Monthly Archives: April 2020

CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 12

Posted on April 27, 2020 by stutteringsteps

The Covid-19 Pandemic lock-down has made it obvious that most people can manage without a constant flow of luxury items and even many non-luxury items. However, when it comes to basics such as food, water, shelter and electricity, the matter … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 11.

Posted on April 21, 2020 by stutteringsteps

Of the many omissions by the elites in governments of all political persuasions during the Covid19 Pandemic, two in particular are becoming the intellectual equivalents of elephants in the room. First, is the lack of any form of apology from … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 10.

Posted on April 17, 2020 by stutteringsteps

Three scenarios. Since most governments ignored medical science warnings of a coming Pandemic, most countries have fallen back on various forms of hasty Plan B’s. These have involved lock downs, citizen isolation’s and quarantines of various kinds and duration’s. The … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 9.

Posted on April 13, 2020 by stutteringsteps

The hypocrisy of the economic and political elites and their middle – class supporters in the media is clearly visible if one gives attention to the statements they utter. Take for example the politically orchestrated and media amplified salute to … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 8.

Posted on April 8, 2020 by stutteringsteps

Nightingale Hospitals – rhetoric and reality! Should we really congratulate the elite in the UK and elsewhere for renting empty warehouses or surplus concert venues and claiming these are new hospitals? These ‘beds in rented places’ are not to be … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 7.

Posted on April 2, 2020 by stutteringsteps

For the want of…..? With each update of news since the Pandemic commenced, I have been reminded of a childhood story told to me about how a king lost a war against an invader. The story went something along the … Continue reading →

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