From Emperors to Emperors and Tsars to Tsars—Plus ça change
The French proverb plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (the more things change, the more they stay the same) most aptly describes what has been happening at the…
March 2020
I Was Worried For a Moment
When I saw Google/Pocket recommending this article on batteries for the grid, I was a bit concerned. It was contrary to what I understood to be the truth, so I…
Miami-Dade Commissioner "Tired" of Hearing About Caronavirus
I thought they had already made this movie: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez during an emergency coronavirus meeting yesterday praised county officials for refusing to cancel outdoor events owing to…
WHO Says the "P" Word
The World Health Organization has at last declared the coronavirus, Covid-19, a “pandemic.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, made the announcement at a press briefing on Wednesday. Since first being…
No, That’s "23 and You" Harvey
The Daily Beast reports that disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, has been handed an all-expenses paid, 23 year stay in the Greybar Hotel for rape and sexual assault. His counsel…
Bernie Supporter, Michael Moore, Said it Best
Last night on CNN, Michael Moore seemed resigned to the idea that Joe Biden will be the Democratic choice for president. Moore has been an ardent supporter of Bernie Sanders…
The Upside of Plague
Covid-19 = Panic, mayhem, hoarding, greed. Let’s pause and put the HEART back into EARTH.
A Viral Change
Sometimes, surprises come out of left field. In the United States, the coronavirus has come out of left field. And it has changed the American presidential race. Richard Wolff writes:…
#JoeMentum! #SuperTuesday2! @JoeBiden visits @DaisyGrp!
As a public service, I again watched last night’s proceedings on CNN, and reported my impressions on the Twitter machine. As Joe racked up big win after big win, I…
Next Step: Intermodal Bicycles
Every delivery person knows that driving a truck through a city is stressful and dangerous. Our current delivery logistics tend to rely heaveily on trucks to transport goods to their…
The hope for America: Bernie Sanders.
Win, lose or draw, Bernie Sanders has shown his country the way. To Americans, their country has always been the stuff of unfulfilled dreams. It has been the country that…
Cleaning up the mess of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
There are a couple of points in his 1,000 page report where commissioner Richard LeBlanc refers to politicians and other officials of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador as being…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Light cat naps.
COVID-19 COVIDerup In USA
This is a WTF kind of story. How did corruption get this bad in the USA? Emails and interviews show that after the weeks of C.D.C. rejections, researchers in Seattle…
Jake Tapper slaps me around like a circus monkey
https://t.co/PS6V2ZqLMH https://t.co/gg7WPvwp4K — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 11, 2020
March 10: It doesn’t get better.
Despite Trump’s assurances that coronavirus is no big deal, all of Italy has been shut down by it. And NOBODY has even a rough count of how many Americans have…
Connecting Kids With Grandparents – Even Long Distance!
With all the online talk about the Corona Virus, I thought I would be different and blog today about something positive (and it’s also a timely consideration if you or…
Lockdown: Fascism 1, Sanity 0
China and Italy, both with authoritarian governments, are the first to put their countries under lockdown. The Davos oligarchs think that’s wonderful, of course. Divide & conquer, sow fear &…
US 2020 Election: One Choice Only – The Oligarchy
Chris Hedges states there is no choice in the 2020 US election if it is a choice between Trump and Biden: both are a vote for the consolidation of the…