Like many of you, I think about this pandemic, and our collective response(s) to it often. I’m not obsessed, it’s just hard to get away from whenever you turn on the news or yes, your computer to look at stories that are trending. They all seem to be pandemic related. Canada? Just today I read that there was a serious look at moving the military in to break up the protestors. How about a few days before when GoFundMe attempted to steal monies donated to those same protestors?
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It may be that the thing many have been discussing for some years now, regulating ”Big Tech”, is about to begin. I don’t think a federal solution is required. In fact, the feds becoming involved would only gum things u and leave whatever new law more fungible than the last because those legislators in Washington are far more willing to compromise with those same companies because those legislators are more flexible (ca-ching!) toward big business than the average state.
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Anyone pay attention to the recent study by Johns Hopkins University which concluded that over the last two years, with lockdowns, and school closures, and social distancing, and yes, even the vaccine, that the number of deaths without doing all of these things would be 0.2% different. You read that correctly: two-tenths-of-one-percent.. If you were watching any news other than Fox recently (last week) you would not have heard this or if you read any mainstram papers? The same.
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I noticed a thread in Twitter recently that open criticized Joe Rogan’s use of expertise in his shows about COVID. One interview was with one of the researchers that had helped discover/develop mRNA technology for vaccines, the other was an eminent cardiologist/epidemiologist. The tweeter, an M.D. himself had problems with these interviews and of course the people being interviewed.
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O saw, last evening that the Canadian PM has learned how to wi friends and influence people from H
illary Clinton. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the tweet where he condemned Canadians that were part of or supported the trucker protest like this:
Today in the House, Members of Parliament unanimously condemned the antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia that we’ve seen on display in Ottawa over the past number of days. Together, let’s keep working to make Canada more inclusive.
People just want to regain their freedom and independence from government and this is how their government responds to them.,
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