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I forget where this was…Tibet maybe, anyway the goat likes the incense at the shrine.

Thatcher showing up with his new whip.

I guess I will grow old(er) waiting for him to post the Nazi flag at BLM protests, other than the one that the Trump supporter tore up to prove he wasn’t a white supremacist or nazi. FWIW a nazi flag would not be acceptable at a BLM or any other protest, so not even sure what his point was. Nazi symbols, confederate flags, etc ought to be banned in Canada, period.

Any chance the “want to believe to suit a preconceived notion” is yours not mine? I’m just looking at your numbers and trying to make sense of them. I agree the government is reducing and easing restrictions. Not because they don’t work but because they are trying to strike a balance between a health crisis and the economy. There will always be some disagreement on the timing and degree of these restrictions but they will come and sooner than later is my guess. Your last point about construction of new facilities and how health care budgets are spent is a worthwhile discussion but that’s a solution for future problems and doesn’t solve anything for the present.

What is this link supposed to tell me? This list comes from a construction company not BC Health but for the sake of argument let’s assume their number of hospital beds is correct. The numbers they use totals 5030 beds, of which almost 1/5 are filled with Covid patients as of yesterday. You do realize that doesn’t mean that the other 4000 are empty? Hospital beds were hard to come by even before Covid.

Hospitals are still coping but let’s not make stuff up. These numbers thanks to @-Vintage Canuck- Dec 29/21 192 in hospital 71 in intensive care Feb 8/22 987 in hospital 141 in intensive care

Not like any further explanation is necessary but here is some anyway.

I’ll provide the link but I’m not going to read it to him/her. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/beijing-winter-olympics-2022-mask-wearing-canadians-crush-roc-in-game-delayed-by-controversy-075251555.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma

This was very well done. Trigger warning: Moose ugly mug sighting right near the end. Turn on sound.

If not for health care workers and those having surgeries cancelled I would totally agree. You can’t help someone who refuses to help him/herself.

I wouldn’t call 54% “overwhelming” but I will concede that the sentiment for loosening restrictions is growing. Lots of people are done with Covid but the question to ask is Covid done with us? IMO when data shows that hospitals aren’t likely to be overwhelmed and can handle the cases of people with Covid without stopping access to surgeries for those in need then I agree it’s time. That is by far the most important metric. I also agree that not many really care about the small number of unvaccinated truckers. People who want the loosening of restrictions used their cause to show their frustration. Unfortunately most of those people have gone home and Ottawa is left with mostly misfits and worse that have a very different agenda. And I can tell you that the citizens of Ottawa who are impacted horribly care a great deal. Vaccinated truckers are doing just fine except for some non-Covid related issues.

This video of a couple of anti-vaxxers heading into the rally in Vancouver and getting blocked by counter protesters is quite frankly hilarious. Seems like they think blocking a public road is against the law. The comments are the best, “get outa the way Hitler!” or “stop it, they’re f’ing recording…!” NSFW for language. IMG_7009.MOV

This post from r/Ottawa kind of talks about this gullibility and says it very well.

I just happened to be watching his apology video and then saw your post. FWIW , I found his explanation and apology credible and sincere. It was one of the rare celebrity responses that didn’t defend and apologize at the same time.

Also in Ottawa, the arrival of the Native People’s Caravan in 1974. This excerpt is from an article by the author who tweeted the picture. “When we got to the Hill we saw soldiers with bayonet guns — some kind of honour guard — and RCMP lined up in ranks of tour in front of the Parliament Buildings. First Louis Cameron spoke presenting our demands and asking Trudeau or an Indian Affairs official to come and talk to us. They are elected to serve the heeds of Native people too — they should respond to what we have to say. We stood and waited for some government representatives to show up and talk to us. No one came. We said we would give them 25 minutes to send someone out. Two hours later we were still standing there waiting. We got there at 1:30 pm and at 4:00 we still stood waiting…” “We were unarmed men, women and children. And their riot squad came and started beating us. We fell down on our backs, our hands and knees and they kept on smashing at us with their sticks. Didn’t matter if we were retreating — they were trampling and smashing up…” “There were soldiers there, and tanks and bayonets to back up the police. There to protect Trudeau and his likes, I guess. And they obey even if people are unarmed. Then the riot squad came on over the loudspeakers and started telling us to move, and we were driven onto the street. Lots of people could hardly walk — their brothers and sisters walked beside them, holding them up. The drums were beating.” “Later that night back at the Embassy one young brother collapsed. He had been badly injured and had been coughing and spitting blood, but he didn’t tell anyone. He collapsed later that night. We took him to the hospital. I don’t know how many of our people went to hospital. They put in the paper a list of how many RCMP were injured, but not how many Indians.”

Ottawa citizens are getting pushed to the brink and are rightfully p!ssed off with the police and the mayor. Always important to keep the supply lines open I guess. This kind of crap has to be infuriating.

Joe Rogan had infectious disease epidemiology expert Michael Osterholm on his podcast on March 10, 2020 where they discussed COVID-19 and other efforts to fight infectious diseases around the world. Ironic to watch Osterholm and old Joe Rogan describe in detail ‘22 Joe Rogan.