and it looks like it might be a better day for the stock market tomorrow. Asian and Pacific indices are looking positive right now, but, to paraphrase that line by Jack Palance in the movie City Slickers, the day ain’t over yet.
Back to 2015 here! Grrr!
In other words, it’s a correction which just happened faster than it usually does. Think of how cheap stocks are now and how many shares one can buy through a dividend re-investment plan.
Right, doing DRIP s in TFSA in hopes that they don’t start cutting dividends. Taking cash in the rest, for now. I see the market is up now @ 457.57 ……
The annual flu (and pneumonia) death rate is just over 8 per 100,000 in Italy. Italy currently has 2158 deaths from the Wuhan virus with less than 30,000 cases. If ten times that number have the virus but aren’t reported it still seems like an unequal comparison.
Depending on age and numbers of infected Canada could surpass that 4000 number in 4 weeks? And as you know, that would be in addition to the flu/pneumonia death numbers.
Oye? And what is the mortality rate for flu? Care to remind me when was the last time a healthcare system in a civilized country was overwhelmed by a flu?
Why to spank kids ?- Nicole Arbour https://www.facebook.com/NicoleArbourfans/videos/10154713384812907/
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L-to prevent snowflaking, tolling; and voting for J.T. Okay, I just made that last bit up. But it still might be true.
If you are offended by the above referenced disciplinary practice… Then here it is again, with music !
I was spanked as a child and that scarred me for life. All I managed to do was stay away from drugs and stay out of trouble with the law. It affected my schooling as well because all I could manage were graduate degrees in two engineering disciplines, including a Ph. D.
Imagine what I could have accomplished if my parents had let me have my own way all the time…..
Back in the day, attended some sessions on “parenting” and heard an “expert” pronounce solemnly “if you spank your preschooler, you will beat your teenager”. Gave up those sessions very shortly thereafter.
We didn’t spank often, and only for clearly-defined misdeeds. As the kids grew older, used other strategies. Nevertheless, would fully defend the occasional swat on the bum for the little guys. It’s short, it’s sharp, it gets the message across, and it’s over and done with. I regard all the other options as brain-washing and child abuse.
Some pretty encouraging analysis from the Diamond Princess controlled experiment. Thanks to alecincgy for linking it in the earlier thread. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/16/diamond-princess-mysteries/ bringing it here again as jewels like this often get lost in the sea of bad news.
“For me, this is all good news. 83% of the people on the ship didn’t get it, despite perfect conditions for transmission. If you get it, you have about a 50/50 chance of showing no symptoms at all. And the fatality rate is lower than the earlier estimates of 2% or above.”
How’s this for encouraging. A cure?
**University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research director Professor David Paterson told news.com.au today they have seen two drugs used to treat other conditions wipe out the virus in test tubes.
He said one of the medications, given to some of the first people to test positive for COVID-19 in Australia, had already resulted in “disappearance of the virus” and complete recovery from the infection.**
The Richard Riots were historical – some say they led to the 1960s Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
From link below:
“Outspoken and intense, Montreal Canadien player Maurice Richard was renowned for his physical and occasionally violent style of play. Richard was involved in a vicious on-ice incident late in the 1954–55 season during which he struck a linesman. NHL President Clarence Campbell suspended him for the remainder of the season and playoffs, which precipitated the Richard Riot in Montreal. The riot has taken on a mythical quality in the decades since and is often viewed as a precursor to Quebec’s Quiet Revolution. Richard was a cultural icon among Quebec’s francophone population; his legend is a primary motif in Roch Carrier’s short story The Hockey Sweater, an emblematic work of Canadian culture. In 1998, Richard became ill with abdominal cancer and died from the illness two years later. He became the first non-politician honoured by the province of Quebec with a state funeral.”
One regret that I have is that I never had a pint at Toe Blake’s Tavern near the Forum. Was too young. Likely they didn’t allow women / girls in the tavern in those days. The coach was an important part of the team, we mustn’t forget him. He was there for many of the Cup wins. Check out the details of his long career: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_Blake
Used to watch either at the Maidenhead Pub, or the Carbiniere Tavern in Alexis Nihon Plaza, on the west side of Atwater. Across from the Forum. Stones throw. Quart of Molson for $0.85 and a comfy seat, 20 minute walk from home, east along Sherbrooke. All the replays, too.
I heard they wouldn’t let you east end girls west past The Main.
It was awful how The Rocket ended up. He sold fishing line and hooks out of the trunk of his car. He’d visit outfitters and sell them supplies. Rocket lived a very modest life in old age. Sad.
I find the contention that the feds initially had this under control and then “dropped the ball” ludicrous. To believe that they initially had control of the situation is dubious. Thus far there is nothing to suggest they even recognized there was something wrong from the outset.
Agreed. The federal government cannot even find the ballpark.
The FEDs have not had one Goddamned thing under control in this country since 2015… It started with a Gender Balanced Cabinet, full of “mewling quims” (Buddy), & Muslim Brotherhood operatives. It started with promises of Giving away Multi Billions to every Shit hole on the planet and continues to this day. it started with PM Asshole tweeting to “Come on Down”…we’ll give you anything you want, just vote for me – Open border which remains open. It started with Pm Asshole blowing EVERY FKN trade deal imaginable since his Coronation.
The list is endless.
His in our face utter abdication on pretty much every file that crossed his Desk. And all of it RUBBER STAMPED by the Communists in Unifor & the Entire Media Establishment in this country.
What on Earth were you MORONS who voted for this sack of Dung thinking..???
You werent. You saw a pretty face/coloured socks – you saw GAY Lesbian Trans ASS KISSING – You saw a so Called Feminist who since has sexually assaulted two women we know of…one likely under 14 at the time. And one he elbowed in the HOC. You’ve seen his love of ISIS Terrorism and its proponents. You’ve seen his hatred of Euro Centirc folks…plain as day. You’ve seen his hatred of Western Canadians. You’ve see his Utter BS of Climate Change via the extra taxes you’ve paid the last 5 years. You’ve seen his Desire to DESTROY our energy industry in favour of retaining and expanding the market for his preferred ARAB suppliers.
This is not Leadership – This is in yer face, Anti Canadian TREASONOUS behaviour and screams for Retribution. May that Filthy fk hang….on a MEATHOOK.
And now, it’s time for some breaky..!!
Aaaaaaaand, he’ll get an overwhelming majority in the next election because of his leadership!
And so with all this #WEXIT talk
And
With the recent surge in firearm purchases Trudeau ponders enacting the War Measures Act.
Are we surprised???
Wonderful coordination between Blackie The Gay Virus King in his bunker, and the airlines. Great Leader tells everyone to come home to Canada, while the airlines cutback or suspend operations.
Shree at the Liberal Party’s Toronto Star explains that closing the border to migrant workers is racist.
Agreed Joseph. They haven’t been in the game and the only balls that have dropped were on Sophie’s chin the other week in Britain.
How will the idiot feds handle issuing 5 million employment insurance cheques in a couple days?
They’d be better off getting the prick bastards at the CRA to issue a “refund” cheque of $500.00 to everyone who filed a tax return in 2019. Let everyone report it as income for the 2020 return next spring.
People have to eat.
Like quinine?
The stuff they use to make tonic water?
The goes good with scotch, that quinine?
Please tell me that’s not just click bait.
It goes better with Scotch; just remember to add a lime section to the edge. Wouldn’t want to get scurvy, would we?
WestJetters,
Today, Prime Minister Trudeau made an explicit declaration to all Canadians abroad that it is time to come home. Based on this statement and the recommendations to Canadians to control the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, we have made impactful decisions related to our operations.
On Sunday, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. MDT, we will suspend scheduled commercial operations for all international and transborder flights for a 30 day period. To be clear, this means our final commercially scheduled flights from international and transborder destinations will launch on Sunday night by 11:59 p.m. local time; after that, we will be operating rescue and repatriation flights in partnership with the Canadian government. As of tonight, international and transborder tickets are no longer available for sale during this 30 day period.
On Wednesday, March 18 at 11:59 p.m. MDT, WestJet will suspend all outbound international ticket sales for travel until Sunday, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. MDT, so we are no longer sending Canadians out of the country and can instead focus on bringing them home.
To assist Canadians in returning home on short notice, we are in the process of lowering prices on our remaining seats into Canada in all cabins.
In addition, we will also reduce our domestic schedule by approximately 50 per cent. At this point, all network changes are in place for the next 30 days.
I understand how challenging this news is for you and I remain appreciative of how you are showing up in the face of this crisis. More information will be communicated as details become available and as our network and schedule team works through the changes.
WestJetters are known for our level of care and I know this situation will be no different. While this is a difficult time, we now have the responsibility as a Canadian airline to bring our citizens home.
Ed Sims
President and CEO
You were helping import patient zeroes till the very last moment. You could have been pro-active about stopping coughing Chinamen from boarding WestJet flights. But no. Forget that. That would be racist—and cost you money.
What? The virus is now being spread person to person in Canada so your job is done? Is that it, Ed?
It’ll take longer than 20 seconds to wash that blood off your hands.
(Bring them home indeed. If you’re Canadian you can look forward to is 14 days in lockup before they’ll even THINK of letting you go home—unless you’re Chinese. Then it’ll be welcome home, stay well, wash your hands!)
It was signed by Ed “I don’t want to hear no Wexit talk” Sims.
Watch gold prices. Down from $1674 high to $1471 this morning. Only 6 days. TSX up 50 points in 10 minutes this AM.
Weeeeell, lookee there 16 minutes in and the whole thing crashes, at TD anyway. Your version might be different. Word of advice…stay away from TD Direct. This is happening to them too often, lately. Too hot in the kitchen it seems.
My wife and I have small portfolio positions in Wheaton Precious Metals and Osisko Gold Royalties, two income streaming companies.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!! Tom Brady is leaving the New England Patriots.
My wife Michele bought the last large pallet of groceries, where we now have sufficient supplies to last two months. We will now go into a home quarantine, with nobody is allowed into our house. We are both church going Baptists. One thing I noticed, while stocking shelves yesterday, is that Michele bought a 750 ml bottle of Gibson’s Finest whiskey. I wonder what that means?
Our RRIF portfolio is 25% cash, 55% bond ETFS, with the remainder in utilities and a little gold.
You had better have invested in a gun and sufficient ammunition to enforce your lockdown, David. This won’t be over in two months—and the natives (including but not limited to the Indians) will start getting restless well before that.
Only one bottle, David? But then, you ARE Baptists. Had a Baptist Granny and, therefore, Baptist kin. Granny’s church was dead against alcohol and a lot of other stuff. Attended once with Granny and heard a sermon about how the congregation had to segregate themselves against the ungodly; given I was wearing eye shadow, knew just whom the preacher was fulminating against.
Fast forward: was married and living back near Granny as husband attended university. We would have Granny over for dinner and would serve wine. Granny always enjoyed same; the next day I would phone her and she would mention what a good sleep she had. Loved Granny dearly; she’s been many years gone now but I still remember her with love and gratitude.
So who is in charge, anyway? As of 9:20, the PM’ s itinerary had the DEPUTY PM chairing Cabinet meeting , giving updates, etc. Now as of 11:10, that has been scratched and the PM will be doing all this from Rideau Cottage. I think they are having some issues.
LindaL
….may a rift open underneath them full of lava…!!
There is actually a major fault line running through the Eastern side of the country and its rated a 5 out of 5 for potential disaster. New York Fault line if memory serves me right..?
Would that it manifest itself right underneath Rideau House…ha,!
PM popped out of his cottage again today and I haven’t figured out why he bothered. I don’t feel reassured at all.
And the cuckoo comes out of its clock because it has to.
“Bong!”
“Cuckoo!”
“Bong!”
“Cuckoo!”
Justin stepped out of his Cottage because he wanted to claim credit for all the actions the premiers are taking.
But he did shut down “everything with a door” in our national parks.
Vassy Kapelos, a CBC politics thingy speaking on the noon hour news show, mentioned that Justin Trudeau in his just-finnished presser that he told Canadians to wash their hands often and to keep social distances. She then added: “I’m sure Canadians have heard that advice before, but coming from him, I think people will start listening to that advice”.
No, I am not making this up. Honestly.
Saw part of it. I would rather read B A Deplorable Rupertslander’s exthellent tranthcript of what Blackie said then listen to the twerp.
I guess she never got herself dirty before.
I was back at my house last week and I spent a lot of time rearranging things in my garage. It didn’t take much for my hands to get filthy and I often had to wash them 2 or 3 times to get all the grime off.
As for listening to Prinz Dummkopf’s “advice”, if he told me the sun was shining, I’d look out the window to make sure.
I think we should let it land. Fill it up with all the other Liberals and then push it back out to sea.
I read the article, and the NP says the cruise ship is geared for “epicurean passengers”. Had to look up that fancy word, and it means that the Hon. Art Eggleton and his fellow travelers are lovers of good food, wine and culture. My wife and I are not epicurean. Tonight we have left over chicken and rice, with diet coke, and will be watching NCIS reruns. (Also,there is a Columbo movie on the Vision channel). The Rt. Hon. Eggleton can lead a epicurean lifestyle — he has a number of double-dipped indexed pensions.
We’re one up on you; had bean soup with pork hock. Enough left over for tomorrow. Had shepherd’s pie and rice pudding for the last couple of days; will look at meat loaf Thursday. Picked up a nice roast which can cut into four pot roasts, and have enough gnocchi to provide the filler along with root veggies. Keep safe.
If you need some spiritual support, here’s Irish television’s broadcast of St. Patrick’s Day mass from this morning:
Breaking…
Another one bites the dust…temporarily:
Just announced on BNN …
The Hudson’s Bay Stores will close their stores for 2 weeks due to WuFlu. Further decisions about The Bay to follow.
Maggie Sinclair Trudeau Kemper goes the audio route with her hit solo play…
From the enclosed link by Bill Brownstein of the Gazette:
“Her life was hardly Camelot, when as a 23-year-old free spirit she married the 51-year-old, less-free-spirited Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. She wasn’t prepared for the protocol to come or life with Pierre. “He was a feminist, as long as you weren’t married to him,” she cracks in the play”.
Read her memoir many years ago. Given she’d already had at least one abortion, she wasn’t exactly unexperienced. And her idea of taking “sanity breaks” or however she termed them was totally alien to someone like myself who got Saturday off to shop and had a lunch away from home (and who know how fortunate I was that we could afford that).
Knew a family friend who had dealings with the Trudeau government via involvement in the Music Teachers’ Association. Said involvement was not good; friend’s comment was that the Trudeau government only cared about promoting Quebec artists. When the marriage came unhinged, our friend’s comment was to the effect that Margot’s excesses were the perfect revenge on her husband.
The Rolling Stones mentioned something about Came alot also.
FYI : The 24 hour CTVNEWSNET CHANNEL isn’t worth the trouble now.
They just cut a live feed of Premier Jason Kenney of Alberta giving a list Emergency measures for Alberta.
(They cut to update the situation in Ontario – i.e. another death linked to WuFlu, this time in Barrie – the first in Ontario and the 5th in Canada)
I immediately switched to Alberta’s 3 local channels and got regularly scheduled programming. WHAT?
What’s wrong with you Easterners?
What’s wrong with Alberta Stations?
Oh right. Unions.
They are the Ontario, and ROC but Alberta Channel now.
They can Go Blow!
Hang on to your ICU bed! Justin is about to replace you with one of his favourite Canadians: https://twitter.com/HannahThibedeau/status/1239944206849921026 . He’ll be giving loans to those Lebanese folks who haven’t come home since Harper gave them an all expenses paid holiday in Canada. But this time they will use it to take up a spot in a hospital near you?
It is a day to rejoice! We’re now back in Hudson’s Bay peso country as the loonie is now worth just over $0.70 USD. Oh, what’s a drop of over $0.06 since the last election between friends, eh?
Prinz Dummkopf admired his favourite country (next to Quebec) because it could turn around its economy “on a dime”. What he didn’t say was that the dime has the likeness of a certain sailboat on it.
That is just half the story. Trudeau’s inherited a GDP per capita that was higher than the US in common dollars. Today it is 70% of the US. How does Trudeau hide it? He inflates the Canadian yen. The US is doing a lot of good economic things. Turdeau has crashed every large project and cratered the auto industry. Canada is in deep shit.
I wonder how Andre Audet is doing now.
Like Bruce Montague in the late 90s, Andre Audet is the only brave Canadian who actually spoke his mind.
To paraphrase a line from the movie The Caine Mutiny, Canada now has a junkyard navy:
Kate – the time to really panic will be when the veterinarians are called up to be medics. Though, to be honest, I would think the average GP type vet would be a lot less scary than a batch of specialist doctors let loose in the Huhan virus rooms.
Augh I finally made it back to the trap shack after galavanting around for the last month. Nice to be in the peace and quiet. I’ve had enough of the maddening crowds.
Speaking of crowds I’ve been thinking of a book I read 25 or more years ago, “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”. It was written in the 1850’s I think? I’m going to dig it out and have another go at it.
Just cracked a Guinness.. It’s St Patty’s Day. Gonna find some Irish fighting songs. The Clancy brothers. Tommy Makum. Real music ha
♧°A whole kit ….of 14 songs:
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♧°The Clancy Bros & Tommy Makem “Irish Drinking Songs”
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https://youtu.be/KZ3E7kIYtR0
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Beautiful, Nancy. Thank you.
Here’s one, it’s brief, but in a similar spirit.
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmyPJhp-rKU
You’re Welcome!
Will have to dig up some Irish Rovers….at the Pig & Whistle …was it?
Or this:
Watch “The Chieftains – O’Sullivan’s March” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/mpkrr0-qut4
Luke Kelly Rocky Road To Dublin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtEKUWRpUWg
Some real Irish music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14QphtxLZ3w
It’s not surprising that it sounds like something composed by Chopin or Schumann. They were contemporaries and probably influenced each other.
Some fake Irish music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbeLu_3Wf_k
Pat O’Shaughnessey and the boys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Y2SSKxZHY
Answer to your question:
Got it! It’s the 21 gun bum salute!
Ha ha very good, I saw that!
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♧ °Lovely! Beats the riddle! 21 Salutes to ya!
I just checked:
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets
and it looks like it might be a better day for the stock market tomorrow. Asian and Pacific indices are looking positive right now, but, to paraphrase that line by Jack Palance in the movie City Slickers, the day ain’t over yet.
Back to 2015 here! Grrr!
In other words, it’s a correction which just happened faster than it usually does. Think of how cheap stocks are now and how many shares one can buy through a dividend re-investment plan.
Right, doing DRIP s in TFSA in hopes that they don’t start cutting dividends. Taking cash in the rest, for now. I see the market is up now @ 457.57 ……
Do what I say, don’t do what I do. Your betters in action: https://twitter.com/OntWtf/status/1238615415019970561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1238615415019970561&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Face.mu.nu%2F
Prinz Dummkopf not being able to touch his face…. Now how can he admire his gorgeousness if he can’t do that?
Rumor has it he is admiring his gorgeousness in front of the mirror … while he touches himself elsewhere.
We know Sophie’s not touching him either.
Very Good Wuhan Flu Info
https://ncov2019.live/data
6 dead in Canada now.
Thanks Oz, for those who haven’t seen it before here is another good one: http://www.covid-19canada.com
The only thing that would make those statistics better is if Quebec was leading the pack.
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nb… four of them octogenarians from same
british columbia nursing home.
newsflash… OLD… PEOPLE… DIE…
ps… flu kills 4000 people annually in Canada
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The annual flu (and pneumonia) death rate is just over 8 per 100,000 in Italy. Italy currently has 2158 deaths from the Wuhan virus with less than 30,000 cases. If ten times that number have the virus but aren’t reported it still seems like an unequal comparison.
Depending on age and numbers of infected Canada could surpass that 4000 number in 4 weeks? And as you know, that would be in addition to the flu/pneumonia death numbers.
Oye? And what is the mortality rate for flu? Care to remind me when was the last time a healthcare system in a civilized country was overwhelmed by a flu?
Why to spank kids ?- Nicole Arbour
https://www.facebook.com/NicoleArbourfans/videos/10154713384812907/
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L-to prevent snowflaking, tolling; and voting for J.T. Okay, I just made that last bit up. But it still might be true.
If you are offended by the above referenced disciplinary practice… Then here it is again, with music !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgrhTltAQlc – Joey&Rory “…both were made of leather…”
I was spanked as a child and that scarred me for life. All I managed to do was stay away from drugs and stay out of trouble with the law. It affected my schooling as well because all I could manage were graduate degrees in two engineering disciplines, including a Ph. D.
Imagine what I could have accomplished if my parents had let me have my own way all the time…..
Back in the day, attended some sessions on “parenting” and heard an “expert” pronounce solemnly “if you spank your preschooler, you will beat your teenager”. Gave up those sessions very shortly thereafter.
We didn’t spank often, and only for clearly-defined misdeeds. As the kids grew older, used other strategies. Nevertheless, would fully defend the occasional swat on the bum for the little guys. It’s short, it’s sharp, it gets the message across, and it’s over and done with. I regard all the other options as brain-washing and child abuse.
Some pretty encouraging analysis from the Diamond Princess controlled experiment. Thanks to alecincgy for linking it in the earlier thread. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/16/diamond-princess-mysteries/ bringing it here again as jewels like this often get lost in the sea of bad news.
“For me, this is all good news. 83% of the people on the ship didn’t get it, despite perfect conditions for transmission. If you get it, you have about a 50/50 chance of showing no symptoms at all. And the fatality rate is lower than the earlier estimates of 2% or above.”
How’s this for encouraging. A cure?
**University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research director Professor David Paterson told news.com.au today they have seen two drugs used to treat other conditions wipe out the virus in test tubes.
He said one of the medications, given to some of the first people to test positive for COVID-19 in Australia, had already resulted in “disappearance of the virus” and complete recovery from the infection.**
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-australia-queensland-researchers-find-cure-want-drug-trial/news-story/93e7656da0cff4fc4d2c5e51706accb5
That’s going to disappoint our PM. He wants to get rid of all the “old stock” Canadians except for the Quebecois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkleKuAshLA&list=PLFH0S3Sg-oYs-eTUf0TeMqvTPFSJo3sn7
Real Irish music.
TQ! Real Irish style Rock Roll!
The Richard Riots were historical – some say they led to the 1960s Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
From link below:
“Outspoken and intense, Montreal Canadien player Maurice Richard was renowned for his physical and occasionally violent style of play. Richard was involved in a vicious on-ice incident late in the 1954–55 season during which he struck a linesman. NHL President Clarence Campbell suspended him for the remainder of the season and playoffs, which precipitated the Richard Riot in Montreal. The riot has taken on a mythical quality in the decades since and is often viewed as a precursor to Quebec’s Quiet Revolution. Richard was a cultural icon among Quebec’s francophone population; his legend is a primary motif in Roch Carrier’s short story The Hockey Sweater, an emblematic work of Canadian culture. In 1998, Richard became ill with abdominal cancer and died from the illness two years later. He became the first non-politician honoured by the province of Quebec with a state funeral.”
The Big Fight:
Watch “Flashback: The Maurice Richard Riots” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/SO4XPedB9mA
More on Richard:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Richard
They closed the Forum in ’96 and the last game they introduced all the Montreal greats. When the Rocket came out this happened. For SEVEN minutes…
https://youtu.be/7DS_x0FwuqY
What a standing ovation! I recognized his little bro Henri Richard, Ken Dryden, Yvan Cournoyer, and the Mulroney family.
Dickie Moore and Red Storey talk about Maurice Richard:
https://youtu.be/hTQbua9MXoI
One regret that I have is that I never had a pint at Toe Blake’s Tavern near the Forum. Was too young. Likely they didn’t allow women / girls in the tavern in those days. The coach was an important part of the team, we mustn’t forget him. He was there for many of the Cup wins. Check out the details of his long career:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_Blake
Used to watch either at the Maidenhead Pub, or the Carbiniere Tavern in Alexis Nihon Plaza, on the west side of Atwater. Across from the Forum. Stones throw. Quart of Molson for $0.85 and a comfy seat, 20 minute walk from home, east along Sherbrooke. All the replays, too.
I heard they wouldn’t let you east end girls west past The Main.
It was awful how The Rocket ended up. He sold fishing line and hooks out of the trunk of his car. He’d visit outfitters and sell them supplies. Rocket lived a very modest life in old age. Sad.
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/?itid=hp_hp-top-table-main_virus-simulator520pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
Fascinating simulations.
That other time the government shut down schools and closed borders
RAF at war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwxCl_d-xyY
Jeez, even the HuffPost knows Blackie and the Rodeo Queers have shit the bed.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/trudeau-defends-not-cracking-down-on-border-sooner-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ar-BB11h7Ps?ocid=spartandhp
In light of the anniversary of the Richard riots, its interesting how the calls for the most authoritarian moves come from Quebec.
The feds have really dropped the ball.
Your kidding right?
I find the contention that the feds initially had this under control and then “dropped the ball” ludicrous. To believe that they initially had control of the situation is dubious. Thus far there is nothing to suggest they even recognized there was something wrong from the outset.
Agreed. The federal government cannot even find the ballpark.
The FEDs have not had one Goddamned thing under control in this country since 2015… It started with a Gender Balanced Cabinet, full of “mewling quims” (Buddy), & Muslim Brotherhood operatives. It started with promises of Giving away Multi Billions to every Shit hole on the planet and continues to this day. it started with PM Asshole tweeting to “Come on Down”…we’ll give you anything you want, just vote for me – Open border which remains open. It started with Pm Asshole blowing EVERY FKN trade deal imaginable since his Coronation.
The list is endless.
His in our face utter abdication on pretty much every file that crossed his Desk. And all of it RUBBER STAMPED by the Communists in Unifor & the Entire Media Establishment in this country.
What on Earth were you MORONS who voted for this sack of Dung thinking..???
You werent. You saw a pretty face/coloured socks – you saw GAY Lesbian Trans ASS KISSING – You saw a so Called Feminist who since has sexually assaulted two women we know of…one likely under 14 at the time. And one he elbowed in the HOC. You’ve seen his love of ISIS Terrorism and its proponents. You’ve seen his hatred of Euro Centirc folks…plain as day. You’ve seen his hatred of Western Canadians. You’ve see his Utter BS of Climate Change via the extra taxes you’ve paid the last 5 years. You’ve seen his Desire to DESTROY our energy industry in favour of retaining and expanding the market for his preferred ARAB suppliers.
This is not Leadership – This is in yer face, Anti Canadian TREASONOUS behaviour and screams for Retribution. May that Filthy fk hang….on a MEATHOOK.
And now, it’s time for some breaky..!!
Aaaaaaaand, he’ll get an overwhelming majority in the next election because of his leadership!
And so with all this #WEXIT talk
And
With the recent surge in firearm purchases Trudeau ponders enacting the War Measures Act.
Are we surprised???
Wonderful coordination between Blackie The Gay Virus King in his bunker, and the airlines. Great Leader tells everyone to come home to Canada, while the airlines cutback or suspend operations.
Shree at the Liberal Party’s Toronto Star explains that closing the border to migrant workers is racist.
Laura Ingraham on some lessons learned
https://youtu.be/Yu9jpEmzymU
Agreed Joseph. They haven’t been in the game and the only balls that have dropped were on Sophie’s chin the other week in Britain.
How will the idiot feds handle issuing 5 million employment insurance cheques in a couple days?
They’d be better off getting the prick bastards at the CRA to issue a “refund” cheque of $500.00 to everyone who filed a tax return in 2019. Let everyone report it as income for the 2020 return next spring.
People have to eat.
”the only balls that have dropped……”
And you win the Internet today
South Korea reports that Chloroquine, a common antimalarial drug, cures and may even prevent coronavirus.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj2SwRPodtscFio7bJ7GdNgbJAGbdfF67WuRJB3ZsidgpidB2eocFHAVjIL-7deJ7/pub
Like quinine?
The stuff they use to make tonic water?
The goes good with scotch, that quinine?
Please tell me that’s not just click bait.
It goes better with Scotch; just remember to add a lime section to the edge. Wouldn’t want to get scurvy, would we?
WestJetters,
Today, Prime Minister Trudeau made an explicit declaration to all Canadians abroad that it is time to come home. Based on this statement and the recommendations to Canadians to control the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, we have made impactful decisions related to our operations.
On Sunday, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. MDT, we will suspend scheduled commercial operations for all international and transborder flights for a 30 day period. To be clear, this means our final commercially scheduled flights from international and transborder destinations will launch on Sunday night by 11:59 p.m. local time; after that, we will be operating rescue and repatriation flights in partnership with the Canadian government. As of tonight, international and transborder tickets are no longer available for sale during this 30 day period.
On Wednesday, March 18 at 11:59 p.m. MDT, WestJet will suspend all outbound international ticket sales for travel until Sunday, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. MDT, so we are no longer sending Canadians out of the country and can instead focus on bringing them home.
To assist Canadians in returning home on short notice, we are in the process of lowering prices on our remaining seats into Canada in all cabins.
In addition, we will also reduce our domestic schedule by approximately 50 per cent. At this point, all network changes are in place for the next 30 days.
I understand how challenging this news is for you and I remain appreciative of how you are showing up in the face of this crisis. More information will be communicated as details become available and as our network and schedule team works through the changes.
WestJetters are known for our level of care and I know this situation will be no different. While this is a difficult time, we now have the responsibility as a Canadian airline to bring our citizens home.
Ed Sims
President and CEO
You were helping import patient zeroes till the very last moment. You could have been pro-active about stopping coughing Chinamen from boarding WestJet flights. But no. Forget that. That would be racist—and cost you money.
What? The virus is now being spread person to person in Canada so your job is done? Is that it, Ed?
It’ll take longer than 20 seconds to wash that blood off your hands.
(Bring them home indeed. If you’re Canadian you can look forward to is 14 days in lockup before they’ll even THINK of letting you go home—unless you’re Chinese. Then it’ll be welcome home, stay well, wash your hands!)
It was signed by Ed “I don’t want to hear no Wexit talk” Sims.
State of Emergency declared in Ontario.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/ontario-declares-state-of-emergency/ar-BB11j3SU?ocid=spartanntp
Watch gold prices. Down from $1674 high to $1471 this morning. Only 6 days. TSX up 50 points in 10 minutes this AM.
Weeeeell, lookee there 16 minutes in and the whole thing crashes, at TD anyway. Your version might be different. Word of advice…stay away from TD Direct. This is happening to them too often, lately. Too hot in the kitchen it seems.
My wife and I have small portfolio positions in Wheaton Precious Metals and Osisko Gold Royalties, two income streaming companies.
Almost forgot, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYQLR-5xMg
Shaggy can really cut a rug!!
Action starts @ 2:40..
BREAKING NEWS!!!!! Tom Brady is leaving the New England Patriots.
My wife Michele bought the last large pallet of groceries, where we now have sufficient supplies to last two months. We will now go into a home quarantine, with nobody is allowed into our house. We are both church going Baptists. One thing I noticed, while stocking shelves yesterday, is that Michele bought a 750 ml bottle of Gibson’s Finest whiskey. I wonder what that means?
Our RRIF portfolio is 25% cash, 55% bond ETFS, with the remainder in utilities and a little gold.
You had better have invested in a gun and sufficient ammunition to enforce your lockdown, David. This won’t be over in two months—and the natives (including but not limited to the Indians) will start getting restless well before that.
Only one bottle, David? But then, you ARE Baptists. Had a Baptist Granny and, therefore, Baptist kin. Granny’s church was dead against alcohol and a lot of other stuff. Attended once with Granny and heard a sermon about how the congregation had to segregate themselves against the ungodly; given I was wearing eye shadow, knew just whom the preacher was fulminating against.
Fast forward: was married and living back near Granny as husband attended university. We would have Granny over for dinner and would serve wine. Granny always enjoyed same; the next day I would phone her and she would mention what a good sleep she had. Loved Granny dearly; she’s been many years gone now but I still remember her with love and gratitude.
Kiplingscote Derby cancelled in Yorkshire on account of Covid-19 for only the fourth time since 1519. Previously it was run during the Spanish Flu and an outbreak of plague.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/kiplingcotes-derby-yorkshire-cancelled-only-fourth-time-1519-2478368
So who is in charge, anyway? As of 9:20, the PM’ s itinerary had the DEPUTY PM chairing Cabinet meeting , giving updates, etc. Now as of 11:10, that has been scratched and the PM will be doing all this from Rideau Cottage. I think they are having some issues.
LindaL
….may a rift open underneath them full of lava…!!
There is actually a major fault line running through the Eastern side of the country and its rated a 5 out of 5 for potential disaster. New York Fault line if memory serves me right..?
Would that it manifest itself right underneath Rideau House…ha,!
PM popped out of his cottage again today and I haven’t figured out why he bothered. I don’t feel reassured at all.
And the cuckoo comes out of its clock because it has to.
“Bong!”
“Cuckoo!”
“Bong!”
“Cuckoo!”
Justin stepped out of his Cottage because he wanted to claim credit for all the actions the premiers are taking.
But he did shut down “everything with a door” in our national parks.
Vassy Kapelos, a CBC politics thingy speaking on the noon hour news show, mentioned that Justin Trudeau in his just-finnished presser that he told Canadians to wash their hands often and to keep social distances. She then added: “I’m sure Canadians have heard that advice before, but coming from him, I think people will start listening to that advice”.
No, I am not making this up. Honestly.
Saw part of it. I would rather read B A Deplorable Rupertslander’s exthellent tranthcript of what Blackie said then listen to the twerp.
I guess she never got herself dirty before.
I was back at my house last week and I spent a lot of time rearranging things in my garage. It didn’t take much for my hands to get filthy and I often had to wash them 2 or 3 times to get all the grime off.
As for listening to Prinz Dummkopf’s “advice”, if he told me the sun was shining, I’d look out the window to make sure.
And always remember – rotate your tires.
Breaking News – High Ranking Liberal stuck on board cruiseship
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/oceania-ms-marina-cruise-ship-stranded?video_autoplay=true
Art Eggleton stuck on cruise ship in Pacific.
I think we should let it land. Fill it up with all the other Liberals and then push it back out to sea.
I read the article, and the NP says the cruise ship is geared for “epicurean passengers”. Had to look up that fancy word, and it means that the Hon. Art Eggleton and his fellow travelers are lovers of good food, wine and culture. My wife and I are not epicurean. Tonight we have left over chicken and rice, with diet coke, and will be watching NCIS reruns. (Also,there is a Columbo movie on the Vision channel). The Rt. Hon. Eggleton can lead a epicurean lifestyle — he has a number of double-dipped indexed pensions.
We’re one up on you; had bean soup with pork hock. Enough left over for tomorrow. Had shepherd’s pie and rice pudding for the last couple of days; will look at meat loaf Thursday. Picked up a nice roast which can cut into four pot roasts, and have enough gnocchi to provide the filler along with root veggies. Keep safe.
If you need some spiritual support, here’s Irish television’s broadcast of St. Patrick’s Day mass from this morning:
https://www.rte.ie/player/series/st-patrick-s-day-mass-e7/SI0000006814?epguid=IH000381233
Pray for Ireland, and pray for Canada.
Breaking…
Another one bites the dust…temporarily:
Just announced on BNN …
The Hudson’s Bay Stores will close their stores for 2 weeks due to WuFlu. Further decisions about The Bay to follow.
Maggie Sinclair Trudeau Kemper goes the audio route with her hit solo play…
From the enclosed link by Bill Brownstein of the Gazette:
“Her life was hardly Camelot, when as a 23-year-old free spirit she married the 51-year-old, less-free-spirited Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. She wasn’t prepared for the protocol to come or life with Pierre. “He was a feminist, as long as you weren’t married to him,” she cracks in the play”.
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/brownstein-margaret-trudeau-takes-audio-route-with-her-hit-solo-play
Zzzzzzzzzz!
Read her memoir many years ago. Given she’d already had at least one abortion, she wasn’t exactly unexperienced. And her idea of taking “sanity breaks” or however she termed them was totally alien to someone like myself who got Saturday off to shop and had a lunch away from home (and who know how fortunate I was that we could afford that).
Knew a family friend who had dealings with the Trudeau government via involvement in the Music Teachers’ Association. Said involvement was not good; friend’s comment was that the Trudeau government only cared about promoting Quebec artists. When the marriage came unhinged, our friend’s comment was to the effect that Margot’s excesses were the perfect revenge on her husband.
The Rolling Stones mentioned something about Came alot also.
FYI : The 24 hour CTVNEWSNET CHANNEL isn’t worth the trouble now.
They just cut a live feed of Premier Jason Kenney of Alberta giving a list Emergency measures for Alberta.
(They cut to update the situation in Ontario – i.e. another death linked to WuFlu, this time in Barrie – the first in Ontario and the 5th in Canada)
I immediately switched to Alberta’s 3 local channels and got regularly scheduled programming. WHAT?
What’s wrong with you Easterners?
What’s wrong with Alberta Stations?
Oh right. Unions.
They are the Ontario, and ROC but Alberta Channel now.
They can Go Blow!
Hang on to your ICU bed! Justin is about to replace you with one of his favourite Canadians: https://twitter.com/HannahThibedeau/status/1239944206849921026 . He’ll be giving loans to those Lebanese folks who haven’t come home since Harper gave them an all expenses paid holiday in Canada. But this time they will use it to take up a spot in a hospital near you?
It is a day to rejoice! We’re now back in Hudson’s Bay peso country as the loonie is now worth just over $0.70 USD. Oh, what’s a drop of over $0.06 since the last election between friends, eh?
Prinz Dummkopf admired his favourite country (next to Quebec) because it could turn around its economy “on a dime”. What he didn’t say was that the dime has the likeness of a certain sailboat on it.
That is just half the story. Trudeau’s inherited a GDP per capita that was higher than the US in common dollars. Today it is 70% of the US. How does Trudeau hide it? He inflates the Canadian yen. The US is doing a lot of good economic things. Turdeau has crashed every large project and cratered the auto industry. Canada is in deep shit.
I wonder how Andre Audet is doing now.
Like Bruce Montague in the late 90s, Andre Audet is the only brave Canadian who actually spoke his mind.
To paraphrase a line from the movie The Caine Mutiny, Canada now has a junkyard navy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23Zn_5qktQ
Kate – the time to really panic will be when the veterinarians are called up to be medics. Though, to be honest, I would think the average GP type vet would be a lot less scary than a batch of specialist doctors let loose in the Huhan virus rooms.
As a closer to Mar 17, here’s another song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5gydvllKdM
Augh I finally made it back to the trap shack after galavanting around for the last month. Nice to be in the peace and quiet. I’ve had enough of the maddening crowds.
Speaking of crowds I’ve been thinking of a book I read 25 or more years ago, “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”. It was written in the 1850’s I think? I’m going to dig it out and have another go at it.
Just cracked a Guinness.. It’s St Patty’s Day. Gonna find some Irish fighting songs. The Clancy brothers. Tommy Makum. Real music ha
♧°A whole kit ….of 14 songs:
°♧
♧°The Clancy Bros & Tommy Makem “Irish Drinking Songs”
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3WZaYHNwVABJnuZhUPqHhXhou4o_QUOY
The darlings of the IRA. At least they have good taste in music…ha
Thanks NR
You’re welcome ——–
I just finished listening to it all and I had one or 2 tears.
So stupid eh? Can’t remember which song got to me!
US to close border to non-essential travel from Chinada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-us-border-1.5501201