Surprise – Destroy Habitat, Say Hello to Disease
Okay, a study confirms it. There, are you happy? The human destruction of natural ecosystems increases the numbers of rats, bats and other animals that harbour diseases that can lead…
The Mound of Sound
Add This to Your Vocabulary – ‘Refugia’
Around the world, southern hemisphere and northern, there is a mass migration underway. Species, terrestrial and marine; insect, reptile, mammal, bird, even plants are shifting ever poleward away from the…
Nothing Says "Donald Trump" Quite Like Donald Trump
I’ve decided to post Trump’s entire Axios interview from last weekend. It is something that needs to be watched in its entirety. Just keep reminding yourself that you’re listening to…
Covid-19 Crashes Virgin Atlantic
Richard Branson’s airline, Virgin Atlantic, has filed for bankruptcy. Watch for more airlines to follow suit. Branson has struggled for months to keep the airline in business. British billionaire Richard…
Trump’s Tsunami
By now most people realize Donald Trump is a dirtbag. Has been all his life. A grifter from a multi-generational family of grifters. A pathological liar who learned a very…
Kissing the Mighty Athabasca Goodbye
Ottawa and Alberta have hatched a plan to cut monitoring of Canada’s massive Love Canal, the Athabasca Tar Sands. The deal says no fieldwork is to be done on the…
Breaking Faith
If there’s one fundamental duty upon elected officials that rises above all others it is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the public. Covid 19 has shown that our…
James Lovelock – The Old Git Greets His Second Century
James Lovelock has now logged a full century on this Earth. He just turned 101. And, while his opinions of Gaia, Earth, can ebb and flow, even the pandemic doesn’t…
After Fauci, Trump Has New Whipping Boy, Dr. Deborah Birx.
As half of the White House covid-19 tag team, Dr. Deobrah Birx, flew under the radar while Dr. Anthony Fauci was the lightning rod for Trump and his administration. When…
Happy B.C. Day
Or whatever you call it in your province – happy, happy. I began my day with a news story that put me in a cheery state of mind. Sea otters…
If You Haven’t Seen It, Here’s Bill Gates TED Talk
No leader – no prime minister, no president, can claim that they weren’t warned. None, including our own, can say they weren’t warned of the danger of a pandemic and…
Madness Descends
They were once the scourge of social media. Now they’re aiming for a foothold in Congress. QAnon, a social media creation for those who like their conspiracy theories on steroids,…
Now That We’re Talking Viruses and Pandemics
What is a pandemic? What is an epidemic? How do viruses, left unchecked, ravage societies? How did a slave in colonial Boston reveal the secret to thwart smallpox, vaccination? Why…
Covid 19’s Best Friend – Authoritarians
The far right and Covid-19 are best pals. Whether it’s Trump’s America or Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Mahdi’s India, BoJo’s Britain, even Kenney’s Alberta, Thug Rule does seem to encourage the pandemic’s…
In Fairness to Donald Trump
It’s not easy being “fair” to Donald Trump. I can’t think of another leader so needy, pathetic, dishonest and cruel as this guy. That’s not to say there haven’t been…
Trump Heads For the Bunker
Has Donald Trump run out of steam? Has he lost his mojo? Is he in a Trump slump? What did he really mean when he said earlier this week that…
Russia Claims to Have a Vaccine
It’s pretty big talk, the sort of thing that can leave someone looking pretty foolish if it’s not true. Russia claims it will start a mass vaccination programme this October.…
Hmm, Tough Call. What to Open, Schools or Boozers?
A scientist advising Britain’s Tory government says it may be necessary to close pubs if schools are to open next month. Prof Graham Medley told the BBC there may need…
Jeffrey Epstein playpal, Alan Dershowitz,on Sex With Minors
Apparently, Alan Dershowitz has been a proponent for doing away with statutory rape laws. He argues in a 1997 op-ed in the L.A. Times that such laws should be reserved…