LILLEY from the Toronto Sun hits the nail on the head once again …

Talk about being tone deaf.

MPs , who fled Ottawa over concerns about COVID-19 on March 13 , will pocket a pay raise on April 1 , the same day many Canadians will be wondering how to make rent or mortgage payments. It’s also the same day the carbon tax goes up.

How’s that for a double whammy ? …

MPs currently have a base salary of $178,900. That doesn’t include their housing allowance for their time in Ottawa or the per diems that they get to cover meals while on government business.

This Lilley chap digs !!! … He did the post prior … Hey folks … He’s on it !!! …

Hit the link for the whole story …

Source: LILLEY: MPs take a pay raise while raising the carbon tax …

At least SOME people are startin’ to clue in …

This is worth reading …

Call it an unexpected side effect of the coronavirus crisis that has gripped Canada. We are about to see a class war break out if these social distancing measures keep people out of work and without pay.

I’m not talking about the old-fashioned class wars where the workers try to seize the means of production from their rich bosses ; there won’t be any factory takeovers here.

I’m talking about the bad blood that could soon develop between those private-sector workers being thrown out of work as the government shuts down all manner of businesses and public-sector workers sent home with pay.

I know there are many good civil servants at all levels but especially with the federal and provincial governments who are working hard to deliver on the promises governments have made. Those assistance plans won’t build themselves , they require dedicated staff to get the job done.

Then there are the Service Canada workers : The people who should be there helping the more than 1 million people who have applied for Employment Insurance effectively walked off the job.

The union representing the workers who help Canadians applying for E.I. or all other manner of government services simply said it wasn’t safe to open anymore.

Tell that to the local store clerk who has to keep showing up to work.

The plexiglass barriers we are seeing pop-up across the country in retail establishments are apparently not good enough for Service Canada workers who can go home and collect full pay.

Most private-sector employers have had to lay off staff when shutting down because they can’t keep everyone on payroll without money coming in the door. Not so for government which has a steady stream of cash from taxpayers and can spend well beyond its means.

So , how will this look , how will it feel across Canada if more people lose their jobs and incomes as a result of COVID-19?

Imagine being a laid-off worker wondering how to make ends meet while looking across the street at neighbours who don’t have a care in the world ?

I’m not saying that is the case for every civil servant. Some , perhaps , will have a spouse who loses a job.

None of it , though , quite the same as being told there is no work and “we don’t know when you can come back, please go apply for E.I. Just not in person at Service Canada.”

We’ve long known that civil servants get higher pay , better benefits and increased job security than their private-sector counterparts. Study after study has shown this.

Now we will see just how much better they have it. Will they actually get it , though ? …

Source :  Toronto Sun

LMAO !!!! …

  • FLASH * Astrophysicist Gets Magnets Stuck Up Nose !!!

This is too dam funny not to put the whole thing in to save ya the click on the Source …

Astrophysicist Daniel Reardon was playing around with powerful neodymium magnets while trying to make a coronavirus safety device and managed to get them stuck in his nose.

An Australian astrophysicist has been admitted to hospital after getting four magnets stuck up his nose in an attempt to invent a device that stops people touching their faces during the coronavirus outbreak.

Dr Daniel Reardon , a research fellow at a Melbourne university , was building a necklace that sounds an alarm on facial contact , when the mishap occurred on Thursday night.

The 27 year-old astrophysicist ( ?! ) , who studies pulsars and gravitational waves , said he was trying to liven up the boredom of self-isolation with the four powerful neodymium magnets.

“ I have some electronic equipment but really no experience or expertise in building circuits or things ” he told Guardian Australia.

Apparently … Not enough experience !!! …

“ I had a part that detects magnetic fields. I thought that if I built a circuit that could detect the magnetic field, and we wore magnets on our wrists , then it could set off an alarm if you brought it too close to your face. A bit of boredom in isolation made me think of that ”…

However , the academic realised the electronic part he had did the opposite – and would only complete a circuit when there was no magnetic field present.

“ I accidentally invented a necklace that buzzes continuously unless you move your hand close to your face ” he said.

“ After scrapping that idea , I was still a bit bored , playing with the magnets. It’s the same logic as clipping pegs to your ears – I clipped them to my earlobes and then clipped them to my nostril and things went downhill pretty quickly when I clipped the magnets to my other nostril ”…

Reardon said he placed two magnets inside his nostrils , and two on the outside …

‘Bout ready to scrap this idea too now Einstein ?!!! …

When he removed the magnets from the outside of his nose , the two inside stuck together. Unfortunately, the researcher then attempted to use his remaining magnets to remove them …

“ At this point , my partner who works at a hospital was laughing at me ” he said … “ I was trying to pull them out but there is a ridge at the bottom of my nose you can’t get past “…

Well I’d be laughin’ my ass off at ya myself !!! … Sure beats the Hell outta the garbage on TV these days !!! … Now here’s this moron’s generational answer to everything they weren’t taught in school these past few decades and , more importantly by the responsibility of his parents ( a fading generation ) , comes into play …

“ After struggling for 20 minutes , I decided to Google the problem and found an article about an 11-year-old boy who had the same problem. The solution in that was more magnets. To put on the outside to offset the pull from the ones inside “…

Now ya see … An ELEVEN YEAR OLD …CHILD !!! can be forgiven for doing STOOPID things at that point of their life … But you are TWENTY-SEVEN for CRISSAKES !!! … And SUPPOSED to be an ‘ astrophysicist !!! …

“ As I was pulling downwards to try and remove the magnets , they clipped on to each other and I lost my grip. And those two magnets ended up in my left nostril while the other one was in my right. At this point I ran out of magnets ”…

Now ya think … After ALL THIS TIME FOR CRISSAKES !!! … He’d do himself a favour and go to EMERG !!! … But NOOOOooo !!! … The ‘ ASTROPHYSICIST ” has another Einstein moment !!! … ‘ PLIERS !!! … Why yes !!! … That would be GOOD for me !!! ‘…

Before attending the hospital , Reardon attempted to use pliers to pull them out , but they became magnetized by the magnets inside his nose.

“ Every time I brought the pliers close to my nose , my entire nose would shift towards the pliers and then the pliers would stick to the magnet ” he said. “ It was a little bit painful at this point “…

Geez … Ya think ?!!! … Folks … I hate to be the one to inform ya of this … But this is indicative of what our ‘ Education ‘ facilities and colleges are churning out these days !!! …

“ My partner took me to the hospital that she works in because she wanted all her colleagues to laugh at me. The doctors thought it was quite funny , making comments like ‘ This is an injury due to self-isolation and boredom ’ ”…

YA SEE !!! Even your partner and the doctors agree with the Trumpster !!! … We gotta get people back to work … Too many people are succumbing to SIBD ( Self Isolation and Boredom Disease ) !!! … Now it’s gotta make ya wonder how the Democraps would spin this one ’round to the Donald ! …

At the hospital , a team of two doctors applied an anaesthetic spray and manually removed the magnets from Reardon’s nose.

Hospital record: Daniel Reardon’s discharge report after presenting at hospital with magnets stuck up his nose.“ When they got the three out from the left nostril , the last one fell down my throat ” he said. “ That could have been a bit of a problem if I swallowed or breathed it in , but I was thankfully able to lean forward and cough it out … Needless to say I am not going to play with the magnets any more ”…

WELL HOT DAMN !!! The young ‘ astrophysicist ‘ finally LEARNED something they don’t teach in universities these past few decades …. COMMON SENSE !!! …

Medical records from the emergency department said that Reardon did not have difficulty breathing , and denied the presence of further magnets up his nose.

The astrophysicist told Guardian Australia he had ruled out further experiments with the magnets and face-touching , and would find other ways to pass the time while at home.

“ I’m actually getting a lot of work done ” he said. “ Working remotely is not that bad. We are also renovating our house , so I am building shelves , making furniture and doing some tiling ”…

Now remember Danny boy … None of those tools are supposed to go up your nose !!! …

The Guardian

 

Unfit to judge …

A Manhattan judge on Thursday ordered the release of a career criminal charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death out of concern he could contract coronavirus at Rikers , the Post has learned.

State Supreme Court Justice Mark Dwyer freed Pedro Vinent-Barcia , 63, and 15 other inmates after the Legal Aid Society filed a petition arguing that their detention exposed them to serious medical harm in the midst of a pandemic sweeping through city jails.

Prosecutors objected , citing the brutality of the crime and the defendant’s criminal record.

Assistant DA Patricia Bailey said Vinent-Barcia terrorized Bernice Rosado for months before tracking her to a cellphone repair shop in Harlem on June 29 , 2018 , and repeatedly stabbing her in the chest and back.

The gruesome attack was captured on surveillance video and witnessed by numerous bystanders, according to court papers.

After cops nabbed him , he allegedly asked , “ Is she dead ? I hope so.”

The prosecutor told Dwyer that Vinent-Barcia was arrested in Florida for stabbing another girlfriend in 1993 and biting off a piece of her ear.

The judge ultimately sided with Legal Aid lawyer Corey Stoughton , who stated in court papers that Vinent-Barcia has cardiovascular disease , pulmonary disease and type II diabetes.

“ As a result of his medical conditions and age , Mr. Vinent Barcia is at high risk for severe illness or death if [ he ] contract[ s ] COVID-19 ,” he wrote.

Who cares ?!!! .. Saves a shitload of taxpor money keepin’ the asshole alive !!! …

The Legal Aid Society , which represents indigent clients , has argued in their petitions that the continued confinement of elderly and sickly inmates during a pandemic violates their constitutional rights.

Uh … ‘scuse me LAS , but what about the ‘ constitutional rights of Ms. Bernice Rosado ?! …

“ Clearly , Judge Dwyer felt that a jury should decide on this defendant’s fate , not a virus ” said Office of Court Administration spokesman Lucian Chalfen.

Another , Uh … ‘scuse me goes to to Judge ‘ Dope Dwyer … A ‘ jury ‘ found the asshole GUILTY … YOU and the other fuckups in the legal and political structure decided his fate !!! …

And in the ‘ Since We Have The Door Open ‘ department …

As of Wednesday , DA Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office had consented to freeing a total of 244 inmates.

“ We are in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis ” Vance wrote in a memo to his staff … “ I believe we should use our discretion to recommend release of certain individuals from Rikers who do not present a clear threat to public safety.”

And explain to me how a man , who hunts down his ex-girlfriend , finds ouit where she works … Goes there and repeatedly stabs her … Then states ” I hope she’s dead ” … Gets classified as ” not presenting a threat to public safety ” ?!!! …

He added , “ Extraordinary times call for us all to be flexible , but still to be guided by fundamental principles of safety and justice.”

There’s no justice here …

Source: NYC judge frees alleged murderer amid coronavirus spread