social distancing is awesome but the world has become surreal
Removed from all context, I am loving social distancing. I was very disappointed to cancel our planned vacation to visit west-coast family and friends. But other than that, I am…
2020
MASS QUARANTINE, POLICE STATE MEASURES, PROVEN UNJUSTIFIED
A report from the Italian government confirms what should have been obvious weeks ago: the virus danger is vastly exagrated, mass quarantine is utterly unjustified, and the draconian responses are…
Democracy’s "Island of Contentment"
The 2020 version of the Global Satisfaction with Democracy report, issued annually by the University of Cambridge, concludes that “democracy is in a state of deep malaise.” The researchers found…
Near and Far: A Refresher
As our society takes on Covid-19, we have a lot of personal behaviours that we need to adjust to meet this new reality of social distancing. It’s not the easiest…
Coronavirus: Martial Law & The New Police State
An excellent live webstream discussion was given last night by Sayer Ji, the founder of GreenMedInfo – the best source I know of for science-based health information. His remarks offer…
Why Concordia got it so wrong with eviction of student residents during COVID-19
In the late morning of Wednesday, March 18, many of the approximately 800 students living in residence at Concordia University in Montréal received an email from Lauren Farley, Director of…
Talking the Response of Governments to Covid-19 on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We spoke about about governments are responding to Covid-19,…
Well, That Was Quick. What’s Increasing Faster Than Covid-19 in America?
When I called it a day yesterday, the Americans (or so I thought) were churning through proposals for a trillion dollar stimulus spending initiative. That was soooo yesterday. In this…
Elizabeth May – How Covid-19 Could Change Us – If We’re Lucky.
Former Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, has penned an op-ed for the National Observer. She concludes that there might be a silver-lining to the pandemic if we’re lucky and we’re…
“This is Operation Desert Storm, Enron, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina/Rita, Lehman Bros, combined.”
Energy analysts are struggling to predict where world oil prices could bottom out in the months ahead. Energy consultant Stephen Shorck told Bloomberg, “This is Operation Desert Storm, Enron, 9/11,…
The Real Dangers of Misinformation
As our battle with Covid-19 continues, it’s been alarming to see how some people have been reacting to what’s happening. It’s been alarming mostly because of the number of people…
We Can’t Go Home Again
Robin Sears writes that we are facing a challenging future: Now we see the emergence of heroes and misfits. Beach partygoers versus nurses working 18-hour shifts. Most media are trying…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of March 23, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 16, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Duncan Hunter Sentenced to 11 Months in Prison for Stealing Campaign Funds…
Covid Journal, March 22, 2020 (Capitalism On Its Knees Edition)
It’s Day 9 of self-quarantine for me and the markets are about to open, again in the red. Today’s update is a simple one: questioning where we go from here…
In my humble opinion.
What the hell does a commentator comment on when the world’s news media (in English anyway) are totally committed to telling us, ad nauseum, about the world’s trials with a…
The doctor is out… of the province #nlpoli
Health minister John Haggie announced on Friday that doctors in the province could now start seeing patients remotely either by telephone or using video conferencing. Kinda bizarre, though, given that…
Experience Counts – COVID Economic Balls-Up Edition #nlpoli
On Friday Premier Dwight Ball took a question from reporters about the Liberal leadership that is still underway. In a moment of egotistical boasting, Ball said it “takes experience to…
Episode 51: A new Alberta. Responding to COVID-19 and Oil Crash with Chris Henderson.
Wash your hands, don’t touch your face, stay at home. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the plummeting price of oil has sent shockwaves through Alberta politics over the…
FBI Warns White Supremacists Want to Weaponize Covid-19 to Attack Jews, Police.
America’s radical rightwing hopes to weaponize the coronavirus. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office recently sent out an alert to local authorities warning of extremist groups it said…
The Tip of the Iceberg: Virologist David Ho (BS ’74) Speaks About COVID-19
March 20, 2020 https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/tip-iceberg-virologist-david-ho-bs-74-speaks-about-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR2Z03W7zMlfopxoaq58Vuua68n7txK-S7kO2yClTI4NWsmPkmqJ_auwTe0 As of March 20, more than 8,700 people worldwide had died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…