Agreed. and proven.I suppose it depends on the type of immigrant one lets thru the gates.
If you let in trash from elsewhere, they will remain trash.
Agreed. and proven.I suppose it depends on the type of immigrant one lets thru the gates.
If you let in trash from elsewhere, they will remain trash.
Big announcement Tomorrow 1pm from the Prime Minister of Canada and also Ontario Premier Doug Ford.Wow, maybe instead of STD tests if Covid-19 virus tests ever get to be available to all, perhaps sexworkers and clients needed to be tested every few weeks. Since the virus can pass easily just by hand or touching a surface contact, being intimate doesn't seem to be that much riskier.
I am in the investment business, so doing lots of updates with clients, etc. Last week I was scheduled to go to a sexworker meeting in Austin Tx, which was canceled. I had booked a trip to Montreal, which was canceled. Fortunately, even though I had non cancel airlines and hotels booked, they all issued refunds or with American Airlines credit for the next trip within a year due to the virus.
I am booked for a week in Toronto in about a month, including a retirement meeting for CFPs at the downtown Marriott and then moving to a hotel in Mississauga. I see Ontario has not banned gatherings yet for over 50 or 200, but I am monitoring whether the meeting will be canceled or not. So far, only a few cases in Arizona and few in Toronto, but the next few weeks will be critical.
I am in my 70s but in excellent health with no underlying conditions. I would love to get back to Toronto whether the meeting goes on or not. However, if canceled, I will probably cancel the trip. The problem is if it gets much worse, it may be better to go now, or it may be a long time before its safer as it may get worse in the coming months.
BTW air travel seems relatively safe since the recirculated air goes through medical-grade HEPA filters. So the risk is more limited to someone sitting near you. I am booked on Air Canada, but as always, I get the 3rd window seat from the rear. No reason to be near the front since we will have to wait for baggage. Also, you are less likely to have a middle seat passenger next to you if way in the back. Airplanes usually more forward up or down, so in the event of a crash, I'd rather have the impact mostly in front of me., so often the rear is safer!
On the investment side, I argue buying the dip is historically 100% successful - the time for recovery is the risk. This, of course, is because markets have always returned to all-time highs as they did in the US just a few weeks ago before the plunge. I am thinking of investing a small amount in Air Canada at the next dip - down about 40% from its high seems to have a good business plan. At least the airlines will have huge savings from the oil price war with jet fuel costs plummeting.
Flying from Phoenix to Toronto is, for me, always comparisons between American and Air Canada. Lately, Air Canada, although it has a direct flight at suitable times, has been more expensive than American (although I have almost 100k frequent flier miles on American.) But Air Canada had a 25% discount when I booked, which made it much cheaper than American. However, now I may have to cancel it - but I am anxious to get back to Toronto! Decisions, decisions!
We will have to agree to disagree then. Your take on things implies that every right could be labelled a privilege, which is merely a SPECIAL right afforded to a select group. Within our society driving, texting etc is a right, not a privilege. its of course a right with rules, but so what, that is nothing special.Cars are also the result of hard work and technology yet driving is a privilege. Smartphones are the result of hard work and tech but owning one to make phone calls and texts is a privilege. Modern conveniences are privileges.
Emulate is the wrong word. Empathize is the right one. Too many fail at the latter because they abuse or are blinded by their privilege.
You've got it all backwards. A big part of starting from nothing and achieving success, in First World nations, is understanding just how privileged one is. This is why we see immigrants work hard and surpass lazy Canadians. They know what advantages their newfound privileges afford them and take full advantage of it. Lazy Canadians are blind to it because it has always been all around them; they're also blind to the suffering of others. Look at how much money is spent on pet food while people go hungry. Times like this may serve as a wakeup call, or at minimum, a reminder.
Obesity, trash idol worship, increasing mental disorders/depression are not the result of a healthy society. It's the result of a people drunk on excess, who lack perspective and priorities. They are the least likely to care about the hard work and sacrifices made that allow them to live so well. Mother nature's imposed re-alignment will do them a lot of good.
It's turning into a fetish now, with pictures showing girls wearing masks :der: https://www.leolist.cc/personals/fe...asian_butt_and_1000_real_pics_or_free-5641012Decreased, since the Asian ads I usually respond to are still saying "just arrived!"
Driving is not a privilege, if you can pass the test, it is a RIGHT. ANYONE can drive if they meet the basic criteria. A privilege is something afforded to a FEW. Many people drive.Cars are also the result of hard work and technology yet driving is a privilege. Smartphones are the result of hard work and tech but owning one to make phone calls and texts is a privilege. Modern conveniences are privileges.
Emulate is the wrong word. Empathize is the right one. Too many fail at the latter because they abuse or are blinded by their privilege.
You've got it all backwards. A big part of starting from nothing and achieving success, in First World nations, is understanding just how privileged one is. This is why we see immigrants work hard and surpass lazy Canadians. They know what advantages their newfound privileges afford them and take full advantage of it. Lazy Canadians are blind to it because it has always been all around them; they're also blind to the suffering of others. Look at how much money is spent on pet food while people go hungry. Times like this may serve as a wakeup call, or at minimum, a reminder.
Obesity, trash idol worship, increasing mental disorders/depression are not the result of a healthy society. It's the result of a people drunk on excess, who lack perspective and priorities. They are the least likely to care about the hard work and sacrifices made that allow them to live so well. Mother nature's imposed re-alignment will do them a lot of good.
I think your understanding of rights vs. privileges is off a tad....Driving is not a privilege, if you can pass the test, it is a RIGHT. ANYONE can drive if they meet the basic criteria. A privilege is something afforded to a FEW. Many people drive.
Therefore it is a right. Not everyone can afford to do all sorts of things, but that doesn't make those things a privilege.
You display so much privilege in this post and you don't even know it! The privilege of living so well that you don't even need to know the difference between a right and a privilege.Driving is not a privilege, if you can pass the test, it is a RIGHT. ANYONE can drive if they meet the basic criteria. A privilege is something afforded to a FEW. Many people drive.
Therefore it is a right. Not everyone can afford to do all sorts of things, but that doesn't make those things a privilege.
Modern conveniences? At what point does it become NOT a privilege? Is owning a ball point pen a privilege? What about a T shirt made on a modern piece of machinery? What about owning a steel spoon? Is that a privilege? Aluminum foil? A hammer? A spear? a club? Owning something that you have made, or, by extension, traded for, and using it is not a privilege in any normal meaning of the word. sorry, your argument holds no water.
The current use of the word "privileged" by far left SJWs and other far left "annointed" is nothing other than their latest attempt to portray anyone who is successful and not part of their approved "oppressed' list as undeserving of their success and in fact guilty of the sin of non-failure.
"Surpass lazy Canadians" - most aanadians are immigrants at most a few generations removed. Please provide evidence that Canadians are lazy.
Legal rights are not inherent at all - we WANT them to be inherent, if we like them, but they are enshrined in law. Privilege:I think your understanding of rights vs. privileges is off a tad....
A 'right is inherent, something which exists without permission from any power or authority, such as the right to life.
A privilege is a grant of permission from power/authority to do an act.
When any right, a natural right, is regulated in any manner, regardless of the good intentions of that regulation, the right is no longer a right, it becomes a mere privilege.
Driving is a privilege, not a right.
waste of money that cannot be sparedAnybody actually paying these Skype and texting rates?
I sure hope not. L’el.