the watcher

Any incentives should be retroactive. Why should people be rewarded for holding out? I like the lottery some states are doing. Vaccinated? You are eligible to win a million bucks. Not that it would really help among those anti-gambling Mennonites...

Its basically an indoctrination program into their wacky theology. I say this as someone who has a minor in Biblical and Theological studies, but anyone can see they have pretty crazy theology. They have the kids in their own Springs educational system from Kindergarten to fake college.
Seeing as they were broadcasting the grad ceremony to a parking lot, you'd have to think Audrey Gordon, at the very least, was well aware of the event and kept quiet. It also makes no sense to me why she would complete walk around saying that she wasn't there when saying directly that she wasn't there is way easier and puts part of the situation to bed.

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

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

Got my 1st shot this morning at the Winnipeg super site. About 45 minutes from when I entered the parkade to the time I left. Overall a very smooth process. A little embarrassing when I found out they gave you the shot in the left upper arm, because I had already dropped my pants. 😜

Your lips to God's ear. We all live in hope of a better day to come.

Can't recall where I read this, but someone said that in all civilizations there is a race between the developing of a social conscience  and the developing of  the means to destroy themselves. This is a sort of bottleneck where civilizations live and thrive or die out, and it seem we are near or at that point now.

Favourite tweet of the day:      

Speaking of assholes that don't care... It looks like Springs Church had their big graduation ceremony just as they would prior to the pandemic. Except they removed the pics from their instagram to try to get rid of the evidence after.
https://imgur.com/gallery/iamqVyB
Audrey Gordon, our minister for mental health is a member of Springs Church.
 

The loopholes available for air travel have been frustrating.  Bring the new variants in...then shut everything down...AGAIN.  

Much as I dislike Pallister, when he said that the impact of the pandemic would depend on Manitobans, he was right to an extent, but said it poorly. If there are enough covidiots who defy common sense and the law, they will wreak havoc on those of us who are doing it right. Police cannot be everywhere and if religious and community "leaders" voice support for refusing to recognize the pandemic as legitimately serious and/or  denying the need for vaccination, we are all going to suffer for the stupidity of a relative few. 
Send the pastors to jail for the max. Its the only way to make them listen.

I feel it too. I've been super vigilant during the pandemic. Not only because I have a potentially pretty serious health condition and now have a newborn, but also to do something for the common good. If everyone could act with consideration for others, we have the knowledge to be able to snuff out Covid.
I gave up my teaching position, losing out on a permanent contract just when I qualified for one, said no a ton of times to doing things socially with friends - I don't know how much more I could do.
Its getting to me to see things completely out of my hands. Horrible response from government and then seemingly a ton of idiots that only care for themselves or have some ridiculous religious/anti-science agenda that makes things so much worse for others with very little personal consequence.
Its actually been super helpful to come to MBB to see others express the same sentiments. To know its not the majority of people going about like nothing is going on, no care for anyone else. It makes me hopeful that the silent majority actually do give a **** and are doing the right things and its the ******* minority that are being the loudest and most disruptive.

I am so tired of us being blamed while the governments take no responsibility. Who let the original virus in when the rest of the world was stopping international travel?  Who watched the different variants 3 months ago in different parts of the world and did diddly squat? Who shut down ICU in Seven oaks ,Misericordia, Concordia, etc and now hey guess what we can't handle 200 hundred people out of over a million in our province? Hmm yes that was the guy next door made those decisions....  easy i guess to blame us but real leaders look in the mirror when disaster hits. Six months ago at my work in a plant no one was wearing a mask...it took the federal gov that long to mandate mask wearing and yet this is our fault????

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.

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.

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.

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.

if anything they need to do something about those stupid anti-mask rallies

A thorough investigation would expose the complicity of many high-profile GOP members and these should recuse themselves  from voting as to whether there ought to be a commission and the terms of that commission.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Didn't see ED anywhere there, dammit!
 
 
 
 
 
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not sure what race based means, 
anyway, israel should stop taking  land and homes from palestians west and gaza. give back the land taken in the last number of years.
and hamas should stop firing rockets at israel.
 
 

It seems that the Democrats are oblivious to the fact that the GOP is stacking the deck against them. If the Dems do not stop this avalanche of vote suppression and the individual state governors claiming the right to void any electoral outcome they do not like even if that outcome is provably legitimate, the GOP could govern indefinitely regardless of the will of the majority. This is a naked, unapologetic planned seizure of power.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-200-million-mrna-1.6031024
Better late than never. But Canada by and large was still caught with its collective pants down, further proof how governments consistently operate reactive than proactively.

Based on the dumb crap I am hearing from many people that I respect as fairly intelligent people, I think any and all stops is what it's going to take to get vaccine uptake anywhere near herd immunity in many places. Do what you gotta do...if that means incentivizing the process so be it. I don't want us hovering at 65% for a month....do something and get those needles in the arms of those too stupid to do it without incentive.