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Last Notes npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG Does anyone know if there are any initiatives regarding setting up laws for controlling near earth orbits and/or for exploration/ settlement of the moon? So far it just seems to be a "if you're rich enough do as you like" failure at controlling a Terran resource. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…2q04 Yes I think you are saying FPTP has resulted in the problems we (democratic countries) are facing. But, I may be overstating it because of my prejudice. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…2q04 I do/did. I joined in the discussion because of the, imo, shortsighted push here for some form of "proportional representation", driven I think by the same ideas that unless I vote for it the government does not represent me. There are deep problems with the way our governments are formed but all I see another selection process achieving is constant minorities without resolving the real issues. We do have an alternative in a territorial government where elected representatives get together to select one of them as leader and develop and vote policy based on other considerations than Party. Andrew Coyne, an opinion writer with the Globe and Mail had authored a study outline the "Problems with Canadian Democracy " his worship of the Westminster form of government is limiting but he makes good points. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…2q04 Unfortunately, the two major Parties here, The Liberal Party of Canada and the Regressive Conservatives (🙃) have degenerated into a "with us or against us" mindset which PM Carney is overthrowing as he accepts MP's crossing from both sides of the political spectrum. And the PMO has degenerated into a micro manager mindset where they are picking chiefs of staff and Deputy Ministers for the Cabinet Ministers. A complete abrogation of Westminster system. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…2q04 The only way anyone would want other than FPTP is due the mistaken idea that we vote for party's to form governments. We don't. We vote for individual candidates and, yes, we mostly vote for the candidate who is a member if the party we identify with whether we understand that parties ideas or not. Often we don't vote FOR anyone, we vote against a candidate whose party/government we dislike. Rather than implement some form of ranked or selective system, the only way a government can represent the majority of voters would either be by having only two parties or none at all. But regardless of my vote, the person elected in my riding represents me; to the government, to the bureaucracy and in committee. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…afhh Yes that is the issue. I think the decrease is due to the government actually discouraging vaccination. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…afhh In Alberta, Canada we have a provincial government that minimizes vaccination at least and has made the mRNA difficult to acquire and have advertised a $100 fee per injection (not that I've heard of anyone actually getting charged for it). I can only imagine the stress family physicians undergo dealing with the irrational patient who believes this irrational government. I wonder what the College says about this quandary. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…vs9y As an Albertan living with a government that just invoked the notwithstanding clause four times to overcome human rights, I'd have to say that we still do not have a "Bill of [Human] Rights and Freedoms" npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…yhmn @nprofile…s67t The performance Art nature of Canadian politics has never been so obvious. It started with the CPC house leader and whip,hiding, literally, behind House curtains to make sure an election wouldn't be called. And this MOU "just happened" to be issued/signed the day before an AGM in which Premier Smiths leadership was reviewed. All the obstacles listed in the article have always been in the Memo. What is awarded, should all the criteria be met, is consideration by the Major Projects Office. Oh how reportage/opinion had devolved when the obvious is presented as a coupe … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…t03n I'm assuming ALL these questions are rhetorical. From the moment President Trump was exposed BRAGGING about his ability to demean women by grabbing them, his need for power over women became obvious. His culpability in sexual abuse is equally as obvious and longstanding. He was elected, twice, by electors knowing the kind of person he is. Why not just call it what it is Why not just call him what he is …? npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…t03n Hate him all you want. That has nothing to do with his murder. If you choose to excuse or even celebrate his murder, that's on you. Condemning his murder says nothing about him. It does not say anything about his pov, influence, gender, race or age. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…t03n I don't understand. A man is murdered … And we enter into conversations about what a bigoted reprobate he was? A man is murdered. I don't care what kind of a person he was. A man was murdered. How is focusing on his perceived short comings rather than on his murder any different than any bigot? Do we have to agree with a person to acknowledge their humanity? His murder was an inhumane act. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…7c02 Hannah Arendt: "𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡-𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝒉 𝑡𝒉𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝒉𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑦." Even worse is making myth-stakes to try to seem to bolster your position with the imbecile-in-chief. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…xeyr In a world of hurt Look to the helpers Makes proud to be Canadian. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…l5mg No BIG BUSINESS is in it for us. Insurance companies make money off you. O & G make money off you Banks make money off you Vehicle manufacturers and dealerships make money off you. And the more they can make off us the better for them. We are important only as a resource. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…f0fj I have yet to read on research paper/analysis that does not include funding/possible bias indications. More often, it's media reports (legacy and social) that fail to indicate bias including their own. I reject articles with empty qualifiers like wonderful, horrible, etc as empty of information. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG I've just watched a normally soft spoken CBC interviewer yell at a sports podcaster because she is frustrated with her #TorontoMakebeliefs … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG PP has just doubled down. He doesn't get it. Trudeau is gone. And the LPC is as different now as the CPC under PP is different than the PCP of Joe Clark … And the electorate has told him his way IS the highway. #CanPolitics npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…7c02 Now just HOLD ON… I live in an Alberta riding that votes progressive almost every time (Rahim Jaffer is an exception). From Doug Roche, Rachel Notley and Linda Duncan/Heather McPherson mostly NDP but not all … Our Mayor is an exLiberal Cabinet Minister. The leader of the Provincial NDP served as Calgary's mayor for several terms. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG What you get when someone who understand leads against one who thinks tariffs are paid by the importer … https://substack.com/@kieratkinson/note/c-107477982?r=1mt630&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…49cc Can you imagine being a reporter trying to report on this Or, even worse being an administration secretary and being contradicted as you testify before Congress … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG Any voter in Canada wanting to explore who to vote for can use the Vote Compass to see where candidates stand relative to your own priorities. https://votecompass.cbc.ca/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email #CanPolitics #vote # npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…gqp6 https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/054/401/543/466/018/original/3c9ba9cd94637895.jpeg npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…gpxc @nprofile…e3ky "Pay attention …" npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…gpxc @nprofile…e3ky Yes, this. Ever since the occupation of Ottawa I would see a Canadian flag on a vehicle and shudder. Now it's a symbol of pride not of fear. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…ms9m Perhaps to get into the museum … But not from the creator if the piece. At the same time, they can and do imitate the style but a recreation of the actual piece is fraud or plagiarism. Microsoft makes it clear in their amended terms that anything created on their software can be used by them without attribution. I interpreted that is so their AI can use content to develop responses. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…ms9m Don't many artists learn their craft by reproducing that of the Masters? I've seen people sitting in front of a painting learning technique needed to achieve that end. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…qu5h Agreed and my comment is not meant to excuse the Leader of the Honourable Opposition not getting a Security Clearance. And I am disappointed in the NDP MP equating the two in order to make his point. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…qu5h A criminal record check to work with the vulnerable sector is not a security clearance. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG How a person criticizes illuminates. The oppositional defiant Leader Polliviere keeps talking about "power". Not integrity or leadership, especially not about what he and his party have to offer. And this government has lots of real issues to be criticized for … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG Our oppositional defiant Leader of the opposition keeps talking about "driving off the cliff". But, he refuses to feed the people in the car. He refuses to pay for tires or the power to drive it. He is right tho. His car won't be able to drive let alone go off a cliff … (/s) #canada #CanPoli #poliviere npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/chrystia-freeland-resigns-from-justin-trudeaus-cabinet/article_f7a74166-bbb6-11ef-a5c8-dfb7d5b5e053.html Anyone who watched the GST/$250 announcement will not be surprised. #CanPoli #canada # npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…chpz I don't think the notwithstanding clause confers medical expertise … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG I wish businesses had as much of a problem with raising their prices as they are having with lowering them … #canada #gst #CanPoli #business npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @nprofile…n5a8 Unfortunately, as shown by the Liberal government's capitulation to populist policy ($250, GST Pause), the Catch Phrase Canada party's strategy is working as they realize that people vote according to subjective experience while policy is directed at the population level … Reporters, economists & talking heads on national media speak to the policy level and left to wonder how BREXIT, how Trump … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @npub1sgm…gmkr Ideolocracy? Nah, idiocracy fits better. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @npub1kef…jkqy Please post the source. I would like to look at the charts. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG The bias of experience is everywhere. News outlets/reporters assume that unless they know about it, it doesn't happen. Social media amplifies this as only events/opinions/worlds we hear about exist. COVID-19 is an example. During the pandemic reporters demanded to know why we weren't doing anything, then demanded to know why we didn't do it sooner then promoted fears (misdirected at mRNA vaccines) And now almost nothing in the news and many think no one is dying from COVID anymore. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @npub1nac…0mta I can accept people who don't know what mRNA is being sceptical about mRNA vaccines but ICU uptake is a rain/no rain observation. npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @npub1nac…0mta >6 billion KWh production … npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG The police state is here: "… almost all of the violence associated with these protests across North America - including recently in Alberta - has not been the result of the protesters but of unacceptably swift and unjustified institutional attempts to shut down otherwise peaceful protests." The breaking up of the demonstration encampments is more violent than the purported violence in the camps themselves. https://open.substack.com/pub/emmettmacfarlane/p/the-university-doesnt-get-it?r=1mt630&utm_medium=ios npub1synqj3upt2nz7qch526vpulxqxrm7d30s37fyp6k63j935afhjrq30xtwf TomWilsonYEG @npub1ets…twqz Easy! It's Premier Smith, Alberta. The one who declared a moratorium on renewable energy projects so they don't foul it up as badly as they have the abandoned/orphaned wells in the Alberta Oil Patch … How stupid do these politicians think we are …