Tag Archives: ebola

Mounting Chaos In China

Posted on January 27, 2020 by the archivist

This is the right spirit: Driver hits 111mph on M58 then pulls over on hard shoulder for a cigarette Give that man a medal.  He’s clearly made of the right stuff. I did much the same thing on my way … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus: Just A Nasty Dose of Flu?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by the archivist

How serious is the new coronavirus epidemic? A sense of anxiety is growing in Wuhan as the Chinese city goes into lockdown in an effort to control the spread of a new virus which has left 17 dead. The authorities … Continue reading →

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A Few Things I Noticed Yesterday

Posted on April 23, 2019 by the archivist

A promising headline in ZeroHedge: Government’s Counterproductive War Against Smoking was actually a complaint about the war on vaping. … In other news: Theresa May is facing an unprecedented push to remove her as Tory leader, with a petition by … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Ebola Epidemic

Posted on March 2, 2019 by the archivist

Same as it ever was: Ebola spreads in Congo as treatment centers attacked and torched  Two violent attacks on treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last week have left the international aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières … Continue reading →

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Why Am I Not Surprised?

Posted on October 1, 2018 by the archivist

Why am I not surprised? A “Perfect Storm” Surrounds One Of The Worst Ebola Outbreaks In History Right Now An Ebola outbreak that has been going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo since August is already one of the worst … Continue reading →

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Never Ever

Posted on April 3, 2016 by the archivist

James Delingpole: …electorates across Europe have lost patience with the squishy, soft-left, metropolitan ‘Social Democrat’ elite which has dominated their politics for the last seventy years. Voters are going elsewhere because they can see that Social Democracy has failed them. It has … Continue reading →

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Another “Logical Evolution”

Posted on November 28, 2015 by the archivist

Via a comment by Roobeedoo: Nonsmokers will have a bylaw to back them up when they ask smokers to butt out in parks and outside civic facilities starting next spring. They won’t, however, be able to summon a bylaw officer. … Continue reading →

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Smoking and Non-Smoking Lanes

Posted on September 2, 2015 by the archivist

Various news items I noticed today, presented without comment. Number one: smoking and non-smoking lanes: Number two: Smokers in Norway ‘like Jews under the Nazis’ A politician from a fringe conservative party in the far north of Norway has compared the … Continue reading →

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In What Year?

Posted on March 24, 2015 by the archivist

The Ebola epidemic drags on: Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the head of the United Nations mission against the Ebola virus in Africa, told the BBC he expects the outbreak that began in February 2014 to be vanquished “by the end … Continue reading →

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Framework Convention on Cake Control

Posted on February 28, 2015 by the archivist

H/T Dick Puddlecote, latest WHO madness: The health arm of the United Nations does not want companies advertising cake, ice cream, or ice pops to children. It’s voluntary, for now. It goes on: Banned without exception are pastries, croissants, cookies, … Continue reading →

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