Saturday, May 11, 2024

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The new rules of medicine

“Misinformation” is any information that contradicts the current mainstream narrative, even if it is true.
Never agree to debate any misinformation spreaders; they are evil people.
Expert opinion, formerly the lowest level of evidence, is now at the top of evidence-based medicine when the experts are from a government agency
You don’t need any clinical evidence to prescribe a drug or vaccine if the CDC says it is safe.

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Bill 88 should not surprise anyone as “politicians and lobbyists unite against the citizenry”

This compensation slight of hand is great news for gig corporations and brutally bad news for gig workers. In fact, while Bill 88 was presented as “Working to protect workers,” it did not actually define the word “work.” What it will do, however, is enable the creation of a whole new class of Ontarians: the underclass. A government employee between phone calls gets paid even when the phone doesn’t ring; a rideshare driver waiting for a fare will not.

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Dan McTeague: “The suggestion we can make emissions fall 40% in 8 years is absurd”

As Vladimir Putin wreaks havoc in Ukraine, he rests confident knowing that Canada – one of the world’s most energy-rich nations – remains utterly incapable of doing anything to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian oil and gas. The Europeans are, after all, the bank for Putin’s military aggression. Europe needs Russian oil and gas and they have no other plausible supplier in sight.

In a slightly different world, Canada would have been in a terrific position to supply Europe with an alternative supply of oil and gas. But, because once upon a time, Justin Trudeau discovered that it was “2015” and Harper was out and he was in, the Trudeau Liberals declared war on Canada’s oil and gas industry. 

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Vaccine travel ban faces compelling testimony from Charter signatory Brian Peckford

In his sworn affidavit, Mr. Peckford states: “What I find perhaps the most disturbing is that the federal government has mandated a two-tiered society where one group of people has benefits while another group is disadvantaged. As a person who has chosen not to receive the new medical treatment, I am all of a sudden treated as an outcast, labelled a “racist” and “misogynist”, and as an undesirable person not fit to be seated with vaccinated people on an airplane … The Covid-19 vaccinated are allowed to travel by airplane and to see their families and the unvaccinated are not. This is not the Canada I know and love, and this type of segregation causes me utmost sadness.”

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Is it more dangerous to hit a bear than a moose? Don Taylor details the differences for you

Suddenly, I was jolted awake by the truck rocking from side to side. I lay there wondering what had woken me up. Did I imagine something? Was it a dream? Did someone back into me? Was the wind picking up? Where exactly was I? As I lay trying to figure out what was going on, the truck rocked again.

Okay, not a dream, and I’m not imagining this. Where am I? Perhaps someone had backed into me? It does happen in truck stops, seldom causing damage, but both drivers can feel the bump. I thought for a minute, remembering that I was in the Marathon rest area. Being backed into, therefore, wasn’t likely. No evidence of the wind picking up. What in the devil was going on?

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Happy Anniversary! But still no driver training program, three years after unanimous Council vote

Unfortunately, it also marks the one year anniversary of the Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed with the City of Toronto, asking how many vehicle for hire drivers have been trained under the mandatory driver training program Council unanimously directed Licensing and Standards staff to re-instate in July, 2019.

One year ago, the answer to our question was “Zero.” Zero drivers have been trained since staff received the direction in 2019.

Today, the answer is still “Zero.” Zero drivers have been trained since we published the FOI response on April 11, 2021.

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