Tagged: COVID-19

Grim Reaper

The Strange Files

May 2, 2020

The Grim Reaper Awaits You on Your Next Beach Excursion

The number of coronavirus cases and fatalities in Florida is at its peak, so what better time to drop restrictions on social distancing and open the beaches back up? What? You don’t see...

Dolphin show

The Strange Files

April 3, 2020

It’s Florida, So It’s Weird, but Not All is Doom and Gloom

Alexander Strange is marooned in Key West waiting out the pandemic. Here’s his latest report. We start out this edition of The Strange Files with an uplifting little story, not the least bit...

The Strange Files

March 31, 2020

Florida Once Again a Laughingstock in the Midst of the Pandemic

With toilet paper stripped from grocery store shelves by hoarders, people are left to use alternatives that don’t always flush very well. Florida wastewater treatment plants are reporting that toilet paper alternatives are...

Opinion: Berkeley’s District 6 residents need new leadership: Elect Richard Illgen 23 Oct 2020 02:37 Berkeleyside - California As concerned Berkeley Hills residents, we’ve been following and participating in some of the conversations on the Grizzly Peaks fireworks situation and emergency preparedness. We believe Councilmember Susan Wengraf, who represents District 6, has shown a …
Opinion: Elect the Right to Housing slate to the Berkeley rent board 23 Oct 2020 02:37 Berkeleyside - California It brings a commitment to tenants’ rights while the opposing slate is united by a single trait: a personal financial investment in undermining tenant protections We are speaking out about the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board race this year because we …
Wildfires Are Changing Forest Communities in Interior Alaska 23 Oct 2020 02:37 Alaska Native News As boreal forest wildfires increase in severity and frequency, new patterns of post-fire recovery are emerging. Research led by Jill Johnstone and colleagues at the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported Bonanza Creek Long-term Ecological Research …
Practical tips to put your garden to bed for the winter 23 Oct 2020 02:37 CTV News Ottawa OTTAWA -- Whitehouse Perennials is a breathtakingly beautiful garden and nursery, located just outside Almonte that makes you forget there is a pandemic and washes all other worries away as well. That’s what gardens do. They create a sense of peace. …
6,500 new restaurants opened in September, despite coronavirus pandemic difficulties: report 23 Oct 2020 02:36 Fox News Celebrity chef Rocco Dispirito discusses the need for stimulus in the restaurant industry. Even though 2020 has been a tough year for restaurants, thousands of new establishments opened their doors in September, according to new data. On Thursday, Yelp …
Another Word to Progressives: Don’t Fall for NDP Fearmongering (in Opinion) 23 Oct 2020 02:35 Tyee This week, “lifetime New Democrat” and political strategist Bill Tieleman told Tyee readers not to act impulsively and deny the NDP the majority John Horgan so sorely wants. One wonders what the NDP’s internal polling must be telling them following Sonia …