The coronavirus

HughFreakingDillon

hedonist said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mfc2006 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

a small city in my province, i may have mentioned it, Steinbach, is now at 40% positivity rate. to literally no one's surprise, it's a highly religious conservative city (they were even a dry town until about a decade ago). on the highway leading to and out of the city there are giant pro life billboards. 

they are still holding church services of hundreds of people, even as recently as this past weekend, against health orders. they don't give a fuck. they are anti-maskers and anti-lockdowners. RCMP have been dolling out fines. 

then these fuckers are going to come to the city and shop at the mall i (used to) go to and infect people here. 

I truly don’t understand this selfish mentality. Ugh.

and religious people wonder why they get vilified. because when it all comes down to it, many of them aren't "love they neighbour" as they would have us all believe. it's me me me first. 

from now on I'm going to call them spiritual capitalists. 

Damn every one of those religious people! They’re all just stupid and blind. 

Generalizations sure are nifty, no?

where did I say all? I said "many". and I didn't say anything about being stupid or blind. 

check your hyperbole at the door. 

brianlux

HughFreakingDillon said:

mfc2006 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

a small city in my province, i may have mentioned it, Steinbach, is now at 40% positivity rate. to literally no one's surprise, it's a highly religious conservative city (they were even a dry town until about a decade ago). on the highway leading to and out of the city there are giant pro life billboards. 

they are still holding church services of hundreds of people, even as recently as this past weekend, against health orders. they don't give a fuck. they are anti-maskers and anti-lockdowners. RCMP have been dolling out fines. 

then these fuckers are going to come to the city and shop at the mall i (used to) go to and infect people here. 

I truly don’t understand this selfish mentality. Ugh.

and religious people wonder why they get vilified. because when it all comes down to it, many of them aren't "love they neighbour" as they would have us all believe. it's me me me first. 

from now on I'm going to call them spiritual capitalists. 

"Many", as you say, are hypocritical.  Do as I say, not as I do.  Maybe what churches need is a religious version of  The Lincoln Project. 

Way back in the 70's, I had good friends who were into the the Jesus movement thing.  I tried to find my way into that club, and this one church I went to with them seemed very cool because they emphasized the giving/ loving/ helping others aspect of Christianity.  But then a faction of that church said that there wasn't enough ecumenical promotion and emphasis on "accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior," and the whole thing turned to sour grapes for me.  Loving and helping others I can dig.  But the emphasis on dogma?  No thanks!  And not enough religious people call out that shit.

Meltdown99

Locks changed, police on scene at Etobicoke BBQ restaurant that defied lockdown orders (msn.com)

So it's OK for the police to change locks on a legal business...

josevolution

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-19/fresno-bishop-urges-catholics-not-to-jump-on-the-covid-19-vaccine-bandwagon
Good luck following this advice! 

hedonist

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mfc2006 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

a small city in my province, i may have mentioned it, Steinbach, is now at 40% positivity rate. to literally no one's surprise, it's a highly religious conservative city (they were even a dry town until about a decade ago). on the highway leading to and out of the city there are giant pro life billboards. 

they are still holding church services of hundreds of people, even as recently as this past weekend, against health orders. they don't give a fuck. they are anti-maskers and anti-lockdowners. RCMP have been dolling out fines. 

then these fuckers are going to come to the city and shop at the mall i (used to) go to and infect people here. 

I truly don’t understand this selfish mentality. Ugh.

and religious people wonder why they get vilified. because when it all comes down to it, many of them aren't "love they neighbour" as they would have us all believe. it's me me me first. 

from now on I'm going to call them spiritual capitalists. 

Damn every one of those religious people! They’re all just stupid and blind. 

Generalizations sure are nifty, no?

where did I say all? I said "many". and I didn't say anything about being stupid or blind. 

check your hyperbole at the door. 

I’ll take my hyperbole where I want, dammit. 

There just seems to be such disdain for those of faith. I see it here often. Perhaps it’s similar to the way I feel about politicians - salespeople in general.

Guess we all have our biases. 

Bentleyspop

cincybearcat

hedonist said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mfc2006 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

a small city in my province, i may have mentioned it, Steinbach, is now at 40% positivity rate. to literally no one's surprise, it's a highly religious conservative city (they were even a dry town until about a decade ago). on the highway leading to and out of the city there are giant pro life billboards. 

they are still holding church services of hundreds of people, even as recently as this past weekend, against health orders. they don't give a fuck. they are anti-maskers and anti-lockdowners. RCMP have been dolling out fines. 

then these fuckers are going to come to the city and shop at the mall i (used to) go to and infect people here. 

I truly don’t understand this selfish mentality. Ugh.

and religious people wonder why they get vilified. because when it all comes down to it, many of them aren't "love they neighbour" as they would have us all believe. it's me me me first. 

from now on I'm going to call them spiritual capitalists. 

Damn every one of those religious people! They’re all just stupid and blind. 

Generalizations sure are nifty, no?

where did I say all? I said "many". and I didn't say anything about being stupid or blind. 

check your hyperbole at the door. 

I’ll take my hyperbole where I want, dammit. 

There just seems to be such disdain for those of faith. I see it here often. Perhaps it’s similar to the way I feel about politicians - salespeople in general.

Guess we all have our biases. 

I’ll admit my disdain for those of “faith” has risen A lot over the last few years. A bunch of fake aholes.

Bentleyspop

cincybearcat said:

hedonist said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

mfc2006 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

a small city in my province, i may have mentioned it, Steinbach, is now at 40% positivity rate. to literally no one's surprise, it's a highly religious conservative city (they were even a dry town until about a decade ago). on the highway leading to and out of the city there are giant pro life billboards. 

they are still holding church services of hundreds of people, even as recently as this past weekend, against health orders. they don't give a fuck. they are anti-maskers and anti-lockdowners. RCMP have been dolling out fines. 

then these fuckers are going to come to the city and shop at the mall i (used to) go to and infect people here. 

I truly don’t understand this selfish mentality. Ugh.

and religious people wonder why they get vilified. because when it all comes down to it, many of them aren't "love they neighbour" as they would have us all believe. it's me me me first. 

from now on I'm going to call them spiritual capitalists. 

Damn every one of those religious people! They’re all just stupid and blind. 

Generalizations sure are nifty, no?

where did I say all? I said "many". and I didn't say anything about being stupid or blind. 

check your hyperbole at the door. 

I’ll take my hyperbole where I want, dammit. 

There just seems to be such disdain for those of faith. I see it here often. Perhaps it’s similar to the way I feel about politicians - salespeople in general.

Guess we all have our biases. 

I’ll admit my disdain for those of “faith” has risen A lot over the last few years. A bunch of fake aholes.

So-called "christians" supporting the most
un-christian president in order to have control over women's bodies.

FiveBelow

Bentleyspop said:

Needing a politician or celebrity for guidance on making common sense decisions is sad. How could we survive without the all powerful and gloriously famous to guide us? Talk about worship.

lastexitlondon

This virus has exposed the shameful state of humanity 

oftenreading

Meltdown99 said:

Locks changed, police on scene at Etobicoke BBQ restaurant that defied lockdown orders (msn.com)

So it's OK for the police to change locks on a legal business...

Yes, when the business is operating illegally.

The police were really pretty accommodating with this business that was openly operating against lockdown orders. 

PJNB

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-vaccines-rollout-timeline-1.5819725?fbclid=IwAR1SKFvq15S_u8X9kCGS_sh2kmJwSCRbJrcUUjh-H0cByj2ihtnbZLMMQkk

Surprised that my province has a chance at getting the vaccine this early. 

Halifax2TheMax

Plateauing right around the corner and bend over.

Meltdown99

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

Locks changed, police on scene at Etobicoke BBQ restaurant that defied lockdown orders (msn.com)

So it's OK for the police to change locks on a legal business...

Yes, when the business is operating illegally.

The police were really pretty accommodating with this business that was openly operating against lockdown orders. 

And 200 meters from this business is a Costco whose food court is open to sitting down customers.  As far as I am concerned the only stores open should be one selling food and essential item only.  He could have ordered Wal Mart, Costco and the Superstore closed and allowed grocery only business to stay.

I support small business and to my knowledge, none of Canada's shitty politicians have any proof that small business is the problem...

But hey let's cram kids in classrooms, pack people in the big box stores and pack them in on public transit.

Makes perfect sense...

Meltdown99

PJNB said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-vaccines-rollout-timeline-1.5819725?fbclid=IwAR1SKFvq15S_u8X9kCGS_sh2kmJwSCRbJrcUUjh-H0cByj2ihtnbZLMMQkk

Surprised that my province has a chance at getting the vaccine this early. 

That doesn't mean anything.  The vaccine first must be approved.  And we are not getting it until the countries manufacturing the vaccine have taken care of their own citizens...

if they are getting 60 000 doses...then they can vaccinate 30 000 humans...far short of what will be needed.

oftenreading

Meltdown99 said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

Locks changed, police on scene at Etobicoke BBQ restaurant that defied lockdown orders (msn.com)

So it's OK for the police to change locks on a legal business...

Yes, when the business is operating illegally.

The police were really pretty accommodating with this business that was openly operating against lockdown orders. 

And 200 meters from this business is a Costco whose food court is open to sitting down customers.  As far as I am concerned the only stores open should be one selling food and essential item only.  He could have ordered Wal Mart, Costco and the Superstore closed and allowed grocery only business to stay.

I support small business and to my knowledge, none of Canada's shitty politicians have any proof that small business is the problem...

But hey let's cram kids in classrooms, pack people in the big box stores and pack them in on public transit.

Makes perfect sense...

You’re entitled to your opinion of what should and should not be allowed to open, but that doesn’t have any bearing on what the law allows and what the police are being asked to enforce. 

Edit: To add to my point, the guy at this restaurant was being very open that they were deliberately defying the order to not provide sit down service in restaurants. He publicized this on social media, got verbal warnings and cautions from police as to what the process would be, and continued to open, and he supported anti-mask demonstrations. I don't have much sympathy for him. 

PJNB

Meltdown99 said:

PJNB said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-vaccines-rollout-timeline-1.5819725?fbclid=IwAR1SKFvq15S_u8X9kCGS_sh2kmJwSCRbJrcUUjh-H0cByj2ihtnbZLMMQkk

Surprised that my province has a chance at getting the vaccine this early. 

That doesn't mean anything.  The vaccine first must be approved.  And we are not getting it until the countries manufacturing the vaccine have taken care of their own citizens...

if they are getting 60 000 doses...then they can vaccinate 30 000 humans...far short of what will be needed.

I am well aware of what is going on and what is needed. My comment was that I was surprised they think there is a chance to be getting it in New Brunswick in January. 

hedonist

New lockdown here. Woohoo!

(I’m sure there’s a perfectly rational explanation excepting religious services and protests.)

F Me In The Brain

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

Locks changed, police on scene at Etobicoke BBQ restaurant that defied lockdown orders (msn.com)

So it's OK for the police to change locks on a legal business...

Yes, when the business is operating illegally.

The police were really pretty accommodating with this business that was openly operating against lockdown orders. 

And 200 meters from this business is a Costco whose food court is open to sitting down customers.  As far as I am concerned the only stores open should be one selling food and essential item only.  He could have ordered Wal Mart, Costco and the Superstore closed and allowed grocery only business to stay.

I support small business and to my knowledge, none of Canada's shitty politicians have any proof that small business is the problem...

But hey let's cram kids in classrooms, pack people in the big box stores and pack them in on public transit.

Makes perfect sense...

You’re entitled to your opinion of what should and should not be allowed to open, but that doesn’t have any bearing on what the law allows and what the police are being asked to enforce. 

Edit: To add to my point, the guy at this restaurant was being very open that they were deliberately defying the order to not provide sit down service in restaurants. He publicized this on social media, got verbal warnings and cautions from police as to what the process would be, and continued to open, and he supported anti-mask demonstrations. I don't have much sympathy for him. 

Nobody with half a brain should have any.  

That guy is a fool.

Spunkie

^ We've been like that for a bit here, too, but no churches and indoor fitness. We're allowed to take walks with one another, so I got 20 minutes in with a sister and the covid puppy, who is almost all grown up now! I'm glad the slopes are open for locals! And Gigaton for company.

They shut shit down on a Thursday, so my kids' early bday party with 6 classmates only at a private pool with waterslide was nixed with 2 days notice. Goody bags were prepared with nitrile gloves on ahead of time with individually prepackaged snacks.

Bummer, I was trying to do her party early, ahead of the kids getting out of school and gathering with extended family over Christmas.Tears were involved. But, I'm glad the officials got ahead of it in my district.