When desperately needed foreign workers trained to slaughter and process turkeys reared for Christmas are not allowed in the country unless they serve their 14-day quarantine on arrival, whose absence would affect producers with low supply and consumers with high price.
Thanks to Covid-🦃, a lucky percentage of the nine million turkeys in the UK would have their lives spared during this 2020 Christmas period.
by MathPlus October 22, 2020
When a country’s “zero Covid” policy leads to more restrictions and bans on both locals and aliens, often creating irrational fear and panic buying among them due to a shortage of fresh produce in wet markets and of basic essentials in supermarkets, including the closure of religious sites and hair salons nationwide.
by MathPlus February 09, 2022
When the US is toying with the idea of imposing exorbitant tariffs on foreign publishers, which would make it hard for them to ship their wallet-friendly, brain-unfriendly math titles to American homeschoolers, students, and teachers.
A number of hardcore Trumpublicans want their senators to push for an “America First” math bill to protect local authors from being outwitted by their foreign counterparts, whose titles cost a fraction of most dear inch-deep-mile-wide US math textbooks.
by MathPlus July 11, 2021
The number of avoidable corona infections and deaths, and the number of jobs lost, businesses destroyed, and futures compromised or shattered due to the ineptitude of Donald J. Trump, whose selfish actions and inactions make him the worst US president or head of state in modern history.
Trump toll shows that good governance, not developed public infrastructure, is the variable that determines the success or failure for a country in containing the coronavirus crisis.
by MathPlus February 17, 2021
When churchgoers stop being pew-warmers and start winning souls for Jesus—when every born-again Christian (living and dead) will be snatched away to heaven on Christ’s Second Coming, leaving lukewarm believers behind.
Because not every believer or churchgoer is saved, Christians need to be rapture-ready to avoid being under the rule of the evil dictator, who will force everybody on earth to be marked with the number of the Beast.
by MathPlus October 28, 2018
An imported American sales event that lures budget-conscious Singaporeans to move beyond window shopping into buying crap they don’t need at discounted prices, which could serve as some kind of stress therapy for overworked or unhappy workers.
From Halloween to Valentine’s Day to Singapore Black Friday, local businesses never fail to leverage on the attractions of foreign festivals, holidays, or events to profiteer from gullible citizens.
by MathPlus November 27, 2017
An artist’s lawbreaking pastime, whereby they irreverently paint math-related drawings, formulas, or symbols in forbidden areas or public squares without getting caught by the authorities—the artistic equivalent of a couple illicitly indulging in a quickie with zero public knowledge or suspicion.
Few illegal activities give the mathematical graffiti artist more thrill when working in a pressurized environment, compared to taking part in an annual pressure-free graffiti carnival approved by the authorities.
by MathPlus March 14, 2021