Can a conman cure a coronavirus?
U.S. president Donald Trump is impatient with the progress in curing covid-19. As a perpetual con artist, he will grasp at any straw as a solution. It is his nature.…
March 2020
Facing the financial wall, again #nlpoli
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro makes money by making and selling electricity. In 2018, the last year for which we have statistics, Hydro made about 40 gigawatt hours of electricity and…
How Will the Corona Virus End? – The Atlantic
The Atlantic looks at how the Covid-19 contagion will end for the United States. It won’t be pretty. Like World War II or the 9/11 attacks, this pandemic has already…
Several news items taken from Facebook
Words from Trump and his staff are, in no small way, a matter of national security and credibility, and all of those things have entered the danger zone. BUSINESSINSIDER.COM Wall…
COVID-19 March 26, 2020
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
March 26: And it goes on……
https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2020/03/united-nations-calls-peace-during-coronavirus-pandemic-war Something I should have made clear from the start is that this blog is not intended to be the usual sort of news sheet. We can get lots of…
They’ve Been Right All Along. America is No.1
They had a lot of catching up to do but, boy, have they made up for lost time. The United States has now logged more Covid-19 cases than either China…
Flash-Drive Revolution – AND – Who To Trust?
Amidst Protests, Uprisings, Simmering Revolt and Revolution, and A New Renaissance Emerging, vs Reactionary Efforts of The Establishment Powers of Entrenched Global Neo-Feudal Corporate Oligarchy To Resist Change, and…
Cowichan Tribes has ‘no objection’ to keeping public informed on Municipal Forest Reserve consultations
Chief William Seymour: “Our first thought is, well, give it back to us….” Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Cowichan Tribes Chief William Seymour says he supports The Municipality of North Cowichan…
Standford Medical Scientists Say Coronavirus Mortality Exaggerated 100,000-Fold
Two medical science professors from Stanford University just published an article in the Wall Street Journal (reprinted by GreenMedInfo), stating that the mortality rate from the coronavirus is exaggerated by…
COVID-19 Comic
This wonderful comic was made by a friend who said she didn’t need to be named as the artist (! — if you change your mind, just let me know)…
Brace Yourself. Trump’s Approval Ratings Hit All-Time High
The coronavirus has been great for the Mango Mussolini, America’s Bungler in Chief. It is unclear how long Trump’s polling bump will last. Polls tend to be lagging indicators, meaning…
Covid Journal, March 26, 2020
Where are we at with Covid-19? Will the harsh measures of our governments justify crushing our global economy and the livelihood of millions of people across the globe?
We Knew. We’ve Known for Years. We Just Ignored the Warnings. That Must Stop – Now.
When we think of climate science we think of what are sometimes called “earth sciences.” Stuff like physics, chemistry, atmospherics, geology, hydrology, glaciology – the droughts, floods and severe weather…
Failures to Read the Room
We are not in normal times, which at this point should be abundantly clear to all of society. As we try to slow Covid-19, we as a society are having…
A Glaring Omission
Anyone who may read this blog regularly knows that, for a number of reasons, I am not a fan of Justin Trudeau and his government. However, I give him top…
Covid-19 and the new normal.
Well… lots has happened since my last post. Normal political news and normal news for that matter is now almost completely gone due to the Covid19 pandemic gripping the world.…
These Are The Times
Gary Mason writes that Donald Trump created the perfect storm that is now sweeping across the United States: Luciana Borio, the president’s biodefense preparedness advisor, warned that a flu pandemic…