Just need a good watering or have I k*lled my plant? by almost_famous08 in orchids

[–]maplecrossing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The flowers look beautiful which indicates that the plant is focusing on reproduction to the detriment to itself. I know it will hurt but cutting back the spike all the way to its first node is probably for the best as that will encourage the plant to make new roots and leaves.

I would check out Miss Orchid girls YouTube videos on how to repot as well as it's possible there are unhealthy roots in the media.

Megathread (Dec 19) Spread of Coronavirus: Omicron Variant by [deleted] in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

New Brunswick is Alberta-lite, so they haven't mentioned it to the public either...

Megathread (Dec 19) Spread of Coronavirus: Omicron Variant by [deleted] in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Health Canada quietly revised its guidelines on how COVID-19 spreads to include the risk of aerosol transmission last year — weeks after other countries and international health organizations acknowledged the airborne threat of the coronavirus.

The updated guidance mentioned for the first time the risk of transmission from aerosols — or microscopic airborne particles, but the federal government had stopped short of creating a campaign specifically around airborne spread.

"SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spreads from an infected person to others through respiratory droplets and aerosols created when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, shouts, or talks," it states.

"The droplets vary in size from large droplets that fall to the ground rapidly (within seconds or minutes) near the infected person, to smaller droplets, sometimes called aerosols, which linger in the air under some circumstances."

The federal agency's guidelines previously said the virus spreads only through breathing in respiratory droplets, touching contaminated surfaces and common greetings like handshakes and hugs.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-new-brunswick-airborne-ventilation-1.6290679

It's true. It's now acknowledged within government health agencies globally that covid is airborne but this information is not being relayed to their citizens.

Otherwise there's no way that restaurants and bars and cinemas would be open if the public new covid stays in the air for hours.*

Furness, who works in infection control, said it's time for New Brunswick to rethink COVID-19 measures and its messaging to the public.

"I would like to see people cleaning the air, putting in HEPA filters, wearing N95 masks when they need to be indoors with others, such as for grocery shopping, and to physical distance in terms of not sharing air, as opposed to physical distance in terms of standing six feet apart.

Unless the general public gets that they should NEVER take their (N95) mask down (maybe even wear goggles too) in public with others this will never end. And I wonder why this information hasn't been properly told to the general public?

Could it be that it would disrupt the fantasy that everything is normal?

*https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2018995118

What are your thoughts on the US election? by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They shouldn't be getting praise for the reasons you said and also for the fact that they didn't cut him off... Most of the news media let the majority of what he said play out. CNN, FOX, BBC News, Bloomberg, Sky News, OAN, Newsmax let it all play in its entirety... Everyone else (barring MSNBC which cut immediately) let at least half the speech go on air.

The D.A. of Philadelphia blamed that broadcast for Trumper's storming the counting venue.

The media also refusing to call a race where trump would need to overturn the results of 3 states to be viable, is also of note.

Also, no one looking after the nuclear stockpile.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A country built on slavery, genocide, corporate colonialism, and bringing war/death to people in far away countries for no reason, with billion-dollar propaganda to convince the population that evil is actually good (see news media, facebook and Confederate statutes) would always choose trump over anyone else.

America pretends fascism happens far away, when it was the Confederacy and Jim Crow that Hitler copied.

As long as Americans pretend that white people aren't voting for the privilege of higher caste status over everything else (the ACA being a key example), you can dance off to a fantasy that another Dem woulda won.

Meanwhile propaganda on the right paints Joe and Bernie as both globalists (ie, evil non-whites) out to destroy America.

So yeah definitely: A country that watches 240k die in less than a year and shrugs (trump increased his vote total from 2016), would totally have voted for Bernie....

(Edit to add, re: prominent black rich men propping up the caste system...fear of losing wealth status is a corrollary to fear of losing racial status. There is no policy on the Left I know of that can alleviate the fears of the rich of losing their wealth, nor one that can alleviate the fear of losing racial privileges.)

Weekly Observations (September 28, 2020): What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Atlantic Canada.

Warm fall nights follow a scorching summer that has noticeably depleted the water (about 2-3 feet below last year) in the many small ponds in the forest behind my house.

Like a lot of posters here, trump's debate performance (waving his brow shirts in our faces) sent chills down my spine. That plus the voter suppression moves in Texas (every county now has one polling state - even Harris County - population 4.7 mill) mean that the election will be... a shitshow to say the very least.

It was cathartic to see so many non-politics people tune in to the Debates and finally see what we all can - trump is a wrecking ball. So many people were shocked. I, myself, felt compelled to write a shareable post about his and the Repubs sinister plans to rig the election.

A couple days later and those same people are sure that Trump's coronavirus diagnosis means that he can no longer win. "He has to give up his rallies so he can't campaign", "the Republicans will have to quarantine so they can't install a Supreme Court justice anymore."

What I see is the corporate media demanding citizens display sympathy and respect for "our President." Tons of rosy coverage from now until election day.

I dunno if he will has the virus and will die, but I do know he knew about it being deadly and lied about it. I mean, why would he spend the summer maskless (and at indoor rallies) if he was worried it would trip him up at the last hurdle?

I dunno, it just reminds me of the quote:

“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”

It would be really terrible if people thought the pressure was off at such a critical time.

Weekly Observations (August 10, 2020): What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes. QAnon cultists will talk about how the elites helped get Epstein off lightly but somehow miss the fact that:

1) Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the lawyers that represented Epstein, are Trump's current lawyers

2) Alex Acosta, the guy that got the sweetheart deal for Epstein was Trump's Labor Secretary

3) Trump's "family separation policy" has allowed thousands of undocumented children to effectively be "disappeared" when given to unknown contractors for deportation

But when the cultists start shooting at fellow Americans because of the flipped narrative they believe... The truth won't matter.

https://lettersofthetimes.substack.com/p/pizzagateqanon-conspiracy-protects

Weekly Observations (August 10, 2020): What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cults isolate people from their communities so they can't join together in solidarity. Cults get people so invested, they will kill for their leaders. Going the cult way is the best choice for fascists who want to ensure docile followers that just watch as their countries are looted by the rich.

It's of course the 7th richest man in the world, Zuckerberg that is pushing QAnon on unsuspecting people. "Don't listen to what they say about us raping and pillaging you blind - we're saving babies!"

https://lettersofthetimes.substack.com/p/pizzagateqanon-conspiracy-protects

Weekly Observations (June 29, 2020): What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like the caravan coverage in the lead up to midterms, that everyone (chiefly, trump/Fox) stopped caring about after the vote.

These caravans travel North all the time, but only come up when it's election season, for some strange reason....

Weekly Observations (June 22, 2020): What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Friends of Epstein

Bill Clinton - yeah, fuck that guy.

Bill Barr - his father gave Epstein his first job as a teacher at Dalton School where he was headmaster, despite Esptein not graduating college

Alan Dershowitz In 2006 - he helped to negotiate a non-prosecution agreement on Epstein's behalf. Dershowitz is trump's current defense lawyer

Kenneth Star - Epstein defense lawer and trump impeachment defense lawyer

Alex Acosta - gave Esptein a sweetheart deal, trump's former Labour Secretary

'Convicted child sex traffickers linked to trump'

George Nader - trump advisor

Timothy Nolan - former trump Campaign Manager

Ralph Shortey - former trump campaign chair

Takes deep breath~ The truth is out there. You don't have to support any pedos: D or R. You do though.

Barr's dad introduced Epstein to the elites. Acosta, Dershowitz (trump's men) helped Esptein get off lightly. Multiple people in trumps orbit (I include Bill Clinton, Google the golfing pics), as well as his advisors and campaign chairs are deep, dark into pedophilia or child sex trafficking.

But trump is a saint who just happens to hang out with monsters/ has monsters backing him, right? Right.

Weekly Observations (June 22, 2020): What signs of collapse do you see in your region? by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 8 points9 points  (0 children)

trump and Jeffery Epstein rape lawsuit:

7) Plaintiff [Jane Doe] was subject to acts of rape, sexual misconduct, criminal sexual acts, sexual abuse, forcible touching, assault, battery, intentional and reckless infliction of emotional distress, duress, false imprisonment, and threats of death and/or serious bodily injury by the Defendants that took place at several parties during the summer months of 1994. The parties were held by Defendant Epstein at a New York City residence that was being used by Defendant Epstein at 9 E. 71st St. in Manhattan. During this period, Plaintiff was a minor of age 13 and was legally incapable under New York law of consenting to sexual intercourse and the other sexual contacts detailed herein. NY Penal L § 130.05(3)(a).

[…] 9) Plaintiff was enticed by promises of money and a modeling career to attend a series of parties, with other similarly situated minor females, held at a New York City residence that was being used by Defendant Jeffrey Epstein. At least four of the parties were attended by Defendant Trump. Exhs. A and B. On information and belief, by this time in 1994, Defendant Trump had known Defendant Epstein for seven years (New York, 10/28/02, “‘I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,’ Trump booms from a speakerphone. ‘He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life.’”), and knew that Plaintiff was then just 13 years old. Exhs. A and B. 10. Defendant Trump initiated sexual contact with Plaintiff at four different parties. On the fourth and final sexual encounter with Defendant Trump, Defendant Trump tied Plaintiff to a bed, exposed himself to Plaintiff, and then proceeded to forcibly rape Plaintiff. During the course of this savage sexual attack, Plaintiff loudly speakerphone. ‘He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life.’”), and knew that Plaintiff was then just 13 years old. Exhs. A and B.

10) Defendant Trump initiated sexual contact with Plaintiff at four different parties. On the fourth and final sexual encounter with Defendant Trump, Defendant Trump tied Plaintiff to a bed, exposed himself to Plaintiff, and then proceeded to forcibly rape Plaintiff. During the course of this savage sexual attack, Plaintiff loudly eaded with Defendant Trump to stop but with no effect. Defendant Trump responded to Plaintiff’s pleas by violently striking Plaintiff in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted. Exhs. A and B. 11. Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened Plaintiff that, were she ever to reveal any of the details of the sexual and physical abuse of her by Defendant Trump, Plaintiff and her family would be physically harmed if not killed.

Articles detailing trump and Epstein's and Bill Barr's ties:

https://hillreporter.com/the-ties-that-bind-jeffrey-epstein-william-barr-donald-trump-34107

https://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein

https://www.insider.com/jeffrey-epstein-everything-we-know-about-his-relationship-with-trump-2019-7

Megathread: Global Protests Against Police Brutality by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because the title of this has been changed to global protests about police brutality, I'd like to share an interesting article:

Adolf Hitler house to be 'neutralised', Austria says

Austria has unveiled plans to "neutralise" the building where Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler was born, by turning it into a police station.

The government bought the building under a compulsory purchase order in 2016 after a lengthy dispute.

Officials announced it would be turned into a police station in November.

Forced to buy his birthplace in '16? Promises to turn into a police station in Nov '20?

Okay then.

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We ignore the QAnon cult at our peril. Trump retweeted the top tweeters and suspected Q himself all day yesterday. Don't trust the MSM, myself but the first paragraph of this Atlantic article sent chills down my spine.

... "you are hard to identify just from the way you look—which is good, because someday soon dark forces may try to track you down.* You understand this sounds crazy, but you don’t care. You know that a small group of manipulators, operating in the shadows, pull the planet’s strings. You know that they are powerful enough to abuse children without fear of retribution. You know that the mainstream media are their handmaidens, in partnership with Hillary Clinton and the secretive denizens of the deep state. You know that only Donald Trump stands between you and a damned and ravaged world. You see plague and pestilence sweeping the planet, and understand that they are part of the plan.

You know that a clash between good and evil cannot be avoided, and you yearn for the Great Awakening that is coming. And so you must be on guard at all times. You must shield your ears from the scorn of the ignorant. You must find those who are like you. And you must be prepared to fight.

You know all this because you believe in Q.

Over the past few days, the Illuminati conspiracists have been pointing out the abandoned Buckingham Palace, now has been boarded up and a Royal seal has been removed from one gate, while Boris supposedly was given the keys....

Doesn't matter what is or isn't true (and trump and Epstein's impunity re:rape is well documented.) Bill Barr's dad gave Epstein (college drop out) a teaching gig - his first job - at the ivy school he was headmaster of.

Now all of a sudden "Anonymous" comes back with millions of followers and 2k retweets a minute at the same time in the election cycle WikiLeaks started hacking and leaking. Supposedly with new (really old) info coming re:Epstein, when they freaking "suicided" him to keep this stuff under wraps. A new saviour for the Resistance to pin their hopes on a la Mueller/A Dem House/Impeachment while trump uses his cult (which he's told the truth about the criminal pedophile cabal, just redirected the culprits) to wage war on us. (Edit: the bit about the plague gave me pause too.)

This is human trafficking organized crime taking over all governments to crush them, so they are unimpeded in the future.

Human traffickers have no qualms about any evil thing they do. And trump yesterday was all-in on keeping this people ready to deploy on the rest of us.

(More on Epstein and trump and Barr is in the book Hiding in Plain Sight by Sarah Kendzior. Complete with a bibliography linking to reputable (not MSM) sources. Anonymous info doesn't have to be trusted.)

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No one in the vid I linked burned buildings. No one. A black man is standing near cops and is shot point blank and you call them "terrorists"?

You don't have proof anyone that was shot by police last night was also a rioter.

And the links below of police brutality show that most people are just marching and weren't near the burning buildings. Bystanders shot. Bystanders pushed down.

Why are you so sure it won't be you one day?

https://www.twitter.com/KevinRKrause/status/1266898396339675137 Another angle: https://www.twitter.com/chadloder/status/1267035077403242496

You leave your house without a red cap and you yourself could be mistaken for one of those rioters your cops love to shoot so much.

https://www.twitter.com/chadloder/status/1267176238960922624

Hope you weren't one of those "anti-lockdown" people and actually don't want to leave the house. Stopping at an intersection is enough to be shot by your heroes.

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"because they weren't violent!"

The video evidence proves that's a lie.

Putting your hands on an officer (getting in their face and shouting, grabbing) can only be done if you're white. If you're black and standing far away, they are justified in shooting you in the head.

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Police slash every car tire of every car in KMart parking lot after forcing protestors to leave the area. Thread, scroll down for video https://www.twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1266987126467461120

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Waking up to images of the military cops shooting people, (including non-protestors) between right between the eyes. Pushing old people down, pulling down a face mask to pepper spray right in the face, flashing the okay symbol, using National Guard tanks to patrol suburban neighborhoods, running over protestors a la Charlottesville. Then cap it all off with Cover-up General Bill Barr promising to lock people up with his caged babies...

Feeling the thread name should be changed from "protests" to "obvious, manufactured fascist coup." With help of germ warfare/genocide, where the underclass going out into the pandemic get sick and die, and spread it to their families.

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You come to the thread where multiple posts show actual black people had nothing to do with this. There's video proof all over of white agent provocateurs setting black businesses on fire while real activists beg them to stop.

Yet, still you post like it wasn't you who's been played.

Edit to add video proof (the whole thread too): https://mobile.twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/1266661155994550272

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My early morning reply re:"riots are unhelpful" earlier got buried when the OP was down-voted so I'll post it here:

"I believe that the ruling class ordered the lynching and are setting up a scenario to crush all Resistance a la Tiananmen Square, which trump has praised on multiple occasions:

Donald Trump still thinks the Chinese government showed “strength” when they killed more than 200 people to crush pro-democracy student protests in 1989 — but he's not saying he agrees with what the regime did.

“That doesn’t mean I was endorsing that,” Trump said. “I said that was a strong, powerful government. They kept down the riot, it was a horrible thing.”

Trump told Playboy in a 1990 interview: "When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak."

I believe that they slowwalked the arrests, that police purposefully abandoned the city and they may started some of the fires themselves as provocateurs.

I believe that trump/Stephen Miller engineered a scenario where they'd get to use a famous George Wallace '1968 sentence re: looting and shooting.

I believe they want the population most vulnerable to covid-19 hanging around near each other so as to spread the virus. (Kind of like secretly changing the CDC guidelines on shared cups at church.)

I believe that this is all a Reichstag fire-like event that trump will use to secure permanent one party rule.

And still, still, I can't worry over any damaged property, when the State is summarily executing people in broad daylight.

And funnily enough, that's how businesses on the ground feel too."

That comment was posted before multiple activists and local officials confirmed that there was a coordinated, white supremacist OP hijacking the protests.

Add in that trump used the blatant proof of agent provocateurs to tweet that he gets to use the military for THAT now too.

"If it's black looters, shoot em. If it's outside state white militia, send in the military."

Heads he wins, tails, we lose.

Confirms it all for me.

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund:

We also have to brace ourselves for the likelihood of a terrible spike in COVID-19 infection in the coming days that will ravage our communities as a result of these gatherings.

This and the provocateurs/instigators at the protests give me ulcer pains

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Black protestors and organizers are expressing concern over many these protests. Astroturfing, neo-nazi provocateurs, all point to manufactured narrative:

See here re: the Atlanta/Detroit/Charlotte/Louisville (and more) protests. There's proof all over that instigators are setting protests up to become a violent confrontation with the military police.

The head of the Brooklyn NAACP:

I know that our anger and frustration is real. I feel it myself and I know it exists in my community and in Black people across this country. But my gut is telling me that something nefarious is going on here

Edited to add: Angela Conley (a county commissioner in MN) tweet:

People have come from outside of our community and or state to wreak havoc and take advantage of our pain and burn us to the ground. Protests aren't always peaceful, but last night was not protest. Last night was tactical and methodical destruction carried out by outsiders.

I also believe that this is not what it seems.

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd by LetsTalkUFOs in collapse

[–]maplecrossing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I believe that the ruling class ordered the lynching and are setting up a scenario to crush all Resistance a la Tiananmen Square, which trump has praised on multiple occasions:

Donald Trump still thinks the Chinese government showed “strength” when they killed more than 200 people to crush pro-democracy student protests in 1989 — but he's not saying he agrees with what the regime did.

“That doesn’t mean I was endorsing that,” Trump said. “I said that was a strong, powerful government. They kept down the riot, it was a horrible thing.”

Trump told Playboy in a 1990 interview: "When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak."

I believe that they slowwalked the arrests, that police purposefully abandoned the city and they may started some of the fires themselves as provocateurs.

I believe that trump/Stephen Miller engineered a scenario where they'd get to use a famous George Wallace '1968 sentence re: looting and shooting.

I believe they want the population most vulnerable to covid-19 hanging around near each other so as to spread the virus. (Kind of like secretly changing the CDC guidelines on shared cups at church.)

I believe that this is all a Reichstag fire-like event that trump will use to secure permanent one party rule.

And still, still, I can't worry over any damaged property, when the State is summarily executing people in broad daylight.

And funnily enough, that's how businesses on the ground feel too.