Justin Trudeau announces sweeping steps to tackle coronavirus in Canada

Polarizing through sowing discord and division!

The figure of the rabble-rouser who penetrates the boundaries of local communities to instigate unrest is, of course, far from new. The “outside agitator” was central to the race- and red-baiting rhetoric deployed against civil rights protesters during the 1960s. During that  time, conservatives spread the theory that small groups of criminals, who included both white activists (many of whom were Jewish) and “deviant” Blacks, infiltrated African-American communities in both the north and the south in order to foment unrest. As then-president of the West Virginia State Bar Association, William C. Beatty put it, civil disobedience was the result of “mob action tailor made for those few malcontents who desire the total breakdown of organized society.” Often portrayed as players in a communist conspiracy, these outsiders were presented as acting not in the interests of African Americans, but to further their own ulterior motives.

When I learn of a promising new emerging artist from the New York Times, it just makes me feel old and as out of touch as ever.

Grimes born Claire Elise Boucher in Vancouver.  Apparently in a relationship with Elon Musk, could be pregnant with his child.   The YouTube video posted in the NYT article left me rather indifferent though I do smile every time I see the influence of 'prog rock' on contemporary pop music.

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   Fantastic shot!   

Calgary wildlife officer uses shotgun to free deer who locked antlers

US health system costs four times more to run than Canada's single-payer system

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Don Pittis:  Between motivated employees knowing McCain has their backs and the many buyers of Maple Leaf Foods products who are glad the company executive has taken what he saw as a moral stance in an immoral world, it is very possible shareholders will benefit in the longer term.

Agreed.  Except it is not "very possible" but more than likely.  It is hard to buy favourable publicity like this.  Trump even has conservative politicos in this country shaking their heads in bewilderment.  

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Justin Trudeau: US escalation partly to blame for Iran plane deaths
Canadian PM says victims would still be alive if not for rising tensions party triggered by US


“I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home with their families,” the Canadian prime minister said in an interview with Global television.

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LOL!  Doubt these visitors/immigrants will be going on the dole soon.

In passing, most immigrants coming to Canada these days are uneducated with at the best modest skills.   Family reunification.  

Unskilled foreigners seek move to Canada

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he should have gone with sir John A mutton chops

Justin Trudeau and the politics of facial hair

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Let's put a positive spin on this.   Neither the grandfather or the granddaughter were shot by a gun.  Neither of them died.

Both the bank and the Vancouver Police Department have plenty of egg on their face.   Maxwell Johnson can sue for damages if he chooses to do so.  


The negative spin?   This incident just scratches the surface of endemic racism against British Columbia First Nations.  

Indigenous grandfather and 12-year-old handcuffed in front of Vancouver bank after trying to open an account

Premier John Horgan says he wants British Columbia to take better advantage of the province’s worldwide reputation as a producer of its top notch B.C. bud.
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Premier John Horgan vows to return B.C. bud to its ‘legendary’ status

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Come one John.  Ever heard of 'first mover advantage'?  And if so, why was the roll-out so slow?  

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Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show