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Mixed news today. Credible reports that Trump and America have begun hijacking supplies destined for Canada, France, etc, from tarmacs and aircraft being loaded in China.
Links:
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/global-battle-coronavirus-equipment-masks-tests
- http://www.rfi.fr/en/europe/20200402-china-coronavirus-face-mask-france-stolen-us
- https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/us-snatches-60m-france-bound-medical-masks-from-tarmac-in-china
- https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/us-blocks-medical-aid-to-cuba-in-show-of-wild-west-brutality
And that Trump is invoking "The Patriot Act" to pressure US companies to keep supplies manufactured there to themselves:
- https://globalnews.ca/news/6772979/coronavirus-3m-n95-respirators-trump-canada/
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/3m-says-trump-halting-mask-exports-to-canada-has-significant-humanitarian-implications-1.4881032
- https://mothership.sg/2020/04/trump-3m-10-million-masks/
I really hope, and I mean really hope, that we - and every other country in the world - hold the US accountable for their actions. They are the bully in the playground that should be shunned. Yes, blame their president, but they've had their chance to remove him - and still do. We should keep our borders closed for a very long time after this - and every other country in the world - to Americans, to their products and ideological idiocy. Stop reporting on their news, stop exporting their culture, it's toxic, toxic as hell.
Imagine watching a ship sinking, you're on that ship, an idiot begins throwing women and children out of the lifeboats, hoarding up the life preservers, ...
Actually, you don't have to imagine it. It's real, and it's happening right now, and everyone down there is in awe at his performance.
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Meanwhile, to ensure that no good deed goes unpunished Captain Brett Crozier is applauded by his crew while being fired for requesting quarantine for his sailors. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/03/coronavirus-capt-brett-crozier-gets-send-off-uss-roosevelt/2939098001/
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In better news, BC has seen a remarkable drop in cases, they have almost entirely flattened their curve with under 500 active cases. I personally didn't think they were doing enough, I was wrong. Excellent.
And, Alberta, after a sharp spike the last couple of days once again dropped to levels not seen since a couple of weeks ago - the spike to be expected as symptoms wouldn't appear for a couple of weeks after contracting the virus, if the new cases stand at 10% or less we're winning in a big way.
Here's a useful tool by the government that shows the spread and distribution of infection: https://covid19stats.alberta.ca/
Throughout all of this our government - and premiers - have done extraordinarily well. Congratulations - and Thank You.
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Lol. Some good memes on the end of days, specifically on a phonetic re-reading of the Book of Revelations, which should scare the fuck out of every Christian out there since they have elected them into being!
The title courtesy of Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/fo441b/and_lol_the_trumppence_will_sound/
Meanwhile, a couple of graphs/images grabbed from the net that illustrate how Alberta's early action is throttling the virus:
Note that on the 15th Alberta closed schools, many employers, etc. Social Distancing works. Our curve is flattening. BC began taking action days later, Ontario almost a week. This may well be the only Alberta Advantage at the moment, but it's a good one, our "curve" is starting to flatten.
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Link: http://calgaryherald.com/life/swerve/cheap-date-words-go-wild-at-wordfests-literary-death-match
It kinda looks good, and the start time creates the false sense of hope - that maybe, just maybe, if I can finish work on time, I can go...
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If I could draw just a little bit,...no, an awful lot better, I'd be attending these:
Link: http://www.offbeatfiguredrawing.com/
Rather more interesting models, live music, wine, and I suspect a more competent array of amateurs. Which I'm thinking might be some incentive to start practicing ... need to wire up the tDCS and get to work.
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And could not let the occasion of the landmark overthrow of the PC party - symbols of all the privilege, arrogance, ignorance and entitlement that have governed this province the past 40 years, go unremarked. Congratulations to the NDP, and hopefully this opens the door to a more intelligent and enlightened future.
Or not. We'll see.