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Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award


Quote of the Week 
Question: are things so bad that the head of the central bank feels the need to address bankruptcy concerns? 

Shocking Stat 
Look what a minor change in interest rates does to the cost of servicing the federal debt. 

Goofy 
As protests against Covid related restrictions grow, we should be asking how do we bring more people on board to support the measures to fight COVID-19. 

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award


Quotes of the week 
British historian, David Starkey on a revolution by stealth by quasi-religious puritan ideologues

Shocking Stat 
A second wave? That may be it for the travel industry and the consequences will shock you. 

Goofy Award
To say there’s only one side causing the divisions in the US, as the media often does, is obliterated by the nasty, foul mouthed, celebrity responses in the aftermath of the Biden victory. 

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award


Quote of the Week
The US electoral system has been challenged by both sides since 2000 – no surprise this time is no different.

Shocking Stat
Two massive new studies find good news for those worried about schools, daycare, and children as spreaders of COVID19.

Goofy 
The election exposes the deeply troubling tendency of pundits and activists to continually pretend all members of minority groups think alike.

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award


Quote of the Week
New York City public defender, Jenin Younes on the troubling reaction to the COVID recommendations by three top epidemiologists.

Shocking Stat
When things go sour the cost has never been bigger for bondholders who underestimated the risk.

Goofy Award
Has the media treated the accusations surrounding Joe Biden differently than the Trump/Russian collusion story?

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award


Quote of the Week
George Orwell’s brilliant take on the tyranny of the status quo.

Shocking Stat
A real life, current example of what happens when governments create money out of thin air.

Goofy
The Alberta Federation of Labour’s shocking campaign to punish businesses and workers who dare disagree with their politics.