April 2020

Shitty from start to finish, eh?

Today in "Life's a Hustle"

Read former Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, sell COVID-19 to his bosses as the path back to the public purse - permanent-like:

"As conservatives, we must also ensure that our governments do not lose focus on the economic challenge that is now coming at us as quickly as the coronavirus. The measures that countries are taking to deal with the pandemic, as necessary as they have been, are creating economic and fiscal realities that are simply unsustainable. Our populations will naturally look to the centre-right for economic answers to the coming recession and budgetary crises. At the same, as supply chains are being rebuilt and restructured, our parties must not lose sight of the importance of freer trade. When grounded in mutually beneficial agreements and national security, trade is key in driving the innovation and growth our world needs."

Freedom COVID-19

Yeah, yeah, trade. It's the racists and sexists in charge of our governments we don't want. So not you.  Liberals. Or NDP. Either/or is fine. But thanks for trying.

Freak...

Bucket List for 2020 and Beyond

1. Don't get COVID-19.

The End

Who the hell do we have to blow...

...to get a basic annual income around here?

Asking for a friend.

And the Problem with COVID-19 Is...

...The solution requires the public to have a solid grounding in math and science.

While We're Watching

Years ago when my mother was living in a Chartwell seniors' residence I became aware of a parasitic entity taking advantage of the sitting duck residents called Hospitality Network.

There was a brief CBC Go Public look into Hospitality Network's deals with hospital administration boards that allowed it to feed off patients, but nothing about its deal with the boards of seniors' residences and nursing homes.

I don't know if it's still around, but if it is, it shouldn't be.

What the hell were governing politicians ever thinking that they would put the care of citizens in vulnerable states of being in the paws of profiteers?

And while we're watching, maybe governing politicians could cancel that stupid and reckless policy of paying bonuses to so-called executives in our public service. All it does is make wealthy public servants wealthier while reducing services for everybody else. Enough already with garbage governance.

Wish Upon a Star

Guillotines. Front lawn. White House. November. Televised.

Fly on the Wall

A Facebook friend just wondered, now that Bernie Sanders has endorsed his friend, Joe Biden, if Bernie Sanders would be his running mate.

Well no, Joe Biden already promised it'd be a woman. So if Bernie Sanders told Joe Biden he'd only endorse him if he chose him to be his running mate, Joe Biden would have had to say, "No can do, Bern, already promised it to a skirt. Everybody heard me say it, not that, well, never mind. Ah, ya don't wanna be VP anyway. VP's nothin'. Aim higher. But hurry it up 'cause we're gettin' our clocks cleaned out there."

"Okay, okay. Let me think. <grind grind grind> Credit! I want credit!"

"Well sure, Bern, I didn't know you needed money. All ya had to do was ask Jill-"

"I mean credit for all the good stuff! I want credit for all the good stuff! And task forces! Lots of task forces! Teams of task forces!"

"Wow, Bernie, ya gotta deal. Credit and task forces comin' right up."

"And a speech. I wanna make a speech."

"Sure, Bernie. Sounds great. Make a speech. Just remember to stick 'I endorse Joe Biden' in there close to the top before everybody stops listening."

SOS

Hey FBI (if you're reading!) maybe speed up the investigations a bit or just go with what you've got already because I'm not sure how much longer we can hold out against this President Trump guy's army of treason and corruption.

Hello?

Are you there, FBI?

Symptoms, I've Had a Few

Now that COVID-19 has turned social media into Dr. Google, I'm reminded of a brief dry cough I had in early March, a brief dry cough that woke me up twice in the night, for which I didn't stay home, for if I had, I'd not have been paid.

Also, it was a brief dry cough that only woke me up twice in the night, the number of times I get up in the night to pee anyway.

I've always had a wee bladder and, after three big babies sitting on it for months on end, it's also flatter.

But enough about me, I was working alongside people with paid sick leave who were away for days at a time in December, January, February and March, apparently quite sick with symptoms that all sound suspiciously like COVID-19 - on social media, anyway.

But enough about them, too, because this is about all of us experiencing an existential crisis - together - which is totally nuts because as anyone who has experienced an existential crisis knows, it's the alone part that makes it a fucking existential crisis!

This global pandemic is the worst - the worst, I tells ya.