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Bill Maher, comedian, has a great line concerning Trump and his love of money. Yes, even over country. He said “The man is constantly for sale. That wasn’t toilet paper on Trump’s shoe, that was a price tag.”

For me, I find this easy. In 2015, I had foot surgery that went terribly wrong. I developed a severe bone infection about a month after surgery as the metal hardware had bacteria on it. One incision on my foot where a screw had been inserted refused to heal. I was bedridden for 10 months where I could not walk at all. I had to keep my weight totally off my foot. I also endured 3 hospital stay each about a week long during that time when the infection flared up & had to be debrided & treated by antibiotics. Without going into boring details, 4 month recovery time turned into an 18 month ordeal. My last day at work was end of June 2015 & I didn't return until January of 2017. I have nerve damage where that incision is now & it tingles constantly. Some days more than others. I'm always aware of the time that incision took away from my life back 5 years ago as it always reminds me constantly. The last time I was house bound just getting out of bed to use the bathroom was a sometimes painful but always an exhausting experience. Taking a shower & having to stick my left foot out of the bathtub & under the curtain as it wasn't supposed to get wet while wearing a plastic cover over my foot was a pain in the ass. So, one thing I developed was patience. My life was on hold for 18 months under difficult situation. So, seeing as I no longer have those mobility issues this self isolation is a piece of cake. Last summer, I had my left knee replaced. After a couple of weeks I was able to start moving around. Once my stitches came out I was able to start physio & the road back to recovery so that little stint was easy as well. I was driving again in 6 weeks & my wife said I was on my own to get to my doctor & physio appointments. My advice to anyone going stir crazy right or depressed right now? Take it from someone whose life was on hold for a year & a half & in the middle of it all didn't know when things would get better. Just be patient. Take it one day, even one hour at a time if you have to. Do something you like. Stay engaged with people you know & like on social media. I do CFL trivia with my facebook friends & the response is amazing. I have pvr'd a bunch of old movies I'm stockpiling to watch when I feel like it. Old Westerns & war movies. I'm going to start doing some reading. My son is reading a book about Richard Nixon & I told him once he is done I'd like to as well. But patience is what you need even when there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. One other thing from my long experience of being a shut in... Appreciate your loved ones. Don't be a pain in the ass when you get down. Don't take your frustrations out on them as they feel the same way you do.

I create dioramas with costumed dead mice.

Add in that Canada is going to start paying 75% of salary for small and medium businesses too. Really impressed by the way they are stepping up and doing the right thing.

I need to go with your point of view. I want to be teaching face to face again sometime in April - this sucks.

That seems the pessimistic view to me. Flattening should show up sooner than a couple months.

As Noeller said, watching old favourite shows: I don't know how many of you are from a rural background or are familiar with James Herriot's books - but they made an excellent TV series out of it - you will find the episodes on youtube "All Things Bright and Beautiful." Some others are: Doc Martin, Lark Rise to Candleford, & the early episodes of OTH. Audio books are a tremendous resource when your students are all at home. With public libraries closed, I've been busy scouring youtube for Audio books - currently checking out an excellent version of Tom Sawyer. The extra work involved when teaching remotely is significant - math is by far the most challenging - all the hands on stuff had to stay at school. Fingers crossed that we can get back to normal sometime in April (BC appears to be flattening the curve). In other news - I'm also revising an old script. And of course, playing with our 20 month old daughter.

I’ve never washed my hands so much in my life. As a matter of fact, I’m doing such a great job, that I no longer need large sized gloves, but have washed my way to medium. It’s beautiful.

Both you and the crazed left wing media have simply made the same mistake. "Taking the President's statements literally."

Not quite - your TFSA contribution room carries forward every year. If you're set up for MyAccount with CRA, you can actually get your contribution room balance from online, though again keep in mind to not overcontribute to either - there are (rightfully) stiff penalties for doing that for both TFSAs and RRSPs.

G. W. Bush 90% (2001-9-21) G. H. W. Bush 89% (1991-02-28)

Heard that the Kardashians gave some valuable input, as well.....

Gotta teach these ministers how to use youtube, or maybe show them that it exists.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan/covid19-individuals.html#new_canada_emergency_response_benefit The new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) We will provide a taxable benefit of $2,000 a month for up to 4 months to: workers who must stop working due to COVID19 and do not have access to paid leave or other income support. workers who are sick, quarantined, or taking care of someone who is sick with COVID-19. working parents who must stay home without pay to care for children that are sick or need additional care because of school and daycare closures. workers who still have their employment but are not being paid because there is currently not sufficient work and their employer has asked them not to come to work. wage earners and self-employed individuals, including contract workers, who would not otherwise be eligible for Employment Insurance. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit will be accessible through a secure web portal starting in early April. Applicants will also be able to apply via an automated telephone line or via a toll-free number.

With your $1,200 USD, I hope you can afford the healthcare you lost when you lost your job. There's a big difference when a first world country like Canada, England, Denmark can offer to give everyone cash on top of the gov't services you already get as opposed to the US, where they have red hats and guns.

well this popped up on my twitter

How's everyone keeping from climbing the walls at home? What are you doing to keep yourself busy, without social gatherings or going outside? I've got lots of work to do, as this is a busy time of year at my job... which has helped, but it is starting to feel like Groundhog Day, wondering how others are keeping things going?

Loser

In the day's stupidity of Trump news, Trump wants to personally sign every cheque to states and corporations from the 2 trillion dollar funds and he admitted to telling Pence to ignore all "ungrateful" state governors. If this isn't ugly enough, it will get worse.

The hoax is going to kill thousands and thousands in the States and Trump needs to be held accountable for his mismanagement and piss poor leadership, never has anyone taken up so much oxygen and given so little in return, again today more empty promises

Social distancing at work.

Nah. It’s war time president thing. People need a leader in times of crises. Remember how popular HW was right before he lost to Clinton? I heard Biden’s lead over trump in polls also grows. When the crises is over people will look at trump closer and be disgusted.

Will he ever go away?

I'd be shocked if we can even have an eight game season... I think Covid will be over in Canada but I'm not sure our border with the states will be open - its going to get ugly there

Sweet! Ozarks Season 3 drops today:

That is probably because no national government has implemented Communism as envisioned by Karl Marx. All of the national leaders thus far have utilized communism as a pretext to mobilize people as an ideal but once in power, most despots have a very difficult time relinquishing it. Any form of government, once installed and supported unquestioningly by their followers, will gravitate towards authoritarianism- the example we have in front of us is Trump.

Asterisk ✳... And also they can go **** themselves.

That is great. Your last part brought a tear to my eye. That is a wonderful memory.

You don't have an issue with this for 18 months?

Thing is if they had asked for the same thing but for 60 days, sure.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-under-fire-for-expressing-admiration-for-china-s-basic-dictatorship-1.1535116 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/justin-trudeau-s-foolish-china-remarks-spark-anger-1.2421351

Justin has stated many times that he admires China. He clearly leans left on the political scale. His Dad was a fan of socialism. I'm not shocked he tried to grab some dictatorial powers.

Stomping all over the Stamps in the second half of the west semi is a pretty fond memory. Given how many shitty, shitty games I've sat through in that statdium is was very satisfying to see them do that.

He’s truly an imbecile

BC is already reporting that the curve is flattening... we'll wait and see what happens in Vancouver Pentecostals in Whitehorse screwed up our curve... they kept holding services and now the radio is asking for all people who attending on the 8th and 15th to self-isolate...

Yeah but 1200US is 2000CDN. Also not everyone in Canada is getting $2k. Is it not the reverse in USA? Is it not for everyone?

"Joe Kapp is not exactly someone anyone should cheer for." That doesn't sound at all like you said he shouldn't be cheered for just acting like a clown for punching Mosca. It seemed you were saying that he shouldn't have ever been cheered at all going back to his playing days which is wrong. I think the way you said it rubbed me the wrong way as Kapp played hard when he was on the field, was a good teammate & has been as good a citizen as anyone else since his football days were over. You made it sound like he was some kind of a bad guy when we know he isn't. Kapp & Mosca holding a grudge for 56 years is stupid. Saying he & Mosca were foolish octagenarians for their most recent dust up is a fair comment. Anyway, I now understand what you meant so unless you have anything more you'd like to add, this particular discussion is over.

This afternoon, Michigan governor, who Trump attacked after she criticized him, stated that respirator manufacturers have been told to not ship to her state.

Trudeau is attempting to create extraordinary powers so the Fed. govt. can react quickly and move decisively to combat the virus, without having to argue through every bullet point with the CPC who most likely want to take advantage of the opportunity to create dissension and make political hay. For example, forcing people to stay home and locking down the streets is a madly unpopular idea with many people, it will be extremely difficult to get a consensus to do this in a minority government situation, even though it could well be the swiftest solution to getting the virus under control and ultimately save the most lives.