Bookworm 1979

I'm in Alberta, which is basically MAGA of the north, and we have a measles outbreak here. Our useless provincial government finally suggested people should get vaccinated for it, but it's too little too late at this point. The sad thing is it's the unvaccinated kids who are going to suffer.

Exactly. I know how lucky and privileged I was during Covid, but a lot of the people I still see whining about it are angry because they couldn't go shopping and the restaurants were closed.

I feel like I'm the only one who liked the way things were during the pandemic. I'm a homebody, and it was nice to have things slow down for a bit. We weren't rushing everywhere, and loved everyone having to keep their distance while shopping! I was lucky because I had my husband around to keep me company, and I talked on the phone with my family often, and I was able to work from home. I do know not everyone was that lucky, but everything slowing down for a while was nice.

I don't like donating on gofundme because the website takes a cut of the donations. I will donate directly to the person because I know they will get the full amount. I also donate to our SPCA because they do good work for the animals, and I do love animals more than (most!) people.

I'm dreading going into work today. The majority of my co-workers are conservative. There's going to be a lot of angry people.

It sounds like it's going to be a Liberal minority, but that's okay. At least PP isn't going to be our prime minister, and I'm okay with that.

CBC and CTV just called a win for the Liberals.

I'm watching Steve Boots (Boots on the Ground) on YouTube. He's more entertaining than the news, and not conservative like Global Edmonton.

Liberals are leading so far.

I know there's a few of you who don't want the Liberals to win, but I have to ask how anyone can look at Alberta and think that would be great for the rest of our country. I live in a town that has about four doctors left, and they're destroying our education system. I don't even know if I'll be able to get a flu or Covid vaccine this fall because they're so anti-vax. We have a measles outbreak here, and they're brushing it off. I will take a Liberal leader any day of the week over the crap that the conservatives are pushing. On the plus side, if the conservatives win, the rest of Canada won't be able to look down your noses at Alberta anymore. But I really hope it doesn't come to that. It's VERY bad in Alberta right now.

So it's election day in Canada, and I'm very scared that the conservatives are going to win this one. It doesn't help that I live in a conservative hellscape. I'm hoping that the rest of Canada is smarter than Alberta. Saw my in-laws during the Easter long weekend, and my MIL was going on about how great it was that Trump was cutting out all the wasteful spending. Just...what? Told my husband after we got home that if he didn't look so much like his family, I would swear he was adopted.

I was talking to some of our water maintenance operators once, and they said they always let the water run for a few seconds to flush it out. One told me she would even prefer to let it run for a few minutes, but she may have been exaggerating.

My favourite thing with the conservatives right now is the way Justin Trudeau was the evil mastermind dictator of Canada, but now that he's stepped down and Mark Carney is in the running, it was really him who was behind Justin Trudeau all along! Keep performing those mental gymnastics, conservatives! 😁

Oh yeah, we're surviving. 😁 This message board has been keeping me sane.

Sorry, I was on my lunch break and had to rush back to work when my husband came up with that. It's been a day, and I thought it was funny.