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Our conversation with a coronavirus
Our conversation with a coronavirus We have all been flummoxed by the way in which the coronavirus called COVID-19 has behaved as if it has agency in the world. We say it “moves,” “adapts,” “evades,” and “tricks us.” We attribute an intelligence to it. We marvel at its ability to manifest itself in so many ways. […]
Mass-Tracking COVI-PASS Immunity Passports Slated to Roll Out in 15 Countries
FOURTH REICH? Mass-Tracking COVI-PASS Immunity Passports Slated to Roll Out in 15 Countries COVI-PASS will determine whether you can go to a restaurant, if you need a medical test, or are due for a talking-to by authorities in a post-COVID world. Consent is voluntary, but enforcement will be compulsory. Through the magic of Internet meme […]
Why Every Person In America Needs To Become A Prepper During The Second Half Of 2020
Why Every Person In America Needs To Become A Prepper During The Second Half Of 2020 It has been on my heart to write this article for a few days, but I knew that it wouldn’t be easy to write. 2020 has already been one of the worst years in modern U.S. history, and it looks […]
COVID-19 and the economy: Where do we go from here?
COVID-19 and the economy: Where do we go from here? The COVID-19 story keeps developing. At first, everyone listened to epidemiologists telling us that a great deal of social distancing, and even the closing down of economies, would be helpful. After trying these things, we ended up with a huge number of people out of work […]
If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends
If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. […]
Curing COVID-19 Won’t Cure the Economy
Curing COVID-19 Won’t Cure the Economy We have been making the case for weeks that we aren’t heading for a quick recovery. We’ve reported on the number of people of small business owners who don’t think they’ll survive, the increasing number of over-leveraged zombie companies, and the tsunami of defaults and bankruptcies on the horizon. Yes, we have seen […]
Capitalism is destroying ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, warn scientists
Capitalism is destroying ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, warn scientists The COVID19 pandemic has exposed a strange anomaly in the global economy. If it doesn’t keep growing endlessly, it just breaks. Grow, or die. But there’s a deeper problem. New scientific research confirms that capitalism’s structural obsession with endless growth is destroying the very conditions […]
Weekly Commentary: Update COVID-19
Weekly Commentary: Update COVID-19 Can we even attempt a reasonable discussion? Someone’s got this wrong. June 12 – Reuters (Judy Hua, Cate Cadell, Winni Zhou and Andrew Galbraith): “A Beijing district put itself on a ‘wartime’ footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred […]
Lies, Damned Lies and Covid19
Lies, Damned Lies and Covid19 Growing up as I did in the Cold War, I still experience a special kind of shudder whenever I come across an anecdote like that of Katya Soldak, whose Soviet nursery school teacher once showed her class a photograph clipped from a Western newspaper, “depicting skinny [Russian] children in striped robes […]
Americans Have Already Skipped Payments On More Than 100 Million Loans, And Job Losses Continue To Escalate
Americans Have Already Skipped Payments On More Than 100 Million Loans, And Job Losses Continue To Escalate Those that have been hoping for some sort of a “V-shaped recovery” have had their hopes completely dashed. U.S. workers continue to lose jobs at a staggering rate, and economic activity continues to remain at deeply suppressed levels […]
India Reports Record Jump In COVID-19 Deaths As China Struggles With “Textbook Second Wave”: Live Updates
India Reports Record Jump In COVID-19 Deaths As China Struggles With “Textbook Second Wave”: Live Updates Nuclear-armed neighbors China and India may be enmeshed in a deadly border dispute with potentially serious ramifications for the global community, both countries are struggling with an alarming resurgence of COVID-19 cases, according to media reports. Yesterday, Chinese officials […]
Europe must prepare for life after oil
Europe must prepare for life after oil The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to leave the fossil fuel era behind. Europe needs to begin preparing for what comes next. Oil prices have crashed. The most visible cause has been the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which have triggered record lows in global oil […]
COVID Spreads To 60 Plants, Sparks Fear Of US Food Shortages As 2nd Wave Strikes
COVID Spreads To 60 Plants, Sparks Fear Of US Food Shortages As 2nd Wave Strikes A new report reveals the severity of COVID-19 spreading beyond meatpacking plants to food processing facilities across the US. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) outlines this new reality of how the fast-spreading virus has infected 1,200 food processing workers at 60 plants from mid-March to early June. To […]
Will We See A New Covid-19 Spike Soon?
Will We See A New Covid-19 Spike Soon? Chris estimates we’ll know within the next 3-5 weeks State lockdowns lifting across the US. businesses and public spaces opening back up. Mass protests bringing thousands together in close quarters. Will we see a resurgence in covid-19 infections as a result? Unknown at this moment, but we […]
No, The U.S. Economy Will Definitely Not Be Returning To “Normal”. In Fact, Things Will Soon Get Even Worse.
No, The U.S. Economy Will Definitely Not Be Returning To “Normal”. In Fact, Things Will Soon Get Even Worse. 2020 has been quite a year so far. It has been one nightmare after another, and yet the economic optimists continue to insist that economic activity will soon snap back to normal levels somehow. So the […]
