Political Word Games Galore

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Political Word Games Galore

Truth takes a holiday in the mouths of those claiming to have
our best interests at heart.

CBC: Thousands rally in downtown Montreal to protest Quebec mask rules

• "some people made a show of embracing each other or exchanging double-cheek kisses."

Oh the horror of it all.

• In the past, the Quebec government has said that people are allowed to protest. On July 27, responding to protests the previous weekend, Deputy Premier Geneviève Guilbault said there would be "consequences" if there continued to be incidents where people "transgress the rules of public health."  
• "It has nothing to do with taking away anyone's right to protest or express themselves," Guilbault said. "It's obvious that anybody can protest. But nobody has the right to put anyone else's health in danger."

And what can we conclude from that, Ms. Guilbault?  This relates to the protests how?  It all looks pretty consensual to me. I would have been honoured to have received a smackeroo from any one of those intelligent-looking people.

This question alone may be too difficult for the average politician to unravel:

• "Say we go into a restaurant," she said. "We walk in wearing a mask, because, what, COVID is there? Then we sit down and we can take the masks off because, what, the COVID is gone?"

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... and certainly too logical for even the highest court to counter.

Ms. Guilbault (pictured at left) has been a politician since 2017, so by now she knows all the words a politician needs to know. You can learn more about her by clicking on the photo.

Strange. I've been a human since 1940, and life has taught me that adults are each responsible for their own state of health and that of their offspring.

And I doubt that anyone was forced to attend the Montreal protest.

Oh, I do so long to join a real people's protest. I feel smothered by the lethargy that surrounds me.  That alone has got to be bad for my health. Can I sue Kingston residents for damaging my health by a dearth of protest?  Must I move to Toronto to join a group calling themselves "Fearless Ontario" and apparently actually living up to it?

I did find out that there are groups in my town who don't think much of City Hall officials in general, but their website is out of date; no mention of any meetings or protests since the lockdown.  Don't you just hate that?

Moving on:

Below are some of the most egregious political weasel terms:

NatNewsWatch: TO-area Liberal MP Michael Levitt puts family first, announces resignation

Isn't that what they all say when their dream of being a politico sours?

In the beginning, they all say they want to "serve the people" (which one would assume includes their family as well), but then they find that serving the people isn't as much fun as they thought it would be, so, when they finally land an easier job (or get forced out of government) the reason proffered is always that they want to "spend more time with family".

You'd think a guy would realize that with language like that he's a perfect politician!

• Levitt says he will soon begin a new career as president and CEO of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre, an organization devoted to combating anti-Semitism and promoting human rights.

Anything that could be said or done by the CFSWC has already been said and done. So, piece of cake for Levitt, eh?

Moving on: 

USATimesofNews: 25,000 Canadians hospitalized or killed by self-harm last year, research says

• Experts fear numbers will climb due to stress brought on by the pandemic

But not to worry:

• The goal is, over time, to identify both gaps in services and those Canadians who are at greatest risk, to guide improvements to community-based mental health services.

In other words, don't hold your breath - unless you have suicide in mind, of course.  (That's not a joke; it's irony.)

NatNewsWatch: Leadership apologizes after report finds systemic racism at human rights museum

• Many staff members reported that "there was a tendency on the part of management to treat the museum as a profit-oriented corporation having its primary focus on revenue generation to the exclusion of organizational health and the fulfilment of its mandate," the report said.

"Focus on revenue"?  So what else is new? Revenue is what's running the whole Covert "pandemic" operation -- bets being placed; cards being shuffled, some going to the bottom of the deck.

But they apologized, so that makes things better, right? -- except that they're still telling fibs.

The real nitty and also the gritty about the museum scuffle can be found here.

Moving on:

PolicyOptions: Who believes in Covid-19 Conspiracies and Why it Matters

• A survey of Canadians shows a worrying number of believers more likely to ignore recommended health behaviours. The consequences could be devastating.

You don't even have to read the article.  I can summarize it for you because it's written by just another suck-up poller who imagines that repetition = truth.

15 uses of "conspiracy"; 8 uses of "conspiracies"; 9 uses of "conspiracy theory(ies)"; 29 uses of the word "believe" or "believer(s)" and 3 of "belief(s)".

Oh yeah, and let's not overlook the sexism: male and female responses compared.  What's that in aid of?  To show that women think differently from men? Isn't that against the law now?

The above survey/article was brought to you by a McMaster assistant professor of political science who is also CEO of Vox Pop Labs. His polls "support democracy" and, as proof of that, he is proud to show you which well-known presstitutes pay for and publish his very useful results.

Vox Pop is short for Vox Populi - or "the man in the street". Surely that's illegal now as well.

Nevertheless, Mr. Vox Popper supports democracy by labelling as "conspiracy theory" opinions he knows the powers that be don't want to see showing up in polls.

Whenever there's a totalitarian movement in the works, willing patsies can always be found for a fee. All a pollster propagandist has to do is decide what is pro-freedom, call that a conspiracy theory, load the questions, and then feed the theory to unwitting fish and see how many take the bait.  If they feel they are no longer able to swim freely they are wrong, wrong, wrong, and will need to be re-educated a la 1984.

Image below video: DailyMail:  PETER HITCHENS: People are pictured shopping at Leicester market. It is  a fact, not a ‘conspiracy theory’, that the power of the state is now being used to keep us in a condition of perpetual alarm.

VIDEO:  I don't know how this guy manages to stay on YouTube.

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