Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)

Chapter 3 Back from vacation under the control of Felicity Poker It was a beautiful July day in Toronto and I could see the harbour below with the sun shimmering off the placid waters of Lake Ontario. Beautiful puff clouds switched the sun off and on like some psychedelic light show. Terribly refreshed I feltContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”

Albert Camus “The Plague”: The power of the graph

” But it seemed like the plague had settled in for good at its most virulent, and it took a daily toll of deaths with the punctual zeal of a good civil servant. Theoretically, and in the view of the authorities, this was a hopeful sign. The fact that the graph after its long risingContinue reading “Albert Camus “The Plague”: The power of the graph”

“The Donut King”: Cambodian Congestion in the California Donut Scene!

After reading the autobiography of Ted Ngoy titled “The Donut King” I was delighted to see there is now a documentary of the same name and its executive producer was Ridley Scott so there must have been some serious money behind its production. Ted Ngoy was a Cambodian military officer in a non-combat position thatContinue reading ““The Donut King”: Cambodian Congestion in the California Donut Scene!”

Albert Camus “The Plague”: The lack of individual destinies

“Thus week by week the prisoners of the plague put up what fight they could. Some like Rambert, even contrived to fancy they will still behaving as free men and had the power of choice. But actually, it would have been truer to say that by this time, mid-August, the plague had swallowed up everything,Continue reading “Albert Camus “The Plague”: The lack of individual destinies”

Israel Awaits Approval from FDA Before Administering PFIZER COVID Vaccination According to Jerusalem Post

FDA announces deaths of two Pfizer vaccine trial participants Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s director-general said the hospital was planning to vaccinate staff even before FDA approval. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN   DECEMBER 8, 2020 18:52 A refrigerated truck leaves the Pfizer plant in Puurs, Belgium December 3, 2020.(photo credit: YVES HERMAN/REUTERS)AdvertisementAt least 110,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirusContinue reading “Israel Awaits Approval from FDA Before Administering PFIZER COVID Vaccination According to Jerusalem Post”

COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Perfect But the Odds Appear Fair: FDA December 8th Briefing Document Shows the Risk of “Fatal Outcomes”

Fatal COVID Vaccination fatalities are on many minds except those that blindly believe a fast tracked FDA or Health Canada approval acts like a magic protective bubble. Yet a December 8th FDA briefing paper for a December 10, 2020 meeting of the Vaccine and related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) on page 41 reveals fatalContinue reading “COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Perfect But the Odds Appear Fair: FDA December 8th Briefing Document Shows the Risk of “Fatal Outcomes””

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 2: (A Serialized Novel By Robert K. Stephen)

CHAPTER 2 It all started out not too badly at my first largecorp My first legal job was in the mid eigthies with an up-and-coming insurance company in downtown Toronto by the name of Canadian Reassurance Assistance Providers Ltd. or as many referred to it simply as CRAP. CRAP was initially a regional insurance companyContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 2: (A Serialized Novel By Robert K. Stephen)”

The FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting of October 22, 2020: An Overhead Reveals Possible Adverse Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine

FDA Safety Surveillance of COVID-19 Vaccines :DRAFT Working list of possible adverse event outcomesSubject to change Guillain-Barré syndrome Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis Transverse myelitis Encephalitis/myelitis/encephalomyelitis/meningoencephalitis/meningitis/encepholapathy Convulsions/seizures Stroke Narcolepsy and cataplexy Anaphylaxis Acute myocardial infarction Myocarditis/pericarditis Autoimmune disease Deaths Pregnancy and birth outcomes Other acute demyelinating diseases Non-anaphylactic allergic reactions Thrombocytopenia Disseminated intravascular coagulation Venous thromboembolism ArthritisContinue reading “The FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting of October 22, 2020: An Overhead Reveals Possible Adverse Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine”

Don’t play with fire or you might get burnt; Revenge of American Thanksgiving (USA Today)

A very, very dark place’: Hospitals brace for crisis-care mode with too many patients, not enough staff Ken AlltuckerUSA TODAY0:190:49https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.427.1_en.html#goog_1634236857 COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations are at record levels, and the rising case toll from Americans’ holiday travel has created an unprecedented surge with no relief in sight. The problem is especially ominous in the nation’s intensive care units – specializedContinue reading “Don’t play with fire or you might get burnt; Revenge of American Thanksgiving (USA Today)”

“The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Reflection: The Fight Against the Plague

” Fledging moralists in those days were going about our town proclaiming there was nothing to be done about it and we should bow down to the inevitable. And Tarrou, Rieux and their friends might give one answer or another, but its conclusion was always the same, their certitude that a fight must be putContinue reading ““The Plague” by Albert Camus: Passage for Reflection: The Fight Against the Plague”