Something has Broken the Christmas Season

Something Has Broken the Christmas Season

And it may not ever be fixed


Government is its name; division is its game.

NatNewsWatch: Feds have not ‘demonstrated need’ for security-screening measures: privacy watchdog

Government is basically cronyism. Only the opposition wants to see the real truth about the bureaucrats.  But now I understand the increasingly popular word "draconian". *

If members of our government have actually considered using polygraph testing, this is a scary harbinger for "democracy". Mind you, it would be fun to see Trudeau and Freeland take a polly test.  Ask them how much they made on the stock market when the vaccines were approved; ask them who advises them on the "Great Reset".

* AncientOrigins: According to folklore, Draco’s death was caused by his popularity ... whilst Draco was at the Aeginetan theatre, his supporters decided to show their approval in the traditional Greek manner, i.e. by throwing their hats, shirts and cloaks on his head. Such a great amount of these garments were thrown on him, however, that Draco suffocated and died.

(Not suggesting ... of course.) 

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(Some) Doctors Against Ont. MPP Randy Hillier

It embarrasses me that modern medical training has produced some of the most close-minded practitioners in history. The opinions of thousands of world-wide seasoned medical professionals, scientists, epidemiologists have been arrogantly overlooked by a small group of Ontarians who signed the following letter written by one doctor to MPP Randy Hillier:

CTV: [Dozens] of people sign open letter to MPP Randy Hillier denouncing COVID-19 misinformation

• Ontario Doctor writes to MPP Randy Hillier: "I urge the public to ignore you and heed the advice of trained health care professionals."

Presumably referring to, perhaps, Ontario Medical Officials Dr. David Williams and/or Dr. Barbara Yaffe, both of whom admitted off-camera (they thought) that they just say what's been written down for them to say (by whom? one should ask).

Facebook video: Randy Hillier at Parliament Hill rally this past weekend: "It's been a lie what they've been doing!"

Here are some of the "trained" professionals the letter-writer might have checked out first:

StateoftheNation: “No Medical Justification For Emergency Measures” – Open Letter From 100s Of Doctors, Health Pros Urges End To Lockdowns

American Institute for Economic Research: Belgium -- open letter

• So far it has been signed by 394 medical doctors, 1,340 medically trained health professionals, and 8,897 citizens.

Newsweek - Oct. 2020: More Than 10,000 Scientists Sign Barrington Declaration Petition Saying Current COVID Lockdowns are 'Producing Devastating Effects'

• The Great Barrington Declaration, which is named after the town in Massachusetts that it was signed in, currently has signatures from 10,233 medical and public health scientists, 27,860 medical practitioners and 504,875 concerned citizens.

But there are always a few like this:

Globe&Mail: Ontario under fire (from doctors) for delaying provincewide lockdown until Boxing Day

• “We are already hearing from hospital and health system leaders who are shocked that the restrictions will not come into effect until after Christmas.”

Hospitals emergency rooms normally have their hands full enough on Christmas Eve, what with the booze stores being considered "essential" business. But if that's all these doctors have to complain about, they're ignoring a few other realities:

NYPost - Apr. 2020: An international poll of thousands of doctors rated the Trump-touted anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine the best treatment for the novel coronavirus.

•  ... a total of 6,227 physicians were questioned in 30 countries about at least 15 treatments used for COVID-19.
• Of the 2,171 doctors asked which drug is most effective, 37 percent said hydroxychloroquine. By contrast, 32 percent answered “nothing.”
• The 30 countries where doctors were surveyed included Europe, South America and Australia — and no incentives were provided to participate, the company said.

If that's not enough to convince you that the people conducting and influencing this "pandemic" are not professional in the best sense of the word, take a gander at my "Pandemic Truth" column, at top of sidebar ----> 

Hey, I'm a skeptic. I don't take a side until I've researched as much as possible. I'm inclined to accept the advice being offered by literally thousands of highly trained, life-experienced medical professionals around the world -- and so is Randy Hillier.  I'm inclined even more to accept the advice of someone who's apparently been at the illness brink and returned:

ColumbiaBasinHerald - Dec 10/20: I survived COVID, but are we making the cure worse than the disease?

• As many of you know, I contracted the coronavirus. It was the worst sickness I have ever had ... Obviously, I understand how real this virus is – I have lived it. However, we cannot lock everyone and everything up and live in a bubble. We have reached a point where I believe the cure can’t be worse than the disease. We cannot destroy our economy, tear apart hopes, dreams and watch families suffer and think everything will be fine.

Mind you, "the worst sickness" this guy ever had is meaningless unless we know what other sicknesses he has actually had.  But he's right on about the lockdowns and the "bubbles".

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Ontario Updates:

CBC: Ontario Covid UPdate Dec. 20

CBC: Ontario Covid Update Dec. 21:

All one has to do is look at the numbers of people being listed as "cases" to know that "cases" simply means persons who tested positive, not necessarily sick.

And to add this season's incidences onto last season's is deliberate deck-stacking, given the past practice of reporting each flu season separately. That really, really irks me!

Similarly: The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in hospital each day includes the number in intensive care. Why blur the numbers of people in intensive care?  Because they're too few to make hay with?

They do these things and still expect us not to smell any kind of a rat.

OffGuardian: WHO finally admits PCR tests create false positives

• Warnings concerning high CT value of tests are months too late…so why are they appearing now? The potential explanation is shockingly cynical.
• So why has the WHO finally decided to say this is wrong? What reason could they have for finally choosing to recognise this simple reality?
• The answer to that is potentially shockingly cynical: We have a vaccine now. Maybe we don’t need false positives anymore.

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Election during "pandemic"?

GlobalNews: Pandemic election integrity at stake with millions of mail-in-ballots expected: Elections Canada docs

GlobalNews: Millions of mail-in ballots in pandemic election would not be a problem: Canada Post exec

Now all we have to do is watch to see if government agrees with CanPost.

But is it really not a problem?

To celebrate my 80th birthday in September, I sent donations to five grass-roots organizations and arrival in Toronto took a couple of weeks; arrival at Ottawa/Montreal took well over a month.

I heard that, due to the pandemic, there were a lot of letters going in the government's direction, and that Canada Post had offered free service for letters to MPs and Cabinet Ministers.  So that explained my donation delays. But I suspect the delays would be much worse with a zillion mail-in ballots to process and deliver.

Canada Post has always been inclined to preen, though its problems go way back. In 1955 a family friend sent me a butterfly broach for my birthday. The friend eventually wondered why I hadn't mentioned it in correspondence. Guess why?

That butterfly is out there somewhere; I just know it.

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Long-Term Care Homes Controversy

Now here's a funny thing: in 2019 Ontario bragged about the quality of care in its long-term care homes which the province, ostensibly, oversees (taking credit for "shaping" its future), but, so far, not a peep in 2020 when it became clear that gross laxity (to put it mildly) had occurred, and now the perps have been absolved:

• In a pandemic that has killed 1,848 residents of long-term care homes in Ontario as of Monday, the province denies that anyone in the proposed class-action, including the families, “suffered any loss or damages.” And if they did, long-term care operators, not the government, are responsible, it says.

I think we all should wonder why.

See Also: With a little help for his friends: Under the cover of the pandemic, Christmas came early this year for the friends of Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

OLTCA: Long Term Care Facts and Figures

Waddaya gonna do when the Federal Government is even the boss of Santa: CTV VIDEO

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PROFESSIONAL ADVICE?

CTV VIDEO:  How to conduct yourself over the "holidays", straight from "professionals"

Sorry, seems that CTV has buried the video.  Here's a long, complicated list of do's and don'ts from the CDC.

The CTV video was distracting because I found myself pondering why so many professional women seem to think that wrapping a big scarf around their necks (here's an example) when appearing before the public. somehow enhances their appearance.  I feel claustrophobic just looking at them, and I'm always reminded of the death of Isadora Duncan:

History.com: “Affectations,” said Gertrude Stein when she heard the news of Duncan’s death, “can be dangerous.”

I've also been wondering lately why so many people (on video at least) begin their statements with the word "so".  It's become quite common and I think it proves how mentally impressionable people really are.  The practice is being defended here, apparently because the writer wants to be on the right side of Mark Zuckerberg.

The word "so" means "therefore" which must be preceded by an opening statement. For example:  "People are not wearing masks, SO we are going to enforce the rules." Otherwise, it's just mindless mimicry similar to the nauseating "like" which seems (I hope) to be disappearing somewhat.

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CTV: What's open and closed under Ontario's COVID-19 lockdown

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Below Image from CollectorsWeekly: What Not to Wear: The Deadliest Hats, Scarves, and Skirts in History