tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post7846123691281105765..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: No CharacterOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18155375574387673952022-07-12T10:29:26.771-04:002022-07-12T10:29:26.771-04:00I appreciate your clarification, Anyong. And I agr...I appreciate your clarification, Anyong. And I agree with you.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67224474779407214692022-07-12T10:05:08.516-04:002022-07-12T10:05:08.516-04:00Owen …..We must demand transparency from our Feder...Owen …..We must demand transparency from our Federal Government on all issues. Mound…..I have thought exactly of what you have mentioned. You and I are probably not the only people who have thought this either. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-58086667794742430732022-07-12T08:17:11.907-04:002022-07-12T08:17:11.907-04:00The premiers were given more taxing power to cover...The premiers were given more taxing power to cover healthcare, jrk. Several of them used that authority to cut taxes.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-1296072452900071112022-07-12T07:24:50.041-04:002022-07-12T07:24:50.041-04:00I am sure there is nothing to worry about Owen. Wa...I am sure there is nothing to worry about Owen. Wanna by a slightly used bridge, one owner? Or I have some prime resort property just north of Hwy 7.<br /><br /><br />This TVO post is not wildly encouraging <a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/ontarians-need-clear-public-health-messaging-on-covid-19" rel="nofollow"> Ontarians need clear public-health messaging on COVID-19</a> It reads as if Moore, the chief medical officer of health, is being obstruct by our idiot premier. <br /><br /><br />I am seeing a lot fewer masks this week but still a number of people are wearing them including me. <br /><br /><br /><br />The provincial premiers are doing their annual rain dance for more money for health care---but with so strings attached, of course. For one, I would not trust Dougie to use anything he got on health care. At best, he might use it to reduce the deficit to "prove" what good fiscal managers the PCs are.<br />jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-37975297418417181412022-07-11T20:34:09.124-04:002022-07-11T20:34:09.124-04:00Thanks for the clip, Toby. She's impressive.Thanks for the clip, Toby. She's impressive.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-71216955137608414182022-07-11T20:32:03.637-04:002022-07-11T20:32:03.637-04:00Nikiforuk will not be bowed by his critics, Mound....Nikiforuk will not be bowed by his critics, Mound. We need more of that kind of courage.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18288660385383141192022-07-11T20:30:57.711-04:002022-07-11T20:30:57.711-04:00It's an old complaint, Mound. We lack the will...It's an old complaint, Mound. We lack the will to get things done -- and that problem is exacerbated by a short attention span. We simply can't muster the perseverance our situation requires.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67823826056903674342022-07-11T18:23:01.289-04:002022-07-11T18:23:01.289-04:00I don't understand your last sentence, Anyong....I don't understand your last sentence, Anyong.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55060327203710997682022-07-11T18:21:41.804-04:002022-07-11T18:21:41.804-04:00Vaccine makers are doing an excellent job, Gyor. B...Vaccine makers are doing an excellent job, Gyor. But the virus mutates rapidly. Therefore, public health measures shouldn't be abandoned.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-48855258949618006032022-07-11T17:31:56.524-04:002022-07-11T17:31:56.524-04:00Owen, the UC San Diego professor, Barbara Walter, ...Owen, the UC San Diego professor, Barbara Walter, as mentioned in Mound's blog, is featured in several Youtube videos. As an example: <br /><br />https://youtu.be/27Q17eO1B7YTobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-72425013316663320712022-07-11T17:20:15.482-04:002022-07-11T17:20:15.482-04:00https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/07/08/Forever-Pan...https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/07/08/Forever-Pandemic-Nikiforuk-Replies-Critics/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110722The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-84314813245797743022022-07-11T17:11:38.833-04:002022-07-11T17:11:38.833-04:00In keeping with Dr. Walter's comments in the W...In keeping with Dr. Walter's comments in the WaPo, I was wondering if the healthcare/mask mandate/Freedom Convoy is being used to exacerbate social division and challenge the strength and credibility of our political institutions.<br /><br />The pandemic is the immediate fulcrum but there will be others as the climate crisis deepens.<br /><br />Many physicians will say that our healthcare system has been brought to the breaking point by the Covid problem.<br /><br />By some accounts we're heading for a 7th wave of the coronavirus this fall. That creates plenty of history by which to gauge our political apparatus. We've gone from lockdown to all clear to lock down to all clear, a political roller coaster. Eyes glaze over, people yearn for a return of some vestige of normalcy. Political fecklessness has brought us to the point today where the healthcare system is in jeopardy.<br /><br />If we can't enforce mask mandates, vaccinations and such then we must defend our healthcare system, our nurses and doctors, our hospitals. This would mean accepting social division and excluding the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers from mainstream society.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-60231031125751794582022-07-11T16:59:19.486-04:002022-07-11T16:59:19.486-04:00Yes! Canada is a nation of Serfs. Todays Canadian ...Yes! Canada is a nation of Serfs. Todays Canadian political system corrupts Canadian values. But that does not mean it has to be this way as Lulymays example shows. We must demand our be transparent. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-39258171508741591902022-07-11T16:58:47.414-04:002022-07-11T16:58:47.414-04:00They say it because it's truth, enough with t... They say it because it's truth, enough with this hypochondriac crap, you all need to seek help, this isn't healthy. It's extrodrinarily unlikely a more dangerous vaiant arises because it'd have to over come the evolutionary disadvantage of killing it's host among others. <br /><br /> And governments aren't doing nothing, they are designing the next generation of vaccines, that will be safer, that will work on all variants, etc..., not just for Corona either, they are applying all the science knowledge gained from the world be a giant vaccine lab experiment to other diseases like the Flue, Malaria, HIV, etc...,Gyorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773307017058386989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-56437075061980606052022-07-11T10:55:43.478-04:002022-07-11T10:55:43.478-04:00It's a word I didn't know until reading Th...It's a word I didn't know until reading The Mound's blog, Anyong. But it's a word that captures precisely what we face.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-84262586763766277542022-07-11T10:53:55.216-04:002022-07-11T10:53:55.216-04:00It's a brave new world, Lulymay -- and we'...It's a brave new world, Lulymay -- and we're not going to like a lot of it.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-23212099295157600442022-07-11T10:52:12.201-04:002022-07-11T10:52:12.201-04:00You can't have a kingdom without serfs, Anyong...You can't have a kingdom without serfs, Anyong.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-11143769742491655162022-07-11T10:50:16.899-04:002022-07-11T10:50:16.899-04:00Look out for Canadianism called Anocracy. Knowing...Look out for Canadianism called Anocracy. Knowing something was missing in trying to describe Canada, now, having read the Disaffected Libs blog in the last hour, thank you Mound for providing the exact word ,Ancracy. That is what PP is all about. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-75234648936004624122022-07-11T10:34:16.601-04:002022-07-11T10:34:16.601-04:00Meanwhile, as we haven't had any break from ou...Meanwhile, as we haven't had any break from our "home" stay, except to go out every 2 weeks for some food, libation and renewal of pharma products, we decided to take 3 days and travel to our favourite hotel on the water just south of us in Bellingham.<br /><br />Has anyone else tried to complete the new Federal computer application before you leave Canada in order to get back into our country? The govt will now have a complete record of every trip out of the country, including (in our case) what time of the day the border staff should expect you to return and at which specific border crossing. <br /><br />It looks like we will be expected to complete and submit this info even if we are just making a day trip down to Bellingham (which hundreds or even thousands of BCers do regularly.<br /><br />I guess this is the new reality of life in our country (except for those who just walk across several open border points without any problem).Lulymaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8184770701444072292022-07-11T10:18:18.278-04:002022-07-11T10:18:18.278-04:00What will the monied (millionaire and billionaire...What will the monied (millionaire and billionaire) people do when all the slaves are gone? The nouveau riche don’t know anything about manners nor do they respect the elderly. That is very apparent in North America. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82648371407922221082022-07-11T09:47:45.166-04:002022-07-11T09:47:45.166-04:00There are profits to be made, Cap. Deaths are simp...There are profits to be made, Cap. Deaths are simply collateral damage.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-85391268495874189412022-07-11T09:41:12.611-04:002022-07-11T09:41:12.611-04:00The political class and the commentariat have deci...The political class and the commentariat have decided Covid is over. By saying the public will resist the reintroduction of public health measures, such as mandatory masking, they've created a self-fulfilling prophecy.<br /><br />Meanwhile, new variant case counts are rising here and in Europe. According to the CDC, 95% of US counties now show high or substantial Covid spread. Last month, half the riders on the Tour de Suisse cycling race dropped out as the virus spread like wildfire among them. There's fears the Tour de France will suffer the same fate. Those are both outdoor events. <br /><br />But as our media claim that millions of deaths and cases of disability are unavoidable, countries like China and Japan show this is not true. Our elites simply don't value other lives as much. <br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com