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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 9h

Ask him who the last Republican to win the Nobel Peace Prize was.

Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 9h

I am glad she raised it. We need more than this the government needs to explain why they are censoring artists.

Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 10h

Seemed she was ok with Canada censoring Kneecap for speaking out about the genocide in Gaza. Didn’t hear a peep from her on the issue.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 22h

My leadership vote will be greatly influenced by the answers to this question. NDP member since 1986.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 23h

Really no difference than Honda’s, or Toyota’s that are also made in Ontario. We need to become independent and have Canadian owned companies manufacturing here for Canadians. If that means Government intervention to get there then so be it.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 1d

KTM - you?

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 1d

And should Canada consider an independent Nuclear defence capability?

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 1d

@heathermcpherson.bsky.social and @avilewis.ca I am very curious to know your positions on Canada’s status in NATO given the USA’s changing position. Does Canada stay in NATO? Should US exit NATO? What is our position on an independent defence manufacturing and procurement plan?

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 1d

Not an American company though… it is Fiat renamed themselves after they took over Chrysler when Chrysler failed during the savings and loan collapse.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 1d

Except it’s not American. It headquartered in Holland. It’s really Fiat/Puegot that took over Chrysler.

Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 2d

There at least 7 US cities that should advise FIFA that if any one them is removed as a host city… that they will all withdraw from hosting.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 2d

Should Canada Nationalize the car factories that are built but transferring work to the USA? Time to set up a Canadian owned and controlled producer - for the Canadian climate.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 3d

He’s not wrong though. God is a man made idea used to control people for political purposes. They are fulfilling that original intent.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3d

According to the study’s authors, COVID vaccination was effective in all ALL groups and in persons with OR without major chronic conditions.

The study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Amid the declining clinical severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and diminishing public uptake of annual coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, contemporary evidence on vaccine effectiveness against clinically relevant outcomes is needed.
METHODS
We conducted an observational study that used the electronic health records of the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the effectiveness of the 2024-2025
Covid-19 vaccine among veterans who received the Covid-19 and influenza vaccines on the same day (164,132 participants) and in an active-comparator group of veterans who received the influenza vaccine only (131,839 participants), between September 3 and December 31, 2024. Participants were followed for 180 days or until the occurrence of an outcome, whichever came first. We used inverse-probability-weighted models to estimate vaccine effectiveness (calculated as 1 minus the risk ratio) against Covid-19-associated emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths at 6 months.

RESULTS
At 6 months of follow-up, the estimated vaccine effectiveness was 29.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 19.1 to 39.2) against Covid-19-associated emergency department visits (risk difference per 10,000 persons,
18.3; 95% CI, 10.8 to 27.6), 39.2% (95% Cl, 21.6 to 54.5) against Covid-19-associated hospitalizations (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 7.5; 95% Cl, 3.4 to 13.0), and 64.0% (95% CI, 23.0 to 85.8) against Covid-19-associated deaths (risk difference per 10,000 persons,
2.2; 95% CI, 0.5 to 6.9). Vaccine effectiveness against a composite of these outcomes was 28.3% (95% CI, 18.2 to 38.2), with a risk difference per 10,000 persons of 18.2 (95% Cl, 10.7 to 27.5). The Covid-19 vaccine was associated with decreased risks of these outcomes across prespecified subgroups defined according to age (<65 years, 65 to 75 years, and >75 years), the presence or absence of major coexisting conditions, and immunocompetence status.
CONCLUSIONS
In this national cohort of U.S. veterans, the receipt of the 2024-2025 Covid-19 vaccine was associated with decreased risks of severe clinical outcomes. (Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs.)

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3d

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 4d

Touche. You’re not wrong.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 4d

Religion is.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 4d

Americans need to get him impeached before the next Nobel Prize is awarded. Take supermajority control of both houses.

Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

2 games in February against a much bigger team- big woop.

Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

First year since 2007 that I haven’t watched any MLS games. I went to 4 MLS Cup Finals in that period. Play-offs with a best of three games? Leagues Cup… MLS Cup at one of the teams home? Gaming brand Messi? Yawn…

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

media.tenor.com

Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

You’d think red meat Republicans would find this a bit off-putting.

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

Has he ever said anything negative about Putin?

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

On brand for MLS

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Big Country Footy @bigcountryfooty.bsky.social · 5d

Detainees/prisoners for us… hostages for thee.