Friday morning Corona follies
Police broke up a gathering at a storefront synagogue on Bernard, Thursday evening. They were “snitched” on by firefighters who happened to notice.
People have been flushing sterilizing wipes, and it’s bad for the sewage system.
Calls to suicide lines dipped at the beginning of the crisis, but are now on the rise as people face job stress or job loss, isolation or else being locked in with difficult family members.
Cult MTL is not going to print this month, but they do have a PDF version you can download, with a terrific cover.
Tim S 09:49 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
I know a family who had to evacuate their home for several months after their upstairs toilet backed up and overflowed, apparently quite dramatically, on account of wipes clogging the pipes.
Ian 10:03 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Firefighters can’t snitch, they are the authorities. But point taken, see you all after this is over.
May you never be in a situation where your safety or well-being is compromised by some holier-than-thou reactionary “neighbour” that cares more about the letter of the law than its spirit.
Chris 10:09 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Details matter. Was this event like Perez’, with a handful of people that mostly live together already? Or was it 50 people from 50 different families congregating together? The article is light on actual details.
Kate 10:24 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Ian, I’m sorry. Please don’t blow off this blog because we’ve disagreed on a thing. Not during a crisis.
qatzelok 10:42 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Neither climate change, nor coronavirus, nor rain, nor snow… can stop Superman (who is fictional, by the way).
Ephraim 10:51 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Did someone see what GROUP they are from? The city needs to appeal to their rabbi.
Chris 10:58 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
It could just as easily be the rabbi encouraging them to continue as usual. That’s the case in Israel, where several prominent rabbinic leaders have publicly defied government rules about quarantine.
ottawaowl 12:25 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Damn, that’s my daughter’s ruelle!
La Presse: Les services de sécurité hassidiques, les Chomrims, sont accourus sur place dans plusieurs véhicules. Les Chaverims, un service d’assistance d’urgence bénévole hassidique, ont aussi été dépêchés sur place. Vers 21 h la situation s’est calmée et la plupart des gens sont rentrés chez eux.
The Dutriaz audio link on the TVA story calls them “les goons hassidiques” and the racist (?) “reporters” seem to rejoice in the news about Michael Rosenberg which is perhaps understandable but still UGLY.
A few savoury expressions in the audio file: partir en couilles, sacrer une amende, ses cambrilles (sp?), etc.
Raymond Lutz 12:40 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
Jack 14:30 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Thanks Raymond I am healed.
Ephraim 16:17 on 2020-04-03 Permalink
Chaverim Shomrim is Tosh. Same people as Kiryat Tosh, in Boisbriand. They are the UO neighbourhood watch, though I didn’t realize that in Montreal it was one group, rather than two, since Chaverim is usually the Tosh neighbourhood watch group, Shomrim is more general UO group. There is also Hatzalah, which is the UO EMS group.