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Re: Friday Five Feb 25
1.? Should horses be used by police to break up crowds of non armed protestors? . 2.? How in your own commentaries do you separate fact from opinion? 3.? Do you think people who might offend again if released on bail should be denied bail? 4.? Do you think the sanctions imposed against Russia are going to have any effect? 5.? Is Justin Trudeau in violation of the Canadian Charter or Rights? |
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Re: Friday Five February 18
Amy Thompson
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No No Yes I didn't see them all, but didn't like any that I saw. Satire usually comes from satire sites, but even when it doesn't it's usually easy to tell due to its silliness. Aloha, Celeste |
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Wag the Dog movie
I am surprised and horrified that no one remembers the movie Wag the Dog. It was about creating reality by the use of greenscreen.? A politician wanted to create an uproar about attrocities in a foreign country so an alternative reality was created - showed exactly how. Reminds me way too much of what is going on with Ukraine today. Marvin |
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Re: Friday Five February 18
开云体育No No Yes I didn't see them all, but didn't like any that I saw. Satire usually comes from satire sites, but even when it doesn't it's usually easy to tell due to its silliness. Aloha, Celeste |
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Friday Five February 18
Amy Thompson
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1. ?Have you ever seen the movie Wag the Dog?
No.
2. ?Have you ever quit a job because it was bad for your health?
No.
3. ?Do you think the government is monitoring social media?
Yes, of course.
4. ?What was your favorite Super bowl ad this year?
I have not watched the Super Bowl.
5. ?How can you tell satire from real reporting?
It should be obvious when a site's stories are outrageous or intended to entertain through satire.Amy
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Re: Friday Five February 18
No?
Not exactly, but I have moved to a lower-impact per-diem nursing job because I spent a year in a nursing home during this pandemic. I was helped along because the nursing home found some fulltime and parttime nurses, though, reducing its need for per-diem staff.?
Duh. Every character typed. ?
DId not see the Bowl or the ads.?
I cruise the Internet, comparing different reporting perspectives and? associated?studies or other clues in order to distill points or facts that seem fundamental to the situation. Beyond that, I make no claims.
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five February 18
1.? Have you ever seen the movie Wag the Dog? Yes 2.? Have you ever quit a job because it was bad for your health? yes 3.? Do you think the government is monitoring social media? Yes - scary 4.? What was your favorite Superbowl ad this year? Bidweiser - though the Irish Spring one was good as well.? Generally they were unwatchable
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five February 18
1.? Have you ever seen the movie Wag the Dog? Yes 2.? Have you ever quit a job because it was bad for your health? yes 3.? Do you think the government is monitoring social media? Yes - scary 4.? What was your favorite Superbowl ad this year? Bidweiser - though the Irish Spring one was good as well.? Generally they were unwatchable
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Re: Friday Five February 11
开云体育—— On Feb 14, 2022, at 18:14, Pat Trivers <pat_trivers@...> wrote:
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Friday Five February 11
1. Are you watching the Olympics? Some but not a lot. I miss the audiences, and really, really hate seeing athletes trying to catch their breath after a competition with a big stupid useless mask on their faces. 2. Have you ever engaged in an act of civil disobedience? No. Unless I can count the jean strike in grade 9. Back when I started High School girls were still required to wear dresses to school, and boys to wear dress pants. Of course we all wanted to wear jeans instead. Within the first couple of weeks of my first term in school, the seniors organized a jean strike, where on a chosen Friday every student in school arrived in jeans. They couldn't suspend all of us. Very shortly after that the school dropped its dress requirements and we all wore jeans for the rest of our school years. The same principle still works; look at the all the people who arrived in Ottawa carrying jerry cans as soon as the Law banned delivering fuel to the truckers. That rule didn't stand up for very long. 3. Should vaccine passports be required at major conventions? Of course not. Vaccine passports and mandates are completely useless. Getting a vaccine protects only the one person who got the shot, it has no effect on anyone else. So whether or not you decide that the benefits outweigh the risks for you and choose to get the shot is nobody else's business. 4. How long can you last without items hauled by commercial truck? Quite a while, but it would be inconvenient, and I might have to live on oatmeal and rice. Canada depends on the USA to ship in fresh fruits and vegetables in winter, so those would disappear very quickly. I haven't been driving a lot in the last 2 years; a tank of gas lasts me about 4 months and I just filled up, so no problem there. Could make direct arrangements with local farms for meat and dairy. Might be interesting. A good way to wean us all off Amazon. 5. Who is the most irritating politician you have seen this week? Justin Trudeau. Not just irritating but also infuriating, disgusting, appalling. Thankfully, his stubbornly stupid behaviour over the last 3 weeks is opening the eyes of people who hadn't seen before what he is really like. They are finally seeing him for the immature, arrogant, incompetent, treasonous little weasel that he really is. Last poll I saw only 16% of Canadians would still want him to be Prime Minister. Pat |
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Friday Five
Amy Thompson
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1. Are you watching the Olympics?
No, I never watch sports.
2. ?Have you ever engaged in an act of civil disobedience?
No, I don't think I have.
3. ?Should vaccine passports be required at major conventions?
In my opinion yes.
4. ?How long can you last without items hauled by commercial truck?
Not very long.
5. ?Who is the most irritating politician you have seen this week?
Vladimir Putin, who I hope will not invade Ukraine.Amy
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Re: Friday Five February 11
开云体育Off and on No Yes, they should be required at any large, indoor gathering. I don't know, but nothing gets to Hawaii by commercial truck. Vladimir Putin Aloha, Celeste |
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Re: Friday Five February 11
1, Are you watching the Olympics? No
2.? Have you ever engaged in an act of civil disobedience?3 Yes in college 3.? Should vaccine passports be required at major conventions? ?No but apparently they are going to be required at the AG in July 4.? How long can you last without items hauled by commercial truck?3 Probably about a wek 5.? Who is the most irritating politician you have seen this week? Not sure but certainly Justin Trudeau ranks high |
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Re: Friday Five February 11
No. Too busy and never was much of a sporting spectator.?
I have not. I would, but I have never been much of a demonstrator, either. Don't get out much--funny statement from someone?building a skoolie, I guess.?
No. There are endless reservoirs for infection now, both human and non-human, and unvaccinated people mostly hurt themselves except for over-utilizing?healthcare resources. That would be better addressed by adjusting health insurance and services availability than by draconian exclusiveness.
Gimme a few more weeks to finish my RV and maybe I could get by for a few years or a lifetime.?
President Biden is confusing me to the point of irritation. I read a headline saying we would make military support? available for emergency evacuation of U.S.?citizens from Ukraine were that step to ever be necessary. Then comes a new headline a day later saying we cannot do that as it would start a world war. I believe public figures on that level should deliver measured messages with consistent actions. Otherwise they are contributing to social instability and chaos. Just my opinion. |
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Re: Friday Five February 11
- 1, Are you watching the Olympics?
2.? Have you ever engaged in an act of civil disobedience? 3.? Should vaccine passports be required at major conventions? 4.? How long can you last without items hauled by commercial truck? 5.? Who is the most irritating politician you have seen this week? |
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Re: Friday Five February 6 -
开云体育No, there were only a few hundred of them and it was hardly organized. I don't see it going anywhere. I don't know about any funds being fraudulently dispersed as part of COVID-19 relief. For the most part, yes. No. No. There are plenty of highly qualified black women available to serve as Supreme Court judges. Aloh, Celeste |
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Re: Friday Five February 6 -
1.? Do you think the Canadian truckers convoy to Ottawa is the start of a revolution? That seems like a reach for me. If you had asked whether it is symptomatic of growing civil unrest, I would have answered yes. Perhaps becauseI am not Canadian and so slightly insulated from the effects, I am not seeing it in itself as having quite that much impact. 2.? Do you think any money fraudulently dispersed as part of COVID relief will ever be retrieved? I would have said no a year ago, but the news has lately had several instances of cold cases solved and January 6th perpetrators identified and followed up. It seems to me that the answer depends upon whether someone gets fired up enough to pursue it, and that?seems to be dependent upon politics and media spin. I think the topic makes a good political diversion from more problematic issues, so I would not be surprised to see a public figure take it up as a righteous battle cry. 3.? Do you think the unemployment insurance systems works as stated? No? I have not personally collected unemployment since my twenties, but I know plenty of people who lived on it for some time during COVID. SInce many were from understaffed healthcare industry, I concluded it might have room for improvement. 4.? Have you ever had your email account hacked and held for ransom? No. 5.? Do you think Biden should consider nominating someone other than a Black woman to replace Justice Breyer? Yes. I think the recent increase in foci on race and also, in a parallel trend, vaccination status, has become divisive. It feels as though we have slid away from equality issues and into a contending for superiority. On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 9:16 PM mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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David Smith