Canada’s covid-19 second wave is a humbling moment after a summer of bragging

Discussion in 'Politics' started by TreeFrogTrader, Dec 22, 2020.

  1. Oh you could always come to Seattle or Portland. Plenty of your comrades are enjoying "the hustle and bustle" on the streets.

    Be sure to wear your helmet along with your mask.
     
    #701     Jun 8, 2021
  2. UsualName

    UsualName

    That’s how we roll in Jersey. Helmets and masks, but no guns. Remember low crime rate here and high quality of life.
     
    #702     Jun 8, 2021
  3. Got it. Newark is where people move to feel safe. You guys provide a high level of social support and neighborhood support too.

    We did not have that when I was growing up in Maine. Just family and community working together. Yeh, I know. Behind the times. And Maine, at the time, had the higher per household gun ownership rate in the country and the lowest gun related and murder rate in the country.

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    #703     Jun 8, 2021
  4. UsualName

    UsualName

    Ohh yeah, your pleasant personality screams you received boatloads of love and affection from your family and community.
     
    #704     Jun 8, 2021
  5. Thank you.

    I owe a lot to the privilege of growing up where everything was not about me.
     
    #705     Jun 8, 2021
  6. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The Canadian press and cartoonists are still enjoying sticking it to the Maple Leafs --- Canada's most underachieving hockey team.

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    #706     Jun 9, 2021
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  7. Oh man. That's savage right there.

    Frig, that's brutal.

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    #707     Jun 9, 2021
  8. Wow.

    The racist and homophobic barbarians in Toronto are taking over.

    I guess that is what "Canadian values" are beginning to look like.

    Shameful.

    TORONTO | News
    Man says he was 'nearly beat to death' during violent homophobic assault at Toronto Island
    https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/man-says...omophobic-assault-at-toronto-island-1.5463129


    Muslim family targeted by a pickup truck in Toronto, 4 killed, 1 seriously injured according to Canadian police
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/nati...0210607-llrxy4pbf5c4li5xw2vwc4vpke-story.html


    Shameful.
     
    #708     Jun 9, 2021
  9. luisHK

    luisHK

    Bullshit, peace and harmony reign in Canada.

    The car attack respected covid protocols, shaking hands is illegal, at least with a car one keeps social distancing and doesn't risk harming the community spreading nasty viruses, like the flu. It s all good.

    In other news, travel restrictions might be eased in the near future...to fully vaccinated canadians.


    Such a dystopian country...
     
    #709     Jun 10, 2021
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    And it's not getting any better for the Maple Leafs in their home town...

    Toronto mayor jokingly calls for 'complete investigation' after CN Tower is lit up to honour Montreal Canadiens
    https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-...lit-up-to-honour-montreal-canadiens-1.5463030

    Maple Leaf fans may have thought that things couldn’t get much worse after their team lost another first round series in heartbreaking fashion but a decision to light up the CN Tower in the colours of the rival Montreal Canadiens appears to be putting that theory to the test.

    The local landmark, which is federally owned, was lit red, blue and white on Tuesday night after the Habs beat the Winnipeg Jets to become the only Canadian team left in the NHL playoffs.

    The move prompted a significant outcry on social media with many Leafs fans wondering aloud whether somebody lost a bet and others using relatively choice words to question the decision and the motivations behind it.

    “Clearly there is something here that needs to be looked into,” Mayor John Tory said during an appearance on CP24 on Wednesday morning. “Obviously there is somebody over there who is a Habs fan in which case there needs to be a full and complete investigation or somebody lost a bet.”

    The CN Tower tweeted out a picture of the Canadiens-inspired lighting scheme on Tuesday night, noting that it was done to honour the team “that will go on to represent Canada’s hope for a 2021 Stanley Cup.”

    But the decision did not sit well with many Leafs fans, including Tory who will soon have to raise a Habs flag at Nathan Phillips Square to fulfill a bet with Montreal’s mayor.

    “I've had it in my possession (the flag) for two or three days and I just haven't been able to bring myself to go to the square, attach it to the rope and actually reel it up. In fact I even thought maybe somebody could do it in the middle of the night, take a picture and then just say it was done and we can get it back down again. But having said that, a bet is a bet,” Tory said Wednesday.



    Tory did take to social media on Wednesday to confirm that the Toronto sign will not be lit up in Canadiens colours.

    He also told CP24 that he expects the CN Tower to look into its decision to honour the Montreal Canadiens given the bad memories it has brought back for Leafs fans.

    “You just think about any one of those games at the latter part of the series there if we've won that we'd gone on and taken those Jets out. We would be down to the final four and we would have so much momentum that I think we'd be getting organized for something much better but it is what it is,” he lamented.
     
    #710     Jun 13, 2021