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Anyone who has been paying the least bit of attention knows this. The reality is that people were taking actual horse de-wormer to prevent/treat COVID-19. Anything that followed this post in this thread just convolutes the history of this conspiracy theory. People making excuses for Rogan and blaming media just seem reluctant to stick to the facts at hand. I really don't understand why that is so hard. Also, Joe Rogan is a meathead and we still don't have any proof that he actually had COVID.

BuT tHeY'rE aLl ThE sAmE!!!! Or so I've been told....

You can't teach 6'2".

If you haven't heard, the Winnipeg Comedy Fest is on this week. https://www.winnipegcomedyfestival.com/

Fla. law made school book bans easier. So one man challenged the Bible. The man petitioning to ban the Bible says it is just as sexually explicit and violent as other books facing challenges By Hannah Natanson Today at 11:47 a.m. EDT It was Florida’s move to reject 54 math textbooks for “prohibited subjects” that made up Chaz Stevens’s mind: It was time to go after the Bible. Stevens, a 57-year-old tech wizard with a history of pulling wacky political stunts, had already been tracking the progress of a new state law that makes it easier for parents and county residents to challenge books in schools. The provision, which comes amid an unprecedented nationwide spike in challenges to books — particularly those by and about LGBTQ and Black people — was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in late March. It takes effect July 1. But Stevens decided he could not wait a moment longer. As of Wednesday, he has filed near-identical petitions with 63 Florida school districts asking to ban the Bible. He has also filed a second petition with one district, Broward County Public Schools, requesting the removal of the Oxford English Dictionary. His three-page petition critiques the Bible for its depictions of bestiality and cannibalism, its “eye-popping passages of babies being smashed against the rocks” in Psalms 137 and its “strong pro-slavery position,” citing Ephesians 6:5-7. “As the Bible casually references ... such topics as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, and fornication — or as I like to think, Date Night Friday Night — do we really want to teach our youth about drunken orgies?” the petition asks. Schools nationwide are quietly removing books from their libraries Stevens’s subsequent complaint against the dictionary calls it “a weighty tome over 1,000 years old, containing more than 600,000 words; all very troubling if we’re trying to keep our youth from learning about race, gender, sex, and such.” Although Stevens’s petitions are tongue-in-cheek, legal experts said his actions highlight flaws and constitutional concerns surrounding Florida’s new law and others like it — and could lead to serious litigation down the line. Erica Goldberg, a University of Dayton Law School professor who studies First Amendment rights, said Stevens’s petitions could showcase that the new law may cause school boards to engage in “viewpoint discrimination,” or removing information because of dislike of the ideas it contains, which is impermissible per the Supreme Court. She noted that the Bible is replete with episodes of violence and sexual abuse, including the rape of Dinah in Genesis, which leads her brothers Levi and Simeon to kill every man in the city of Shechem to avenge her honor; the incestuous rape of King David’s daughter Tamar by her half brother Amnon; and the brutal dismemberment of a concubine in Judges. She said the Bible is at least as sexually explicit as some of the books parents are labeling inappropriate, raising the question: Why can the Bible stay in the library when those books have to go? “This stunt is going to illuminate," she added. “Many of our First Amendment rights get meted out by edge cases or by people looking to make statements.” (more) https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/28/bible-book-ban-florida/

Your suggestion comes about 25 years too late. 32 years too late if you live in Norway.

This won't effect the Bombers because all their drives will end with TD's or FG's. Book it!

Not trying to both sides it - actually trying (badly) to reinforce what you said. Putin's not the first to claim victory while figuratively standing on the bodies of the dead and the debris of their homes, but I found it really distasteful in these current times.

It doesn't help that Putin considers the obliteration of a city of 400,000+ a "victory". https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/leading-putin-ally-predicts-mariupol-victory-thursday-2022-04-20/

She is an MTG-level moron, so not satire.

Significant government funding would have been required no matter who took over the building. I can't think of a better use than what is being proposed.

CFL marketing dollars only go so far. Maybe your expectations are a little high?

I've probably watched 5 complete Jays' games already. That usually doesn't happen til' they're in a playoff race. And oh yeah - try being a Flyers and Jets fan these days. Can't wait til the draft lottery.

Because our top-notch police force wasn't capable enough to gather sufficient evidence for a criminal charge. The city got him on a civil lawsuit.

I consider it a "Tell me that you don't have to do the shovelling without telling me you don't have to do the shovelling" type situation.

Mark Meadows removed from N.C. voter rolls amid fraud investigation By Amy B Wang Yesterday at 12:05 p.m. EDT|Updated yesterday at 1:35 p.m. EDT Mark Meadows, a former top Trump aide, has been removed from the voter rolls in North Carolina as the state investigates allegations that he committed voter fraud in the 2020 election, election officials said Wednesday. Meadows, who served two terms as a congressman from North Carolina before becoming President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, has helped promote Trump’s baseless claims that widespread voter fraud delivered the presidency to Joe Biden. But his withering rhetoric about potential voter fraud has clashed with reports in recent weeks that Meadows registered to vote in 2020 using the address of a North Carolina mobile home he never stayed in. Those reports prompted North Carolina state investigators to launch a probe last month into Meadows’s voter registration. On Monday, Macon County officials “administratively removed the voter registration of Mark Meadows … after documentation indicated he lived in Virginia and last voted in the 2021 election there,” North Carolina State Board of Elections spokesman Patrick Gannon said in a statement Wednesday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/13/mark-meadows-north-carolina-removed-voter-rolls/

Poilevre is so absolutely unlikeable that I don't think it possible for him to maintain sufficient support for 3 more years. He'll have the hard-cores, but he'll lose the soft vote due to his eminently punchable face and anti-charismatic personality. Plus he has far less "real world" work experience than Trudeau had.

Even the best operators can lose their touch after 8, 10, 16 hours at the controls. It's mentally exhausting to be so precise for hours. I'm also against privatization.

Calgary Fixer says former Alberta justice minister hired him to get reporter's phone logs Jonathan Denis allegedly hired David Wallace to get records of CP journalist Alanna Smith Bob Weber · The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 11, 2022 6:22 AM MT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago A self-described political fixer says a former Alberta justice minister hired him to obtain a reporter's phone logs. David Wallace says he was hired by Jonathan Denis to get the phone records of Alanna Smith, a former Calgary Herald reporter now of The Canadian Press. Wallace said Denis told him he wanted to trace sources Smith had drawn on for a story about whether the size of Denis's wedding reception broke COVID-19 protocols. In an email from his lawyer, Denis denied that he or his clients talked to Wallace. Wallace told The Canadian Press that Denis got his name through Alan Hallman and Gerald Chipeur, longtime conservative operatives. "Jonathan called me (and) told me that at his wedding he feels he had been targeted for poor press," Wallace said in an interview. "He wanted to find out who (Smith's) sources were. "He wanted me to go into my source contacts using databases to their private cellphone information communications." Wallace said he warned Denis that obtaining phone logs could be illegal. "He basically said this is just information I'm gathering for my own use." Denis was a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in Alberta from 2010 to 2015 and justice minister for the last three of those years. Recently, he has been reported to be an organizer for Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre's campaign for leadership of the federal party. Wallace said he gets politicians out of tight spots for a living. (more) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/denis-alberta-justice-minister-former-fixer-phone-logs-reporter-1.6415532

That's a huge one I missed. He's an Independent.

Also consider that Progressive platforms mostly come with short-term costs with long-term savings and Regressive platforms offer short-term savings with long-term costs. Because of this, it's a lot easier to campaign from the conservative side.