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Delta-COVID Fourth Wave Survival Guide (for Canadians)

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  Generally speaking, things are not going so well; and so we might as well prepare for survival. Here is a list of things that you could do. Suggestions are welcome, and more may be added later. 1. Get both doses of the vaccine AND continue wearing the masks regardless  of vaccination status.   The pandemic isn't over yet and the virus is still circulating, and it's not over until we've actually stopped it from circulating at such an astronomical rate. And like it or not, fully vaccinated people are still, figuratively speaking, inside "the eye of the storm" as much as the unvaccinated are; 'pandemic' means prevalent over a whole country and/or the world. COVID-19 has not even reached endemic levels. I don't think I need to explain why vaccines are great preventative measures, that should already be a given. Yes, of course the vaccines are still extremely helpful, very useful, and lifesaving; but it doesn't necessarily mean they will 100% stop yo...

Quick Thoughts: Geopolitical Context Matters

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The Mosquito people -- who are utilized as proxy forces (a.k.a. Contras) by the United States in its destabilization and imperial subjugation efforts against Nicaragua and its Sandinista government -- only make up 4% of the population. As for the general population: almost the entire Nicaraguan [non-Mosquito] population is Indigenous, including Daniel Ortega himself and many of the Sandinista government officials -- who were dark-skinned and also had the popular support of the vast majority of Nicaraguans. This is quite the contrary to the lies and falsehoods put forth by Russell Means and Ward Churchill, who were rightly criticized by many AIM activists for their support of the Contras. Means and Churchill, both high-profile figures in the West and who were especially popular within Anarchist circles, as well as with the anti-Communist and anti-Soviet "left", called the Sandinistas "white supremacists" and dishonestly said that they stood against the Sandinista...