A couple of things to mention this morning: I’m on Twitter a lot more than writing articles here, these days. So for a little cross-platforming and in case you don’t do Twitter (I don’t blame you), here’s a couple of things I’ve been watching this morning:
CBC's @RosieBarton just reported to Canadians that Trump HAD to give us his virus modelling "for political reasons," because (and I quote) "he had downplayed the severity of the virus for so many weeks not to mention the way he generally undermines journalism and reporting."
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
This was with reference to the fact that the Trudeau government has failed, miserably, using ridiculous excuse after excuse, to even remotely come up with the modelling that we as normal people need — require — to have. They’ve provided them in the U.S., and in B.C., and other places. The state-owned CBC’s Rosemary Barton is a terrible reporter and news channel anchor, practically Justin Trudeau’s biggest and most vocal defender in all of Canada. And apparently she’s a good U.S. Democrat too. Seriously. And no, she’s not paid by Trudeau or the government…. oh hang on… yeah… C.B.C.
Somebody in the ever-so unbiased media should ask Dr. Tam why the Trump administration was able to produce extremely transparent, granular modelling, using state-by-state analysis, but Trudeau's science 'n evidence-based team isn't even remotely able to figure it out.
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
Enough with the bitching and pointing at Donald Trump and the U.S. They are way ahead of the curve, especially compared to Canada. Yet the news media in Canada is more a Trudeau and Liberal government cheerleading squad. They explain away, defend, and applaud the Trudeau liberals. In the U.S., and here, the media is more like an opposition party. They’re like the rabid anti-Trump “squad.” Canadian columnists and journos’ timelines are filled with anti-Trump bullshit, but never, ever, any anti-Trudeau stuff. They’re transparently sycophantic toward Trudeau Liberals, and obsessively, equally transparently, political partisans against Trump. They retweet far-left anti-Trump tweets all day long. Actually, they’re most like the Chinese government in how they deal with Trump. Think on that awhile.
Then there’s this troubling thing going on amongst Canada’s left, in government and media:
Canada Min for Affaires Champagne trusts the WHO to give accurate information re data from China.
WHO a short time ago: "COVID-19 cannot spread human-to-human."
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
…which goes well with the following tweet thread:
Health Minister Hajdu just now:
"…There's no indication that the data that came out of China in terms of their infection rate and their death rate was falsified in any way…" … "and so we rely on the World health Organization…"
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
She goes on:
"…your question is feeding into conspiracy theories that many people have been perpetuating on the internet."
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
Canada's health minister Hajdu doesn't believe U.S. intelligence, sides with China and its WHO division. Claims statements to the contrary "feeds into conspiracy theory that many people have been perpetuating on the internet.
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
This is massive news. Canada now thinks the U.S. intelligence is false. Chooses to side with/rely on China and its WHO division instead.
She scolded the reporter who asked about it for "perpetuating … conspiracy theories on the internet."
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
It really is massive news. If not on the international diplomacy front, and in the way our relationship with the United States has apparently been declared dead by the health minister, it is at least massive in this way: it’s the sheer size of the gaffe emanating from this Trudeau government minister — a totally inept health minister if I’ve ever seen one. Anywhere. In my life.
The WHO is practically a division of China’s Communist Party. This is not an overstatement. They helped arrange for its current chief, Tedros, to become its head. Tedros is a Marxist-Leninist politician, with a record of alleged cover-ups of other health crises, from Ethiopia. I’m not throwing commie labels around. The party he belongs to is a legitimately Marxist-Leninist party. Self-described. Much like China. No wonder he always defends China, by citing false numbers which puts China in a better light, and calls Canadians “racists” for calling it the China Virus or the Wuhan Virus. Which is what it is. (Note Dr. Tam, who lover her some WHO, joined him in calling us “racists.” Here’s a link to Dr. Tam calling Canadians racists. And in case she deletes her bombastic and inexcusable tweets in utter shame and in her effort to rewrite history, here’s a screenshot of Dr. Tam calling Canadians racists.)
Next:
If the the Trudeau gov can't produce the obviously-needed modelling, blaming it on fact that the data from the provs is inconsistent or whatever (word salad), then that's on them for not coordinating it. Why did they (also) fail to coordinate this vital aspect from Day 1?
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
That’s just one of a thousand questions that need to be addressed in holding this — and “government” writ large — to account after this ends. Assuming we still have a country to examine. To conclude for now, I said this earlier today:
Somewhere, somehow, in their quietest moments, all government officials, elected and not, must surely be sparing a moment to suddenly realize that they totally — TOTALLY — neglected their very most basic responsibilities over the years, in favor of fluff and bullshit and selfies.
— Joel Johannesen (@JoelJohannesen) April 2, 2020
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