This Speaks Volumes But the Message is Dire
India, the second most populous nation, has 137 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Pakistan is reporting just 236 cases. Those low, low numbers spell trouble for the Indian subcontinent, South Asia,…
2020
coronavirus exposes the darkest sides of unchecked capitalism and the gaping holes in our society
We’re all struggling to take in the magnitude of coping with a global pandemic. Personally I’ve had to cancel a long-awaited vacation to vist family, and with libraries closed, I…
Still Unclear About Covid-19? MiT has Links
MiT’s tech review, The Download, is often a font of great information you won’t find in the funny papers. Today’s edition opens with the editor-in-chief explaining that the life you…
We Need A Paradigm Shift
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that COVID-19 is a wildfire: A pandemic is like a wildfire. The more fuel it finds, the hotter it burns and before you know it is running…
From The Ministry Of Truth
Pay no attention to the left side of your screens. Goldstein has been very busy. This video on Fox News messaging around the coronavirus is really something. They are truly…
Gardening for Beginners
Stuck inside due to the coronavirus? Why not learn to garden so when the good weather comes you can socially isolate yourself while also feeding yourself? Rob Greenfield was nervous…
Our artificial monarchy.
It is well past the point where Canada should be doing something to eliminate the false monarchy in this country. It is not only a sham but it is interfering…
With COVID-19 in Alberta, Health Minister Tyler Shandro caves to docs on ‘complex billing’ battle
As Lyndon B. Johnson famously explained, in politics, chicken poop can turn over night into chicken salad. Those weren’t exactly the words used by the late United States Senator from…
Our BC Hydro bills subsidize fossil fuel industries
You will find evidence at In-Sights proving government policies and subsidies have cut public revenue from petroleum and natural gas producers to a tiny fraction of what it once was.…
Courage is found in unlikely places
Things are awful and they’re going to get worse – the economy is going to tank, maybe worse than it did in 2008, and hundreds of thousands of people are…
City implements additional service closures, continues to review operations in response to COVID-19
March 17 2020 The City of Vancouver is implementing additional facility closures and service modifications as we continue to review operations in response to COVID-19. These measures are intended to…
Everything is F*ucked: a Book Critique
I read this book last summer, but people are suddenly talking about it (and his earlier book) all over the place for some reason – maybe because we’re just seeing…
Comparing Covid-19 to the Spanish Flu is Pointless
There are plenty of graphs and charts circulating that convey the idea that this novel coronavirus is a trifle compared to the savage viral contagions of the 20th century. That…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
A dearly departed Tigger… …and a mourning feline friend.
March 17: The wasteland we have created.
Haaretz is an Israeli newspaper, and one of the world’s best. I don’t use it much for my blog because it costs money – and there’s a limit to how…
Eating off the Hill: Indian food for white folks at Roast N Curries
Don’t worry, I haven’t been eating out. But I do have a few backlogged meals I now have time to blog while distancing, which brings me to my craving a…
Small Batch Distilleries Step Up to Solve Sanitizer Shortage
Beamsville, Ontario’s Dillon’s Distillers is diverting some of its whiskey operations into producing disinfectant alcohol and hand sanitizer needed to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. In the States, a number…