Quote of the Day: “Facts are seldom allowed to contaminate the beautiful vision of the left. What matters to the true believers are the ringing slogans, endlessly repeated? Darwinian adaptation to environment applies not only to nature but also to society. Just as you don’t find eagles living in the ocean or fish living on mountain tops, so you don’t find leftists concentrated where their ideas have to stand the test of performance.” Thomas Sowell
I went to my local LCBO yesterday. The place was packed. Four of the five checkouts were open. There were 34 people waiting in the four lines – I counted, plus the 4 checkout clerks. I estimate there were another 30, maybe 35 people in the store for a total of about 70 people. Now, the aisles at a LCBO aren’t that spacious. In fact, I think the counters and shelving take up maybe 30% of the total area of the store. I estimate the store, not counting the small office at the front and the warehouse at the back, to be about 3,200 square feet or 40’ by 80’. Now, if my estimates are correct and, let’s say 25% of the store is shelving and cashier area, then the total store for shoppers is around 2,400 square feet. Now, that means that for the 70 people that were in the LCBO yesterday, each one had around 35 square feet per person. I only bring this up because Karen, I mean Luisa D’Amato is madly typing away in her bully column again. Today she tells us that: “You can’t have a big celebratory dinner with family and friends at Easter. Restaurants cannot allow more than 10 customers dining indoors at a time.” So there. That’s the rules. And Karen wants you to follow them no matter how stupid. She reminds us of this because there was a wedding of about 150 people at a Cambridge temple the other weekend and a number of people contacted COVID-19 there. But, the temple was operating within the guidelines since they have a capacity of 700 people at the temple. So, Karen, I mean D’Amato wants everyone and everything and everyplace to follow the 10 person per location rule – no matter how big the venue or store is. Right then. Well, let’s start with the LCBO, Karen.