Post #18 Wokeness has descended upon the world like a blanket. At first, we could dismiss ‘cancel culture’ as a bad joke, but no one is laughing now. It is ironic that the Woke Movement began in the citadels of free thought and expression, college campuses. Today, many college students consider it their solemn dutyContinue reading “WOKENESS HAS DESCENDED ON THE WORLD”
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WOKENESS
Post #17 Wokeness has descended upon the world like a blanket. At first, we could dismiss ‘cancel culture’ as a bad joke, but no one is laughing now. It is ironic that the Woke Movement began in the citadels of free thought and expression, college campuses. Today, many college students consider it their solemn dutyContinue reading “WOKENESS”
WOKE MOVEMENT and CANCEL CULTURE
Post #16 “Woke” means being aware and taking a stand against social injustice. Major corporations are now selling wokeness instead of their products. Pantene used to run commercials about shampoo; now, they show lesbian parents helping a biological boy become a girl. Dove celebrates women’s different body types, and Vaseline portrays itself as fighting forContinue reading “WOKE MOVEMENT and CANCEL CULTURE”
ARE YOU CONFUSED YET?
Post #15 President Biden has ordered mandatory Covid vaccines or tests for all federal employees and now requires all federal workers and visitors to wear masks whether they are vaccinated or not. All federal employees who are not vaccinated must submit themselves to testing twice a week. All federal contractors must have proof of vaccination.Continue reading “ARE YOU CONFUSED YET?”
RIOTS IN PARIS
Post #14 There are massive demonstrations in the streets of Paris against vaccine passports. France’s President has ordered most everyone in France to be vaccinated and have an up to date vaccination passport in order to shop, eat at a restaurant and be present in all public places. The government will only approve passports forContinue reading “RIOTS IN PARIS”
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR HYPERINFLATION?
Post #13 Inflation occurs when there is too much money chasing too few goods. Investopedia defines hyper inflation as “rapid, excessive, and out-of-control general price increases in an economy. While inflation is a measure of the pace of rising prices for goods and services, hyperinflation is rapidly rising inflation, typically measuring more than 50% perContinue reading “ARE YOU PREPARED FOR HYPERINFLATION?”
THE CANTILLON EFFECT
Post #12 Richard Cantillon was a French Irish economist in the 18th century who wrote about money. The Cantillon Effect recognizes that the people who own the most assets benefit first from low-interest rates, and indebted people benefit the least. Whereas the wealthy invest the money, the low interest encourages the poor to borrow. PersonsContinue reading “THE CANTILLON EFFECT”
THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND COVID
Post #11 The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016. Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrialContinue reading “THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND COVID”
COVID INCONSISTENCIES
Post #10 Given that Covid vaccines are still considered an experimental drug by the Food and Drug Administration, people opposed to forced vaccinations believe that people must have the freedom to choose when there is a risk. When President Biden proposed that all postal workers be vaccinated, the postal union said no. While the unionContinue reading “COVID INCONSISTENCIES”
ARE WE LIVING IN A DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE?
Post #9 French citizens must now adhere to a rigid Covid-19 vaccination schedule or pay for a nose-swab test at least every other day to have any semblance of a normal life, whatever that is in these crazy times we are living. Anyone over the age of 12 who access bars, restaurants, cinemas, gyms, swimmingContinue reading “ARE WE LIVING IN A DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE?”