Eating in quarantine: Patty melt and rings from The King Eddy
As I’ve mentioned I’m doing a lot more cooking while physically distancing, but I am trying to support local reasturants so at least once a week, often Friday nights, I…
2020
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brendan Kennedy discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be the last straw for far too many workers already facing precarious finances.…
Those who can, do.
Those who can’t do anything right, run for leader of the Conservative Party. Oops. pic.twitter.com/7M3a19rQ3q — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 8, 2020
City repurposes eastbound lanes of Beach Ave for people walking and cycling
Starting Thursday, April 9, we are temporarily closing the eastbound lanes of Beach Avenue to vehicles. View a map of the closures Closure to help local residents We heard concerns…
Virtual Witnessing of Wills and Powers of Attorney Comes to Ontario During Covid-19. What Will Come Next?
BY PAUL B. ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYER Last week, we brought you news about an urgent Court session that would be taking place in Ontario to address the question of whether…
The Decline, Decay, Death and Rebirth of Democracy and Freedom
The two greatest threats to democracy and freedom in the West, or to peace, justice, equality, or even a viable future for humanity, are without question, the currently reigning…
Global COVID-19 Numbers Update
Attention Doubters! An interactive COVID-19 (coronavirus) visualizer that highlights countries around the world based on the most recent cases. COVIDVISUALIZER.COM COVID-19 Visualizer An interactive COVID-19 (coronavirus) visualizer that highlights countries…
Covid Journal, April 8, 2020
Questions about connections … What’s your take on how things are evolving?
Joe-mentum!
Wooot! This was the responsible thing for Sanders to do, too. No more primary voting means healthy Democrats. Right on!
Wexit? WhatsIt?
Well that didn’t last long, did it? Seems the ‘Bertans have lost their wild-eyed enthusiasm for liberating their province from the oppressive Canadian state. Now those damned bloodsuckers don’t seem…
Look On the Bright Side. Think of How Much We’re Learning!
Every cloud has a silver lining. Well, perhaps not every cloud. Covid-19, however, may have a silver lining. How could a contagion that leaves in its wake so much death…
You’re Talking About What Now?
We’re living through exceptional times, that’s become clear. Many people have risen to this moment, given back to their communities and have really forced us to see so many things…
A Petro-Pearl Harbor?
They didn’t see it coming. On the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, a fleet of Japanese aircraft carriers launched a devastating surprise attack on the US Navy’s forward base…
The Physics Travel Guide
Sometimes learning stuff can be difficult due to obscure terms and references to concepts that you might not know. Physics is filled with terms and concepts that are intimidating to…
The New World
At the moment, we are battling the coronavirus. It looks like that battle will last at least 18 months. But, when the battle is over, we will face a new…
My ideology
An essential part of my political ideology is the conviction that, once in power, political parties don’t really have an ideology – and, when out of power, they exaggerate the…
Lucking into leadership laurels.
You hardly need to check with pollsters to know that prime minister Justin Trudeau has aced it. He is getting lots of positive votes for his leadership in this time…
Jason Kenney lays out the bad news on COVID-19 capably enough, then wanders into the economic weeds
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney actually sounded pretty good on TV last night as he laid out the hard facts about COVID-19, what it’ll probably do, and what might do if…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Surrounded cat.
April 7: A busy day
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/how-rich-do-you-have-to-be-to-not-pay-taxes/502817/ This report is actually kind to our billionaires._________________________________________________________________ https://north99.org/2019/11/22/a-new-statistic-about-canadian-billionaires-shows-why-we-need-a-wealth-tax/_______________________________________________________________https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/10/09/Tax-Billionaires-No-Brainer/———————————————————————————————- Probably,even worse is the record of many international companies , including Canadian ones, in hiding their profits in overseas banks…