tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post1544699387864066514..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Why The Cons Should Now Be Known As The Trump PartySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10301199849043620852020-04-22T18:18:27.443-04:002020-04-22T18:18:27.443-04:00The stats are starting to pour in , and in the USA...The stats are starting to pour in , and in the USA twice as many people are dying as in Canada so it seems, and they want to open up?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-35264801239449874602020-04-22T13:35:21.653-04:002020-04-22T13:35:21.653-04:00Who on earth is Willes? There is LOTS of discussio...Who on earth is Willes? There is LOTS of discussion and debate about the continued use of that imperialist terminology. None of my clients among NGOs or other progressive groups would use "America" to refer to the US (or USA, the actual name of that imperialist power). North America is also a geographic term, a subgroup of America (or sometimes "the Americas" among anglophones, though that use is challenged by progressive people). <br /><br />Central America takes caps, by the way. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-71601851632565962062020-04-21T06:00:27.750-04:002020-04-21T06:00:27.750-04:00Scheer jumped the shark yesterday, man he is a dir...Scheer jumped the shark yesterday, man he is a dirtbag.<br /><br />Price of oil -$60 a barrel, I blame JT.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-81839659115535393332020-04-20T18:52:04.857-04:002020-04-20T18:52:04.857-04:00WhaT you talking about Willes? America is THE UNTI...WhaT you talking about Willes? America is THE UNTITED STATES OF AMERCIA, no discussion. South America is a geographic term along with central america.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-6382781254278227832020-04-20T17:36:13.054-04:002020-04-20T17:36:13.054-04:00Hi JD....as I told RT I am disgusted by this wave ...Hi JD....as I told RT I am disgusted by this wave of China bashing, which is also accompanied by sometimes violent anti-Chinese and anti-Asian bigotry which makes me really angry. As for Justin Trudeau's move to provide jobs for Albertans while helping them clean up their messes I think it's absolutely brilliant. Kenney and Big Oil can wail like banshees but I'm laughing my butt off...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-9502150055119618132020-04-20T17:30:01.023-04:002020-04-20T17:30:01.023-04:00Hi RT....another reason the Cons are attacking Chi...Hi RT....another reason the Cons are attacking China is because the religious right in the U.S. Is leading the charge. And the reason they hate China is mainly because the Chinese refuse to give their missionary hordes a free hand. I'm not defending the authoritarian Chinese government but this China bashing is disgusting...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-50115563374611857302020-04-20T17:25:31.008-04:002020-04-20T17:25:31.008-04:00Hi RT....Thanks for the link to that Guardian stor...Hi RT....Thanks for the link to that Guardian story, that explains the situation very well. The WHO is caught between China and the U.S. and has very little powers of its own, and even less money. But despite its flaws it is still a force for good in the world and Trump's scapegoating is absolutely disgusting...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-19772027268059338672020-04-20T17:08:26.501-04:002020-04-20T17:08:26.501-04:00Hi Pierre...Yes, the polls are looking good for th...Hi Pierre...Yes, the polls are looking good for the Liberals, and both the Cons and the NDP are not going anywhere. If Trudeau is able to call an election in the next six months he stands a very good chance of getting a sizeable majority....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-45153663087688047282020-04-20T17:04:31.911-04:002020-04-20T17:04:31.911-04:00Hi Steve...the WHO is not despicable, it simply re...Hi Steve...the WHO is not despicable, it simply reflects that the countries that make it up. Like the U.N. It is too bureaucratic, and doesn't have enough money to do the best job possible. But if you are a poor child in Africa and mass illness strikes they are the only ones who will ride to the rescue.....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-90114480040384494392020-04-20T17:01:10.081-04:002020-04-20T17:01:10.081-04:00Hi Jackie....Yes, the RepubliCons on both sides of...Hi Jackie....Yes, the RepubliCons on both sides of the border are indeed as crooked, demented, and racist as the day is long. But if you look at the polls in both countries, the Cons are floundering and our side is getting stronger by the day. We may mave to hammer a stake into their black hearts before it's over, but let there be no doubt the future belongs to us....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-24806050324996783882020-04-20T15:35:24.481-04:002020-04-20T15:35:24.481-04:00The historic Ottawa football stadium is Lansdowne ...The historic Ottawa football stadium is Lansdowne Park, though alas I think it has been rebranded. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-46127698974115744562020-04-20T15:30:29.726-04:002020-04-20T15:30:29.726-04:00I believe you mean in the United States. Or in Bra...I believe you mean in the United States. Or in Brazil. America is a continent, or two depending on the reckoning. Please don't be so colonised. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-69090253832552681462020-04-19T20:03:20.246-04:002020-04-19T20:03:20.246-04:00the Canadian Cons will certainly try to piggy back...<i>the Canadian Cons will certainly try to piggy back on their American counterparts creating a distraction that will result in additional victims.</i><br /><br />I think Scheer hates Trudeau so much he wants to cough on him. <br /><br />Typhoid Andy is a nitwit. More appropriately, a Covidiot.<br /><br />https://looniepolitics.com/andrew-scheer-is-a-nitwit/Jackie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221859743498420491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-235063947710130552020-04-19T18:01:38.453-04:002020-04-19T18:01:38.453-04:00In America Scheer would be PresidentIn America Scheer would be PresidentStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-63626210866459083122020-04-19T16:11:09.129-04:002020-04-19T16:11:09.129-04:00Reading global headlines, it's obvious that th...Reading global headlines, it's obvious that the WHO has failings but most agree it's a necessity and they condemn "pass the buck" Trump's accusations and threats of defunding it. Of course it's all about politics with Trump who's every single press briefing is more of a campaign act to shine Trump in a positive light than any semblance of genuine concern or actions to help Americans and to flatten the curve. Some call it political genius, ha! I call it a carny barker appealing to a base of numbskulls who's brain activity would be considered at best flatlining. They believe whatever this oaf utters and in a perfect world they would be denied a vote due to mental incapacitation.<br />So now Canada's Shithead Scheer and Fuckface MacKay are once again regurgitating Trump's bile in the hopes of what? Are they hoping We'll become more like a Trumper? Hoping we'll jump on the populist bandwagon of delusion and hate? Well I say, "Fuck you Andy, fuck you McKay, fuck you Baldy-Locks and you to Gladu". The last thing Canadians need are these clowns working to divide us while our PM is trying to be fair to all Canadians. <br />Off topic but I have to say this, I love how JT gave Alberta money to clean up some wells the oil companies abandoned and not directly to the oil companies themselves. And they dont like it. Well boohoo. As well, I hope JT doesn't send anymore aid money to Alberta while they're sitting on billions in their heritage fund. If there was ever a time to dip into their heritage fund it is now. On top of that, why should we be subsiding their 0% provincial tax rate? Oil will take years if ever to recover and I'll be damned if we keep sending them money so they can maintain their rate. Time for Jason to put on his big boy pants and join the real world. Besides, JT could send Alberta 100 billion and they'd still be whining, all the way to the bank.<br />JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62116282201505779672020-04-19T10:11:13.514-04:002020-04-19T10:11:13.514-04:00The Republi-Cons are on track to award China the V...The Republi-Cons are on track to award China the Villain of the year award. Once embedded in the minds of their followers every additional death caused by Covid 19 is blamed on China and becomes a rally cry of support for their incompetent China bashing Republi-Con leaders. Thankfully most of our Canadian federal and provincial leaders will reject this ploy but the Canadian Cons will certainly try to piggy back on their American counterparts creating a distraction that will result in additional victims. Although wave 1 of the virus is not complete, the grass roots movement to fuel wave 11 is already in progress in the US. Crazy Cons!<br /><br />RTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13323408069912479152020-04-19T08:37:06.383-04:002020-04-19T08:37:06.383-04:00IIRC, Ottawa has/had? a baseball stadium just acro...IIRC, Ottawa has/had? a baseball stadium just across from the RCMP HQ. With a bit of scheduling and some megaphones it should be possible to hold a session with good physical separation.<br /><br />Or isn't there a football stadium somewhere in Ottawa?jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-74374320012276070762020-04-19T08:31:29.983-04:002020-04-19T08:31:29.983-04:00China hasn't helped themselves (especially sup...<i>China hasn't helped themselves (especially suppressing the late doctor who warned the world about this disease</i> Dr. Li Wenliang was reprimanded, a bit too harshly probably, for distributing a WeChat message on 30 Dec 2019 to, IIRC, 7 colleagues warning of a possible SARS outbreak that including confidential patient information on 30 Dec 2019.<br /><br />His hospital and the local CDC were already investigating the unidentified viral outbreak and this presumably is what prompted the WeChat post. Dr. Zhang Jixian had reported the suspicious cases to hospital leadership on 27 Dec 2019.<br /><br />On 29 December 2019, the hospital reported the disease to Wuhan CDC. On 31 December 2019 China reported the unknown disease to WHO.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-11254644583463135852020-04-19T00:09:34.555-04:002020-04-19T00:09:34.555-04:00That's why he wants Parliament back in the swe...That's why he wants Parliament back in the sweaty enclosed chamber with anywhere from a quorum of 50 to all 338 MPs speaking moistly on top of each other, in spite of public health advice. Nobody cares about his press conferences, and a reporter from Quebec even asked him why he's holding them if he has nothing new to say. The answer is he's desperate to get some televised clips for fundraising, data mining and media attention -- in other words, "ratings." (Gee, who does that sound like?)<br /><br />In a related story, Twitter has been going wild this weekend crushing hard on Justin's fast-growing '80s New Wave hair, which means Flowbee Andy with his Private Pyle buzzcut must be extra salty. All I can say of him is, speaking of '80s hair bands, don't go away mad, just go away.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNCM8IjtQ-oJackie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221859743498420491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47359164623448897542020-04-18T21:38:03.407-04:002020-04-18T21:38:03.407-04:00Unlike a foreign terrorist a self replicating rand...Unlike a foreign terrorist a self replicating random piece of genetic code that strikes fear in the hearts of people has no political utility if you are a Con. The obvious solution is to put a face on Covid 19 but it cannot be too complicated as their emotionally challenged supporters have a very short attention span. Preferably it should be only 2 steps such as This is a problem --> its your fault. In this case blaming Trudeau for creating the virus in his kitchen is not very credible so the story line has to be a little more complex. The current shortest route seems to be 1) China the epicenter is communist and hid it from the good guys therefore is a BAD VILLAIN 2) The World Health Organization is dominated by China (false)and hid the severity of the virus form us and therefore is a BAD VILLAIN, Trudeau ( backed by scientists) supports the WHO and therefore is both BAD and WEAK. It doesn't matter that without the WHO or a similar international institution the pandemic would have arrived with no learning history or warning and results would have been far more devastating. Similar to a mindless virus the Cons really don't care who they kill as long as they get to replicate.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/18/caught-in-a-superpower-struggle-the-inside-story-of-the-whos-response-to-coronavirus<br /><br />RTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-29630817290456648112020-04-18T17:09:21.322-04:002020-04-18T17:09:21.322-04:00ahmen, we will have a star trek economy or this wo...ahmen, we will have a star trek economy or this world will be a black hole.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-38142563185895212602020-04-18T14:24:33.866-04:002020-04-18T14:24:33.866-04:00Latest polling has the LPC at 40%, CPC at 26% and ...Latest polling has the LPC at 40%, CPC at 26% and falling, with NDP and Bloc up slightly. Map is showing AB and Prairies only region where they have a realistic foothold, and some parts of southern Ontario, sadly.<br /><br />The more Scheer talks the more he hurts his party. I'm guessing no one as done comms for them lately? Perhaps if they lose another majority (here's hoping!) to PMJT they will finally grow up...<br />Visitor - Pierre D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-52343431530859387132020-04-18T12:37:38.129-04:002020-04-18T12:37:38.129-04:00I know this is petty, but some parliamentarians he...I know this is petty, but some parliamentarians here in Québec have been scathingly criticised because they weren't dressed like provincial businesspeople, and Mme Gladu's outfit looks more fit for a beach party. <br /><br />Obviously I'd prefer a steeper drop among the Cons and an increase in NDP and even Green support (although the Greens do have a small-c Con side, they are useful against ecocide). I'm ambiguous about the Bloc; I've voted Bloc in Papineau when the NDP candidate was an absolute unknown, and I was working at a tenant association there, but their hijabi woman = oil well ad infuriated me, though I'm no fan of religious garb. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-24609410680610045222020-04-18T12:11:26.082-04:002020-04-18T12:11:26.082-04:00FYI, the last pandemic (1918-1920) originated in t...FYI, the last pandemic (1918-1920) originated in the state of Kansas and was spread by US soldiers heading to fight in the Great War because Woodrow Wilson refused to quarantine them.<br /><br />China hasn't helped themselves (especially suppressing the late doctor who warned the world about this disease) but this is a viral thunderbolt that is smacking us in the face. They had no chance like the US did one hundred years ago.<br /><br />The one things that Cons and other wingnuts should realize is fewer and fewer people give a fuck what they think. If they want us ordinary people to die for the economy and the 1%ers then let them show us the way and see if we salute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-79296266817612397792020-04-17T20:04:57.029-04:002020-04-17T20:04:57.029-04:00I agree the WHO while despicable is the best solut...I agree the WHO while despicable is the best solution we have to date, just like the UN and just like democracy. Everything is messy, and no one seems to be able to clean up.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.com