2020
The environmental vaccine: how COVID-19 opens the door to a Green New Deal
“Growing Strong Together”. Artwork by Sarah Bloom/Creative Action Network. We live in an era of overlapping crises: climate change, global inequality, the rise of the far-right, nuclear proliferation, and now,…
what i’m reading: the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma is a famous among trauma survivors and the professionals who treat them. I can say without…
Covid Journal, March 27, 2020 (Donald Trump, or ‘Uncle Sham’) Edition
Uncle Sham is looking for distractions as he makes things … hmmm … different in the US.
"at your library" column in the north island eagle: two columns suddenly without relevance, part 2
This ran after the library was closed… and it’s about a resource that can only be accessed in our branches! Ancestry Library: Your Library Can Help You Discover Your Roots…
COVID-19 In Australia
Brigid Delaney writes that COVID-19 is ravaging Australia: By Monday an estimated 88,000 people lost their jobs in the hospitality industry alone and tried to file for unemployment. The system…
By popular demand: the new Kinsellian Political Rules™️
The first set can be seen here. Here’s the new ones. These rules apply whether you’re stuck in a pandemic or not. You’re welcome.
Thought for today, and the coming days
Pray for the United States. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 27, 2020
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.…
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…