Showing posts with label rent subsidies. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 1, 2020

Nov. 1 And Nowhere Near to the End of the October 31st Headlines Dealing With

 Covid19

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November 1, 2020

As the title suggests, it's now November 1, 2020 but I am nowhere near the end of posting the headlines up until October 31st's datelines. Over time they just accumulated and accumulated because there was so freaking many of them, that it was near impossible for me to get them all posted in a timely manner. So now I guess I'll be making several more posts over several more days to get caught up on the headlines going up until October 31st. After that date I am no longer keeping track of them unless there's a major occurrence (like say the case to death ratio changes radically for the worse, or a vaccine is finally available,  or the whole country or several whole countries are put into strict lockdown). Changes akin to those will cause me to reopen and continue blogging about COVID19. Until or unless that happens I'll just get to the end of the headlines I have and let it be except for the Bill Gates article and maybe a few other fun articles here and there so that the blog isn't totally dormant. 

As for what kept me from working on it recently well there's a new toilet, The Old Guard (movie), takeout dinner with son who helped us pick up the new toilet (he has a jeep Cherokee and we have just a car), he stayed for dinner and the movie. 
 
Then today we're dealing with a dachshund that seems to have a problem with a shoulder joint or something like that. It's a sudden new thing, but we don't know what she did to cause it, or if it's even a joint paint and not a rib pain, or something like that. She walks around and all, and climbs the stairs no problem but is hesitant to come down the stairs. All I know is the pain seems to be near her shoulders.  We still need to look for a pet bed for our dog so she can sleep downstairs instead of upstairs where she normally sleeps. So tomorrow if we can we want to take her to see the vet. 

Plus we've had to go exchange a defective glucose meter my husband had at the pharmacy, who was obviously still on DST as she was locking the door just as we got there and we got there an hour before she normally closes when she's on same time as the rest of us.
 
So like everyone else, real life sometimes gets in the way of all my best laid plans too....
 
That being said, I'm now settling in to add as many headlines as I can to try to get caught up as soon as possible. So get comfortable and dig in....
 

 

 

I've always found solace in nature and so that accounts for why I live where I do. Though suburbanization is slowly encroaching on it, so soon there won't be any more of the pristine beauty that drew us to the area. Instead it'll be filled with houses who's front yards will looked like used car lots with the amount of cars the owners have. Like the neighbours across the street from us. There's 2 people there but they have 3 cars. They have 3 garage spaces for those cars, but do they park them in them? Nooooo instead they have to park them all out front in our faces destroying the beauty of the area - because now instead of seeing grass and water we see ugly cars and water.  The person who used to live there always had their vehicles parked in the garages so there was never a problem. It was a beautiful scenery here, as the houses blended in with the scenery. Now we have his ugly mansion and his used car lot blighting the beauty of the landscape. It's enough to make us want to sell our house and move somewhere nicer. Though I will miss some of our neighbours if we choose to go that route. 
 

Gawd, I hope not. I'm already to the point where I detest wearing masks. Being asthmatic, I sometimes have a hard time to breath with one on and at those times I just want to rip the mask off my face, but don't because I know the backlash I'll get from all the sanctimonious idiots who believe all the hyperbole from the media, hook, line and sinker and believe they'll die the moment I remove my mask because they've been brainwashed to believe that.
 

 

 

 
Coronavirus updates: Wisconsin, Dakotas scramble for hospital beds; COVID outbreak kills nearly 8K minks at Utah farms; 212K US deaths That's sad that it's that lethal for mink considering they're such cute little creatures. It's equally sad that that many Americans have lost their lives to it too. Or for that matter than anyone loses their life to this disease, especially it could've been controlled and stamped out basically at the very beginning if the leaders and head honcho witch doctors weren't so gung ho to let it into all their countries "just to see what happens" (I bet that was one of the main ideas on why they let it in, as in an experiment - a real live pandemic that they could use to experiment on - mostly social, economic and psychological behaviours and problems). Because honestly most of those nitwits are too blind to even see to the ends of their noses, nevermind what could happen as a result of........ (fill in the blank which ever way you want as there's plenty of ways this pandemic has affected us, our society, our economy, etc...). They probably thought whatever affects it might have they'd be minimal with minimal impact, but just enough to be able to study them. Or at least that's what they'll tell us if we ever ask such a pointed question.

 
 
 
 
 

I suppose this was to be expected, considering everything else has been cancelled, shutdown or postponed indefinitely. 

 

 

 

 
 
 
‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actor Sarah Levy Cast in COVID-Inspired Indie ‘Distancing Socially’ (EXCLUSIVE) It's not as if we're not already immersed in this nightmare, so I don't see why we need shows to add to it. 

 
The riskiest activities during COVID-19  I'll save you time and make it short & sweet, because it's basically the truth. Anything that brings you pleasure, fun, happiness or makes you feel loved is forbidden.  It's as simple as that.

I wasn't even aware they could get into the Atlantic Bubble, if they drove there. And forgive me for asking,  but how else are they moving there if not via road or railroad? Unless they're gazillionaires and can afford to fly all their belongings there. So how are they managing to move there if the minute they approach the NB they're forbidden entry? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zoom calls and online shopping: Life on Canadian farms in 2020 Pretty soon we'll have to figure out how to pixelize ourselves so we can live in that virtual world we're creating for ourselves because of this plandemic.

 
Urgent action needed to prevent 2nd wave of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care: ombudsman Yeah like that's going to happen, because if it was, it would've happened by now or should've anyhow.

 
Ottawa announces new rent relief program for businesses hit by COVID-19 closures From what I understand no one even knows how to go about applying for this assistance, and for most it's needed TODAY - November 1st.
 

 

 

 
 
 
New, voluntary COVID-19 restrictions in Edmonton as cases spike Didn't you learn from the start back in February when the Chinese travellers came here and we told them to voluntarily isolate and they didn't!?! Don't you understand that asking someone to voluntarily isolate is like asking someone to voluntarily stop eating completely? They won't, even if they could or wanted to.

 

 
COVID-19 pandemic reveals major gaps in privacy law, says watchdog I agree even the Telemedicine which is in QC isn't safe from CSIS. At least I know if I went to my doctor's office CSIS wouldn't be listening in there, but now we're forced to share our health problems with others outside our doctor's offices. At the very least CSIS if you're only on the phone, maybe the NSA and one of the other 5 spies (depending on which one it is that's listening to Canadian citizens on behalf of Canada this year). So it's not just the online video conferencing folks who have to worry about breaches of privacy but even those just talking on the phone do too.

 
 
 
 
COVID-19 vaccination lessons from Canada's largest-ever mass immunization effort Yup I remember that. Our whole family had the H1N1 virus before a vaccine was ever even available in our area. It's probably a good thing we got the virus too, considering the most it did to us was cause us to be foggy headed for a few days, but ever afterwards immune to just about everything else that came afterwards. None of us ever got a cold, or anything after that, except maybe this pesky virus (which we're all pretty sure we had but can't prove) which we also managed to slough off pretty easily too, compared to a lot of others out there.
 
‘Never had such high demand’: British Columbians keen on flu shots amid COVID-19 We finally got an appointment for our flu shots. I wasn't going to get one, but my husband wants one, so I might as well get one too then. So anyhow we get ours near the end of this month. 

 
 
 
China joins WHO-backed vaccine program COVAX rejected by Trump Why? So they can steal the research and samples and run off with that too like they did to the one they were working on with Canada? So in that case Trump was smart not to get involved as those who are involved aren't apt to see any of that research nor vaccine from it, now that China's involved. 

 
25th Amendment: Democrats pitch bill on presidential succession commission, citing Trump's COVID diagnosis It's supposed to go to Pence if Trump is unable to remain as president, and then if Pence can't assume the responsibilities for whatever reason then itchy fingers Pelosi gets the job and I'm sure that's why her panties are all in knots over this because she probably wants to make sure everyone knows her rights to ascension to the throne. She might even be devising ways in her head to get Pence out of the picture so she can just head directly to the throne, which she'd probably pass directly over to Hillary the Witch. I'm sorry but I've been looking at those 2 witches chomping at the bit for the past 4 years and I can very easily see that happening, if Trump weren't able to resume his duties as president. But in retrospect, he has, so, what a shame those 2 conniving witches weren't able to get control. 

 

How convenient. They were not only able to mention the 2nd wave but also prepare for it, et voila a couple of weeks later, one manifests for them.
 

I think that's pretty much true of all governments and if it isn't you'd have to question "why?". Is it because they have a slower than normal group of citizens - as in brains working a lot slower (and I'm beginning to think that might be the case here in Canada), or are they just a bunch of gutless conformists? Personally, I think it's both here in Canada, considering the QC government went all gestapo on us recently and no one batted an eyelash about it. Like it's perfectly normal and acceptable to have cops waltz into private home parties and break them up because of amount of people (not because of the substances being consumed there or the noise but because of the amount of people). I mean once they got their way there, what's stopping them from taking that one step further later when it seems beneficial to them for some reason or another and then one step further and so on, until everyone is obliged to provide lodging for 1 cop, so he's their in home gestapo boots.  And just to make sure you don't get too friendly with your inhome cop, they'll be rotated out every couple of days so you never ever get a chance to know or make friends with them. And those cops won't be posted for your protection.... No no no as that'll distract from their real job and that is keeping you in line. Your protection will continue to rely in after the fact calls to 911 and so on, who'll dispatch a squad car to your house to deal with that problem, while your cop detailed to watch you so you don't break the law, still continues to do that without let up. That's what's coming I think, if we don't revolt en masse. 

Anyhow enough of this for one day... More later on until I've reached the end of the headlines current to October 31st.... Until then take care and stay well.


 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Small Appliance Replacing, Last Minute Harvesting, Petition, Exhaustion &

Covid19

 

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October 24, 2020

The last few days I was crazy busy, trying to replace some of the broken small appliances I had - to make my cooking  easier, plus I had some stuff left in the garden that I absolutely had to harvest before the snow comes - which is supposedly coming as early as tomorrow night into Monday morning. Coupled with very little sleep for those days I was just totally exhausted last night and needed every second of sleep that I managed to get.
 
 It started with the shopping foray at Costco as my friend who's a member there, was going on and on about all the wonderful things and prices they have, and so I thought okay maybe I can get some things there at a lower price than say at Canadian Tire. So I took the Cdn Tire flyer which I had and wrote down the prices of the things that I needed to replace to bring with me to compare the prices with at Costco. So we went to Costco and basically spent the whole afternoon there because she loves the place and wanted to show me around. Anyhow I found 2 items I wanted and I guess when compared with the prices at Cdn Tire, between the two I saved $65 (and a membership is $60, so I decided maybe I'd get a membership too because who knows maybe later on there'll be other things we want or need and we'll save at least that much again, in any case my savings paid for the membership). But unlike her I wasn't all that enamoured of the place. I found it to be a too big to bother with place and a lot of empty shelves - I would never go explore the whole store as I hate shopping with a passion, to see a few sparsely stocked shelves here and there while overcrowding other shelves elsewhere. And the cost of the food, looked like a nightmare scenario come true.  Holy crap! Anyone who believes those prices are good has never been in a real grocery store in their lives and has only ever shopped there. My hair almost stood on end when I saw the prices of the meat and other foods. So after seeing all of that, I'm not even sure why we'd use our membership in the future. Maybe if there's something we want that seems expensive elsewhere we can go look there first before buying anything in case they have it cheaper. Who knows? All I know is I wasn't impressed.

So we went to Canadian Tire yesterday to get the other items that broke, seeing as how Costco didn't have any of them. We forgot one, so I guess we'll have to get it later on. Anyhow after coming home with them we had to unpack them and then take them apart to wash them and put them back together again for storage. That along with the usual household chores and trying to keep on top of the covid news, with only 6 hours sleep in the last 36 hours had me worn out and I couldn't have posted anything in here even if I had've wanted to as it wouldn't have made any sense probably. 
 
Now for the petition: 
 
#PublicHealthTransparencyNow: 

With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases, particularly in Ontario and Quebec, and the lack of appropriate leadership in these provinces, residents are becoming more frustrated. Policy implementation has been haphazard to say the least and without clear and transparent communication, the policies introduced are questionable at best.

Based on our combined frustrations, our team has collaborated with experts and members of the public to create petitions for both Ontario and Quebec asking the provincial governments for more transparency on public health data and their decision making processes.

We believe that clear, transparent and timely communication of evidence and its use in decision making is vital to earn public trust and establish a concerted effort among all residents to flatten the curve AGAIN. 

If you are an Ontario resident please sign and share the Ontario Petition.

If you are a Quebec resident please sign and share the QUEBEC petition.

THANK YOU!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who responded to our survey, particularly those of you who signed up to our volunteer database. We will be implementing your feedback and focusing our efforts on different tasks including a FAQ page for our volunteers to understand how our matching system works and revamping our website to reflect the amazing work that many of you have been involved with since the beginning! 

*NEW* We will also be highlighting those of YOU who have been part of the COVID-19 response within COVID-19 Resources Canada and with organizations where you were matched! Look out for emails from us with a form for you to fill out to be highlighted and featured in our upcoming bi-weekly updates and on our social media channels!

Thanks for staying involved! Please don’t hesitate to share your thoughts about how we can all continue to help with the COVID-19 response.


Sincerely,

The COVID-19 Resources Canada Team



#SantePubliqueTransparente: 
Avec l’augmentation rapide des cas de COVID-19, particulièrement en Ontario et au Québec, et le manque de gestion appropriée dans ces provinces, les résidents deviennent de plus en plus frustrés. L’implantation de politiques a été plutôt aléatoire et s’est effectuée sans communication transparente, ces politiques sont, au mieux, questionnables.

En se basant sur nos frustrations cumulées, notre équipe a collaboré avec des experts et des membres du public pour créer des pétitions pour l’Ontario et le Québec demandant aux gouvernements provinciaux plus de transparence concernant les données de santé publique et leurs processus décisionnels.

Nous croyons qu’une communication claire, transparente et opportune des évidences, ainsi que de leurs utilisations pour les prises de décision, est essentielle pour gagner la confiance du public et soutenir un effort concerté parmi tous les résidents en vue d’aplatir la courbe À NOUVEAU.

Si vous êtes résident de l’Ontario, s’il-vous-plaît signer et partager pétition ONTARIO. 

Si vous êtes résident du Québec, s’il-vous-plaît signer et partager pétition Québec.

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Sincèrement,

L’équipe de COVID-19 Resources Canada
 
 
 
So now let's see how far I can get with the headlines today before I fall asleep again or something else happens to stop me....
 

 
Accused of COVID price gouging, Calgary company pleads guilty and admits to 'grossly excessive' prices At least they were able to put a stop to it while the pandemic was still ongoing unlike the gouging during the '98 ice storm, which they only addressed so close to the end of it, it was pointless.
 
Terry Fox Run sees 20 per cent fundraising boost despite pandemic: organizers I guess when there's more people with nothing to do, there's more chance they choose to do things like this.

 

 

 
Ontario is pouring more than $500M into long-term care, but enhanced inspections aren't part of the plan Enhanced inspections aren't part of the plan eh? And they expect improvements without any inspections? Talk about dreaming in technocolour....
 
 
I like road trips more than resort trips so this would be right up my alley. 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Women are drinking nearly double during the coronavirus pandemic, study says Hey! Why not? We might as well enjoy ourselves or drink to forget what this virus has done to us, our families, our way of life, our livelihoods etc.... But I think we all pretty much have a reason to imbibe these days. If not for a way to forget at least maybe as a way of lightening the mood a bit. Maybe celebrating some of the small things in life, since we're officially forbidden to celebrate the larger things like weddings, birthdays, holidays and the like....

 

 
Health Canada approves rapid COVID testing device as Canada braces for caseload spikes It's about frigging time considering they've been available since at least May.

Yup be the good little cogs in the economic engine's wheels and just live solely to make that engine function, forget your own lives and happinesses, so long as we can make that economic engine keep on chugging. Social gatherings aren't the only means it's spreading. Wherever people get together - whether that's at work, school, church, the movie theatres, bars, stores or restaurants the germ can pass from one person to another just by being in contact with them NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR THE SETTING (whether that's informal like at work or school or shopping, or informal like on a date at a movie or restaurant or bar, or close as in family functions). The sooner the bozo brains in power in this country can figure that out, the sooner we'll be able to get back to normal. Because then they'll realize the futility of forbidding or limiting social gatherings while trying to make everyone continue to go to school and work. So then if they want the economy to work and not fail they'll have to come to the realization they can't stop the disease by limiting social gatherings and so just let everyone resume their lives as per normal (but maybe with mask wearing & hand washing measures still in force), or they'll force an entire hard lockdown (maybe even more than before) to try to limit the spread of it, but it won't eliminate it altogether. But just limiting social gatherings isn't going to do much to cut down on the spread while everyone's still going to work and school. 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
Covid-Sniffing Robots Offer Testing Alternative I like the robot sniffers better than the dog sniffers, because at least the robots won't catch it and get sick too, like some dogs can.

 

Well if they're just going to keep releasing contradictory guidelines from one day to the next, maybe it's good they slow it down and maybe review previous guidelines issuances before releasing new ones.
 
New York Hotspots Hit 6.5% Positivity, Alarming Officials and Fueling New Tensions on Schools  Well with a population of almost 20 million in the state, a 6.5% figure of that population would alarm me too, considering in that state alone that would put it at over 1 million people who are testing positive with the virus.

 

Of course they'll say that because the mandate is to get as many people vaccinated as possible.
 

 
Scottish MP With Coronavirus Got Train To London And Back  Another case of do as I say and not as I do.

 
Ministers Ignored Plea To Lock Down London Because It's A Labour City, Hints Sadiq Khan This is one more proof that this "disease" is merely a political tool to be used to achieve certain goals that they wouldn't have been able to achieve without it in "normal times".

 
Trump Is 'The Largest Driver' Of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories, Study Finds Really? Like what? Bleach injections cures it? Or what? Because most of what I've heard come out of his mouth sounded more like idiocies than conspiracy theories.

 

 

I don't think that should come as a surprise.
 
Your Intense Pandemic Dreams Might Be Helping You – Here's Why  Boy, I sure hope they're helping me because some of them are pretty scary or freaky at times too.
 
Doug Liman shooting pandemic thriller 'Lockdown' in Harrods with Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor  Aren't we all already living through enough of a lockdown thriller? I don't get why all the  TV shows and movie makers are rushing to make movies about lockdowns and pandemics now. I mean I for one when I watch something, it's to think about something else different for awhile rather than being constantly reminded of what I'm already living through.

Of course not because the authorities won't be finished achieving their goals of rejigging society, the economy, the currencies and amount of population on this planet.
 
Coronavirus updates: Cornell study calls Donald Trump biggest source of misinformation; Moderna vaccine won't come before spring 2021 Now that I believe. I guess the other journalist can't tell the difference between misinformation and conspiracy theories. 

 
 
 

 
No one wanted to travel with me, so I went on vacation with a total stranger I guess some people like to live dangerously. That's all I can say about that one.

 
 
Paris bars face possible closure as virus patients fill ICUs Like I said above it's not only the bars and social gatherings where the virus is spreading, it's wherever there are gatherings of any type, whether that family, bar, restaurant, work, play or school.

Like I said, cogs in the economic machinery. That's all we are. They don't care about our health, or mental wellbeing at all. All they care about is we work and keep that economic engine chugging along.
 

 

That's really awesome of them! I hope those lucky kids appreciate those desks!
 

 

 
The President Contracting COVID-19 Is A Major National Security Crisis As far as Americans are concerned EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS A MAJOR national security crisis! So why would this be any different?

 
Chinese state media mocks Trump's positive virus test: 'Paid the price for his gamble to play down' pandemic  China should pay the price for unleashing the pandemic on the world to start with.

 
Trump COVID infection thrusts world in uncharted territory OMG Talk about the media making mountains out of molehills..... 

 
 

How? By forbidding people to breathe? Because I don't see how things can be stricter than lockdowns when it comes to this virus. The only thing left to do would be to forbid people to breathe at all. That way there's no danger of transmission from person to person, as there are no more persons to transmit it.
 

 

 
 
 
'Magical Disney experience' going away? What Disney's layoffs mean for theme park guests See what you've got to do in order to keep your parks open is make it look like visiting the park is nothing but drab and dreary drudgery and hard work. Then the gov't will be glad to let you keep it open as they only insist on closing fun things. If it's not fun, then it can stay open.

Sounds like what a lot of single people and widowed elders went through and are going through due to lockdowns.
 

 
Anyhow going to leave it here for now. Lots more where that came from, coming up again soon. In the meantime take care and stay well.