"Canada, Weather & Stupid Kids"

Hi folks, I hope all of you in FL are either back with power on or damn close to it. What a mess! No need to further delve into the what ifs than we got hit and it coulda been far worse. I feel sad for Puerto Rico and the other smaller islands that got all but erased by Irma. It's encouraging to see the amount of mobilization and its benefits to those whose lives were up ended. The 10 deaths in the Broward nursing home is a nightmare come true that will have many tentacles and hopefully end with much needed changes and some people in jail. It's disgusting that our legislature and then Gov. Jeb Bush failed the people of FL back in 2006, when the issue of mandating generators capable of handling A.C. in any facility was killed in the Sen. Thank you, Senators Ken Pruitt & Jim King, for your lack of leadership and selling out to the Big Ins., ALF and Long Term Care lobbies! Even today, it's difficult for a prospective pt. or their family to vet such facilities. The same AHCA that always manages to meddle in our profession also covers for bad actors in the elderly care industry by redacting the reports to remove negative details and specific words.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article174709051.html
Any smart challenger running against any incumbent GOP legislator, should be pounding this issue 24/7.
 Now to Canada. In 2015 we took a delightful cruise that stopped in Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island, among other places. It was so beautiful, we made it a point to return in a slower, land based trip where we had an SUV and could drive around, stay in cabins and B&Bs, etc. It was a great vacation and a learning experience for me. Here's what I learned about our friendly neighbor to the north.
Canadians are wonderful, friendly people! They went out of their way to help us with even the smallest detail, like getting me 2 plastic cups (when I forgot to pack our water bottles) from the bank's lunch room when we went to change $, so we could drink our spring water in the SUV. BTW, the U.S. $ got us anywhere from a  +18.5-22.5% in exchange rates! Things are expensive in Canada, so it took some of the edge off. Not every bank will do it for non-account holders but BiMo (Banque de Montreal) did, my new fave. French is not just prevalent in the province of Quebec, it's also widely spoken in NS, PEI & NB. Virtually everyone we encountered in any service with the public spoke French. Canada is pretty safe, they don't lock things up or worry much about petty theft and violence. I wore my N.R.A. fleece jacket a few times (not in any airport, of course!) and got some looks, even a short conversation from a very pleasant waiter and hostess. They were intrigued about our 2nd amendment rights and told me they agreed with it. Seafood is king! I lost track of the times we had seafood chowder, seafood pizza, fish & chips and haddock, yum! I'm glad we took along our little espresso maker, an Italian made Bialetti. Otherwise no espresso in our cabins! NS has a wine region and they are top notch places with great wines and delicious food. Canada is a socialist nation and they've accepted it much like the slowly boiled frog that doesn't jump out of the water cuz it can't notice the slow heat increase metaphor. I was shocked to find out the P.M. is the one who chooses the members of the Senate! They have a parliamentary system and their House of Commons is like our Congress, but the Sen. is a total sham. I take that to mean Canadians are too damn nice and willing to accept a P.M. who thinks he knows best and says screw them and their right to determine who governs and represents them in Ottawa- outrageous! The nice lady who told me this was a retired police dispatcher and when I commented, "So, you guys don't really have a true democracy", she replied, "No, we don't!" with a look of resignation. People get the govt. they deserve, even in Canada.
http://o.canada.com/news/national/senate-nominations-a-patronage-guide-for-prime-ministers-and-the-public
Another thing I learned is Canada can be somewhat anti-capitalist, they forbid Uber in most provinces, the only exception being the largest cities. I remember in Quebec City (2015), there was no Uber, nor in either NS, PEI or NB on this trip. The govt. controls most of the liquor commerce and taxes are twice what we pay. Gasoline is about $3.50-3.75 (in US$) a gallon! The dispatcher lady told me that the high booze and gas prices by no means stop DUI in Canada, LOL. I also learned that not all the tourist places and rentals of things like bikes, kayaks & canoes stay open and accessible the same length of time, especially NB, which I dubbed the bumpkin cousin of NS & PEI. Never mind the fact NB pretty much closes down after Labor Day, which the other provinces don't do. I was calling and emailing since June and never got any reply from any NB outfitter. All that said, Canada's a great place to visit and I'd do it again. It's just interesting to see the freedoms we often take for granted which even some advanced nations don't enjoy.
 I'll end with stupid kids, which have now morphed into potentially very dangerous kids, especially in our so called "institutions of higher learning". America is reaping what it sowed when we allowed the far left to completely take over academia, much like the price dentistry is paying for allowing the ADA to lose influence and power in CODA and other regulatory bodies. Anarchy has metastasized to outright violence. The young & stupid call those of us with conservative views fascists, yet it is they who invite and support ANTIFA, a truly fascist goon squad that acts just like the goose stepping brown shirts of Hitler's 3rd Reich. When the mob can decide what is or isn't acceptable speech and either intimidate, threaten or physically attack a speaker like Ben Shapiro (yet embrace speakers on such wholesome topics as man-boy love and bestiality), we no longer have a 1st Amendment, we have Mao's Cultural Revolution or Orwell's Big Brother!
http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/millennials-stop-control-free-speech/1383987/
Don't think universities, nowadays more like Marxist indoctrination centers, aren't paying a price in enrollment & donations, they are!
http://www.euvolution.com/futurist-transhuman-news-blog/free-speech/editorial-heavy-price-for-stifling-free-speech-on-campus-stltoday-com.php
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/14/mizzou-may-pay-price-for-campus-protests-as-enrollment-plunges.html
I disagree with the Euvolution author that all students shouldn't be punished. If they can't get a handle on the vermin infesting their schools, they're a silent, intimidated enabler and part of the problem. The same applies to deans and local police chiefs who order campus and city police to stand down and do nothing. If they won't protect law abiding citizens, someone else will. We cannot allow these criminals to intimidate us or shut us down. A whopping 30% of the young & stupid believe violence is okay if it stops what they call "hate speech". If violence is all they've got, look for ANTIFA to be confronted and whooped by bikers or militias, it's coming! Here are a few examples from my no-spin glossary of liberal idiocy terminology:
1)Hate speech- Any speech that's truthful and points out unflattering and/or dissenting facts about liberals, their beliefs & agenda, those they spin as victims, the afflicted, snowflakes, enviro zealots, etc.
2) Micro aggressions- Any factual commentary, statistical reporting, etc. about any non-white groups that exposes anything negative, i.e. incarceration, illegitimacy, illiteracy rates or disproportionate criminality.
3) White privilege- Success achieved by a white person as a result of hard work, sacrifice and determination. Obama's asinine "you didn't build that" comments, fully embraced and parroted by Fakeahontas, are a good example.
4) Safe space- An imaginary place where the young & stupid think they can hide out and escape reality. This is especially true if the snowflakes have never heard the word "no", worked for a $ or otherwise done anything for anyone but themselves.
5) Snowflake- A pampered, snot nosed adolescent or young adult who was told all their life they're "special", faultless, and the world owes them everything they want, without having to earn it. These kids got meaningless "participation" trophies, never experienced loss and never worked for even an allowance. They also manipulated their parents into never telling them anything they didn't wanna hear, which is why they're now intolerant collegians.
 I'll leave you with some amusing cartoons you'd never see on campus, LOL.