The Immoralist
NYT conservative columnist, David Brooks, writes that Trump and “his felons” are dragging America into moral chaos. The crucial thing about Donald Trump is that he is not a nationalist…
October 2020
You Silly Bugger. We’re Rich and the Rich Don’t Take Responsibility.
Donald Trump pissed off a lot of people back in March when questioned about whether he felt responsibility for America’s Covid death rate. He replied, “I don’t take any responsibility…
Watching football in Trumpland: Sports and the populist right
US President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of Defense James Mattis, participates in pre-game ceremonies at the Army-Navy NCAA College football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec.…
Happy Alberta Day, fellow Albertians! Don’t count on having two days off in September, though
Happy “Alberta Day,” my fellow Albertians! Does Jason Kenney have a plan to erase Labour Day and replace it with something called Alberta Day on or about September 1? It…
What If This Had Happened in February, How Many Lives Might Have Been Spared?
What if Donald Trump had contracted Covid-19 months ago at the outset of the pandemic? What if he got a hard case of the disease, akin to the “touch and…
Climate Change & Common Sense: “We ain’t gots none.”
Beautiful, moving sculptures, the old Bugattis are. Yes, they should be converted either to a parallel electric hybrid or solar-hydrogen, as with all internal combustion vehicles. If our society had…
Speaking to Cuban doctors who heal the world
In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest Africa in 1975 alongside Cuban soldiers;…
Life Aboard Trump’s Incubation Chamber
It’s unclear how Trump, his missus and close aides mingle aboard Air Force One, the presidential incubation chamber, but it is a 747 which means it doesn’t get anywhere at…
This business of news.
From an early age, I was always fascinated by this business of news. Understanding news as a commodity is an essential background for people in the business. It helps if…
Trump’s Covid-19 positive test – the ultimate October Surprise.. the ultimate Karma
News that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other high level Republican officials have tested positive for Covid-19 – and others awaiting test results after potential exposure…
Trump’s Covid-19 positive test – the ultimate October Surprise.. the ultimate Karma
News that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other high level Republican officials have tested positive for Covid-19 – and others awaiting test results after potential exposure…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Reviewing Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland, Martin Gelin writes that the U.S. is paying the price for allowing itself to be trapped in a corporate…
The MEC Mess an Intuitive Understanding
These comments are not based on any comprehensive analysis but rather my intuitive response to what has been filed in court and published online and the media coverage. It appears…
Well Deserved
Donald Trump has tested positive. Frank Bruni writes that there are at least two morals to be drawn from that news: The most obvious is that the coronavirus has not…
Guess it isn’t a hoax, after all
It is what it is. WASHINGTON — President Trump revealed early Friday morning that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s…
I Do Wish Her a Quick and Full Recovery
Donald Trump has tweeted that both he and Melania have tested positive for Covid-19. It couldn’t possibly be that, after the blowback from Tuesday’s debate, he just wants an out.…
Elderly and Vulnerable to Covid? Think a mask will protect you? Science says it won’t….
Please hear me out, it is my most fervent wish and prayer that everyone comes out of this pandemic with as little harm as possible. SARS-Cov-2 can be a deadly…
How Bad Is WordPress’s Block Editor? Bad.
I have over 2 decades experience editing websites. 18 years of writing blogs, from Angelfire, to CMS systems like WordPress. And the latest update to the editor is mystifying. Who…
Prediction
There aren’t going to be any more debates. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 2, 2020
Deer over-population is an important issue in our Cowichan Valley
In this year beginning four public consultations about the future of North Cowichan—four plans covering basically everything—I’ve noticed that once again our community is avoiding one of the most important,…