Covid Journal, June 26, 2020
Masks,. settlements and the state of non-profits in a Covid-world.
2020
Theirs Is Not To Reason
Owen’s blog post today discusses how the world sees the United States as a nation to be shunned, one of the reasons being its entirely inept handling of the Covid-19…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lee Stevens writes that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed longstanding weaknesses in our social safety net which have caused large amounts of avoidable…
Are Climate Scientists Selling Us Down the River?
I always took it as a given that climate scientists always spoke truth to power. Now I’m not so sure. Kevin Anderson is a professor of energy and climate change.…
Lest We Forget
The coronavirus pandemic can sometimes take all the oxygen out of the room. Here’s a reminder of what else is going on – video of Trump’s kiddie concentration camps.
Canada’s lost months: When COVID-19’s first wave hit
Canada’s lost months: When COVID-19?s first wave hit, governments and health officials were scattered and slow to act. From January to March, official pandemic preparations were marred by the same…
Yes, Mr. Trump. Remind Everyone What a Lousy President You Really Are.
Another brain fart from the Mango Mussolini. Trump wants a fireworks extravaganza to usher in the 4th of July. Not the 4th of July, the evening of July 3rd. Not…
Ottawa’s response was not viral
This is one of the most important reports of the coronavirus pandemic. And it makes clear that Ottawa fumbled, and made things worse. Read: “Canada’s lost months: When COVID-19′s first…
The Gospel Of Thomas: A Key Text In World Religions & A Gateway To Mystery
The greatest scholar of world mythology, and one of the greatest scholars of world religion, Joseph Campbell, introduced me to the Gospel Of Thomas, and made clear its monumental…
British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters (Mosaic Forest Management) make pitch to deregulate
Search A PROGRESSIVE TAKE ON BC ISSUES ABOUT TOPICS AUTHORS ARCHIVE FEATURES Jun 25, 2020 British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters make pitch to deregulate By Ben Parfitt Federal government…
Japan, Taiwan and South Korea – Is reduced testing really the answer?
Many are lauding the success that countries like Japan, Taiwan and South Korea have had in controlling the novel coronavirus. Policies like contact tracing and widespread use of masks are…
Who’s Banning Whom?
Donald Trump began his presidency by instituting travel bans on those who weren’t Americans. He ends his presidency with the rest of the world banning Americans from entering their countries.…
Morneau: the angst of things to come.
Are you ready for the flip side of the pandemic coin? Finance Minister Bill Morneau has promised Canadians a financial snapshot of what the pandemic has cost. The bad news…
It seems Alberta’s inquiry hasn’t found any foreign-funded anti-energy campaigns yet, but it’ll keep looking!
I’m sorry to have to report, Alberta, that the inquiry into foreign-funded campaigns targeting Alberta’s oil and gas industry apparently hasn’t found any foreign-funded campaigns targeting Alberta’s oil and gas…
The Day After: Infrastructure
An oil pipeline pumping station connected to the Keystone XL project, operated by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada). Photo by Shannon Patrick/Flickr. The Day After: Infrastructure marks the fourth installment in…
June 25: It just happened again…..
I was many hours writing this blog when I accidentally touched A or C or alt on my keyboard – and every thing I had written disappeared. I shall struggle…
Let’s Keep Throwing Billions into LNG
Whether it’s the Justin Trudeau memorial bitumen pipe or strongarming the Wetsuweten to drive the Coastal GasLink project through their sovereign territory, once these projects get underway they’re almost unstoppable…
Pandemic? Ah, Screw That!!
Scenes like this are being repeated across the Dorset coast as hordes of Britons have descended on the beaches of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Phil Horton, 57, from Bournemouth, who…
On Policing: Time for Change
In 1982, Milton Friedman advised, “Keep options open until circumstances make change necessary. There is enormous inertia–a tyranny of the status quo–in private and especially governmental arrangements. Only a crisis–actual…
Collision: How we can Better Protect Endangered Species
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Achim Steiner spoke today at Collision at Home about The Lion’s Share organization. The organization looks to protect endangered species by channeling some funding that large companies…