Another day, another +80,000 new COVID-19 cases reported. Nothing else has changed. At least nothing in the general ratios that mark the progress of the global health crisis we are living through. Nothing other than the growth in total cases. Which clearly indicates that at the moment we, humanity, are passive passengers on the trolley-bus... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 News April 4, 2020
I keep trying to write about other things. I want to write about other things. But everything else keeps getting overshadowed by The Virus news. I could more or less write the same things I wrote yesterday. Another more than 80,000 new cases, bringing in the prospect of reaching the second million cases within the... Continue Reading →
Another COVID-19 Milestone
Late last night I began to wonder if I had been a little over-excited when I said yesterday (see image below - I somehow failed to post that VK message here, as I usually do) there would be over a million people diagnosed with The Virus today. But there the figures are in black and... Continue Reading →
What Gives?
What is it with this airlift of Russian aid to the US? It began with the weekly phone-call between the heads of state on Monday. The Russian aircraft were said to be loaded and ready to go on Tuesday for a Wednesday, April 1st delivery. While much speculation has been going on, and not a... Continue Reading →
Something is Sick, and It’s Not Russia
It's very rare that I make three consecutive posts that are all linked thematically - in fact this may be a first for me. This and the previous two posts all concern concurrency in timing (during the worst pandemic to occur in a century, if not longer), geopolitical situation (the world on the brink of... Continue Reading →
Hello Vlad, It’s Donald Here
Possibly following on from my previous post - Russia provides medical aid to America - which began with a Trump-Putin phone call, this story also begins the same way. Same phone call? Can't say, but could be. A trade off? Can't say, but could be.  Either way, this I think is perhaps the most important... Continue Reading →
Umm… What Happens April 1st?
Well, here's something unexpected. The US government allowing Russia to provide an air shipment of medical equipment to help combat The Virus. Nice to see the cooperation - I believe it is true, it's a TASS story - unless this is somebody's idea of an April Fool's joke, which I understand is a day Russia... Continue Reading →
A Defining Moment In History
James Howard Kunstler is at his finest just now. His voice was made for this time. People, you need to listen... "People Get Ready!" - Kunstler
Crackle And Pop
Just thought I would throw a firecracker into the circle. No particular reason. Just because I can. Talking about celestial catastrophes - which I wasn't, but no reason I can't - bearing in mind that there have been previous such events which intruded into the developing history of our planet - and again, with no... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 