I spent a big part of yesterday writing an article calling for the resignation of Daniel Andrews, premier of Australia’s second-most populous State, Victoria. It’s done, it’s ready. But I’m not going to publish it yet.
It’s 50-50 now whether Melbourne, Australia, will move into Step 3 lockdown—what I call the “Step of Freedom”—on October 19th (or October 26th as originally planned).
Well, the first US Presidential Debate between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden is over. Joe Biden got played.
This chilly Saturday morning, I’ve been watching a documentary about the treaty of Versailles that ended WW1. It was a complex negotiation between many countries, each with their own interests and of politicians leading them, with egos larger than mountains.
Tagged: Covid-19, Daniel Andrews, Jenny Mikakos, Politics, Quarantine, Victoria
While the message that follows is intended for an Australian audience, all readers should feel comfortable grasping its gist by Googling any terms unfamiliar. It’s a message of relevance to you too.
Once upon a time on a planet called Earth, not too far away from the Sun, there lived a group of men who believed they controlled everything alive. Chapter 1—Dictators
Tagged: Covid-19, Daniel Andrews, Poliics, State of Emergency, Victoria
On August 10, I wrote about a potential health disaster looming for Victoria, Australia, following a statement made by its premier Daniel Andrews about mandatory self-isolation. You can find that article here:
Tagged: Covid-19, Detention, Quarantine, Victoria, Wave 2
They just won’t go away. The Covid-19 hoaxers. The anti-mask libertarians. The conspiracy theorists. Then there’s the media pragmatists who take a salary to promote the policy of letting Covid-19 take a Darwinian path through society.
Tagged: Covid-19, Eradication, Herd Immunity, NewsCorp, Sky News Australia, Vaccination
As Melbourne, the capital of Victoria enters its second week of an unprecedented Stage 4 Covid-19 lockdown and night-time curfew, a problem keeps appearing.
Tagged: Covid-19, Detention, Quarantine, Victoria, Wave 2
There’s a scene in the epic movie “Patton”, where the namesake’s character walks along the plains of the ancient battlefields of Carthage in Africa and says, “I was here”, believing himself reincarnated as a great leader.
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