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Will it be you?

Thirty thousand is the price to pay Lives worth less than money Less than "freedom" Less than convenience But who will they be? Will it be me Will it be you Will it be someone we love Will it be someone unknown whose loss precludes a life bringing change and wonder Are our lives less valued than a pint and a picnic? Will it be you? Written at 4.51am 23rd February 2021, couldn't sleep and feeling cross.

Now I have COVID‑19...

Now I, too, have COVID-19. My husband came down with it last week, ahead of me. He'd just tested positive when I wrote of his illness here (and here's how it progressed and here's our latest news.) At the time, he was only somewhat uncomfortable. Quickly thereafter, he got really ill. Very very very fortunately, just this month he'd found employment that provides excellent health insurance. Moreover, only a couple of days earlier, the health plan started offering monoclonal antibodies treatments to "patients who qualify." Lucky him, he got sick sick sick enough to qualify. Three mornings, he spent hours getting to…

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40 things for Friday #44 (Surfing food porn to lighten the impeachment load.)

1. Whoa, buddy, this week has been crazy town. 2. Can you believe Trump's impeachment trial only started on Tuesday? This is one of those things that feels like it's been going on forever and not long enough all at the same time. 3. The impeachment managers have done an outstanding job. They detailed this case down to the minute and brought the receipts. 4. New security video really reinforces how close we came to disaster last month. 5. And for the record, GOP members who couldn't be bothered to watch the evidence and Trump lawyers denouncing it as overproduced…

Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 10, Beauty.

You’ll find the introduction to this series here. This post looks at Beauty. Beauty, according to an ancient aphorism, lies in the eye of the beholder. Experience suggests this is so, most of the time. But will our future produce different standards of beauty? We know fashions, trends, local traditions, and beliefs all impact on what is and is not seen as beautiful in the world. The natural world is crammed with beauty (it also contains a good deal that’s ugly, but we’ll leave that aside here). There’s something almost universally uplifting to the spirit in a sight of natural…

Wise Youth vs Foolish Old Man? King Solomon Blog

Which is worse? The Epoch Times Article titled: Biden Wants to Kill 80 Percent to America’ Energy, reported the following statement: “Perhaps over the next several decades wind or solar power will be cheap enough to meet our energy needs. But are we to starve ourselves of energy in the meantime? Are Americans willing to pay $4 or $5 dollars a gallon again to fill up their tank with Saudi or Russian oil or have to wait in long lines to fill up when they get mad at us and cut us off of their oil?” The Purpose of This…

Senator Caswell Franklyn Speaks - Hail Caesar Mia Mottley, Dictator of Barbados

For months I have contemplated but resisted writing about the rule of law, or lack thereof, in Barbados under two consecutive states of emergency. All that changed after I read a WhatsApp message sent to me from an unknown person. It simply said: “If you allow the government to break the law in an emergency, they will create emergencies to break the law.” In order to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of Barbados decided that it would institute a state of emergency. Rather than use the existing provisions, Government sidestepped the Constitution and the 1939 Emergency Powers Act…

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I'll be the judge

I see what you did there, young Stephen. You maybe thought you were being subtle and clever, but from where I'm sitting your efforts look rather crude. All of this is just another smear job targeting Stu Campbell and Wings Over Scotland by associating him and his website with a catalogue of far-right groups and a Who's Who of notorious bigots. Yeah, Stephen! I see what you did. And I expect everybody else does too. At least Stephen Paton's wee hatchet-job manages to be considerably less shrill and demented than some of the attacks on Stu Campbell we've seen of…

A Tour Around the Internet

February has a habit of catching me out. Spring starts to drop hints, the birds begin to act amorously and then it snows. Even in years that are generally free of snow February often manages to squeeze out a few flakes. As I've said before, it probably wouldn't be considered snow in many countries that get proper snow, but in the UK a couple of inches for a couple of days brings us to a halt. It's a bit like those summer heatwaves we have - we don't get one every year and they only last a couple of days.…

Senate Indictment Doesn’t Stick to Teflon Don— Again

Before I start my rant about the Saturday vote to acquit Donald Trump, I believe the defense team’s creative method of distraction on Friday merits mention. The following people were randomly brought into the defense team's argument: Madonna, Johnny Depp, Robert De Niro, ANTIFA, and of course Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton. Très bizarre. Democrats were accused of: preferring to indict rather than fight the coronavirus, fabricating evidence, and manipulating video and tweets. Asked when Trump knew that then-Vice President Pence was in danger, his defense team vomited the following words: “At no point was the president informed the vice…

The rhyme of girls who skin their knees

She always knew she was a girl by the way older women treated her their higher standards expected than if she were a boy for boys ... could climb trees and expose their underwear while she was scolded and told not to be 'a little harlot' boys came barreling in full of spunk and fury exhibiting their mirth with muddy feet to ladies who smiled indulgently and patted their ruffled heads glancing over at her, with disapproving eyes and a tut of the chin which said; "I hope you are not going to track that mud into the kitchen and…

I AM NOT A MEMBER OF APC - Atiku's Daughter

PRESS RELEASE Contrary to media reports, I did not revalidate my membership of the APC. In 2015 when I was appointed as Commissioner of Health in Adamawa State, I had to join the ruling party in my state. It was a requirement for the opportunity to serve. Since the conclusion of my duty tour as Commissioner, I am now into private practice, with no affiliation to any political party. I was, however, taken aback to read of my purported revalidation of APC membership. For the avoidance of doubt, I did not revalidate any membership of APC which was necessitated by…

Deregistration: Court dismisses African Peoples Alliance suit against INEC

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s power to deregister the African Peoples Alliance (APA) as political party in the country. Delivering judgment, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that he was bound by the decision of the Court of Appeal which upheld the powers of INEC to deregister political parties. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that while APA was the plaintiff in the suit marked: FHC/EN/CS/21/2020, INEC, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission and Attorney-General of Enugu State were 1st to 4th defendants respectively. Justice…

Gov. Lamont Holds Roundtable Discussion On How To Regulate Recreational Marijuana In Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) -- Gov. Ned Lamont is pushing his proposal to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana in Connecticut. On Wednesday, he held a roundtable discussion with business leaders, community advocates, and legal experts on how to regulate it. "Doing this in association with all of our other regional governors. We are not an island unto ourselves. We can do this in a safe, regulated way that it redresses some of the wrongs of the past and gives folks who have been hardest hit the opportunity to get back on their feet," Lamont said. READ MORE: Gov. Lamont Says It's…

New infrastructure, jobs coming to communities hit hard by COVID‑19

Building on other recovery funding, the Province is boosting local economies by investing $30 million in small-scale infrastructure projects throughout B.C. to create jobs and support recovery for people and communities affected by COVID-19.“Communities, large and small, have been dealing with the impacts of COVID-19, and we are here to help them recover stronger than ever,” said Josie Osborne, Minister of Municipal Affairs. “This new funding will assist local governments, First Nations and non-profits to invest in the infrastructure their communities need, while creating and restoring jobs for people who live within B.C.’s hardest hit regions. We’re making sure that…

The Government’s ‘Free‑Speech Champion’ will Silence Students

The emergence of anonymous confession pages, such as LeicFess, has made it abundantly clear that many students keep conservative values under wraps to avoid ostracisation. One Leicester student confessed in April 2020 that: “I’ll always vote conservative. Now I’m not at uni I can finally say it.” As a result, it may come to no surprise that 52% of British adults in a 2019 YouGov poll agree that universities have increasingly become an echo chamber for ‘woke’ culture. However, to assume that leftism is becoming the new norm, is completely absurd. The very fact that the government can police the…

#Breaking: Chen Xu, #China's Permanent Representative to the #UnitedNationsOffice at #Geneva, rejected "groundless" accusations by U.S. and the #U.K

https://twitter.com/cgtnamerica/status/1364629916197785610?s=20 Souce: Twitter