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HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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https://mobile.twitter.com/jameswattie/status/1398388807699943426

De Villa wants schools open

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HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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apatheticman posted:

Im serious when I ask this.

Do we know why Canadian uptake is so high compared to the rest of the world (well atleast the US)?

One thing I think we have going for us is the first-dose strategy. In the US cases are dropping a lot right now, things are opening up, the sense of urgency is passing. They gave out a lot of shots over the past few months, but many went to second doses. Here in Canada, the vaccine availability ramped up during the third wave. The sense of urgency was high, and we locked in a lot of first doses. Cases are dropping and the urgency will probably start fading, but most people will probably get their second shot when their appointment comes up.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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I wouldn't say I care about the CFL, but I've gone to a few games and they're fun. Rules are better than the NFL imo

Anyway in real news:
https://twitter.com/paulvieira/status/1399783886771699717

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Another Bill posted:

There's some kind of organized effort to get schools to reopen but I can't figure out who or why. Only the dumbest dickbags I know want schools to reopen at this point.

I feel like it's primarily being driven by middle-class parents working from home tearing their hair out, but that's just a sense I get.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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It's going to be that schools aren't opening.

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Nov 19, 2003
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MA-Horus posted:

At a time when parks are being used more than ever before, I bring you the National Post!

https://twitter.com/accessd/status/1400155095808065542?s=19

Quite the ratio there

Articles like this are what I've started calling hate-bait: they're made to be shared by/get clicks from people outraged by the content. Which is not to say this moron doesn't believe what he writes.

Also: Love the editor that ran a picture of a packed park with this

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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I've heard from a few doctors that people are now vaccine shopping for Pfizer over Moderna (this is in ON). They had unfilled appointments so I got a Moderna yesterday even though my first shot was Pfizer.

So if you're trying to secure a dose see if you can find any doctor's offices offering Moderna

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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ON just updated the second dose availability schedule:
https://twitter.com/KamilKaramali/status/1405573170783047682

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Starks posted:

Does this mean all of Toronto is a hotspot now, postal codes be damned?

Yes

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Spring Break My Heart posted:

How many seats total changed parties?



It's kinda impressive how little changed

(of course that's net seat changes, but still)

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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https://mobile.twitter.com/CityNewsYEG/status/1440834817159884807

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Max got his Twitter account suspended

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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eXXon posted:

I'm not seeing that since he still has dozens of tweets up from the last few days.

Turns out it's just a 12 hour ban: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maxime-bernier-twitter-threatening-tweets-1.6186915
I'm sure that will show him

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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MA-Horus posted:

Just as The Coward Douglas Ford can't stop being a gormless nitwit coward, The Bastard Jason Kenney can't stop waking up every day and choosing to kill his constituents.

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At the very least it seems Ford can be spurred to action by yelling at him loudly enough.

The only reason ON is in the relatively good place it's in right now is that Ford folds when put under enough pressure. Of course it means we're always being reactive rather than proactive but I'm quite glad I don't live in AB.

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Nov 19, 2003
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enki42 posted:

I do have to say I'm pleasantly surprised we've gone this long with cases plateauing and even dropping without a peep of stage 4 being a possibility.

Yeah slow rolling this reopening has basically been the only thing he's gotten right from the start. I'm guessing he's looking at what's happening in AB right now and thinking he doesn't want to be that guy.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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A tale of two provinces
https://twitter.com/CP24/status/1443256131569192965
https://twitter.com/HeidiPCTV/status/1443279322941435913

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Surgeries for cancer patients should be prioritized over care for unvaxxed COVID patients.

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Nov 19, 2003
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Chicken posted:

I have no evidence for this but I believe there is a (likely small) portion of anti-vaxxers who are just scared of needles and don't want to admit it, likely due to toxic masculinity. A vaccine that's one shots instead of two might have some impact on vaccine rates.

I've seen talk of potentially making a nasal spray based vaccine. It's probably too late for that to make a difference now, but in the future (even just for flu vaccines) it would be interesting to see how much that affects hesitancy.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Here's an article about places in Hamilton being fined for not enforcing, so far 4 places have been fined there: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/vaccine-passport-charges-new-1.6207913

Anyway, here's the latest on that:
https://twitter.com/robferguson1/status/1448739460670279685

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:

I mean he was outpolling Ford for a bit despite nobody knowing who he was earlier this year IIRC.

I think "name recognition" is something politcal pundits love to fawn over but has little bearing to actual performance.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Noblesse Obliged posted:

My bigger issue is that there’s no metric for inflation that is meaningful to regular people. It’s decided upon by those who use it to benefit capital over workers.

If inflation was calculated based on real things that everyone has to have like food, shelter, energy etc then maybe it would be useful for this.

They purposefully exclude all of those things and then announce inflation is at 2.2% while we pay 20% more for real things we need.

This is the list of things included in the CPI:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/62f0014m/62f0014m2021015-eng.htm
and the weightings are here:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1810000701

Certainly there are objections to be made with how inflation is calculated, but claiming it excludes "food, shelter, energy" is just plain wrong.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Yeah there are tons of LCBOs all over the province, and it's a government owned asset that has the logistical know-how to distribute product. Also, everyone knows where they are.

The announcements today were good, too bad they didn't do all this two weeks ago. But I guess that's just how Doug rolls.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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The coward Doug Ford will be holding a presser at 3:30

"The Ontario government is considering reducing gathering sizes, cutting capacity limits and changing the definition of fully vaccinated to include three doses as COVID-19 cases soar in the province."

Last one is interesting.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Someone already tried to run over a bunch of them in Winnipeg I believe

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Nov 19, 2003
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This guy sums up my thoughts on the situation perfectly: Why do we all have to live in someone else's never-ending juvenile fantasy?

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Nov 19, 2003
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Starsfan posted:

I think it was already in the works prior to the "truckers" protests for what it's worth.. Was already announced last week before they blockaded the border at southern Alberta to my recollection that the UCP would have a very special announcement for their demented followers coming up.

The annoying thing is that this was going to happen relatively soon anyway but now the "truckers" are going to take credit for it

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Gros Tarla posted:

This is happening after Trudeau is rumored to remove mandatory testing at the border.

Wonder if the two are related, considering there was an emergency meeting with all leaders yesterday.

Only for the vaxxed though, according to what I saw

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Cops are clearing the ambassador bridge right now

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Nov 19, 2003
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Cocaine Bear posted:

It seems silly, but I strongly believe this is an existential threat to the existence of the Canadian government and its brand of democracy and needs to be met with loving consequences.

It's kinda funny, despite that disrupting the federal government appears to be the primary goal of this, parliament has been sitting all week, seemingly without issue.

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Negotiating with terrorists: famously a good idea

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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So Ford is removing the vaccine mandate and Trudeau might be invoking the Emergencies Act

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Nov 19, 2003
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MasterSitsu posted:

Even if that's true (LOL) they are going to take credit for it and just double down and make masks the next demand.

https://twitter.com/Tommy_Slick/status/1403455163524812800

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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They don't even respect people's "freedom" to wear a mask if they choose.

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Nov 19, 2003
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https://mobile.twitter.com/ByJamesKeller/status/1493282670985375749
So this is fun

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Looking forward to the same people who spent the past two weeks trying to pin this on Trudeau suddenly being mad that he's doing something about it

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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Wait so now they've included crypto into FINTRAC and apparently they intend to pass a law later to make this permanent? Because lol

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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More reliable source:
https://twitter.com/HannahThibedeau/status/1493624538705375232

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sloly-ottawa-resigns-behaviour-leadership-1.6352295

Lot of internal details here regarding the resignation

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
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https://twitter.com/curryb/status/1493671175205101574

Wanting to overthrow a democratically elected government because you don't like it is unacceptable yes. Also it's not the "views" that being punished, it's the attempted implementation of said views.

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Nov 19, 2003
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Musk conveniently supports the protest that cost his competitors millions of dollars

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