Plague Update: Frugality Saves Itself
It’s become trendy to be thrifty. Frugal, even. There’s always been a case for being frugal, but now it’s more apparent to a society facing supply chain disruptions from an…
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The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: Natural Consequences Come to Dryden
It was just a bit more than a week ago that I had the sad duty to report here on the sad inaction taken by the council of the City…
Disconnected from the Present
Yesterday here at this blog I wrote a piece about how certain political figures have shown an inability to look past their partisan stereotypes in order to rise to the…
Covid Journal, May 6, 2020
Today’s highlights: Trump tyranny, Ford fingering and food fail.
The Blue Cold Shoulder
As we have been fighting Covid-19 there have been some interesting developments in how we have reacted to certain things that would be normally be a part of our political…
Everything you need to know about covid-19
Worldwide there have been 321 cases of COVID-19, or Wuhan flu, per million people. There is the answer re: how infectious is it? Negligible. Gain of function over the flu,…
Plague Update: ReOpen Rant
You’ve probably got friends on that gosh awful Facebook website who’re clamouring to go back to normal. They want the certainty of a steady paycheque, the regular services, and plentiful…
Andrew Scheer is now pushing “Re-open Canada” nonsense.
Share this: The so-called “Re-open Canada” protests around Canada are much smaller than the protests south of our border, but they are no less freakish. In Vancouver, the protest was…
Talking the Slow Re-Opening from Covid-19 with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the slow start of re-opening from…
Tennis, anyone? Don’t you DARE!
In Victorian times, doctors had an expression: “The operation was a success, but the patient died.” Doctoring in Victorian times was a pretty iffy proposition; once they ran out of…
Talking the Beginning of the Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed provinces beginning to ease COVID-19 restrictions, if…
Not Helping the Team: From Our Own Backyard
We’re into the beginning of May and it’s amazing to think that we’re closing in on two-months of the measures we’ve had to take to fight Covid-19. It’s been a…
Covid Journal, May 4, 2020
May the 4th. Covid Exposes Canada’s State of Ecommerce (and how it can and should be MUCH better).
How are Canadian Scientists Fighting Covid-19?
Share this: As of May 3, 2020 Covid-19 has spread to 220 countries around the world with over 3 million confirmed cases and almost 250,000 deaths so far. It is…
Covid Journal, May 3, 2020
The Great Realization, where Hindsight is 2020 Many of you may have seen this video making the rounds. It’s worth watching. It reminds us: why return to normal when normal…
“Unprecedented” – Reality vs Delusion
Every year a tragic event happens. 300,000 to 500,000 people die globally of the flu. Most are very old, very ill, or immune compromised. In 2020 fewer people have died…
Conservative Leadership Campaign Back Again
The newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé Video Podcast is now up. In this episode, I talk about the return of the Conservative Leadership Race, the fails & disturbing comments…
Covid Journal, May 2, 2020
Guns banned, Bill Gates calls for a ‘Final Solution’ and Fauci doesn’t seem that infallible.
Peter MacKay’s Smelly Avian Adoption
It’s the end of the week and the start of a new month, which you’d think might mark a good time for folks to do a few things a bit…
Plague Update: Death For Dollars
The reckless and callous Sask Party prepares on Monday to start the calculated risk AKA killing process. Because golf is literally more important than some guy’s grandma, amirite? More than…