Boris on Coronavirus - 'Corona' is Latin for Crown, based on the apparent 'crown' of peptid spikes when a spherical virus was viewed through a two dimensional microscope by an excitable microbiologist. Covid19 is more informative. https://www....
What's this about a racehorse called Coronavirus ? It sounds like a mean critter ..
This is what happens when a real estate consultant tries to manage an epidemic.
I beg to differ. Tehran, as I remember it, has very high population density in contrast to a dispersed rural population. This variant of influenza will affect it as with any other large urban settlement. This is now a global problem, beyond ideology or ...
The event has shattered the innocence of our relative south pacific paradise. We have to keep a sense of proportion and get on with our daily lives. Covid-19 does not discriminate.
Too late. The electoral process is in motion. Have a look at https://elections.nz Covid-19 is already out of hand, "in the wild" as they say. In extremis, a cross-party delegation could petition the Governor General to postpone the election. The Chinese ...
It's tough dealing with the unknown and wise to have accurate risk assessment - but we are dealing with a moving target as this novel situation unfolds. We need cool heads, not alarmists.
Advertisements for electoral staff have been posted. Political perceptions will be shaped by management of covid-19. Chinese cases are apparently falling, but there is a lot of uncertainty. The question is - would you prefer Jacinda or Simon in this role ?...
Weinstein may be a convicted rapist - but also guilty of aesthetic crime in persuading Jackson to turn Tolkien's fantasy into neo-Wagnerian megalomania.
Any politically independent evaluations of effectivness ?
Lets calmly examine the ramifications. https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2020-01-07/antisemitism-smear-left/ https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/endless-war-terror-we-are-all-doomed-become-palestinians https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-...
Elementary, my dear Gosman ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance
https://www.theepochtimes.com/resolution-to-submit-trump-impeachment-articles-to-the-senate-could-be-introduced-next-week-pelosi_3200175.html
Sen. Susan Collins is working with a ‘small group’ of GOP senators to allow impeachment witnesses "House Democrats impeached Republican President Donald Trump on Dec. 18, 2019, but still have not transmitted the impeachment articles to the Senate, ...
High on Boris Johnson's list is a Budget which could lead to hike in Capital Gains Tax .. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7833119/Prime-Minister-launches-task-force-talk-tough-trade-Brussels-Brexit-D-Day-looms.html
Boris had a strong supporter in Donald. Donald has just been impeached. Brexit, Quo Vadis ?
Regrettably no ..
Re. "Why would anyone expect a bunch of leftists to respect the will of the people ?" Having hitched around Spain the year before Franco died and seen the Gardia Civil in full riot gear marching away from an overwhelming crowd of Basque men and women in ...
I recently read "And the War came: The North and the Secession Crisis, 1860-61" by Kenneth R. Stamp (formerly Professor of History at Berkeley) about events leading up to the US Civil War and evolution of northern public opinion. Trump could have walked ...
Happy New Year, and please drive safely during the silly season. What are the implications of Trumps impeachment ?
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/search-results?q=Brierley
Yep, he had a good sense of humor.
Have a nice day "Incognito". What happened to lprent ?
I'm glad to see you are in good form. I was worried you may be some kind of AI or bot. Please go ahead.
Post-campaign analysis from Lord Ashcroft's Conservative Home. "Labour’s civil war is set to get worse before it gets better." https://www.conservativehome.com/leftwatch/2019/12/labours-civil-war-is-set-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better.html
As big Norm Kirk once put it, "paralysis by analysis". People are still dealing with the debris but the result is clear. As many a losing general has done you assess the landscape post-battle, husband your resources, seek allies and opportunities, and ...
We are sitting on a few known fault lines ourselves.
Applebaum has also published on 'red famine' and 'gulag'. One can't argue with history, but it could be described less emotively and put in broader context.
Robots Are Killing The Millennial Worker "There is no doubt that a wave of automation is about to be unleashed on economies worldwide. In fact, the impact of automation on the labor market has become more of a political issue now than it ever has, with its...
"According to a much-debated geo-engineering approach, both sea-ice retreat and global warming could be slowed by using millions of wind-powered pumps, drifting in the sea ice, to promote ice formation during the Arctic winter." https://www.sciencedaily....
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