Given the wealth of research which runs counter to current Covid-19 health protocols in Australia, governments need to be held accountable by revealing the scientific evidence base for their restrictive practices.
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Family members of Robert McKeon, the late founder of Veritas Capital, claim in a new lawsuit they are entitled to some of the money the PE firm received from Dyal Capital last year.
The McKeons said Dyal paid $725 million and loaned $200 million in exchange for 11.79% of Veritas.
They allege the deal structure reduced their payout and claim Veritas s principals used the $200 million loan to pay themselves.
Dyal Capital Partners invested and lent a total of $925 million to private-equity firm Veritas Capital last year in a deal structured in a way that disadvantaged the family of its late founder, according to claims in a new lawsuit.
I have just finished reading
The Plague, by Albert Camus, first published in 1947. The last few sentences in this novel are quite fascinating and haunting. I will quote directly from the text.
[Rieux] knew that. …the plague bacillus never dies or vanishes entirely, that it can remain dormant for dozens of years in furniture or clothing, that it waits patiently in bedrooms, cellars, trunks, handkerchiefs and old papers, and that perhaps the day will come when, for the instruction or misfortune of mankind, the plague will rouse its rats and send them to die in some well-contented city.
The very thought of catching Bubonic Plague from the bacilli of Yersinia Pestis lurking in an old handkerchief fills me with horror and dread. However, it made me think about the current trend in mandating the use of facemasks by the asymptomatic public during this time of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2).
Five things for the weekend: Live music and theatre, as well as a blockbuster film
The final episode of His Dark Materials also drops in a weekend where two Cork theatres have Christmas concerts
Majella Cullagh sings as part of the Cork Opera House Christmas Concert this weekend.
Fri, 18 Dec, 2020 - 10:30
Des O’Driscoll
TV: His Dark Materials
The seventh and final episode of the second series of the adaptations of the novels of Philip Pullman. It’s been better this time around, though Covid might have pushed a third season further down the road than we’d like. Sunday, BBC One, 7.10pm