@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] New year, new hope. And after the stagnation that was 2020 for many — save for the comfortable, virtue-signalling folk who have seen their lot actually improve — there appears to be more of a focus than usual on the positives that lie in […]
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Yes, it’s that moment you’ve all been waiting for, the Wrong Way Corrigan Loser and Winner of the Year Awards 2020. We’ve had plenty of contenders for the former, the latter has been much more...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In January of this strangest of years, unaware of what was coming down the line, I made a couple of what could be seen as rash decisions. One was to resign from my full-time, relatively well-paid marketing job....
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan (Click here for an audio version of this blog entry.) In my previous blog entry, I wrote about the possibility of the current cold war between China and the US heating up and how it could bring biological warfare to a new, devastating level. In light of the deep...
Continuar leyendo*Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog entry. @wwaycorrigan ‘Your grandparents and great-grandparents had to live through devastating wars, with a bloody end a very real possibility. Today, all you have to do to play your part is stay at home.’ This...
Continuar leyendoEs realmente inverosímil toda esta historia de la pandemia. ¿Cómo puede ser que una simple gripa haya podido colapsar todos los recovecos del mundo entero?, ¿no dizque se contaban con pomposos adelantos científicos y tecnológicos como la inteligencia artificial o los...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan Those idealistic at heart may have thought that in a world connected as never before, the arrival of a common enemy of humankind would unite us as never before. You know, like in the Independence Day movie when the aliens attack, we rally together, led, of course,...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan A sure-fire way to ensure you get the blood up of a large section of readers is to start off a blog post quoting Donald J. Trump. So here goes. The US president tweeted the other day about coronavirus and the measures being taken to control it that ‘We cannot...
Continuar leyendoLa vida de los colombianos se está transformando en cuestión de semanas debido al covid-19. De los planes para salir en semana santa, pasamos a la “infodemia”, una lluvia de información en redes sociales y WhatsApp sobre el número de casos registrados en el país. ¿Qué...
Continuar leyendoColombia empieza a sentir los estragos del Covid-19, desde el alza desmedida del dólar, pasando por la declaración de alerta amarilla por emergencia sanitaria; el bloqueo de los cruceros en Cartagena, la prohibición de eventos públicos de más de 500 personas; hasta la simple limitación del abrazo de la paz en las misas dominicales. El […]
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