Virus # 26 : Chapter 48:”Diverse politico reactions”

Chapter 48“so what did we learn from all these plagues? :Diverse Politico Reactions” After 10 years of virus attacks what can be learnt from our dear politicians? Well that rather depends what jurisdiction you were living in. From a Canadian perspective the pandemic was managed very well. COVID-19 was a totally new political challenge andContinue reading “Virus # 26 : Chapter 48:”Diverse politico reactions””

Poetry Corner: “Personalized Rubrics only after”

Personalized Rubrics only after Initially a friendly glancelate at night you can never tellbut there’s moreas steel rips through your soft belly mocking thanatoshas conquered eroswhoweepsin silenceof red flashes Robert K. Stephen

Virus # 26: Chapter 47: ” so what did we learn from all these plagues?: Big Pharma and conventional medicine take it on the chin”

Chapter 47 “so what did we learn from all these plagues? : Big Pharma and conventional medicine take it on the chin” So many casualties. Beyond all belief. Initially when COVID-19 swept right on in in 2020 there was a certainty that a vaccine was on its way. Regular encouraging announcements came from Big Pharma,Continue reading “Virus # 26: Chapter 47: ” so what did we learn from all these plagues?: Big Pharma and conventional medicine take it on the chin””

Poetry Corner: “oh the good old days when the Berlin Wall was up”

Oh the Good Old Days When the Berlin Wall Was Up Being a party member is a responsibilityto serve the proletarians with our utmost abilityso to say we obtain the privileges of an aristocratic nobilityis indicative of sheer and scheming lack of capitalist civility We serve our might land and peoplemerely a gunshot away fromContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “oh the good old days when the Berlin Wall was up””

“Cloudy Sunday”: Epic Greek Tragedy

OK so you see the phrase “Epic Greek Tragedy” and you might surmise it is some ancient Greek play I am referring to. Quite the opposite. This is a 2015 Greek film delving into a most unpleasant topic which is the humiliating step by step process where in 1943 some 50,000 Jews in Thessaloniki wereContinue reading ““Cloudy Sunday”: Epic Greek Tragedy”

Canada puts the screws on international travel

Government of Canada introduces further restrictions on international travel From: Transport Canada News release January 29, 2021                    Ottawa            Government of Canada The Government of Canada continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of Canadians by introducing measures to prevent further introduction and transmission of COVID-19 and new variants of the virus into Canada. Today,Continue reading “Canada puts the screws on international travel”

Poetry Corner: “Montreal memories and ghosts”

Montreal Memories and Ghosts Mordecai Richler and Leonard CohenI looked for you at Schwartz’s on the Mainwhere even the Boy Wonder was gonethey told me your spirits now eat at Joe Beef as you were evicted from Moishe’sthe mighty sirloin defeatsthe lowly smoked meat ( with fries, a dill and a Cott Cherry Cola)

Poetry Corner: “Hope”

Hope You held me spellboundfreshnessnot of plastic concocted standardized perfectionyour smiles in my direction wereof courtesy civility and cultured backgroundI tried to touch you but you needed everyonethose surly ugly butchers of your beautyoblivious to you they thundered over youleaving hoofprints on meripping and agonizing tortureI tried to healyou pushed me roughly asidebut you knewdidn’tContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Hope””