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  1. 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)
  2. 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.
  3. 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???
  4. 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
  5. 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/
  6. 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.
  7. 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/
  8. How and where are they holding the event?
  9. 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.
  10. 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/
  11. Not sure which behaviour is more bizarre, Asians eating them or us feeding and housing them.
  12. Attempting to play the season would mean paying player salaries plus facility fees and all associated costs, the bulk of their expenses with no guarantee income can even cover the cost, going into hibernation and reducing expenses to the minimum is probably a cheaper and less risky alternative. Unfortunately a lot of the players currently making a living in the CFL will probably have to move on to other careers fairly quickly to make ends meet.
  13. I might have my wires crossed but there was some talk during the last AB. election that Kenney planned to plough funds from the provincial pension fund back in to AB. industry by increasing public ownership of oil and gas resources and help prop up the industry. On first glance it sounds a bit like red communism, but have no fear the public will never own any assets for the money spent, it will disappear into fat pockets without a trace, and the public will be left with a worthless piece of paper.
  14. Cut 20,000 education assistant jobs one day, provide a dose of corporate welfare the next.....nothing to see here, business as usual in AB. Keystone XL to proceed with $7B commitment from Alberta government The long-awaited Keystone XL pipeline is finally moving ahead. And in the latest major twist in its long journey, the Alberta government is set to take an equity stake and provide a loan guarantee to the project during a period of turmoil in global energy markets, with a total financial commitment of just over $7 billion. https://calgaryherald.com/business/varcoe-keystone-xl-to-proceed-with-7b-provincial-commitment/wcm/90c5c054-694d-4da9-a5e9-9aefd3cf28e1/ Pink slips for 20,000 school support staff in Alberta the biggest COVID-19 layoff in Canada Those affected are education assistants, drivers, secretaries and other support staff. The UCP says they’re lounging about uselessly because kids aren’t attending schools https://nationalpost.com/opinion/braid-ucp-forces-as-many-as-20000-layoffs-in-canadas-biggest-pink-slip-binge/wcm/f053a5f6-78ac-47a0-bb1b-eab5d5da081c
  15. Yoseph Goebbels, Hermann was the fat fly-boy that liked to dress up in women's underwear. You're right about the quote though, suits Trump's motive to a Tee. "His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it."
  16. As good a time as any to return the Bank of Canada to it's original purpose. If not now than probably never. Restore the use of the Bank of Canada to its original purpose, by exercising its public statutory duty and responsibility. That purpose includes making interest-free loans to the municipal/provincial/federal governments for ‘human capital’ expenditures (education, health, other social services) and/or infrastructure expenditures. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-bank-of-canada-should-be-reinstated-to-its-original-mandated-purposes
  17. Trump wants to change the name to the Chinese or "Wuhan virus" but is receiving push back, one confirmed case of a border-jumper being infected and he'll scapegoat us by branding it the "Canadian virus"! It's all about pointing the finger outward. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/g-7-failed-to-agree-on-statement-after-u-s-insisted-on-calling-coronavirus-outbreak-wuhan-virus?video_autoplay=true Personally I still feel terrible that we were responsible for 9-11.
  18. This might have something to do with it. They should force people who knowingly boarded flights while sick to attend any funerals they cause. How sick Canadian travellers are masking COVID-19 symptoms to get through airport screening Canadians desperate to return home from abroad in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic are easily circumventing air travel screening aimed at preventing sick and infected passengers from boarding planes, CBC News has found. Some are simply hiding symptoms from officials to ensure they can get back home. CBC News has found a number of instances where sick travellers have boarded airplanes back to Canada, no matter the risks of spreading infection. "Now is just the worst time to be coughing, sneezing or reporting any kind of symptom at an airport," said one university student in Toronto, who flew home from Spain on March 14. She admitted she purposely hid her symptoms and the fact she'd been suffering a fever hours before boarding the flight. "It wasn't information you volunteered. So I just stayed quiet about it." https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/how-sick-canadian-travellers-are-masking-covid-19-symptoms-to-get-through-airport-screening-1.5508276
  19. Just taking a look at what the stock market did today should tell you that's probably not going to happen, anytime there's an event like this wealthy people find a way to exploit it and expand their wealth and power.
  20. Narcissistic personality disorder Symptoms Signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and the severity of symptoms vary. People with the disorder can: Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it Exaggerate achievements and talents Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations Take advantage of others to get what they want Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others Be envious of others and believe others envy them Behave in an arrogant or haughty manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they perceive as criticism, and they can: Become impatient or angry when they don't receive special treatment Have significant interpersonal problems and easily feel slighted React with rage or contempt and try to belittle the other person to make themselves appear superior Have difficulty regulating emotions and behavior Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, vulnerability and humiliation
  21. However long it takes, you seem to think the problem will be solved within 60 days, I'm guessing it won't.
  22. 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.
  23. Ooops......misread.
  24. What worked in 2016 still works today, as long as they have Medlock kicking field goals, it's all good.
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