Musings
Spring
It has arrived, today, earlier than it has arrived in years. No welcoming of it at Stonehenge or Chichen Itza, this year. You know why. Spring. Yesterday, I drove up…
Home Hardware makes amends
Some of us complained to them, yesterday, that one of their Ontario stores was selling small containers of hand sanitizer for $15. People noticed. So did Home Hardware. Thank you,…
One year
A month ago feels like a lifetime, now. Twelve months – twelve months today – feels like an eternity. Anyway. Loved her, loved being married to her, loved every moment:…
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.
#Coronavirus: crisis comms in a crisis comms situation
Daisy Group has been around for almost 15 years. Generally speaking, we are basically a war room for hire. Specifically, we help folks through crisis communications situations. Like coronavirus. What…
Expert prediction
Friday the 13th is tomorrow, and it is going to be a motherfucker. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 12, 2020
The stock markets have crashed
Forget a global recession. A depression may be imminent.
Best tweet of the pandemic
The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. — Liam…
Trudeaus, Singh in self-isolation
Hope all of them are okay. And that everyone exposed to this remorseless, foul pestilence are okay, too. #BREAKING: Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are in self-isolation over COVID-19…
#TBT: never-before-seen Hot Nasties pix!
What better way to help everyone forget about the pandemic and barricades and Trump than…publishing ultra-rare Hot Nasties photos! These were taken in 1978 or so, in Ras Pierre’s basement…
#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…
Jake Tapper slaps me around like a circus monkey
https://t.co/PS6V2ZqLMH https://t.co/gg7WPvwp4K — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 11, 2020
My latest: washing your hands is smart politics
A press conference. In the Spring of 2003, the coronavirus variant called SARS was raging, killing many Canadians, making them sick. So Ontario’s health minister, Tony Clement, held a press…
An Italian physician’s story
Here. Read all of it.
Closure
“Just break me into small parts Let go in small doses But spare some for spare parts You might make a dollar.” Great song on a great day. Ode to…
Not every coronavirus victim deserves sympathy
For historians, I will repeat my view: @realDonaldTrump won't be defeated by @JoeBiden alone – he will also be defeated by #coronavirus. It will lay bare his incompetence and dishonesty,…