I think it should be lower-case “karen” and equally applied to any gender.
I think it should be lower-case “karen” and equally applied to any gender.
This is next-level stupidity. The neighbour, the cops… absolute jokes.
If this had happened in my neighbourhood as a kid, the neighbour who called the police would be the target of relentless eggings, TPings, and just general mischief for years to come. Good luck buddy.
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Part of the reason to use the Red Cross (or any NGO) is because it can do things outside the full government purview.
It’s also a good way to get money from citizens across the country to assist the people affected. Think of it as AB spending $1 to get $1 from the feds and $1 from citizens/donations. Imagine how people would react if the AB government put out a request for donations directly.
it’s the f-ing government - either just go help people who need help because they’re your people or contract with red cross to do the helping for you with accountability for the job they do.
Agreed, and I believe that both of these are happening in Alberta. The Red Cross is contracted by the AB and local governments to provide certain services in disaster management, and the AB and local governments provide some of the services themselves.
I don’t feel like the government should be matching donations to a private organization
It’s an NGO, not-for-profit, registered charity, with a mandate to provide humanitarian aid. Calling it a “private org” is a bit disingenuous.
From the Red Cross:
Donations to the Canadian Red Cross will be used for assisting those impacted in Jasper and other affected areas in Alberta with immediate and ongoing relief including financial assistance, support to evacuees and the communities hosting them, recovery and resilience efforts in response to the wildfires, as well as supporting community preparedness and risk reduction for future all-hazard disaster events within Alberta.
I don’t know how (or if) AB audits this, which is the crux of your issue with it I guess, but in a way they don’t have to. If the Red Cross provides services for Albertans in a manner that is close to the value AB spent, they haven’t lost anything. Hopefully it’s (much) better than break even though.
And before we get into the efficiency of the Red Cross for dollars donated, remember we’re talking about governments here. They’re not exactly the paragons of efficient spending.
Air Canada forgot how to fly airliners during COVID.
Couldn’t CrowdStrike do this to Linux too? And couldn’t that be much worse? Like deeper network infrastructure?
I couldn’t find the tweet in the article, but found it in this one from last year: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/andrew-abbass-rnc-complaints-1.6967702
Abbass tweeted: “How about this, premier of N.L.: I’m going to bring down Confederation and have politicians executed. Ready to have me shot, coward?”
The tweet, he admits, was meant to antagonize.
“I figured they would arrest me.”
This is a pretty ignorant thing to say (let alone heartless, as you admitted.)
First, the amount of money that needs to be committed to deal with climate change is in the billions, and the mere millions they are talking about for matching Red Cross donations are a drop in the bucket.
Second, you clearly haven’t lost your property in a wildfire and have no idea about the devastation this would cause on a personal level. I can’t imagine what kind of person you must be to think the individuals don’t deserve help because our society has failed to keep climate change in check. What the fuck do you want to deal with climate change for if you don’t care about people?
Third, make them pay and maybe then they’ll stop denying climate change. (A pipe dream, I know.)
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This is why I quit hockey and ball hockey. I’m too old to recover well from injuries and every team seems to have one meat-head that is just there to be an aggressive, dangerous twat, and by definition they’re carrying a big stick. Sometimes it’s the whole damn team. And leagues don’t do enough to curb it, so I’m all for the law stepping in to enforce punishment for these assaults (on and off the rink).
Did they involve assault style rifles?
They talk a lot about the high number of non-certified teachers that have been hired, but how many certified teachers have applied and not gotten a full-time gig?
If it’s 10, maybe the school districts have an issue.
If it’s 1, maybe the issue is with her?