Trusting China with numbers is like trusting a meth head with keys to your safe deposit box...

There's a whole thread on it, unfortunately twitter doesn't tell you that when embedded:


One is founded by an Australian and a public company, the other is owned by Mohammed bin Salman's equity company (yes, that one, the prince of Saudi Arabia)

This isn't exactly coronavirus related but if anyone here has a contract with Steve Nash Sports Clubs and is able to get a refund through their CC -- shoot me a PM. FYI they're filing for bankruptcy soon.

I think this may spark a socialist revolution in the US, among other places

So, Summer Olympics has been delayed for a year. I don't think this thing is going away. If it ends, there's no guarantee it'll be business as usual. Even if a vaccine is discovered, the virus or another strain will replace it. I'm not going to any sporting event or concert ever. Actually, it's easy for me. I don't pay money to watch anything. just television.

If I want to go see the circus, I save money by logging onto RS..............


j/k

If there has been one positive in all this bullshit, I do believe that the vast majority of people are understanding, what benefits the majority, will benefit yourself as well.
There has been a lot of support for the community from so many different avenues, and I think some people that may have forgotten, are now remembering that caring for those around you through simple gestures are almost always reciprocated.
Why are people mad at those for hoarding toilet paper but not angry at those that are hoarding housing? Why did people not respect the grocery store workers and the fast food employees before, when now they need to rely on these people? These are questions people are asking themselves and a shift is happening.

Scary when you look at care homes in BC. A lot of them are owned by chinese government.


This is just one example............. again, could be fake news, but.

Well because your average joe can't hoard 15 different houses while he can hoard 15 packs of TP.

I think when this all over people will just go back to their ways in a few months and forgot what happen. Personally there are few times I have to laid it out customers the reason why we aren't sending any tech to connect your service because you just return from a country where there is huge outbreak of CoVID19 and we are doing this to protect yourself, the community and our tech. There is more than a handful of times where I almost wanted to tell people wake up from your dream and come back to reality and this isn't about you only. And of course you have people who call in right away asking if we are going to crediting their bill coz of CoVID19. Dude you haven't paid your bill in 3 months that have nothing to do with CoVID19. It really brings out the true nature of human lol (myself included when I saw 5 packs of wet ones on the shelfand left 1 for other people to buy).

Steve nash gym is going to have a tough time. paying out severance and all the benefits is crippling them hence they were laid off, then fired in next email and now they are having issues doing the numbers.

what i'm not really liking right now are 2 things
1) companies asking you to buy gift cards to help them stay afloat... but..... i can't see if they will close down in 2-3 month's time...

2) all these go fund me page... whom i'm not sure if I can continue to support all.
Small businesses association, food industry go fund me, all these people who need help... i'm really unsure how getting 25k and then they will have an application on how the funds get distributed...

if i'm going to donate... i'm going to just buy something from the mom and pop stores....

I figured steve nash fitness did it because they are playing dirty tactics. Go into bankruptcy, so employees/severance are last to be paid if any.

Then come out again under a new name/rebranded - but Owners still retain $$

When a government revokes a businesses main revenue stream, then doesn't offer up any aid to keep that critical business operational, it shouldn't be any surprise that their doors will close.

https://m.thechronicle.com.au/news/a...ff-un/3983976/

And I'm sure if it did, it would end like any other socialist revolution.
With anarchy and widespread famine.

So nothing will change even after the revolution is what you're saying?

“Crunch” fitness opened up in Port Moody maybe 3 months ago. Rumours around PoCO Steve Nash is it’s the same owners.

Is this comment for real?
I mean actually?
We live in a time where global poverty is at its lowest rate recorded.
Quality of life has increased for the masses. And famine has been drastically reduced.
Care to guess why? I'll give you hint: NOT socialism

https://ourworldindata.org/exports/m...v7_850x600.svg

https://psmag.com/.image/t_share/MTQ...vqbuhbq8ew.png

So I was doing some Google and it seems like there is really no difference between N95 mask vs KN95 mask other than what country certificate not is what US FDA is and kn95 is what China use but they are the same. The dates is running out of n95 so why not order some kn95 and use them for now

Welfare we can go talk about the US child poverty rate in the trump thread. :thumbs:

My employer is temporarily making parking free at the hospital I work at, so I opted to donate what I'd normally spend on parking to charity.

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/l...l-1-1.24109330

horray, china go take over the world
go go china:facepalm:

I doubt it, this is far too indirect a thing for people to put 2 and 2 together. 20 children got murdered at Sandy Hook* and nothing changed so I doubt this will do anything when a good chunk of the US is either ignoring this or trying to pray it away.


*I don't want to derail the thread so go dig up that one if you want to talk about SH, it was just the first example I thought of.

about time hosp parking fees went
now the govt just have to forgive student loans for front line health workers

That's scary man. Everytime, the Govt gives us something. They secretly take away something else some where.

IMO, the "globalization" that we've grown to be accustomed in the last 3 decades or so is ending after this.

There'd be a huge surge of nationalism that I'm not even joking. The havoc and lives taken by this virus would not be easily forgotten. Especially in hard hit countries like US/IT/DE... Worse, it's going to be easily exploited. It's the first time we human in modern history, has basically been brought down to our knees to fight this instead of just carrying out our life during other pandemics.

And US, with Trump being the ass he's always been is going to be all out on this. I predict that Trump will announce an alliance kinda thing after the virus and either you are with the US or you are against the US (in principle). Canada/Mexico are unlikely to not be on board while EU/UK might join as well after some debate or they will create another one.

China will probably call one on its own with Russia

Middle East (OPEC more than anything) will probably form another alliance.

And the rest of the world would more or less take side or stand independent (if they can)

Not very different than airline alliances.

Then, instead of outsourcing to certain country, say China, South Asia or Africa, each member of the alliance would take the part they are best at. Say MX will specialize in low-end, CA provide natural resources while the US does financing/tech.

I do think that the reliance on China is coming to a quicker end (I predicted that it was ending anyway, but more over a period of decades... I'm thinking years now, if not months).

these look legit if you want full face protection

https://www.princessauto.com/en/deta...or/A-p8565509e