Musical interlude
Tame Impala – Why Won’t They Talk To Me?
August 2018
In No Uncertain Terms, Caribou are Threatened by a Campaign of Denial
There has been a co-ordinated effort underway in Ontario over the past several decades to sow doubt about the scientific basis for needed boreal caribou recovery efforts. Canada’s iconic boreal…
August 4: Losing the Future.
I write this just before I leave for the shore for a few days. It’s not so much about the news as it is about the general picture. But I…
America’s Latest National Security Threat – American Seniors
It’s bad enough that they’re old and needy. Now they’re a damned threat to the nation. Seniors are cashing in their chips and foreign investors are moving in to buy…
Is the US Moving to Crush Palestine for All Time?
A troubling report from Foreign Policy concludes that the Kushner peace plan for Israel and Palestine begins by sabotaging the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. position on…
Russia Deploying Forces to Golan Heights
Israel will soon square off against Russian forces deployed along its frontier in the occupied Golan Heights. Russia says the troops will be military police. Right. Sergei Rudskoi, a senior…
Populism, Xenophobia and Racism Aren’t the Only Threats to Liberal Democracy
This is an opinion piece. This is my opinion. I haven’t researched this at depth but I’ve taken a long time to come to my conclusion and I think I’m…
It’s All the Rage
Has Canada fallen behind Australia?
UN Official – We Have to Reset Politics While There’s Still Time
Jeffrey Sachs doesn’t mince words when he writes, “We are all climate refugees now.” The director of Columbia’s Center for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, says…
The Worsening Threat – Drought
It’s not at a crisis level yet, not globally at least, but severe drought is hammering farmers from Australia to Europe. Reuters has produced this video of the conditions being…
Dearest Little Ling
Dear bitter little shithead: Got your note. Only lawsuits we’ve got are against assorted neo-Nazis who have promised to kill us, inter alia. You seem to be okay with that.…
Another Sign of the Times
Heatwaves are sweeping Europe from Spain and Greece to Scandinavia. Sweden has been hammered by wildfires extending well into the Arctic Circle where temperatures have recently exceeded 90 F. That’s…
Eating OFF the Hill: Day Three in Quebec City
Breakfast on Thursday was the rest of yesterday’s leftover tossard from Paillard, so for lunch I took the funicular down to lower town and managed to duck into Cochon Dingue…
Why Andrew Scheer and his Cons are Such Racists
I couldn't understand it. It seemed to make no sense to me. Why in the sweltering summer of the hate crime, were Andrew Scheer and his Cons fanning the flames…
In The Realm Of Canadian Political Whoredom
I nominate Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine Mckenna as Queen: And here is what she had to say after news of the Trudeau climate betrayal emerged: Prostitutes are…
Something To Cheer About
Michael Harris reflects over at ipolitics on why throwing in the towel is never the right choice. And, rather than preach, he tells a story rooted in recent history: This…
Ford’s Valkyrie are in flight.
Cue the Wagnerian music. Ford’s Valkyrie are choosing who lives and dies in Ontario. While Ford makes war on his old colleagues in Toronto city hall, his cabinet Valkyrie are…
The Grande Prairie Hospital saga: PC political motives, terrible planning, and past ministerial meddling haunt project
The battle between Alberta government officials and a Calgary construction company over long delays building a new hospital in Grande Prairie that boiled over this week is more than a…