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6 hours ago, Tracker said:
I suggest that there is far less difference between the Liberals and NDP than there is between the Reformers and old-line PCers. Moreover, both the Liberals and NDP have enough sense to compromise if the circumstances warrant- that's how we got Medicare and the Canada Pension plan, to name but two. The degree of fanaticism on the extreme right precludes any such beyond posturing some moderation for electoral purposes.
I think PP and many Conservatives realize this and adapt by making sure to be very light on policy and not allowing journalist questions. It is easier to keep a big tent supported if you are defined by what you hate rather than defined by what you represent and do everything to control your message.
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7 hours ago, Wideleft said:
There was a convo on twitter yesterday suggesting that this may be the worst group of Premiers in Canadian History. Is it a mere coincidence that there are 7 provincial Conservative governments?
I more familiar with the overall situation in Manitoba, but I'd suggest the problem is deeper than just the leaders. This might be the worst group of ruling parties we've seen in Canada. As much as I think Stefanson is brutal, I think she's been an improvement from Pallister. Look at the MLA's that represent the party in Manitoba - Josh Guenther, Audrey Gordon - our health minister is part of a
churchcult that repeatedly defied health restrictions and sued the province, our Indigenous reconciliation minister shone a bright light on residential schools his first hours on the job... Most of the party is brutal. Not as familiar with Alberta, Sask, Ontario but I wouldn't be surprised if it is the same. -
8 hours ago, JCon said:
Smith knows none of this will work but she's trying to create a fight. A fight with no winners because Cons just burn stuff down and never build. The worst. Rage farming.
You got conspiracy whackjob leading Alberta, an alcoholic murderer leading Saskatchewan, a entirely useless and only in it to pad her fams pockets leader in Manitoba, and what could be the most corrupt politician in Canada leading Ontario.
What a s***show.
Wherever progress peaks its head out, The Resistance is there to defeat it. Interesting how these clowns were billed as "Trudeau's worst nightmare" yet four years later and Trudeau remains while the majority of these guys are out. A few faces have changed, but I'd still say a net loss for Canada which is amazing with the low bar set below.
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Somewhat related - my dad has been obsessed with the invasion since it started. Maybe partially due to his Ukranian roots or the David/Goliath angle. He was pumped to hear about the Ukrainian Postal service releasing stamps and such to commemorate victories in the war. I placed an order for some stuff on Oct. 18 hoping for it to be here by Christmas for a gift and it arrived this week. If anyone else is looking for some gifts for the Ukrainian in their lives, my shipping time suggests that the orders should be close to arrival for the holiday, if not Ukrainian Christmas. I put in a large order with several large items that likely delayed my shipping time somewhat.
Поштовий маркет - Інтернет-магазин Укрпошти (ukrposhta.ua)
Ukrposhta | Ukraine’s national post
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1 hour ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:
Sure disagree with me all you want- that doesn't make you right.
Saskatchewan's health orders were set to expire feb 28- they made every indication that they were easing restrictions....
Manitobas were renewed on feb 11th and were trending towards more easing of restrictions on March 4th.
IDK about Ottawa... but they lifted it too- knowing ford, he's not going to be swayed by truckers protesting.
As for slow walking... Palister opened up Manitoba too quickly and had to clamp down again because of rising deaths and hospitalizations...
You are out to lunch on many of these points you talk about.
I can't remember if it was twice or thrice, but we did the whole victory lap over Covid multiple times in the face of protest from doctors and experts. We even offered public funds to attract large events. Our health minister even accused doctors of trying to spread panic. I believe that was not long before Pallister's "cancelling Christmas" speech. Our health system couldn't (and didn't) handle the load that was created on it.
2 hours ago, max power said:I will say this on the convoy - it gave a voice and hope to a lot of people who did not feel like they were being heard at all.
Lots of people "listening" now. Anyone that sees it as a way to make a quick buck the same way Trump keeps beating the drum. Pollievre's support has everything to do with boosting his own political power and getting suckers to donate and support his cause. Any non-mainstream media that supports the cause does it to make money.
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10 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
Guaranteed his followers still blindly accept him as a financial genius and this has little impact on him. The benefits of pandering to idiots with no critical thinking skills is that you don't face the consequences of a blunder that exposes your incompetence. I shudder to think if he was the leader and went all-in on crypto similar to El-Salvador. Canada could be in the worst financial situation anyone has ever seen in this country.
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4 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
Where is the shocked reaction when you need it? Who could have predicted the PCs would respond to a healthcare crisis by moving towards more private hands in the healthcare system. It is almost like all the healthcare cuts were intended to produce this outcome....
Now if only we could privatize our telecom system to ensure better service for all.
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25 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:
The same scenario in AB., Kenney begged the Feds. to send in the military to tow away vehicles blocking the border crossing at Coutts, that way he could point his finger at Trudeau and say it wasn't him who stepped in and ruined the party.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergenies-act-degrand-alberta-1.6644282
As did Stefanson in Manitoba. The same pattern for all of them - demand action privately, criticize publicly to win political points. Morons accept their narrative without question then mindlessly repeat F Trudeau... - Manitoba premier trying 'to have it both ways' in messaging on border protests: political observers | CBC News
In a Feb. 11 letter, Heather Stefanson urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take "immediate and effective action" to deal with a border blockade that began at the Emerson, Man., crossing a day earlier.
Stefanson's letter to Trudeau warned of "dangers" and "hardships" the Emerson blockade would impose on Manitobans, and said the situation would "require the reasoned and balanced national leadership that only you and the federal government can provide."
Days later, she publicly opposed his invocation of emergency legislation giving the federal government greater power to intervene against such protests.
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2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
Stupidity and/or ignorance. And social media, which is a breeding ground to perpetuate both.
And a lot of self-interested people and organizations that have realized the dumbest and most gullible of society can be used to improve their position or make money.
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7 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
Actually, got 27% of the 37% of the eligible voters who actually voted. Basically has the support of 10% of Manitobans right now.
Not quite. A pig wearing a blue PC sticker could win the rural ridings. No votes ever need to be won in many of the rural ridings and they could lose a substantial amount of rural support (they won't because NDP = devil) and still not even sweat. The smart play by the PC party is to focus on Winnipeg moderates that actually have a chance of swinging back/to PC votes.
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21 hours ago, GCn20 said:
Gillingham is a small c conservative, and a guy I wish would have run for the PC leadership. He will make a fine mayor. He is well spoken, not controversial, and isn't a whack a doodle.
Agreed. I assume we would be in a better place now if Gillingham took over from Pallister. I was disappointed with the mayoral results, but not as disappointed as I would have been with Murray winning and all his promises resting on getting the province to fork over 1% of PST. I didn't live in Winnipeg, but I don't remember Murray being that bad last time around. This time I can't imagine his platform would have got him into the top 5 had he not been the big name. His debate debacle should have set him back more as well.
I had a hard time personally Gillingham as a legitimate option due to his flirtations with a dumpster fire of a PC party, but with that incredibly low bar, we could have done a lot worse. Raising funds needed to be done - prioritizing more road construction is unfortunate when we had other options with some progressive ideas that would have left the city in a better place long term.
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4 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:
It seems to be a standard approach for some nowadays, because it works.
Post their 'wisdom' and/or share links that are absurd drivel (NOT informed opinions or views) on the world wide web - receive appropriate responses (i.e., WTF) from sane well-intentioned people from all walks of life with diverse backgrounds, political and social opinions and views - then respond predictably with why all the hostility, calm down, I'm just a moderate seeking the truth, why can't we just have rational discussion s less the hate, wow I'm just trying to hear all sides, what an echo chamber we have going on here. Confirmation bias, open your world up sheep.
Mission accomplished, get a rise out of people they truly dislike.
Isn't this called passively aggressively gaslighting?
The 'beauty' of social media and how one way its being used.
Don't forget a healthy dose of "it is your fault for being offended" and pushing to reframe the argument of others in an attempt to label them as being ridiculous for questioning you. ie - you must think everyone who disagrees with you is a fascist if you have a problem with what I have said.
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12 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:
I didn't quote anyone. I posted a link for discussion. I don't know much about Viktor Urban just that he's modeled after Singapore leadership. I also think that Putin is a fascist dictator and that Russia is even more corrupt than Ukraine.
You posted a link without context, were questioned about it and said that it was important to listen to views from around the world. You then proceeded to try to connect it that to the fight for "personal freedoms" in Canada. I think there are rightly criticisms for doing that.
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6 hours ago, Tracker said:
Hearing about some of the statements of our politicians makes me think you may be right about a drug problem. On a serious note, criminalizing personal drug usage serves no purpose and actually worsens things. Switzerland and Portugal have been leading the way to dealing with drug usage much more effectively and humanely.
Sorry, feeble attempt at humour. Did not mean to spark up a drug debate up here.
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Late to the party.... Did the poster saying we need to listen to Viktor Orban also say that we need more personal freedoms in Canada?
In that strain of thought - I think our country has a drug problem and needs to be tougher on drug crime. Listen to the words Bob Marley left us with.
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10 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
That's interesting because I would assume anything under permafrost is old virus or bacteria that people have already dealt with in the past. I read an excellent book on the immune system in the past year and it claimed that exposure to "old foes" helps keep the immune system in shape whereas novel infections are the most dangerous and the adage "whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" does not ring true.
The book identified how Amish and other people engaged in older styles of agriculture do not have the same problems with autoimmune diseases as groups involved in newer styles of agriculture. The point being that Amish children are frequently encountering "old foes" and their immune system works properly to defend them while other farmers (and people in general) don't really have the same activity in their immune system and this can cause the immune system to attack the body.
Perhaps I just misunderstood the book or it meant old foes in terms of decades/centuries, not millennia.
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Give him a break, he's merely following the playbook. Exact same thing Trump did.
Trump skips White House press dinner again, but was still the butt of jokes | CBC News
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On 2022-10-15 at 9:25 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Not sure if Covid or guns.
Assuming this is a joke? I haven't looked at the data, but I couldn't imagine there is enough gun crime to boost the numbers. Especially with a pandemic ongoing that also lowered life expectancy numbers in Canada.
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2 hours ago, Brandon said:
Once again from your own link..... 81.97 > 81.93 it's a higher number meaning that people are living longer.
If you want to talk about cherry picking data, this is a great example.
Your original claim "all I know is that people are living longer than ever before" was disproven by the original data I provided.
You tried to provide alternate sources of data which clearly said that the results did not account for Covid-related mortality.
You accused me of cherry-picking American data, so I provided you with two separate data sets which clearly show life expectancy has decreased in Canada. I also provided you with a news article where even the headline showed that life expectancy had the biggest ever dip.
You cherry-picked data that shows life expectancy is higher in 2014-2016 than 2018-2020, but obviously ignored data that makes my case. In the column right beside your handpicked data it clearly shows a decrease in the 3 year data sets. The 1 year data set I provided is even a better example. It shows that 2020 has the lowest life expectancy going back to 2016. This should be more than enough for any reasonable person to make a conclusion.
I'm pretty sure my argument has been well made and my point has been proven by now. It is pretty clear you either have no clue how to read data or have been caught saying something that is demonstrably false and are grasping at straws in a feeble attempt to save face. Either way, I don't really see any point in continuing along this track.
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5 hours ago, Brandon said:
So what you are saying is that if everyone lived in a bubble then everyone would be safe? Unfortunately that isn't a realistic scenario to expect everyone in the world to just stay at home without any human contact.
I'll repeat it again... the kids are ecstatic to be back in school and same with the teachers are far more happy to teach in person rather then doing it online where they only get a fraction of the learning then when in class. Life is going back to normal and nearly everyone is far happier these days now that things are opened and they are no longer scared of the unknown.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041135/life-expectancy-canada-all-time/
Weird that you would cherry pick US stats and not use the Canadian stats which shows that I was right? I also don't get the 0/1 what was that suppose to mean? That you were wrong? Either way all is good man don't be afraid for the kids at school. It's all good!
I said nothing about mental health or comparing life before restrictions and post restrictions. That's your thing and your rant. I just pointed out that there are medically documented side effects from having Covid.
Two things regarding your sources - once specifically states that it is an average of preceding 5 year data and the other, in bold letters, says that it DOES NOT include impacts from Covid. Their emphasis, not mine.
If you'd rather me provide Canadian data, directly from StatsCan:
Or if data isn't your thing:
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23 minutes ago, Brandon said:
Basically if you look into anything and everything you will die a million ways. If I were to read every pamphlet or believe every commercial about how 1 in 3 people will have cancer, 1 in 4 people will have hepatitis, 1 in 3 will have heart issues, 1 in 4 people have drug addictions, 1 in 2 will have mental break downs etc... basically every human in the planet has 10 different diseases and conditions and basically are a ticking time bomb that will die at any second... unless you buy drug A and drug B and drug C.
The pollution is going to kill us, the side effects of the genetically modified food is going to kill us, the high sugar diet is going to give everyone diabetes and heart issues, 5G phones are going to kill us, basically everything is awful and we are all going to die if we believe everything we read on the internet.
Or you could just understand how science works and what peer-reviewed studies are.
23 minutes ago, Brandon said:All I know is people are living longer then ever in the history of mankind
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Declined a Year and Half in 2020 (cdc.gov)
LIFE EXPECTANCY FELL IN 2021 FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW (cdc.gov)
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7 hours ago, Brandon said:
Last month we had 15 teachers out at the same time with COVID lol, that being said it's 3 weeks later and the world hasn't ended and the kids are perfectly fine.
Except that the kids are at heightened risk of contracting diabetes (Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes 30 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Persons Aged 18 Years — United States, March 1, 2020–June 28, 2021 | MMWR (cdc.gov))
The adults are likely at increased risk of damage to the brain (SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank | Nature)
And that everyone that contracts it is at higher risk of heart problems (COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health (jhu.edu))
Not to mention the chance of developing other symptoms with long Covid.
But you are correct, I don't believe the world ended.
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17 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Booked mine at my local Co-Op. 2 week wait. There's like 6-8 mega sites then everyone else which is not easy to find on their site.
https://protectmb.ca/current-immunization-sites/
When they decided to not allow booking of boosters during the summer in preparation for a "big bivalent booster push" I certainly expected more. Booking my bivalent booster was way more difficult and frustrating than any other shot I've booked. Not to mention they shut down the convention centre just as the bivalent was becoming available to everyone...
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A little background on the loonies running in the municipal elections:
Seems like Pembina Trails SD has more than their fair share of nutter candidates for some reason, including 2 in the same ward.
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