Queenmandy85

I released I was having a stroke last Sunday morning around 9 AM. The ambulance had me in Royal University Hospital emergency in 20 minutes. I began assessment immedialty and over the next 2 days, I had a CT scan and 2 MRI's. It was caused by a small brain bleed and a full recovery is expected. When it happened, a realized I was unable to real words, but numbers were fine. I could not have been able to type this 5 days ago. (Spell Check helps 👍) I am the luckyest man alive, thanks to Canada's healthcare system. My point is, I received rapid professional care, and my care will continue as an outpatient for months. If I had to pay for any one it, I would be bankrupt. My only expence was the ambulance. We are blessed in Canada with our healthcare system.

You will have to show me the math on this. If we stop emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by replacing fossil fuel energy generation with nuclear power around the world, it will make a difference. But we have to act now or it will become a self-generating machine. It is something we should have done sixty years ago. If we had, this would not be an issue. We also have to reduce the global population. The maximum population the earth can sustain is 1.5 billion.

I was wrong. Thank you for the correction. However, (he wrote tap dancing out of this like mad) should the need arise for more revenue such as rebuilding the military, Parliament, in its wisdom could decide to tax inheritance, as did the Mother Country after the Great War...or do I have that wrong too?

So you put more importance on the current economy than future generations whom we are doing our best to throw into the furnace. Did you sleep through your physics classes?

In your first statement, you stated his election was a fraud, as though it was a proven fact, but your only "evidence" is he was more visible. By that, you would have to have the same accusation against Mr. Poilievre who benifited from more positive media coverage than Charest. But you offer no evidence that this was the result of some secret conspiracy. Mr. Carney won the leadership because he has the best chance of winning. His two closest rivals, Ms. Freeland and Ms. Gould, both of whom would make excellent Prime Ministers, would not be able to defeat Mr. Poilievre. Canadian voters have a baked in prejudice against women Prime Ministers. It is shameful, but I point to the fact, no woman has ever won sufficient electoral support to be appointed PM after a general election.

Hmmm. Income and inheritance have always been subject to taxation. In Canada, you do not own real estate. You never have. What you have is a lease, usually a freehold lease, but a lease never-the-less. The owner of that land you lease has the right to revoke that lease.

That is an interesting take. What is your evidence?

Could you elaborate what you mean by private property?

What ever happens, this is going to be fun. Every election is fun, but this one will rival 1972 and 1979. We used to look up to people who are successful in business. When did conservatives begin attacking banks, wealth and elites? It smacks of socialism.

I learned something. Special thanks to CanFox. Since CanFox and I disagree on almost everything and he has been actively saying I am a Liberal, I joined the Liberal Party of Canada in order to vote for Mr. Carney. Mr. Carney is the closest thing to a Red Tory in the race. I have always known I am influential, but I had no idea my joining the LPC could add 135 Liberal seats in less than two months. I have to hand it to Pierre, it takes a special talent to blow a 197 seat lead. I realise Poilievre will win a majority, because election writs change everything, but his inability to adapt to changing conditions tells me that in a crisis, he will freeze again.

I respect Blackbird's devotion his beliefs. My beliefs have recently altered when I saw some of the images from the JWST. We are beginning to ask if there ever was a beginning and if there is any limit to the universe. What this reveals is we do not have the capacity to have any true concept of the nature of God. It is far beyond out ability to conceive. What I do know is we have worshipped God for two hundred thousand years and possibly longer than that. There have been thousands of religions in that time. What is consistant in human history is a belief in God, but the manner of the expression of that belief varies widely. The bible is just one expression. The old testament was written by neolithic scholars. Genisus was written be several people, including, at least one woman. The gospels of Matthew and Mark were also the work of a number of people. Revelations was a last minute and contentious addition with little credibility in my personal view. We cannot expect people living 2 - 4 thousand years ago to have the knowledge we have. Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism all have the same sourse in Zoroaster in Persia. We each have our own view of our faith. It is incumbant on all of us to respect the theology of others.

No, they have a right to a homeland. There is no reason to have that homeland in Palistine. What makes Palistine so special? It is special to Palistinians because that is where they happen to live. So why put Israel in the middle of that? And Palistine belonged to the Palestinians. The UN did not consult with the people who lived there. Since the US is a great supporter of Israel, shouldn't the US provide the land? Oregon is larger, has a better climate and the neighbours are friendlier. There seems to be a perception that God is some king of real estate broker and an entity that plays favourites. (God's chosen people, etc.) God is managing over 28 Trillion star systems just in our little observable spot in the universe. God does not care whether you are Irish, communist, or Jewish. God does not play favourites. God only judges us by how we treat our fellow creatures and how we cherish the gifts we are given.

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You really haven't quite mastered the concept of British sportsmanship, respect and good manners, have you. I guess you and I are more alike than you want to admit. (Sorry, was that too harsh?) 😘

No. My team is the Premier Doug Ford team. Canada is the league. Every team supports the league. You seem obsessed with lables. When Mr. Poilievre is appointed, he will follow the advice of the same senior public servants Trudeau did. You will note that when Prime Minister Trudeau did not follow their advice (SNC Lavilin, through to defying the Dept. of Finance that sparked the resignation of the Minister of Finance. When his listened to their advice, he was a fairly good PM such as the response to the Covid crisis. If Pierre wants to be successful, he will sit down with the professionals and listen, then follow, their advice to the letter. That is why they are there. None of this funny money/ crypto crap, no firing the Governor of the Bank of Canada and no destroying the CBC at a critical time of crisis where the government will need the communications infrastructure a national broadcaster can provide. Or, he will follow the advice of CanFox or Queen Mandy and blow what could have been a long career as Prime Minister. It is his choice. PS. Perhaps my doubts about Pierre stem from the fact that I was a lot like him when I was an undergrad. Then I grew up, which I am not sure Pierre has, but we will see. In a few months, he will be sitting in the big chair