Anyone notice 90-yr-old vets wearing masks today?
They are not complaining they can’t breathe.
They are not complaining their rights are being infringed.
They are wearing them because they need to wear them so they can honour their comrades during a pandemic.
Murray Mandryk
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- Replying to @patduboisParents of underage moose balk at allowing it to be tranquilizer via needle. Citing constitutional rights. Instead, demanding moose de-wormer.
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- Don’t normally post personal stuff, but I will make an exception for this. Finally, a J-School degree in our house. Congratulations, Hallee. Good luck at @ctvregina
- Thought there would be a big turnout, but my God… Thousands take to Sask. Legislature to protest education funding shortfalls leaderpost.com/news/saskatche… via @leaderpost
- 19-year-old daughter: “I want to try to learn to cut hair so I am going to practice on my brother.” 16-year-old son: “Yeah, we’re bored anyway. Let her try.” Drunk self-isolated me: “Sure, what could possibly go wrong?” Stay tuned for pictures....
- Opponents of pronoun bill (likely to be officially introduced Thursday) vastly outnumber supporters in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature.
- Sask. Human Rights commissioner resigns over school pronoun policy leaderpost.com/news/local-new… via @leaderpost
- This👇 Rob Vanstone: Vaccination mandate needed for Saskatchewan Roughriders games
- What we should all get out of this news conference today is CMO Dr. Shahab’s comment: We are heading for a fall and winter of misery … we are headed for an untenable situation.”
- To @zakvescera Q on what he would have done differently in hindsight, Merriman said: “There was no clear roadmap.” They literally called their July 11 re-open plan “the roadmap.” Maybe start there?
- This is such bullshit. Shahab has been harassed enough by this crowd.Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer was escorted to his car today because of people protesting public health orders. Info reported by @LynnGiesbrecht and photo by @old_harder #skpoli #cdnpoli
- Kudos to @CTVFrancois for tracking down Premier Scott Moe at Elk Ridge golf course today to question him on record COVID-19 numbers. Asked how he intended to respond if the numbers worsened, Moe said he can’t answer hypotheticals.





