NBA Cancels Season
A setback for hoops fans everywhere. The NBA has suspended the 2019-20 season after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. The NBA made the decision…
2020
He Said It Was a Hoax. Now Trump Suspends Travel to Europe
This is starting to border on the absurd. Trump, who was initially dismissive of the coronavirus threat – until he worked out how to blame it on Obama – has…
COVID 19 and Pascal
Kevin Patterson at The Walrus has a great piece on the coronavirus. It’s different than the flu, faster, and our high-density living spaces aren’t helping contain it: “Famine and war…
Fighting climate change with slash and burn
Right now they’re destroying two amazing landmarks on the river, tall rock pillars called “The Gates” in an attempt to cut a channel of the river off and use the…
Do Your Bit – Now, Go To Your Room
If it isn’t one damn thing it’s another. Reduce your carbon footprint. Reign in needless consumption. Do this, do that and, when you’re finished doing that, do this other thing.…
The Mark, Completely Missed
Democracy can be a messy thing in the best of times and sometimes partisanship can be a Hell of a drug. Regardless of those facts, democracy is the best way…
From Emperors to Emperors and Tsars to Tsars—Plus ça change
The French proverb plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (the more things change, the more they stay the same) most aptly describes what has been happening at the…
I Was Worried For a Moment
When I saw Google/Pocket recommending this article on batteries for the grid, I was a bit concerned. It was contrary to what I understood to be the truth, so I…
Miami-Dade Commissioner "Tired" of Hearing About Caronavirus
I thought they had already made this movie: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez during an emergency coronavirus meeting yesterday praised county officials for refusing to cancel outdoor events owing to…
WHO Says the "P" Word
The World Health Organization has at last declared the coronavirus, Covid-19, a “pandemic.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, made the announcement at a press briefing on Wednesday. Since first being…
No, That’s "23 and You" Harvey
The Daily Beast reports that disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, has been handed an all-expenses paid, 23 year stay in the Greybar Hotel for rape and sexual assault. His counsel…
Bernie Supporter, Michael Moore, Said it Best
Last night on CNN, Michael Moore seemed resigned to the idea that Joe Biden will be the Democratic choice for president. Moore has been an ardent supporter of Bernie Sanders…
The Upside of Plague
Covid-19 = Panic, mayhem, hoarding, greed. Let’s pause and put the HEART back into EARTH.
A Viral Change
Sometimes, surprises come out of left field. In the United States, the coronavirus has come out of left field. And it has changed the American presidential race. Richard Wolff writes:…
#JoeMentum! #SuperTuesday2! @JoeBiden visits @DaisyGrp!
As a public service, I again watched last night’s proceedings on CNN, and reported my impressions on the Twitter machine. As Joe racked up big win after big win, I…
Next Step: Intermodal Bicycles
Every delivery person knows that driving a truck through a city is stressful and dangerous. Our current delivery logistics tend to rely heaveily on trucks to transport goods to their…
The hope for America: Bernie Sanders.
Win, lose or draw, Bernie Sanders has shown his country the way. To Americans, their country has always been the stuff of unfulfilled dreams. It has been the country that…
Cleaning up the mess of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
There are a couple of points in his 1,000 page report where commissioner Richard LeBlanc refers to politicians and other officials of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador as being…