Overmod reactionarily Anglophobic "Quebecois"?
reactionarily Anglophobic "Quebecois"?
Fixed it for you.
A splinter group of them did resort to violence, once upon a time. Stamping out that terrorist group was Trudeau I's finest moment.
You will also recall that it was only "money and ethnic votes" that prevented Quebec from becoming an independent nation.
The Laurentians are indeed an excellent place to spend a winter holiday. A pity you can't get there by train anymore.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
SD70DudeFixed it for you.
I thought it was the French who called the obstinate English-only speakers the tete-carrees. I stand corrected, I think. Maybe there are as many species of 'blockhead' as there were proper 'Yankees', taking as much pride in the sobriquet.
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I don't know if this is still true, but I have heard that anglophone Quebecers called French speakers "Pepsis" as in empty from the neck up. The English speakers are Maudite Anglais.
Overmod I thought it was the French who called the obstinate English-only speakers the tete-carrees. I stand corrected, I think. Maybe there are as many species of 'blockhead' as there were proper 'Yankees', taking as much pride in the sobriquet.
As has been noted, the dislike is mutual, with nicknames from both sides. Much of it is good natured though some true hatred remains, again, on both sides.
When discussing the major Canadian political factions, "Blockhead" refers to members and supporters of the Bloc Quebecois, a Federal political party that advocates solely for Quebec's interests and has previously endorsed separatism, though they have not focused on that particular issue in recent years.
Other nicknames up here include Tory, Grit, and Dipper (a derogatory term for members/supporters of the NDP).
SD70Dude-- " Can I be a dupe and/or fool in the film? Those are always such fun roles."
Sure! I see something along the lines of a Peter Lorre type role. Of course you know you don't make it past the 3/4 mark.
The cast is getting together!
( I have a clear front runner for the evil mastermind Saturday morning cartoon character but there are 3 others that would not be bad..... if I have to go outside the Forum I would pick that Tedros guy , Chief of the WHO. )
Miningman SD70Dude-- " Can I be a dupe and/or fool in the film? Those are always such fun roles." Sure! I see something along the lines of a Peter Lorre type role.
Sure! I see something along the lines of a Peter Lorre type role.
That's a great fit. I first saw him in 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (with Cary Grant and Raymond Massey, among others), which has stuck in my memory ever since. Though he plays a villain in that one too.....
"You got twelve, they got twelve!"
Ahh.. Peter Lorre!
"You despise me, don't you Rick?"
"if I gave you any thought I probably would."
Miningman Many Forum participants continue to gaslight Euclid. Fortunately he has managed to maintain his sanity whereas I'm not certain of some of those always attacking.
Many Forum participants continue to gaslight Euclid.
Fortunately he has managed to maintain his sanity whereas I'm not certain of some of those always attacking.
As the saying goes: "Every bodys crazy except you and me and sometimes I wonder about you as well"
54light15-- Peter Lorre is something else isn't he.
Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre , throw-in Bogie. Great stuff .
" Can I kill him now boss? Please can I kill him now?"
Elecroliner1935-- Euclid can be the Defence Attorney in the Forum Film Noir. He can easily wear down the DA, the Judge , the Jury, the Courtroom and the press. When he walks in its game over , but in 72 hours of non stop delivery. Good tactic!
Distilled from website www.jpost.com:
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Miningman" Can I kill him now boss? Please can I kill him now?"
"Arsenic and Old Lace," right?
54light15 Miningman " Can I kill him now boss? Please can I kill him now?" "Arsenic and Old Lace," right?
Miningman " Can I kill him now boss? Please can I kill him now?"
I think that quote is from the Jerry Lewis movie, "The Sad Sack", with Peter Lorre. Don't quote me on that!
York1 John
Miningman 54light15-- Peter Lorre is something else isn't he. Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre , throw-in Bogie. Great stuff . " Can I kill him now boss? Please can I kill him now?" Elecroliner1935-- Euclid can be the Defence Attorney in the Forum Film Noir. He can easily wear down the DA, the Judge , the Jury, the Courtroom and the press. When he walks in its game over , but in 72 hours of non stop delivery. Good tactic!
Film Noir is never boring, and often has some form of humor. I think that rules out Bucky.
Cass county Indiana, after suffering the shut down of the local meat processing facility, has implemented new restrictions.
Shopping excursions in stores are now limited to one family member per visit, and children under 16 are prohibited entirely. This does not seem at all unreasonable to me, especially considering the "cough-o-matic" tyke I encountered at a store recently.
daveklepper Of the sick, 120 are in serious condition, including 91 on ventilators. Overnight, more people passed away, bringing the country's death toll to 212.
Dave, is their indication of what is considered a death by covid? Here, there is questioning, because if someone is infected and dies, it is being tallied as a covid death, no matter whether there's an underlying condition. If someone is in hospice, contracts covid, and then dies, theirs is a covid death, for example.
Gramp daveklepper Of the sick, 120 are in serious condition, including 91 on ventilators. Overnight, more people passed away, bringing the country's death toll to 212. Dave, is their indication of what is considered a death by covid? Here, there is questioning, because if someone is infected and dies, it is being tallied as a covid death, no matter whether there's an underlying condition. If someone is in hospice, contracts covid, and then dies, theirs is a covid death, for example.
If someone is pushed off a cliff and subsequently dies - is the cause the push or the sudden stop? If a horse is carrying 1K pounds and then a additional pound is added and the horse collapses - was it the first pound or last pound that caused the collapse?
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Deciding whether a death is caused by the virus is not as easy as some think.
Here is an interesting article about influenza and the deaths that are associated with it.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/influenza-deaths/
Disclaimer: I do not know anything about this group that published the article. I read the backgrounds of the contributers and they seem to have knowledge in the medical field, but with online sources ...
BaltACDIf someone is pushed off a cliff and subsequently dies - is the cause the push or the sudden stop?
For one month in a hospital there are 50 deaths due to heart disease. None of the patients had influenza.
Another month, there are 55 deaths due to heart disease. However, this month, 30 of those deaths occured to patients who had influenza.
Now, how many died of the flu? Five? Thirty? Did the 30 develop other conditions from the flu that made the heart disease worse?
There is not a simple answer to the question if they died of influenza.
York1Now, how many died of the flu? Five? Thirty? Did the 30 develop other conditions from the flu that made the heart disease worse?
Is there any hard data to document that Covid related death statistics are being fudged? Or is this mostly speculation by naysayers unhappy that policy is not being bent to their whim?
York1 Deciding whether a death is caused by the virus is not as easy as some think.
Exactly!
The implications of the high median age of people reported to have died of COVID-19 suggest that it was a "final push over the edge" for many. OTOH, the first known death in the US from COVID-19 was someone who was otherwise healthy and thus the death would be primarily due to COVID-19 as the person's heart was weakened by the infection.
Note about "final push over the edge": There are a lot of people who are much more susceptible to dying from COVID-19 due to a variety of factors such as age, fighting cancer etc who need more protection from COVID-19.
Someone having a predisposing, pre-existing condition does not dismiss an acute illness as cause of death. For example, many people have diabetes for years and ultimately die from acutevrenal failure. Ditto with COPD and viral-pneumonia, whether as a comorbidigy with Covid-19 or with seasonal influenza. Or many other combinations of a chronic disease and an acute one. Basic medicine.
Convicted OneIs there any hard data to document that Covid related death statistics are being fudged? Or is this mostly speculation by naysayers unhappy that policy is not being bent to their whim?
I'm not talking about anyone fudging the death rate or speculation. I'm talking about how difficult it is to track down an exact death rate.
From the New York Times:
"And New York City increased its death count by more than 3,700 on Tuesday, after officials said they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus but were presumed to have died of it."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/us/coronavirus-death-rate.html
My point is that it's much more difficult to determine the number of deaths due to this virus or to influenza than to dismiss the argument as the same as falling off a cliff.
York1officials said they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus but were presumed to have died of it."
Your point is a valid one. What those officials are doing, IMO, is highly irresponsible. I was not aware anyone was doing this.
I'm wondering if they have a nefarious motive, or are simply so short of test kits that they have been prioritized for the living?
Things are a bit different where I live. Here you can't get diagnosed without a test, and you can't get tested without symptoms. So we might have exactly the opposite problem,.... funny world isn't it?
Convicted OneThings are a bit different where I live. Here you can't get diagnosed without a test, and you can't get tested without symptoms. So we might have exactly the opposite problem,.... funny world isn't it?
And one of the principal points of being tested at all is to catch it before the symptoms begin to manifest ... at which point a victim may have been an infectious threat to the general public for over five days, and is likely to have progressed dangerously toward induced ARDS if 'at risk' for that condition.
But hey, it looks like the 80%-or-more-lethal ventilators will be in adequate supply for those who get it. And the test results for the symptomatic will help get the ventilators sent where they are "needed"... that week.
The Governor of Maryland has ordered that ALL residents of nursing homes and assisted care facilities be tested. Good move, but, if tests had been available it should have been done two months ago.
This lady seems to have the answer.
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OvermodAnd one of the principal points of being tested at all is to catch it before the symptoms begin to manifest
And if they DID have testing for all, they would then have a DNA profile on everyone, wouldn't they? (**ominous music**)
The final total death rate from Covid-19 can be somewhat determined after the fact . Compare the number of deaths from all causes over any defined time period. The longer the time period the more accurate. Example Get a base line to compare December 2019 with 2018, Then start measuring each month of 2020 with each 2019 month. Run culmative totals as well.
A few items that would need to be either entered or eliminated.
1. Auto accident deaths.
2. major natural disasters such as tidal waves.
3. Increase in suicides should be included but foot noted. As well grade cossing incidents suicide or not .
4. Include increase accident deaths at home.
5. Boating deaths
6. Population differences.
7. one number that will be number of at home deaths indicating how many persons did not go to ER due to fear.
Imagine others can think of other items. So if total number of deaths increases by a factor of "X" and if only say 1/4 "X" is from covid-19 then the 3/4 "X" needs noting as related consequences of the virus. Supposed "natural" causes above previous years will be enlightning,
In referrence to my previous here is a link to an article which talks about increase in total deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/28/us/coronavirus-death-toll-total.html?campaign_id=168&emc=edit_NN_p_20200429&instance_id=18058&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=96383804§ion=topNews&segment_id=26195&te=1&user_id=d6921cc27f430e320b317de05f250e40
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