Author: The Mound of Sound

There is an entire wing of the Republican Party today that blames the corruption of the GOP on Donald Trump as though the party wasn’t rotting out from the inside long ago.  A veteran Republican political consultant, Stuart Stevens, writes a lot of these “old school” Republicans are wallowing in

From what I’m reading it seems the kiddies will be heading back to school (or as I thought of it, ‘the gulag’) this fall. I’m not sure that’s a great idea. Let’s say, I have reservations. It’s not the schools. It’s definitely not the teachers that concern me. It’s this

Paul Krugman writes that irresponsible behaviour is killing America.  He says Trump and Congressional Republicans fostered an attitude among many Americans, a sense of entitlement, that has and will continue to cost the U.S. and its people dearly. America’s response to the coronavirus has been a lose-lose proposition.  The Trump

It’s not an auspicious time for life on Earth, especially for non-human species. Human overpopulation and over-consumption has non-human species dying off at apocalyptic rates. And “the band played on” as far as humanity and our governments are concerned. The latest episode in this saga is the decline in migratory

Deutsche Bank has gained a reputation for channeling sketchy money to dodgy borrowers.  When DB turns its nose up at you, you have a real problem, probably more than one. Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank is joining a lengthening list of European lenders and insurance companies that say they won’t back new

What must Donald Trump see in his future that, with the elections just 100 days off, he’s chosen to fortify Festung Trump with a brand new wall? What’s next, a ‘gator-filled moat? The days of leaning on the black barred fencing for a photo of the White House in the

Carole Callwadr’s essay in The Observer on the weekend rekindled the unpleasant idea that the peoples of Magna Carta are losing ground in the struggle to defend liberal democracy. In Canada we think it entirely in order that fewer than two out of five voters should be enough to elect

As Canada tips into August, it’s time for taking stock of where how far we’ve come, where we’re at, and what lies ahead over the next year. I like to take this interval before Labour Day to recalibrate. It’s a good opportunity to explore thoughts, pick up a bit new

It seems that Hurricane Hanna isn’t impressed with DJ Trump’s new southern border wall. This silly bugger just can’t catch a break. Oh dear.

The reporter who broke the story of how Cambridge Analytica swung the 2016 vote to Donald Trump, Carole Cadwalladr, is back and this time she’s warning that Facebook could swing the November vote to Trump.  This is Facebook’s world now. And we live in it. And if you’re not terrified

Apparently BoJo has had enough of Donald Trump. It seems he yearns for Biden to become America’s next president. The UK government is privately “desperate” for Donald Trump to lose the upcoming presidential election and be replaced by Joe Biden, according to a report by the Sunday Times. Prime Minister

It might be time for us to dust off that line about how we stand on guard for thee, Canada, at least until the American elections are called. Even that might be too soon to relax our guard. There are many things going on, mostly unchecked, across the United States

Attorney General Bill Barr. Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Barr’s dad, Donald. Donald Barr’s novel about 40 year old men having forcing underage girls to have sex with them. Gee, doesn’t that sound like the craziest conspiracy theory you’ve ever heard? Except that it seems that it’s all true. Donald Barr, back

Thirty million dollars buys a lot of very reliable Conservative voting on the US Supreme Court. Jacobin magazine reports that Brett Kavanaugh was funded to the tune of $30 million in support of his quest for a seat on the USSC. $16 million of that came from an anonymous donor.

The Guardian has published a rogues gallery of Trump administration alumni, some familiar, others not; most who were shown the door, some who just up and quit, during the turbulent administration of Donald J. Trump. I was going to call it Trump’s “first term” but, with any luck, it will

We’ve heard plenty about a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, perhaps even a third wave. Some suggest that the nature of how the virus spread globally and how easily humans transport it from one continent to another means there won’t be distinct waves. It will blur into one regenerating

If so, it doesn’t seem to be working. The Godfathers of big political money seem to be taking a pass on Donald Trump’s campaign this year. Finally, after months of rumours, Trump’s biggest 2016 donors, Robert and Drucilla Mercer, have confirmed they’ll not be floating the Great Orange Bloat’s campaign

He wants American kids back in school in September but Donald Trump doesn’t want to put Republican party faithful in harm’s way in August. Trump pulled the GOP nomination convention that was to be held in North Carolina because the authorities insisted on social distancing requirements. Instead he decided to

They’re the nemesis of Trump’s “little green men.” Portland’s Wall of Moms, decked out in yellow t-shirts stood between the Trump Thugs and BLM protesters thwarting violence. Finally Team Trump used tear gas on the Moms. They’ve even gassed the mayor. Now the Moms have backup – Portland Dads –

It’s freshly reprieved Roger Stone and fellow racists flashing the white power sign.