnon believers
Roughly 15-20 percent of Americans — and nearly one-third of Republicans — agree with core tenets of the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute.The poll's findings prompted one New York Times columnist to suggest that QAnon believers could soon "dominate the political system."
This is slightly less than the % of Americans who supported Trump circa early 2015. Under our system's structural i… https://t.co/9XIZtDKIz8
— Max Fisher (@Max Fisher) 1622126054.0The poll's findings prompted one New York Times columnist to suggest that QAnon believers could soon "dominate the political system."
"This is slightly less than the % of Americans who supported Trump circa early 2015," wrote Max Fisher, who authors NYT's The Interpreter column. "Under our system's structural imbalances, that's enough to overtake the GOP and therefore dominate the political system.
"Reminder that QAnon orthodoxy explicitly calls, as a central plank of the movement, for publicly executing hundreds of thousands of Democrats and cultural figures," Fisher added.
The poll found that 28 percent of Republicans agree that "there is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders," and that "because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country."
A slightly smaller number of Republicans, 23 percent, agreed that "the government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation."
I've said over and over, Trump was/ is a symptom not the cause. A stable society would never have elected him. The fact that up to % 20 of their population believe the fairy tales of Qanon shows that their madness will continue.
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On 2021-05-20 at 1:39 PM, MOBomberFan said:
https://www.thewrap.com/wheel-of-time-early-season-2-renewal-amazon/
Cannot frikken wait. WoT is dear to me. Rosamund Pike might be the perfect casting for an Aes Sedai... I believed for a long time the only way to pull off a WoT show would be via some sort of animated series, but with the success of GoT, The Witcher and so on, live action sword-and-sorcery is in high demand (and being executed well)
Thats got some great potential if its done right. I made it to book 9. but a couple of my kids read the whole series. It was a great story.
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16 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:
BS like this is partly to blame for people not following restrictions.
It ironically, spreads like a disease.
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49 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
ND 1507 MB 1033. Catching up
To be fair they are just over half of our population.. So we are roughly one third of their death rate.
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19 hours ago, rebusrankin said:
She also missed a vote at 11 am and the first time she's in the session is 11:25. Ceremony started at 11 am allegedly. Also was she in the Leg or participating virtually?
As for Springs, that program is not accredited by any governing body for Bible colleges such as those accrediting CMU. Providence or Booth here is Manitoba. Also not an accredited university or college ala U of M, U of W or Red River. So do they count as a post secondary institution? Moreover that was a Grad not an in person or remote learning time, again seeming to show they didn't follow the rules for post secondary institutions.
It's a slap in the face to every kid who graduated last year. They missed out on all the traditional grad stuff but did their best to do something special. Locally they held a parade with each kid in some kind of a vehicle that they had decorated . Alot of the town and surrounding area came out to cheer them on. But this self aggrandizing church is to important for that type of forward thinking. I have no doubt it will be quietly dismissed with a few public " tsk, tsks" by the province.
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1 hour ago, GCJenks said:
That is how she wants you to read it and believe. Evidence is out that the ceremony happened at 11:30am. Lots of time to get to the Leg after.
Having now deleted her MLA Facebook page doesn’t look good on her innocence.
It would be simple to end any discussion with A clear " I was not there " Controversy ended. The second that hasn't been said it doesn't look good. So it's one of 2 things.1- Stupid to be there or 2- Stupid to not make a simple clear statement
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1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Ship gonna hit the canal today. My MLA was at Springs.
Gee, I wonder why we are the worst province ?
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48 minutes ago, JCon said:
16.1% TPR in Winnipeg.
So many will die needlessly.
I remember not too long ago when our premier was out there patting himself on the back about not having the a 3rd wave like Ontario and Alberta. We are now worse than Ontario ever was.
We had a pretty good handle on it. All that was required ( in my opinion ) to keep it under control till the vaccines caught up was enforcement on those breaking the rules, especially those flaunting them. In the Pembina Valley I could see the percentage of masked people and buisnesses enforcing policy just sliding down. Our tough talking ,firey Premiere turns out to be a coward. I can't see it any other way.
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1 hour ago, Tracker said:
These people confuse liberty with license.
I think for some, liberty and freedom mean the right to do whatever you want or desire to do . Which is not part of Canadian society and to my knowledge has not been part of any society in the history of mankind.
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4 minutes ago, JCon said:
I wonder if we revert back because we're easily influenced by smooth talking, shiny objects or are we truly just horrible beings? We are, by all measures, so close to providing everyone in this world with access to food, water and healthcare, the essentials for life, yet we choose to go backwards with a selfish, me first, mentality.
Not just food, water and healthcare but social acceptence of people that are different than us. It like a fork in the road. Which way will we choose ? I really don't know.
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As I said leave it up to indigenous people.