Fatty Liver

No, but we already know his name, so they've provided him the spotlight he sought. The media will be pumping out his saga for the next 2 weeks so the next nutbar anxious to make a name for himself can take inspiration and collect more paper-clippings. If they treated shooters with anonymous identities as they do juveniles and the victims of crimes, plus suppressed the details of the crime through a publication ban, I believe there would be a significant reduction in copy-cat mass-shootings. When nothing else works, try psychology.

Trudeau announces aid for struggling energy sector, including $1.7B to clean up orphan wells Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $1.7 billion to clean up orphan wells in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, as well as aid for rural businesses and people working in the arts and culture sectors. The money for cleaning up orphan and inactive wells is expected to help maintain 5,200 jobs in Alberta, which will receive about $1 billion of the funding. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/financial-aid-covid19-trudeau-1.5535629 'Not going to do anything:' Oil executives say federal abandoned well program comes too late" OTTAWA — Energy executives panned a new well reclamation program unveiled by the Liberal government on Friday, saying it comes weeks too late and fails to provide much-needed liquidity to companies pummelled by a monumental shock to oil demand. “This is not going to do anything,” said Grant Fagerheim, chief executive of Calgary-based Whitecap Resources. “If this is as good as it gets, it will do very little or nothing to assist with operations for companies.” https://calgaryherald.com/news/not-going-to-do-anything-oil-executives-say-federal-abandoned-well-program-comes-too-late/wcm/67af68dd-50db-437c-b11a-3d3218cb6bab/

I consider going to the grocery store once a week to stock up the riskiest activity of my week by far the likeliest place I could catch the virus. I wouldn't want to have to do it multiple times per week. The stores themselves seem to be clean and well organized, it's the other customers I'm paranoid of, plenty of people still not taking this seriously enough. Every time I go I see families of 3-4 shopping together as if they're out for a Sunday stroll.

To put this in perspective. Majority stay home The protest of a few thousand people in Lansing attracted gobs of media attention. But for most Michiganders across the state, it was just another day observing the stay home order during the pandemic in hopes things return to normal soon. Polling taken April 6 to 8 from the progressive Center for American Progress showed 71% of Michigan voters approve of how Whitmer is handling the COVID-19 crisis and 29% disapprove. Trump was at 51% positive and 49% negative. https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/04/15/whitmer-stay-home-order-protest-turns-into-trump-celebration-with-confederate-flags-and-guns/

I figure many of the flights are cargo but who knows.

Jason Kenney is preparing to throw open the doors for business in AB. even though they have not taken the same precautions that Taiwan and Singapore had in place to combat COVID-19 months ago. Good luck Jason, yer gonna need it. Kenney following Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea leads in reopening Alberta economy EDMONTON -- Alberta’s premier says the province will follow the steps of other countries who’ve kept their economies functioning while keeping a second wave of COVID-19 cases at bay. Jason Kenney pointed to Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea as examples of jurisdictions from which he’d be taking inspiration. His plan consists of five main components: a strengthened effort to track the contacts of those who have tested positive; stronger border screening; public health order enforcement using technology like smartphone apps; and asking Albertans to wear masks in “crowded public spaces” like transit. https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/kenney-following-taiwan-singapore-south-korea-leads-in-reopening-alberta-economy-1.4898930

Seems most cases could have been prevented with a stricter travel ban. If anyone has a flight tracker app set up on their cell phone take a look at the air traffic patterns in the US happening right now, it may not be back to normal yet, but the volume of traffic is amazing. I don't know who is flitting around on airplanes during this pandemic, but I would think it's a pretty bad idea to climb on-board a narrow metal tube with a closed air circulation system full of strangers with a host of strange infections. I guess it's all the people who consider themselves "essential".

Time will tell whether Sweden has taken the correct approach or not, they are certainly paying a heavier toll upfront by not closing down, but in the long run they may come through this quicker than other jurisdictions and the numbers may well balance out to similar mortality rates. The frightful thing right now is the uncertainty and the suggestion that this state of isolation and closure could extend through to the fall and beyond....nobody really knows.

“It was a rough one today,” San Antonio Food Bank president and CEO Eric Cooper told the San Antonio Express News. “We have never executed on as large of a demand as we are now.” There may be a shortage of available food but they still have plenty of guns. I could see a new reality TV show in the making, "Hunting for Food" takes on a different meaning. ☺️

Joe Rogan - Devolution Of Stupid People

As long as we're planning to restructure society it's as good a time as any to restructure the economy in order to prevent corporations from vacuuming up the majority of dollars spent within communities and transferring their profits to other jurisdictions to lessen their tax burden. This is one practice that has gone too far and been allowed to go on too long. The majority of dollars spent within a community should stay within that community and not be siphoned off into the pockets of a few, this would create more vibrant communities and benefit everyone in terms of wealth creation and increased job opportunities.

I don't see how schools can operate in this scenario, they will be a major conduit for infection as they are with all flu viruses.

Unfortunately plenty of disbelievers walking among us who can compromise containment efforts, sitting in a parking lot yesterday I witnessed an employee in hazmat suit including full ventilator coming out of a BC govt. liquor store after closing, obviously a member of the cleaning crew. This yahoo gets out of a pickup truck and goes out of his way to to intercept the guy on his way to the dumpster and engages him in conversation with lots of emphatic arm waving for a few of minutes, caps it off by high-fiving the guys rubber glove than proceeds across the parking lot straight into the grocery store that I had just exited.

Pat "Whitey" Stapleton, longtime Blackhawk defenceman and a member of the Canada's Summit Series team in 1972 who is alleged to have fished the puck out of the net after Paul Henderson scored the series-winning goal over the Soviet Union in Game 8. Also a founding member of the WHA which brought professional hockey to Winnipeg in 1972. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/pat-stapleton-obit-summit-series-1.5528668

Signs going up on highways into BC restricting traffic. Highway 16, in both directions. Travel advisory in effect at BC-Alberta Border. Highway 16 Travel Advisory in effect. Avoid non-essential travel over the BC-Alberta border. Next update time Mon Apr 13 at 7:00 PM PDT. Last updated Thu Apr 9 at 11:01 AM PDT. (DBC-17189) Highway 1 Both Directions - Highway 1, in both directions. Travel advisory in effect at BC-Alberta Border. Highway 1 Travel Advisory in effect. Avoid non-essential travel over the BC-Alberta boarder. Next update time Mon Apr 13 at 7:00 PM MDT. Last updated Thu Apr 9 at 12:01 PM MDT. (DBC-17188)

Problem is the facts are being generated as we go, no one actually knows what the next few months hold in store, everyone is guessing. My fear is if they moderate restrictions too soon, we might have to go through this strict isolation stage all over again, which would have an even greater economic impact as people's reserve funds will be diminished even more so. Any business that relies on discretionary spending is likely to be devastated as consumers are already in financial lock-down and are not anxious to part with any reserves they have accumulated. Easter coming up this weekend is a critical test, it could throw a serious spanner into the works if people relax social distancing and insist on congregating en-masse. I see the East Kootenay region is trying to encourage Albertans to stay the **** away and take their mud-bogging activities elsewhere. Stay tuned.

Sure why not, no matter the death toll those in power will always have access to the resources to protect themselves and their families from the worst circumstances of their actions. No worries for the multitude of citizens who could potentially die in their homes with no access to treatment, once their health care system is overwhelmed. Katrina?....Katrina who???

Here is the danger in following Sweden's more open approach, especially the last line which could easily lead to a spike in preventable moralities. "But in the past few days, there's been a dramatic spike in deaths. Reuters reported Monday that Sweden has had 477 coronavirus-related deaths (up 76 from Sunday) and 7,206 cases (up 376 from Sunday). Per capita, that's more than three times as many as next door in Norway, which has enforced much stricter quarantine measures. Even more worrying, the health agency also confirms cases of COVID-19 have now been detected in one-third of the nursing homes in the capital city Stockholm." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/swedes-trust-in-government-put-to-test-as-coronavirus-deaths-spike-1.5522852

Interesting article, but if this is their strategy I can see it absolutely backfiring, ramping up their economy to produce crap we don't really need will do them little good if all Western economies and consumers are in lock down. "As the geopolitical upheavals set off by the pandemic shudder with a force without precedent since the Second World War, some things, however, are clear and plain. China’s most draconian lockdowns have been lifted. Beijing is claiming victory over the plague. And the Chinese Communist Party is seizing what its senior officials are calling the “opportunity” of the pandemic to realize the party’s long-game objective of fully eclipsing North America and Europe in the global order." "Battered by the worst first-quarter economic performance since 1976, the Chinese economy is now being shifted into hyperdrive. Production is already back on track to achieve Beijing’s goal of making 2020 the year the country’s annual Gross Domestic Product doubles in size from 2010 to $13.1 trillion. But Beijing isn’t just doubling down on its usual methods, which involve constraining access to China’s growing markets while securing technological and global supply-chain dominance in critical trade sectors, and otherwise resorting to crude foreign-policy strong-arm tactics to get its way." If they tie their plan to ideology they'll create the opposite effect they intended, and create immense push-back. We may not fully understand how they operate but it's clear they don't understand how we operate either. "What’s new is that the Chinese state is committing vast resources to a hybrid strategy of intensified propaganda and information control in lockstep with an aggressive Russian-style disinformation effort. Aimed almost entirely at western audiences, the effort takes its cues from several Kremlin-backed operations, most obviously the barrage of fabricated “news” unleashed on behalf of the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Experts in the field say Beijing isn’t just selling a “narrative” anymore. The new strategy is intended to spread chaos and confusion and incite mistrust of governments in democratic countries. According to an analysis undertaken by the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Beijing is adopting “increasingly aggressive tactics and techniques” and rapidly ramping up its messaging on social media platforms, often cross-pollinating with Russian and Iranian disinformation efforts and amplifying conspiracy theories from fringe third-party websites." https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-the-breakthrough-xi-jinping-has-been-waiting-for-and-hes-making-his-move/

OJ's not wrong Tiger King is crazy, it's a deep reflection of a crazy society of which he and the current president are spokespersons.

Thanks. Here are the details, pretty much what I predicted above. This weekend’s WrestleMania will be different in a way no one could have imagined last year: professional wrestling’s largest and most iconic event will not have a single fan in attendance. Aside from the absence of fans and the change from a one-night event to two, WrestleMania 36 will take place somewhere no other WWE event of this scale has been held — at the company’s Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, which is typically used as a training facility for future prospects. https://people.com/sports/why-wwe-decided-to-still-hold-wrestlemania-its-not-going-to-be-perfect-paul-levesque-says/

How and where are they holding the event?

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out, many sports could survive on broadcast and sponsorship revenue alone if they had to, which should increase dramatically if no one is allowed to congregate to view the actual event, viewership should go up through the roof. Sports organizations may have to reduce their costs initially to adjust by reducing salaries, but in time costs should balance out with revenues. I think it's viable to ensure that say 200 participants (football) are not infected with the Covid virus in order to stage an event, even if all involved are examined on a weekly basis. I expect the UFC will lead the way in staging the first "virtual event" of this kind with their upcoming fight card, all they need to do is stage the event on a closed set and reap the broadcast revenue. Hopefully what I'm suggesting is only a temporary fix but if leagues want to survive and remain viable short-term they may have to consider these options.

Trump did it last week, Kenney follows suit this week. Alberta suspends environmental reporting requirements for industry amid coronavirus crisis EDMONTON — Alberta has suspended environmental reporting requirements for industry under emergency powers the province has enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “All requirements to report information pursuant to provisions in approvals or registrations are suspended,” reads a ministerial order signed Tuesday by Environment Minister Jason Nixon. Since Alberta’s regulatory system depends on self-reporting, the move effectively suspends environmental regulation in the province, said Shaun Fluker, a law professor at the University of Calgary. “We don’t send officials out to ensure that terms and conditions are being complied with,” he said. “That (information) gap means arguably we’re not just halting reporting, we’re halting the operation of the regulatory system. “We lose the ability to exercise compliance and enforcement measures.” The suspension applies to three pieces of legislation at the heart of environmental protection in the province: the Water Act, the Public Lands Act and the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act." https://calgaryherald.com/commodities/energy/alberta-suspends-environmental-reporting-requirements-over-covid-crisis/wcm/ec5221c0-02a6-41d5-8925-b3048b5216e1/