Covid Journal, April 24, 2020
More racist Consense, this time from Conservative MP Derek Sloan, claiming Dr. Theresa Tam is working for China. Repugnant.
2020
New management is now required at AIMCo to restore trust after $4-billion loss
Having lost more than $4 billion on an incomprehensible gamble on market volatility, senior management of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. needs to apologize and resign. AIMCo is supposed to…
Plague Update: Saskatchewan Prepares To Increase Infections
It’s no surprise to most reading this that I have a low opinion of Saskatchewan’s Premier. He’s an unlovable oaf. He’s never been elected by the general electorate to be…
Covid-19: Lessons from and for Government Digital Service Groups
This article was written by David Eaves, lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Tom Loosemore, Partner at Public Digital, with Tommaso Cariati and Blanka Soulava, students at the Harvard Kennedy…
April 23: The final days?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/europe-had-hottest-year-on-record-in-2019-new-report-shows Don’t tell this to anybody in Alberta. It annoys them. fashion-trump-is-blaming-immigrants-for-us-problems This is exactly why and how Hitler gained power by murdering Jews.________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/23/coronavirus-unity-global-crisis-generation-x________________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/23/coronavirus-fight-to-vote-us-voters_________________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/23/pepsi-coke-bottled-water-consumer-reports_________________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/iran-us-satellite-navy-boats-trump Trump is quite right. The…
There has been a surge of women elected to lead governments worldwide.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a bright light in the world of politics MSN.COM New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet Read more…
American States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn
This is a must read for those interested in an updated and significant report on the threat facing Americans as Trump inspired lunacy takes hold. With some corporate voices…
If you do a three during a pandemic, and there’s no one around to see it, is it still a three?
The still of concentration. An earthquake of excellence hits. And then – the shot! A shot so powerful, so precise, it blows off some of the fasteners on the net!…
The "Marie Antoinette" of the U.S. Senate
It was a Republican Congressman from New York, Peter King, who first branded Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, the Marie Antoinette of the American Senate. Mr. King was responding to…
Covid Journal, April 23, 2020
Is there a debt reckoning coming? Will it lead to austerity or freedom from debt? We have a choice to make, but had better set out on the right path…
Dear Mr. Horgan and Ms. James, This is the truth you’ve been dodging these last years:
Dear Mr. Horgan and Ms. James, This is the truth you’ve been dodging these last years: Stop, right now, stop pandering to Coastal GasLink and the ongoing Site C fiasco.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jane McArthur and Filipe Duarte discuss how the response to the coronavirus pandemic is confirming the importance of collective responsibilities. Amanda Harvey-Sánchez…
what i’m reading: political graphic nonfiction: wobblies, studs terkel’s working, people’s history of american empire
Continuing the series, started here. I’ve decided not to review these books, but instead to post a cover image and a quote. It was difficult to choose quotes for these…
Dog whistling to the Leadership
As the World has responded to the threat of Covid-19, we’ve seen some amazing examples of people putting aside partisan difference, coming together, and working to help all of society.…
The Hits Keep Coming.
This certainly beats having to write something for my blog. Thanks to my friend Dom for sending me the following: Recommend this Post
The End Of Oil
Nafeez Ahmed writes that the coronavirus may be the death knell of the fossil fuel business: Policy-makers are still in denial as to how long this demand slump will last.…
Push: A Documentary on the Housing Crisis
Push from WG Film on Vimeo. When housing prices collapsed in the USA a decade ago corporations saw an opportunity to buy a basic human need and profit off of…
What Jinping, Putin, Trump have in common.
Why are we surprised if American president Trump wants to be named president for life? The man hardly wants less than his counterparts, Xi Jinping, president for life of China,…
Already reeling from bad news, Alberta learns its Crown investment corporation just lost $4 billion on a bad bet
Albertans reeling from the shock of a week that’s included oil prices so low you have to pay people to haul the stuff away and a mishandled COVID-19 outbreak at…
Is Andrew Scheer Hoping To Succeed Himself?
Andrew Scheer has always been a weird bird. He's a religious fanatic, a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe, and a climate change denier.But lately his kooky behaviour appears to be…