England’s Chief Medical Officer promises no more lockdowns

Lockdowns are unlikely to be needed again as Britain learns to treat coronavirus like flu, Prof Chris Whitty has said. England’s chief medical officer said that up to 25,000 people die in a bad flu year without anyone noticing and that accepting some Covid deaths would be the price of keeping schools and business open and allowing people to live a ‘whole life’.

Live by the sword die by the sword

Julius Caesar got himself captured by pirates and held for ransom when he was twenty-five. Before you feel sorry for him, this was a fairly common practice at the time (75 BCE). His captors required a ransom of 20 talents of silver (about $600,000 in today’s value).

Poles won’t kneel but England will

In Britain’s Premier League, kneeling to Black Lives Matter (BLM) before a match is now a widespread practice. The UK’s ‘rainbow alliance’ adding gesture politics to their repertoire claim it is meant to express their opposition to racism and show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. The BLM claims to be an anti-racist organization but is notorious for provoking division and being responsible for mass riots and murders following the death of George Floyd during his arrest.

Is it curtains for the Suez Canal

The Suez Canal has provided a link as important as the jugular vein to the world of commerce since 1858. Its importance has dramatically diminished since a container carrying vessel buried its bows in the canal’s banks and constipated the seaway’s traffic.