Gold, Savings & Security In The Real World
Here is what the crowd, the authorities, and the mainstream media, including the business press, will tell you: It’s called BS. Think for yourself. For example, when real inflation rates…
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Covid Journal, May 18, 2020
Can we agree that Amazon has grown to be too powerful? It’s time for a boycott. But not before we help local businesses get online and service us better.
On Alberta’s Budget (or now that we know that $68 USD per barrel is unrealistic, we need to update the Budget)
So, I am stuck in the house, like so many of us and I am starting to see unprecedented events; and only one thing goes through my mind: what does…
We now resume our COVID coverage …
Well, I managed one full week without mentioning you-know-what. One week is about all one can accomplish. So let’s take a quick look at some COVIDicisms … This past week,…
History Repeats: The Decline & Fall of the Western Corporate Empire
“The Goths remained on Roman land and would ally themselves with the Roman army. Later, however, one man, a Goth and former Roman commander, rose up against Rome – a…
The far right is more wrong than they think. Less than 5% of Spain and France have Covid-19 antibodies.
Share this: Both France and Spain have been hit much harder than Canada during the Covid 19 pandemic. Two studies with preliminary findings have shown that less than 5% of…
Ignorance Over Pride in Emo
It’s 2020 and there are many things that are normal parts of our society today that just weren’t decades ago. We’ve progressed a lot as a society and we’ve got…
Ford’s Delicious Cheesecake Third Strike?
As our fight against Covid-19 continues apace we’ve slowly started to see some activities come back to normal faster than maybe we would have hoped. One is the behaviours in…
Covid-1984: The Worst Of Both Worlds
With covid-1984, which is a virus that is statistically as dangerous as the common flu, we have taken extreme, draconian, authoritarian measures. In short, we have dangerously and vastly over-reacted,…
An Opportunity Right Under Our Feet
The Covid-19 global pandemic & the economic crisis that followed from it has been hard on everyone. We’ve seen millions of people lose their jobs, certain industries shuttered and so…
Snowbirds over Regina
#Snowbirds over #yqr pic.twitter.com/uTeQ9phl2u — Saskboy from #SocialDistancing (@saskboy) May 14, 2020 CAF Snowbirds were over Regina and Saskatoon today on their trip to Cold Lake, Alberta.
An Eerie Consensus
If there is anything we can say with certainty about our times is that they are very uncertain. Covid-19 has turned a lot of things on its head and we’ve…
Covid Journal, May 13, 2020
We all eat. It’s time we ate better. Michael Pollan’s article about how our food system is failing us is a worthy read.
Plague Update: Are We Going To Give Up?
WHO wants people to be aware that there’s no assured victory against COVID-19. I still think it’s possible to eradicate it, but it will take a global effort that surpasses…
Covid Journal, May 12, 2020
The future of food – some summary points from Rabobank.
Our Border Dilemma
All over the country we’re starting to see a slow re-opening of many parts of society as we adjust to living with Covid-19. Every province is taking different approaches, some…
Electing women.
When the wife was having a Zoom meeting the other day with her book club, she used my computer. For some reason, I could not load Zoom on her laptop.…
An Ugly Manitoban Birthday Snub
As a keen observer of politics all over the place, it has been interesting for me to watch how certain political leaders have managed to respond to the Covid-19 global…
Covid Journal, May 11, 2020
Normal isn’t forward. What’s your town / province / government doing to help move us forward?
Talking Leaders Responsibility to Set the Example with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about Doug Ford flaunting Covid-19 health rules…