Some Advice
This past week has been a whirlwind and honestly, it’s been the kind of thing that we’ve never experienced in our lifetimes. And really, we all know this is just…
2020
Play Games and use Your Computer to Fight COVID-19
Without a doubt these are exceptional times; I cannot think of another moment in history in which capitalist democracies basically put their economies on hold to protect people. COVID-19 is…
Spotted by one of my former Law 599 students at the airport
Good information, here. Bad – really bad – that a provincial government has been obliged to fill the massive, yawning information gap caused by federal incompetence.
When is ‘progressive’ not?
Are all you ‘progressives’ asleep at the switch? Who let that cretin into progressivebloggers.ca who is trying to get us to fight for conversion therapy? A little attention to the…
Community transmission of COVID-19 seen in Alberta; all classes cancelled; no layoffs of health workers — for now
Community transmission of COVID-19 is now taking place in Alberta as numbers of cases grew by 17 over the past 24 hours to 56, Premier Jason Kenney told the province’s…
What’s Better Than Givenchy of Christian Dior? And Trump Tries to Scoop German Vaccine.
Hand sanitizer, that’s better than fancy fragrances. And who’s okay with that? Louis Vuitton, Hennesy, Moet – the company that produces those high end fragrances and cosmetics. Answering the patriotic…
COVID-19: A Study in Leadership
“The first role of government is to help people in crisis or need. That’s why we have government.”– John McCain Crisis separates the leaders from wannabes. We will be watching…
Trump: WORST Leader In Human History (More Evidence)
The Trump Administration is doing everything it can to secure exclusive rights over potential vaccines or treatments for Covid-19. This is SO wrong on SO many levels. November won’t come…
Vulnerable societies
Compounding the economic risk factors that are manifesting is a widespread domestic discontent with current economic systems, perceived to be rigged and unfair. Concern about inequality underlies recent social unrest…
The Central Challenge Of Our Time
What is the central challenge of our time? It is not what most people think it is. It is not race or gender, or climate change, or the environment broadly,…
Can Public School Teachers Teach from Home?
Last Thursday, after getting a series of emails from the school board and OSSTF about concerns with many students travelling over the March Break and returning with an incubating virus…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jim Stanford offers his take on how our governments should respond to the coronavirus epidemic – including an emphasis on health, income…
The Economic Consequences Of COVID 19
The economic consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic will be far-reaching. Jim Stanford writes: It is increasingly clear that the economic fallout from the pandemic is also going to constitute…
Thoughts on Covid and Self-Isolation
Some thoughts on Covid and what we should all be doing to mitigate concerns about our future.
Perspective……
The common flu causes up to 5 million cases of severe illness worldwide and kills up to 650,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization By comparison thus…
A day in the life of Canada.
It is not just another day. Canada has reached a new level. It is a day when we can say that this country can work together as one. Lately that…
Can Jason Kenney pass the UCP budget, prorogue the Legislature, and get out of town before COVID-19 really hits the fan?
Beware the Ides of March! It’ll be interesting to see if Premier Jason Kenney can find a way to pass his budget, prorogue the Legislature, and get the heck outta…
COVID Shakespeare
What’s the difference between Covid 19 and Romeo & Juliet? One’s a corona virus and the other is a Verona crisis. — Julian Lee (@JulianLeeComedy) March 14, 2020 One’s a…
March 14:A planet run by greedy fools.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous-how-the-1-are-coping https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-sean-mallen-coronavirus-1.5491827 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/13/donald-trump-coronavirus-national-emergency-sketch https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/14/trump-may-exploit-coronavirus-crisis Trump has done nothing – and there’s still no sign of him doing anything signficant. Will that hurt him at the polls? I doubt it. Nor…
“Ma-ma-ma-my Corona …”
Two things concern me about the Coronavirus, a.k.a. COVID-19, a.k.a. We’re All Going to Die!! They are hoarding, and the stock market. Oh, and I suppose the virus. First, let’s…