The corona virus has arrived just in time to make people bent on saving the planet refocus their attention to saving their own sorry butts.
It's the kind of thing that has cleared the playing field during each of the two world wars of the 20th Century. But no wars, no sweeping changes.
Once again, Nature has shown us that when we refuse to do it ourselves, it will be done for us.
Sweeping changes are needed. Leaders around the planet need to pick new directions. Let's not blow it.
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Friday, 27 March 2020
Unpleasant Choice:
While the Corona virus goes about its job of culling the human herd, there is a choice our administrations are going to have to ultimately make:
At what point do we stop piling on new rules and restrictions to save lives while ignoring the need for small business and industry to survive?
That choice will have to be made.
It's not an easy one.
At what point do we stop piling on new rules and restrictions to save lives while ignoring the need for small business and industry to survive?
That choice will have to be made.
It's not an easy one.
Sunday, 15 March 2020
No Virus Panic:
The administration in Japan seems determined to go ahead with the Olympics as scheduled for this year.
How can we blame them? The Japanese are probably immune to panic. They are a nation of people living on a string of islands that react like shattered crockery to seismic shifts.
These people have endured nuclear radiation, volcanoes, earthquakes on an almost daily basis, and tsunamis that would scare the pants off Noah.
To them, virus infection that kills off a few individuals here and there is no big deal. The odds indicate quite clearly that 9 out of 10 people who come down with the corona virus recover following a brief bout.
Apparently, such odds look pretty good to those tough Japanese who have learned to live quite comfortably with insecurity.
How can we blame them? The Japanese are probably immune to panic. They are a nation of people living on a string of islands that react like shattered crockery to seismic shifts.
These people have endured nuclear radiation, volcanoes, earthquakes on an almost daily basis, and tsunamis that would scare the pants off Noah.
To them, virus infection that kills off a few individuals here and there is no big deal. The odds indicate quite clearly that 9 out of 10 people who come down with the corona virus recover following a brief bout.
Apparently, such odds look pretty good to those tough Japanese who have learned to live quite comfortably with insecurity.
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Trump's Fault:
A battery of scribes from Washington Post has posted a diatribe on how their president is mishandling the Corona virus. The article falls just short of accusing him of actually causing the plague.
An important part of this scriptural assassination attempt is accusing the prez of posting inaccurate numbers.
Trump is accused of comparing the 22 corona virus deaths in the US with 37,000 deaths due to the flu virus in a previous year and the average of 27,000 to 30,000 deaths due to the flu annually.
Apparently, these "analysts" from the Post feel it is highly undiplomatic for the president to try to put some unwelcome perspective upon the importance the media is assigning the infection.
While it is uncertain who to blame; media hype like that from the Washington Post, or the social media, apparently President Trump does not view the international panic as a return of the Black Death.
An important part of this scriptural assassination attempt is accusing the prez of posting inaccurate numbers.
Trump is accused of comparing the 22 corona virus deaths in the US with 37,000 deaths due to the flu virus in a previous year and the average of 27,000 to 30,000 deaths due to the flu annually.
Apparently, these "analysts" from the Post feel it is highly undiplomatic for the president to try to put some unwelcome perspective upon the importance the media is assigning the infection.
While it is uncertain who to blame; media hype like that from the Washington Post, or the social media, apparently President Trump does not view the international panic as a return of the Black Death.
Friday, 6 March 2020
Hooligans in charge:
Our Honourable Members on Parliament Hill have failed to back the Royal Canadian Mounted Police during the rail blockages.
This was a clear signal to the hooligans blocking Canada's transportation corridors that it was okay to thumb their noses at law and order as they set fire to rail ties.
Our pm avoided doing what he was elected to do by pretending he was doing something important in backwoods Africa ..
This is a clear signal to the militant rabble that they can do anything they wish.
It is not hard to imagine this situation as something that might have occurred in 1930s Germany where the voters, having grown tired of wishy-washy leadership, saw nothing wrong in eventually electing a leader who looked like he could lead.
This was a clear signal to the hooligans blocking Canada's transportation corridors that it was okay to thumb their noses at law and order as they set fire to rail ties.
Our pm avoided doing what he was elected to do by pretending he was doing something important in backwoods Africa ..
This is a clear signal to the militant rabble that they can do anything they wish.
It is not hard to imagine this situation as something that might have occurred in 1930s Germany where the voters, having grown tired of wishy-washy leadership, saw nothing wrong in eventually electing a leader who looked like he could lead.
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Virus Plus:
The Covid 19 scene is by no means all negative. Those little agents of evolution give the news media something other than global warming and climate change to talk about when there is no news.
For instance, we haven't seen or heard anything from that snarly kid from Sweden in over a couple of weeks now.
Instead of apocalyptic climate change rumblings from the propaganda arm of the UN, now we get dry numerical data from their health guru.
While so far, it's hardly blood-curdling news, it's statistical in nature and nowhere near as whiney.
So far, we haven't seen any comparisons of global fatalities due to the corona virus with highway crashes, drug ODs, cancer deaths, starvation, floods and stormy weather.
Probably too much like work for media types..
For instance, we haven't seen or heard anything from that snarly kid from Sweden in over a couple of weeks now.
Instead of apocalyptic climate change rumblings from the propaganda arm of the UN, now we get dry numerical data from their health guru.
While so far, it's hardly blood-curdling news, it's statistical in nature and nowhere near as whiney.
So far, we haven't seen any comparisons of global fatalities due to the corona virus with highway crashes, drug ODs, cancer deaths, starvation, floods and stormy weather.
Probably too much like work for media types..
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