Gordon Pow

I'm a retired CPA with roots in BC, now living on Pelee Island in Ontario.

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

Pelee Island in the news:
https://t.co/t2UOEyClH2: COVID-19 air travel rules mean unvaccinated Pelee Island residents can't make return trips.
https://t.co/UezVBr1sG4

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

Well presented summary of Township of Pelee activities in 2021 - kudos to our Township for preparing this review

[Township of Pelee @TownOfPelee]

2021 Township of Pelee - A Year in Review

Now available online for viewing at:
https://t.co/ktIPM2HLRT

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

Just in case you were wondering where this inflation is coming from...

[(((The Daily Shot))) @SoberLook]

The US money supply continues to surge.

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

For reference, the federal government collected revenues of $3.5 trillion in 2019

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

@jessefelder If rates were at the Taylor rule level for a persistent period of time, interest on federal debt would begin approaching $2 trillion per year as more and more maturities refinance at those types of rates.

[Transport Canada @Transport_gc]

Effective today, vaccination will be required for travellers who wish to board a plane or train in Canada, with limited exceptions. A valid #COVID19 molecular test will no longer be accepted as an alternative to vaccination. Learn more: https://t.co/jKxw6HJYJk

[Transport Canada @Transport_gc]

#DYK effective November 30, vaccination will be required for air and rail travel within and to enter Canada? A valid #COVID19 molecular test will no longer be accepted as an alternative to vaccination. Learn more: https://t.co/jKxw6HJYJk

[ItsThePITS @ItsThe_PITS]

Why was this tweet not texted to ferry customers who receive service updates by text from Ferry Service Update? Many people do not use Twitter but almost everyone can receive a text. Your customers rely on these communications
#ItsThePITS !

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

Once again @peleeferry has tweeted important information without sending a text to those who receive information in that way
#ItsThePITS

[Pelee Island Ferry @peleeferry]

Ferry Service Weather Cancellation Advisory, Friday Nov 12: the 4pm departure from Pelee and 6pm departure from Kingsville have been cancelled due to wind conditions.

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

Ontario COVID number suggest the start of a fifth wave. Let's hope Ontario can control it better than Germany has...
@fordnation

[(((The Daily Shot))) @SoberLook]

COVID cases in Germany are surging again.

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

I wonder where all this inflation is coming from...

[ISABELNET @ISABELNET_SA]

🇺🇸 M2

M2 money supply has ballooned since February 2020. This is the largest one-year increase since WWII
👉 https://t.co/vRMmJ2mUCJ

h/t @SoberLook #markets #M2 #moneysupply #investing

[ItsThePITS @ItsThe_PITS]

Windy day yesterday with lots of lake water and small stones thrown up on Pelee Island's West Shore Road. Thanks to the Captain and crew of the Pelee Islander II for maintaining ferry service under challenging conditions
@ONtransport
@ontarioferries

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

How can it be that the provincial government can spend millions of dollars on a new ferry for Pelee Island, can subsidize that ferry with further millions, and yet the service continues to deteriorate?
@TheWindsorStar
@fordnation
@C_Mulroney
@ONtransport
#ItsThePITS

[ItsThePITS @ItsThe_PITS]

Another sailing cancellation with wind in the mid-20s knots range. In the past these wind conditions sometimes resulted in cancellation; now these wind conditions are routinely deemed "unsafe operating conditions". OSTC, you're turning Pelee Island into a one-season community. 🙁

[Dr. Esther Verheyen @EstherVerheyen]

This graphic is exactly how Covid case data should be presented. Just numbers out of context don't convey the huge proportion of unvaccinated people getting sick. Thanks @j_mcelroy !

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

Russian roulette...

[John P. Hussman, Ph.D. @hussmanjp]

Based on the current trajectory of Delta, our estimate (Hussman Foundation) is ~ one in 5 unvaccinated individuals may acquire COVID-19 by Oct. Even mild/moderate cases often result in diffuse alveolar and vascular damage with extended fatigue. Yes, fatality is less frequent.

[Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) @chigrl]

A great friend of mine reminded me of this quote : 1835. Alexis De Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America, warned of this day when he wrote: "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."

[John Authers @johnauthers]

How big a deal was Nixon's departure from the dollar-gold peg, which happened 50 years ago this weekend? This website argues it mattered rather a lot. Worth having a look: https://t.co/CVpR9IMPU3

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

The border is reopening and I am so looking forward to seeing my American cottager friends returning to Pelee Island! It's been far too long
@TheWindsorStar @winstarcaton
@CBCWindsor @CBCNews @JacobBarkerCBC
@KingsvilleTimes

[Township of Pelee @TownOfPelee]

Today we are pleased to begin to welcome back our American community members to Pelee Island!

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

This announcement of an upgraded broadband internet connection for every resident and business on Pelee Island is huge! Thank you to everyone who was involved in bringing this together
https://t.co/VTr3GRD7j5

[ItsThePITS @ItsThe_PITS]

The golf cart program is good news for Pelee Island. Now, @C_Mulroney, please have @ONtransport focus on providing a reliable ferry service to bring tourists to my community. The province has invested a lot of money in the ferry service. You need to make it work!
@fordnation

[Gordon Pow @GCPow]

@C_Mulroney, Pelee Island needs your help! The Pelee Islander II should be able to sail in wind conditions that were blamed for the cancellation of sailings this morning. Squalls might justify a short delay; cancellations are unacceptable.
@RickNicholls
@fordnation

[ItsThePITS @ItsThe_PITS]

Pelee Island needs a reliable ferry service, not a fair-weather ferry service. If the ferry can't sail in this morning's weather then the Province built the wrong boat. But I suspect @ONtransport has a faulty service operator
@RickNicholls
@C_Mulroney #ItsThePITS