How a Pandemic Plays Out. It’s Going to Be a While.
I’ve been wondering when is this Covid-19 pandemic likely to run its course. Two months, three? Here’s the skinny from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. A pandemic…
March 2020
March 12: Which side are you on?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-symptoms-what-are-they-and-should-i-see-a-doctor________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/trump-coronavirus-ban-travel-backfired And he’s doing all this through an American health care system that works at high, high cost, essentially to produce profits for the super wealthy who own it.So…
Life In Scarborough: The Plague Journal, Day I
This evening at the local Metro I saw something resembling "panic buying". Not quite at that point. Nobody got violent. More like the kind of lineups you see before the…
Life In Scarborough: The Plague Journal, Day I
This evening at the local Metro I saw something resembling “panic buying”. Not quite at that point. Nobody got violent. More like the kind of lineups you see before the…
NHL statement on coronavirus
League pauses season, hopes to resume play ‘as soon as it is appropriate’ http://www.canucks.com/ @NHLdotcom 10:35 AM Facebook Share Twitter Share Link Share Email Share National Hockey League Commissioner Gary…
Ottawa grapples with the coronavirus, and pledges a $1 billion fight
Ottawa grapples with the coronavirus, and pledges a $1 billion fight Did someone forward you this newsletter? Sign up here to get it delivered weekday mornings. The big…
Can We Finally Talk About Resilience?
Never, no, never, did Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.” – Edmund Burke I’ve been
Expert prediction
Friday the 13th is tomorrow, and it is going to be a motherfucker. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 12, 2020
The stock markets have crashed
Forget a global recession. A depression may be imminent.
Bill 1 and Alberta’s Ongoing Descent into Authoritarianism
Alberta premier and United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney arrives at a rally protesting against Bill C-69 in Calgary. Tuesday, April 9th, 2019. Photo by Tom Ross/660 NEWS. Since winning…
Oil Wars – The Saudis Aren’t Done With Russia Yet.
Saudi Arabia has targeted Russia’s EU oil market share. The Saudi plan is to flood Europe with “Arab Light” crude oil at deeply discounted prices. The Saudis, OPEC’s de facto…
Thoughts on Canadian politics post the 2019 election
National political context emerging from 2019 election Polling during the 2019 election left many with the impression that the Liberal government was on the ropes. However, the distortions of the…
Thoughts on Canadian politics post the 2019 election
National political context emerging from 2019 election Polling during the 2019 election left many with the impression that the Liberal government was on the ropes. However, the distortions of the…
Thoughts on Canadian politics post the 2019 election
National political context emerging from 2019 election Polling during the 2019 election left many with the impression that the Liberal government was on the ropes. However, the distortions of the…
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Kenneth Copeland is on the job! No crisis is complete without #FakeChristian charlatans using it to make a tax-free buck. Notorious conman Kenneth Copeland will “cure” #coronavirus over your TV…
What Are the Chances?
Four old dudes in their mid to late-70s. At least three of them with compromised respiratory systems from decades of heavy smoking. The four of them decide to travel the…
Best tweet of the pandemic
The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. — Liam…
Neoliberalism, the Shock Doctrine and Disaster Capitalism
Originally posted on Writings of J. Todd Ring: Normally I post only essays that I have written on my blog, but this deserves to be an exception to the rule.…
The Collapse of Modern Civilization
More than 150 years ago Thoreau commented, “Our sills are all rotten.” He was right. It is for that reason that Western, and Westernized, “modern” “civilization” is collapsing. This could…
Trudeaus, Singh in self-isolation
Hope all of them are okay. And that everyone exposed to this remorseless, foul pestilence are okay, too. #BREAKING: Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are in self-isolation over COVID-19…