Ramblings and Curated Info For "Interesting Times"
We’re still not fixing COVID. In fact, we’re enabling it. (My tweet.) We’re vaccinating against it so that we can ‘get back to productivity and the economy.‘ We’re not eliminating it because . . . – Well, I can’t think of any reasons other than population control. (Yes, both in population numbers control and also … Read more
We apologise for the rampant idiocy Schools are closing because of staff shortages due to COVID. Hospitals are having to cancel elective surgeries because of staff shortages due to COVID. Businesses are having to close for days/weeks at a time because of staff shortages due to COVID. “We are NOT going back to daily COVID … Read more
Have we really lost our collective minds? If you follow mainstream media, you’d be forgiven if you thought COVID was done and dusted – but it isn’t, far Far FAR from it . . . COVID Now Kills Three Times More People than influenza and pneumonia combined. I deliberately made that BIG – it deserves … Read more
Having Both Can More Than Double Risk Of Death Here’s the link to the article. Early reports mentioned in that article suggest that if you have to be hospitalised you could be at twice the risk of dying from ‘flurona’ and four times more likely to end up on a respirator. I can only say … Read more
What/Where/When People stealing petrol is on the rise, most of the reports I see are in the USA but we’ll probably see a few of these here in Australia as well as the whole fossil fuels / war effects / EV scenario plays out here and bowser prices keep climbing. Some of the reports out … Read more
America’s had a bit of a setback to their agricultural capabilities. (And yes, it’s a prepper site but the news of fertiliser plant fires can be verified here and here. Also, Organic Prepper is generally a reasonable source.) I note that these fires could have happened to any fertiliser facility and could have ended up … Read more
Not just theoretical. We are actually ALL going to endure a climate famine over the following years. Maybe stock up a little on long-lasting stuff like rice and pasta and salt and sugar and flour. You may yet find yourself very glad of it as prices for groceries start to soar past anything we’ve ever … Read more
It is, as the Chinese curse will have it, an ‘interesting time’ to be alive. – Me, who’s been saying this for over two decades. The pandemic isn’t just – gone – it’s still going. But try and find figures on infections and deaths under all the Putin palaver. The world’s under attack from a … Read more
So what’s actually changed with the new way of dealing with the pandemic? By opening up they’re improving the Flow Of The Mighty Dollar. This would seem to be the only thing that matters to them. Follow along: They’ve stated that EVERYONE will now be exposed to COVID. (I can’t deal with this.) I’ve got … Read more
Scott Morrison, despite his best efforts at branding himself as the ‘daggy dad’ with the adorable nickname (self-chosen, mind you) of Scomo, hasn’t ever really lived up to his poorly fitted projection of himself. At best he’s come across as the dad that crashes kites, hides from Mum when there’s chores to be done, and … Read more