Tag Archives: Coronavirus
College Football and COVID_19. American Anti-intellectualism and selfish entitlement run amok
Coronavirus is the defining crisis and issue of our lifetimes. It is far and away the biggest crisis this nation has faced since World War II. My naive and flawed assumption was this would be our era’s World War II, a chance to forge political unity and a new understanding between our people. This idealistic […]
Privatizing pandemic data? Bizarre no-bid contract raises questions
I’d say the goal here isn’t only to “politicize” the data—what they’re doing is monetizing it.
Florida’s Covid crisis – The politicking is getting us nowhere
As regular readers of this site know, I’ve diverted from our normal political and historical content of late to focus most of my time on #COVID19. For many of us, our perspectives have changed during this pandemic. The absence of American global leadership, and the unwillingness of many of our elected and appointed leaders to […]
#COVID-19 : Professional contact team sports returns in Florida- timing could not be worse
For anyone not predisposed to believe Governor DeSantis & President Trump’s spin on Coronavirus, it has been obvious since the first week of June that Florida was entering very dangerous territory. However, unfortunately we have learned in the past few weeks, too many Americans live in an alternate reality, be it out of blissful ignorance […]
#COVID-19 – The state of denial, spin & idiocy from Florida’s MAGA activists
As I have previously stated, in my twenty five or so years of activism and involvement in politics, I have never been as angry or frustrated by anything as I have been by the reaction of those supporting President Trump (who once again I refuse to call conservatives, because Trump’s policies and rhetoric have little […]
#FloridaCovidEpicenter: Conservatives show once again they do not understand economics
As readers of this site and followers my Twitter feed know, I have been harping obsessively on rising COVID-19 numbers in the state since just after Memorial Day. The apocalyptic fear as it was called by some, that I articulated in late May, that we’d reach a new “peak,” in June wildly underestimated what was […]
#COVID-19 : I give up! The Cognitive Dissonance and selfishness in Florida beyond anything rational in an advanced society
We’ve reached a new peak in COVID-19 cases this week in the state. In fact, each day brings more surprises and when dig deeper into the data reports, the pandemic is getting incrementally worse as time goes by. As I wrote about earlier in the week, those vigilant about public health, face incredible social stigma’s […]
Florida: Where being socially conscious by wearing a mask could be hazardous to your job, safety and health.
Intimidation, thuggery and cognitive dissonance are making it difficult for Floridians to wear masks in public.
#COVID-19 fallout: The US Unemployment rate is far worse than most comparable economies
While the entire industrialized world has now experienced COVID-19, the US unemployment rate of nearly 20% (claims) or 40% (overall)* is significantly higher than comparable economies in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Austria, etc. Strangely even the more left-leaning media hasn’t covered this properly and has failed to compare the US’ […]
#COVID-19 fallout – update on international air services to/from Florida in June
International airlines are slowly beginning to resume service to and from the Sunshine State in June. Here is a sampling of the latest updates. We will attempt to post updates to this every Sunday or Monday until most normal service resumes. Air Canada Fort Lauderdale-Montreal 4x a week (normally twice daily) Fort Lauderdale – Toronto […]
The Florida Squeeze 