the watcher

What I’m sorry I couldn’t hear over the Will Smith slapping Chris Rock noise. What’s happening?
We are so f’d as a species right now.

Agreed. Although history has always been written by the victors the twisting of facts and events is epidemic now.
Americans have always been the world champions at it. They seem to have exported it around the world now.  No other country to my knowledge  has ever taken other counties war stories and called them theirs. ( The Great escape and U571 )
I always thought the book " Bury my heart at wounded knee " should be required reading in US schools.( It wouldn't hurt Canadians either. ) It might change alot of minds about their romanticized wild west days. 

Agreed. Although history has always been written by the victors the twisting of facts and events is epidemic now.
Americans have always been the world champions at it. They seem to have exported it around the world now.  No other country to my knowledge  has ever taken other counties war stories and called them theirs. ( The Great escape and U571 )
I always thought the book " Bury my heart at wounded knee " should be required reading in US schools.( It wouldn't hurt Canadians either. ) It might change alot of minds about their romanticized wild west days. 

I wonder what the real numbers are now? I know SO many people who have it now and my circle isn't as large as many.Just in the last few weeks I know at least 8 people that tested positive.

Is anyone else thinking " I know those guys ( not those particular ones ) , thank God I grew up eventually. "

I wonder what the real numbers are now? I know SO many people who have it now and my circle isn't as large as many.Just in the last few weeks I know at least 8 people that tested positive.

Again, it doesn't need to evolve all 3 (severity, transmissibility, vaccine resistance). Any one of the 3 could put us in a much worse place and hoping that it evolves less severity is not a great strategy according the the author. Again, if evolution would have stopped with Delta and we never would have got Omicron, we would be in a much better place. And that was from an evolution that was, thankfully, less severe.
The article itself is from Nature which is highly respected and the author is a world leader on virus evolution. I think he's rightly concerned about how we are assuming endemic means Covid is petering out and coming to an end and is tempering that lazy optimism he sees. I think it is natural to really hope everything is good and will only get better. I had more or less that view when we were really rolling out vaccines and it seemed like everything would be normal again. Unfortunately the virus evolved (with less severity no less) and the situation changed for the worse.

"There is a widespread, rosy misconception that viruses evolve over time to become more benign. This is not the case: there is no predestined evolutionary outcome for a virus to become more benign, especially ones, such as SARS-CoV-2, in which most transmission happens before the virus causes severe disease. Consider that Alpha and Delta are more virulent than the strain first found in Wuhan, China. The second wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic was far more deadly than the first.
Much can be done to shift the evolutionary arms race in humanity’s favour. First, we must set aside lazy optimism. Second, we must be realistic about the likely levels of death, disability and sickness. Targets set for reduction should consider that circulating virus risks giving rise to new variants. Third, we must use — globally — the formidable weapons available: effective vaccines, antiviral medications, diagnostic tests and a better understanding of how to stop an airborne virus through mask wearing, distancing, and air ventilation and filtration. Fourth, we must invest in vaccines that protect against a broader range of variants."
COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless (nature.com)

It ain't over 'til its over. Still wearing my mask when in stores and such. 

100% masked, staff and customer alike at my local Safeway this morning.

It will be interesting if nothing else. I'm not overly familiar with his past but I know bits and pieces. Personally I don't mind if someone has  " dirty laundry ".  As long as they live up to it. As long as they have changed their life. I actually believe that it can make you a better person and leader to have touched the dark side so to speak.  My darkest moments, my mistakes in my life, have done alot  to make me a better human. I don't deny them . I hope I have learned from them.
There have been a few times when I haven't liked Kinews responses during the pandemic  but I've noticed he has shifted or adjusted later to sound pretty damn reasonable. Thats an admirable ability. As a swing voter I am leaning heavily towards him right now.

Maybe an impeachment is in order, nah nothing is going to happen
 

Agreed. Although history has always been written by the victors the twisting of facts and events is epidemic now.
Americans have always been the world champions at it. They seem to have exported it around the world now.  No other country to my knowledge  has ever taken other counties war stories and called them theirs. ( The Great escape and U571 )
I always thought the book " Bury my heart at wounded knee " should be required reading in US schools.( It wouldn't hurt Canadians either. ) It might change alot of minds about their romanticized wild west days. 

You know the world is facked, when there are people spending 700,000.00 British pounds on a single watch.
 
"Russian agents seized millions of dollars worth of Audemars Piguet watches in Moscow in an apparent retaliation for Swiss sanctions banning luxury goods exports, Bloomberg reported, citing Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag.
The watches, which can cost more than £700,000 apiece, "

I don't believe any adult should be exempt from viewing images of events occurring today or from the past. In fact witnessing and acknowledging such events should be mandatory public education, adverting of eyes from reality should be met with a jackboot to the ass.
 
 

Thanks,  agree, very interesting. Certainly appears to answer my question, at least in one case.
 
"up to his elbows in blood."
Stalin was pure evil. No better example of the perils of cult of personality/unlimited power/ rule by fear.
 
I have no problem imagining trump or some other right wing american dictator ordering mass executions.
warning... if anyone else watches it, there is footage of executions. Disturbing.

Just a matter of time before his charges will become "Heroes".

No need for stuff like that. Stay home & get drunk watching the game where no one gets hurt. 

Amazing reporting on the unsecured comms russia is using.
 
 

I swear most of this talk, the   XFL and 4 downs comes from the fact that the media in Toronto , and Toronto in general feel like they are to big for the CFL. It's a " we are a world class city and the CFLis a secondary minor league  " thing. The leauge had one down year ( in the middle of the pandemic ) so let's blow up a 100 + year league  ??? It's just a convient excuse. Maybe those people in power in Toronto would be far better to spend their time figuring out  how to properly promote the game. Anyone seriously suggesting that someone in Toronto will suddenly say " Oh! The CFL switched to 4 downs  ! Let's go support a team we never have before ! "  is off their rocker.  What a joke. 
Edit : The NFL was happy because scoring was up to 22.8 points per game post pandemic.
The CFL  is down to 43.1 points per game last year.. Yes let's panic and change the basics of the game.