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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Aggravated, Exhausted & Posting Headlines About

 Covid 19


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November 8, 2020

Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to strangle your significant other? If you have I'm sure you'll easily identify with me on this day when I say I seriously was considering it, if only I could get my hands around his throat. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Talk about aggravation.... I think he did everything in power to drive me crazy, from driving like a total idiot - like dragging his ass inbetween lights and then speeding up near the lights when they were red or when there were slower vehicles in front of us and just barely slowing down or stopping in time. I mean his driving was so crazy, I was almost tempted to get out and call a cab to go and do the things I had to do.  Then we get to the grocery stores and yes I know his back is screwed up, and so he can't come in and walk around with me to get the groceries, so he stays in the car and waits, but when I get back to the car with the grocery carriage, I have to wait for Mr. Man to deign to open the trunk inbetween his socializing with every passing creature. Sir Yak-a-Lot doesn't know when to quit sometimes and will just completely ignore me and leave me standing there with a shopping cart full of food waiting for him to open the trunk. Then finally he finds the right button and pushes on it to open the trunk but do you think he'll get out of the car and help me lift the heavy bags from the cart into the trunk? Not on his life, he even had a young woman feeling so sorry for him, she offered to do it, and I refused her help because I know his back isn't all that bad. Not half as bad as his cussed laziness sometimes. And I did it myself to show the miserable jerk up for what he is. That wasn't just once that happened today. No that happened at both stores we went to. I had to go in and do all the shopping myself while he waits and then come out and put everything in the trunk of the car myself on top of that. 

Then when we got home and he had to unload the trunk himself and bring it in the house and the antics once he finished. Leaning on a chair pretending he's going to have a heart attack. I didn't know whether to laugh, cry, scream or just throw a can of something at his head. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... He's the one that's going to have the heart attack because he did 5 minutes of work unloading the car to bring it inside, while it was I who traipsed up and down all the store aisles looking for everything, lifting it out of the carriage (especially the heavy stuff) to pay for it at the cash, put all the packed and thus now even heavier bags into the carriage took it out to the car, took the bags out of the carriage and put them in the trunk, took the carriage back into the store and came back out and got in the car. I did that both times at both stores which took at least a couple of hours of work by myself, while poor "Mr. My Back is Killing Me" sat in the car, listening to the radio and yakking at anyone walking by the car, getting out of or into a car next to ours and just generally taking it easy. 

Then after he brought the bags in the house, I was the one once again who had to unload them and put them away. Meanwhile he was helping himself to the food in the bags (whatever he found that he liked and could eat without cooking or liked to eat raw), while I was busy putting them away. So he already gorged himself, while I was starving because I hadn't eaten anything at all as I didn't have the chance to. Then he wondered why I was angry......  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I seriously wanted to kill him at this point because all my joints from my hips on down hurt by now, I'm tired and want to sit down and now my back is killing me too. Ummmm I dunno why I'm angry there Mr. My Back is Killing Me Genius.... 

Anyhow I just plunked my butt down in a chair and refused to move once the groceries were put away while moaning about how hungry I was. So whatever was left over from the sausages I had bought that he hadn't eaten raw already, he decided he'd cut up and fry with some rice and veggies to make a meal for us. It's not the usual way we eat the sausages, but it was good. Well at that point it was food and he knew he needed to make amends to me, or he'd be hearing it all night long. So he made and served supper. 

And after having relaxed a few minutes after supper and played a card game on my computer, I'm here trying to get some more of those October headlines posted here:

Lately because I don't want to post any headlines after the end of October here, there's been some interesting headlines to say the least (the last couple of days there's been at least one I posted in those posts along with the October headlines) well here's today's intriguing over the top headline: 
 
Now I'm not sure how or why he would think that. I think if there is a WWIII it'll be between the citizens of the earth and their rulers. I mean I can easily see citizens turning against their leaders and wanting to overthrow them given all the harsh measures they're enacting on account of this idiotic plandemic of theirs. But why country would fight against country? That just doesn't seem likely. It's more likely to be massive world wide revolts against the governments of the world.
 
Coronavirus: Food prices to rise across Canada as COVID-19 pandemic continues That's for sure! Especially canned food! Have you seen the price of a tiny little tin of Paris Pate lately? I mean there's like a thimbleful of pate in them and they're almost $1.50.  A box of KD is $1.75, cripes I remember when they were 11 cents a box. Yeah I know I sound like I'm older than Methusala, but honestly the price of that has risen astronomically, like instead of it being a box of elbow noodles with some kind of fake powdered cheese inside it was gold noodles with some exotic hard to find moon dust or something. I mean  get real, there's not even a cup of noodles in the box and that weird cheesy powder isn't worth the fortune they seem to think it's worth these days. A package of 2-3 slices of cold cut ham is almost $7 and forget canned meals like spaghetti or ravioli, or stew or things like that, the prices of those are just insane as well. We used to buy those sometimes for my husband to have for lunch. I don't eat lunch but he does, and doesn't always want sandwiches (can't say as I blame him - I personally don't like sandwiches much). Or at least those were the prices I was looking at at IGA & Metro today. Maybe at Costco they're different. 

I don't see anyone admitting failure anywhere. Even here in QC where we've had draconian lockdowns which still hasn't cut down on the spread of the virus.  

 
COVID-19: Montreal police receive 1,365 complaints, inspect 1,135 locations Wow.... That's a lot of snitches out there on the loose. Wondering how come the cops didn't investigate the other 230 locations?

 

 

 
There is a certain pecentage of the population who are immune compromised, as in having things like HIV/AIDS, diseases that attack themselves, like inflammation related diseases, psoriasis, diabetes, etc.... Quite possibly it's patients like those are don't develop immunity. But as in all diseases that confers immunity after having had it, it doesn't mean that you'll automatically be immune if you did have it, especially if you are immune compromised for one reason or another.
 
 
Men far more 'comfortable' than women with having sex outdoors after Tier 2 indoors meeting ban And we needed a news story to tell us that boys are more brazen then girls???? I think most people know and understand that intrinsically.

 

 
Centre to import 1 Lakh MT of medical Oxgyen anticipating Covid-19 cases surge in winter I have no idea what a 1 Lakh MT is but I think it must be a measure of some type.

 
 
Yes, the man is a walking plague factory we all know that. It's unreal how they painted him during his term in office. No matter what he said or did, they were always after him. From the moment Hillary Clinton lost they went after Trump. I'm not defending him at all. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy.
 
The US is betting on 3 types of coronavirus vaccines, one of which is totally unproven. A diagram shows how they differ. Guaranteed now that Biden won the election, one of those 1 will start being mass produced, another will qualify for approval by the FDA and the other will start being distributed this week.

 

I wish there was a way to enforce something to crush the WHO and the corrupt overall organization that's it's a part of, the UN.  

 
Border Crossing Caught on Camera This is an illegal border crossing between Quebec Canada and Vermont USA, that was caught on camera.

Euuuuu isn't this tyrant generous! Allowing ONE visitor for solo dwellers. What about a young adult that lives alone and the parents want to visit for some reason? I guess they're not allowed.
 

 
Quebec's public health director says he has a driver and bodyguard because of threats Hey you clowns are earning your threats! People aren't threatening you for the fun of it! They're threatening you because of the sheite you keep pulling in the name of this plandemic of yours! So smarten up and fly right and stop with this draconian BS of yours and maybe you wouldn't be facing so many threats!
 
 
Dear Premier, you're abandoning women in Quebec's COVID-19 recovery plan Women aren't the only ones being abandonned. Seniors, homeless, the poor, the disabled and many other disenfranchised groups are also being abandonned. 

 
COVID-19 in Canada: Trudeau debunks COVID-19 'internment camp' misinformation and rumours; Ontario's daily case count jumps up over 800 He can deny whatever he wants doesn't mean he's telling the truth. The truth is that here in QC there is an "internment camp" or something akin to that for those testing positive or don't want to follow the guidelines. There's a video that you can view using the "QC Secret Facilities" label on the right side, of a gov't official admitting that here in QC. Go view it for an eye-opener.

 

Too much! Sometimes I wonder though how anyone manages to stay with someone else for 60 years even though we've been together for 45 years and known each other for 50. It's just that there's days like today where I wonder how I managed this long with him and if I'll even get through today without breaking up nevermind another 15 years together.
 
Covid: How to protest during a global pandemic I think we all need to know this. But given that it's a BBC article - ergo gov't owned media site, this is HOW THE GOV'TS WISH YOU'D PROTEST.... So maybe it's not a good idea. Because if we're not going against the grain we're not really protesting. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They make this seem like a bigger deal than if he shot someone. There's a bigger bruhaha over the fact that a cop has a mind of his own and his own opinion (and the last I checked he has a right to it and to express it as well unlike shooting people), than if he shot someone. Unbelievable!
 

 
 
 

 

 

 
1,000 Fredericton customers at risk of water shut-off I thought according to the UN everyone has inalienable rights to air and water. So if that's the case,  how can the city just shut water off on their residents and how much do they charge for it anyhow? It must be pretty steep if they can't afford to pay for it. 

 
With no avenues left, families take fight for school-trip refunds to court months into pandemic For some unknown reason businesses operating under the "tour" industry banner and insurance companies seem to think they're above the law and don't have to adhere to standard practice business law. I hope when they get sued the judge throws the book at them as a precedent setting case to make sure all other tour and insurance companies in the future don't try stuff like this.

 
St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto declares COVID-19 outbreak among ER staff That's not good when the ER staff are going to be absent for long periods of time under quarantine, because they're generally always short staffed as it is and the ER is where the greatest influx in the hospital is.

Well this pretty much goes without saying since everything else all year long has been cancelled, so why not Santa parades too???? Just wouldn't be 2020 if they weren't cancelled.
 
As calls flood mental health hotline, premier encourages struggling Quebecers to pick up the phone I'm beginning to think he, Dube and Arruda are the ones that need their mental health checked! Considering how paranoid they are of this virus and how over the top draconian they've become over it! It's either their super paranoid of it, or they're using it to go on a super power trip - either way it's a mental health problem that they should have checked.

 

 

Well "fake news" goes right along side "fake doctors" and "fake pandemics". So what can you expect you genocidal witch doctor? 
 

That's probably a similar if not the same story here in Canada too.
 
That being said.... This is it for the night.... Until next time take care & stay well.


 
 
 
 

New Toilet Installed, Motor Cycle Accident, Waiting Anxiously For News, & Posting Headlines on...

Covid19

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November 7, 2020

This is how our day started. Our son called early this morning to wake his father up to tell him that he and his friend were going to be here shortly to install the new toilet we bought last week. So my husband got up and got ready to be of help if he could (with his back messed up the way it is, it's a wonder he could be of any help). While he's waiting for them to show up we got 2 more phone calls, one right behind the other. The first one was from our son's wife telling us our son was in a motorcycle accident with only a few details. Immediately after he hung up from her the phone rang again and it was one of our son's work colleagues who happened to be there on the scene when the accident occurred so he stopped to check on our son when he recognized the bike and saw it was our son lying on the road. Because he was on the scene when it happened and because he talked to our son (that's how & why he called us), he was able to get a few sketchy details about the accident and how our son was feeling at that moment and the information on which hospital the ambulance was going to be taking him to.

As soon as he hung up from talking to our son's colleague, he noticed our son's friend (who does a lot of the construction work for our son & his colleagues - who are all interior designer/architects) was already here and out of his car and standing in our driveway, so he went out to greet him and the guy came in the house and at first he wasn't going to change the toilet, instead he was just going to try to fix the problem with the one that was there and come back later when our son was able to. Then for some reason he just decided to change it and so my husband went with him to the shed to bring the new one in and unbox it and take it in the bathroom after he took the old one out and checked the floor underneath and the flanges etc...  Made sure everything was alright before installing the new one, which he did an excellent job of. Our son had told us that he had a sweet tooth and liked baked goods, so I got out a previously made and frozen pumpkin cheesecake to give to him as a kind of tip to go along with the payment for his time along with travel money to cover his gas. He didn't want it. None of it, not even the cheesecake until I told him he'd offend me if he didn't take it and if he didn't want it to take it for his daughters, so he smiled and accepted that, but he wouldn't accept any money even though my husband tried to force him to take it by trying to put it directly in his hand. I am not quite sure why he refused to be paid for the job, as it's an excellent job and he doesn't know us personally from a hole in the ground - only our son. 

Meanwhile while the guy was still here working on the toilet inbetween all the happenings at the hospital on my son's end, he called to talk to us directly to let us know directly from him, that despite the speed he was travelling (100kph or 60mph) he was alright and according to him only a sprained ankle, but he still hadn't been seen by any doctors - just paramedics and nurses doing the preliminaries like vitals and stabilizing etc...  Then later on his wife called me to tell me about some of the things they'd done, like x-rays of his foot and CT Scans and other tests, to make sure there was no internal bleeding or other injuries and she said she'd call me with the results. 
 
So I waited and waited but no call came so I went to have a nap as I had only 3.5 hours of sleep when we were awakened with the 1st phone call from him saying he was coming here to help his friend. 

After I got up, I waited some more and still no phone call. So I decided to rattle their cages by phoning each of them but wound up going to voice mail. But, as soon as they got the voice mail they called back and told me that all the tests were fine, but when they went to release him and he tried to stand up or change position on the bed, he got dizzy. So they tested him for a concussion (as they x-rayed his head to make sure there were no fractures of the skull already) and sure enough he has a concussion. So they're making him stay there until he's not dizzy and can stand and walk on his own. Then when they do release him he has to stay home and stay quiet for a few days before he can even resume doing design work - which is done on a computer using AutoCad 3D & auxillary programs that compliments AutoCad.  Then he's only supposed to gradually resume working, if he's able to.

Given the stressful day we endured as parents, of a son in a motorcycle accident, I decided to make a spontaneous change to the planned dinner, by jazzing it up a bit. It was supposed to be BBQ chicken drumsticks with baked potatoes and green beans, instead it turned into Orange chicken drumsticks with baked potatoes & green beans.  As I wasn't in the mood for cooking I used a trick I found before when making Canard a l'orange using a mandarin salad dressing (Kraft brand), and orange marmalade. So I poured the salad dressing over the drumsticks before I baked them and then about 20 minutes before serving, I daubed each drumstick with a teaspoon of the marmalade. My husband loved it and he's not a big chicken fan and of course our dog loved it too. It made it extra yummier than it would've been had I just used my Chicken wing sauce.

As I said last night in the previous post one of my hygge moments is the sunset we get to see across the water. Tonight's sunset was particularly beautiful. Maybe the universe understood I was in dire need of a hygge moment to end off the day.  So, even though I don't normally upload any pictures in here of my own, I'm going to make an exception tonight to share this with all others who may also need a hygge moment of their own or in good ole English a zen moment.... Just to zone out and relax with....
 
 

While typing what my day was like, I just turned my head towards the window and this is what I saw. So I couldn't resist taking a picture of it. I must have hundreds of sunset pictures and all of them are unique, some prettier than others and some not quite as much. This one is in the top half of the prettiest ones and very unusual for this time of year as the sun is usually rather bleak looking and so are the sunsets. This is more akin to a spring or summertime sunset especially late summer. The difference in this between the spring and summertime sunset pics is the lack of leaves on the trees in the picture.  I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I do and I hope it provides the same soothing benefits to your mind and soul as it does mine. 

So now that we've had our zen moment and lowered our blood pressures a bit, it's time to get them jacked up again with the COVID19 headlines. I am still slogging my way through to the end of the month of October here and I'm sure I'm not going to be finished it tonight either.  But trust me when I do finally reach the end, I will not be doing this again, unless there's a drastic change in how this plandemic is going either for the good (hopefully good) or the bad (hopefully not), but considering it's pretty much the thing over and over again with no real drastic changes, there's no point in keeping this up unless I intend to become the internet's repository for all articles COVID.... But I'm not up to that on my own, or what I'm getting paid for doing it. So when I finish October's headlines if I resume because of a drastic change in the direction of the plandemic I'm only going to do what I can and will not be as thorough as I tried to be this time around. It's too time consuming for me alone.

So on with the show.....

 

Apparently it's getting to be like that around here too. Gawd, ordinary bungalows are now selling for $1.5 million  around here and when I say "around here" I don't mean in the exact same area where I am where we have beautiful views of  the water & sunsets like posted above. I mean around here as on a busier road than this with only houses across the road to look at and behind the house just trees (like a forest) on roughly the same size land our house is on. They have no rights of passage to the water and none of the tranquility we have as we're on a deadend street at the edge of the water and they're on the main road of the area.  So we're actually starting to think of listing this place for some insane price and sitting on it until we get it, if we get it. If not, we'll still be living here happily until we are no longer of this earth, hopefully as we both refuse to go to the seniors death camps that pass as seniors residences here in QC. 

It's long past our tobogganing and skiing days (though we never did ski to begin with - I'm not allowed because of an operation I had on a leg when I was a kid) and as for skating I would love to but I hate skating alone and my husband won't skate (not that he can't, because he used to play hockey when he was young - not professionally, just for fun) and so I haven't skated in years and I'm not sure I'd be able to again without sustaining severe injuries in the process.  So we'll just do what we've been doing in the wintertime since the kids have grown and that is keep busy inside. Though my husband loves it when it snows because then he can get the snowblower out and snowblow. For some crazy reason, he loves doing that.

 

 
 
I wouldn't call it traumatized, but I was surprised to learn from my son's wife today that she was only allowed to visit with him for 1 hour (until she got special permission from a nurse on duty there) and that the patients there are only allowed 1 visitor per day for 1 hour, supposedly that's to do with COVID19 too. That's not much time to spend with a loved one per day, especially if they're very sick or very young or maybe elderly and senile and who don't know what's going on or understand what the nurses and doctors are telling them.
 
 
'Verge of burnout': COVID-19 a factor for universities, faculty in contract talks Based on my son's experience teaching during the spring semester, I can certainly understand why.

 
Canadian business sentiment improves, but remains weak amid COVID-19 uncertainty Well no wonder with lockdowns and heavy duty restrictions being threatened every few days, I can understand their uncertainty. It's amazing that the imbeciles who impose those lockdowns can't see or understand that.
 
 
Canada’s woeful track record on children set to get worse with COVID-19 pandemic I have nothing against helping needy families get by, by adding more programs to support and help their kids, what I have a problem with is extending those same programs to the so-called "Middle Class" (which is really the lower upper class) and upper classes. They are already affluent enough to be able to afford to raise their own kids without the gov't's help or very little help compared to those in the lower tax brackets and indigenous communities who have no tax brackets. And it's the middle and upper classes that are the ones fomenting the most about getting more child support in the way of monthly benefits and tax breaks and subsidized this that and the other things and year long maternity or paternity leave etc...  But not because they want the lower classes to have those benefits, no it's because the greedy guts generation needs more, more and yet more at the expense of everyone else in society especially the poor, disabled and elderly. Those are their favourite punching bags - to be kicked and trod on when they're down (and not necessarily their targets being the ones that are down but the ones doing the kicking and punching - them being down as in not having gotten their own way and so taking it out on the other groups).

 

 
Pages accuse MPs of ignoring distancing, mask rules Of course they do, because 1) they think they're above the law and 2) They KNOW that this isn't so much a pandemic as it is a plandemic and that there's little danger of getting seriously sick and dying from this, no more so than with the annual garden variety flu would be and they know it. Don't forget these are the people who really knows what's going on behind the scenes, because they're the ones pulling all the strings and enacting all the laws. So if they feel it's safe to wad their masks up in their barehands or not wear masks or physically distance themselves from each other they probably also know the risks of such actions. 
 
 
Canadian ski resorts face winter without international cash cows As did the rest of the country during the summer months when tourism was forbidden then too. 

 
Coronavirus: Belgium facing 'tsunami' of new infections Wow! Those are staggering figures for a population of just over 11 million. We have a population of 8.5 million here in QC and Legault thinks it's the end of the world and he has to go all gestapo on us because we have a thousand cases a day. I'm wondering what he'd do if we had cases of 7,000 more a day like Belgium. He'd probably lock us inside our houses and forbid us ever going out again for anything at all for at least a month or two. We'd be ordered to stock up on whatever supplies we need for the duration and given a few days to accomplish that probably and then we'd go into full lockdown mode where the only people allowed out of their houses and be able to do anything would be REAL essential services like cops, firemen, paramedics and medical personnel. Like when everything used to be ordered shut down on Sundays and Christmas Day. Nothing operated then not even gas stations - everything was closed except for those essential services and media types had an exception too, in order to keep us informed of the weather and news and that was it. I wouldn't put it past him if we even remotely approached the same daily cases as Belgium has.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Covid: What the tier rules say about the split between science and politics The same thing is going on here in QC & ON. In QC everything's locked up tighter than a drum unless of course it's something that isn't any fun like manufacturing, warehouse work, and commerce, but gyms, bars, restaurants, etc are shut down, whereas in ON, the neighbouring province those things are open.

 

What do you want to bet that now that Biden's been declared president they'll start approving and distributing the vaccines right away? I wouldn't doubt it.
 


We have a small room air purifier, which I'm hoping will be sufficient if we should ever need it for that purpose.
 

 

That's probably true of businesses all across Canada.
 

 

 

 

 
With such a nice story, I will end the postings tonight and hope you take care & stay well.









 

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Early Start to Serious Effort To Get This Done

 Covid 19

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October 30, 2020

As plans for today have changed, I find myself with a bit of extra time, which I am going to devote to trying to catch up as much as possible on the Covid headlines so I can finish this as soon as possible...

So.... Let's get started....

COVID-19 modelling shows B.C.'s curve has bent back downward

This would be great news if it stays like that....

Quebec introduces COVID Alert app as daily case tally tops 1,000 for 4th straight day 

Which I think most people are suspicious of and distrust. 

China, 25 other countries call on Western nations to lift sanctions amid coronavirus So they want to be rewarded for spreading the virus world-wide by having sanctions lifted eh? Yeah, let'em dream in technocolour.... 

White House blocks new coronavirus vaccine guidelines that would delay approval

This is probably nothing more than more political subterfuge, since in the US this whole pandemic thing seems to be a political game of some sort, where because the pariah president promised a vaccine before the elections, the CDC and other powers that approve of vaccines etc, is bound and bent to stymy whatever efforts are being made to get one out before the election, in order to pander to the president. So even if there are a half dozen vaccines ready and willing to meet market demand and go, the CDC and other regulatory powers that are decidedly anti-Trump will find ways to hold them back and prevent them from coming to market before the election. But I betcha if Joe Biden wins, they'll start approving them right away and they'll be on the market before the end of the week that the election is held. I could almost guarantee that.

Active COVID-19 cases jump to 894 in Edmonton Whoo.... They're getting up there too. 

Trudeau promises federal help for COVID hot spots in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta

B.C. NDP leader promises free COVID-19 vaccine during town hall 

Court rejects attempt to accelerate COVID-19 testing in Quebec schools  The "health minister" (more like pencil pushers minister since the bozo is an accountant totally UNrelated to the health field) didn't offer a clear & unequivocal promise.... 

Canada opening border to international students going to coronavirus-ready institutions

Ontario's backlog in COVID-19 testing making some international travellers miss their flights Oh boo hoo poor babies missing their flights. WTF are they doing travelling during the pandemic and lockdowns anyhow???? 

6 Americans fined for violations while driving through Canada to Alaska — despite tougher rules

Good! Serves them right! 

Coronavirus: Iran’s Rouhani cancels top meeting amid fears of contracting COVID-19 

Amid rising infections, Israeli ultra-Orthodox defy lockdown

Mexico reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases, deaths 

Europe’s Second Covid-19 Wave Starts to Spill Over From Young to Old  

Study finds neurological symptoms in most COVID patients This definitely isn't good. Let's hope these symptoms aren't permanent.

Florida teen arrested at school after refusing to wear mask 

Western views of China hit new lows amid pandemic Ummm geez, I wonder just why that would be?

Fed chair warns of economic tragedy if America can't control the coronavirus

Fed Chair Powell calls for more help from Congress, says there’s a low risk of ‘overdoing it’

Another angle on the story directly above this one.... 

Covid hospital cases jump nearly 25% in England

Four Covid rules broken by Trump and the White House 

Covid: White House aide tests positive as military leaders quarantine 

'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering? 

Coronavirus: How to tell which countries are coping best with Covid 

The quest to make a global vaccine in 12 months 

Should you get paid based on where you live? I say no. Because it's not fair at all. Pay should be commensurate with experience and knowledge in the field and not based on how much you managed to save on rent or mortgage. I mean what's next? If you go there are you going to start reducing their pay based on how much they manage to save on utilities and insurances? What follows? How much they're able to save on groceries because of coupon usage? No, how much someone pays to live where their do is their business and not the company's period end of story. Maybe they manage to live in swanky digs because their spouse is the one with the high paying job, or maybe they manage to live in a pristine tranquil area because they found a luck on a fixer upper that they fixed up themselves or inherited a farm, and not necessarily because of the employee's salary. So no definitely not. It has nothing to do with the company where someone lives. Maybe some of them live under a cardboard box under a bridge right around the corner from the company because they can't afford the rents in that city. Does that mean they'll pay them more because of it? I mean if they're going to reduce salaries because someone managed to find a comfortable lifestyle, does that also mean that they'll bring the wages of the cardboard box dweller up to par to be able to live in an apartment nearby his work? Especially if both employees have the same experience and same wages? If they do increase the cardboard box dweller's salary they should then increase the swamky lifestyle's salary too, since they were equal in experience and wages before the cardboard box dweller got an increase. Fair is fair. No one should have to suffer because they made good decisions in life while others made the worst possible decisions they could possibly make and get rewarded for it, while the good decision makers gets punished for it. That's just plain evil, not to mention stupid and unjust. 

'SNL' COVID-19 plan? $150 checks for audience members to meet New York restrictions 

3 annoying face mask problems and how to fix it

How has the pandemic altered dating? Survey says more roommates are hooking up I'm not really sure if that's a bad thing or a good thing really. In most of the roommate cases I know about I think it would be a rather creepy thing, to say the least.

Gov. Kristi Noem issues claim that South Dakota has proven a point during COVID-19 pandemic: Lockdowns are 'useless'

They would seem to be, considering since QC has gone back into lockdown for the most part, we're seeing higher and higher daily case numbers, as opposed to before we went back into lockdown.

Dow swings 600 points after Trump rejects stimulus plan 

From the Rose Garden to rallies: What large gatherings can teach us about the spread of coronavirus 

CNN Poll: Biden expands lead over Trump after contentious debate and President's Covid diagnosis 

Cleaning staff in hazmat suits sanitize the West Wing as Trump returns to White House Americans have always held a love of the overly dramatic even melodramatic, so what can you expect? After all is it any coincidence that Hollywood the movie capital of the world, is in the United States? 

At least 1 of Trump's military aides tasked with carrying the nuclear 'football' reportedly has coronavirus

Arkansas Republican County Chair Dies of COVID-19 Weeks After His Committee Hosted Maskless Gathering 

Race for Covid-19 vaccine slows as regulators, top Warp Speed official tap the brakes

‘If Anything Happens to Me...’ Inside One of America's Worst-Hit Nursing Homes This almost sounds like it could be a story from the Quebec nursing homes back in the spring.

COVID-19 could cause male infertility - new Israeli study

How about if we just simplify things and say COVID19 could and probably does cause everything!?! Wouldn't that be much simpler?

Fight breaks out on flight after man with face shield refuses to wear mask 

The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant

Here's something to think about when deciding to use the tracing app from the Feds for contact tracing of the virus, as there's apt to be Cdn companies/institutes buying this info from that company as well. Not to mention that there maybe be Canadian equivalents doing the same sort of thing, collecting location data from various apps on your cellphones and devices.  Maybe you should stop allowing those apps to get your location data, I mean unless you're playing that weird pookymon game where you need to slay local monsters what does your book reader, or card game app need your location for anyhow? Personally, I don't allow anything, no location info, and no use of the camera either. So what I lose out on using a certain app, there's probably plenty other better apps than that around that doesn't ask for permission to use or track those things. So just think about that before downloading and using that contact tracing app of the Fed's.

'There is hope': COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by the end of the year, WHO boss says I wouldn't believe this lying dirtbag if my life depended on it. And if he's right, they're probably the injections that will finish the job of killing off all the "useless eaters". In that case I say everyone at the UN, the WHO including that dirtbag, and the WEF, and all the world leaders and health ministers should be the first one to get those vaccines. 

Ontario researchers develop model that determines who should get COVID-19 vaccines first 

Vancouver mayor recommends $30M in COVID-19 homeless relief measures 

Five students living in McGill residences test positive for COVID-19 

Toronto’s top doctor wants restaurants to close — Doug Ford wants them open. Health experts say those mixed messages could result in more cases Maybe the population and restaurant and bar owners should be listening to those with the science behind them and not merely the politics behind them.

Health Canada approves 1st rapid antigen COVID-19 test, feds plan to buy 20 million

CRA rolls out new benefits 

Doubts persist about security of federal COVID-19 notification app

As they should. It would be a very stupid and gullible person who just wholeheartedly trusted such an app.

GOLDSTEIN: Public and private sectors have different pandemic priorities I pointed something like this out the day in here, but more in regards to social and psychological health, than wealth, though that tied into what I was talking about as well. 

Time for Quebec to think outside box for COVID testing, experts say

And who or what is going to protect the sniffer dogs from getting it? Maybe those proposing that dogs risk their lives sniffing out a potentially harmful virus for us, should be the ones trained and deployed to do the sniffing. That way if anyone gets sick it'll be one of those idiots and not an innocent dog.

Ten Canadian companies with rapid COVID tests awaiting Health Canada approval They'll probably be waiting forever because I don't think the Feds want to actually know for sure, how many people have it here in Canada. That way they can look better in the eyes of the world for having lower case numbers than many other countries, if we don't have so many being tested and proven to have the disease. Right now the numbers are probably way lower than they ought to be, because we just don't have the capacity to test more people. Like Trump said "fewer tests means fewer cases" and I'm sure that's what numbnuts in Ottawa is relying on to make Canada look better than other nations when it comes to this. After all to that idiot in power, appearance is everything, substance, not so much.

Why vaccine nationalism could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic And why shouldn't rich countries have their own supplies anyhow? Especially countries like Canada who has a tendency to put everyone else in the world before their own? It's about time countries like Canada put their own taxpaying voters first!

Fauci: As many as 400,000 Americans could die from coronavirus

Remember folks, the operative words there are: "As many as" and "could". It doesn't necessarily follow that that many WILL die from coronavirus though.

NYC mayor warns of bleak days ahead with coronavirus outbreak 

Hosting during a pandemic: 30% of Americans will take guests’ temperature before allowing them in

World's first Covid passport technology will be trialled on flights from Heathrow this week in bid to let passengers travel without risk of quarantine in future BUT requires authorities to trust test lab results from abroad The idea of a passport for those who were no longer a risk to others was mine way back in January or February, posted in comment section on a major news site. Maybe I should ask for copyright rights on that idea....

Billionaire wealth reaches new high during COVID-19 pandemic - UBS

Contrast that with the billions of people world wide who are getting poorer on account of the pandemic.

‘Great Polarization’ may be next for world’s richest, UBS says Until or unless the rest of the world has collectively had it with those greedy hogs and finds a way to take them down. Like they say what goes up must come down. So at one point or another they'll come down, it may not be the easy way either.

Long-term jobless figures rise, underscoring economic pain

Oh but the greedy hogs mentionned in the 2 stories just above this one sure aren't feeling any pain. 

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/519878-long-term-jobless-figures-rise-underscoring-economic-pain the US government should start confiscating the wealth of the greedy pigs highlighted in the stories just above and give that money to the poor and those taking care of them - like the food banks and missions etc... Or FORCE the greedy pigs to donate 20% of their annual wealth to such charities (and not ones set up in their own names as those are only charities to themselves) and if not the gov't takes that much extra from them in the way of taxes and gives it to the charities themselves. But set up laws so that rich pigs can't keep grabbing and hogging all the financial resources in a country and force them to be civic minded citizens as well, where neither they nor any of their companies or foundations stand to benefit from that charity. So that it's not just a transfer of money from one of their hands directly into the other one.

Scotland faces temporary booze ban as virus rules ramp up

Well tell those thirsty Scots to relocate to QC, because the SAQ (Societe d'Alcohol de Quebec) is deemed to be an essential service as are grocery stores, and wine and beer are sold in grocery stores and harder liquor is sold in the SAQs. So they're open all pandemic long. 

Pope Francis Doesn’t Wear a Mask, Kisses Priests at Vatican Event 

NYC Orthodox community holds large protest over new coronavirus restrictions 

She's 13, and the Source of a Family's COVID-19 Outbreak 

Trump coronavirus: Morning Joe host says president could be guilty of ‘manslaughter’ if he infects Secret Service and White House staff

I think all the world leaders that let the virus into their countries are guilty of mass manslaughter if not genocide.

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet focused on their 14-year marriage in quarantine: 'It’s been a beautiful time to work on us Good for them, I hope a lot more people worked on their marriages too rather than trying to figure on ways of getting out of them, as apparently the divorce rate has skyrocketed in the US and maybe here in Canada too, if we could ever get the figures on that.

COVID-19 immunity: Declining and pre-existing antibodies, the concept of T-cell immunity and what reinfection could mean

COVID-19 patients in Mass. asking about President Trump's experimental treatment, doctors say 

Amid Slump in Crude Due to Covid-19 Pandemic, Saudi Arabia Doubles Down on Oil to Outlast Rivals 

Warren Buffett says this is the way you get through COVID financially 

Plexiglass barrier at VP debate won’t stop spread of COVID-19 aerosols, experts say Really? So then how come we're expected to believe that it stops the aerosols at the grocery, drug, and other stores and banks then? If plexiglass barriers won't stop it at debates presidential or otherwise, it won't stop it anywhere. So what was the point of installing them in the first place then? 

Trump calls off stimulus package talks, meaning Americans likely won't receive a $1,200 stimulus check before the election

Secrets Nurses Want You To Know About Staying Healthy Yes I definitely concur with all that advice. It should help you stay healthy or get healthier than you currently are and as far as COVID19 is concerned I agree with the vitamin D recommendation too, except I think you should probably take 1,000 ius (international units) per day if you're an adult and especially if you're over 80. 

Trudeau government survives key confidence vote

Trump says not to fear Covid-19. Do Americans agree? 

I think he's right, though the media has done such a fantastic job of scaring the pants off of everyone in favour of the demoncrats or lieberals and their agendas, that the public probably is too afraid to agree with him even if they wanted to.

Coronavirus threatening expat exodus from the UAE

Venezuelans brave 'brutal' migrant route made tougher by pandemic 

Are we in the midst of a touch crisis?

Yes! Why did you have to ask such a dumb question anyhow?

COVID-19 cases rising in 39 states – 9 months into the pandemic: 'We are overwhelmed' Look at the date on that storyline and you'll see it's been since the beginning of the year that this has been around in the US whether they'll openly admit it or not.

From Trump on down, people of means have shaped our COVID-19 experience. That must change.

Is Trump contagious? How is Chris Christie? We're answering your questions about the president and COVID-19 

BuzzFeed News Pulls Reporter From White House, Citing Virus Risk

White House readies Oval Office for Trump return, just days after COVID diagnosis 

What pandemic? Crowds swarm the Great Wall of China as travel surges during holiday week

Virus that causes COVID-19 can live on your skin for 9 hours, study finds. Here's what kills it in under 20 seconds. 

Saturday Night Live performer dropped after flouting show's coronavirus safety protocols

Coronavirus in Africa: Five reasons why Covid-19 has been less deadly than elsewhere 

Lilly applies for emergency use of COVID-19 single antibody treatment

COVID-19 in Canada: Trudeau prepares for possible 'disruptions' after U.S. election outcome; More Quebec regions to become 'red zones' 

Ontario faces 'runaway train' of COVID-19 cases if families don't scrap Thanksgiving gatherings, doctor warns

Wondering just how many doctors and politicians did just that? Or if they all flouted their own advice and rules?

Cape Breton University continues with online classes into winter 

International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

Calgary Food Bank saves potatoes from compost heap by turning them into soup Good for them. If they had some corn, clams, seafood, or leeks they could've turned them into interesting chowders.

Calgary firm to make 40 million medical masks for Alberta health-care providers

Yukon gets more federal money in northern COVID top-up for health, vulnerable 

Evangelist at Prince Albert, Sask., church linked to regional COVID-19 outbreak says singers didn't wear masks

'Jurassic World' shoot suspended after COVID-19 positives 

COVID-19 outbreak at Nunavut's Hope Bay mine at 10 cases but 'contained,' government says

Calgary Catholic students will not have to write provincial achievement tests this year I guess some students are catching a break because of COVID19.

Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report

That's maybe because the gov't has made the benefits as hard to apply and qualify for as they possibly could. Which is pretty typical of the gov't.

Coronavirus: Ontario health minister says work being done to get COVID-19 testing for homeless 

Saskatchewan declares multi-community COVID-19 outbreak linked to gospel events

N.B. reports 17 new COVID-19 cases at nursing home in Moncton 

Vote Compass: Majority of Saskatchewanians believe provincial government is handling the pandemic well

Public Schools Branch reviewing routes as more children take the bus 

Theatres call out N.S. government for delaying emergency funds

Ontario, Toronto seem at odds on how to tackle COVID-19 surge in the city Follow prescribed medical science and you should be fine or failing that the method laid out in the charter of rights & freedoms in Canada, for quarantine law.

Anyhow, that's as much as I can get to today. Will try to get more going tomorrow being Oct 31st and all, but I can't promise much as we have plans that pretty much take up the whole day and half the evening too. So I'll just have to continue this on Nov 1st until I'm caught up to the Oct 31st headlines. So take care and stay well until next time.