Love him or hate him there really is no denying that Kenney has a bone to pick with graphic designers. First there was that fiasco with the War Room logo

…and a few other examples of incredibly bad design along the way. But the latest “outrage” is this beauty. I know to you non-designers it may just be a meh example of a sign but it almost feels like he went out of the way to break every single rule of graphic design. I don’t know, maybe a designer whacked him with a Pantone book when he was a kid? Anyway, it’s a profession for a reason Jason, please just spend a little money on your comms? Please?

Oh, and the mockery amongst the community included this little gem if you are wondering one of the reasons we find it so hideous 🙂 :

From the DM’s…

UCP Comms: “Hey Jason, we know what we need to do to win the hearts and minds of central Albertans…”

Kenney – “What’s that?”

UCP Comms – ALL THE FOOOOOOOOOOOOONTS!!!!!

 

Next in my ongoing series…

I’ve tried to stay out of it but this convoy thing brought out some truly stupid human escapades. The best of which, IMHO, was the total lack of understanding we Canadians seem to have of how our government works.

—https://factnest.com/activism/file-a-vote-of-no-confidence-against-justin-trudeau/

And this wasn’t the only site. The misinformation/misunderstanding/outright falsehood (depending on your own point-of-view) had spread far and wide and was being distributed freely amongst the protestors and supporters. Apparently this stupidity was so widespread that the GG had to issue a statement explaining that she (or her office as representative of the Queen) cannot dissolve governments willy-nilly.

—https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/governor-general-no-confidence-1.6360883

I don’t care what you politics are, but come on…at least familiarize yourself with the thing you are protesting against. Sheesh.

A little bit more on the subject of what the parliamentary system is actually about: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/charter-gg-disinformation-civic-awareness-1.6365223

Someone with absolutely no understanding of what an education is for…lol.

Stuart Smith 28 minutes ago
Training and apprenticeships are important elements in our future. Good on AB’s government for spreading some of the lolly around to small business rather than simply massively subsidizing universities who produce workers absent marketable skills. But universities do produce lots of inside hands reaching out for a lifetime defined benefit fully indexed pension.
— Comment section
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jason-kenney-jobs-announcement-alberta-second-stage-1.6242690

The US is definetly in America, but you are way off its so similar to Canada. Canada is under tremendous lockdowns, they don’t have Freedom of speech, they have a large wellfare state, etc. They are similar only in language and by proximity. I guess all Central America is the same to you?

—https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f48/la-vagabonde-i-dont-understand-252419.html#post3431451

But I’m not gonna post it.

There’s too much anger already.

Don’t be angry.

 

I wrote this rambling reply to a Cruisers Forum conversation surrounding the Gov’t’s ability to communicate facts. Then I decided not to post it. But it has some thoughts worth preserving so…

[QUOTE=Mike OReilly;3401382]Yes … see even I’m doing a piss-poor job here, and I’m a science writer :redface:.

If your choice is binary: mRNA vs viral vector, it makes perfect sense to go with the one that has slightly less risk, and slightly more efficacy. But none of these choices are binary. There are multiple factors, including availability AND most importantly getting any vaccine sooner rather than later.

The risk of contracting Covid-19 far outweigh the risk of getting a weird blood clot; by something like 10,000 fold. But an honest scientist will tell you the risk is greater with AZ and Jansen than with Pfizer or Moderna, so in some hypothetical situation where you can reduce your risk of contracting the disease to near-zero, it makes sense to hold out for the lower-risk vaccine.

But this all requires an ability to rationally assess risk, and that is something few people know how to do.

It reminds me of the first time I went to see a lawyer. I wanted to know if I could start a business without doing anything other than opening a bank account. An hour of risk assessment, fear mongering and over-explaining worst-case scenarios he wrapped up up with a simple “yes, but you will be personally liable.” Since all I wanted to do was graphic design under a company name it seemed a bit hysterical. I now realize that all that liability he was talking about applied to him as well. If he didn’t do his damnedest to scare the bejesus out of me he would have been “shirking” his responsibilities.

It is really hurting my brain to listen to all the people who b*tch about governments lying and withholding information or just plain being wrong. Do I think this whole thing has been a case-study in communication f*ck-ups? Yes. But the thing most people think the gov’t is there to do isn’t accurate (at least outside the US…they have a weird origin story…). They aren’t primarily responsible for telling us the truth etc.—they are responsible for the common weal. And if anyone has been a parent you know that doesn’t always involve “truth” or “justice.” We can argue about that if you want, but I just want my government to do what needs to be done—I really couldn’t give a damn if they have to mislead me in order to get the rest of the population to line up and toe the line. Up to a point.

A lot of truth in this. People are funny.

 

A “scientific” journal.

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—https://www.scivisionpub.com/why-scivision-publishers

Sigh.