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\nIn this episode, we speak to Frank Jordan about his campaign to become the next Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
\nFrank Jordan
\nCandidate for Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
\nCoronavirus and the Economy
\nAfter the 2019 election, we did say that it might have been a good election to lose.
\nCaptain Doomsday
\nAs a conspiracy nut who lives in a bunker I do keep my ears open for signs of the apocalypse. I fear that the End may be nigh given last night’s news:
\nhttps://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-05/toilet-paper-truck-catches-fire-brisbane/12027262?pfmredir=sm
\nCoronavirus and religious nonsense
\nThe coronavirus crisis has engulfed one of the Catholic Church\u2019s most sacred rites: holy communion at mass.
\nThe Catholic Church in Australia has urged restrictions on the way holy communion is given and received at mass, saying parishes should stop distributing wine from the chalice and hand communion wafers to parishioners rather than place it on their tongue.
\nHoly water will be removed from stoops at church entrances to reduce transmission of the virus.
\nROME (CNS) \u2014 As the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in Europe continued to grow, the French Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes announced that pilgrims were still welcome, but the pools the sick bathe in hoping for healing would be closed temporarily.
\n\u201cOur first concern will always be the safety and health of the pilgrims and the shrine\u2019s working community,\u201d said a note posted Feb. 28 on the shrine\u2019s website. \u201cAs a precaution, the pools have been closed until further notice.\u201d
\nCoronavirus – Business call for tax cuts
\nSounds like the shock doctrine in practice again.
\nBy Alan Macleod
\nAs coronavirus panic hits the U.S., a financial lobbying group is attempting to use the crisis to push through the deregulation of its industry. The Bank Policy Institute (BPI), a Washington-based lobbying organization representing many of the nation\u2019s largest banks,\u00a0released\u00a0a set of proposals this week, the most important of which recommends that the Federal Reserve lower capital requirements to zero. This would mean banks could lend an unlimited amount without having any assets or wealth to back it up. It also advocated relaxing the so-called \u201cstress tests\u201d that force banks to show that they can withstand economic shocks. This, it claims, would help America fight the\u00a0COVID-19 virus. The report\u2019s lead author was BPI CEO Greg Baer, former Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase.
\nThese efforts perfectly encapsulate the idea of the \u201cShock Doctrine\u201d that author\u00a0Naomi Klein\u00a0laid out\u00a0in her 2007 book of the same name. Klein argued that the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly force through pro-free-market legislation that would otherwise meet with widespread and coordinated opposition. As she said, \u201cthe idea of exploiting crisis and disaster has been the modus operandi of [economist] Milton Friedman\u2019s movement from the very beginning \u2013...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}