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Someday all of Trump's cronies will need to be investigated as to why they enabled and supported a self indulgent delusional psychopath narcissist, especially Blanche and Cruz

For anyone who doesn't think racism is in Canada, and it isn't contained only to indigenous people, here is an article that may hit closer to home. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-khari-jones-death-threats-winnipeg-1.5595506 I don't know what kind of person you have to be that you would go out of your way to send death threats to two people, who you likely don't even know and really have no impact of effect on your life, but just because the colour of their skin differ..... I also have black friends here in the city who have been racially profiled by the police. Will not go into all of the details, but he was in a financial position to fight it, and force the issue to go to court, and after being overtly followed by police while this whole thing was happening (which he assumed was supposed to be some form of intimidation), constant delays in the system and being told by prosecutors and even his own lawyer to just give it up it isn't worth it, paying tens of thousands of dollars in legals fees, and while he ultimately won the court case, the cop ended up retiring before the court date and in the end, there was no real impact to the cop. But he fought it and paid the money to prove a point ... and won. There is no doubt that we hear lots of stories of black football players that come up to Winnipeg, and do love it here, embrace it, and find how they are treated here better then back home, and that is great, we all love hearing those stories. But that is not an excuse to say we are all good here, that racism doesn't exist, or it isn't as bad. It is a very ugly fact that if history is a predictor of the future, racism will always exist, and everyone needs to do their part so it doesn't grow and flare up into something even uglier.

There was a fantastic radio interview with him on As It Happens yesterday. Totally worth a listen (right at the beginning of the broadcast). https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5594762

It refreshing to see a company actually speak out against racism and white supremacy in such a forceful way. The statement was so direct, comprehensive and doesn't hold back. It also offers a history, explanation of systemic racism and also offers actual solutions. https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/dismantle-white-supremacy

I hope they get what they deserve..

Awesome..

Voter fraud:

Reminded me of a joke I once heard. Stop me if you've heard it: Why did the chicken cross the road?

I would hire this guy in a heart beat.

What am I missing here? When the National Enquirer pushes back on a story how bad that has to be. We're going with the Alien probed me while I visited my dead dog's gravesite story but sorry yours doesn't pass the smell test, we're journalists here, we have standards. lol.

Well, good for him. He tried retiring yesterday, but he was late getting there.

Ice Plex has fresh ice

You’re being way to kind in using the word over stepped.

Heard that one - CBC has its super lame-o moments but we are very lucky to have a national broadcaster that provides counterpoint to the corporate media

Trump Pushed Enquirer to Probe Scarborough ‘Murder’ Rumor Trump is so hellbent on smearing the MSNBC host that he had Jared push the Enquirer to publish the lies, sources told The Daily Beast. Even the tabloid rag wouldn’t sink that low. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-had-kushner-push-the-national-enquirer-to-probe-scarborough-murder-conspiracy-in-2017?ref=home

He is so far up Trump's arse that this was inevitable.

Like they read the news that isn't written by some incel in their parent's basement.

Will it be American or Russian

We want 60. We want 60.

It happened to you, too?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-shoring-up-hospitals-for-covid-19-contributed-to-canadas-long/ Worth the two minutes to sign up for free access to Covid articles... The three provinces that are Canada's covid hotspots - Quebec, Ontario, Alberta - all transferred elderly covid-positve patients from hospitals to nursing homes... a major part of our covid lockdown response unintentionally increased the death toll In March, while BC increased nursing home safety protocols... Quebec institute a 'load shedding' policy - paying nursing homes to take patients who were in hospitals... Ontario transferred 2800 patients to nursing homes... Alberta discharged 900 patients to nursing homes... all before lockdown started... Sweden made the same mistakes - not allowing sick patients to be transferred to hospitals... Denmark got it right - by investing in seniors care and allowing sick covid patients to be treated immediately The final death toll has very little to do with the general population - its about how different countries treat and fund their elderly

would love to see the MB active case load at 0 by July. Keep on kickin' ass, MB. Also of great value to me, Roussin talked about how they might loosen the inter-provincial restrictions (no 14 day isolation requirement) "by jurisdiction", so theoretically, I could come home from AB without needing to isolate for 14 days. Still have hope for end of summer!

I learned something new from this..

👁‍🗨Setting quite an example.. The man who sheltered 80 US protestersIt was past curfew and protesters in Washington DC were trapped as police closed both ends of a street and moved in. That's when one resident flung open his doors.https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-52896871/george-floyd-death-the-man-who-sheltered-80-us-protesters?at_campaign=64&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=[post+type]&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_medium=custom7&at_custom4=2AB40D6A-A5A4-11EA-83D6-78C996E8478F

An important article about implicit bias and why we ALL have it due to structural racism. Don’t Talk about Implicit Bias Without Talking about Structural Racism Posted on June 14, 2019 by Hugh Vasquez by Kathleen Osta and Hugh Vasquez, National Equity Project (From the article - link to complete text below) "How does all of this connect to implicit bias and structural racism? Let’s start with a definition of implicit bias: Implicit Bias is the process of associating stereotypes or attitudes towards categories of people without conscious awareness. Note that this is not the same as explicit, conscious racism and other forms of conscious bias which still exist and need to be addressed. Here, we are talking about people who consciously and genuinely believe in fairness, equity, and equality, but despite these stated beliefs, hold unconscious biases that can lead us to react in ways that are at odds with our values. These unconscious biases can play out in our decision making regarding who we hire for a job or select for a promotion, which students we place in honors classes and who we send out of the classroom for behavior infractions, and which treatment options we make available to patients. We know from extensive research that this kind of biased decision making plays out all the time in our schools, in hospitals, in policing, and in places of employment. The question is not if it is happening, it is when is it happening and what can we do about it. Implicit bias and its effects play out through three keys processes: Priming, Associations, and Assumptions. Priming is a psychological phenomena in which a word, image, sound, or any other stimulus is used to elicit an associated response. Some of the best examples of priming are in product advertising in which advertisers prime us to feel an affinity or emotional connection to a particular brand that leads us to choose that brand over others even when there is actually no difference between the products. We buy Nikes because we are compelled to “Just do it.” We think we are consciously choosing, but our unconscious mind is doing the shopping. But product selection is not the only thing influenced by priming — so are our beliefs, views and feelings about others. The Associations we hold about groups of people are created and reinforced through priming. Associations occur without conscious guidance or intention. For example, the word NURSE is recognized more quickly following the word DOCTOR than following the word BREAD. We associate two words together because our unconscious mind has been wired to do so. Quick — what do cows drink? Not milk! But we have a strong association in our brain between cows and milk. (Cows drink water.) When it comes to people, the associations our brain makes works the same way, creating shortcuts based on how we have been primed. The way our brains create shortcuts to quickly make sense of data is innate. How we have been primed to make harmful associations about different categories of people is not, but is rather the result of messaging, policies and practices that have been applied throughout history to include or exclude groups of people. The United States has a long history of systemic racism — since the founding of the country stories that dehumanized African Americans and Native peoples were used to justify genocide, slavery, racial segregation, mass incarceration, and police brutality. Negative and dehumanizing stereotypes about women and people of color and stories that “other” are rampant in the news media and in popular culture. For example, we have been primed throughout history by our own government, by popular culture, and through the media to think of African American people as less intelligent, aggressive, and more likely to commit crime. We have received unrelenting messages that people who are immigrating to the United States from Central America and Mexico are criminals. Likewise, we have been primed to think of women as less competent, overly emotional, and their bodies as objects to be judged. For every stigmatized group of people, we have been repeatedly exposed to stereotypes that most of us can readily name that have been used to justify policies that have further stigmatized and marginalized." ... "Our brain is scanning our environment for who belongs (and is safe) and who is “other” (and a potential threat or dangerous). Who we come to categorize as belonging or threatening is learned as a result of structural inequities and messaging we have received about categories of people. These harmful associations we carry can lead us to make Assumptions that have life and death consequences for people of color. We saw this when: The police were called by a Starbucks manager because she made the association that Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, two African American men, were dangerous, resulting in their arrest when they were simply waiting to meet someone. Two Native American young men, Kanewakeron Thomas Gray and Shanahwati Lloyd Gray, drove from New Mexico to go on a college tour at Colorado State University and a white mother who was also on the tour called campus security because they looked like “they don’t belong, they were quiet and creepy and really stand out.” Security came and questioned the young men and confirmed that they were registered for the campus visit, but by the time they were released, the tour had gone ahead without them and they ended up driving home without a tour at all. Tamir Rice, a 12 year old African American boy was in a park with a toy gun when police drove up and within two seconds of exiting the vehicle an officer shot and killed him." https://blog.nationalequityproject.org/2019/06/14/dont-talk-about-implicit-bias-without-talking-about-structural-racism/

If you didn't know it before AG Barr is a supreme A Hole, Democrats winning the House and Senate along with the Presidency need to make an example of this guy, he has over stepped his position in every regard

For intimidation and to make Trump feel warm and fuzzy. The Chairman has no authority over anyone and is, in fact, barred by law from having command authority. He is a General and the highest ranking military member though so if he was wearing his uniform, that would be fine. But battle fatigues?

Full court press till November. No mercy. Vote out the GOP.

Yup I can't walk in your shoes but I can be right beside you. We're in this together.

Im sure Trump was very proud of himself for being physically able to walk across the street and back. Last time he went there he took a motorcade.

That's gonna be buried by the "sweden got it right!" Folks.

Architect of Sweden’s Anti-Lockdown Strategy Admits Too Many People Have Died Reuters The man responsible for Sweden’s unique anti-lockdown coronavirus strategy has admitted that too many people have died and the country should have done more to prevent the spread of the disease. Sweden’s top epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, is the brains behind his country’s controversial approach to the outbreak. Throughout the pandemic, Swedes have been allowed to go to restaurants, hit the gym, and send their kids to school. But Tegnell told Swedish radio on Wednesday that there was “quite obviously a potential for improvement in what we have done” in Sweden. According to The Guardian, when Tegnell was asked whether too many people in Sweden had died, he replied: “Yes, absolutely.” The scientist added: “If we were to encounter the same disease again knowing exactly what we know about it today, I think we would settle on doing something in between what Sweden did and what the rest of the world has done.” Sweden’s death rate is among the world’s highest at 43 deaths per 100,000 people. https://www.thedailybeast.com/anders-tegnell-architect-of-swedens-anti-lockdown-strategy-admits-too-many-people-have-died?ref=home

Yep.

Nine-term congressman shunned by party leadership in Washington and many of his longtime supportershttps://www.cbc.ca/news/iowa-steve-king-1.5596173 Here’s hoping many more fall like this..

Do you have an actual citation for such an audacious claim? I doubt it. Just because we welcome or accept other cultures here does not mean there isn't racism, bigotry, or intolerance. Or was that bolded statement just an opinion based on nothing more than some misguided notion of Canadian superiority? And no, I'm not saying Canada has the same racism problem as the US does. It isn't meant to be an apples to apples comparison, anyway. Canada has its own unique racism problem, particularly with regard to its mistreatment of indigenous populations. And that's easily the most prominent example. But just because it's different than what's currently taking place in another country or isn't featured prominently in the news or on social media at present doesn't necessarily make it better up here. That's simply being tone deaf to the uglier side of Canada's history, or wilfully ignorant of it. It's weird how you agreed with a poster in another thread that "racism is racism" but now you've changed your tune. And it is baffling how you'd claim a person in a small house with a 40" TV is somehow living in poverty and then bring up a person who can't afford food or shelter as though they're similar. One is actual poverty; the other is not. Racism is racism. And here's why: it's an ongoing societal problem across the world that significantly negatively affects people each and every day. And Canada is no exception. Also, telling someone to "go to Folkorama" doesn't accomplish anything; it's not a great example. Sure, Winnipeg puts on a great multicultural event in the summer every year, showcasing art, music, dance, cuisine, etc. of many cultures from around the world. What does that have to do with ongoing racial issues, systemic or otherwise, either here in Winnipeg or elsewhere in this country?

I’m encouraged by people putting politics aside in a real effort to save the republic. Because that’s what this election is.

I’m beginning to think Zuck might be a white nationalist.

This unidentifiable military “department of justice” force will be everywhere if the orange goblin wins.

Not sure if posted already. I have a feeling the close we get to November, the more people are going to speak out. Trump is almost universally despised.

An ice cream places needs a really small foot print... wouldn't be profitable unless rent was pretty much free.

Hahahahahahaha funny how 6’3 trump is always so much shorter than everyone who is 6’2 he stands next to. dude is 6’. and about 310.

I always thought BDI would be a great fit there. On a bridge, lots of foot traffic from the Forks, only meant to be open in the summer anyway so no loss of patronage in the cold of winter.

Sam Hurl announces retirement....

One new case of COVID-19 was reported in Manitoba today. The latest case and the previous three cases are all linked to a cluster related to temporary foreign workers in the Southern health region, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin said today. The cases pose no risk to the public, Roussin said. Those cases and their contacts are being isolated at this time, he said. A total of 298 cases have been reported in Manitoba, with 282 recovered, nine active cases and seven COVID-19-related deaths.

Did Charlie Manson have a son? Just asking. JUST IN: Duo Arrested For Fire-Bombing Minnesota Courthouse - https://breaking911.com/duo-arrested-for-fire-bombing-minnesota-courthouse/…